A trip to the doctor's

Since after the full month party, Jolie has been really acting up and giving us hell. She screams and cries alot and it was really difficult trying to get her to sleep at night. Strangely, she was obviously exhausted and extremely sleepy, but she just seems to be in agony and cries alot. At 1st we just thought that she's overly tired and cranky, but then after about 2 days, I was on the brink of insanity. As I struggled to sooth her, I thought, is this motherhood? Is this what life would be like every evening? To struggle with a screaming baby?

On the evening of 9 march, Mom and I were trying to sooth a cranky Jolie again. Somehow I felt that this could not be normal. Why is she crying and being so upset? We've bathed her and fed her, what more does she want? We were so puzzled, we even thought there were 'dirty stuff' disturbing her. I wanted to bring her to the doctor, but on the surface, there's nothing wrong with her! She feeds well, she poops and pee well, no fever, would I look like a fool if we bring her to the doctor and find out that she's just being cranky? I called Cobby and asked for his opinion.(he's in class) He had the same theory - she's not sick, maybe going to the doctor is overreacting? But shortly after he hung up, something inside me just clicked. I decided to bring Jolie to the doctor's with Mom.

Even if there's nothing wrong with her, I would feel better hearing it from the doctor himself. So Mom and I packed her bag and took a cab to the Thomson Medical Centre. I don't want to see a GP, so we brought her to her pediatrician. Before we got to see Dr Keoy (mom calls him Dr Garfield), we had to weight her, and I was pleased to see that my dear Jolie baby weight 4.9kg. Almost a bag of rice! Haha...

When we went in to see Dr Keoy, he was calm and cool as usual. He checked her belly button and found out that it was a little pus-sy, so he applied some cream. Then he placed one hand on her belly and started tapping it with his other hand, and her belly went "Pong! Pong! Pong!" He calmly said that there's "a little wind" in her tummy. A LITTLE? Her tummy sounded like a drum! No wonder she was so upset! That must have been really uncomfortable!

So he prescribed some medication for her and I'm happy to say that it works! Hahaha... of course lah, for a small bottle of medicine, a tiny tube of cream and 5mins of consultation, I had to fork out a whopping $79.95! But it was really money well spent. For the next few days, she's still cranky and giving her the medication was hell, but at least now I know that she's cranky not because I suck as a mother, but because she's not feeling well. So though tiring, I felt less demoralised. The moral of the story? If suspect something is not right, do not hesitate to go to the doctor!

Princess feeling much better the next day...

Jolie's Full Month Party

On 7th March 2009 we celebrated Princess Jolie's full month! We woke up early to give Jolie her bath with the Pomelo leaf. Actually we took some super cute pictures of her holding the leaf, but Mom says we shouldn't show the world her nude pics! Hahaha... Ok lah, so to respect Jolie's privacy, I uploaded a more decent pic.



After her nice bath we helped her have her ritual haircut. Well, most parents would shave the head completely, but I really don't want to shave away her beautiful long hair, she we just trimmed a little from the back.



My Godmother and friends arrived 1st. So happy to see her god-granddaughter! Haha... What a mouthful...




Everybody seemed to arrived at the same time around 12.30pm, so we were super busy. Thankfully Cobby's family helped take care of baby while Cobby and I entertained our guests. Even though I've cleared my camera memory and charged the battery, I hardly had time to take pictures! Sad!

Winsome, Char, Qing Ying and Mr Wong arrived later and they bought Jolie so many gifts! SO sweet of them~ Jolie is very blessed!




We ordered our buffet lunch from Mum's Kitchen and everybody loved it! Definitely recommend their laksa! In fact the laksa was so popular that my latecomers had to scrape the bottom of the pot for the gravy! Oops~ Haha, well at least they get to taste it. I was so busy, I only got to eat some of the other buffet dishes. No laksa for me! :(

After digging into the delicious buffet lunch, Winsome and gang even offered to set up the gift for us! (I found out later from char's blog that it was because they were sleepy! Haha...) Sorry guys, no time to entertain you all. So they retreated to the comfort of the study room to set up the mobile. They look like goldfishes behind the glass walls!



I've been to many full month parties, but I always find it a real bore. But that afternoon, I had really enjoyed myself. Many friends who are mothers gave me alot of advise, suggestions and encouragements. Even people whom I wasn't close with, like wives of Cobby's friends, were very kind and encouraging. I guess they were more sympathetic towards new mothers like me because they have been through it themselves and they understand. Very touched!

At the end of the afternoon, our last guests left and we finally got to rest! So happy to see all our friends after so long! But we've been up since 7am, so everybody was super tired, including baby, so she slept soundly very quickly.(thank goodness). We quickly cleaned up the house and washed up. Then we opened up all the gifts! Most of them were clothes, but because Jolie is so big, she can't fit many of the outfits! But we were very thankful anyway. Haha...

A small portion of her gifts...

Even though I was super tired, I didn't get to rest much as Mom had gone home to rest, which means I had to take over the night shift for the 1st time that night. Well, that's another story for another time. Meanwhile, what I like to remember of Jolie's full month party is the friends and family that came to share our joy. It was a great day!

Long Time No Blog

Sigh it's not that I dont want to blog, I simply do not have the time! So much has happened in the last few weeks, so much to blog! I wish I could blog with the power of my mind! Stay tuned for more updates...

Jolie's 1st Mail

Do you remember receiving your very 1st mail? I remember recieving my 1st mail from my best friend during my primary school days. So exciting to see my name hand written on the envelope! I can't remember when did I receive my 1st official mail, but Jolie received her very 1st official mail today!



We also receieved our Baby Bonus card today... so exciting...