Daryl's 8th Tooth

Daryl's 8th tooth is peeking out. It can be found at his bottom left gum. I saw it when he was giving me 1 of his big smiles this morning. When I saw it, I was so happy that I woke Kel up to see it.

3rd Bump

You know what, Daryl got his 3rd bump tonight again!! This time, it happened when I was taking my shower. I heard Daryl crying very loudly when I was showering, so I finished my shower in double quick time & rushed out to see what happened. When Daryl saw me, he cried even harder & held out his arms to me. So I carried him & asked Asty what had happened. Asty said that Daryl was walking around on our bed when he suddenly decided to lie down. However, he did it with his face facing down. In the process, his right forehead hit his toy car which is on the bed. Thus he got another bump on his right forehead.

Caught in the Act

I took the day off today to have lunch with Esther & Nicole. Figured that since I have worked so hard, I deserved a day off to spend some time with Daryl.

We met at Centrepoint where we had lunch at Teochew City Seafood Restaurant. After that, Kel left us to go for his appointments & Esther & I went shopping at Robinsons. There is a 20% storewide discount for Robinsons Card members. Halfway through our shopping, our kids decided to fuss at around the same time. Daryl fussed coz he didn't take his afternoon nap. Thus he was tired & fussy. Nicole fussed coz she wants to sleep. Our kids are so in tune with each other. Hehehe...

Thus, we had to pacify both our bao beis before we could continue our shopping. That took us about 1.5 hours. That is the amount of time we took to soothe both of them to sleep. Haiz, looking after our kids is really not easy!!

After shopping, we decided to rest our feet at Delifrance & have afternoon tea. Ah... the life of a tai tai...I wish that I can do this more often. When we were there, Nicole continued her nap while Daryl woke up. Thus he got the chance to sit with us & have some tea. However, he has a better idea...





















Daryl caught on film by Esther sucking his thumb





















Daryl drinking water

After our nice afternoon tea, it's more shopping again! We went to Mothercare to see whether there are any good offers. I bought 3 sets of pyjamas for Daryl coz I feel that his sleepsuits are not suitable for him anymore. Reason being that the sleepsuits have booties. They can be quite slippery when he is walking.

When we were at Mothercare, think Daryl got bored waiting for us while we were shopping. Thus he decided to entertain himself by getting some toys out of Nicole's bag to play with. He was caught in the act by Esther.


































See the innocent look on his face when he was found out! The best thing is, he ignored the 2 of us & continued his entertainment.

When Kel saw this vid, he couldn't stop laughing! Our baby has grown up already.

Caught

I managed to film Daryl when he was playing with our hi fi set. He has this very bad habit of opening the cassette player & closing it.



As you can see from the vid, he knows that he is not supposed to be playing with it. Coz he stopped the minute he heard Kel's voice.

Tom & Jerry

I love Tom & Jerry's cartoons when I was a little gal. Thus I hope that Daryl will love it too. Unfortunately, his love is limited to the theme song of the cartoon as shown in the vid.



This vid shows Daryl bobbing his head to the theme song. However, after the song is finished, he is up to his naughty antics again.

Driving

We were waiting at the carpark below our block for Asty to come down. While waiting, Kel let Daryl try his hand at driving.



Daryl was so happy driving that he refused to let go when it is time for us to drive off.

Bath Time

Daryl enjoys his bath time a lot!! Think this notti boy of mine likes to play with water. Here's a vid of him enjoying himself in the bathtub & laughing away...

Daddy Time...

Daryl always have a great time playing with Kel!! Tonight is no exception!! Here's a vid to prove it. :p

New Pram

Daryl got a new pram today!! U may asked why are we buying a new 1 for Daryl when he's already 13 months old. The reason is coz our old pram is spoilt. Thus when we brought it back to Mothercare for repairs, they did a 1 to 1 exchange for us as it is still within the 1 year warranty period.

This time round, the fault lies with this broken ring at the bottom of the pram. Even though it's not a major fault, we decided to bring it back to Mothercare for repairs as it was still within the warranty period. Kel was super fed up with me!! Coz it's the 2nd time that the stupid pram had spoilt!! He doesn't understand how come a $400 pram spoilts so easily!!

Initially Mothercare wanted to send it back to their Head Office for repairs, but Kel kicked up a big fuss there! He told the staff that this is the 2nd time whereby we had brought the pram back for repairs. This shows that the pram is not as reliable as it seems. Thus he wants a 1 to 1 exchange for it. The Mothercare staff had no choice but to do it for us.

As they had no more 2005 model's pram, we got a new 2006 model's pram. However, it was in red colour. Well, it's better than nothing. The best thing is: it's free!!

Here's a pic of Daryl sitting in his new pram:





















Even though it's very inconvenient for us, at least Daryl got to sit in a new pram again. :) Let's hope that the new pram will not give us anymore problems.

The 7th Tooth

Announcement...

Daryl's 7th tooth is popping out!! It's at his lower gum on the right hand side. I saw it this morning when he gave me his very big smile. That was when he woke up & saw me at his side smiling at him. I like to see that smile of his. It always warms my heart whenever I saw it!!

Cleaning the Coffee Table

Daryl was such a good boy today again!! He decided to help us to clean our coffee table by wiping it with his hanky. *faint*

Laundry Time...

Daryl was such a good boy today!! He decided that he wants to help us to do some of the housework. As he was too young to do anything strenuous, he decided to help us to push the laundry bag from our room to the kitchen where our washing machine is.

Unfortunately, he was distracted along the way by Kel who was working in the study room & he derailed.



Anyway, it's the thought that counts.

Lunch with Daryl

I had to post some letters today. Thus I decided to bring Daryl & Asty down to the coffeeshop near my place to have lunch together. Daryl was so happy that he was going out with us that he kept smiling when we walked down the stairs.

I let Daryl did quite a fair bit of walking today. He walked from the 6th floor's stairs to the lift landing, into the lift, out of the lift & to the end of our block. It was a very long walk. When he stopped & refused to walk, I carrried him & walked the rest of the way to the coffeeshop.

Daryl enjoyed the lunch very much. I think he likes the fact that he wasn't strapped in his pram but sitting on 2 stacked up chairs.



































He even had fish beehoon for lunch. Yummy... As he can't finished the whole bowl, he had to share it with Asty.

After the lunch, Asty carried him back to our block. Then I asked Asty to put him down so that he can walked somemore. He walked from the end of our block, to the lift landing, into the lift, out of the lift & to the bottom of the stairs leading to our house. Then I carried him down the stairs.

When we reached home, I asked Asty to bathe him so that he can take his nap. He was so tired by all the walking that he took a 3 hours nap.

Getting kissed...

Daryl 'asked' me for kisses today!! It was the 1st time that he had done that & it was not for 1 kiss, but 3 kisses!!

It happened when Kel & I were on our way out to work. When Daryl saw that we were going out without him, he crawled very quickly to us & clarmoured to be carried. I carried him up & told him that mummy & daddy are not going out. We are going to work. He seem to understand & didn't fussed anymore. Kel, who was already outside the door, told him to kiss me, but he refused to. However, he did something very surprising, he turned his head & gave me his cheek so that I can kiss him. It wasn't a fluke as he did it again & again, a total of 3 times!! Once I had done that, he gave me a very big smile. Kel was so jealous!! Hahaha...

Poo Poo...

Daryl had not been poo pooing since last Thu! This morning when we woke up, we saw that Daryl is straining very hard to try & poo, but no success. Thus I told Asty to boil some china barley for him. She replied that she had already done so. I was very impressed! This is called initiative! Am very glad that she had done it.

After drinking the barley water, Daryl tried to poo a couple of times again. Still not successful. When I checked his diapers, I can see the poo at his butt hole there. It's just that it can't come out. Poor Daryl...

In the afternoon, when I was on the phone, I heard Daryl crying very loudly. I quickly ended the call & rushed to see what had happened. I saw Asty carrying a naked Daryl & Kel trying to pull out his poo in the bathroom. Kel said Daryl tried to poo again when he was having his bath. But it was not successful again. His poo is stuck at his butt hole there & it wouldn't come out. Daryl cried even harder when he saw me. He reached out & wants me to carry him. He even call Mama... It really broke my heart when I saw that. I carried him & he went to lay his head on my shoulder. I told Kel that we have to bring Daryl to see Dr Chua to get the medicine for Daryl to poo. Seeing how distressed Daryl was, Kel agreed & he went to change.

On the way to Dr Chua's clinc, Daryl actually fell asleep during the short journey!This shows how tired he was!

At Dr Chua's clinic, he gave Daryl babylax in his butthole. When I put Daryl down, he cried again. When the medicine was deposited into his butt hole, he cried even harder. Poor poor Daryl... My heart really broke then! Once done, I carried him up & patted him. Luckily he was soothed by my patting. Dr Chua told us to give him more water as he thinks that Daryl is not drinking enough water. I made a mental note to tell Asty about it.

When we reached home, Daryl tried to poo poo again. After a while, I went to check on his diaper. I saw that he had poo out 3 small round pieces of very hard poo. I told Kel about it. Kel told me to wait for a while more for him to finish his poo pooing. I replied that it's better to wash now so that he'll not kena diaper rash. Dun wan 2 add on to his discomfort now.

While washing him, we saw that Daryl is straining again. Thus Kel sprayed water into his butt hole there. Daryl then poo out 4 more pieces of hard poo. After that, we saw that he was trying to push out a bigger piece. As it's already out, Kel went to pull it out. OMG... that piece of poo is huge!! The width is equivalent to the width of 3 of my fingers!! No wonder Daryl was in such pain!!

After the washing up, I went to pat Daryl to sleep. He fell asleep almost immediately. Poor boy! After all the hard work, he deserved a good rest.

It was 6pm when Daryl woke up. He had been sleeping for 3 hours already. When he woke up, he didn't cry, which is a very good sign! I went to take a peek at him. When he saw me, he gave me a very big smile. When I saw that, I knew that everything is okie already.

Children's Day

We went to my mum's place today for dinner. She was complaining to my sis that we have not been back for a long time already, thus she misses Daryl a lot. To satisfy her, we brought Daryl back so that he can entertain her. :)

Here'a a pic of Daryl & my mum.



























See the cheeky look on his face!!

Here are some pics of Daryl sitting in my younger sis's lap playing with her handphone.

















































See how comfortable he is sitting there!! Btw, he already figured out how to unlock my sis's hp. Hehe...