Posted on Mar 12, 2010 in
Rachel Huan When I was a kid, I LOVE school holidays : no need to go school, can play play play!
When I started working, I LOVE school holidays : less cars (somehow) on the road, can leave house later!
Now that Rachel has started going to school, I DREAD school holidays : Rachel and Nicole at home, and I’m dependent on Tina and only Tina alone!
I know I don’t have to face handling the kids myself like other SAHM, but it’s affecting me mentally more, having to think about how things are, worry about if things are handled properly, if everything is going ok at home, with Tina alone, facing TWO children, ALL BY HERSELF! *fingers crossed* I hope the week goes by smoothly…
Rachel’s reaction? I asked her just now when I called home, ‘Do you need to go school next Monday?”
She was thinking for a while, then her voice suddenly lighten up and said “I DON’T HAVE TO GO SCHOOL FOR NINE DAYS!”…
Though she tells me she enjoys school, but since after the Chinese New Year break, she has been crying on and off when it comes to school… Sometimes when she was going to school, sometimes when she has her free time in class etc… So much so, that her class teacher wrote in her diary book, bringing it to our attention and asking us to talk to her…
Posted on Mar 9, 2010 in
Monthly Summary (Nicole) 
Weight : 5.4kg (approx.)
Height : ??cm
We have not went for her 3rd month jab, as my aunt ran out of stock for the pneumococcal vaccine which we planned to have it at the same time, so we are delaying the visit another week… I’ll update accordingly when I know of her weight and height then… 
- Diet & Sleep :
- 4.5 to 5oz every 3.5 to 4 hours…
- She definitely prefers sleep over milk, as she’ll normally either purse her lips tightly, or spat out all the milk that goes into her mouth, whenever she is sleepy…
- Prefers water to milk sometimes, because she’ll reject her milk but will suck on the water…
- Will be cranky and needs to have her night time routine (sponged/wiped and changed to pajamas, and a night feed) around 8:30pm to 9pm daily…
- Wakes up pretty frequently the past 2 weeks, from 3am onwards… However, when we tried to give her milk, she will only take 2 oz or so, and will fall asleep again, only to wake up an hour or so later…
We suspect it was due to the heat causing her to be uncomfortable, so been keeping the aircond cooler this 2 nights…
- She does sleep occasionally from 9pm to 5am or 6am the next morning *fingers crossed*… I hope she’ll continue to sleep longer as soon as she can take in more milk per feeding…
- Characteristics & Behaviour :
- Smiles back at us smiling at her…
- Cries ALL the time when need to sleep, and wants to be carried and rocked to sleep…
- Been salivating A LOT, and sucking on her mittens/fingers…
- She can hold both her hands together (especially when she’s sucking on her mittens/fingers)…
- In a few occasion, seem to be able to anticipate a little…
eg: When Tecky tried to knock his head on her forehead, she has repeatedly shown:
1) ability to push her forehead up when Tecky’s head is near…
2) ability to turn her face away every time Tecky’s head comes near…
- Likes to play with the milk bottle teat…
At nearly each feeding, she’ll be playing around for a while, smiling sometimes from her tongue twisting with the bottle teat, before she’ll willingly start sucking… 
For the record, she drinks VEEERY slowly… *roll eyes*
- Doesn’t quite coo back and does not laugh aloud when we play with her, but she’ll focus on our face and seems like she’s concentrating…
- Still could not control her hands and fingers well, can’t seem to relax her thumbs on both her hands… It’s always tucked under the other 4 fingers, and when the 4 fingers are opened wide, the thumbs will still be stiff and folded inwards…
- Could grip on our fingers that are put into her palms, but still doesn’t know how to reach for any toys that we put in front of her…
- LOVES to watch TV!
I know we shouldn’t, but with Rachel wanting to watch her shows, it’s difficult to stop Nicole from staring at the TV… She’ll even wail and cry if you’d block her vision when she’s focused on the TV!
Photo below shows how she stares on the idiot box!
- Will cry whenever the car stops at the junction or traffic lights (just like her elder sister)…
- Hasn’t been given a lot of tummy time, as her parents’ attention are a little divided for now, trying to settle quite a bit of things, and her elder sister which adores her…
So, CNY 2010 ended a week ago… Took me so long to actually put up a post about it, other than of the kids being sick!
This was by far my lousiest Chinese New Year, despite having another bundle of joy, but everyone was sick, and it was so unprepared… With Nicole so young, and the family trying to get into a new schedule, I really wasn’t in the roll to get new clothes for both of them… I used to have matching pairs all planned out way before CNY, but this year, it was done on the evening before CNY… I vow that next year’s CNY would be better my girls…
Rachel – She’s been VERY excited over CNY… Been counting and crossing the days on her little table calendar to her school’s CNY party (to be blogged soon) and the CNY celebration, but unfortunately fell sick… She did go for her CNY party in school, but didn’t get to enjoy the CNY’s cookies, junks and cold drinks (but she hated being sick so much, she was scared of anything that could make her coughing and fever worse)… She insisted that we kept some of the cookies and junk food aside, so that she can eat them when she gets better (photos below)…
That aside, she really enjoyed collecting the AngPows… She even told MIL when we decided not to go back to Ipoh (due to Rachel’s fever) to collect angpows from greatgrandma in Ipoh on her behalf, and remember to bring the angpows back for her… At an occasion, even asked me, why this auntie didn’t give her any angpow…
She was holding onto the packets of junk food, saying grandma say to keep until she feels better…
Lugging the packets into the store and storing them herself, so no one can take it…
Nicole – She was just 2 months old, and don’t know a thing about the first CNY of her life, which was more of disturbance for her, due to the late nights and noises and the heat of CNY! Nevertheless, she was still wearing quite a bit of new clothes, mostly gifts from everyone when she was born…
The 2010 CNY Collection (hahaha) -
I got a few items which are identical for both the sisters, and tried to arrange that they’ll wear it on the same day…
The night before (Nicole)
Skirt was a gift from her grandaunt… Tshirt a gift from Tecky’s office…
The night before (Rachel)
Mommy bought both of these…
1st Day (Rachel)
Mommy bought them all, including a new pair of shoes…
1st Day (Nicole)
Gift from Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Gwyn and Uncle Bernard…
2nd Day (Rachel)
Tshirt a gift from Tecky’s friend…
Seed skirt bought by me (on 70% – woo hoo, haha)…
2nd Day (Nicole)
Dress a gift (I’m so sorry, but I forgot from who exactly)…
2nd Day – The Huan sisters, together…
Rachel’s 2010 pose?
3rd Day (Rachel)
Both bought by us…
3rd Day (Nicole)
Blouse a gift from Granduncle TF, Grandaunt Joan, Aunt Ellen & Uncle Eric from their trip to UK…
Same pants with Rachel – bought by us…
4th Day (Rachel)
Bought by us…
Seed top (70%) and Poney bottom (40%)…
p/s : Accessories not her new toy! haha…
5th Day (Rachel)
Dress from Aunt ShzeEe, Aunt XinEe, Aunt JunEe…
She was in a good mood, and was posing a lot with this dress…
5th Day (Nicole)
Bought this from Jusco…
6th Day (Rachel)
p/s: I missed out Rachel’s new clothes on the 7th Day, which was taken on the P&S…
Will upload when I can… 
8th Day (Rachel)
It was Tecky’s birthday, so she was actually having cake!
That, is the end of the parade!
I still have a new dress for Nicole, which hasn’t been worn yet, because it was sleeveless and she wasn’t feeling well the whole of CNY after that, so we’ll keep that for later (maybe for Uncle CC’s wedding next month)…
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