29.01.09 / Family / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (6)
Happy Chinese New Year!!!!!
Updating from my mum’s home, Melaka.
During the last week prior to CNY, I was already baking like a mad woman, rushing to complete some cookies for my own home, hubby’s home in Kuantan and some pineapple tarts for my mother. Audrey and I even attempted to make some Bak Kua (dried meat). See the outcome on my decuisine blog. Time is really limited and I could not even bake enough to give to my BIL and SIL.
We went back to Kuantan last Friday. Journey back was a bliss as we departed in the wee mornings while the babies are still sleeping. We then came back to Melaka on the 2nd day of CNY, but journey back was a bit tiring as the babies woke up early and wailed in the car.
I will update more photos later when I go back home tomorrow. Going to do some visiting soon today, hoping to catch up with some old friends and relatives whom I have not seen for years.
22.01.09 / Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (29)
Time flies! In another few days time, they will be 7 months.
Weight: Kor-kor weight at 7.4 while Di-di is now already 7.3kg
Capability: Di-di could move around chasing the rolling in the walker now whereas Kor-kor does not know how to manuever the walker yet (just sit there smiling, my poor little feverish boy)
Teething: Di-di bottom front tooth is sprouting (can hear the *klak klak* noise when he bites on the steel spoon whereas Kor-kor shows no sign of teething.
These below pictures obviously shows my crazy days at home with the boys. It has been long since I stripped them down naked to take their photos. See what I have got them a few days back (they were totally naked except with a piece of towel covering them).
Sweet Kor-kor smiling behind
Look at what Di-di is trying to do, *even the towel was pushed away*
Cannot imagine what my future days lie when I look at this mischievous Di-di!
*sweating now*
Just love to look at their wrinkled tummy
It is amazing how identical twins can be so different from each other although they come from the same egg, conceived at the same time. If you have seen their previous pictures of them on my blog, you would be able to tell easily who is who by now. Their character is so different, and yet they look almost the same (even hubby and I can make silly mistake sometimes!)
21.01.09 / Health, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (28)
Tags: Anemia, Thalassemia
Today is the 6th day and Kor-kor is still having high fever (with no sign of any infection, flu or cough). This morning his temperature marked 39.1C degree (I overslept at night and did not feed him any medication after his last feed at midnight).
Since it has been for days, the doctor took blood test to find if there is any sign of bacteria infection or dengue. At 3pm, my handphone rang. It was found he is having some bacteria in his blood, therefore he has to take the antibiotic now. In actual, his fever is a blessing in disguise. Doctor told me he has other finding with his blood.
Doctor suspected Thalassemia, * a shocking word to me* and asked me if anyone in the family has this problem. I immediately call my mum and my SIL to check. My mum said my cousin had it, but a mild one. Another culprit with his Anemia could also be due to the iron deficiency, *however doctor said it is very unlikely since he is fully breastfeed”.
Whatever it is, there is nothing we can do but to wait for his fever to subside so that we can proceed with another blood test to confirm, probably after the CNY. How am I going to celebrate the CNY like that? What about Di-di who shares the same blood since they are twins? *sigh….no mood for anything anymore* 
20.01.09 / Health, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (13)
Kor-kor developed high fever since last Friday until now *scratch head*. His temperature goes up and down like roller coaster but there is no sign of flu or cough until today. I am not sure if he is teething (cannot feel any hard teeth coming up from his gum yet), but he shows sign of crawling already (with his bum arch up high trying to jerk forward).
Brought him to paed yesterday evening and dr said he might be getting the Roseola. I remember QQ got it too, a week before CNY when she was a baby. What a coincidence!
I hope it is not some viral infection as the boys just recovered from fever, flu and cough 2 weeks ago. Furthermore, CNY is arriving very very soon. I hope Di-di would be spared from it (but most likely he will not) or at least get it as soon as Kor-Kor recovers.
19.01.09 / Travels, remember me / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (0)
Chinese New Year is arriving in just a few days time but at home I still have a lot to do. With the babies around, we have so limited time to clean up the whole house. Luckily we are not here to celebrate our New Year but will be back to hometown with our parents and families. Read the rest of this entry »
19.01.09 / Cloth Diapers, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (10)
Tags: bumwear, cloth, diapers, drybess, freshbots, pants, pocket, training
What a coincidence, all purple and blue!
Left from top: Bumwear training pants (purple), Bumwear One Size (dark blue), Freshbots cover (purple)
Righ from topt: Drybees (L), Bumwear OS (Light blue prints and plain blue)
I thought I should give a serious thought to cloth diapering since I am already owning some Pocket Cloth Diapers (presents from great friends). The boys are still wearing disposable diapers at night and when we goes out for shopping (normally 6~8 hours) as I do not have the guts to wear these on the cloth, for long hours. I am afraid it would be too troublesome to change the soil CD, as we want to avoid bringing too much things during our outing.
So, when do the boys wear these? Only for short distance outing (less than 3 hours) and during their nap. So much of wastage yeah? Now I hope to get a few more for their night use or even better, fully on CD. Am eyeing on the BG OS 3.0 or the fitted diapers (which requires diaper cover). Heard also some good comments the China made Coolababy OS CD. My boys are now almost 8kg and they are real heavy wetter (still sucking me dry at night and I do not even need the Leptovox to help me loose weight).
Any tips to share?
18.01.09 / Baking/Cooking, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (7)
Tags: baby, cereal, free, gluten, milk, organic, sucrose
Although the boys are now moving into their 7th month, I have yet to start “double-boil” (hehe…so ambitious..) their porridge. Will only do so once we settle down from travelling after the CNY.
It is so difficult to find organic baby cereal these days. Yesterday while hunting for one in 1U (where I bought the Holle Organic Semolina Porridge), I am so surprise that the only organic shop in I Utama had been closed down! There is another new organic shop (near to Cold Storage). However they do not sell any baby cereal.
Luckily I manage to get this above baby cereal from one organic shop in Sg.Long (near to 100yen shop but they sell only this brand). Made in France, it cost RM22.90 per tin (even more expensive than those coming from USA). This quinoa cereal is also free from milk, sucrose and gluten.
According to the shop owner, tin type is much better than the box cereal as it is much more cleaner (such as the Healthy Times Premium where those cereal were placed directly in the paper box, available in Carefour).
After trying 3 types of different cereal, finally I found Di-di’s favourite, but Kor-kor still prefer the Healthy Times Premium Organic Baby Cereal.
So far, I have added:
- plain water (for their first feeding)
- scrap banana (the twins favourite)
- apple (I think I should steam them next time)
- milk powder (usually in the morning or when I run out of things to add)
16.01.09 / Child's Play, Parenting, QQ / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (23)
Tags: glasses, long, sighted
After being diagnosed having very rare high degrees of Hypermetropia (long sighted of 950 degree), QQ has been wearing her glasses for almost a year now. She already get used to wearing glasses. She would now automatic grab for it, the moment she wakes up because this is the only thing that would enable to see her world.
From the previous checking, her eye long sighted problem was found improved from 950 degree to only 700 degree now. It is a very huge improvement, and we hope her eyes problem would improve more in the near future so she does not have to wear such a thick glasses.
This is her, in her new pink purplelish glasses. I wanted light blue but she insisted pink! (Really a big girl who has her own mind now).Anyway, I think she looks pretty cute with her new glasses 
14.01.09 / Baking/Cooking, Friends / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (14)
Tags: cashewnut cookies
These 2 weeks will be very busy for me. Since Audrey will be here to accompany (helping, actually) me to bake, we decided that we will bake all our CNY this year. After sending her boys to school, she comes over to my place, and even shopped for all the baking ingredients for me. Such a kind friend yeah…..
Can see the cute shape of our Cashewnut cookies? We used recipe from Agnes Chang. Recipe here.
A blogger friend just came in time, bringing me my Tomica vege cutter, all the way to my house from Chooi Peng. She also helps me to deliver my pineapple jam. As my hands and legs were all tied up with the boys (dono why they do not wanna nap in the morning when I am baking cookies), she even stayed on and helped us to bake!!!
Hope over my other blog at decuisine.net to see who she is. Thank you, friend!
13.01.09 / Baby wearing, Parenting / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (20)
Tags: baby, sling, wearing
I have just bought another new sling. Hubby said I am crazy, spend money like water.*Actually slinging helps me to hide my ugly protruding tummy*
When I wore this to Mid Valley, to attend hubby’s uni reunion, I even saw people catching a glimpse of me the way I wore my baby (or it was me, the gorgeous mum that they looking at me? )*ehem…perasan sendiri*
12.01.09 / Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (16)
It is so fun to play with the babies, as long as they do not cry. Usually when I bring them out, people will surely ask me if both of them are boys (even though they are wearing same, and in blue). Oh, tell me frankly, do you think any of them look like baby girl?
Although some say Di-di does. According to old folk tales, if the baby, in my case, the youngest looks like a girl, the next one wouId be a girl. So I have a chance of getting a baby girl next? How nice if it is true. *just joking, don’t think we could afford another!*
11.01.09 / Hubby, maid / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (21)
This time is worst, she vomitted in the car without a plastic!!!!!
Initially when our maid arrived, she did vomit a few times, but not so bad. Then after quite sometime (about 6 months taking the anti-nausea pills each time we go out), her condition during car travel was quite fine. We even let her eat or snack in the car with us especially when we are travelling long distance.
Unfortunately not yesterday, not after her McD meal. She pukes all over herself and not even in time to reach for a plastic! (We suspect that she actually forgotten to eat the anti-nausea pills and told us lie). Thank God Kor-kor was asleep in his car seat beside her, otherwise I would not imagine how “geli” my poor baby would look like (as she usually carries him).
So, you can imagine how ANGRY my hubby was! Upon reaching Atria (where QQ is supposed to collect her new specs), we all went to a nearby shop and bought a cheapest T-shirt and pants, of course on her own expenses.
Instead of getting mad at her (I was surprise I wasn’t, and not even a bit), I really pity her. We learn our lesson and I guess, she did too! A really great loss for her. From now on, she would not be able to share and enjoy our fancy food when we dine out, but instead eating only plain food first at home (or pack herself some plain sandwich from home). Poor poor fella!
10.01.09 / Parenting, Pre-school, QQ / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (14)
QQ deserve a praise, her former teacher told me.
At age 5m QQ has to go to a different school building, different location (although still in the same school). It is good that their school arrange a trial for them before the school ends last year so they roughly could get use to their new school building, new environment and new teacher.
As it is difficult to wake up 2 little babies, rushing to feed them, carry and strap them into their car seat, I found a neighbour from my back lane house, who also send her little girl to the same school. *hmm..no chance to run in and out of the school so now I have to take alli weight loss pill to loose weight.*
So, on the first day, instead of bringing her to school, I just chucked her into my neighbour’s car and off she goes. She went on her own, and everything went so well.
I have learnt that a casual BYE will do when we part. I dare not hug or give her a kiss, just in case she got too emotional, eyes with tears and starts to cry, HAHA….
08.01.09 / Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (13)
Tags: Potty, training
I have been complaining so much about my kids…if they read this blog in future, they will surely think what a bad mother I am.
Actually sometimes I really think there are areas that they deserve to be praised. For instant, I recently started potty training (kiasu hor, baru 6 months wanna start potty train liao) with the boys in order (so that maid do not have to wash, actually machine wash, so many nappies daily.
Progress with Di-di
I am surprise how well he receive the idea of what to do when being sitted in his RED potty. Although he is still wearing cloth nappy, every 30mins we will take it off and put him to the potty. This smart little boy actually aware and knows how to “kekk” (can see his little ‘pea’ kembang, oppss, *a bit obscene my description*, and then shooting out his urine even though just a drop sometimes). As if he knows……*clap clap*
Progress with Kor-kor
Kor-kor is the one who flip over first. But when comes to potty training, he still very blur what is going on. When being put to the potty, he did not give any response. We tried so many times, and most of the time, he is the one ended up with a wet nappy. Unless he really could not control his bladder anymore (or coincident), he will pee in his potty.
Crazy parenting
It is really amazing to see the grow of the twins, from their birth until now. Although I may be mad sometimes most of the time, I still enjoy staying at home, watching my kids grow (although no money to splash, and at times have to be thrifty, calculating every single sen like mad). I am grateful that until today, we still survive with only one man salary (poor hubby has to feed so many mouths at home). I think I better get some cattle supplies and start a farm on the empty land near my house so my children can grow up running wild to play and occupied themselves. *wink*
How I de-stress
Yes, Slavemum, you are right. Baking and cooking is a great way for me to de-stress. I really enjoy doing the chores (a way I could hide myself from the madness). Sometimes I would just lock myself in the wet kitchen to do the cooking instead of letting my maid do it. I cannot deny how helpful when a maid is here especially when she tries to entertain the cranky babies, no matter how lousy she may be at times.
07.01.09 / Parenting, QQ, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (18)
I almost exploded when my 3 monsters drove me up to the wall yesterday. First it was my 2 naughty boys. Just like their father, they almost refuse to nap. At only 6 months plus, they could stay up AWAKE for 7 hours, just imagine!
From 3pm (after waking up from their nap), especially Di-Di allow me, ONLY ME to carry him, to play with him, to feed him. I could not go to the toilet, could not nap, could not do any other thing except entertain him. Not that he could sit or lie there to play with me, but he wants me to carry him most of the time. As my maid and I were trying very hard to put the boys to nap (oh, we usually have to carry and pat them on shoulders to sleep), they just could not doze off (eyes open wide and cry out loud awake the moment we put them into their sarong :(Â ) Weird monster babies, don’t you think so?
Then come another big monster, who else if it is no other than their sister. Don’t know what got into her, she kept on waking up in the middle of her evening nap to cry, cough…until almost vomit (she did it many many times on my sofa), then fall asleep, wake up and cry again for Mummy!!! Arrghh…I was so mad I told her she still has her mummy, her mummy *belum mati* (although I wish the floor will open and swallow me in that very moment) that she should not wail like that.
I really cannot understand why my 3 children always have difficulty in their sleep or nap. (Even my ex-nanny or CL can be my verdict). From birth until now almost 5 years old, QQ always wakes up crying and even louder if I am out of sight. I notice the same with the boys now (especially I am in toilet)…See how tired I am. I do not even need to run on a treadmill to burn my calories.
When I read about how Chanel’s put baby Ariel to sleep, that her baby can be “left alone in her cot, on the music and off the light, and within a short while she would just doze off”……aiyoo…sounds so beautiful….I mean, it is like fairy tale parenting, that will only happens in books to me….SIGH…..