Happy Month-Day!

Peanut is now 2 months old. Phew, time flies really fast. Before you know it, she's off to college!

She now weighs around 5.6kg, and loves using her hands to swat at her face. Or mine. She seems to be putting on weight quite rapidly as she can't seems to fit most of her clothes already. She's also sleeping for longer periods now, thankfully, usually only waking up once in the night. I still get super groggy at night when i'm feeding her but all grogginess are swept away when she lights up and smiles at you suddenly. Ah, how it warms my heart. Yes, she's smiling very frequently now, often in response when we're talking to her or making funny faces.

Currently she's sleeping with us on the bed. She sleeps between me and BigB. Not a very good idea, i know, but I pity her la, sleeping all alone in the crib, with Moo Moo Cow only for company. She must be lonely, no? Well i think she is cause she cries every time she's in it. Or the "sarong" in the room. But i really love having her sleeping next to me. It's a feeling that I can't describe. It must be love. :)

*zzzzzzzzz*

Of course we have to be extra careful with her in the bed, so both me and BigB have been sleeping on edges of the bed so we won't roll over her at night. And she has an army of small, very low and firm pillows around her built like a fortress. Small and firm enough for it not to tumble onto her, but big enough for us to know that we can't cross over. But we probably have to put her back in the crib when she can start rolling over.

And bathing her has been easy so far. No screaming fest, touch wood. I think she enjoys being in the water. Bathing her for the first time was nerve wrecking, but as a friend taught me, i have to have a firm hand when dealing with her and cannot show her my nervousness as she can sense it. And i need to talk to her in a calm, confident tone. Sort of like how you'll have to be when you go for interviews hehe

Ah well. Peace out!

I am....

still fat la haijorr!!!!!!!!!

Remember the "slimming pants" tat i bought? the super tight one?? Anyway....*deep breath* but i predicted correctly!! I couldn't even bring it up pass my thighs!!! Yes, you can call me thunder thighs now! *sniff* ANd i have fat arms too.

I weighed myself the other day at the hospital when i went for my post-partum check up. Good news is, I've lost 3kg. Bad news is...i still have 5kg to go. 5kg is a lot when you can't fit a lot of your working clothes. And the problem is i dun have the time go shopping at all. I mean, I do have a bit of time, just that most of the few times that i'm out, it's to get stuff for Peanut. We'll see whether i can sneak out this weekend to do last minute shopping or not.

Anyway........now that i'm going back to work, perhaps I can start a diet regime. Like....cut OUT rice totally and just eat protein& vegies during lunch . Okay, maybe a bit of rice can la. And no more McDonalds!! (*looks at Taurus*). And....no snacking in between. Just drink water only. And as for dinner, cut out rice totally!

Wah...Can ah can ah?? You think it'll work?? The only thing that I die die also won't cut out is my coffee. And I dun have time to do exercises okie!! Like really! * i swear* Taurus, you must slap me okay if I eat too much!

OMG...4 more days, and back to spending long hours on the road!!

Random bits

Sigh...1 more week and I'm back to work! Waking up at an inhuman hour, driving the long commute to work, suffering in the jam, God help me.

So that's why i've not been blogging much. I need to make full use of the remaining week. I've been trying to finish that book which is taking wayyyy too long, finish up all the dvds, taking more pics of Peanut since I doubt i can do so much when i'm back at work, and generally been spending more quality time with her. Phew!

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Anyways.......i did my hair last week. And i'm never going back to that hair salon anymore!! Cos in the 2 hours plus i was there, the gal has been forcing me to do lots of stuff !! All i want was a dye job but the moment i sat down she said my scalp a bit sensitive and need to do treatment. So yeah, okay whatever, since my hair and scalp also need a bit of pampering so I said fine, and hope she'll shaddap after tat. But no lor!!! She did the treatment but while dyeing my hair, she kept saying how sensitive my scalp is, what the hell! I already do your treatment lor wat else you want!

So...actually got udang di sebalik batu. She then showed me this shampoo which cost RM128 (siaw!) and say it's good for me yadda yadda but hor, it smelt like ginseng. Gross!!! Later BigB say my hair smell like chinese soup how? So i just smiled politely and say no.

Then, she kept saying my hair super dry and say I need to do another treatment, bloody hell. Aiyo nothing will help my dry hair except me shaving the whole damn thing off okay so I said no. Okay fine, still didn't give up. Then she brought this huge calculator and this big chart and ask me to take up their "package". A RM1888 package where you can do your hair i dunno how many times for a small price. I'm super low maintenance with my hair lor and I dun like to spend long hours at the salon unless necessary and it's RM1888 leh!! But must give credit to her la, she's seriously dem persistent and has the "never give up attitude" so i think she should get a sales job at my office there! She kept selling from the time I sat down on the chair, to while dyeing my hair, all the way while washing my hair to when i reach the cashier to pay for it. I think she's very ngam for the job since she die die also must make sales. But I was one step away from shrieking "shadddappppp!"

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PC!! Your balloon dem semangat wey! Almost two months and it's still floating!

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I went to my Doc on Saturday for the 6 weeks post-partum check up.

And he kept pushing me to take birth control pills lor as my family planning method!

I told him I don't want any since i'm not very keen on eating foreign substance when it's not neccessary. Then he kept saying " it's good for you!". Many benefits!! Better complexion!! "Less heavier menstrual flow!" "More regular period!"

What's with this heavy selling of contraceptive pills?? They get commission issit? I dun have any pimples at the moment (*touch wood*), my period has never been heavy (*touch wood!*) and it's always super regular (*touch wood touch wood touchwooooood!*) So why should I take the pill? And there are other methods of family planning rite??? Strange.

I also asked him when can I start going for mammograms. And he said I'm paranoid wtf.

Paranoid meh?? i thought breast cancer is ocurring in women at a younger age nowadays. I mean i've heard of women getting breast cancer in their twenties! And i told him that. Then he asked me to do self-checks at home and just go for mammograms at the age of 40. Wat if my self-examinations missed out something??

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Been taking lots of pics of Peanut lately.

Favorite past time: Sleeping on my lap

Sleeping with Mr Moo Moo Cow

What do you mean I have double chin??!

*giggle*

Meh

Sucking on the juicy couture pacifier that Taurus jie jie gave me. Yums!!

More action on the lap


*good mood*

Yeah yeah yeah i know i have fat cheeks. Whatever. Bye.

The belly

Belly shots taken while pregnant.

I only started to take some pics 17 weeks onwards, cos there wasn't much difference before that. Wah..looking at these pictures reminded me how it was during pregnancy...

• How I worried when I couldn't feel Peanut moving inside sometimes (my paranoid & worrying trait at its full force) and kept asking Taurus & BigB "why can't i feel her moving wan!??" She moved definitely, it's just that I expected babies to move 24/7. They don't.
  
• How it was so difficult to sleep in the final two months as I couldn't get into a comfortable position and I felt it was so difficult to breathe lor!
  
• How BigB always cover my eyes or ask me to LOOK AWAY NOW!!! when something geli or not so good is in front of me. It can be something on tv, or something we see on the road etc...
• The traumatic episode in January 2009 which I rather not remember! Nuh-Uhh!!
  
• How BigB kept bringing me to Kayu Nasi Kandar to eat chicken briyani cos I was so craving for it! I ate so much yellow rice and curries during my pregnancy I was so afraid Peanut will get jaundice. But ta dah!!! Peanut never had jaundice, thank God.
  
• How people are generally friendlier & kinder toward preggie women. They open the doors for you, strike up friendly conversations in the lifts though it's always "boy or girl?? or "when are you due", smile at you more, and don't allow you to do manual labor. Best nye!
• You get to use the "pregnancy card" at all times! When BigB say the house is messy, I will say "I'm pregnant okie! Too tiring to tidy up!!" I also use it to order BigB to make drinks for me, get me snacks, bring me to my favorite shops, go eat my favorite food, watch my favorite shows on astro and not his Turbo channel (boring), get to lay in bed all day long without anyone saying anything and generally get out of mundane stuff and only do the things i like :)
  
• Which means, I also use the "pregnancy card" to get out of stuff that I don't feel like doing outside! Like escaping offices-colleagues-lunch/dinner get-togethers/farewells hehe

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A very special shoutout to Taurus!!:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAURUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A trial

Pondering on the way to Curve

Yesterday we went for a "trial outing" to Curve with Peanut, and by the end of the 1 hour plus we were there, I was all tired out and ready to go home aijor! I don't think we are taking Peanut out again anytime soon until she reached at least 6 months or so. Or when she stopped asking for milk every 3 hours.

Going out means I have to take out a huge bag. And when i say a huge bag, it looks like i'm going for a 2 nights stay in Penang kind. And it's dem heavy lor!! Heavier than Peanut definitely. Being a paranoid and worrying person that I am, unfortunately, I tend to bring more stuff that I need. I always have this "what if i need it" mentality.

How to reduce what I need ah, when i think everything is important? Below is a list of what i've packed for a few hours out. ANd how do you estimate how much to bring when you don't know how long you gonna be out btw?!?

• 1 big milk bottle and 1 small milk bottle
  
• 3 to 4 diapers
  
• 2 small containers of milk powder
  
• Thermos for hot water
• 1 small bottle of mineral water to make milk
  
• Handkerchief and bib
  
• Wet wipes
• Tissue
• Changing mat
  
• Extra mittens & booties and clothes just in case
  
• A toy
• My wallet & mobile ( I can't be bringing a separate bag also right?)
  

Em..ok the above probably doesn't look like it's a lot but it's the thermos & the mineral water that's making my bag super heavy lor. And the thermos is a mini size some more.

So being the first time out with Peanut, me and BigB were quite nervous. We fumbled with the stroller, and have to juggle carrying a crying Peanut, the stupid heavy bag, and the stroller. And if you have shopping bags to carry too?

And oh..while we were there, Peanut had to be fed too, so when we went to look for a Baby room, it was packed man, and even though the room was clean, it doesn't smell so fresh lor and there were so many prams inside haiyoooo. We ended up feeding Peanut on one of the sofas outside the shops. And it was hot too. So yes, I felt very flustered and again I was paranoid with the germs in a public place and was trying to avoid walking near people just in case they cough or sneeze near Peanut.

We chose to bring Peanut to Curve on our first "trial outing" because we knew there won't be much crowd, the place is reasonably clean and there's a baby room. But yeah still fail.dot.com. I was so glad when we left Curve.

All maxed out on the way home, and after a change of clothes

So this is the first and last trial run at a shopping mall. Can you imagine if we're at MidValley or KLCC with the big big crowd?? *shivers in fear* We'll wait till you're older okie Peanut??! *mwuaccks*

Huh, what do you mean no more shopping??!

*yawn*

Last Saturday, i went out with BigB to do a bit of shopping. It's nice to be out and do normal stuff. Cos frankly being cooped up at home everyday is giving me the blues!! I wonder how those housewives do it everyday, really respect man!

In case you're wondering, i'm still up most nights, and getting my shut eye in the morning instead. I'm kinda used to it already so no problemo.

This is how she sleeps every night. It's disco night every nite "Put your hands up in the air!!"

Hi Mei Li Jie Jie!!!!! I miss you!!

Peanut going green. Save the earth peeps! and eat your vegies!

Anyway, I bought this the other day:

Smaller than my eclipse mints.

This tiny little thingy(Make Up Forever Eye Seal) cost me RM90 wtf. I bought this because i read an online review on it. Some gal blogged about it la. Seriously i dunno why i'm so easily persuaded. If someone say it's good on their blog, there's a 90% chance that i'll go out the next day and buy it. Provided i can afford it la.

Anyway, this Eye Seal is supposed to make your eye make up last and last and last..and the good thing is that now i can use a pencil eyeliner or eyeshadow as my eyeliner! previously, if i used any of the above without the eye seal, i'll be all panda eyed in the next 2 hours. Why my eyelids secretes so much oil man. For the pencil eyeliner, you just need to dab dab a bit on your eyes after you've drawn your eyes. As for the eyeshadows, you just need to mix it up with the liquid first and then draw as usual on your eyes.

Anyway, i tried it out today and it works! Rm90 or not, it's a good buy cos I hate getting my eye make up smudged . And at least all my eye shadows won't go to waste. Can turn all into eyeliners! *beams in happiness*.

And the Sales Assistants there are super nice and not pushy at all lor! I I ended up buying foundation from there as well even though I initially wanted to get it at Clinique. And they also trimmed my eyebrows for free. Gosh, this is turning into such a bimbo post isn't it?? Bye!!

Update

Since I deleted myself off facebook yesterday, BigB has gone into facebook to see whether i'm still there or not.

Well, he can't find my profile anymore. And my name has been removed in pictures that I was tagged on before.

So yes, it works people!