Sixth sense

I have been telling Bryan the last few weeks that mommy will be going for a business trip. But usually when i tell him, he does not seem to care.

But yesterday night, when I tuck him to bed, he was unusually clingy. He asked for me to carry him while I sang him his lullabies. And i did. And he hugged me and lay his head on my shoulder while I gently pat his pat and continue singing to him.

Today, I did not go to the office as I am scheduled to take the evening’s flight.

So i took him to my mom’s place and after he had his early lunch, took him shopping.

Fed him his milk after shopping and tried getting him to nap. FAILED! He refuse to go to sleep and demand that I play with him eventhough I can tell that he is already very tired.

Mom came to took over and soon he was asleep.

But later, he woke up crying for “Mama” Mama” and he normally never does that during afternoon naps at my mom’s place.

It was as if he knows that I will be away ….

This business trip is going to be a hard one to take.

Made with love

My grandma made him this set of pyjamas, from leftover pieces of cloths.

The PJ design is very old fashioned but it is sewn with lots of love. Gotta give him credit for being able to carry off such a suit and yet still look adorably cute!

Favourite Dish

Though Bryan is still taking porridge daily at my mom’s place, I have stopped cooking porridge for Bryan during the weekend. He will usually have whatever that we are having. I just need to make sure that the food that we have are non-spicy, and not salty. And he’ll take it without much fuss.

If I have to cook a dish for Bryan, my favourite dish would be pasta with cheese.

I use organic vegetable pasta shells.

To make the sauce, I will first stir fry some garlic in olive oil. Then add a small slice of bacon and chopped vegetables (I usually use brocolli, cauliflower, carrots). Stir till fragrant then add in half a box of UHT milk. Dropped in the cooked pasta shells and 1 slice of cheddar cheese. Simmer until the sauce is thick and nice.

Bryan loves this too and can finish his serving with little assistance from us. I loved it because it is so easy to prepare and is packed with protein & calcium from the milk & cheese, and vitamins & fiber from the vege.

(he always have his meals topless at home, so that I have less dirty laundry to wash )

And on a separate note, we took him to Cameron Highlands and Ipoh during the recent long weekend (Pg Governor birthday).

We went to Ipoh Old Town for our favourite beef koay teow. As usual the coffee shops are very packed and this one don’t even have a baby chair.

So we stacked up 3 regular chair and voila…

Bryan can now eat his meal in a “regular” chair as well. Of course it gets a bit tricky once he is done with his food and wants to explore the place. There’s nothing stopping him….

Conversations with Bryan

#1
Bryan: *picks up a coin* Chien (money)
Mommy: Yes, chien
Bryan: Mai (buy)
Mommy: Mai sen mo (buy what?)
Bryan: Mai Loh Ti (buy bread)

#2
Bryan: Shoe,…Sie (shoe in mandarin, yeah he’s dual language sometimes)
Bryan: Shoe, mai, Adjo mai (Go Tesco buy shoe)
=> Tesco is his favourite shopping mall.
Daddy: Bryan got chien? (Bryan have money)
Bryan: Chien…..Boh… (money, no)
Bryan: Chien….Kng Kng (grandpa has money)
Daddy: Good, go ask Kong Kong give you money buy shoe

#3
Bryan: *Look out his bedroom window/ balcony*
Bryan: Adjo Aphra (Tesco Extra)
Bryan: mai egg tart
=> He loves the portugese egg tart from Kings Bakery, at Tesco Extra

#4
Bryan: *dig out wallet, take out a dollar note*
Bryan: Chien…..mai loh ti or mai egg tart
=> guess you can tell this boy loves to eat

What can I do?

It seems that this year Bryan got sick more often than last year. Some possible reasons:-

1. We do take him out more often. Allowing him to run all over the place, touch all sorts of things, which exposes him to more bacteria & viruses.

2. We do go out more often ourselves. Hubb and I have been to 2 vacations this year (without bb) and we are exposing ourselves to new strains of bacteria & viruses. (Such as this time in hubb & Bryan’s case).

3. Bryan is no longer exclusively breastfed this year. And since I got back from Vietnam, no longer breastfed.

Hubb remarked that perhaps if i am still bfg Bryan, he may not have caught the flu. Afterall, I did not catch it which meant I have the antibodies to fight the bacteria. If I am still bfg, Bryan will get some of my antibodies.

So for mothers who are grumbling about the difficulty in weaning *wink*, be glad that you are still giving the best to your baby.

Anyway, since I am no longer bfg, i am kinda a bit paranoid as to how I can continue to boost my baby’s immune system. If i ask the PD, he’ll just say make sure bb has balanced diet. He is not a supporter of supplements.

So I have been asking my friends what they give their kids, and one recommended Noni juice. Going to find out more about this and most probably will get for my son. Millenium is just too expensive to take for the long run.

And while Bryan is in the hospital. I took the flu vaccination as well. I rarely get sick and I want to make sure i don’t as much as possible so that I can’t pass it to Bryan. Hubb is going to get the flu jab too, since he is quite susceptible to flus. He is a bit ‘guilty’ now, that he is actually the one who suggested taking the jab, and he has a phobia for needles.

Although i know of mothers who would give their kids flu vaccinations, I have not come to the stage that I would give this to Bryan. Not unless recommended by his PD.

Dear God, please keep Bryan and all children healthy and safe always.

Hospitalized again

First of all, thanks to all those who have SMS-ed and for your well-wishes. I’m sorry if I have not been able to reply your messages. Most of the time, my HP is tucked away in a drawer with low ring tone. So I may not have heard the messages come in. And Bryan always wanted to play with my HP whenever he sees it, so I minimize the time I spent talking or sending SMSes on it.

Well, the title says it all. Bryan was hospitalized again. This time for high fever (39C-40C), sore throat and a minor ear infection.

I left the house at 545am on Saturday morning for a hike to Pantai Kerachut. When I left the house, Bryan was still OK although he did have some minor fever the day before.

Then later in the morning, I received an SMS that hubb is taking Bryan to see the PD because he is having high fever. So I got my fren to drop me off at the hospital immediately after the hike to meet up with hubb. Luckily, when i got to the hosp, it wasn’t Bryan’s turn.

The PD checked Bryan and advised us to admit Bryan for his fever could get very high at night and the infections could get worse. He asked if anyone in the family had been sick recently. Answer: Hubb loh! Hubb had been sick for almost 5 days since he got back fr Vietnam. It was a case of very bad flu, which had him on MC for 3 days.

PD said that it must be some flu virus that our body is not accustomed to. Since hubb is also badly infected, what more a small boy. He said that, I was lucky that I am not infected at all. He added that normally women are stronger than men. Nature made women stronger so that we could care for the family.

Turned out that this is the worse case of flu that Bryan had ever got. His sore throat was so bad that he repeatedly bit his own fingers as he could not stand the pain and he had trouble sleeping at night. Our hearts went out to him, and I cried when i saw him doing this. Sunday night seems to be the worst night.

We started asking around if there is any supplement that we can give to him to help him recover faster and to build a stronger immune system. A few of our friends recommended Millenium, a cactus drink from E-Excel. It costs RM570 (member price: RM400+) for 2×500ml bottle, and the advice was to give him 1 ounce every hour. Hubb placed the order with his fren immediately and his fren sent it to the hospital during lunch on Monday.

Miraculously, by Monday night, Bryan seems to get better. He no longer bit his own fingers, no more crying and his fever subsided. Not sure if it was due to Millenium or that the antibiotics is working. Anyway, we were very happy to see him this way, and happier when he slept through the night. He must be feeling better.

Anyway, he just got discharged today for we need to wait for his antibiotics (3 times per day, administered via IV) course to finish. Also the PD wanted to make sure that his throat is really healed before discharging him.