Multiparenting Cayen & Cayson

Baby was in right position and I had been feeling so achy for the last few weeks but still no signs of labour , except increasing braxton hicks (false contractions) at night .. I edged nearer and nearer towards the official due date and wonder when it would happen. Then, at 4am on 29 Jun, I got awakened by this really strong contraction. Sensing something different , I went to the toilet and saw the bloody show (which is not that bloody actually). Then I tried to time the contractions but they were not that near yet so I decided to wait and see. At 5am, I decided to have some breakfast in case I get hungry later. Contractions seemed to be nearer at 5-6minutes apart and increasing in intensity so I decided to head to hospital at about 6am. Upon reaching, they put us in the labour ward and I just lay there and wait. Unfortunately , dilation was only 0.5cm then so it does look like we have a long way to go. After laying there for around one hour plus with not much progress, I decided to s...

Don't ask me why it is named as Bollywood vegetable farm but I can see that Cayen is excited to go to the vegetable farm. However, the night before was a long one as he was dreaming and sleep talking for a long while before waking up to demand for food. And at 1.30am, he ate one slice of raisin bread, 2 bananas and 1 pack of strawberry milk while nursing a fever but he seemed quite fine with his big appetite. By morning, waking him up was quite tough given all the action at night. To make things worse, in his last episode of dream, Ah Po has taken away something from him and he woke up crying for it to be returned. No matter how we probed, he didn't say what the object was, he just kept saying "no" to all our suggestions. And if he weren't throwing up such a big crying fit, it was all quite funny because his dream must have been so real. His annoyance with Ah Po continued in the car ride in fact .. Haha. Poor maligned Ah Po. 

At home, Cayen is still oblivious to baby. While he is not eager to play with baby, he is quite possessive when friends visit the baby.  In the last one week, I have tried to get him to rock baby when baby cries , or tickle the baby's cheek to get him to drink milk and he has been quite cooperative which I took as a good sign . Unfortunately in school, his misbehaviour continues. Last week, he would push friends because he "didn't like them". And today, he just bit a friend as he was trying to block his friend. When asked why he bit, he told the teacher again that he "didn't like him".  Again, I think this downturn in behaviour is caused by the addition of a new family member.  Actually, I had earlier ordered some books from Amazon on managing his emotions etc and was quite cheesed that they were delayed for ten days and I couldn't use the stories earlier to try to teach the concepts to him in a more palatable fashion, especially since the incidents ...

During our time at the hospital , ah Pa continue to bring him to school to make up for not being there during bedtime.  Second night - 1st call  C: ah pa, come back here, come back to 3105. I need you to be here with me. I miss you. I need you to read story book. Ah Pa: mama is not well so I need to stay with her.  C: mama can stay there with baby, you can come back to stay with me. Second night - 2nd call  C: I need you to come home to read story book. Ah Pa: can ah Po read? C: ah Po can only read one Chinese book. I need to read millions of books. Can you come back to read?  Ah Pa: no I cannot .. Need to stay with ah Ma  After the call, Ah Pa said that it's so heartbreaking , maybe he will go home if Cayen calls one more time. Thankfully he didn't so he stayed over at the hospital again.  Apparently , ah Po and auntie May tried to read to him but he dismissed Ah Po saying that her reading was no good. He also chased A...

Today, we welcome our latest member to  our family - Cayson Lee. Borned at Week 40 Day 1, he's 3.605kg, 51cm tall! 

This is none other than the Sheng Siong show! Apart from cartoons, this is the only Show that can keep him transfixed for the entire hour , season after season. As such, before I popped, I decided to apply for the free tickets to the show so that he can watch it live !  As we heard that Mediacorp has moved to the One North area, we almost drove there but at the last minute, we confirmed that it's at the old Caldecott hill location which is much nearer to our place. Thank goodness! But I suspected we wouldn't have missed much because we were asked to be seated by 7.15pm but it's a live show that will start only at 9pm.. So the wait was a tat long .. But Cayen managed to entertain himself by snacking throughout and doing the rehearsal 百倍百倍 chanting and waving the light sticks so we managed to ride it through to 9pm. And as usual, he's as excited as the contestants when they open the 100x boxes or when they successfully struck the Gong or got the ball into the gla...

Ah pa: come, you haven't kissed me today  (And Cayen kissed him on the cheek) Me: how about me ?  (And Cayen kissed my tummy) Me: no , not here. No baby inside here anymore..  C: huh? But why is it still so big ? Ah Pa: baby is out but it will take some time for it to be smaller.  C: I help you push (or something to that effect)  Me: no , it's ok. Another Auntie will come and help me make it smaller..  ------------------------------------- While building his magnetic house .. C: my house has coco cola and some salt ... Me: it's Coca Cola .. C: ok, my house has some Coca-Cola and salt .. Me: who taught you to add salt to Coca Cola ? (Secretly amazed that he knew this home remedy)  C: no one! But I'm sure it will be nice!  ------------------------ C: 阿爸，吃饭了！ 去洗手！ 不要玩 game ! (Under no one's prompting ..)