I missed him

Ethan was acting up a bit early this evening. Didn't know what was wrong with him. His yi-yi Angeline had to carry him and talk to him to "soothe" and "amuse" (aka to give attention) - mind you, it really works. (Babies like it when you talk to them and talking to them I mean, like an adult conversation, just don't expect any clever replies.) I thought he was wanting attention you see, so got some help to chat him up, walked him around and basically "entertained" him.

Had a huge weekend, was out and had issues in the family. So I had to quickly pack for the week. While I was packing and cleaning up, I'd occasionally stopped by to blow him kisses or hugs. At one point, he felt a little warm. I disregarded it and went on doing my own stuffs. (WELL, I disregarded it because Ethan is generally warm. Anyone will love hugging him because he is always nice and warm).

He wasn't himself later part of the evening. Checked with Adrian to see if we needed to give him a dose of parmol. Well, Adrian gave a go and we syringed a 2.5ml for him. He likes parmol. I think he likes medicine in general. There are sweet and normally "cold" from the fridge.

Later brought him up to the room and put him in his cot. He was pleased to see his cot and gave a huge smile. Placed him inside, and I quickly took my bath knowing that he is unwell and will need to rock and put him to sleep. Came out from the shower and saw him sleep soundly in him cot, curled up.

I felt bad for not being able to be there when he is not feeling all that good. However, I'm thankful that he went to sleep after all. I was expecting another rough night, probably due to his teething issues. I hope he'll feel better tomorrow.

I guess, I just missed him,... by a couple of minutes?!? He is sound asleep now. And so I will be as well...
Good night.

"Ethan the Builder" in the tub

If you do not already know, this little boy loves his bath. We bathe him every day, twice a day; once in the morning and once in the evening, I'm still not very happy with the fact that he bathes twice a day, considering what the typical Chinese aunties will say "yap fung" literally translated means, will "cause wind" and apparently is the common culprit for osteoporosis during old age?!? Not entirely sure about the credibility of the fact, but we'll just 'listen' to what people have to say.

"Ethan the builder" in his pink tub!

Anyway, the reason he bathes twice a day, really is because he sweats alot, and I mean alot. Perhaps it's because he's got a head full of hair. I love the colour of his hair; it's dark brown with strips of toffee at the ends. He can just sweat when he's eating, playing, drinking his milk, walking, sitting down, .. even sweats when he is sleeping !!! I have concluded, he has extremely high metabolic rate?!

Here is another self explanatory picture of Ethan taking his bath!

Yes, the black spot is done on purpose. Can't be showing my son's pride and glory to the whole world can I?

And yes, he loves his bath!

Ethan's First Rusk

We gave Ethan his first Farley's Rusk when he turned 8 months old. We are pretty conservative and very much playing safe when introducing any form of solids to him.

These Rusks can be introduced to infants at/around 6 months old. However, we will try as much to delay introducing new delights for him to build better immunity and resistance. Not sure how much he will gain from this though. But sigh, as first time parent, will try to be as 'careful?!Q?!' as we can be. Just a note of consolation, he has been fine with most food we have given him so far.

We are quite pleased to be able to capture his first biscuit moment. From the first picture to the last one seen in his hands, 7 minutes.... and that's my son!

Picture taken on the 31 August 2009
1st picture: 4:37:56 PM
Last picture: 4:45:30 PM

Ethan's yiyi

Introducing Ethan's yiyi, also his ever faithful playmate and part time nanny!

This picture was taken in an open air restaurant in Seremban. Food was top notch but the it wasn't the most baby friendly place. However, Ethan's yiyi could actually find a comfortable position to feed our little friend. That's pure nanny-ing skills. SALUTE!

pizza on a sunday afternoon

Have been wanting to cook but just couldn't find a good time to do so. However, would love to get my hands back into the kitchen again, especially now that I will have to come up with more healthy meals for my little tot.

I made this pizza one Sunday afternoon after having a huge brunch. What made it fantastic was the fact that this pizza had more than 4 different types of cheese in it! I found some cheese that were gonna go bad, so decided to just throw them in and walla...

Who can ever say no to 4 different types of cheese, all baked together on top of a pita?