Growing Up to the Big 3…

My boy is going to be 3 years old soon…

Two months back when I asked him his age, he was still saying, “I am 2 years old.”
After some brainwashing from me, he will now say, “I am going to be 3 years old.”
I’m starting another brainwashing session for him to say, “I am 3 years old.”

When I asked him, when is his birthday.  He answered, “In the room.”  Because we got his 2nd birthday pic hanging on the wall of our bedroom.  I guess he is confused with “when” and “where”.  He answered it right occasionally…”October 8.”

We are planning to throw him a birthday party this year since he now know how to have fun. I showed him many designs of cake. Asked him to choose which one is his favourite.  He will go like, “Ermmm…I want Thomas Train.  Ermmm…I want Mickey Mouse.  Ermmm…I want action hero.” The next time you ask him again, his like changes.   He is so undecisive…like me! 😛

A very impatient boy. Temporamental at time. When he couldn’t get something done, he gets agitated easily. I calmed and talked to him many times on this but still couldn’t “fix” this personality of his.

Still a shy boy. He needs warming up. Brought him for a Muzikgarten trial class and he refused to enter the room. Was clinging to me the whole session and refused to participate. He opened his mouth only towards the end of the class and gave the teacher a goodbye hug.

Timid. Fear of fire crackers and loud noises. When he sees Tinker Bell hiding underneath the flower petals or the big cat coming, he hid himself under the blanket too.

Despite all his mischievous act and temper, he is still an obedient boy and a great helper.  Of course he needed some pushing and encouragement sometimes.

Now that he is more vocal, I love to ask him questions to simulate his thinking. Sometimes he gave silly answers. Well, kid’s imagination.

These are some of the things about my boy…Mommy’s boy but spoiled by Daddy. 😛

On 4th Admission and Baby Teeth

Yes, it’s Samantha. Admitted last Wednesday and was discharged on Monday.

We brought her for follow up on Wednesday but got held back because her lactate went up and her bi-carb (HCO3) was low which is not very good.  Doc wants to normalise her lactate and bicarb. Moreover, she had not been gaining weight.  We can sense that she’s not doing good from the way she behaves or reacts.  Whenever her lactate is high, she is more cranky, restless and breath harder.

Generally these are some of the things the doc will be looking at every time. Other than that are liver function, thyroid hormones and hematology.

Admit Discharge Reference Range
Lactate 15.7 mmol/L 9.6 mmol/L 0.2 – 2.2 mmol/L
pH 7.306 7.49 7.31 – 7.41
Bi-carb (HCO3) 9.5 mmol/L 19.5 mmol/L 18 – 23 mmol/L

So you can imagine the amount of blood drawn from her each time. I hate it when she needs to be admitted. They will come after her blood everyday. I now call them VAMPIRE.

She gained 200g in the hospital so now she is 3.8kg.  I guess I should not miss her night feeding.

On a happy note, both her lower central incisors has erupted.  That is fast! I am not expecting it because all her developments were delayed.  She’s going to be 6 months in another week’s time but she is still like a less-than-2 months old baby.

This Is What I Call…

 

…Vita-juice!

Mommy can’t figure out how I got this word from. She never introduces Vitagen to me before except for Yakult, Solivite and Nutrigen.


 

…Lift-Fork!

My Daddy got me this forklift. The fork can move up and down. Isn’t this cool?