Another milestone met, way to go baby!

My boy has finally fully recovered from his flu+running nose post CNY. He is also slowly recovering from dark circle under the eyes after I found out that he could be developing allergy towards dust, fur, etc. Quick update on his latest development: Great improvement in both fine and gross motor skills like able to pass object from one hand to another hand at ease, crawling at faster rate now. He loves ball, and will go chasing after the ball, uses his little hands to grasp the ball while trying to bounce it. He has no problem standing up while holding onto something, and followed by biting the next closest object that he sees. I admit its more tiring for me now, as he no longer sits or lye still waiting for mommy to command his limited mobility then. He also wakes up regularly for night feeding now as I think he needs more energy to support his growing mobility. Watching my baby grows bit by bit everyday brings joy and marvels into my life. His little achievement or progress from tossing over, mini push-ups, leg bouncing, grasping objects, standing ups, crawling, laugh at your expressions and cry when you raise your voice at him taught me a great deal about life. Baby doesnt stop learning, and falling down or hitting his head against the floor or hard surface does not stop their attempt to achive the next development milestone. He would cry a bit, but after a while of soothing, he is on his way to 'redo & retest' his capability :). We as adult, should live our life in such a way too be it our career, relationship, belief and dream. My Derrick opens up my eyes through the journey of a baby and the ups and downs along his progress. Mommy is damn proud of you darling ;). Attached are a few of his videos to be shared:

2010 CNY Family Gathering

This is the fist year I brought both Derrick and Charly back to my hometown, Sibu for CNY celebration. Its a rare opportunity as we dont reunite often, and Charly had the chance to get to know my family member better. Mom, especially is very friendly and upon seeing Charly, she handed him a super duper big buddha pendant and a Tibetan Tianzhu. Charly is of course, too awe strucken and overwhelmed by the friendliness nature that my family possessed. As for Derrick, everyone just love him soooo much. Throughout the 7 days stay in Sibu, I never had the chance to worry about nobody taking care of Derrick, as everyone just grab him whenever I brought him home or to the kopitiam. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family and yearn for coming CNY to approach soon. Below were some priceless moment that I've spent with my family. Hope everyone out there too, enjoy their special moments with their love ones.

I am glad to be of help

A friend called me yesterday, asking me for a favour. She recently realized she was pregnant with her 2nd child, approximately 5 months after her partner, M passed away. She was not legally married to M as he had a legal wife. I know this sounds crazy... Hence her first baby with M was named under M's family name with a legal birth cert but having additional remarks to state that this birth cert was produced without a marriage certificate. No issue with first baby. However, with the second baby on the way, due in coming June, the baby will be fatherless, as according to the JPN regulation, if the father fails to present and without any marriage certificate, the column to record father's detail will be left blank. And of course, not wanting her child to be fatherless or should I say she is more willing to have her child taking after her own family name if the 'father column' is to be left empty. After a few minutes googling for JPN details, I finally got the JPN contacts and all her concerns were solved by this wonderful JPN staff who answered my call. All my friend has to do is to produce the death cert of her partner and the birth cert for her first child to JPN for name changing procedure. Just now before lunch, she called me again to tell me that she had gotten all the documentation ready and will head to JPN immediately to have her first child's name edited. I am glad that this entire ugly episode is finally over for her. Its another beautiful beginning of a new chapter for my friend and her 2 little angels.

My poor darling is sick again

Baby Derrick is sick again, 2nd time in his first 6 months of life. Mommy is feeling guilty for not responsive enough to detect the abnormality in him. Even worst, mommy left him yesterday night with daddy and went away happily shopping with XG. Hai, when mommy came back, Derrick was already in slumberland, but he woke up crying in pain past midnight. Mommy thought he was having 'wind' and just keep on stroking his tummy with medicated oil. Mommy did realize that Derrick didnt finish his milk though. This morning , baby woke up early at 6:15am and again refused any milk but water. Stupid mommy has yet to realize that something is wrong with baby until Ah Ma triggered that baby might be having soar throat. What a lousy mommy ! Later gonna bring him to the doc, and this is the least I can do to ease his pain.

New Year at HR

Yet another surprise event kicked in during the New Year weekend. The rich parents of my niece suddenly decided to treat the whole family a luxurious one night stay at the HR, pool side rooms. The kind of room that you can immediately jump into the swimming pool from your bedside once you open up the sliding door that barricades the bedroom from the pool. Derrick had another chance of dipping himself in the pool, of course next to mommy. He did not resist the water this time and I guess it must have been the roaring sound of the powerful waves that scares him off last round. I had a great time playing with my son, watching his growing curiosity just makes me feel content with life. I cant wait for CNY as the thought of Derrick meeting his PoPo, KongKong and Aunties for the first time simply excites and cheers me up. Hang on Popo, Derrick's coming HOME!

An Unforgettable Christmas

Initially, it was just a casual family outing with Ying, the children and I spending over the night at Ying's place. However, it was the spur of the moment that Ying uttered something about getting to stay at the HR hotel with cheaper rate that transformed my holiday into a memorable one. Of course the happiest ones are the children as they get to play in the pool, horse riding and play with sea water. Well, for me it was exceptionally wonderful because this is my 1st Christmas with Derrick. Below photos are self explanatory as a picture tells a thousand words. Thanks Ying for her spontaneous suggestion and her hospitality. I can feel that she really loves Derrick a lot even though she doest get to see my angel often. Moving forward, I'll try to get them together more often to 'capture' those wonderful moment that we get to spend together as family. My instinct is telling me that my next Christmas will be just as much fun as this round :)

Restless Derrick, Sleepless Mommy...

Lately Derrick has developed another sleeping pose which ended up with him crying in the middle of the night. He used to sleep on his tummy from new born until recently, he will subconciously switch his positon from facing down to facing up position. Of course, this will leave him with 'empty' feeling as he has nothing else to grasp on with both his legs and hands searching wildly in the air for things to grap. The frantic search often ended up in cries as this tend to wake him up, and followed by poor mommy having to wake up several times just to coax him and put him back to his 'tummy' position. To add on, my little 5 months ol' is super mobile even during his sleep. He will always knock his head against the side of the crib and the effect will wake him up at times. I was wondering if the crib is too small for him, and therefore decided to place him next to me as my bed is definitely more spacious than the cramped crib. Results? Even worse as he will continuously turn his body/head from left to right and to left again for sometime before he finally falls deep into sleep. Some of you may wonder, how do I cope with my ever energized baby even when he sleeps? The answer is, I would sleep early , as early as 9:30pm when my baby dozez off. Then by the time he was awaken up by his own head knocking, waving arms/legs or searching for pacifier, it would be half past mid night and I've already gained some 'light sleep' by then :).