It's Crazy Weather Week!

The weather this week is crazy. It was rainy on Sunday, rainy and cooling on Monday, rainy and then sunny on Tuesday and today, and I wonder what it will be tomorrow and the rest of the week. Ee has been with a running and slightly blocked nose since Sunday. Thank god he isn't all cranky and is getting on fine. Min had his 18months booster jab on Tuesday and had developed fever since Tuesday night and became extremely cranky and irritable too. Worse, he hadn't got much appetite (who would in this weather anyway) and hasn't been eating much. Need to fatten him up again when he's better!

Everything is crazy this week with the kids half down and cranky and Hao's revision going on. I feel extremely guilty for not being functional this week as I've not been doing a lot of cooking this week and eating out quite often. With the kids' loss of appetite, and horrible weather, plus needing time for Hao's revision, I am feeling tired out too. I would attribute my laziness to the weather as I've been getting very lethargic lately and cutting corners in my housework :P I also needed to finish running some errands in the afternoons while I have the car this week (Hubby in Shanghai). Call me lazy but that's how I am feeling this week. Certainly looking forward to Hubby coming back Friday so I can take a breather!

Home Alone~

Hubby will be away in China for this week so I'm home alone with the 3 kids. It's kind of pressurizing since Hao will be having his exams on the 4th May and this week will be his revision week. Gotta make sure he covers his syllabus well and be prepared for the exams.

Day 1 of Weaning ~ Failed!

I have finally decided to wean Min off nursing. I figured that we both needed our good night sleep back and since he's into solids real well and not really needing a lot of milk now, it's really about time. So on saturday when we were out grocery shopping, I got him his first milk bottle and milk powder.

I thought today will be a good day to start his weaning and thus this morning before his morning nap, I made him his first bottle of milk and gave it to him. I seriously thought his weaning will be as easy as what happened to Ee but oh boy, it was really dramatic. At first he looked real interested. He took the bottle and tried it out of curiousity and then gave me a silly smile and started walking around with the bottle in hand. Well, I tried to explain to him that he needed to lie down and drink it like neh neh but he simply refused. I tried to settle him down on the sofa and that's when he started resisting and screaming and crying. I stopped and let him play with it for a while and tried to coax him to drink it again but he simply cried and refused. After a while I had to give up and resume to letting him nurse. He drank like there was no tomorrow! From then I realise this can be a real long road to weaning him! Gosh, I don't know when he'll be fully wean off!

Is It Really Time??

Min is showing signs of weaning recently. If you don't know, well I am still breastfeeding this little 18 month old neh neh monster. His past time is well, climbing onto me and trying to lift my shirt for some "snack" in between meals, not to mention the late night "supper" that is preventing me (and him) sleeping through the night since day 1. A lot of people had tried to give me advice on how to make him NOT wake up at night to nurse and how to REJECT giving in to his comfort nursing but I didn't take it seriously, even though I hadn't got a good night sleep since he was born. The reason? I thought hard that since he'll be my last baby, I'll like to really bond with him and let us both enjoy the time together. Yes, even though it meant that I couldn't have a good night sleep for as long as he needed to comfort nurse...and I must say we really did enjoy the past 18 months very much, just like the old saying ~ The Mother comforts the Child by Nursing, and the Child Comfort the Mother by Nursing too...However, it looks like the comforting times are coming to an end soon.

Since he turned 1 year old, the question had always popped out of nowhere as to when he'll stop nursing. Relatives and family asked. Friends asked. I asked myself. For one, I nursed Ee to 15 months and weaned him off due to me pregnant with Min, and so I told myself this time round, I had to nurse Min longer than Ee. It's just an ego issue here :P Two, is that since I am at home all the time, why not nurse as long as he wants? That'll mean I don't have to lug apparatus out for milk breaks and also there's no bottle to sterilize and not needing to wake up and make milk in the middle of the night just in case he doesn't wean off the night feeds like Ee did easily. Third, I was afraid that it will not be easy to wean him off just by stopping his nursing and since he's nursed to sleep, he may need time to learn to fall asleep just by lying down? Sadly, he has been showing tremendous interest in the bottle, especially since he's been seeing Ee with his bottle of milk at night and at times in the day. The last time he saw Ee with the bottle, he screamed for milk and tried to snatch Ee's bottle away to drink. I told him that's not his and his milk supply is me, he cried even louder. It wasn't a nice thing to do to me and my ego was a bit bruised but then reality set in my mind that this little guy is ready to let go of me and accept the bottle, but I wasn't at all. Now I am thinking should I wean him before our family trip in June or should I wait till we are back. If I wean him before we set off, then I'll have to prepare to bring more bottles and milk powder and add more weight to our luggage and backpacks. If it's after, then there'll be the question of how he can nurse when we are on the road since he's not keen for me to sling him and nurse anymore and now I only let him nurse when we are in the car, that'll be rather inconvenient if we are travelling. Sigh dilemma again.

In any case, I think I need to make a decision soon and although I am rather happy that I'll be able to get a good night sleep after he's wean off and getting him off our matrimony bed finally, I am also rather sad that my baby is all grown up and ready for the world. I sure hope all 3 of them will be there to comfort me when I need them and that they understands that I am using my own other ways to comfort them when they need me.

Need a Little Break ~ Be back soon!

Last long weekend was an eventful one. I shan't go into the details but what happened last weekend sort of made me think through a lot of things, and how I should go ahead in my everyday life. I hate to admit it but I think I need a little break. I know I can't break from the kids and things at home but I certainly need to rest a little more and straighten out my thoughts and emotions..

Its a....GAL!!!

It's official. We will welcome a little princess into our family come August. Finally my sis' baby decided to cooperate during her scan this morning (after a sumptous Mac breakfast) and revealed herself. We are truly beyond words! She'll arrive as the only princess and will be a very pampered and spoilt for choice princess for sure! Even before she's even born, we are already thinking of 101 ways to dress her up and 101 things to get for her to dress up! One thing for sure, my boys' clothes will have to pass down to other people and the little princess will be having a brand new wardrobe! How exciting! It'll be pink and girly all the way! Never happened in my family so far since I have all 3 boys and no girls to dress up ~ not even muah! The little princess' daddy even requested for her to be named with initials K.K since her surname will be KAN. My sis thought it was pretty lame LOL but hey, if there's a nice name starting with K, why not? Maybe Kirsten or Karen or Kelly or.....

Let the Truth be Revealed Tomorrow!

Tomorrow sis will be going for another detail scan of the spine of her baby. We are crossing our fingers that we'll know the sex of the baby tomorrow! Very excited right now as we are hoping for a gal so that we can dress her up like a princess when she arrives. Of course we can't wait to start shopping for gal stuff, which is more exciting than anything else!

The Case of the Mysterious Baby..

My sis' baby seems to be a mysterious little one. My sis is 5 months preg but each time when she does the scan, they are not able to know the sex of the baby as the legs are tightly closed together. Her gynae is guessing that it's likely to be a girl since there's no other "extra indications" but it's not affirmed yet. I guess we'll have to wait another week and see if the baby decide to disclose his/her identity at the scan next week!