December 2010

I haven’t been updating but we are doing fine. :)

Lately there isn’t anything interesting enough or I wasn’t quite in the mood to whip out the camera and take pictures.
Besides we have been really busy with an active toddler and getting out.
Things are also working out pretty well with the new nanny and well, at least, Amanda doesn’t resist her as much.

And oh! My dear Amanda gave me a pat on my head yesterday, after I changed into my home slippers as directed by her.
She’s such a darling these days and always giving us looks that says I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH and I WANT TO HUG YOU RIGHT NOW!!!

A short update on Amanda’s development.

She is learning to speak by looking at our mouth and tries to imitate.
Other than mumbling 爸爸， 妈妈 and sometimes 阿阿（for阿姨) right before falling asleep and in her dreams, she can also say 爷爷， 奶奶 in both Chinese and her Daddy’s dialect.
She could also say 姐姐（in Chinese and Cantonese) and recently 哥哥.
And if she’s excited or anxious to express herself, it would be 妈妈妈妈 for everything. Including slippers.

She’s quite bossy and is good in looking after ours and her stuff.
No one is allowed to go slipper-less in the house, a rule she came up with at 10 months old.
No one is allowed to play with Daddy’s and Mummy’s iPhone.
OR use the same monogram long wallet as her Daddy, she would insist her Daddy to pocket and keep it safe right away.
She would point to the stuffs around the house, shoes, cups and clothes, identifying them as Daddy’s and Mummy’s.

Gtg!
Need to do some last minute present wrapping for the Christmas party for the kids tonight.
Gift wrap papers are so difficult to find in this town. A friend had to hunt them down and passed me some tattered ones.

For the kids, I am sure the presents itself will make it up.

Merry X’mas!
From Us to You!

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I’m losing sleep…, originally uploaded by judebabe.

Why do I eat too much of everything while my baby eats nothing at all?

It’s making me feel guilty each time I put food into my mouth.

It’s almost a month since we returned to China and she has little or no appetite for food.
It is also quite a struggle to get her try new stuff.

While she is still her active self, she still has phlegm and somehow still not feeling too well.

She is losing her baby fats. :(
And from the comments I gathered, apparently her eyes are now bigger.

I am so anxious, tired and yet there is nothing I can do at all.
Food and health.

I should also try working on her current routine and “lifestyle”.
She gets 13-14 hours of sleep a day. But goes to bed past midnight.

Sigh!
Maybe I not trying hard enough.

I need to work on my own lifestyle too.
I am blogging this at 4 in the morning.

I need to re-organize.
Need. To. Be. In. Control.

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Motherhood is…, originally uploaded by judebabe.

Entertaining your child at any time of the day and night.
Even when you could hardly open your eyes at 5am in the morning.

Motherhood is…, originally uploaded by judebabe.

When your baby is finally asleep at 12 midnight, you tip toe to the bathroom and curl your hair so that you look less frumpy when you bring her out to her baby early learning class the next morning.

Though you sometimes wish that you could by at the saloon for a cheap and good 20rmb wash n blow.

You also look forward to getting out and dressing up so that you wouldn’t sit in your pajamas all day.

But still look frumpy and mismatched on some days because you don’t have the time to dig deep into the wardrobe and dress up without a baby clinging on to you or runs around in the walk-in wardrobe.

You forget about yourself and feels awfully naked upon realizing that you forgot about apply sunscreen when out of the house.
All because the other baby couldnt find his own clothes and coats.

There is also the endless errands that you hardly find time for yourself.

However, The clingy baby makes up for everything.
She wants to hug you all the time.
And sticks her velvety soft face onto yours.

Yes. Motherhood is awesome.

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