An Online Photo Album for 玄子

Mummy has started an online photo album for 玄玄!! It sits with Daddy and Mummy's online photo album but with her own web addy.





http://babyestelle.fotopic.net

Anyone's welcome to visit!!!

表姐 visits ... !

玄玄's 表姐 came a-visiting today for the first time!!! It's more exciting for 表姐 then for 玄子 of course, as the latter is still blissfully unaware of what's happening around her. Toto 表姐 rushed in and looked around for 表妹 and even told the adults to put 表妹 on the floor so that she can have a good look at her. Ha! She even offered to carry 表妹, so sweet of her!! When 玄 let out a cry, the cute little 2 year old said to her, '表妹， 表妹，不哭，不哭!!' Hehe.... 玄玄's lucky to have a 表姐 who 'sayang' her so much!

Not buying the 'tutu' story . . .

玄 had her first taste of tutu today. Bought a pair from Avent, which are flat and will not cause the crease lines around the mouth if she suck too long. But, the tutu wasn't really able to stick with her for too long. After suckling for a while, she figured that we are trying to cheat her with something which has no smell and no milk. And so, she simply sticked out her tongue and spitted it out. Arghh...! Till now, we can only manage to have her suckle at it when she is halfway through dreamland.

That's her with a dreamy smile at 17 days old!!

'I have a new toy . . .!!!'

Daddy bought a crib musical mobile for 淇淇 yesterday!!! It looks interesting. When she cries (loud enough), it will activate the mobile, music will start and the little animals will start to spin. Wow!! She has something new to engage her free time with now. The sound sensor is really good. A sneeze from 淇淇 can easily activate it. Or maybe it's because 淇淇's sneeze is loud. Ha!

Since yesterday, she has had some personal time staring at the bumper book and the musical mobile. She has began looking around during her wake hours instead of just wailing for milk. We'll probably have to find things to keep her entertained.

10 days old . . .

玄玄 or 淇淇 is 10 days old today!!! And she has grown and changed quite a bit. Mummy thinks that when she is in pink, she looks like a baby girl, but when she is in blue, she looks like a baby boy. Daddy thinks that no matter what she dresses in, she looks like him. It's probably true. 玄 has Daddy's nose and long eyes and 内双眼皮. Maybe her chin belongs to me, or am I just trying to find somewhere, anywhere that resembles me.



So far she has started to tear when she wails since Day 1. Heard that it helps with her being able to see earlier. And she indeed can focus on pictures now. After her bath in the morning, when aunty wipes her dry and dresses her, she'll tilt her head up to look at the bumper book stringed along her baby cot. It has black, white, red & blue pictures of a smiling girl's face, a flower, a zebra, a house, a snail and a smiling boy's face. She seems quite intrigue by the pictures. Don't know if she is really focusing or she's just staring into blank space.

She has been smiling a lot. Not only to those who are carrying her, but also to herself in her dreams. Ha! Wonder what she is dreaming about to put such a wide, satisfied smile on her face even in her sleep.

Birth cert for 玄玄!!!

Daddy especially made the trip down to register 玄玄's birth! She has an official name now. Presenting... Estelle Tan Kye Hee, 曾楷淇!!!

玄玄出游记 . . .!

It's checkup day for 玄玄 and Mummy.We were all prepared for the journey at 945am. She was fed and dressed for her first trip out. We reached her pd's clinic just in time for her scheduled appointment. She slept on while we did her registration, but had to be woken up when she was unswaddled to be weighed. 3.16kg, back to her birth weight. Hooray!! Aunty quickly swaddled her back so that she can sleep. Phew... we succeeded! The wait wasn't too long and she had to be unswaddled again to be checked by her pd. She woke up again, made some noises, did some kicks, and went back to sleep after her checkup was done and was swaddled again. Yeah!! All done, slight jaundice and that's all.

After which was Mummy's checkup, which took longer as there were many people in the queue that morning. Luckily, 玄子slept throughout Mummys' checkup. We left at about noon and took a cab back. 玄玄woke up twice during the journey but was soothed back to slumberland. The moment we stepped into the house, she woke up and cried for milk. And that started a whole afternoon of the monsterous 玄玄who refused to sleep but want to suckle constantly.

Nevetheless, 小玄子's first step out is a success. No fuss, yippee!

玄玄 goes home . . .!

玄玄 got the clearance to go home from her pd early in the morning. Yipee!!! Weight was 2.9kg. Everyone's up and running to help with her journey home. Mommy woke up early to get the green light from her pd, Daddy came real early to wait for the hour, 公公 and 婆婆 arrived later to help with the checking out, 奶奶 let the confinement lady in to the house to prepare it for 玄玄 and 爷爷 arrived just in time to give 玄玄 her first ride home!!! Wow ... what an entourage!!!

After settling down, the confinement aunty gave 玄玄 her first bath!! Wow . . . shiok!!! She must have enjoyed herself, cos the whole process went on very well. No cries, no fuss!!! And soon, she's already all cleaned, dried and wrapped up ready to get some suckle. Breezy...!

Practise session on latching on!!

It's 玄玄's 2nd day, and she is coping great!! Latching on for feeds is on her daily schedule!!! And now suckling's her hobby!! Make it a habit ... feeds are at 2-3 hours frequency, including wee hours in the morning. While she's hard at work perfecting her skills, mummy has to work equally hard to catch up! Say 'hello' to milk-on-demand!!!

First trick . . . head turning!!!

玄玄 has a lot of visitors today at the hospital. She managed to sleep through most of them without a care. But she at least did some entertaining work at night when her cousins and relatives came avisiting. Propped up on 奶奶's shoulder, she managed to lift her head up and looked around, maybe surveying the whole gang of friendly faces!! Hey, daddy & mummy, that's my first trick!

玄玄 has arrived!!!

玄玄 finally decided to show her face on 12 June 2009. And she's a healthy 3.16kg and 48.5cm in length... So far so good, but daddy & mummy are really very tired!!!

The Final Countdown by THE GlenEAGLES

玄玄 is still nowhere to be seen, but her mummy is feeling terrible right now.... It pains her daddy to see her mummy suffer! But this is the Final Countdown!!! Be strong mummy, daddy and 玄玄 always on your side!!!

EDD came and went . . .

玄子 still doesn't want to check out of her 7-star hotel. EDD is 8th Jun. And it came and went ... uneventfully!! CTG scan shows she is in good form though. Thus Daddy & Mummy went on a shopping spree in Orchard after the checkup. Friday is the latest you have to check out, honey!