Me rambling rambangly

Hubby is out again tonight. Work cum party cum dinner calls. *sigh* It should have been me instead of EddyHan beside him for all these functions, damnit! BUT oh wells... *bangs head on wall - REALITY CHECK - OH I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD TO TAKE CARE OF!

anyway, that is besides the point of this blogpost.

Jaden vomitted twice two days ago, slight fever comes and go. We have only fed him the cough meds so far. Hopefully his cough will be better in time. His poo is starting to become the soft, mushy type nearly going into the diarrheoa category but at the moment, still in safe zone as in maybe he poos only once or twice a day, which is normal for him. Making him drink lots of fluids to wash out the heat. The weather can really get unpleasant when Chinese New Year is around the corner.

Jaden has already done his CNY shopping.. clothes count so far, a set of samfu by Kai-Ma Joy who went to Shanghai about two years ago. Yea, now only he can fit into them. Just right for CNY. A hot pink shirt to go with his daddy, two more other t-shirts and three short jean pants, an orange slipper (daddy's idea of being funky) and well, a pyjama pants.

Me? I have clothes that sits hanging in my closet, not worn yet since I purchased them, and then some recent ones from online shopping. I kind of like online shopping now that I mostly spend my time at home because it really saves me the hassle and carrying the heavy loads of stuff back home in paper bags and plastic bags. I like receiving mail! *gRin* I got myself a pair of new shoes at 50% too. I like!

Hubby? The only CNY shopping he did was to get himself a pair of white sneakers since his old one is like some washed out white turned light brown shoe now.. He deserved the new shoes anyway. It will last him for about another 5 years maybe? LOL

Chinese New Year here in KL is really not happening at all, compared to all the hoo haas of my side of relatives smiling, greeting, gossiping, eating together. Here, its somehow just doesn't have the touch. it is so quiet, its like almost any other day... *sigh* I really have to make a mental note that I would want to bring Jaden back with me to Penang next year to celebrate Chinese New Year. I am sure he is really big enough to enjoy and meet ALL my relatives.. Eat and Be Merry. Somehow, I think that is the motto of my relatives.

o.Oh I forgot about one place that made me feel like I am back in my hometown and that is in Banting.

You know, this one day, Iz asked me where we would be going for CNY? If we were going back to hometown?

So I replied and say Banting, to see Ah Ma..

Yea, that is one place that makes us feel welcomed anytime.. Jaden loves it there too! I am sure he will look forward to going there every CNY when he grows up until his hormones shoot up and starts to be interested in the female species.

I am also looking forward to this one planned girly holiday getaway with two of my girlfriends. Since one backed out on us, its gonna be just us, the wives going. Woo hoo~ I really got to start my research on where to go eat, drink and shop for stuff. The beach, sun and seafood is good enough to satisfy my need of a breakaway... for now. *gRin* at least for 2010 I think since I can foresee quite a lot of spending to be done this year.

Hubby has taught Jaden to say a new word.. but that too, sometimes had to forced out when the little one only wants something. The word is.. P L E A S E .... yes, finally my boy can say please.. Yay!

s . i . c . k

Baby boy is sick.

So is everybody else, warped in their own sickmess.

2010? Not a very good start it seems.

Baby boy please recover soon k? By tonight, if possible... hate to see your battery low like that. May lots of rest and water, which I am about to give you NOWWWW will charge your battery back FULL.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Cynthia Nelms

Biscuit biscuit chop chop?

Housework must be done!

I had initially plan to wake up at about 7am to do some housework when everybody is still asleep. It makes life easier to be doing it when nobody is around to be in the way of some wet mops and dust flying around but I forgot all about noise reduction from the vacuum cleaner, thus, work is still incomplete until the small one wakes up.

Got up at about 830am and did the dishes, pour the cooled water into the tumbler and boil more water for the day's consumption. I can foresee a lot of water consumed today by Hubby. Since he feels like he is falling sick, I cooked some 'leong cha' (herbal tea) and now, it is set aside to cool down so I can pour it into the tumbler as well.

Water all cooked, I decided that since I can't be vacuuming just yet, I might as well just sweep the floor, mop it like three times then when both the boys are up, I will just vacuum whatever that is left not swept away.

and I totally forgot about Mr. Muscle sprayed all around in my master bedroom toilet. *shit* The smell of the acidic cleaner was so strong that it woke Hubby up, enough to scream to get my ass to the room to only remember about what I did the first thing when I got into the toilet.

I quickly then scrubbed the floor clean, the toiletbowl and the walls. Sprayed the water to wash it all down the drain but the drain is a little clogged up. *sigh* So I have to do it in like two turns after the water subside. I still have a few more rounds to go to have a clean presentable toilet but that will also just have to wait until both the boys wake up...

So I proceeded on to wipe the TV cabinet clean of dust, arranged Jaden's CDs and now here I am, procrastinating about wiping the dust off the book shelves. *sigh* I know I have to get my ass up to do all these. Chinese New Year is just around the corner and I have to do these necessary spring cleaning. i know I have to and I want to.. just that when the computer is on, I am like magnetically drawn to it. Damnit! Will do it soon. Maybe in a while, after I clean the toilet and while waiting for the laundry to be done.. I will do it.. speaking of which, I have to wash the rabbits' room too.

So today, will be my day of cleaning up the house as much as I can.. then maybe proceed on to the room to clean up more and start packing things up into boxes. Jaden has outgrew so many many clothes of his and the bag that stores his newborn - 1yo clothes is going to explode if I am going to stuff some more in. Have to pack in another box now.. so many tihngs to pack! I can be quite a hoarder too.. just not as bad as Hubby. LOL

So till then, have a great weekend everybody and have a good CNY shopping if you guys are doing it!

I am going to do my 10 days countdown now.. woo hoooooo~

Frustrations ...

.. and I, alone, would only know about it... no one else..

when the boy is extremely naughty or doing dangerous stunts ..

The boy has developed a few new BAD HABITS this time round.

We thought he was over the phase of climbing up the TV cabinet but NOOOOO.. he climbs up to the DVD player and Astro decoder and decides that pressing the buttons are real fun. I know, its a kid's thing but still, the electrical wires are there and there are limited stand space for him to stand properly. Should he panic, he would have lost footing and fall head down first. It happened once before but luckily, the boy was able to cushioned his fall slowly by using his hands but how many times can he get lucky?

I always take the cane and whack him each time I see him do that. Of course its not instant caning. I would give him warning. I would ask him to come down first. Nicely. Second time, I would say I will whack already and will start counting 1, 2 and 3. By the count of 2 and he is still not down, the first soft whack will land on his legs. Third time round when he challenges me and climb up there again, I whack without counting. Sometimes one hard whack, sometimes two just to get my message across.

Jaden totally understands when I say "Come Down or Leg first!" but he always does it when I turn my back, even for a second to do the dishes. Should I just keep caning him till he gets it that HE SHOULDN"T CLIMB UP THERE? but the father will only accuse me of abusing his precious son. *sigh* dilemma dilemma!

The second irritating thing is that he always, at any chance he gets, will put his hands into his diaper and play with his penis. I find it so unhygenic. Who knows if he had peed? Playing with it really irks me out and I always tell him NO NO... cannot play like that.. but he will still stick his hands in and give me a cheeky smile. The father might find it amusing but I really find it a nasty dirty habit. So instead of caning, I whack his hands with my hands instead. He learns not to do it for a while but when I turn my back, he is back at one again. How lah to deal with him?

The only option I am left with now is to let him wear pants long enough with no chance of hole opening for his hands to reach his penis. The weather is so hot these days, I thought it would be just nice for him to be in shirt and diapers but since he is misbehaving, he can go sweat in his balls now! (pun intended)

The third dangerous stunt he does now is to climb onto the sofa to reach up to the upper part of the divider. It is so dangerous because he might just fall down from the sofa, and if the sofa doesn't cushion his fall, he will just fall straight down on to the cold hard floor. Worse still, hit the sharp edges of the divider anc cut something *touch wood* but yea, that is the third dangerous stunts he is up to at the moment. The RM2 I paid for the cane is really worth the money paid in situations like these.

The fourth thing that really piss the shit out of me is that now whenever he drinks water from his sippy cup, he will store them up in his mouth and when he thinks no one is paying attention to what he is doing, he will spit the water out either on the floor or the TV cabinet. TV cabinet is the one that will make me whack him hard because firstly, the TV is there, he might get electrocuted. Second, the TV is so damn expensive and is one of my two entertainment source (the other -computer) and if he really spoils it, I would have been so angry but in the end, I will be the one getting all the blasting so why me when I can whack him first?

If its the floor he spits water on, he will lie onto the water to cover his bad deeds, but well, mothers know best when their children is up to no good and this is one of them. I will grab him up and whack him too because he might just decide to get up and walk and then slip and hit his head hard on to the floor. Or the father might slipped too on the floor *touch wood* but the father must not slipped at all! and best still, the boy's shirt gets so wet that might just make him catch cold and its off to the doctor. I hate it when the boy gets sick because that is one thing I blame myself for. Its one thing that I can prevent and there he goes getting himself sick because he watns to play with water.

I should have just throw him into the swimming pool if he wants to play with water so much but the boy turns out to not be such a hero when he is there. In fact, he is scared of the swimming pool or any tub of water I want to put him in to bathe. My boy now bathes standing up... easier for me to carry him out from the bathroom instead when he is lying in his baby bathtub. Backs can break carrying him I tell you!..

So tell me, won't you be as frustrated as I am when you are caught in these situations and sometimes have to control your anger just because his bodyguard is staring dead at you when you lift your hands up to whack him? One cry is enough to make the father ask me to stop whacking him. Its not as if I whack crazy.. its just enough for me to get the message across to him to not do these things I don't want him to.

I really hate to threaten Jaden with the cane. I really hate to shout at the little boy. I think kids should enjoy their childhood, have a happy one where smiles are plastered over mummy's , daddy's and baby's face but with Jaden doing all these dangerous stunts, HOWWWWWWW lah not to cane him?

Funny thing is that whenever Jaden cries, or he falls down and have a boo boo, I tend to leave him alone to cry himself satisfied and let him be ok on his own. Unless its a big fall that I know hurts a lot, then only I will go and check out the pain and see if he needs medical attention but usually, I will just leave him to cry himself out.. so one thing good about Jaden is that he only cries for a few seconds, 1 minute the most and then he forgets about it and goes about his other naughty stunts...

The difference is that he behaves better when its just me and him at home or anywhere out there. When the father is around, all hell breaks loose. Its true! *sigh*

Sometimes after all the whacking, scolding, I look at Jaden and he smiles back at me, kisses me and mommy is forgiven, I feel like a twat! All I want to tell him is that despite all these beatings and scoldings, I love him very very much!

i am such a twat twat twat!