idiot box are for people like me

I have been quite a couch potato these past few days or maybe weeks since I last discovered that during weekdays, there are interesting shows showed on Astro channels. My favourite tune in channels are 701 -AXN, 711 -Starworld, 712 -E! and lately 303 -KBS World @ 1115pm onwards. OMG! What have I become?

I am hooked on to this Korean drama that runs from Mon - Thurs 1115pm. Its called Eighteen and In Love. Everybody that sees the name of the movie would already know what the whole storyline would be yet it entices me to want to watch on. Just because I think the leading actor is kind of cute. Not good looking but just cute to look at. *sigh* Sometimes I think there is still a little girl in me.

Then there is the Tuesday madness about Ugly Betty and Lipstick Jungle. I don't think I'd ever missed any episodes of Lj since it aired.

Comes Wednesday, there is CSI Miami, The moment of Truth... Thursday? Hmm.. Don't even mention it because I will be there out in front of the TV ready to root for our polite Malaysian teams in The Amazing Race Asia III. Don't you think the Malaysian teams seem to be the most polite ones compared to other countries? Well.. I also have to give the credit to Singapore and Hong Kong but Thailand, Phillipines and India? They can be really rude beyond repair.. especially that Geoff. The rudest contestant I'd ever seen among the 3 races.

Fri-Sun is either days of rest or watching re-runs that I'd missed during the weekdays due to un-forseen circumstances..

Still I can't believe it that my life has been tied down to TV programs now because I no longer have any social life. Zilch! None of my friends ask me out anymore because I am no longer free to go out whenever wherever I like. I have got a little demanding baby boy to think about and his needs to see to.

It was just urm.. 3 years back when I was still out clubbing, partying with friends Wed-Sat.. then come meet the BOYFRIEND WHO TURNED HUSBAND when my life was drastically changed into being the tamed Emily. Well.. its a good change compared to booze and late nights but I would have like a night out dancing sometimes... =)

Maybe.. maybe when Jaden is old enough to be put to bed by Hubby and some of my party kaki girlfriends are STILL NOT MARRIED.. maybe I will get an invitation by them to join. MAYBE... but for now, I am satisfied with the idiot box.

Weaning off breastmilk is such a chore when ...

Jaden refuses to take in any liquid form of milk from bottles or sipping cup. At the moment, the only form of formula milk he takes in is when I mixed it with his rice cereals. What I am trying to do here is to try to wean him off the breast. Especially the night feed. Jaden hardly asks for the day feed now unless I put him in the room to have his afternoon nap. These days, I put him out in the living room, on the bouncer so he can just sleep it off.

BUT its a different story at night. This little boy has incorporated in breastfeeding in his bedtime routine and would only fall asleep if he has the breast in his mouth. Should I just try to sneak the bottle teat into his mouth when he attempts to night breastfeed the next time but I read somewhere that it is not safe to have the bottle in the baby's mouth when he is sleeping. It causes tooth decay..

How ? How to wean Jaden off breastmilk? How to introduce him the idea of drinking from a bottle or milk from a sipping cup? How to tell him he is now a big boy and no longer needs mummy's breast to latch on for feed? Would he be traumatized if we stop this routine of ours? Will we lose the bond we share? Or will he just miracalously wean himself off the breast? Should I just feed him full before his bedtime so he won't ask for milk then?

Maybe I will just start off with that...

Please please let this weaning process be easy on both of us...

For mothers who plan to breastfeed their babies, well.. its a good thing! BUT remember to give your breastmilk through bottles because it will make whatever decision that you make later in his life easier. If I were to have another child again, I will make darn sure that I feed him / her through bottles instead...

Better a lil and on the way to pile some weight

Jaden's stuff nose seems to be a little better. There are still a little hard breathing on and off when he sleeps but at least its better than the first few days I was blogging about it.

Dr. Altaf has recommended us to get Jaden multivitamins and Pediasure to supplement the needs for nutrients and calories that Jaden needs.


So off we went to buy Pediasure and I was really crossing my fingers hard that Jaden would take to the formula milk like fish to water. Taking out the milk bottle and new teats that were never used since his birth last year, I scrubbed, washed and sterilized it. Finally, my baby boy is going to take formula milk!!! Sadly, that did not happen.He rejected it real bad. Milk bottle to Jaden is like some foreign object and I guessed he forgot that he once fed through them.
So now the only choice to feed him the formula milk is by mixing it with his morning rice cereals and tea time rice cereals. Twice a day is equivalent I should think. The boy is still on breastmilk solely but that only happens when he is going to sleep at night, in the middle of the night and once early in the morning. I sure hope my supply is still enough for the little boy's intake!


Everyday since I got the multivitamins, I have been feeding him before his breakfast. On some days, he seems to love it, some days, its like having the war of the clones with him just to have that 1 1/2 teaspoon down his throat. *sigh*

He nows know how to call Papa, Mam mam mam and sometimes - rarely but there are still a time or two one would hear Ma Ma from his mouth. Teaching him how to say Pa pa ya now since he loves eating them. I am trying to teach him how to say BALL. Teaching him at his own pace of comfort in absorbing these words. He understands the word NO when said in a really really angry voice. Only when you raise his voice at him but that only will take place through Hubby or I. No one else is allowed to raise their voice at him... He knows how to say Ta ta ta too to want to beat something! That's Hubby's contribution! Trust the man to teach the boy BOY STUFF!

Hopefully by the end of this month, we would be able to see the results of Pediasure working on him. Just to pile on some weight thats all.. not asking him to be obese..


We won't want that would we? I wouldn't be able to carry him then..

True friends are hard to find

How many friends do you have that you can actually call them true friends? How many do you have? How many times has it that you know that they will ALWAYS be there for you no matter what? Sometimes words itself is not enough. Action means a lot when in times you really count on them and they dutifully do their rights as your true friend. I have only quite a few that I can count as true friends from my hometown and college. Of course, the main two in my life since childhood is Gwen and SChee. No matter what situation I am in, whether I am in the wrong or right, down or up, they will ALWAYS ALWAYS be there for me WITHOUT FAIL. I owe quite a lot to them in terms of gratitude. I love them both so much. They have always been there for me, guiding me since we were in school. Those sleepovers we have, girl guides activities that brought us closer, movies together, shopping and our eating sessions. Those gossip moments about SAI CHI TEY (a piece of shit) or SAI CHAP TEY (ten pieces of shit) [internal joke shared by three of us]. Its as if we know each other in and out and we seem to understand each other without saying much. Despite three of us living far apart from each other, we will still manage to find time to say hello, update ourselves and care for each other. I can't imagine life without these both angels of mine. That is why no matter what, BOTH OF THEM are to be ALL MY CHILDREN's Godmother!

Then there is these TWO girls that I grew really really close to in college. They both have seen the worst in me and was there through out. They were there for me when I really need them, they made darn sure that no matter how busy they were, whatever plans they had in the first place, they will cancel it out to be with me on my special days. I guess most would have guessed the first girl by now. JOY. Second one, SHARON. Why Sharon? Although she can be rather annoyingly slow when you eat together with her, LOUD like nobody's business when we are talking, DRESSING skills overpowering us (read a lil lian lian) but SHE WILL MAKE IT TO BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT IF I DO NEED HER. I remember Joy telling me about how Sharon insisted on making it to my wedding even though the night before was her cafe's annual celebration and she has to host it till early in the morning and SHE DROVE DOWN TO KL right after the cafe closed for the night... to make it to be with me on my special day. Alas knowing her, tiredness took over and she ter-over slept through the morning session. But knowing what she did just celebrate the day with me is enough for me to know where our friendship stands. These two girls in my life means a lot to me. My aunties for life. And if God allow, the next child of mine, i am going to make these both the Godmother too.

Then there are friends who are really good friends that you can talk to and you know that they are real. Corrine is one of them. How we got to know each other is a funny story. Our first movie together and from there on, we became close. I love being friends with Corrine. She is really comfortable to be with and there is no air of pretense. Even though we hardly meet now, but I still feel her close to my heart.

I have a lot of friends but not all can fit into the category above. Don't be mistaken, I love all my friends but those above hold a very much SPECIAL place in my heart because I know you guys will always be there for me. ALWAYS! You guys would never ditch me in times that I do need you by my side.. I will always remember the day you shared with me on my ONE SPECIAL DAY for that day is only ONCE a LIFETIME and you had etched your name in it! I love you girls!

p/s: Jojie and Xiu Yi, you are special too to me.. love love you both too!!!

Sharon who made it a point to come by to visit, fitting me into her busy schedule even though she is quite rushed for time... how can I not treasure her?

Raya visit and One of his many firsts...

We took Jaden to Afiq house for Raya house visiting and also to mam his mother's rendang. Hubby had been telling me about how delicious Afiq's mom's rendang was and how he has been going on and on and finally I got to try it first hand.

Guess what Jaden was doing while his parents were playing glutton to the Rendang and curry chicken?

Meet Keli everyone!

This is the friendly Cemet

The curious and playful Comot

o.Oh and Jaden even got his first Raya green packet from Afiq's dad. How's that for his Firsts of his first experience?

Kitties and Green packet and a walk around the neighborhood... =)

He sure is one happy baby and the parents, one happy fully fed with delicious rendang people!!

Birthday pressie from Daddy

Remember back the post where I showed Jaden's Birthday present from Hubby and I. Well, that was from me...

Now, this is Hubby's present to Jaden.

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED SUPREME CLASS OPTIMUS PRIME

He's one lucky boy ain't he? *sigh* I am starting to wonder if we are pampering him bad...

Crankiness knows no boundaries

Jaden is very very cranky these few days. Since Saturday if I am not mistaken. Right after his birthday, he is acting up even worse. It might be due to his lateral insicor cutting out now since he is keen on biting, his cheeks flushed and the nose. THE NOSE.. *sigh* I really pray he didn't get the side of my genes for sinuses. Anyway now with his stuff nose and all, it is emitting bad odor. PLEASE LET IT BE TEMPORARY the stuff nose. Don't want him to feel so uncomfortable... If it is still not well by the weekend, I am going to take him to his paedaetrician again. Can't go on seeing him breathing so difficult.

Last night when we reached home at about 930pm, he was on / off crying, whining and more crying. He only fell asleep at about 130am. Woke up at 330am for feed, then 5am for feed, 6am for feed, then 7am then 9am woke up crying. I thought he still wants to be fed so I put my breast to his mouth only to have my nipple bitten so hard. He was like an alligator clamping down on it, not letting go till I shouted out loud in pain and pinch his nose shut for a while. That was what all the baby articles recommend to make the babies let go of their killing bite. Hubby was of course feeling irritated because we both woke him up from his holiday sleep. If only he knows the feeling of a nipple being clamped down hard and more nibbles while the nipple is still inside the mouth. (It is still in tact if you are wondering if it broke off.. hard chance! ahhaha)

That being said, he was just crying for no apparentt reason again during the 9am wake. The little boy then moved over to my side and fell asleep beside me. Covered him with my comforter and I slowly manouver my way to sleep back. He finally woke up at 12pm CRYING again. Lately, he has not been waking up smiling which he USUALLY does. Now its CRYING EVERYDAY EVERY HOUR EVERY SECOND... poor thing! The teeth must be really giving him lots of uncomfortablity.

Enough is enough. Carried him out of the room at about 1215pm and let his daily routine start. Fed him his Kiddi Pharmaton and breakfast cereals. Made him down lots of water and now, he is babbling and going to whine in his cot again for attention.

When? When is this HORRIBLE ORDEAL going to be over for all of us? WHEN?????