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Edric: Baby hair grow quick grow!!

Edric kept shedding his cutsy Mohawk hairstyle Eversince at 3-5 months old! His little mattress on the baby cot would be filled with his little baby hair! I miss his nice Mohawk hairstyle! Considering he had lots of hair at birth, now he is back to a botak boy like Elijah! Hehe!

Though I must say at 5.5months old, his little hair started to sprout again!! More little hair coming out and growing out!!! My handsome little monk like baby! And his head is so shiny too!

Here's a little glimpse of his growing hair!




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Elijah has a brother!!!

My second birth story is also an adventure even more exciting than the 1st.
Waterbag burst on 12th Jan 2013. However, it seems like I have no contraction at all and delivery did not seem like anytime soon. Having the hope of VBAC, I was asked to be admitted and to be observed. Doc suspected it might be hindwater.

Throughout the 2 days on 12th Jan and 13th Jan, I was basically doing the waiting game. There was some contraction but it was not frequent enough. However, it got me all excited coz my good friend Vivien ended up delivering on 13th Jan. It's really funny how we always joke about having our 2nd baby together etc. In the end, we did hahahha.

On 14th Jan Mon, Dr Chua decided to let me go home but she did a scan for me. Alas, amniotic fluid was really low by then. We have to go for a C-section again though it was not considered an emergency C-section. We decided to do it on 15th Jan coz according to Cheewan....it was a better fengshui and also that meant I could spend one more night with Elijah before delivery. :)

On 15th Jan Tues, it was THE day. I was super nervous even though it was not the first. But thankfully everything was alright. Finally I get to meet Edric. Yet another boy who was too comfy in my tummy. My 2 boys just don't wanna leave mama. Haahha. Is that a good sign?? Anyway, the side effects were the same. I felt like puking and I did a couple of times. So poor Elijah.....we couldn;t get him over on 15th Jan coz I was too weak and too sick. Had to leave him in good hands again that night at my mums.
Edric was a sweetie....though not my 1st born but I think he is gonna be my last baby to hug. :) Contented with 2 prince.

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My note to Edric:
Dear Edric,

Hello there. It wasn't an easy birth journey. I was so excited to meet you at last. Though it was a tiring journey for the 10 months, my heart simply melt when we first met. You are such a sweet little boy. Holding you is such a fantastic feeling. You are a very fortunate little boy as you have parents who love you very much and a brother who simply adores you.

Thank you for coming into my life. I am blessed with you and will treasure every moment together. Looking forward as a foursome family.

 Hehehe wonder why you and Elijah both didn't want to come out to say hello earlier. My womb seems too comfy for both of you. Hhehehe.

I love you lots lots. My little Edric boy!

Regards,
             Mummy Mary

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Now here he is my little Edric.

Hello Edric!!!

A family photo with the newborn

My cutie pie...Handsome Edric

  Our Happy Family

A second getaway in 2012....KL

Since Cheewan didn't have to work for day 3 -5 of CNY, we decided to drive up to KL for the weekend. Leaving on day 5 CNY. Traffic was smooth although we were a little worried that traffic would be bad as school holiday for Malaysia was way longer than us and definitely stretched beyond this weekend.

Reached just in time for dinner. Had a nice early dinner at Penang Cafe. Food was alright. Decent I suppose. The following day was full of shopping. Sale was great of about 20-70% discount. Could get pretty good buys. Bought some clothes. Wanted to find some for Elijah too but just couldn't find nice ones. Another great buy...bedsheets hahahaa. Guess we shop for weird things there. But shopping was good and therapeutic.

Food was the other good one. Although we didn't proceed to the outdoor foodstalls, perhaps next time, I guess we satisfied ourselves with good food still. There was this Chinese restaurant....very yummy and we ordered a pomfret...only RM$36 and it was huge. Think we could feed like 5-6 pple with that amount of food. Hhahahaha..guess we were really hungry.

The other attraction was the dessert. Guess no Malacca for us but there was this jonker street dessert...yummy cendol.....with KIDNEY BEANS!!! Yippyyy...fell in love with it and the cendol was just heavenly too. Hahahaha. Elijah fell in love with ice jelly. Tried to document his expression but failed.

He suddenly blurted out, ' Yummy! I think I can finish all!!'.
We both burst into laughter with his spontaneous expression. Tried to ask him to repeat to document in video but he refused to. Hahahhaha. It was really cute.

He loved the bathtub. Guess he always loves getaways. He almost refused to leave the hotel room.

It was really fantastic to catch up with friends in KL. Really touched that they all tried to make it for the gathering and even go to the extend of asking Bear Bear to ferry us. Aiyoh....so paiseh trouble everyone. We kind of nearly missed the opportunity..suddenly the night before we left remembered we could catch up with them. It was really nice..went to a mall called Empire shopping centre...had lunch with the whole group at Din Tai Feng. Yummy...thanks ladies. Really touched!

Well, nothing beats some nice photos to end this post.

Elijah enjoying his lovely strawberry cake treat with daddy

Yummy Jonker street dessert!!

Lovely Lunch company!!!

Cheeky Elijah

Ended with the must have A & W stopover

No legs!!

Elijah said, 'This one cannot join them! He has no legs!'

Apparently, Eljiah has developed the concepts of groups n similarities! He recognized that the land animals have legs thus could be arranged together!

The land animals as one!!





The abandon dolphin which had no legs!



On a separate occasion, mummy asked, 'Is ah ma a girl?'

Elijah's reply was, 'Ah ma is not a boy!!.
Mummy asked again, 'Is 公公 a girl or boy?'.
His reply once again was, '公公 is not a girl!!'.
Faints!! He was giving me smart cheeky replies which were technically right!!


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My little boy has grown up liao!!!

Cheewan is away for work again. This time to KL and BKK. I had prep Elijah that daddy had to sit aeroplane and work these few days so he won't be around. On Mon, I had to prep him that I was going to be the one sending him to school on Tues and Wed. It's not my most wanted job as Elijah had always been very sticky to me. When I was the one previously who sent him to school, he would wailed whenever I left his school. Teacher had to pluck him from my arms. Not a very pleasant sight at all and I always left with a heavy heart....even though I know he would stop crying when I'm gone. Just not a very pleasant thing to have to go through first thing in the morning.

Today and yesterday were a good change for a start. Tues...Elijah woke up happy. Greeted teacher Siti with a big good morning. Then followed me to put his bags and stuff and eat his tau sar bao. When I walk towards the front door, he did not ask me to carry him as well as he walked over to the computer area where everyone was. I walked away...didn't really say goodbye as I was afraid he would cry....he didn't cry...no whining too. He was alright and finally understood that I'm not abandoning him. It was a nice morning. It happened again on today. The same thing once again. This time, I even said bye to him and he was alright with it. He saw me leaving. It was great!!! My heart melted when I saw his sweet little eyes looking at me leaving. My little boy is a sensible boy already!!! Hurray. Success!! No more heavy heart!!

Was really happy yesterday. I cook maggi mee for us. Of course without putting in the MSG packet...with nice minced meat, egg and brocolli. He loved it kept asking me for more noodles. Went to buy him the Konfidence swimjacket, goggles, sun block and sun glasses at mothercare. Had discount...getting him ready for Maldives...think we both can't wait and are excited over the trip. Couldn't resist buying 3 in1 rice ball tau huay for ourselves. Hehhee.

Wed...He woke up in a reading mood. He was reading his doggie and cat book. So sweet. Had no choice but to convince him that we had to go to school already.

The day ended in Ah Mah's house and Iris Yee Yee is staying over too. He had a great time with all of them. And Elijah is in dreamland now. Am sure he misses Daddy lots lots.

Managed to capture Elijah reading..when I returned to the living room after washing milk bottle.A sweet moment.

Elijah having a good time with Iris Yee Yee. Uncle Yippy is away...so it's everyone at ah mah's house today.

Elijah's 1st Movie experience.....RIO

Decided that it was time to introduce the concept of movie to Elijah. Afterall, he did love the experience of a concept during Ellie's MG concert. Maybe he would like to watch a movie too. Anyway on this lovely Thurs, we decided to bring Elijah to watch Rio. First time that he would be in a movie theatre...we're not sure how he would be responding to it as well....whether he could sit there for an hour plus without running around. Well we'll find out!

His experience was complete with popcorn. PAssion card rock....it was $11.50 for 2 tickets complete with a small pack of popcorn. It was such a fantastic deal...only at Cathay cinemas. Great. I was grinning lots after buying the tickets. Went to fetch Elijah. He knew about it as we told him we were bringing him for a movie on the parrots.

When it all started...his eyes were glued. With periodic conversations like 'Mummy..what happened to the parrot?' . We tried to keep conversations to the minimal. Our little boy was such a darling. He sat throughout the show. He did enjoy it. Was already feasting on the popcorn way before the movie started. All was good...he didn't fuss for more popcorn.

Anyway it was a lovely experience. He was talking about Blu and Jewel after that.

All was well till we reached home...he started fussing. But I think he was too tired and overstimulated. He was fussing and fussing..till we tuck him to bed. Think it must be tiring for his little brain as he was concentrating for too long.

Anyway the experience was well worth it. BTW, it was also mummy and daddy's 1st movie experience ever since his birth. Hehehhe for once we get to experience it too.

My little popcorn monster!!!

Posing in the cinema! :)

My little understanding Boy!

Today Cheewan has a dinner function to attend to so am home alone with Elijah. Had took a cab to fetch him as it was really dark and cloudy. Thankfully I did that coz it was pouring moments later.

Anyway so I reached home...played with him alittle...started cooking pasta for us. But it was tough cooking and entertaining him so switched on Maisy for him to watch. Of course he loved it.

Did his usual of dinner.....interrupted with a pooing session and gave him a nice warm bath. He was in a really good mood....so I tried my luck. Asked Elijah if mummy could take a bath while he played in his cot. He said, 'Yes'. I asked him abt 3 times and everytime the answer was yes...told him not to cry coz after mummy had the shower...mummy would come to hug him. Also told him..he couldn't climb the cot. Asked him ,'If you climbed, what would happen?' and he would reply, ' Fall down. Pain pain.". My grown up little boy. He told me exactly which toys he wanted...Pet zoo's dog and surfing pal. I put some other toys in too but he rejected them and requested for them to be removed from the cot. Switching on 'Grandpa's song', off I went to shower.

So for the 1st time...I left him unattended...self entertained and took a shower. Probably the earliest shower I've ever had in ages. True enough he didn't fuss or cried for me throughout my shower. By the time i was done, he was rolling in his cot happily.

It was really nice to be able to spend time with Elijah lazing at home. :)

Somehow...it was a fantastic feeling. I truly felt that Elijah had grown up lots. Not only that...he was a really understanding little boy. A mature little boy with his cute baby face. I love you, Elijah. Thank you so much for the early shower.

Celebration of belated Elijah's birthday and ah Gu's birthday

Today Elijah managed to sleep in late....waking up only about 10am. It was a really rare day hahahahha. Perhaps due to his crying in the night at abt 3+am and telling me that he doesn't want to sleep...thankfully he still went back to sleep after a bit of crying. Phew.

It was quite a messy and frustrating day when it started out. 1st thing...I had forgotten to bring along the neubilizer. 2ndly....spilled more than half of his medicine (Amoxol) away in the market when i was feeding him that. 3rdly...there was just so many cars on our way out from Bukit Timah market. Arrrggghhhh such frustration.

He was alittle disappointed when Ellie and Elliot were not there yet. He was a sweet little boy...had to go and buy materials to make flower for his kindness day this week. He didn't cry at all....stayed with ah ma eventually when i left to buy stuff. He was getting used to us working and getting separated from him after all.

Came back with a new skill....the craft shop owner taught me how to make a flower eventually. Yah! :) Did up the flower with Elijah helping minimally hahaha. Guess it was too tough for him even though it was just a matter of folding and twisting. Had to convince him to nap....again he was playful about it. But when i told him...he had to sleep 1st so that I could get Elliot and Ellie to sleep on big big bed....then he quietly when back to sleep on his own. Yeah...fantastic little boy.

The day ended with a fantastic meal at BK Fortune Seafood. Fantastic crab dishes. It was quite yummy.....just that I forgotten to take a snap shot of the yummy dish in my midst of feeding Elijah. It was some salted egg crab dish...and Sri Lanka Crab...super big and yummy. The rest of the dishes were so so I guess. But it wasn't too ex I will say. :) Elijah had his fair share of crab watching hehehe. It was great having a meal together again. Everyone was travelling in the month of Mar...us and Pat to Japan...Bro to Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou...Mum to China too.

Looking forward to our next big meal together again. Hmmm...guess it'll be Ellie and Claudia's birthday next. Yeah!

Elijah posing with Daddy

 Claudia with ah ma and gong gong

Family time!!!

Show and tell....fave fruit. STRAWBERRIES!!!

Today is Elijah's show and tell day....it's about fave fruit. We brought his fave strawberries to school. Hope he'll talk lots about it and abt his japan strawberry experience.

Elijah came back home today....happy. Poor little boy is down with running nose and cough as usual.

However, his mood changed to whinny and grouchy..think he was tired out. Probably didn't sleep too much for nap time and his night sleep coz he was coughing very badly. Hope that everything will be better tom.

Gave him amoxol, neulin and phenylamine. Hope his symptoms will go away soon.

Cough cough go away!!! Sighz. What else can I expect when all his classmates were either having running noses or coughing. The downside of childcare...but oh well.....Elijah's body have to get adjusted soonner or later.

Get well soon my boy. Hurts to hear you cough in the night disrupting your sleep!

Bring everyone!

Dinner today was at Singapura restaurant@selegie to celebrate gu gu's birthday. Before we left ah ma's house. It was goodbye time again.

As usual, we asked Elijah to give everyone a hug n the goodbyes. For the first time, Elijah gave a very pitiful look n started to say," bring iris yi yi, bring uncle yippy, bring Ellie Jie Jie, bring Elliot kor kor, bring pat yi yi, bring uncle mel.

My sweet little boy. Oh well, we had already preplanned for next weekend to be at coast @ sentosa coz the rest are watching Lion King. How I wish I could go too but Elijah is underaged! Next week, my dear, we can bring everyone by then n hopefully celebrate your birthday!

Elijah's 1st time squeezing between mummy n daddy

Elijah woke up on Friday morning at 4am...crying and mumbling something about Snoopy. Think universal studio japan had rub off on him. :)

Had to tell him sun sleep sleep n everyone else is sleeping too. He asked for mummy n daddy to wake the sun. In the end, had to ask him to try asking the sun on his own. For the 1st time I saw Elijah so angry, he screamed with his might angrily twice, "Mr sun". Haha was hilarious.

He asked for Ellie, Elliot, Pat yi yi and uncle Mel. Think he truly enjoyed his trip. Had to coax him with alot of effort plus put him on our big big bed. Alas he slept! Phew thought he was not going back to sleep.

Little boy woke up at 9.30am. Record breaking haha. It was so sweet to have him between us. I am so gonna miss this when he grows up.

The day was fantastic. We managed to squeeze in a swim before it poured. At last a swim.

What a great way to spend a Saturday! Not forgetting...Elijah eating his banana...and said, " I love bananas" spontaneously. What an expressive little boy!!! :)

A wee wee day!

Today am really happy that Elijah showed me that he is ready to be toilet trained!

During morning shower today, I undressed him and told him casually to go wee wee in the toilet. To my surprise, he went to the shower area and squatted down to wee wee. He indeed was able to understand what wee wee meant and this proved that he was ready to be toilet trained! YIPPPEEE!!!

Way to go, Elijah!

Real happy about that. So today marks the day that I tried to use training pants on him. Haven't really succeeded but I won't give up on that.

Elijah, mummy is sure that you'll be able to be toilet trained really soon.

The day ended with a 04S08 CNY gathering at our house...think Elijah was really high having so many visitors. He really enjoyed the company! What an end to a great day!

A little mei mei or a little didi???

Before I go on....I better declare that I am not pregnant 1st. Hahhaha...in case everyone self conclude due to the title of this post. Cheewan wanted to prep him for future...if we do intend to have another kid.

Well, Cheewan was chatting casually with Elijah on our ride home from my mum's house.

The conversation went like this.
Cheewan said: "Elijah, do you want a didi or mei mei?"
Elijah replied: " Baby mei mei!" (Mummy smiled instantaneously.)
Mummy said: " You can play with baby."
Elijah replied: " Play with baby Weixin and Weien."

My thoughts....hahahhaa wonder if he realised what a didi or mei mei meant to him in future...as in sharing the same mummy and daddy. Hmmmmm...hopefully he'll be not so jealous or possessive when he is older.

No more crying Elijah in the morning

2weeks and 2 days is what took Elijah to be totally ready for school. My little boy has finally not cried any bit when Cheewan drop him off and kissed him goodbye this morning.

After putting all his stuff in his classroom area, Elijah saw the kueh(wah ko kueh) that I steamed for him in his tupperware container and gave a smile. Daddy fed him along the way back to music room.

No whinning...no tears...he asked for a hug from daddy...and walk automatically to the music room when daddy put him down. He walked towards the toys and said find crab. There he was with no tears at last.

Hurray Elijah!!! You did it. Way to go. No more tears, my little boy. My little boy is a big boy already. I love you Elijah. I think you're adapting really well in school. Just hope you learn lots from there. Mummy is so proud of you.

A bad morning for Elijah

This morning, Elijah wake up at 5+pm asking for mummy. Daddy went to pat pat him as I needed to leave for work soon. He basically fussed....and fussed as he wanted me to pat pat him. He cried and wailed initially even asking 'mummy come back.' Screaming again and again that.

How heart wrenching it was for me to hear him wailed for me. I left as early as possible as I didn't want him to see me and I thought if he continued on perhaps daddy might carry him downstairs. I think his cough and running nose might have caused his fussiness. Let's hope Elijah gets well fast.

His running nose was alot better today.

After all the fussing, he went back to sleep again. Daddy had to wake Elijah up. Today he just whinned alittle when daddy kissed him goodbye! By the time, Daddy wore his shoes and peeped into the music room. Little Elijah had stopped already and was distracted by the toys. I think my little boy will be getting used to school life and coping with separation anxiety quite well. Let;'s hope soon there''ll be no tears!!!

Hush my little boy. Get well soon and you can do it!

Missing Elijah for 1 whole week

Took a long time before agreeing to this...a school trip to NZ from 27th Nov to 3rd Dec. When discussing with Cheewan...the thought of it made me cry already. But how long can I keep rejecting worktrips coz Elijah is young. I know i can't continue to do it. Decided to do this coz it's only 1 week with a very interesting itinerary...very bio based. I like it. Hope it's gonna be worth my time away from Elijah.

Elijah and daddy accompanied me to the airport....was afraid I'll break down. Think it's me who cant let go rather than Elijah. I spent almost $200 on his frozen food from Petit Bowl to relieve all from worrying abt his food. He is a fortunate little boy, always been eating mummy's home cooked food all along.

At the airport, I was too busy handling and briefing the students that I had to bid my goodbye to my small and big men earlier than expected. I knew am gonna so miss them.

The trip was amazing...I miss NZ. Wish I was with Cheewan and Elijah...so wanna enjoy NZ with them. The learning was rich..the guide was superd. Arron the guide really knew his stuff very well and he was really good at simplifying the explanations for the kids. $ well spent. At 1st...I thought the trip was really ex but after everything...I changed my verdict...worth every cent paid.

Liking the experiential learning...doing transect study in a little protected patch of forest...Maungatuatari reserve...a fenced up area to protect the rare flightless birds. River studies of invetebrates....studying the indicator species that were sensitve to pollution. Cockles study..again indicator of pollution...count and size of cockles.

Scenery was beautiful but I do agree South Island is more beautiful...North Island is not as scenic...not sure if it is a fair statement since I'm only there for 5 days technically. The experience was fantastic...apart from the biology aspects....there were other fun stuff e.g astronomy night, global warming lecture, etc. Being ex-astronomy club teacher..brought back memories..esp with Siao Chean's batch....the experience was amazing...although it was abit cloudy but that did not spoil any of our mood. Reminded me of days in tasmania..the view from the mountain...star gazing..was amazing. I loved lunches coz it's usually sandwiche or pizza....perfect food and outdoor view..sometimes on a grass patch...sometimes on a beach. Dinners suck..always asian food and I hate eating Asian food in a non-asian country....not authentic at all. We're in NZ and we should try NZ food not Asian food. Hmmm...

Apart from loving all the experiential learning that the kids will never be able to gain from Singapore...I hated some stuff about the trip. Hated being the main teacher who had to deal with discipline....nagging them abt the moving so slowly...reminding them it is not a leisure trip...reminding them abt the gift prepared for the Marae stay....reminding them not to be late for every morning cum free time.

Called home everyday...so had to talk to and listen to my 2 most impt men in my life. I made a video for Elijah in cased he missed me too much. Cheewan showed it to him on day 4 of my trip...oh my...he cried non-stop after watching it. Think he din realized how much he missed mummy till he was reminded of me again. And thus that was the only time he watched that video...bad idea from mummy hahaa. He was alright without me despite my worries of how it would be for him. I'm the one who would tuck him in to bed. Was super worried he'll be crying non-stop but everything turned out alright. I guess out of sight and out of mind did work for him.

Well, everything went on smoothly in fact both with regards to the trip and at home. Daddy rocks right...Elijah. Am glad you had quality time with daddy!!! Priceless.

Me and Elijah in the airport before the trip

At Mount Eden...the view of Auckland from high ground

Astronomy night....a wonderful experience

These people make their own telescopes...amazing

A rare sight of Takahe spotted at Maungatuatari reserve

Feeding swan at Rainbow Springs

Rotorua...and the lovely 3 teachers.Love rotorua.

The H2S smell filled the air. Interesting place.

Kiwi plant...at last got to view the real thing from the plant itself.

The most delicisious and freshiest kiwi ice cream I've ever tasted.

Can't resist hugging the piglet at the petting farm

Invetebrate studies at river bank....a fantastic experience. My fave portion.

Students hard at work doing cockle transect studies...while I posed for the camera.

Blokart....lack of strong wind...a big disappointment for teachers but not students.

They had laser quest in a really big outdoor compound.

Welcome performance by the Maori

Stay at the marae...priceless experience and a very spiritual one too.

Singing Elijah again!!!

Today Elijah was playing and yet again he suddenly sang ' This old man...he played one...he played knick knack on my drum.'

My little baby loves to sing. He sang shyly....once I sang along with him...he stopped. Hahhaha my little singing baby is shy about singing.

I love you Elijah. HUGS!!! I love your singing. Sing sing lots for mama to hear yah.

Singing Elijah

Did quite a bit of Xmas shopping. Can't believe we have to do so way in advance coz we have no more free weekends left. So off we were in Orchard Road the whole day.

Went to nice Imperial Treasure Nanjing for brunch...was fantastic. One of the nicest dim sum I've ever tasted....anyway it was Elijah's first time singing a song. While we finished our meal and the waitress was trying to clear the plate, Elijah started to sing 'Twinkle twinkle little star....how I wonder what you are'. The waitress heard and gave a wide smile. It was Elijah's 1st attempt in singing a complete phrase of a song. He could complete the last word of each phrases at 16-17month old of ke ren lai and twinkle twinkle little star. Think those were the 1st 2 songs he knew. I'll consider this your 1st song.

Hurray Elijah...mummy loves your singing. Do sing lots lots. Mummy is so proud of you.

We even bought you yet ANOTHER Xmas present.....think the truck and the excavator weren't enough....we bought U a Toy Story 3 tent....for you to hide hide inside. You lucky chap...so many xmas presents eh.

Bought for Elliot the turtle family and ellie...hehehe have to ask sis to buy her books once again. Couldn't resist buying a fox fleece coat for Elijah. :)

No more crying Elijah during vaccination

Elijah has been past 18months old already. Worried about MMR and the link with autism...although there's no scienific proof but just can't help it as a parent. Anyway Elijah is 20months old already and he's well these days. Think I better act fast...go for MMR vaccination before he catches any bout of flu and we're going for our trip in Dec.

Well...the day started off as per normal to ah ma's house late though....Daddy's alarm failed hehehehe. Thankfully no invigilation. Called Toh Yi Clinic at 8am sharp for a no. It started pouring heavily...sighz. Nevermind if needed to I shall carrier him. But alas 3 calls and noone picked up. Finally got through.....no. 11 it was. Was shocked that it was already no 11. Well..good thing and the great thing was that doc would arrive at 9am so at least not such long waiting time. Ooh well...called again at 9.15am...it was still at no.1. Called again at 9.45am...it was at no. 6. Thought I'll do my leisure walk down with Elijah's pram. Well....put on our cap incase it starts dizzling again. He was such a cutie...he pulled out his cap initially...but ah ma told him it was raining so must keep his cap on. Afterthat, he never removed it till I reached the clinic and helped him with it.

Upon reaching, I looked at the no...no. 9 already. That was fast. Guess some nos were skipped as pple were not around. Elijah quietly stayed in his pram. Thankfully there was a fishtank of gold fish to keep him entertained. It was great. We didn't have to wait very long but the clinic was moderately crowded. Saw this mother and son...they were no. 22. Poor thing..it's gonna be a long wait for them.

Ooh soon it was our turn. Kept telling Elijah before hand we were going to see Dr Yap not Dr Ong. I reminded him of Dr Yap's toys so he knew exactly who he was going to see. Once we entered the room, Elijah's eyes brightened up....think he really was distracted with the no of toys. The 1st thing Dr Yap did was to whipe up a toy and placed in front of Elijah while we had our chat. I decided that it was going to be a simple MMR jab not the new one....the one without chicken pox vaccine. Think I won't really jab him fo chicken pox. My idea is that once U get it...get it over and done with.

For MMR, if there's fever arising, it would only show up 1 week later. So great....Lucas's party would not be affected by this vaccine. YEAH! When it was time for the jab, Dr Yap asked me to sit Elijah on my thigh and clamp his right feet with my thigh. He again whipped up 1 of the toy that when U pressed it turned and turned with a choo choo train turning inside. I pressed lots for Elijah. holding on to his right hand. Viola.....seconds later before Elijah could react...Dr Yap gave the vaccination. Afterwhich Elijah looked over the right side..think he must have felt the pain alittle. (Dr Yap said the previous were intramuscular not so painful...this is the 1st intravenous injection so more painful.) No tears or whinning throughout the whole session. Dr Yap immediately said...what what...pretended nothing happened.

Dr Yap is fantastic with kids. Previously at Aglow, before Dr Ong even inserted the needle, Elijah would be in tears already. Think he could sense injection coming.

Well, basically Dr Yap rocks. Think we're going to stick to Dr Yap for good. Reasonable priced and good esp since he's not a PD. Tis great we found a good doc and near ah ma's house so super convenient. YEAH! :)

Although I will miss going to United Square coz of Toy R Us and the rabbits, but I do think Dr Yap handles kids alot better for that guess we have to give United Square a miss.

NO MORE CRYING ELIJAH!!!!!