a jab, a wedding and a birthday

its 25 past 10 on a sunday evening... junior is throwing one of his "i dont wanna sleep" crying fits and THE WIFE is trying to put him to sleep....

we were at the docs two thusdays back, eighth march.... junior have this monthly injections for his 5 in 1 thingy... he is suppose to have a jab every month till he is six months... not only is today juniors jab day, its also one of me oldest friends wedding day and its also THE WIFEs birthday tomorrow... so to kill many birdies with one stone, we will have juniors jab in the morning, a lunch at some place nice to celebrate THE WIFEs birthday and follow by a reception at me friends wedding later in the afternoon... not too bad considering i only have to take an off day from work.... hmmmm....... and if THE WIFE is reading this, i love you baby, happy birthday....

we got to the docs at about 11 in the morning... not too many people on a weekday morning.. this time round i saw quite a few new borns, makes junior looks not so small after all... i dont see any kids with cough,colds running noses and sneezing fits... we took juniors weight and height, he is about 7.6kgs... before long, juniors name was called..

doc: hello, what can i do for you today?
me: well... he hasnt been moving his bowels for the last ten days... and his fart is very smelly... is it normal for kids to not pass motion for such a long stretch?
doc: well, its not unheard of, i have come across kids who have gone 8, 9 days without passing motion... is he feeding okay? sleeping okay?
THE WIFE: yah..
doc: he seems to be putting on weight, he is following the chart very nicely, i am very satisfied with his growth... i dont think its anything to worry about... but if you are concern, we do have something to help lossen his stools.. you want to try that?
me: sure..
doc: i will show you once, then you can do it at home when he gets stuffed up again..
me: okay..

the doc proceed to turn junior around, pushed a tube with a long neck up juniors little behind and squeezed... i dont think junior liked it, he turned around and give me the look.... i dont blame him, personally i havent come across anyone who like being poked in the behind, although i never did actively go around and ask... hmmm

the doc follow the tube thingy with a jab on juniors thigh....

we made the next appointment in a months time... hopefully, we wont have do that tube thingy to junior again.... and before we left, junior pooed... all ten days worth of poo in one go.. thats how powerful the tube is... hmmm....

i'm the baby, gotta love me

its just past midnight on a sunday morning.... junior is in his cot, THE WIFE is having her shower and i am just having some 'me' time.... we were just back from me in-laws, juniors grand-daddys place...

we got this new ride for junior recently... and in the spirit of the chinese new year, we got it in red... it has three wheels which make for easier handling and it can be open and closed with one hand, or at least thats what the lady at the shop said.... rolls roys has its winged lady, jaguar has its cat, mercedes has its three pointed star and juniors ride has this blue elephant with poka dot ears... nothing like a cool figure head to show that you have arrived... hmmm....


i wont say that junior is cute, but so far i have three perfect strangers coming up to either me or THE WIFE and comment that junior is cute... that he has nice looking eyes and a big smile... lets see now... power puff girls, poki-mon, hello kitty, mickey mouse, garfield and most teddy bears, these are all cute stuffs, the common thing about them is that they have arms that dont seem to be able to reach over their big round heads... maybe thats why all babies are cute..... hmmm

this is junior with his cousin, izaac... he is about 9 months his senior... right now most of juniors stuffs are hand me down from big cousin izaac... and izaac seem to have an affection for junior, whenever they meet at me mums place, usually on a weekend, izaac would be giving him kisses by pressing his face on junior... yes this green ride is izaacs, that could be why he is keeping a watching eye when junior is test riding his ride... wouldnt want to scratch it or something... junior must have liked it so much that he decided to get the same ride but in red....

junior is at a stage where he will imitate whatever he sees... when i smile at him, he would smile back... when i stick out me tounge, he would stick out his... junior is always all smiles whenever he has enough sleep and milk... and dont worry, he is not been kidnapped by some hairy monster, its just daddy and junior sharing a haha....

cough, cold, runny nose and sneezing fits

its 5 to 7 on a sunday evening, junior is taking his third nap of the day, THE WIFE is taking her first nap of the day and i am just staring into space and listening to silence.... i never could appreciate the golden of silence till junior came along..... as junior gets bigger, his cries got louder.. and to have one or two hours of silence with no screaming baby is just pure bliss...

we were at the docs yesterday, the clinic is pretty crowded on a saturday morning... standing room only.. its not so much the "no place to sit' that bothered me.... its the waiting room full of kids with cough and cold, runny nose and sneezing fits that worries me... would junior catch something while waiting in a room full of sick kids?... i am not taking any
chances, i am waiting in the hallway...

before long, juniors name was called... we were to take his weight and height... he is 6.6 kgs and is about 52 cm tall.... thats about one kg a month... about average, we were told and shortly after the weight in, we were ushered into the docs office....

THE WIFE: he doesnt seem to want to take the bottle
doc: how much breast milk is he taking?
THE WIFE: i think about 60-80 ml...
doc: kids his age needs about 120 ml or more... have you tried cleaning his tongue? i see his tongue is all white, that could be the reason why he is not taking the bottle.... take a clean cloth, use some water and clean his tongue..
me: just water? no need any medications?

doc: yah, just water..... he seems pretty active... kicking all the time...
THE WIFE: yah....
doc: the injection we are going to give today might give him a fever... do you have a thermometer at home?
me: yah, the ear type
doc: if he has a temperature of 38 degrees taken from the ear, then you give him this medicine to bring the temperature down... 3ml, using this syringe.. other than that i am quite satisfied with his growth..

the doc give junior a jab with the nurse holding his leg down... jounior is a brave litttle lad, not a whimper or a sound... the doc placed a plaster on junior and smiled...

with that we make our next appoint for march... i decided that to avoid the crowd again, i would fix the appoint on a thursday morning... hopefully there wont be too many kids with cough, cold, runny nose and sneezing fits around...

batman

Its 12.15 on a rainy afternoon... i am lacking sleep, THE WIFE is sleep lacking, junior lack sleeping... he has been cranky the past few days and he was more cranky than usual last nite... we were up almost every hour trying to get a screaming baby to clam down and sleep... hours of fun... THE WIFE and i came to the conclusion that junior cant sleep in an aircon room... he seems to be able to sleep better with the aircon off... at least it will save on the electricity bills...

junior turned 2 months on new years eve... and as a sign of growing, he has actually outgrown most of the clothes he wore when he was a new born... and as a further sign that he is getting bigger, he actually went one size up with the diapers... now he is wearing M instead of S... which left us with loads of S size diapers with no buns to cover....

junior got his new bed yesterday... it set us back by $299, but it came with free delivery, installation and a mattress to boot.... i guess its all right... its one of those that can " grow with your child"... it has three different heights and can be converted to a junior bed when junior outgrow the "cot".... plus i can hang all sorts of stuffs around him... and i can put him "behind bars" anytime he gets cranky.... hmmm....

junior's running nose is getting better though... in fact he hasnt had a sniff for a while now... the mucus has sort of dried up and have become boggers... once in a while junior would sneeze them out and they would be stuck just at the opening of his norsil.... like bats in a cave, just swinging in the breeze with every breath he takes... and its just up to daddy dearest to catch those bats and disposed of them... who can say no to this face?