Home Sweet Home

After 2.5 mths living in gong gong & mama's house, Aaron and Fiona finally get to stay in their new house!

11 October 2008 marks another significant chapter in A&F's life.... it's the first day both stayed over at 257.

The kids' favourite activities:
- Fiona climbing up the stairs.... Fiona is full of energy. We all cannot match up with her energy level.
- Aaron loves throwing balls from the top of the staircase.... bong bong bong .... and Fiona will giggle, catch the ball and climb up and now it's her turn to throw the ball.... it's their playground... adults not welcomed...haha

Pictures Pictures...everyone loves pictures... taken at Bishan & McDonald's AMK

Nana's latest toady hair cut...all thanks to Ah Ma

It's really a tiring task trying to take a nice passport photo for Fiona... and thanks to Ah Ma, her ugly hair style makes things worse! Non of the photos taken seem presentable... and Nana's patience is also running out! Hiaz... looks like we gotta retake again :(

2 Weeks later, Fiona hair grew.... trying to take a PP photo for her again.... hmmm still not successful .... try again :(

WHO DO THEY LOOK LIKE??

Roseola

Poor Fiona is down with Roseola (Sixth Disease). She had high fever for 3 days, followed by mild rashes on her body and some on her face. She was quite cranky for the past few days. However, yesterday, we noted that she was sleepy and slept more than usual - 3.5 hrs in the afternoon and again, she fell asleep early at 7 pm plus in the night.

What are the first symptoms of roseola?
The initial signs and symptoms of roseola include a sudden high fever that lasts for 3 to 5 days, irritability, bulging "soft spot" on the head (fontanel), swollen glands in the front or back of the neck, runny nose, puffy eyelids (due to swelling with fluid), and mild diarrhoea.

How high can the fever go?
Quite high. The fever averages 103.5 F (39.7 C) but it can go up as high as 103-106 F (39.4-41.2 C).

How should the fever be treated?
If the fever is not causing the child to be uncomfortable, the fever need not be treated. It is not necessary to awaken the child to treat a fever unless instructed to do so by a health care practitioner.
If you wish to treat the fever, acetaminophen (Tylenol and others) can be used to lower a fever. Aspirin should NEVER be used for fever in children or adolescents.
A child with a fever should be kept comfortable and not be overdressed. Overdressing can cause the temperature to go higher. Bathing with tepid water (85 degrees F <30.0>) may help bring down a fever. Never sponge a child (or an adult) with alcohol; the alcohol fumes may be inhaled causing many problems.

Is there a rash with roseola?
Yes, but not in the beginning. When the fever disappears, a rash appears. The rash is mainly located on the neck and body, especially, the abdomen, trunk, and back but it can also be on the arms and legs (extremities).
The rash appears as separate little raised dots (papules) or as a flat (macular) rash.

What is most remarkable characteristic of roseola?
What is most striking is that the child seems so well despite having a high fever.

Fiona has just passed her 14th month. She shows greater sense of control over her daily activities. My little day enjoys her day so much that she will refuse take her usual twice daily nap... screams to get her way.

Fiona is learning to walk... her learning curve, unlike Aaron, is not steep. She's fearful of walking halfway and falling onto the ground. She needs us to hold on to her hand as she walks. Once we hold on to her, she changes to the super fast gear and up and down the room she zooms! She's got lots of energy and i can be v tiring following her up and down the house.

Little Fiona is also starting to respond to our questions... ask her, how does the lion roar, she will let out a loud rrrrrrr.... kind of cute seeing her do that. However, she refuses to meow when we ask her what sound the cat makes... haha!

A day at Marriot

Today, we decided to stay in Marriot for a night. Was given a room at level 17 with Orchard Road view... view was fantastic! If only our home has such nice view... will upload the photos later....

As we went there early, we lazed around in the room for a whille. The kids love jumping up and down the bed, esp Aaron.

View from our room:

Waited for KH for finish work and we went for the seafood buffet at the Cafe together with my parents.
Food was delicious. :)

Some beautiful memories captured .....

Fiona took her first steps!

One two three... Fiona walk ... one more step! yes! good little girl... good job! One more milestone in her life.

Fiona's 1st Bday celebration

Was a simple cosy little celebration in the comfort of our home. A & F's cousins came to join us in the celebration. Probably the last celebration @ our Senja home. Daddy ordered a Minnie Mouse cake for the little princess while Mummy ordered a strawberry shortcake jelly. Food was ordered fr Neo gardens.

Happy Birthday, June bbs!!

We had a wonderful weekend at MyGym @ Woodlands Civic Centre celebrating SM's June bb's birthdays!

We are in the second group. Fiona was so excited with the games that she refused to sit down and wanted to keep jumping when the session started. Aaron, my BIG bb also enjoyed all the jumping and monkeying. Hope he didnt scare the little ones too much.

It's the first time I meet some of the mummies... finally manage to put the faces to some of the nicks. ... more updates later :)

It's been a v tiring week. Fiona was also feeling unwell admist my food poisioning episode. She had been having fever now and then and kept waking up at night. Short of rest, i somehow lost 2kg. 47kg....Never seen this on the scale for a long long time. On Friday, F had v v high fever. Mum called me on my way home. I was in Greenridge Guardian buying another thermometer. Mum mentioned 39 plus. I told her, dont worry, i'm coming back. Later, mum called again to hurry me. I knew something must be wrong. She mentioned 39.6 deg! I somehow started to break out in cold sweat and sprinted home. F seemed to be in a daze. I felt scared and helpless seeing her like that! We sponged her but it didnt seem to work. Then, she started wimping. It seemed that she is trying to cry loudly but did not have the energy to do that. My heart was praying hard for her. I took out the Cool Fever pad and pasted on her forehead and parts of her body and also sponged her at the same time. She seemed to hate the sponge cos i could feel her jumping up everytime i apply the cold towel... but she didnt seem to struggle like what she usually would.
I took the temp - 39.6deg..... s*** why didnt the temp go down?? Quickly called KH. Luckily he had not left his work place. Told him to bring the medicine down! Temp hovered at bet 38.8 to a high of 39.9! I was feeling afraid i may lose F. I continued to pray to God for her recovery. F's soft cries made my heart bleed. I let her latch on and it sort of comforted her. Shortly, KH came home and immediately inserted a voltaran suppository into her ass. Still, temp didnt come down immediately. We waited and waited and i cont to pray for God to give her mercy. She dozed off in the midst of all these commotion. We continued to monitor her temp. It took almost an hr for her temp to go back to normal. F finally woke up, smiled at me and utterred papapapapap..... i was so glad to hear that even though she wasnt calling me. Her smile indicated that she was ok.... the kind of happiness wh cant be described by words :)

"Memorable" Mother's day

This is my fifth mother's day celebration and so far the most "memorable" one.
After Jake's birthday party, we rushed home to let Fiona sleep for a while before proceeding to our destination.
This year, our celebration was held in the BBQ area of Ah Ku's condo. We usually celebrate Grandma's bday on Mother's day bec she has no birth-date. Food was catered, weather was not too bad.... we promised Aaron that we would bring him for a swim if he behaved himself. He did and we brought him as promised. However, this year, my parents could not join us cos my mother was down with fever. The food was delicious and we sort of enjoyed ourselves.

The Aftermath.....
2 days later, 1 woke up at 3am feeling a big bloated. Suddenly, i felt the urge to puke and rushed to the toilet, just in time! Gosh... donno what happened... suddenly feeling so giddy and nausea.
Half an hr later, same thing repeated itself!! Aiyo.... slowly, i groped my way to the kitchen to look for medicine. Down one tablet of stemetil. But it didnt really help bec by morning before i leave for work, i vomitted again!!!
The thing continued and i declared i was too sick to stay in office and went home. Was given a jab and i felt better.
Thought things would be better after the jab but i started to have diarrhoea!
Record number of times puking : >10
Record number of times diarrhoea : almost 10!

Found out fr Mum that a few others who went to the Mother's day celebration also experienced the same thing! must be the food we ate!!! Hiaz... my myself for being so "yao-kwee"