Another Arrival - 49D left

I got another good news, SPY (my ex-colleague) had just delivered her baby girl yesterday. Congratulation. Wow, Dr@co got more play mate now.

Mommy had a BBQ party at her GM's condo.

"Yummy Yummy BQQ..." - Dr@co

32nd Week - Durian Again - 54D left

Early in the morning, my elder brother drop two durian fruits. Those are from Draco's grand-daddy plantation. D24, erm... very nice. But later in the day, I felt the heatty effect was affecting my brain ... no more durian for the rest of the week...

One Month CelebrationS - 55D Left

We had a busy day today.

I attended baby avatar's first month celebration, at Jason's place. It was a sweet cozy and well renovated place. Teng Yee (Baby Avatar's mom) looked good and recovered well. Shortly after I arrived, I saw Teng Yee was cleaning Baby Avatar backside ... When they did that, Baby Avatar farted and followed by a wet poo ... Oh that's the big one ...

Keng Lian's family arrived shortly after. XinKye had grown big already ... Keng Lian and Yoke Lan shared with us thier patental experience. It was really helpful listening to them. I withnessed a live demostration of XinKye toilet training with only one handdy plastic container ...

Mommy too went for her colleague's new born son's first month celebration.

"Soon will be mine... " - Dr@co

First Durian - 56D left

Dr@co had his first durian that was brought to us by one of his uncle. The variety is "Jin Feng" （金凤）. Very nice durian, dry, sticky, sweet, thick flesh yet small seed ...

I think he likes it ...

"Yum Yum Yum ..." - Dr@co

The Count Down - 58 Days Left

Was invited to celebrate baby Avatar's first month on coming Saturday, wow, mommy was also invited for another 1st month celebration by her male colleague ...

Speaking of which, I think it was time for counting down ... okay, it was 57 days (only) to the estimated due date ... Hang on Draco, make sure you are punctual, okay...

"Wah Lau, it is not up to me hor ... " - Dr@co

Baby Einstein

Just heard from a colleague about this product by Disney. She claimed that it is now a MUST HAVE for most young parents in Malaysia. Well, I was kiasu enough to check out what it was. Initially, it looked good to me ...

Apparently, there are some controversy over the effect that claimed by Disney. One of the articles by NewScientist.com claimed that these educational DVDs may "slow infant leaning"!?!?! Complaints was lodged against Disney and now Disney does not market it as an educational materials.

But well, my research did not end here. I found something else - sign language. Seems to be a better option for early childhood education. Here is some free resources for sign language. Will revisit these material when I have time...

"Daddy, spare me, please. Just give me your PSP will do.... " - Dr@co

31st Week: First Visit to Tebrau City, JB

We brought Draco to JB again. This time, we visited Tebrau City. That was also our first time to Tebrau City.

We bought quite a bit of things, mostly for Draco. The pricing for most of the goods there was not that cheap over the pricing in Singapore. We only had little advantage over the currency, other than that, doing the shopping in Singapore may make more sense. In fact, Avent product are far more expensive in Malaysia ...

6th Antenatal Class

It was another visit to Dr. Ong. Mommy gained 2kgs in 2 weeks!?!?! Its a bit too much .... gut to cut down her diet liao. Today, Draco was head up. But Dr. Ong said nothing to worry about as long as he will head down after 36 weeks. Phew.... Other than that, everything went alright.

Today was also our last antenatal class. The last class was about care of a new born ... very interesting ... just not sure if I will be able to do that when time comes ...

First Movie

I decided to bring Draco for his first movie experience. 5pm, I skyped mommy. Mommy said wanna watch KungFu Panda (but daddy want Hell Boy II). Then I googled EngWah Cinema for the availability and time .... after a quick search, NONE! Actually, none on the evening. Then I googled GV, also only scheduled on day time, not evening ...

Finally, I tried Cathay, thank god they have an 8pm show ... but at AMK hub. I don't really like the place, long parking and ticketing queue ... But no choice.

So, Draco had his firs movie experience with Po. The movie was nice, we like it, Draco seems to like it too ... he was kicking during and after the show ...

"Kacha Kachaaaa........... " - Dr@co

30th Week

ZhiRuo went back to JB. Left with us home.... another tired and lazy weekend.

29th Week - 5th Antenatal Class

Some visitors from JB. The incredible high pitch young cousin of Draco, ZhiRuo came to visit us again. Day before, we planned a few places for them, but because of the rain, we went no where.

4PM, second last antenatal class. Today's class was exclusively about breast-feeding. We gained lots from the class. The speaker is skillful, but the speech was machine gun fast ... phew...

It was interesting when we saw the video about how a new born baby would search for mommy's milk with his instinct when he was left alone without help ... amazing. I still strongly believed that there was no such thing as no milk from mommy. Its all depend on the mommy's desire to give ... Hope Draco's mommy could understand that.

"Breast Milk! Breast Milk! Breast Milk! ... " - Dr@co

I picked up my camera and camcorder from Canon.  Mommy shopped at VivoCity and we bought quite a bit of things at Giant for the little one.  But still think that we had not bought enough for him ...

was looking at the options for storing cord blood, or stem cell to be more precise ... there are two companies i had in mind.  StemCord and CellSafe.  One in Singapore, the other is mainly in KL.  Both offering good packages... of course, the one from Malaysia is cheaper overall.

Other than the charges, the main difference is StemCord uses cryovial to contain the stem cell where CellSafe uses cryobag.  So far, can't be certain that one is better than the other, but it would seem like trend is in favor of the cryobag.  Heard that StemCord is also looking into this option too. 

Well, another concern is it has to be stored in Malaysia, rather than here in Singapore....

Baby tell me which one??

"any one daddy, I know you will choose the right one for me ... " - Dr@co

another half way through the week already ..... the time that we are supposed to meet Draco is getting nearer.

Daddy brought the newly bought camcorder and the bulky camera for servicing to make sure that they are working when Draco is out.

Nothing alse happened, except that Draco was getting more and more active and responsive .... today, daddy learned how to complete the Rubik cube. I think Draco like it too. He keep kicking it through mommy tummy when I placed it on top ... Okay, okay, daddy will teach you....

29th Week

nothing much.... we had our lazy weekend with our baby, mostly sleeping...

Mommy did her inventory check, finally. We listed out what we already had and what we need for our baby .... I think she just made railroad long list....

"ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................" - Dr@co

This is another Dr. Ong visit again.... felt like a long while since we visited the last time. We went to the clinic early in the morning. It was earlier than my usual working hour.... Mommy had to do a blood test for sugar level. Oh yeah, she had to fast for at least 8 hours since yesterday night.

Then, we saw Dr. Ong, and our little one again. We was sleeping, when we saw him, and he yawned with his tongue stick out a little..... kind of sweet. It was another usual check up and everything were alright. This time onward, we have to do our checkup once every fortnight. Oh, it is almost 30 weeks already, we only have another 10 to go.

After that, I met Master Lim, our FengShui Master, to let them know our intention to have him to name our baby. Then, we cam back home for a rest, our forth antenatal class was at 4pm.

The class was not as excited as I tot..... most of it was a repetition of the 3rd class, about labouring. Then we had hospital tour. We visited one of the family room and the delivery suite. So we roughly know what to expect. Oh yeah, we also walked away with a small Avent gift pack which include a small milk storage bottle.

After that, mommy wanted to do some shopping at CenterPoint. 6th floor of CenterPoint is Robison's baby and kid department. Some sales going on there, but Avent products does not entitle to any discount. We did not get anything there. Then, we headed to John Little for our second round. I was not sure what would "Singapore Great Sale" mean. Ultimately, I felt that it was simply a gimmick to get everybody out for shopping without actual "sales"...... We still came out with three bags nevertheless .....

oh.. it was a tiring day today....

We visited my boy's potential nanny's place (finally) at Kim Keat Link that was just along out way from home to baby's office. Very convenient.

The nanny, Karen, is a kind and soft spoken lady. She is a mother of a young school boy and she is currently taking care of an 18 months old girl for a Malaysian couple.

We are quite comfortable with her, and I think we will be engaging the nanny when the mommy starts to work.

"Yeah yeah, got play mate there .... girl some more ..." - Dr@co

Have been eyeing this piece since we have our baby, aimed to capture all our baby's moment with clarity ...

After a long researching and searching, I finally bought it ... a painful pinch on my pocket ... but what to do, it is all for our baby boy ...

"What?! why daddy always put it to me ... no fair!!" - Dr@co

Employee of the Year

Saw Constance (my colleague) today. Nothing surprise me until I overheard that she was supposed to induce today. She was not supposed to be in the office today, but she did. Well she looked very rush today, and I guessed she was trying to clear up her works before going for her long maternity leave ... What a good employee ...

Anyway, I sent her a message at late evening to wish her the best. She reverted telling me that her gynae wanted her to induce tomorrow morning ...

28th Week

Baby suggested to watch movie at Ang Mo Kio hub. Seems to have some discount on tickets for UOB credit card payment. Well, that would be my boy's first movie experience. We were discussing whether to watch KingFu Panda or the Incredible Hulk ...

We finally reached there. Oh my, the queue was long ... seems like everyone was catching movie on weekday for the cheaper ticket rate ...

We queued for while only, and we gave up (sorry baby) ... didn't think it worth the effort to waited for so long just for the little discount. We agreed that we should watch it at Toa Payoh instead, no queue, generaly. We headed for our dinner there and have a shopping thereafter.

You may guess, shop for baby stuff again ... We visited few stores there and we eventually come out with an infant wrap from SwaddleMe.

Kind of looks comfortable to the baby when it is wraped ... just not sure if the baby will think the same ...

"that's what you think only ... daddy should try first ..." - Dr@co