Bali Bali Part 2

Well….this being the 2nd time Daddy and Mummy Kat is in Bali, we already know what we would like and not like to do. So instead of scrambling around like all typical Asian tourists do (no offence but we Asians just do not know how to relax), we were loitering around having high tea at hotel lobby, hanging at the beach with Little Kat, splashing water with Kat at the pool etc. Maybe its because we were not flocking everywhere, we truly felt refreshed after the trip, thou the chores of looking after a 8 months tot was still there.

There were some new discoveries with little Kat over this trip.

1) I love swimming and playing with water.

kat enjoying her time in the pool
kat enjoying her time in the pool

2) I love bread and munching on them.

Kat with her very own nice nice homemade bread:)
Kat with her very own nice nice homemade bread:)

3) I like people when I am having my holidays

mummy, me, flower and nice aunties:)
mummy, me, flower and nice aunties:)

4) I want Daddy and Mummy to carry

Daddy & Me
Daddy & Me

 

Mummy and ME
Mummy and ME

Bali Bali part 1

Bali was awesome!!! Not the kinda singles awesome where you party all night long, but awesome as in super family awesome trip where everyone is happy….including Kat.

Kat was like little miss popular in Bali…staff from hotel, boutique staff, even tourist at airport keep flocking to her to touch her hands, say hi, and “ouch…she’s super cute”…and this little fella was loving all the attention, smiling to everyone she meets along the way. We could have just left her in Bali and I think she could survive there pretty well….hahaha….proud mama moment:D

Let’s start from the airport. As usual Changi airport was awesome. With a kid, we always have to be at the airport early, so we had breakfast, shopped around play with little Kat, change her diapers, feed her…etc…We were hoping Kat could have slept more thou. But I think she knew she was going on holidays so when we were up at 5am, she was up too, and refused to sleep until 1 hr into the plane ride…

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We stayed at Westin this time round. Reason being, it is reviewed to have the best kids facilities in Bali, and a little bit for everyone. It was great!!!

We got a very nice Balinese welcome dance when we arrived. Our fascinated and happy Kat got her little frangipani at her ear and a kids club welcome pack! Inside was a night light, kid safe plug stopper and the most important, A RUBBER DUCK that Kat simply refuse to let go of.:)

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There were little chairs at the lobby for little kids, coloring paper for older tots, and a kids club. Since Kat was still young, there was an indoor playground for her. For older kids, there is also a bigger playground, activities, tv room, kids spa, kid salon. It’s simply awesome!

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Our room. A family suite with a great big bed for the adults, a nice cot for Kat, kids bean bag, kids table and kids stool at the living room too!!!

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So we definitely started the holiday on the right foot….more of Bali coming up!

Successful little drumsticks

In contrary to Mummy Kat’s lack of motivation last weekend. Kat was busy impressing us with various things. Now that I am no longer stuck in the loo (I shall spare the details), I can finally share some excitement.

Daddy was experimenting with Kat and her play pen door and…

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Our little bubble can now stand with assistance!!!!whoo hoo!!!! Her little drumstick thighs are standing!!!! Although she haven grasp the part where the only reason why she could stand was she was holding onto something. So the moment she started becoming proud and let go of her hand to be excited, gravity pulled her butt back to the floor. Well, we all know she’s gonna stand on her own soon so at the mean time, this little button can take her time to grow up.

Mummys Do Get Sick

Well…I am officially “Down” these 2 days. Apparently, I am writing after having just woke up from what felt like a coma + unlimited vomiting since yesterday morning. At least I feel human now (human= minus vomiting, add bad sore throat).

 

Anyways, this is actually the first major time I am down since Kat was born. As far as I try to be “Super Mum” all these while, I must admit that I am kinda defeated this time round. I had caught little kat’s little throat infection and it had amplify on Mommy huge time=.= However, the reason why I wanted to write this article was before Kat I was really sickly, easily catch a cold, cough, etc etc. But ever since being pregnant with Kat, this little glitches in my system seem to have take flight. AWESOME!

ImageSuper Mom and Little Kat at 2mths old

Well, the good and bad. Good= I haven been down sick for 7 months. Bad= Now that I am officially sick, I feel horrible.

Everyone I guess would like to know how Kat feels with Mummy sick. Well…nothing. She thinks Mummy is still Super Mum and was just crying to be carried by Mummy at 630am in the morning=.=|||…I guess it doesn’t make a difference to her then. Well I have my Super Mum as well and even now that I am married and have my own little girl, she is still asking if I want her to take leave to accompany me:) Love my Super Mum. I hope Kat loves me as much next time too…hehe

 

Brand Fanatic

 

ImageA Snap Shot of Daddy’s Grass Patch

Brand Fanatics we are indeed! Why do I say so? Simply look at the grass patch that Daddy Kat finally got last week end at Takashimaya Fair. (FYI. It is an on-going 3 week fair so Daddys and Mummys out there, you cant miss it out).

We always have this dream of what we and our girl would look like and use even before she was born. So as far as it is “practical”, “useful”, we try to get things that look good also. Not sure if that is what happens when you have 2 designers in the house. But we were chatting casually on our way to work today and we were trying to determine which one of us, Daddy or Mummy is an impulse buyer. Well I guess it is for everyone to judge. But it sure makes us happy looking at the happy colors of the things that Kat owns:)

As we buy more stuff, we grow to like certain brands and keep buying things from them, or colors that suit what we have. Lets cover the simple section of Lil Kat’s possession when it comes to eating:

Kat’s Dish Rack : LAWN from BOON (www.booninc.com/products/Lawn/377)

Kat’s Zut Zut Holder on Dish Rack: STEM from BOON (www.booninc.com/products/Stem/397)

Kat’s Travel Spoon: Squirt from BOON (www.booninc.com/products/Squirt/B10124)

Kat’s Self Feeding Spoon: BLENDERS from BOON (www.booninc.com/products/Benders/347)

Kat’s Plate: Plate from BEABA (www.beaba.com/en/content/ellipse-1st-age-plate-bowl?tid=116)

Kat’s Spoon: Spoon from BEABA (www.beaba.com/en/content/soft-1st-stage-spoon?tid=246)

Kat’s Milk Powder Container: Milk Powder from BEABA (www.beaba.com/en/content/stacked-formula-milk-container?tid=23)

and to end….we got our favorite high chair for Kat and it is coming tomorrow!!!!WOO HOO!!!! Kat’s Green OXO High Chair…….Mum’s favorite color..heehee

 

I don’t care! You must be there!

Part 2 of sleep when you can. I am not sure when, but Kat recently developed the “I don’t care! You must be there!” Attitude. As daddy Kat names it, “bullying mummy” attitude.

A fine example would be as I write this blog and lil Kat is taking her nap. Her butt is touching my belly to make sure I am there when she sleeps. Removing contact would simply set off an atomic bomb of cries.

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Sleep when your kid sleeps

Even right to confinement, I have always find it ridiculous for people to tell me to sleep when my kids sleep. To all mamas out there taking care of your kid alone during the first 4 mths, it’s absolutely impossible.

However as lil Kat grows up, it’s getting more and more relevant. This is because deep down inside them, this little monster called “tantrum” is growing and if you don’t make sure you activate ur dose button the moment she sleeps, you can’t be sure if you can get it when u want to.

Example? Daddy Kat is the perfect example. He had always wanted to blog so he decided to take some time off to read about it before starting his very own blog site (www.daddyinstinct.wordpress.com) Well, Kat slept soundly at 9, so deciding to rest, I slept at around 10, after face-booking, eating seaweed (absolute fan of Tao gei noi) and window shopping online. Daddy Kat on the other hand decides that he will go on the self enriching path of researching the proper way to create a blog and went on till 4am -.-

Guess what?lil Kat woke up at 5am to drink milk. By 7am, she was totally up. Tada! So we went on the day going out with Kat till about 4++pm and Kat was sleeping soundly in the car. Then daddy Kat said….”please continue sleeping.” And when we took her out of her seat, Tada again….Kat was wide awake.

I could see daddy Kat had the most dreadful face on him. Well, he eventually went on to sleep while I try to get Kat to do the same. Thankfully, now Kat is taking her own nap as well so they are lying side by side , snoring away..

Lesson learnt= sleep when your kid sleeps. Applicable to all kids and tods that have a tantrum.

Poo-overloaded

 There is always this on-going bicker in the family on the topic of how to wear a diaper correctly. So far, none of us have reached a conclusion on that. The reason why this topic came about was because Kat is super difficult when it comes to wearing diapers. She would straighten her legs to the max and it would be impossible for us to stick on the diaper. To add on to the challenge, Kat has poo that comes like a bomb each time…so much that whenever she poos, the image of the Hiroshima bombing comes to my mind. A recent scenario brought back some thoughts of so e classic poo moments, so I thought of sharing…

Scenario 1:(quite some time back)
We were enjoying lunch at vivocity. Kat was happily sitting on mummy’s lap when I suddenly felt like someone burped on my lap, followed by a warm fuzzy feeling. I knew it was poo and very efficiently, I told daddy Kat that I would change her diapers. Just when I carry her up, I could see daddy’s face change….I looked at the brown spots on my light blue shirt and brown pants, blinked, look at it again and stoned. 
Of course I went to change her diapers after reality hit in and I knew I got to solve the situation. As ambitious we were, we continued shopping with my shirt and pants with wet spots after cleaning. 
Scenario 2: (on the plane ride back)
This is definitely the most dramatic plane ride ever! We were excited to come home from Kuantan on the small propeller flight. The plane took awhile to take off and Kat started squirming around like a worm. Hoping that I dont annoy anyone,  I held on to Kat tight…

Within seconds… the sound of Kat using her strength to poo came…..”Ng…..Ng……” and her whole face was red. Before I knew it, “ploop” and lil Kat was smily and calm again…….then…..I felt the warm fuzzy feeling again and the first thing that come across my mind was…oh-no!

So while the plane started to take off, I lifted Kat off my lap and there it was….the golden brown poo that glisten under the afternoon sunlight. I swear to God I was lost for reaction. All I did was laugh sheepishly while I passed Kat to daddy. I tissued off the poo and daddy had to hold Kat standing so that her soiled pants and clothes do not smear onto anything or anyone else.
Lil Kat on the other hand was having the happiest time playing with the uncle at the back seat. Oblivious of what she had done. Finally of what seem like thousand of years, the plane was stable and the seat belt signs were off. Daddy and I brought the rascal to the toilet to do an emergency change out. But to add on to the drama, there was no change board!!!!!
I was thinking…gawd!save me…..but daddy and I suddenly got possessed with super powers and swiftly and efficiently, we changed the soiled dirty Kat while carrying her. As the flight from Kuantan to Singapore was pretty short, by the time we were done and put Kat to sleep, we were already reaching Singapore…….what an episode for a first plane ride.
Well….flying poo tops the charts of the interesting part about having a baby….Thank God for Pampers (yes the brand), if not I cannot imagine how many more interesting poo episodes we will have with lil Kat.
Love this lil rascal to bits:)

My big little button

It never occurred to me that time flies until lil Kat was born. How fast u might ask? I hardly ever noticed until today when I looked back at her photos that I realized that my hamster looking infant is now a boyish looking baby….if there is ever a most handsome little girl award, Kat wld probably be one of the finalist.So here is a look back on her little journey so far:)

(Kat’s first time seating at her infant seat:1st mth)
(Kat smiling at Daddy for the first time:2mths)
 (Kat with bear hat:3mths)
(Kat the parking summon auntie:4mths)
(Kat and her fav rilakuma toy: 5mths)
 (Kat staring at kao fu’s camera:6mths)
(Kat with mummy n daddy:6mths)