Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

These days, it’s even harder to move about.

Browsed through my 1st pregnancy photos and came across this one on the far left. It was taken SIX days before Anya was born.

And hey, somehow my tummy DID look ‘bigger’ and ‘fuller’, huh?

Anyway, my appointment is next Monday. My guess is that I’ve gained 1kg since I last went to the doctor (2 weeks ago), and that the baby’s probably around 3kg then!

Oh well … as long as he’s doing well inside!

Spending time with our little Anya before our no. 2 comes along

When you read books or websites on pregnancy, you’ll most likely come across the term ‘nesting’ or ‘nesting instinct‘.

Basically it refers to the ‘urge to clean up brought on by a desire to prepare a nest for the new baby’ (hmm, I disagree with the idea that we are likened with the ‘animal kingdom’ though).

But anyway … nearly throughout this pregnancy, I somehow can’t stand ‘dirty’ bathroom floors. I just NEED to scrub. It may be 10 at night, and you’d find me squatting down, scrubbing away and feeling really good afterwards when the bathroom floor’s nice and white (or should I say, ‘whiter’ than before!).

Oh, one other thing that I’ve been wanting to do since some 3 months ago is to re-arrange our bedroom too! Just so that the baby cot can be prepared and I can slowly tidy up the drawers and clothes, etc.

BUT… we somehow have just been busy and we just can’t seem to find the right time.

Well … not until today! *big smile*

We finally did it.

We re-arranged the furniture. Swept. Mopped. Wiped the dust away. I felt REALLY good!

Anya also got a new bedroom corner now (plus a toddler bed!). And she’s SO excited!! (hmm, actually I was too and still am! hehe).

It’s just so exciting to see her so happy with her new ‘corner’. She spent a LONG time reading books on her bed and pretending to sleep. Hehe.

It’s so cute!

PS: And oh, of course … a big CONGRATULATIONS to Nichol, a good old friend of mine. She gave birth to Will Tan last Friday. The baby’s 3.98kg and she delivered naturally withOUT epidural!

Congrats Mike & Nic! May you both have the wisdom and strength to bring up this little one God has entrusted in your loving hands.

I’ve heard about Cord Blood banking (read: keeping it for future medical use) your newborn baby’s umbilical cord blood.

BUT, I’ve personally never heard that you can actually DONATE it, until a friend gave me the brochure and info!

You see, when baby’s are born, the umbilical cord blood is basically ‘thrown away’, unless you tell your doctor in advance that you’d like to donate it.

It costs nothing to donate and it can save other people from many life threatening diseases.

And for us, apparently it’s already TOO LATE, even if we wish to donate, because arrangements should’ve been done many months before your delivery day!

Anyway, just go and visit their website to find out more info.

Now that I drink 2-3 glasses of fresh milk each day, I get to throw away quite a number of milk cartons. And rather than throwing the empty cartons straight to the bin, I kinda started … collecting the caps. Even the orange juices’ ones. Hehe.

And so recently Anya’s been playing with these caps. The great thing about this is … the caps can be: tomatoes, chilli, brocolli, spices or even hats, to name a few. It’s up to your imagination, really …

AND AND, whenever you decide not to play with them again, you can just … throw them away!

Well anyway, today we made ‘our family’ out of some moulding clay and … yes, the CAPS. Daddy got to wear the ‘big hat’ and Anya’s brother wore the green one. Hehe. It was FUN!

She practiced her ‘scissors’ skills too today. Though it may seem sooo easy for us adults, it’s amazing to see the amount of concentration she needed to coordinate her little fingers and cut the clay and stuff.

And of course, in the end, she went to get her stove and cooked some ‘yummy pasta’.

Today’s been great!

I only clicked on the shutter. She did her own poses!