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Stork Alert 2006-11-08 16:58:59 Congratulations are in order to my cousin Hafiz and wife Az on the birth of their daughter, Zafyra. I think that’s how the name is spelt. I’m so bad with names and my short-term memory is getting worse! Yikes!! My first niece and I can’t remember how her name’s spelt. Hehe! Read more:Stork
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Morning Commute 2006-11-09 07:08:32 Morning. 7.30am. In the cab were two giants with their Mummy and Daddy on their way to Nani’s house.
*sigh* …. Xian ah …. Do we have to do this EVERY morning?
Zzzzzz ………
Note: No children were harmed or bathed before and during the morning commute. All characters are real and cute.
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Click And Help Send 2 Giants To University 2006-11-09 10:16:51 Or at least help Daddy earn some money so that he can buy Ajab and me more toys! See those ads on the sidebar by Google? If you see one you like, click on them. It’ll earn Daddy a few cents each time someone clicks on it.
More people click = more money. More money = more toys!
And if you have a product or website to promote, you can do it easily through Performancing.com (price currently set at US$25 per month - negotiable) or directly with Daddy himself (he’ll give you a cheaper rate if he likes you. Hehe!). He’ll put some logo or picture on the sidebar for a specified period of time so that people can see what you’re selling! He might even do a blog post for you.
Well, in case you’re wondering, we’re not poor. We’re just selling out. Haha! Read more:Click
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Discovered On The Web: Born Hip 2006-11-10 03:42:07 All you people in the house!
Put your hands up if you’re cool and say “yeaahhh!”
Put your hands up if you’re hip and say “yeaahhh!”
Put your hands up if you’re diapers need changing and say “yeaahhh!” (Hey, even hip and cool babies and tots need a little help in that department!).
If you need a little help in the fashion department, head on down to Born Hip.com. They’ve got really cool looking onesies and rompers and T-shirts. One black, long-sleeved T-shirt has a simple blue oval on the front with the word “Dude” on it. (Flashback to Dude, Where’s My Car?). Cool!
They’ve also got pants and hats too, all at very reasonable prices.
Go check it out! [Link]
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Picture Of The Day #25 - Watching TV Together 2006-11-11 08:14:55
The Giants, Ajab Booboo and Ayeed Momo, in their first ever activity together - watching the Baby Newton DVD. Ayeed seems to really enjoy it and he actually sat in the rocker for at least 15 minutes, allowing us time to have a peaceful, but quick lunch. Thank you, TV!
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My First Niece 2006-11-11 18:50:37
Welcome to the world, Zafyra!! I’m your uncle Moby. You probably don’t know what I look like because you’ve been sleeping a lot. But that’s ok. Maybe you can get your mummy and daddy to show you your cousin Ajab and Ayeed’s blog.
Meanwhile, the Baby Giant was asked to join in and have a lie down session with lil’ Zafyra.
Note the difference in size between a 3-day old baby and a 2 month old giant. Judging from the way Zafyra’s been guzzling her milk (60ml on the first day, says the daddy), I expect her to compete for the title of Baby Giant in the not too distant future. Good thing her mummy has a good supply flowing.
Meanwhile, the Toddler Giant was busy playing and it seems he’s got a playmate for company.
Isn’t she sweet?
She’s one of Zafyra’s little cousins I think. I hope a fellow blogging baby whom Ajab’s expressed an interest in doesn’t get too jealous. Don’t worry, Missy, they met, they play Read more:First
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Boocast #22 - I Love Momo! 2006-11-11 18:15:50 That’s why I smother him with kisses like in this video. Now I know why mummies like to bite little babies. Because they’re all chubby and fleshy! Yummm …..
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Boocast #23 - Momo Is So Boyish 2006-11-13 16:46:51 Well, of course! I am a boy after all. But I think what Aunty Dian means is that I’m …. ahem …. macho. I am the Union henchman afterall. She commented this while I was lying on Zafyra’s cot last Saturday. I don’t know …. watch the video and tell me. Do I look boyish / macho?
[Link to video]
Compare me and Brother Booboo:
Macho?
Beautiful?
Daddy says when I had my crew-cut hairstyle a couple of weeks ago, I looked like Wentworth Miller, a.k.a Michael Scofield of Prison Break. Hmmm … I could live with that!
Boo-Shorts #12 - Happiness Is Going Home 2006-11-14 16:46:55 Happiness is going home with Mummy and Daddy and Momo after spending the whole day at Nani’s. It’s Booboo merry dance time! Read more:Shorts
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Don't Blame The Croc! 2006-11-14 18:19:31 I’m sure many of you would have heard the stories of how kids have gotten their feet trapped on the escalator steps, supposedly because of the footwear they were wearing - Crocs, to be more specific. The poor things! Some of them had pretty serious injuries.
But is it really the fault of the shoes they were wearing? Shouldn’t parents supervise their kids on escalators? Why let a toddler go up or down on the escalator unaided? That’s just asking for trouble. Take the lift, I say!
Parents blaming Crocs for their kids’ mishaps is like blaming the Matrix for Columbine High. These parents are shooting in the wrong direction. They should blame themselves instead!
There are parents who have banned their kids from wearing Crocs and making them wear sneakers instead. They actually think sneakers are safer than Crocs. I think sneakers are just as dangerous. So are flip-flops, pumps, stillettoes, dress shoes, work boots, mary janes, platforms, lace-ups, clogs and so on Read more:Blame
Itchy And Scratchy Me 2006-11-16 16:01:21 Hello! It’s Momo again! Now, I know I’m not supposed to, but I scratched myself. Pretty badly too! Take a look at my chubby cheeks.
I don’t know how I did it, but there it is. A red streak down my cheeks, which, if you notice, is scarred by some kind of …. I don’t know …. rash or something. Brother Booboo had it too when he was my age. Mummy put some breast milk on his cheeks because BM contains good stuff that helps shoo away the rashes. I can’t get the same treatment, of course, now that Mummy has stopped breastfeeding me. But it’s ok. It’ll go away soon, I’m sure.
Brother Booboo was a naughty boy this evening. Like yesterday night, he refused to go into our room and instead, insisted on sleeping on Mummy and Daddy’s bed, which he did for a while, but Mummy put him back in our room. He did the same thing again tonight, but Daddy forced him to lie down on his cot, which he eventually did despite his protests, which tha Read more:Itchy
Discovered On The Web: Practical Parenting Website 2006-11-17 16:53:54 Finally! Mummy and Daddy’s favourite magazine has its own website. The PracticalParenting
site was just launched this month. Like its hard-copy version, the site is chock-full of useful parenting tips and articles featuring a whole host of topics from pregnancy-related matters to toddler discipline.
This is the magazine which Mummy and Daddy got most of their tips on parenting and more specifically, how to deal with a hyperactive toddler like myself. This is also the magazine which helped turn Daddy into a MacLaren fan - their product reviews convinced him to buy the stroller. Although the magazine is a bit pricey (currently selling at major bookstores and mamak newsstands for $10.50), my parents think it’s worth every cent in terms of educational and entertainment value.
Practical Parenting, the website even has a forum for readers to post and interact with other parents or parents-to-be.
Go check it out! [Link]
Giants Don't Wear Hats 2006-11-18 15:37:21 When will they ever learn? These grown-ups think that Ajab and I look so cute with hats and other head-gear. We don’t like them! Hats are a no-no for the Brothers Giant, thank you very much!
Why do they like to make us wear them? It’s so hot in Singapore! I just hate it when my head overheats with all these nuisances. I’m sure Brother Booboo agrees too, especially with his crowning glory. No way is he going to let a silly hat hide his “assets” from the world.
On the same level of irritation as hats are mittens and socks. We like our hands and feet free. Lucky for us, our parents agree and have seldom bothered with them, except for the occasional photos that they take with us in hats and stuff, for their own morbid enjoyment. It’s no fun for us, though!
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History Repeats Itself 2006-11-18 15:53:33 Albeit with different furniture. My parents seem to enjoy making us sit on the sofa by ourselves and taking our photos. Maybe we’re supposed to look cute. I don’t know. Now that I’m a toddler, I don’t think it’s that big a deal to sit on the sofa. But poor Momo …. he had to go through the same ritual as I did two years ago.
Baby Giant version 1 - November 2004
Baby Giant version 2 - November 2006
Initially he was a happy camper. Then he slid further and further down from his sitting position. To add insult to injury, Daddy made him do tummy-time after that.
Hang in there, Momo! You’ll get a lot of this kind of treatment from the Major General Daddy. But it’s for your own good. Those physical exercises will enable you to do lots of stunts. I’ll teach you soon!
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Review Me, Review You 2006-11-18 18:34:07 (This is a sponsored post)
Another money-making scheme here! Daddy needs some dough and I’ve signed up to ReviewMe.com to be a reviewer of blogs, websites, products or services. How does this work? Simple really. I registered the usual details to the website with this blog’s address, and a happy advertiser desperately in need of some traffic to their site to promote their product or services will look at the blogs/websites that have reviewers available from the listings on ReviewMe.com, contact me and say
Dey … I have this product that I want you to review in your blog because I see your blog is quite high in the (whatever) rankings. This is the URL to my site. I think if you review my product ah, more people will visit my site and more people will buy my product lah, dey!
So I go to their website, see whether it’s suitable to be reviewed on this blog (I’m not gonna review products like guns or computer software on a baby blog, of course!), accept (or reje
History In The Making 2006-11-19 12:12:30 Ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. We have a very important announcement to make.
This evening, for the first time ever, the Toddler Giant FINALLY held his own milk bottle. We are proud to say that even though he did not finish the milk, it was indeed a momentous occasion for us.
The said bottle was brought to the Giant at approximately 1638hrs Singapore time. This was several minutes after he had woken up from his afternoon slumber. The bottle was then inverted, placed in its correct angle of approach and contact was made between lip and teat.
At this point, the Giant started gulping down the beverage therein and we began operation “HOLD YOUR OWN BOTTLE”. The Giant’s hands were taken from the usual thumb-twiddling of the string on the Smillow position and were placed firmly on the bottle.
We believe the Toddler Giant was incapacitated by the sweetness of the milk and oblivious to our attempts to make him hold the bottle himself because there was no resistance on his Read more:History
Bottle Self-Holding And Other Booboo Updates 2006-11-20 16:55:43 Following the success of the bottle self-holding at home by Ajab, it was tried out at MIL’s place. Initially met with much resistance and a lot of crying, he relented the second time round when MIL forced him to hold the bottle and turned a deaf ear to his protests. It did the trick and now Ajab is holding his milk bottle on his own at MIL’s place as well.
FINALLY …. !!
In other matters, I think the arrival of Ayeed into our lives has made a big impact on Ajab because he seems to be a lot more attached to me nowadays. Trin said it could be because Ayeed’s with her most of the time and Ajab, feeling left out, is seeking my attention.
It got to the point of crying when he sees I’m not around when I’m supposed to be. Like this evening, he came out of the room, expecting to see me with Trin on the sofa watching TV (I was at the kitchen window having a smoke), but when I wasn’t there, it got desperate and he immediately got upset.
He magically turne
To Smack Or Not To Smack 2006-11-21 03:58:52 OK, here’s a conundrum for all parents in disciplining their kids - should I smack or should I not? That goes the same for other forms of capital punishment like caning or pinching. Is capital punishment still acceptable in this day and age? Is it wrong for a parent to exercise his or her right in disciplining their children or should the law intervene and say “Stop! Do not hit your child! Otherwise we will send you to jail”?
I was reading a post on Blogging Baby and I was wondering whether the society we live in today has gone soft and so desperately in need of state intervention that we can’t even function properly as parents without some legislation to guide us, as what they are doing in New Zealand where smacking children is considered a criminal offence.
I am not averse to capital punishment in disciplining my boys. Even if they were girls, I would not hesitate to instill discipline in that manner, should the situation warrants it. I will, however, abide by Read more:Smack
Hammer The Baby 2006-11-22 05:12:24 Is this an acceptable form of capital punishment?
From OurStrangeWorld.net via Neatorama.
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Daddy Getting Sloppy 2006-11-24 03:38:12 I think Daddy
’s getting sloppy with his clothes. Today, he went to work without ironing his short-sleeved shirt. Maybe he was going for the geeky engineer look. Or maybe he was just plain lazy, because when Mummy was in the bathroom getting ready, he played with Ayeed and me for a while in bed, then slipped further and further down under the covers and went back to sleep for 5 more minutes.
I wonder whether it’s normal for daddies and mummies to get sloppy with their dressing when they have kids. Is the number of kids directly proportional to their sloppiness? Funny, though. I don’t see people like Brad Pitt getting sloppy even with three kids. Maybe it’s because they’re celebrities and not mere mortals like Daddy.
Daddy getting sloppy is kind of disappointing because he had been brought up on a steady diet of fashion tips from GQ. Maybe he’s been spending too much money on Ayeed and me that he doesn’t have much left to buy clothes. I hear anot
Baby With Ectopia Cordis Has Surgery 2006-11-24 09:33:25 Ectopia cordis is a birth defect in which the heart is abnormally located. In the most common form the heart protrudes outside the chest through a split sternum. Less often the heart may be situated in the abdominal cavity or neck.
From Newsvine.com, this saddens me to read about a baby with this rare condition. 5 to 7 babies out of a million suffer from this very rare congenital heart malformation. While the baby has undergone surgery to correct this, he may not be able to participate in any sort of contact sport whereby his sternum may be in danger of being hit, thus endangering his life.
Naseem Hasni underwent surgery to put his heart inside his chest hours after being delivered by Caesarean section Oct. 31 at Holtz Children’s Hospital.
He remained in critical but stable condition Wednesday.
“He’s not going to be able to play certain kinds of sports where a blow to the sternum to you and me wouldn’t be a problem, but in him it would be. So I think some compet Read more:Surgery
Bubble Boy Momo 2006-11-24 18:32:32 What’s up with Momo always blowing bubbles in his mouth? Could it be that he’s teething? At 2 months, I don’t think he’s teething just yet. Maybe he’s just playing.
Oh, Mummy and Daddy are sending Ayeed to the clinic tomorrow. They want the doctor to check Ayeed’s cheeks because those rashy marks haven’t gone away. They did not put anything on his cheeks to make those marks go away because I got it too when I was Ayeed’s age, and I didn’t have to do anything. The marks disappeared on their own.
My parents had been hoping that this was the case with Ayeed to, but unfortunately the marks are still here! Read more:Bubble
A Day Of Firsts 2006-11-25 08:27:10 Today, as promised, Mummy and Daddy took me to the clinic about my cheeky rashy problem. It was my first time seeing the doctor at the same clinic that Brother Booboo goes to. It was kind of nice. There wasn’t anyone around except for us. Maybe that’s why Mummy always takes Brother Booboo whenever he’s sick because the kids’ clinic next door was full of people! Brother Booboo had the play area all to himself.
I wish I could join him, but Mummy wanted to feed me because I was getting restless and fussy in the baby sling. What I really wanted was to slide down the plastic slide like Brother Booboo.
When our number was up, Mummy and I went in the small room. The doctor said “Hi” and “yada-yada-yada”. I couldn’t really understand what the doctor said but I heard “olive oil” and “cream” and “should recover soon”. I later understood what was said. The doctor said to apply olive oil and use the cream t
Fishy Dinner 2006-11-25 18:27:27 Hmm …. what’s this? Just fish for dinner? Where’s the rice? Where’s my porridge?
Daddy said it was delicious. OK then. I’ll give it a go.
Mmmm …. interesting taste! But what’s that on TV?
I think I’ll get Daddy to feed me so that I can concentrate on this programme. Perhaps I’m concentrating too much on TV. I can’t seem to finish the fish. You want my fish, Mummy?
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Picture Of The Day #27 - Pensive Mood 2006-11-26 17:15:18
Ayeed seems to be pondering whether the rash on his cheeks will go away and leave him with smooth, soft baby skin again.
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Couple Can't Adopt Because Husband A Smoker 2006-11-27 18:07:15 As a sworn Liverpool FC fan for life, I would rather shed blood than to quote from a piece of crap disguised as a newspaper - The Sun. (why?)
But this story is even more ridiculous than the editors at the Sun.
It seems that a childless couple, who have been trying to adopt a child for the past one and a half years, after spending thousands of pounds over a period of four years on unsuccessful fertility treatments, will not be allowed to adopt a child under two years old because ….. the husband SMOKES.
WTF?? To deny a child who needs a loving and caring environment just because a person smokes is really stupid. Here’s a couple, willing to sacrifice so much to put a roof over the child’s head and nurture him/her and to be the parent that he/she never had, but they’re not able to because of some bureaucratic piece of shite health regulation.
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Mysteries Of Toddlerhood 2006-11-27 17:46:35 Ok, Ajab just zoomed past his 26th month yesterday and he did the oddest thing. Like all toddlers, only he can decipher the meaning of some of his actions. While playing in the study, he noticed a renegade piece of thread that had escaped the clutches of my vacuum cleaner, rubbed the thread and the carpet on which it lay as if to get rid of the offending thread.
Then he decided that it’ll be more fun to pick up the thread …. and put it on his head.
I didn’t have much difficulty fishing out the thread (it was yellow) from his thick hair, but why put it on your head, Ajab? It’s not the first time he’s done it too. Trin witnessed him putting some dirt or hairball on his head previously too.
Young man, Mummy and Daddy spend time making sure your hair is all lustrous and smelling nice, and you go and put icky stuff on it? *sigh … *
Lucky for us, he’s also found another hobby that’s much cleaner and intellectually stimulating - stacking blocks! Read more:Mysteries
They Said #7: You Have Man Milk 2006-11-28 07:14:56 From a really funny daddy blog, Neal Pollack’s the Maelstrom:
“Boooooobie,” he said.
“Elijah, I don’t have boobies.”
“Yes you do. What are those?”
“Those are my nipples.”
“And what are these things they’re attached to?”
“They’re called pectoral muscles.”
“Do they have milk?”
“No.”
“I’m gonna drink your milk….”
“Elijah, I don’t have milk.”
“You have man milk.”
Muahahaha!! Absolutely hilarious! Go check out the rest of the post.
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