Our New World

After Isaac became a 'gor-gor' to baby brother Ivan, he seemed to have grown-up very quickly. He is very loving & protective of his little brother Ivan and recently he has impressed us by going diaper-less during the day. He is able to use the little potty on his own - really impressive at such tender young age. Well done Isaac, so proud of you! *****

I was downloading some (more!) photos into my laptop last night when I found out that we have taken over 2,500 shots of Isaac since he was born on Oct 8th, 2007! He’s now 21 months old, so that’s an average over 100 shots taken of him every month. We now need to take significantly more shots of Ivan to even things out…lol I guess it’s fairly normal for young new parents like us to obsessively take photos of our newborn & growing kids; in the spirit of not-wanting-to-miss-out any precious moments. We have recently taken our fanaticsm of photographing our kids to a greater height by purchasing our very 1st DSLR – a Canon 500D. This decision was made when our P&S/compact camera – Kodak started delivering poor picture quality. Stay tuned for more great photos…hehe.. *****

These could very well be myth-ical beliefs handed down from one generation to the next without scientific proves. It had worked all this while so I’m not about to deny the effectiveness of them all. But it made me wonder, what would other mums do if they didn’t know any of these tips? What are the other alternatives (besides prayers..hehe)? Babies tend to have unexplained symptoms/discomforts when growing up esp. from 2 nd month till 1 year old. My babysitter, Wan, has shared the following with us and I would like to share them with everyone here: 1) Pearl powder – this is selected good grade pearls, crushed into powder form. Best to buy this from a trusted CMH otherwise you might be given low grade pearls. Add some water to the pearl powder and feed your baby. A small teaspoon would suffice for young babies. It is to help baby sleep better at night when they have been over-stimulated during the day. 2) Old ‘yeong some’ – given to babies as young as 2 months old. Take a