FAQ of my pregnancy

I answer some of these questions at least once a day.

1. When are you due? 4 December
2. Girl or boy? Girl
3. Any craving?  Croissant and bagel in the morning
4. How much weight have you gained?  +-8 kg
5. How many months already? 26 weeks
6. Can you feel the baby kicking? Yes
7. Which hospital are you delivering? Thomson Medical
8. Have you thought of a name for the baby?  No but shortlisted a few
9. Are you taking 3 or 4 months maternity?  Have not decided
10. Have you booked your confinement lady? Yes, one of the first few things we did
11. Have you bought your baby stuff?  Nope! Only bought pump and pram

Book worm

A present that Kate's mom gave me during the baby shower. Step one to kiasu parenting? Neh... I like the idea of kids learning how to read at young age. I prefer my kids to love reading than loving Barbie doll :)

Kate who is going to 24 months knows how to read simple words. I won't be ambitious. If it works for mojo, praise God, if not, it's ok, she will learn to read EVENTUALLY ;)

Mojo moves

Thought of summarizing how it feels when mojo moves in the tummy to capture this nice sensation and memory. I'm amazed by my powerful imagination for some of the descriptions :)

• Fluttering gas
• A poke
• A gold fish swimming around
• Strumming of guitar from within
• Serving of a volley ball
• Light twitches
• Tickle from within
• Popcorn popping

“Babies” Shower

Had a "babies" shower over the weekend. The party was for the two preggers Aleve (due in Oct) and I, as well as a get together of the piglets or big babies – Kate, Zephy and Xiao Suen (all 2 year olds). Having 3 little piglets running around the house made me realize that our house is not child-friendly at this point with the steps, stairs and corners...It looks like we've got a lot more home improvement to do :)

3rd tri

Today marks the 1st day of my 3rd trimester. How time flies! Counting down, I think I have another 110 days left. Rounding up of what I love about my pregnancy and not:-

Things which make my pregnancy enjoyable
- Pampered by M (top of the list!!)
- Spend on good food and don’t feel guilty
- New wardrobe (mostly from friends)
- Nails are less brittle – from the milk consumption I supposed
- Being read to zzz every night (riding on mojo’s bible story time with macho daddy)
- Surprise fluffy kicks by mojo during the day

Things which I’m still adjusting to
- Slower physical movement and the penguin walk (at times)
- Outbreak of pimples
- Having random people touching my tummy
- My wedding band and watch are getting tighter
- Emotional swing (mild)

Orderliness

Being a half-control freak, I was totally impressed by this claypot joint in Geylang.

Firstly they have their own website www.geylangclaypot.com, with instructions on how to place your order ahead to avoid long waiting time as each claypot takes about 25mins to prepare. Knowing that parking is an issue, the shop prepare A4-sized cardboards (to be picked up from them) with clear map and directions on how to get to the free parking lots located 3 minutes away. A guy is dedicated to sit at the counter to answer phone calls for bookings and take-away orders.

The place was not crowded, not dirty and more importantly it was well organized! It was as if they were operating on a supply chain management platform for tze-chars.

We ordered 2 side dishes- Thai style soft shell crab and and stir-fried French beans with shrimps. Our food arrived in 5 minutes!

The claypot was not bad for me, M preferred the one in ABC market. But both of us enjoyed the Thai-style soft-sell crab! According to Wl, the steamed Star Grouper is good as well.

Conclusion: I was sold for the orderliness then came the food.

Daddy's girl

Mojo is definitely going to be a daddy’s girl!

Macho daddy recently bought a 1-month old romper for S$29.90.

SK: what!!!? so ex?
Macho daddy: Issit ex? this is after discount
SK: Some more after discount??!!!!
Macho daddy: I think it’s ok mah…
SK: ok, this shall be her coming-home outfit

A few days later…
Macho daddy: hey where is the romper for mojo?
SK: What romper?
Macho daddy: The one that i bought that day
SK: In the pigeon hole together with the clothes from Ah Mai, why?
Macho daddy: I want to hang it
SK: Huh? Do we need to hang a romper???
Macho daddy: Ya, it was my intention when I bought it
SK:.....................