Little Pianists at work

Had wanted to get this for quite some time. Finally decided to go ahead after seeing Reyden playing with the real piano at granduncle's place. He does seems to be rather musically inclined.


Come, let us play you a tune.

How about that, mummy?

Left with kiki, the only "supporter"?

Reyes caught the virus

What I had feared most had happened - Reyes had caught the virus from Reyden. I'm still praying hard that it's not croup though chances are high that it is. Thanks to those who had once again expressed concerns & well-wishes. Not to worry about me being upset or down. Well, at least I've come to terms that everything comes in 2s or twice for me. You can say that I'm now well prepared for Reyes' turn to fall sick, had 'drowned' myself with lots of vitamin c drink. Nevertheless it still caught me off guard just now cos her temperature was already at 38.8 when we realised that she's running a fever. We skipped the parcetamol & went straight to neurofen. The fever had came down quite abit since then. Hope it doesn't come back. Waiting for the next medicine feeding time to give her parcetamol to suppress the fever ... It's another round of "temperature monitoring" exercise.

Reyes' self feeding session

This gal of mine had been trying to gain "independency" recently. She wants to hold her own bottle, hold the spoon & put into her mouth by herself, hold her own biscuits & bread, wear her own shoes, take off her own clothes & now eat a corn by herself. No wonder kiki had been staying near her recently when it's mealtime. He must hoping that Reyes would drop something (out of good will or accidentally, that I don't know) onto the floor for him.

New toy

Thanks to those who had been asking after Reyden. He's recovering pretty well, the fever didn't come back & he's slowly getting his voice back. No longer sound as much like barking when he coughs or cries. But probably due to the medicine that causes the drowsiness, he had been sleeping quite alot these 2 days, which is of cos good for his recovery. Other than sleeping, he'll look abit lost & lethargic during playtime. So I thought I'll get him a new toy to cheer him up. But apparently it managed to amuse Reyes more.




Reyes enjoying the swing.




See my poor boy looking so sad? even on his new toy ...

Reyden's 1st time in A&E

Though KKH's Children Dept hasn't been unfamiliar to us since their birth but the A&E dept's definitely the 1st time for Reyden & us.
Reyden's persistent fever kept staying around 38 ~ 39, even after inserting the suppository at the doctor yesterday morning. Though he was still active with playing & had relatively good appetite, he did looked abit tired & uncomfortable. Decided to bring him to the KKH A&E around 10+pm.
Doctor diagnosed him with Croup - a group of conditions involving inflammation of the upper airway that leads to a cough that sounds like a bark, particularly when a child is crying. Most croup due to viruses is mild and can be treated at home, though rarely viral croup can be severe and even life-threatening. Some children are more prone to developing croup, especially those who were born prematurely or with narrowed upper airways.
That makes sense cos he was a premature baby. (At least knowing that helps in easing my guilty for failing to take good care of him. And it came at a time when I'm deciding between being a FTWM or SAHM. It makes me doubt my capabilities in being a SAHM.)

Anyway he felt better after the medicine given & monitoring at the A&E, came back home & fell asleep thru the night. He even slept in till 9am this morning! Fever went off, only the cough & running nose's still there. Let's pray hard that the fever don't come back & most importantly Reyes don't catch the virus.

Chawamushi - Part 2

Forgot to take a pix of the ingredients & too lazy to type out the recipe in the last chawamushi post. Some friends had asked me for it so shall share here.

Chawamushi:
chicken fillets cut into small cubes
fresh scallops cut into small cubes (leave this out if your child is allergic to seafood)
chinese mushroom also cut into small cubes
Japanese udon noodles cut into small pcs (add this if you want it to be a filling meal for your child - idea 'stole' from Aunty Pax)
pumpkin cut into small cubes (Or you can use sweet corns too.)
eggs
chicken stock

- Beat an egg in a small rice bowl
- Add the various ingredients into the bowl
- Pour chilled stock into the mixture
- Leave it to steam for half an hour before serving
ps: when serving young children, take note that the cooked egg is very hot.

Stock:
Big pork bone
Chicken neck & back bone
Celery
Onions
Carrot
Cabbage
Ikan Bilis
Garlic

- Roast the bones in the oven at 180 degree for about half an hour. (idea 'stole' from Aunty Joelle)
- Put all ingredients into pot of water and bring to boil.
- When boiled, turn to simmer for another few hours or even overnight in a slow cooker. (The longer the better)

Will be cooking this dish for them tomorrow thus preparation starts today.

This is the stock I've been simmering since this afternoon.


Here are the prepared ingredients.

RR's speech development

Reyden's being quite slow in this area. To date, we had only heard mama, papa, kiki, didi, car, take & ball coming from his mouth. Probably he'll grow up a man of few words just like Daddy.
As for Reyes, known to all that she had inherited my "talkative" genes. Her vocabulary had increased tremendously over these few weeks. Started off with mama, daddy, kiki, ball, take & car. Then we heard her calling wai-po "mah" & Reyden 'che che'.?? She knows "water" when she's thirsty, 'bird', 'zhu' (pig in mandarin), 'sing' & 'bear' too. This evening was even better, Aunt Sally showed her a "kong bak pau" & told her it's "kong bak pau". And she repeated "kong bak" loud & clear after her! We were so amused by her.
Daddy & Mummy aren't really anxious about their developments though it's fun to have them walking & talking so soon.