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I’m glad I made the decision to go home because the toddler is getting too tough to handle. As he’s still as bouncy and active as ever, I can’t run after him in my pregnant state. Although he only weighs 15.5 kg, he has the strength to pull away from me or even push me down!

WE ALL FALL DOWN
Once, I was holding his hand to cross the road in front of the supermarket and he was naughtily bouncing across (he doesn’t walk!) that I tripped over his feet and both of us fell down on the pavement.

Hubby was horrified to see his pregnant wife and son falling like two sacks of potatoes – I was scolding the toddler loudly and he was wailing coz he’d scraped his knees! I was not hurt because I’d broken the fall by falling on my side but I was upset at falling down like a clumsy oaf in front of a very busy shopping mall!!!

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The different brands, colours, shapes, fabrics and features of cloth diapers available in the market CAN be quite overwhelming to the interested new mother. Soo…how now, brown cow?

To introduce Mums to cloth diapers, here’s my guide a.k.a. Cloth Diapers 101 with a list of pros and cons (based on my own experiences). Feel to agree/disagree or ask questions ok?

Flats, white squares and the pre-fold
These are the traditional white muslin/linen cloth diapers that we grew up with. These white squares (or rectangles) were folded a certain way (and I love doing it!) and fastened with a safety pin. Pre-folds are the same squares all folded for you!

(Lucas, left, in Bumwear pocket diapers at 10 months)
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Hubby and I had a quiet Father’s Day weekend at home, no special lunch or dinner due to a thunderstorm…at home and outside

When we talked about the second baby, I couldn’t help but compare the differences between the first pregnancy and this second one:

At 16 weeks this time around:
- I only feel slight flutters in my tummy (compared to pretty active movements for Lucas);
- I have pimples!!!Hey, I didn’t get pimples when I was a teenager but now, I’ve got pus-filled ones popping all over my chin. A Chinese friend swears that it’s a sign I’m having a girl LOL
- Now that the nausea is over, I’m not as greedy or gluttonous as I was earlier. According to “What to Expect: Eating Well When You’re Expecting“, if you’re eating like a teenage boy, you could be expecting one. I am not soooo Read the rest of this entry »

“What to Expect: Eating Well When You’re Expecting” is the fourth book I have of the “What to Expect” series – you’d think I collect them the way people do for the Harry Potter or Twilight series

Since I bought the book after Lucas was born (on transit in Dubai because it’s such a good quality print, unlike the other books I got from Malaysia!), I find this book useful now especially these chapters:

• “Eating Well for a Comfortable Pregnancy” – morning sickness, food cravings, constipation, gassiness and heartburn…
• Healthy weight gain for baby and you – “If you’re gaining too fast!” LOL I definitely do not want to gain 30 kg AGAIN and neither do I want to take a diet pill,
• “Foods that make the grade” and “Eating Safely When You’re Expecting” – safe eating for pregnancy e.g. what foods are nutritious and delicious
• “Eating Well While Breastfeeding” – tips for vegetarians too!

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If you or your young Harry Potter fan at home (ages 9+) has finished the first six books, here’s a chance for TWO lucky readers to take a copy home

The seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series:

“Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows.

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I was ecstatic when I FINALLY saw my Google Adsense earnings reaching the US$100 threshold. After monetizing my blog for 3 years, it’s time to reap the benefits BUT I can’t withdraw my money!!!

Since I’m not in Malaysia, I decided to go for Western Union Quick Cash (free and payment available the next day). Payment was issued late April, which was around the time I discovered I was pregnant

Early one morning in May, (with visions of buying a new toy for the toddler, baby clothes or women’s shoes) an excited Mummy walked down to one of the many banks in China offering Western Union Quick Cash.

With my passport, Money Control Transfer Number (MTCN No.) and Google’s address in hand, a really helpful bank officer helped me fill in the ‘International Money Transfer Receive Form’.

When my turn came, I waited with bated breath as the teller punched in the keys, referred to my passport and then replied something in Chinese. Oops, a problem??!!!

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