Baby Fell Sick - Bellyflu

Randall came down with bellyflu on 16 Dec 08 after catching it from one of the infants from his infantclass. It started with slight vomitting before bedtime. Mummy thought it was due to a new food given to him at too late (Silly mummy decided to let him try for the first time Bellamy organics oats porridge at 9pm on a weekday!).
Then when he woke up crying during the wee hours, we thought he was hungry and Daddy started feeding him. Who knows, he merlioned all his feed out and soiled a huge section of our bed.
Daddy and mummy had to change bedsheet at 5am with eyes still closed.
Then the stomach spasms began, and everytime it happens, Randall would cry. He also didn't have much appetite. In fact, he lost weight. He was 8+kg before this. He weighed only 7+kg by the time we brought him to see a doctor.

See his expression:

My First Taste of Semi-solid

On 27 Oct, mummy decided to let me try my first taste of semi-solid though there are more than 2 weeks before I will be six months old. Mummy read that by six months, baby's natural store of iron will have been used up and milk alone cannot provide sufficient iron. She wants an early start so I can take my time to become accustomed to all these different textures and tastes!

My first taste - Applesauce from Gerber. Hee hee, I wasn't very used to it so I didn't want any more after just three tiny taste.

End up, the whole bottle was thrown away after sitting more than 4 days in the fridge.














Daddy feeding me my very first spoon of apple puree
















I turned away after having tasted just a teeny bit of it! Its not milk!

Randall, you are five months old!

Teddy bear Teddy bear
Go upstairs
Teddy bear Teddy bear
Say your prayers
Teddy bear Teddy bear
Turn off the lights
Teddy bear Teddy bear
Say goodnight

Randall, this is one of the nursery rhymes that mummy sings to you. Learnt it from teacher Anna in your infant class.

You turn exactly five months on 18/10/08! You are a big boy now...
The teachers in your infant class likes to call you Kopi Boy as mummy loves to tuck a huge white hankie at your waist.


You are really such a lovely boy. Loves your smile and your loud chuckles.
You are beginning to recognise people.
Though you still can't do a full flip yet, mummy is happy to see you do a half flip!

Good morning Randall!

Growing Randall

Randall, see how much you have grown! 1st picture was taken when you are 3 days old. The 2nd pic was taken when you are almost 2 months old.

Mummy is happy that you are growing well. I pray that God continues to watch over you and send his angels to surround and protect you.

Sexy Lips

Randall, look at you! Your lips is always so sexy after your feed. Love your innocence and your genuine happiness.

Little Randall, grow up healthy and strong. Be a boy after God's heart and a man with integrity.

Daddy and mummy loves you!

Baby Massage Class @ KKH

Brought baby Randall to the baby massage class at KKH today (the 1st session out of 3). The techniques taught are supposed to help parents handle their fretful child, ease colic discomfort and allow parents to experience the joy of bonding with their child through touch. The workshop is tailored for babies between one to 12 months old.

Think Randall is the youngest baby there. So after just 15 mins of touch, he started to cry. He was making so much noise that the other participants couldn't really hear what the trainer was saying and I was getting more and more embarrassed as I can't seem to quiet him down.

Luckily Daddy was around. I just love the way Randall responds to his Daddy.

My First Day

Randall, you spent most of your first day sleeping. :) and mummy spent most of that day looking at you whenever you were pushed into the room either by the nurses or by Daddy.

Daddy went several times to the nursery to bring you to mummy as I couldn't walk very well due to the stitches.

See the red circular mark on both sides of your cheeks? Those were from the forceps that Dr John Tee used to help mummy to bring you into this world.

Welcome to this world!

Randall was born on 18 May 2008 after 10 hours of labour.

Vincent, Gynae A/prof John Tee and two midwives helped me delivered little baby Randall. Very proud of Vincent! He was calm and seemed unfazed by all those blood!

My waterbag burst sometime before 3am on 18 May 08. Being inexperienced first time parents, we didn't know what that was as there was also no contractions. However, because there was quite a bit of blood too, we decided to play safe and after calling KKH hotline, checked in at the delivery suite. We were so in a hurry that I forgot to bring my admission forms!

By 3.30am, I was already on the bed in the delivery ward and was 2cm dilated. By then, I was starting to experience mild contractions. The contractions increase in intensity and frequency. My mother has previously instructed me not to take epidural and told me about the believed side effects. However, when the doctor checked my dilation around 6.30am, it was extremely painful. One hour later, I surrendered and asked for epidural. Vincent was not allowed in the ward during the injection. After the adminstration, wow wow! What a great difference! I drifted in and out of sleep and the hours passed by blissfully.

See the little empty baby 'tray' beside me in the picture below? We are all waiting excitedly for little Randall! The black recliner was where Vincent spent the whole 10 hours with me.


At around 1.30pm, the gynae walked in. By then, I was already fully dilated. Despite plenty of pushing and shouts of encouragement, the baby's head slipped back whenever I stopped to rest. I was running out of strength. Eventually, the gynae decided to assist Little Randall by using forceps. There were so much action that Vincent forgot to take any pictures! Especially the one when Randall was placed on my chest. Nevertheless that moment will always be remembered in my heart.

Welcome to this world, precious little Randall! You are a blessing from God.
Once you are out of mummy's womb and placed on the baby tray, your eyes are wide open and you kept looking at mummy. Daddy took a photo of you as you were looking at me!