31st Mar End of the month again

It is the end of the month again. We really struggled like mad at work with some many deadlines coming up. I did 8 trainings in a row last 2 weeks, Tampines One Amore Living opening next week and many other problems at work. The war starts again. Today, I worked from 9.30am till 10pm. Took a cab home because I am so hungry and tired by 10pm. Work is killing me and I missed Ryann so much.

Reached home at 10.30pm only to find Ryann not asleep yet. He walked out of the room to 'find' me and gave me his sweetest smile. Ryann is feeling much better already. Rashes all gone. Food intake is still like war. Milk intake already improves. Tomorrow I am going to do a review with PD. Hopefully every thing is going to be just fine. . I am delaying his playgroup again till I get a clearance from Dr Tan just to be saved. If I have get clearance, playgroup starts on the 2nd, I hope.

Ryann can recognize brown dog, black cat, yellow duck and green frog from his first book of colors. I realized he is able to recognize animals better as he enjoyed the animal flashcards since young. We are trying to teach colors so hopefully he will be able to learn well.

Ryann refused to wear his croc shoes recently thus I think it is getting a little too tight for him. I have tried to let him wear the Winnie the pooh sandals but he just refuse to wear. The only shoe he is willing to wear is this PINK pair of "Crocs" (and it is not even original! ) given by mum's neighbour whose daughter outgrown it already. PINK color! Is he going to like Pink Ranger from power rangers like Rhys as well? Of all colors, why PINK?

28th Mar What a week we had

We finally understand why his appetite got worse recently. Irritating ulcers and cold sores. Rashes all over the body. He literally went without food or milk on Thursday. Seen GP for twice, PD once and last resort to KKH as advised by Dr Tan.

At KKH, the doctor tried to look at the back of his throat and i saw 2 huge ulcers on his tonsils. No wonder he doesn't want to eat or drink. It must be so painful. Feel so heart pain. Sometimes i really wonder if my breast milk was beneficial for him at all although Dr Tan joked that if i didn't breastfeed him, it could have been worse.

Thanks to all my friends who prayed for Ryann's recovery. He is starting to take some milk again. Not porridge yet but at least he is taking his milk. Hopefully his appetite will go back to normal soon.

For the past few days, i didn't really sleep much at all as i need to keep myself awake for his medicine feeding at 2.30am. There was once when i was really too tired and i missed one of the feed at 6am. I was practically a zombie during training. Luckily my trainees for this week are all the male trainers who already have much knowledge to begin with so it was not a tough job. Only problem i had was i cant play the usual games as i bet they would find them childish. Huge muscles man playing girlish games... what an ugly sight. =p

Just some updates about Ryann

• Ryann is able to recognise most of the pictures on the huge poster i recently brought in less then 5 days.
• Ryann is able to point to more then 15 animals on the animal flash card book.
• Ryann is able to identify the fish and monkey on the play mat.
• Ryann seems to have outgrown his crocs already. That makes his number 6 pairs of shoes.
• Ryann loves looking through a roll up poster or throw something through it.

Blog temporary out of service

Ryann is ill.... so i really do not have the time to update lots of details here but for my dearest readers, please help pray for Ryann's speedy recovery. He have got more then 10 ulcers in the mouth and he is not drinking or eating at all. If this continues, i will have to send him to KK. Please put him in your prayers. Thank you very much.

23rd Mar some small updates about Ryann

• Brought 2 big posters with body parts and pictures. Rhys and Ryann love it. Ryann was pointing at those pictures without knowing what it meant. Just merely pointing. =p

• Recently, Ryann started saying 'na na na'. This morning when hubby tried to give him his shoes, he said 'na na na your shoes are here.' That triggered me to think if he learned it from hubby. =(

• We went to pasar malam for a walk after dinner and while walking halfway Ryann let go of his hands and raise both of his hands asking me to carry. So sweet moment. No matter how tired i can be, how high my heels are, i am still willing to carry him. (minus all his snatching of toys, screaming, throwing tantrums and refusing to change diaper.)

• Recently, Ryann lost appetite. He only manage to finish half a bowl of porridge after so much of coaxing. I dunno why. Sometimes, he can finish 1 big bowl but at times it seems so hard. I wonder what is wrong. Not sure if it is teething. Hopefully this phrase will be over soon.

22nd Mar Ryann's class

Ryann went for his class today as usual. Today, he ran to his class room and immediately wave hi to teacher Wei and teacher Russell. But once he is in the class, he seems to be abit lost. Even after the warming up songs, he seems abit lost still.

Today's class is alittle different. We started to confidence builder and Art work first. We started with our bubble art. When the teachers were trying to introduce the bubble wrap, Ryann cant be bothered. he held on to the toy which he refuse to return. (he have been doing that recently)Ryann played with the paint and got his tee stained and his face with paint as well.

After the artwork,we had our water break and Ryann went to snatch Avan's biscuit. He walked over and put his hands into his biscuit box and took the biscuits. BTH. Took one not enough, after i pull him away, he ran back and took the whole box instead. So notti....

During the zoo phonics segment where they intro the lizard, lion and lollipop, Ryann wasn't listening much too. But once the flash cards are out, he will walk to the centre of the mat and start to look at it. I am starting to wonder if i should change school.

During the music segment, Ryann started dancing to the music. I think Ryann is really good with music and flash cards. Maybe i should really consider changing his class or school since many others are upgrading to the Tots class already.

After the class, I wanted to change his diaper and when i took of his diaper, he urinated on the floor... BTH.... I have to clean up his mess and changing his diaper seems like killing him. He will struggle and fight with all his might. Lucky i have got pull ups. Thank God for pull up pants. Sometimes, i really think i am experiencing the prelude of the terrible twos. I lost my cool for quite a number of times and i am not sure if i can take it when the real terrible two comes along.

Went to shop around, brought 2 tees for him and Ariel and Co and finally, he fell asleep in his stroller. phew... after so much of walking. It is really not easy handling him alone outside. I felt so tired just for that few hours while waiting for hubby.

When we reach Takashimaya, he woke up and we wanted to change his diaper, again he struggled like mad and he pee on the changing mat again. Haiz... changing diapers is really a chore nowadays. Luckily hubby was around, if not i really dunno how to handle him alone.

I hope i will have the patience and wisdom to be able to handle him soon.

21st Mar Spelling

Ryann have been playing this vtech alphabet town toy since he was only less then 1 year old. Today while watching him play, i realized that he was able to spell all the words from the spelling game although the toy is actually for 3 years and above.

Although they are flashing lights to hint but i am pretty sure he remembers the sequences as he clearly lifted his hand to the exact location of the letter even before the lights started blinking. When he was suppose to spell school, he even press O for 2 times without lifting his fingers. This just show how amazing their brain is right now.

19th Mar Ryann's visit to T3

Today manage to leave office early thus we brought him to Terminal 3 for a walk. Ryann was very excited that day and was practically making so much noise as he walks until he started coughing and vomited on hubby.

He is so excited about the new place, he was practically running around the place. Along the way, he started playing his up and down game and the funny thing is he only sat on the black tile.

video about him running about and only siting on the black tile
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=62465481385&saved#/video/video.php?v=62466376385

During dinner, i asked him to play peek a boo with me, and he did. See the video u will hear him 'Eeee Eeeee' throughout. Recently, he seems to do that very often.

Ryann playing peek a boo and washing hands.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=62465481385&saved#/video/video.php?v=62465481385

Hopefully, his cough will go away soon...

18th Mar Up and down

Ryann learned a new action today. When we say up he will stand up and when we say down, he will sit down. He will repeatedly do that for many times like playing a game with him.

These days when he tried to throw tantrums, Tri will tell him that he cant do that. He will run to the next person for protection and help. Today, he ran to hug sis and brother in law because he do something wrong and got scolding for that. So funny. Normal time, it is almost impossible for him to get so close to brother in law and today he actually hug him.

16th Mar Ryann is angry with Elmo

Ryann have been really grouchy these days.

When he fail to press the right buttons of his toys, he will start throwing tantrums. He will start to wail and get frustrated. This afternoon Tri said that he got angry out of sudden for no apparent reason and he started hitting his elmo bag. Maybe he is trying to reach for the bag but because he was hooked on the handle of the cupboard thus he faced difficulties getting the bag down.

Sometimes he really make me feel like laughing at his funny actions.
Usually we will hide his shoes under the sofa at the corner because he will insist on wearing his shoes and go out. If you don't allow him to go out or help him with his shoes, he will start to make noise and cry. Today we left his shoes in the stroller instead. And when we were about to leave mum's place, he started to lie down on the floor, (like those commando crawl posture) he peak in to find his shoes missing. He didn't believe his eyes so he went nearer and tried to lie down again. He cant find his shoes anywhere thus he sat up and look at us. We asked him where are his shoes. He then tried one more time to lie down on the floor to find his shoes.

So amusing. I know i am bad mummy. keep teasing him but sometimes it is so funny to see his facial expression. So cute and adorable.

15th Mar First time Ryann skipped class

Ryann didnt sleep well last night. He was awaken by his cough most of the time. Along with him, i also cant sleep well.

Brought him to the clinic and took some medicine. He slept at mum's place from 10.30am - 3.30pm. Straight 5 hours. He must be real tired i guess.

He didnt go for his class. Hopefully i am able to practise the letter K with him so that he wont miss out too much. Later in the afternoon, he vomited twice, first time milk, second time porridge. All due to his cough. Poor little boy.

Today we celebrated grand pa's 77th birthday. We had lots of food. Ryann had no appetite to eat at all. He was already very tired but he still manage to give me his big big smile.