29 Aug 11

29 Aug was a day off for Dez bec of the Presidential Election.  Teacher's Day was coming and we decided to get Charlene made some cards for her YPS teachers.

I bought some colour paint, and a small drawing board. Dipping Charlene's thumb in the paint, we will then guide her thumb to complete some drawings. Charlene was looking amused throughout the painting process. By the third painting, she was tired and we had to stop the painting.

Will post the pictures after we managed to upload the photos on to our desk top.

26 Aug 11

It was the Presidential Election. We originally wanted to bring Charlene to the polling station, which is a nearby school. Thought it would be quite cool to let Charlene be involved in the historic PE. But it was raining heavily, so we have to abandoned our plan.

Our dear Charlene is once again awake throughout the PE results. Dez was carrying her while we were waiting for the results. Suddenly, Charlene  started "uhmmm...uhmmmm...." continuously. We were puzzled cos we haven't never seen Charlene making this kind of sound.

"Huh? Charlene, what are you doing...?"

"Oh, you are s***ing!"

Charlene was like a normal child, straining to get "it" out, and hence the sound! In the end, we have to change her diaper at the sofa....smelly smelly.

She was awake till 12mn... But Daddy and Mummy was too tired to wait till Yam Ah Mee appears, so we slept before the recounting was completed.

21 Aug 11

Charlene trunk muscles seems to have improved quite well. She's much more at ease sitting up now. In fact, after lying in the cot for too long,she will whine and wants to sit up straight! I was able to put Charlene in the baby chair for more than 45mins, with Charlene happily listening to the music. Praise the Lord for Charlene's progress!

Also, Uncle Lincoln came to fix the 2 mirror panes in Charlene's play-room. It was hard work for Lincoln, with the drilling and what not, but we didn't think it was worth it to spend 70 dollars on mirror installation. The 2 mirror panes really help us in the exercises;  we can now see Charlene's head position and posture, which we might normally not be able to see.

Charlene also can see herself in the mirror! Hooray! So I will sing "Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the prettiest/cuttest of them all!" And train Charlene to raise her arms and say "me me me" excitedly. She is always amused with her noisy mummy.

17 Aug 2011

Charlene was whining non-stop in the morning. She will stop immediately when I picked her up. When the schoolbus driver say Hi to her and touch her left palm, she withdrew her hand immediately. This caused Uncle to be amused and he ask Charlene "Why, cannot let Uncle touch ah?"

While waiting for the classroom to be ready, Charlene and I sat quietly outside. The moment we went in to class, Charlene started whining. All the way to physiotherapy. She whined when teacher melody touched her chest to assess her breathing. She is damn cute lar. She will stop whining, with expectant look from her eyes and start whining the moment teacher melody touched her. Once, that was done, she became quiet. And strangely, obediently did all the rest of her physio exercises. She sat so well that teacher melody was reluctant to let her go.

We played with ice-cream today. It was a super mess. Ice-cream all over the shirt and face. Charlene looks like she like ice-cream when i put her finger into her mouth. Hahaha.

16 Aug 2011

I brought Charlene to the feeding clinic today. She is very awake. (She normally sleeps when she sees PT and OT). The dietician was recommending that we switched Charlene to Pediasure (a full nutrition milk). As soon as we are done with Enfagrow, we will do that.

Charlene weighs 11.7kg and is 84cm tall. She is developing well physically. The speech therapist was saying that must find a suitable chair for Charlene. But her head control remains a problem. She can sit in the chair that Uncle Vincent and Auntie Audrey bought for her but her head will either be in recline position or dropped down, How to feed like that....

The speech therapist was saying try the feeding spoon exercises twice a day instead of one. I was explaining to her time is limited, minus away sleeping time and feeding time, still have to allocate time for other developmental exercises. She immediately reassured me that I am doing a good job and I know what is best for Charlene and when to do what. It's the first time I have heard this response from a professional (besides Dr Natalie). Most of the time, I get the feeling that I am not trying hard enough.

15 Aug 2011

Charlene suddenly had fever on Sun night. It was hovering around 38deg. I was pretty upset about not being able to bring her to school cos we will miss hydrotherapy as well as OT. Charlene looks perfectly normal, awake, alert and making noise though her temperature remains at 38deg. I was kept busy the whole day, sponging her.

Thank God that by night time, her fever has gone.

We are suspecting that she might have heat circulation problem. Or it's just her super thick hair causing her head to be hot... LOL

9-14 Aug 2011

Charlene's biological clock inverted for no reason again. I am beginning to suspect that it might be because we brought her out and the information overload and processing trigger her fits and caused her to sleep in the day hence changing her biological clock.
Anyway, so she slept through National Day. We had no chance of taking a picture of her in national colors holding the national flag... Oh well.

On Friday in school, we play with agar agar strips. Charlene has the "what's this?" look on her face. That was the only thing we did before Charlene fell asleep again, successfully evading feeding exercises.

8 Aug 2011

Charlene slept through her physiotherapy yet again in KKH. Since there is time I decided to take bus home. 851 all the way fr KKH to Yishun interchange and then feder bus 806. It is Charlene's longest bus ride ever but she slept through it.

3 Aug 2011

Today I got a little break in school. Teacher Theresa took care of Charlene for me. Charlene kept being put in different sitting positions and she whined and whined. The class played with bubbles and a big colorful cloth. Charlene looked confused as to what is happening to her.
Teachers let Charlene play with tomato slices. She liked it when her finger was put into her mouth for tasting. :)

2 Aug 2011

Charlene took the MRT with Daddy and Mummy all the way from Lavender to Yishun! The furthest MRT ride for Charlene ever! :)

1 Aug 2011

Charlene was smiling during song time in school and when Teacher asked her to say 3, she smiled. During OT, the therapist put some tape on Charlene's neck and shoulder to tighten the joints and hopefully to improve muscle control. The moment Charlene's blouse was taken off, she started whining till her blouse was put back. When the therapist carried her, she gave a wide smile.
In hydrotherapy, Charlene was able to hold her head for a minute without my help. It could be the neck float or perhaps the tape is really working?
I decided to hold Charlene by her armpits. So she was upright in the water. Then out of fun, I decided to do 'bounce' her up and down in te water. She absolutely love it! Teacher Adeline told me to stop the action and to ask Charlene if she wants more. The moment I stopped, Charlene became upset and started to whine. When i resumed the action,she stopped. So amusing...