Other than having a fracture (small crack), Chloe has been learning and absorbing really quickly recently. Maybe at her age she should have been able to do much more, but just almost suddenly she is learning and absorbing at a faster rate than say 1 month ago.

One example - Every time Chloe wants to poo, we have to wait for her signs, her facial expressions and the sounds that she makes, and we need both to confirm that she needs to poo, and sometimes it will be too late and she will not really poo by the time we bring her to the potty. So Daisy taught her a sign language for poo-poo.. Anbd she basically drilled it into Chloe’s mind, everytime I go to toilet for poo, she will tell Chloe Daddy is going to poo-poo, and do the sign for it.

Yesterday, Chloe was sitting in her high chair whilst Daisy and I were having lunch. Suddenly she did a sound, and when we looked at her, she did the poo-poo sign, and when I asked her “Chloe, do you want to poo?” She nodded at the same time looked as though she was straining.

To me that meant that she has understand what Daisy has been teaching her.

Example 2 - A week ago, Chloe has probably no understanding of yes and no. Last week I told Daisy, its time for us to input the concept of yes and no into her. So we went to work with it.

Yesterday, throughout the day, we asked her questions that required a yes or no, she either nodded or shook her head according to her preference. i.e I asked if she wanted Daddy to hold her, she shook her head, and we both knew that she wanted Mummy to hold her, so we asked if Chloe wanted Mummy to hold her, she nodded.

Finally no more guessing, we can get more precise answers from her.

I just want to Thank my beloved wife, Daisy for sacrificing her time and effort on the upbringing of our daughter, Chloe. Daisy could have gone out to work and spend her time to do her own stuff, but she gave up everything for now, just so that Chloe can get the best from her, so Daisy has really done a great thing for Chloe, and the DnA family. I thank you my wife, my love, my kid’s mother, and my mum’s daughter-in-law. On behalf of Chloe too (and the next baby), “Thank you Mummy! We love you!”

Hopefully, with no more to come may I add!!!

Been rather crazy yesterday! Started the day really well - took Chloe to Sunday School and she seemed to love it (it should have been her nap time - but she was well hyper!) Came home and fed her lunch then decided to change her nappy….

Our nappy changing station has many gaps - and our little Chloe loves to put her feet/legs and hands/arms in these gaps.. Well, she got her legs stuck and then she panicked.. the more she panicked the more stuck her legs were and she was crazily trying to get her legs out, screaming her head off whilst trying to do so…

We eventually got her legs out and there was a bruise on her LHS side ankle… her RHS foot/leg seemed ok cos when we pressed on it - there was no reaction.. However, everytime we pressed or tried to make her stand up, she would cry when her left foot/leg had any pressure on it….

After about 1-2 hours, she would still cry when she put pressure on her left foot/leg.. so we decided to take her to A&E… Low and behold - after an x-ray - it showed a small fracture on her inner LHS lower leg…. The Dr explained that it could have happened because whilst she sprained her ankle trying to get out of the gap, it could have caused the otherside to fracture - as babies bones are very fragile. Thank God that the fracture then re-positioned itself in the correct place, cos if not, there would be a painful manipulation done!

In the end, Chloe had to have a cast done but with soft crepe bandage holding it in place.. 1 week later, it’s off to the paediatric bone specialist and put a hard cast on her leg… Currently, she’s ok with the cast and is slowly getting used to the new appearance of her leg and the weight!.. Yesterday, everytime she saw her leg, she would cry!!

The only difficult thing is now trying to get her comfortable, as she can’t bend her leg, so sitting on a flat surface seems difficult for her… Also, she’s at the age where she loves to stand and crawl.. and with this heavy cast- she’s getting frustrated! We can’t get this cast wet - so with her perspiring alot - ummm…. baths/toilet issues etc are gonna be a challenge - looks like plastic bags are gonna be one of her bestest friends for awhile!….

We’re off to Phuket again in March - so that’s gonna be fun with Chloe!!

Its been a while since I really blog about my/our lives. Going to do a summarised version today.

i) Chloe has turned one and we are pregnant with our 2nd baby and as of today its 14 weeks + old. Daisy is having a hard time with this pregnancy, and comparing it with Chloe’s, this one is making her think twice about the 3rd baby at this moment whilst with Chloe, she really enjoyed her pregnancy.

ii) we went away to Phuket with my mum’s siblings and family, 11 of us and the trip was fun yet hectic. Eat lots of nice food, but some of us got food poisoning on the last day. DnAnC + Mama is going back to Phuket again, (thanks to Marriot Vacation Club complimentary stay) and we hope that this coming trip will be a much more chilled holiday.

iii) I noticed that they are a lot of dangerous and rude drivers around and I seriously was considering if I should buy an in-car video cam to record the rude moves that some drivers do. Sometimes I get “cut” by “F1 racers” in Toyota and Hondas doing a speedy lane change, so dangerous that if the car previously in front of me brakes we would get into a collusion, me hitting his right rear bumper. One particular driver I remember, SCP1133A, Silver Honda Civic.

iv) Have been playing a bit of badminton, and decided that will pick up this sport back and play it a bit more seriously and long term.

v) Wanted to go to visit a nursing home back due to time clash, we could not go and went to attend a relative’s wedding instead. Almost gone to a CNY dinner for grassroot leaders with GOH, PM Lee, but had food poisoning so gave it a miss.

vi) Health has not been fantastic. Currently having a back pain that goes back since a while ago. Seeing a specialist to get a diagnosis. Hopefully will not miss the ICT in May.

vii) Potentially (80%) selling the car as it is nothing but a big liability to us right now. 80% of the time its just sitting in the carpark. It is more of a luxury item than a necessity, hence it should really go. Anyone wants to buy it? Or anyone wants to buy the registration plate? SGN126P.

viii) Want to try scenario paintball one day so if someone wants to join me pls pls pls let me know. Need to travel to Malaysia though. Maybe airsoft too.

I think that is about all. Updates again later..

Finally after waiting for almost 4 months. CNY finally arrive and its time for us go for a short break.

This time round on top of the original gang, we have little Chloe to add to the list. This time round I think she has got the centre of attention though.

Thanks to Marriot Vacation Club’s irresistable offer for a preview of their timeshare package, we booked 2 apartment villas at Mai Khao Vacation Club in Phuket. It can comfortably accomodation up to 8 people in each villa so for the 11 of us, it was rather spacious.

We went to Phuket Town, Patong Beach, and went to quite a few shopping places (driver-led) went to drink bird’s nest soup and ate seafood all lunch and dinner meals.

Did jet skis, para-sailing and go karts. I think all of us had great fun. Shame we did not make full use of the facilities in the resort. Will do that in March instead with Daisy’s family.

Today, Chloe is 1 years old… How time has flown… I can still remember the whole event leading up to her birth and then her birth (a bit of a crazy time really!) Can’t really believe that baby two is on its way and I’ll be going through it again!!

However, our journey with Chloe so far, has been a blessing - and I wouldn’t want to change a thing! To be honest, time has flown by so quickly, that I can’t even remember the exact details unless I go through my blog and pictures again! She looks SOOOO different compared to when she was born! The only thing that’s similiar is the fact that her hair still won’t grow!! She’s started to stand up whilst being aided recently, she’s crawling much better now! But in general, she’s still a lazy little girl.. She’d rather sit on her bottom or whine to be carried!!

Made a birthday cake for her (not that we’re gonna be giving it to her, as we haven’t introduced egg yet!)… Still got more cakes to bake for her party on the weekend - so I’m gonna be pretty busy these next few days.. So until then…. Au revoir!

Chloe has never worn shoes, socks yes, but shoes no!… Well, she wore the fabric shoe/sock type a few times, but that’s not included because they are like socks!

Why hasn’t she worn shoes? Don’t really know why! Maybe because she couldn’t walk, hence, we never really thought about it!

All of a sudden, Mama suggested that we buy Chloe some shoes, as she was approaching her first birthday and this may encourage her to walk?!?! Well, Mama, Chloe and I went to a few shops and eventually came across some shoes… The first ones we picked were white in colour (as we thought, this would be easier to match her clothing), then we picked up a few others (mainly pink)..

Chloe was in the pram at this point and we proceeded to try the white pair of shoes….
*SCREAMS* Chloe went crazy as I tried to put the white shoes on her feet… she would kick, scream, tears came from her eyes and she wanted to run away (like the horror with the white bunny!)… But there was nowhere for her to go as she was strapped in!!!

Oh man! What happened there?! Could the white shoes have reminded her of the bunny experience?!?! Anyways, we had no luck in tying on the shoes, but we ended up buying 2 pinkish pairs so that she could ‘play’ with them at home and get used to them!

Well, so far, she has flicked them away when I put the shoes near her, she will run away from them, she will cry… She is petrified…

Today, Allan and I managed to get them on her feet - but she wouldn’t look at her feet and wouldn’t move them… She would just cry and want to be hugged! Don’t really know what’s going on - but if my girl doesn’t like shoes in the future, she’ll save so much money!! hehe
Let’s see how this shoe saga ends up!

I know this is the weirdest thing you could possibly see on this blog, but do you know the answer to this question?

Ans: Because they want to have quality babies.

So how to make sure they have quality babies?

Ans: Make sure they stay at the high floors, so that they will have high quality babies. Even better if they stay at the penthouse, they will have the highest quality babies.

Ok.. This is not that funny, but this morning when I was still in bed and subconsciously I was thinking about this Quality Hotel thing…. Weird I know, but just blogging it so that I will have a record of this weird incident/dream.

“What country is Singapore in?” Very often I hear this question… from people living overseas. Some people might also attempt to answer their own question by continuing.. “is it somewhere in China?” or “Now which part is it in Japan, east or west?” or the ultimatum “Are you very controlled by Chinese (PRC) government?”

Sometimes I feel offended that they do not know where Singapore is, and Singapore is actually an independent nation. But after awhile, I thought, perhaps we (Singaporeans) have not done enough to get noticed. So maybe we should be more proactive in promoting our country.

Anyways, a better understanding on What country is Singapore in, read this article.