Jeddy and the Chair

A couple of months back, Jeddy boy wouldn't stop climbing onto the chair and then onto the dining table. Once, I made the mistake of leaving his bottle of gerber puffs 'unattended' on the table. A quick trip to the loo and this was what greeted me when I came out.

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! *hands on cheeks ala M.Culkin in Home Alone*

You can't see it here, but naughty Jeddy here was also happily shaking out the puffs onto the table and all over the floor! Grrrrr!

*grumble grumble, squat down to pick puffs, grumble grumble*

One day, both Hubs and I decided that we have enough of his monkey business. The moment he climbed onto the chair and placed his hands onto the table , we would slowly pull the chair away. Jeddy boy will of course try to hang on to the table and chair for his dear life. We'll then make him 'suffer' a little by leaving him in that awkward position.

He stopped climbing after just one day of going through this.

Not the slightest idea what I'm talking about? Go through the vid below and see how little Jeddy protested during and after his 'punishment'. Hee hee...



Sometimes desperate situations call for desperate measures.

;)

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Scribble Scribble

Jeddy boy has finally decided to stop rolling his pen around and start scribbling with it!

And now he wouldn't stop. Well, you can rest assured that the only pens he'll ever see are his water-filled aquadoodle pen and the magnetic board pen. Don't want him leaving his works of art on my furniture and walls just yet. That being said, he's been using his aqua pen to draw on my legs. I'm soooooo glad it's only water.

No markers for you yet, Jeddy boy!

100% Jeddy-scribbled

Kiss Kiss

This video was taken a couple of weeks back, when we asked him to kiss Papa. He seemed to enjoy being kissed instead!

Anyway, I thought that both father and son look really alike in this vid, not to mention really happy too! ;)



Well, this morning, when we asked him to kiss Papa again, he opened his mouth really wide and clamped onto the whole of Hub's lips!

It was a kiss, nonetheless, albeit a mega slobbery one!

:D

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Stamp Stamp

Jeddy came up to me one afternoon, holding his aquadoodle mat in one hand, and a triangular stamp in the other. He then shoved these into my lap, demanding that I play with him immediately.

Thing is, Jeddy has never played with this before. Yes, I've shown him how but he's always turned his nose at it, and I end up doodling on the mat myself. So imagine my surprise when he brought it to me.

I quickly filled the 'inkpad' with water, with Jeddy hot on my heels. He has zero patience at times like this.

Once I laid out the mat and the ink pad, he went on his stamping frenzy. Really amazed that he remembered how to use the stamps, even though I've only shown him how to once or twice, and pretty long ago.

Anyway, here's Jeddy in his stamp-stamp video. Happy stamping!



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A Rare Treat

Jeddy is known to be pretty stingy with his smiles. I've given up acting like a clown just to squeeze one out of him. It doesn't work, plus it's darn embarrassing when done in public.

One evening, however, Jeddy boy seemed particularly amused with the picture on his yogurt pot. So, using that picture, I played a little game of peek-a-boo with him.

And finally caught some 'rare gems'...





























































































My, what big teeth you have, Jeddy boy!

;D

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New Haircut

You may remember that not too long ago, Jeddy Boy had a traumatizing experience... in the form of a haircut. ;D

Hubs and I agreed long before Jeddy was born, that we'd never shave our boy 'botak'. So that explains the unkempt style that Jeddy sports. Even when we trim and shave the sides, we left the 'tuft' on top.

Anyway, it was time for a trim, and this time, we bought a 7-in-1 wireless hair trimmer to do the job, with hope that it will be more Jeddy-friendly.

Sure enough, our boy merely protested and squirmed a little during the haircut, and we happily got carried away with the hair trimmer.

The result? Jeddy boy is now almost botak. Haha!

Before: The Mad Scientist Look
























After: The 5mm-All-Around Botak Look























So which one do you prefer? ;)

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New Pose?

Liking the rush of blood to your head, Jeddy Boy? ;)



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Kiddy Playgroup for Jeddy Boy

I've been blessed to come to know two wonderful stay-home mummies who live just a couple of blocks from me.

Between us, we have four kids - 3 lovely girls and 1 little rascal (;D). We set aside a couple of hours every Friday morning for a get-together at each of our houses. Jeddy Boy is now part of a kiddy playgroup!

Here, we are at France's, and the kids are mingling in the play yard... Oh, in case you were wondering where the third girl is, she's fast asleep in her stroller. :)


















This is the lovely Asha, Mummy France's little 8 month old princess. She's got the most sparkling eyes I've ever seen and I'm sure she'll grow up to be a beauty, just like her mummy.























The kiddos mesmerized by Mummy Peifen's and 2 year old Lexuan's singing. Lexuan's sister is 5 month old Zhixuan.


















I can't tell you how grateful I am for France and Peifen, along with their little ones. They are now a great source of support and inspiration for me as a SAHM.

Thank God for fellow stay-at-home-mums and more kiddy friends for Jeddy Boy!

:)

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Jeddy the Fruit Juice Seller

I mentioned in a previous entry that Jeddy simply loves to stuff his ball popper machine with anything but the balls that come with it. Little did I realize he would make a 'profession' out of it.



Fancy some juice? Though I highly doubt that the carrot+lemon+corn+onion+cucumber+tomato power combi would taste very good.

*eyurk*

;D

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Changi Beach

The Lazy Trio family is finally getting off their butt and going somewhere on a weekend.

And it would be Jeddy's first encounter with the saltwater kind..... at Changi Beach!

Actually, I was 'dying' to eat at the Changi Village Hawker Centre. The goreng pisang craving in me was just too much to bear... and not to mention my favourite Ipoh Hor Fun stall. *drooling 100 buckets*

As it turned out, the hawker centre is under renovation. &#$@*%! *collects drool back*

Darn. Darn darn darn.

Oh well, even if I don't get my goreng pisang fix, Jeddy's still gonna get his saltwater and sand... so we walked over to the beach in the lovely sunset.

I'm not sure if it's a blessing in disguise, but the renovation works over at the eatery meant that the beach was pretty desserted. We had a whole strip of untrodden sand all to ourselves!

Definitely a great 'first time' for Jeddy and us crowd-phobes. Our joker boy didn't get to frolick in the sea, but he did get a mouthful of sand. :D

Here's to the Lazy Trio Family Day!

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A highly enthusiastic Papa telling his uninterested son all about boats and sunsets. *snigger*


















Bring me to the beach already!























Here you go!























Throw you into the water ah!


















Hey! What's this?

















Eeee..... I don't like.....



Our melancholic boy looking out into the horizon...


And promptly ate a clump of sand. *ptui!*



It's SIA! It's Cathay! No! It's Qantas!


And the Lazy Trio Family.



Ok lah, the experience at the beach was worth 1000 goreng pisangs.

Heh heh...

:D

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Jeddy Boy's Greatest Nightmare

Whenever I see Jeddy's hair getting long, I'm filled with dread. Meanwhile, the little bugger plays happily, oblivious to what is to come...

After dragging my feet for about two weeks, I finally got down to giving Jeddy his 'haircut'. Well, I'm sure you noticed by now that Jeddy boy doesn't have much hair to begin with. Yet, whatever hair he's got gets pretty ugly when those at the sides grows and sticks out untidily. Using a pair of scissors is out of the question for his hair anyway, so I whipped out the shaver.

And so began Jeddy's nightmare (once again).

Be afraid.... Be very afraid......
















Pleeeeaase I beg you Mummy, pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaase!!!!


















Getting his head shaved anyway.



















The aftermath... Obviously still in a state of trauma.























A trip to the book corner finally calmed his little nerves.


















And Nightmare Part III to resume in roughly one month's time. *evil cackle* *wolf howling*


XD

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Getting All Excited

Jeddy boy gets all excited over another self-invented 'game. :)



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Jeddy Walks

And so Jeddy's toddler days have officially begun... Heh heh... Love how he holds out his right hand for balance.




By the way, Jeddy boy finally wised up and learned how to clap. ;)

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No more?

Here's Jeddy feeling very pleased with himself for being able to switch on the light... and then showing 'no more' when he doesn't manage to get it back on. :)

I only managed to capture his 'no more' sign once here. The night before, he was having such a good time practicing his new found skill. :) Yep... this is Jeddy's first hand sign. My attitude boy is still taking his own sweet time learning how to wave goodbye and clap. ;)



He also uses this sign when the crackers in his bowl are all gone, followed by dumping the bowl in front of my face, asking for more.

Since then, he's also learnt how to point at things -- with all 5 fingers! Haha! Whenever I carry him, he'll direct me here and there with a wave of his hand and a curt 'eh'.

How convenient. Then I realized one thing.... Jeddy only learns the signs which are of use to him!!! No more = more biscuits in the bowl. Pointing = get transported to desired destination.

What can I say?

*shake head* *shake head*

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Inventing His Own Games...

I wish I could take a trip into Jeddy's mind just to take a peek at what goes on in there. For most of his toys, apart from playing with them the way they ought to be played with, he usually takes them one step further with his self-invented games.

He's especially smitten with balancing items over the edge of the table. Using his fingers, he'd slowly inch the item closer and closer to the edge till it hangs over precariously. The game ends when the item falls to the floor.

And then there's this ball-popper machine which he got from his PoPo for his birthday. Little balls roll down a ramp and shoots out of a chute. Lately, he's been jamming the chute with everything he could find. One morning I found the chute filled to the brim with an assortment of play blocks, plastic fruits and even a pill box! And if that's not enough, there was a book perched right on top of it! My little joker is secretly conducting his own science experiments behind my back...

Loving all oddly shaped items, he would also go flat onto the floor and analyze how each item roll, tip, and topple. The best thing is he looks so serious while being totally absorbed in his little world of child's play...

Cute.

Anyway, having grown bored lately with putting in and taking plastic balls out of a little plastic basin during his baths, he had come up with another game for them. Rolling them off the edge of his bathtub!

Welcome to Jeddy's world!


:)

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Hug Hug Hug!

Maybe you've already noticed.... that Jeddy boy loves to hug...

If he comes across anything soft and furry in his path, he'll not let it go without a hug..... and a slobbery kiss... All softies in the house carry the 'Jeddy-scent', which basically, is dried-up saliva. ;D

Hugging his Pooh Bear and dragging it wherever he goes at 10 months...


















His favourite cushion with a picture of a mouse underneath. He'll go looking for it if you ask him where it is, and upon finding it, give a shriek of excitement and bury his face in it. :)






















Not a moment wasted even during a snack. Here's his simple algorithm. Take a bite, hug till swallowed. Take a bite, hug till swallowed... Repeat till snack is finished.


*Aww........*

And by the way, I love the Jeddy-scent. Mm-mmmm...

;D

Joker Jeddy Turns One!

My my, how time flies... my tua pau is now 365 days old! ;D

And he had a mini birthday party with Mummy's side of the family to celebrate his Big One!

Customized piyo piyo cake (inspired by his all-time favourite 'toy', a piyo pacifier chain)


















Pressies! (All wrapped by me... XD)


















Yes yes, you'd probably have guessed by now. It's a piyo-themed party. ;D


















The people I love most in my life!


















And what's a party without a good wrapper-ripping session? :)


















So pleased with his new toy that he goes on a soft-toy hugging spree! (Video is muted for the sake of your ears. :P)

Splashing Rediscovered

There was a time when Jeddy boy practiced his butterfly strokes daily in his little blue tub.

Then he discovered that he could pull himself up to stand.... and thus traded splashing for the bucket of toys on the ledge above his tub.

Not that I have any complains, cos after all, that means I stay dry. Plus it's easier to wash his bum squeaky clean with him standing. ;D

Oh well, seems like the toys are getting ooooold for him and he's back to practicing his strokes...



Note to self: Buy raincoat on the next trip to the mama shop.

;)

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What's That Face??

This is definitely a head-scratcher for me. I can't figure out what that face means...

Can you? ;)

Snot Boy

Jeddy caught a bug last month... apparently from me... *sigh*

He was snot boy for 3 whole weeks!

Though he did not have a fever and was generally his usual self, it was tough (for me!) to see his dripping nose and to hear his phlegmy cough. Not to forget the medication. Each squirt of that tastes-like-lychee cough syrup into his mouth gave me a heartache!

Oh well, that marked Jeddy boy's first flu.

Yo! My nose is starting to drip... tissue paper please.
























Hurry! I don't wanna eat snot!


















Sigh... who will wipe my nose.......... *blows bubble*
























Bad mummy. Hee! ;D
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Slip Up

I know I must sound like the baddest mummy on the face of the earth... but I've always wanted to catch Jeddy's little trips and falls on video... so I can laugh at it all I want as many times as I want!

Wuahahahaha! *snort*

I finally caught it. Jeddy's little slip up. Don't worry, no babies were harmed in the filming of this video. ;) Just a little fright that's all.

Hee hee...



Hubs and I were laughing and clutching our stomachs as we watched it (like 20 times). We even paused the vid at various points to analyze the way he fell and to marvel at how he managed to break his fall with his hand, regain balance using his legs and prevent a knock to the back of the head.

Our little Jeddy is becoming a veteran.

Heh heh.... ;D

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Cart Boy

I'm soooo thankful that Ikea, Giant and Courts are just 5 minutes away from my place. What's more, there's a free shuttle at the bus stop just a couple of blocks away!

Needless to say, these have become our favourite weekday haunts, especially when we (read Mummy) get sick and tired of the four walls...

So Jeddy boy is now Cart Boy! ;D

Ikea's Cart Boy














































On such trips, I always bring the rickety-rack lightweight stroller. It's light and no-frills enough for me to swing it over my shoulders when we get up the bus. I can also slot it right under the shopping cart!
























Giant's Cart Boy























There's no need to even bring a stroller on trips to Giant. I just slug him over my arm on the bus trip and pop him straight into the cart when we reach there. He stays in there with his warm furry friends while I check off my shopping list. ;)

*sigh of contentment*

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Stock Clearance

These have been sitting in the deep freeze compartment for close to one year. The 'freshest' was apparently bagged in December!



















In case you're still muddleheaded, these are bags of liquid gold! Or so I say. ;D

I painstakingly (and obsessively) squeezed my udder just so I could stockpile the milk for emergencies. Back in those days when Jeddy was still pimply, wrinkled, and demanding and to be fed every two hours, I pumped between feeds and in the middle of the night for months in order to have at least 7 days worth of milk in the freezer. It doesn't help that my boobies do not respond well to pumps, both electric and manual, and have to pump several times a day just to fill one bag. And being the paranoid dettol queen, it was wash and sterilize after every pump. It's a wonder why I didn't go crazy.

Still, Jeddy did not take a single bag of these milk. Cheh!

But honestly I thank God for taking such good care of us, that those 'emergencies' never happened, and I was able to breastfeed Jeddy all these months without a hiccup. I am also very very thankful that although he's not been on the bottle for more than 10 times since his birth, he does not reject it. And I was able to steal some afternoons away, leaving my parents or aunt to give him a formula feed.

That said, these milk are going into the trash and ice-cream is going into that deep-freeze compartment. Hurrah!

:)

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Seiza?

Seiza - 'the traditional formal way of sitting in Japan...'





































Jeddy is loving this slightly altered version of the seiza. I guess it launches him into the crawling mode and back, more quickly and efficiently. My my, already taking short cuts at such a tender age??

Mum said I used to sit like that too when I was a kiddo (oops). ;D Apparently bad habits run in the blood as well. Heh heh... Anyway, I tried to do the Jeddy-seiza and my creaky old bones protested right away. Ouch!

Wanna see if you too are a bag of creaky old bones? Try this! It's like kneeling, only that your feet goes to the sides of your bum instead of under it. Refer to Jeddy sensei above. *snigger*

Ha! Is that a grimace I see on your face? ;D

Well, just when you thought Jeddy boy is now oh-so-proper... he popped right back to his coolie squat!

























*tsk tsk*

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Joker Jeddy Shot

Who's that pipe-smoking coolie squatting in my living room?!



















Oh, it's just my Joker Jeddy in action again. ;D

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Lizard Boy?

Guess what happened to Jeddy's skin?















































Gave you a fright there eh? ;D Those are merely sarong marks...

Yep, you heard right. I've finally cast aside my stubbornness and use the sarong for his day naps.

Now now. Before you shake your head in disappointment, do hear me out.

Ever since Jeddy was able to pull himself up with the bed railings at about 7 months plus, nap times became a living nightmare for the both of us. He'll pull himself up over and over (and over) again every time I put him down on the bed. If I leave him be, he'll bawl at my abandonment. If I take him out of the cot to rock him in my arms, he'll squirm and try to twist out of them. What ever happened to the fall-asleep-by-himself angel that I had?!

I could take up to one and a half hours just to make him fall asleep. And that's only cos he's drained of every last ounce of strength. Other days, my energizer bunny would go on and on and on and I'd be the one to raise the white flag. On the whole, he clocked only about 1-2 hours of nap(s) a day on his bed, much to his exhaustion and mine!

So! I gave in for my sanity's sake. And boy did it work!

He takes two naps now and clocks about 3-4 hours in total. Plus it only takes about 15 minutes to knock him into dreamland. *rejoices*

He still tries to flip over in his sarong (highly dangerous) and there were a few times where I had to struggle with him for about half an hour but those are few and far in between...

I'm thankful nonetheless... You try rocking a 10-kg squirming sack of rice in your arms for just 5 minutes and you would be too!




















Here's my 10 kg sack of rice dreaming about what to eat for lunch. ;)

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Thanks GuGu so much for the sarong set. *muacks*

Traumatized Jeddy

I hope Jeddy boy is not having nightmares tonight. He was totally traumatized by the little toy train that choo-choos and spouts music as it moves.

Totally.

You have to watch it to believe it.

We regretted not letting the camera roll longer cos his expression was absolutely hilarious! But at that point in time, we just didn't have the heart to torture him for even half a second longer.

You wouldn't too, right?

;D



(Note: This is actually not the first time that Jeddy has seen the train. I showed it to him a couple of months back and got exactly the same response. I've heard that if you let him interact with it long enough, he will stop being afraid, but he looked soooo scared. Even after I put it away, he kept clinging to me and stealing wary glances in the direction where the train was. I must admit that even I was creeped out! ;P)

The Transporter

Just the other day, I found a few of Jeddy's favourite rattly balls on top of the low shelf...

I don't remember putting them there, and I know Hubs never touches the toys (unless I make him). So who exactly planted them there?

Then I saw Jeddy pick up Mr Jellyfish, crawl noisily over to the couch, stand up (supported of course), and dumped the critter there.

Ahhh.........

Since then, it's always Jeddy-the-Transporter on the move.... To be honest, I think he's marking his territory... and I suspect he wants to take over the whole house.

Jokes aside, I guess he's now at this phase where he just wanna bring stuff to high places and play with them there. Heard it's a common development for kiddos... And it's a matter of time before he learns to hide things. I'm pretty sure one of my slippers will mysteriously disappear one day and end up in the fridge.

;D

Anyway, we caught him on video this morning trying to put his little play blocks on the dining table. It's pretty cute. ;)

Enjoy!



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Caught on Camera!

While we're still fresh on the topic of bums, here's droopy-pants Jeddy flashing his butt crack.

Sexehh.... ;D