Baby @ 4 months old

Today baby ZY is 4 months old (according to Chinese calender). There are still some Chinese practises the customary when the baby is 4 months old. My wife's family is one of them, and we have decided to follow.

My wife has started cooking the porridge using slow cooker the night before to make sure the porridge is as smooth as possible.


Early this morning, she went to market to look for the ingredient needed. She has bought the "tongue fish" (to be pan fried and the meat is to be smashed and mixed into the porridge). If can't find the tongue fish, it can be replaced by other type of fish.

This is how tongue fish looks like: -


She has also bought some "Taugeh" and "KuChai". These ingredient are to be cooked, and the KuChai is used to tie a bunch of taugeh together.


She has also turned a bunch of "Marrie biscuits" into a necklace using a red string ...


And, now the ceremony has begun...
1st: Put on the biscuit necklace to baby, and let him bite on it. (He seems to enjoy the biscuits, and had had a few small bites of the biscuits... )


2nd: Rub baby's gum with Taugeh+KuChai (They said this will cool the gum and baby will feel better during teething time ...)


3rd: Add the smashed fish meat into the porridge and feed baby with the porridge


4th: Had a hair cut (or bald him?) hahah... Baby is behaving well during the hair cut... I like the way he looks after the hair cut! Haha...


And we are done with the ceremony! :D

SuperBoy !

Up, Up & FLY! Here comes our baby flying in the air.
Haha... He seems to enjoy it when I hold him and fly him around... This evening seems like a good evening, so we have brought ZY with us to walk around the garden and playground nearby. He has been attracted by the tree we have planted outside the house, just keep looking and keep looking at it.. haha..

Mother's Day

It's Mother's Day! Me & my sister had bought a cake (moist non-sugar chocolate butter cake) from Secret Recipe for the Mother's day celebration. My wife had also prepared the dinner -> delicious steamboat at home. We prefer to eat at home as we know for sure that most of the restaurant will be fully booked! :)

Here are some of the photos taken during the dinner ...

Yummy! Yummy!

Featuring the Mothers... and the cake too! :p



Photo session with the Mothers...

Baby's 4th Checkup

On 10th May, we visited Dr. Lim's clinic for the 4th time together with baby ZY. ZY is suppose to have his jap this trip, but we were not sure if he is fit for the jap since he still have a little bit of coughing. Dr Lim has checked through his condition, and it is a relief to us when he told us that baby has no lung blockage and he is recovering, thus he is fit for the next jap. ZY has been doing great, he didn't cry so far when he has his jap.

Below is a photo taken in front of Dr Lim's clinic. Look at him, isn't he so cute ... :P

Baby's Early Education

Learning is a lifelong process. Hence, we thought that it would be great if we can start exposing our baby with some simple, fun & basic education through his own senses like watching, touching & hearing.

We have come across some interesting products online, and have purchased some of the recommended products for our baby to start off. We have the colourful flash cards, interactive VCDs, cloth book, wristband & also, a parenting book for us as guidelines. I strongly recommend this book especially to the new parents as it has answered a lot of my question and doubts in dealing with our little one.

We hope he will enjoy playing around with these toys and gadgets, and learning something new along the way. :)

Baby is sick...

For the past 2 days, ZY has a little bit of coughing, and this morning it seems like he is coughing more frequently. Besides, he started to have a bit of flu as well. Thus, without any hesitation, we brought him to a child specialist at Bandar Puteri, Puchong. To my surprise, we are not the earliest patient there. The clinic was crowded with parents & children. Looking at all the little kids was feeling uncomfortable due to the sickness is really heartache. Anyway, we both waited patiently for more than 30min for our turn.

Dr Chan is a kind person. He has checked on our baby's temperature, heart beat, breathing & throat condition. After the examination, Dr Chan has prescribed 2 medication (a liquid medicine to enlarge baby's esophagus & a liquid drop to dry baby's mucus) plus a salty liquid solution (to spray into baby's nasal as to clean and clear the excessive wet and dry mucus). I found that the salt solution is quite effective. Baby seems getting better after the we clean his nose.

Hopefully baby ZY will recover asap. Baby, Gambatte ne !!! Daddy & Mummy love you !!! :)

Fingers Licking Good

ZY has discovered both his hand when he is about 2 months old. Since then, he has always been busy figuring around both his hands & fingers. The frustrating part is that sometimes he would rather lick on both his fingers than drinking his milk. Haha... but cute! Here are some pictures of ZY taken during his "finger licking good" session: -

Yummy ... Yummy ...





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