Saturday, 31 December 2016

JE is starting N1!

0 comments Posted by Mummy New at 00:44
JE is starting N1 at PAP Sparkletots two streets from home.. two days from now.. I think as parents, we are more kanchiong, or maybe jux me the ever worrisome mother.. she hasn't been away for classes before, as I didn't want a big age gap so while the kids are 22 months apart, they are academically only 1 year apart.

I did think about signing her up for classes but did not want to just leave helper and JY alone at home.. around November, we started this Music and Movement class on Saturdays where a teacher comes to our house for a 45 minute session of nursery songs, animal play and tinkering with the ukulele, drums and cassinet.. it has not been the most regular yet, think only 4 classes so far as the class is small, my neighbor, her friend's boy, and JE. jY joined in the class since he likes music too and it's just in our own house..

Hopefully classes can be more regular in the new year.. it's a exercise for mummies too cox we move along with the kids, e.g. do the elephant walk, or run around like a mouse, or carry the kids n shoot off to the sky... Hubby was thinking of signing JE up for classes at Yamaha instead but then that would lead to JY not being able to participate too..

Anyways, back to school, I hope JE takes well to it, since I have to count on our helper to bring her to and fro classes daily. Hubby and I will take turns to bring her for the first week, and hopefully she's ok for the 2nd and onwards.. and will meet great friends and caring teachers that make her love and enjoy studying..

There's nothing to prepare for a N1 preschooler, right? Right...

Breathe in, breathe out..


JY is 1!

0 comments Posted by Mummy New at 00:23


JY has turned one year old, in fact, he's turning 13 months old come early Jan! Lazy mummy has been lazing on updates.. 

We held a party for him a day earlier at Sis-in-law’s condo function room.. the venue is great and we booked both the Karaoke and function room.. the room.was already decorated with festive LED lights cox it was going to be Xmas season, same case as his first month baby shower party during early Jan.. my boy sure picked a good month to be born during the year end festive season, helped us save abit of decor and the condo management helped hype up the place..

Anyways, I had bought party stuff from.taobao since August.. abit over-excited and actually didn't use everything that I had bought.. because of the great11.11 sale and shipping concierge ezbuy couldn't handle the surge in orders, some of my goods actually came way after the party.. ?!?!?

Oh wells, you can't save all the money so pay peanuts and you get monkeys.. 

But some of my orders are wonderful.. got decor balloons for just $6 that totally didn't look like it..
Bought some cutesy cookie wrappers and got snacks from Bencoolen to fill them as party favors.. bought chocolates from Cocoa Trees and put them in my old but festive-looking Cookie Museum tin.. also bought 3-tier bowls from NTUC for Bangkok cookies, displayed Pocky and Pejoy sticks.. and that was my less than $100 dessert table.. of course the buffet and venue rental was another sum, all in all I guess $1000plus or likely lesser for a crowd of 70 pax..

Jts some of my party buys:
Cake stand:
Mummies can also search for cake toppers or 蛋糕插 on ezbuy or taobao.

some additional links for other stuff that can be used at both the party and after: 






On his birthday, we went to the temple to give thanks.. I bought e-tickets at $34 to go to the SEA Aquarium, and topped up $40 to convert my day pass to annual pass instead of $88 for annual pass.. promotions only lasts til 31 Dec.. was contemplating about buying a RwS invites membership or not as there's an ongoing promo as well for MasterCard holders at $135 instead of $150 as they offer $200 dining vouchers at those fancy restaurants.. thought its quite worth it and the til 31st Dec deadline is making my heart race.. oh wells...

Hope this post helps you to save some money too!!

Sharing post on KKH

0 comments Posted by Mummy New at 00:19
I am sharing my experience at the L3 fetal monitoring clinic for mummies back in 2015.

I had a scare midway through my second pregnancy and went to KkH one evening for tummy aches that lasted an entire evening around 26 weeks and was asked to go to the L3 monitoring clinic. The nurses told me I was having contractions and possibly miscarriaging and scared my wits out of me. For quite some time, I didn't know what was going on, i was left alone while being strapped to the monitor, then they gave me the news while I was alone, subsequently I asked for hubby to come in as I was crying and shaking. They had to ask the Registration for permission for some steroid jab n i could either ward or go home. Not reassuring by any count when I was filled with dread and fear. I was wheeled up to the ward around midnight as we decided to stay, not knowing what and how the worst may have happened.

The nurses at the ward were really angels from heaven, extremely reassuring and tender and held onto my hand while they inserted the IV. They calmed me and soothed my frazzled mind, allowing me to rest for the night after a junior Dr came and gave his preliminary views. The angels at my ward continued to care for me over my 3D2N "staycation", while an extremely gentle lady Dr came and told me I probably caught some infection down there that triggered the contractions, until I was discharged. It was mind-blowing how different the nurses were, and to this day, I still dread my harrowing experience at the L3 clinic..

I have only one other experience of KKH children's A&E, and hopefully no others to come. My girl had fell and hurt her nose and mouth and was bleeding and rushed to KKH around 5plus 6pm. I rushed down from work and she was thankfully already calmed down and attended to by the time I reached about 6.40pm.. however, I have heard of other stories whereby my friend's son was administered stitches without sufficient anaesthetics and it was a terrible experience..

So, I guess it all depends on the nurses and Drs you meet..
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