Have been trying to find out how many teeth Aidan has now but it's been such a trial getting him to open his mouth for us to check..He seems to know when we want to peer into his mouth and will just shut his gap tightly. I've gotten bitten countless times when I tried to feel around his mouth instead..As far as I can see, all his central (4) and lateral incisors (4) are there, so are cusipids (4) and 3 of his first molars have all sprouted and I can see the crown of the 4th 1st molar too..So that means he has about 15 1/2 li' whites in his mouth..which means on the average, he had one teeth growth per month hehe..So that's why he's been teething nonstop~~
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Laura
As usual, will let the pics tell the story. Laura has most of the pics and details of the day in her journal so I'll just 'steal' some of her pics :)
Aidan was in makan-heaven. He had food from every angle..durian cake from his mommy, he turns to his left, his daddy offers him chocolate cake but his favourite person seems to be Laura' hubby, Han Kim..who probably shared half his cake with that greedy bugger. And Caleb thus had to turn to me for his cake since Aidan was always eating his share.
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Seems like most people I know seem to be getting a tad tired of seeing so many blatant messages especially from the media to have more babies. The big spread on Sunday Life devoted to that subject was the latest and it was good to see Rachel & Ryan's pic in it together with her interview. My only gripe about it was that ST chose to interview 2 stay-at-home mothers instead of having a mix of SAHM and working mothers..It would have been a better feature and more representative of moms in Singapore. I understand that they were trying to find interviewees who suited their 'definition' of a younger and older mom and the journalist was probably relieved that she was able to find 2 moms (both who happened to be SAHM) in time to be featured.
But I digress.back to what i wanted to write about..all this constant reminders from the govt and press really isn't helping much....Some married couples I know are actually pretty turned off by it. The decision whether to have kids is eventually a personal one and there are many considerations usually before one thinks of having a family or expanding it.
I know several suggestions have been bandied around..eg. the lengthening of the maternity leave. I personally think that 6 months [which was suggested by many] is too much..productivity (at the workplace) wise, it really doesn't make sense [am sure i'll get slimed for this). If u ask me. I'll say ...don't raise levies for foreign maids and consider decreasing it. Increase the childcare subsidies while they are at it too. It doesn't make sense that the government is encouraging us to have more kids but makes it tougher financially especially in terms of help and childcare. This won't make people rush to have kids but at least it'll be less stressful for many parents especially amongst the lower and middle income group. Having more kids won't be such a burden then.
Heh..maybe the govt better 'promote' the less favourable animals of the Chinese astrological horoscope instead..especially since they are having trouble getting us chinese to breed :P..
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Work plans....
Remember what I wrote previously about going back to work with my ex-company. Apparently, the plan to start a new business development unit has been shelved indefinitely and thus I'm back to square one again :( Honestly, I really do wanna start working again. Yes..I do enjoy being a sahm and Aidan's been a joy but the sense of ennui has been overwhelming of late. I've applied for several jobs and gone for interviews..Had been confident of getting offers especially for those I'd gone for more than 1 interview but yet *sigh*.. Am getting a li' demoralised and disheartenedand my ego's all bashed too. I used to have no problems gettings call backs for interviews and clinching jobs (and was so proud of it too). Can't be so complacent anymore. I guess having been out of the workforce for more than a year plus that the job market ain't very good isn't making my jobhunt easy.
Oh well...just have to try even harder than *sigh*
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Videos
Haven't been posting much videos of late so I shall make up for it here in this ultra long and lor-sor entry :)
Video 1 : Aidan playing ball with us. Can tell from this video how untidy my living room is...
Video 2 :Playing peekaboo with Aidan in the midst of feeding him..he was growling for his food at times..:P
Video 3 :Having his dessert :)
Video 4 :Caleb & Aidan's bathtime
- Current Mood:
indescribable
Comments
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tough to get him to show his teeth lah..heh but dont worry. He wasnt hurt :P..he could even smile at me after that.
Haven;t seen Aidan's videos for quite awhile, just realise Aidan is a big boy oredi!
Yeah..Aidan has grown alot..same as Dayne eh :)
Same thing came into my mind when i read the ST article, what about working mums? I'm concerned not bcos' I'm one, but should have a well-rounded sides of stories, but of course, they are focusing on older and younger mums.
Your LJ entry is not lor-sor lah, i was expecting even longer entry...
I noticed you managed to remove the red-eye at the last photo, very nicely done!!!
My lor-sor comments...
Yeah..i used the pen-brush to paint on the black on the eye :)
Don't fret, the right job will come at the right time.
U'll get to see him again when we do the QE marathon eh :)
me tired from work,
reached home not too long ago.
saw yr pics.
liven up my nite
:)
try to have more rest eh!
Aidan *mooch mooch* u~~
I've gotta agree with you on job hunt. currently looking out to job hop but no avail after sending numerous applications...
*sigh* lets hope the job market picks up then
well, the market is just picking up only, so it might take a while to get a job. hope something pops up for you soon.
There isnt any special software needed to load ur videos..u basically just need a software to edit ur videos and if possible, make the ratio size smaller (eg. less than 5mb preferably) so that it;s easier to load. What u need more is to have your own webspace (abt 100mb at least) to host ur videos. Lemme know if u wanna upload some videos. I helped a few mommies do it but i always tell them if i dun have enough space, i will have to delete the video later (but by then, most pple would have seen it already).
& so many pics..! hehe.. i like.
btw.. mama must remb 2 pluck those li teethy on time when he grow up nxt x ya.. dun 1 ugly pearlies when he grows up nxt x.. hehe.. & then spend $$ on braces..
juz got back memories when i was young.. love it when my teeth gets shaky.. i'll run 2 my gramps.. & she'll tie it with a string 2 e door & SLAM IT..!! hehe..
These are milk teeth so they will fall off eventually..but yeah, will have to make sure that his set of teeth grow well :) thanks.
Ouch..yeah i remember abt the 'door slamming' technique too. Pain leh!!
On the baby issue, I can't agree more. Personally, having longer maternity leave only benefit a certain group, iykwim. I find that having children or not is a personal issue.
Main issue is that they shd cut the focus of having a good education and the paper chase thing. Which may be a bit difficult since we dun have natural resources to rely on, we need to have the brains to compete, which is if the kids we cultivate do have brains and not exam-brains. there are so many so-called smart youngster whom I met who had good grades but lack initiative.
Sometimes I find it too overwhelming to look after two kids and looking for enrichment classes for them and the cost of looking after my husband's three old folks.
Hmm..the paper chase and forcus on education part is kinda hard to do away with..The need to excel is something quite ingrained in our culture esp amongst the chinese race already and i think it's tough to eradicate it..And like what u've pointed out, human resource is one of the few things spore have to offer so they need to have 'brainy' pple is there. I guess it's the way our education is structured that makes most less spontaneous and have the ability to think out of the box..Our education seems to be pure regurgitation style so i hope it's changing.
Oh..im sure it's not easy for u. I always think that i probably wont be able to cope if i do have more than 1 kid (and i dun even have anyone else to look after). Gotta 'peifu' u. Do u have a maid to help u out?
Don't worry too much about the job situation. I'm sure a good one will come along in due time. :)