Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Going potty over poopoo!
Last week we finally bought a potty for the little ger. Have read that it may be too early to potty train rigorously now but have heard anecdotes that if introduced carefully and properly early, there should not be any adverse effects. And in way they may start to associate poo poo with the potty!
On […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Talia Ann by Jaime
Friday, July 27th, 2007
How to calm a crying baby….
I discovered a way to calm Talia Ann when she fussed and cried when she was 1-2mths old. I knew it was unorthodox, but it worked every time I tried on my girl.
The Japanese uses a similar way and they even featured it on national television.
The sound that soothes babies is in the range […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Children Development, Talia Ann by Kevin
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
the creeping terror…
Thought it would be fun to show how the creeping terror looks like when she’s in action…she loves to creep up on cookie ger and grab her fur…so the little furball runs the minute ze terror is put down on the mat!
This was taken early this month when she’s 7 months old…now she creeps even […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Talia Ann by Jaime
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Talia said “Ba Ba!”
While I was going up the stairs just now, my princess called out to me “Ba Ba!”. She probably wanted me to stay and play with her.
I could not believe my ears, I asked our helper who was carrying her at that moment and she said she heard “ba ba!” too. My mum […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Gracelets, Talia Ann by Kevin
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Shopping for a high chair
After a month of shopping for a baby high chair, we finally found what we wanted. The two requirements are that it must have a 5-pt harness and the feeding tray must be adjustable. The Fisher Price Space Saver has these features but it was not sold in most shops. We were told that […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Talia Ann by Kevin
Monday, July 16th, 2007
My Dad & The values of Traditional Chinese Medicine
As a Chinese brought up with over 5,000 yrs of accumulated chinese values & wisdom behind him, I learnt from my great grandpa, my grandpa and my dad that basic healthcare services should be freely accessible to anybody, rich or poor.
In fact, Talia’s late grandpa, a retired antiques dealer turned Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Thinking Aloud, Family by Kevin
Sunday, July 15th, 2007
Healthcare: Michael Moore blasts Wolf Blitzer on CNN
Many things that Michael Moore revealed a few years back became the truth and now he gets his UNCUT airtime on CNN. Just 10 mins, but enough for some of those ignorant Americans to listen to some truths.
Michael Moore said, “…Removing the private insurance companies from the equation, we shouldn’t have profit involved when […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Thinking Aloud, News by Kevin
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Solutions for Bloody issue….
I was very upset the entire afternoon after learning about the late Madam Swee Lay Kuan, the mother who died due to excessive bleeding in Raffles Hospital. As a shareholder of Raffles Medical Group, I was deeply disappointed.
I tried to seek answers from a few medical professionals, but found many avoiding the issue. […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Thinking Aloud, News by Kevin
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Not enough blood for a dying mother…
First world healthcare services!!!??? World class Medical hub? Is Singapore a Medical Hub that does not have enough blood to save her own SINGAPORE Citizen?
I just learnt about this via Jseng’s posting on Tomorrow.sg. A woman died in Singapore on Sunday night after excessive bleeding.
From the news clip: “After the delivery of her boy-girl […]
18 Comments » - Posted in Thinking Aloud, News by Kevin
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Baking…
Hmmm…everybody seem to be baking recently. K made a UFO sandwich cake, Fannie baked cup cakes with Ethyl and Jean started Grace’s Bakery with Grace of course.
Well, I did some baking too.
While searching for some Oreo to make Oreo Muffin, I found some cashew nuts in our pantry. We shall have 8 […]
