Its finally time!

Yes, its finally time for me to start bringing Danielle out alone.... to TOWN area!!

Yup, before I only dare to venture somewhere nearby our place. Eg, Bukit Panjang Plaza with Dani. Because our pram isn't the one hand fold kind hence it's difficult for me to carry her and close the pram at the same time.

It's till one fine day, I decided to use the ergobaby carrier that my hubby bought when Dani is a newborn. So now I'm hands-free and I am able to close the pram while carry her!

Blumberide - Our compact stroller..

Today was a very good day for me to try out being out with Danielle n myself.

So early morning we went to SBCC for her 6th mth vaccination and after that I hopped onto a cab to ICA building with Danielle to collect her passport. Thankfully I pop Danielle in the carrier, she fall asleep from Gleneagles all the way to ICA. Taxi Uncle was kind enough to help me carry the pram out and I open it and place Dani in her pram for her to sleep...

Chatting with mummy while waiting for her turn to collect her passport.

Collected her passport and I decided to have lunch.. So off we went to take MRT together. Thought that its around lunch time hour, might as well head to Marina Sq cause it seems to be the only mall nearby that won't be so crowded as compared to Raffles City and Bugis.

So I alighted at Cityhall and walk thru the Citylink.... Went up and down via the escalator with Dani safety buckled. Getting the hang of traveling via escalator with Dani in pram cause it's really a pain in the neck to wait for lift only to know that you're unable to enter and have to wait several times. Alot of faster & easier to travel via escalator.

First MRT ride with Mummy!!

Thus far, I think I can manage with going out with her alone. However when we went it, its a weekday so shopping malls are generally less crowded as goes for public transports. So I'm going to try out another time on weekends to see how we can managed!!

I'm so excited to bring Dani out!! Yeah to Mother - Daughter Bonding + Shopping time!! ^_^v

Xoxoxo,
Felicia

Mother's Day off - Comes with a Price.

I often wonder if it's the hot weather recently in SG or my weird hormones in work, I feel frustrated easily.

Simple things that my hubby does, makes me feel annoyed.
Like when I'm supposed to meet him at this work place and when I reach, I couldn't hold get of him. Because he is smoking in some restricted area and the mobile reception is lousy. I get pek chey trying to call him several times.

Or things like whenever I decided to take leave from work to do my own stuffs, he will pop out something and I gotta change my plans because of his suggestion.

Now that I'm a parent to Danielle. My off days usually comes with a price. Why? Because I gotta to pay the nanny extra to look after her on weekends. And I dun get the nanny to look after her every weekends cause it's so precious for me to bond with Danielle. But I'm still Felicia, I still need 10% of my energy and time to be spent on myself.

And I get very pissed off if that off day, I can't get my errands done or things / place I cant go.

I wonder why these people just don't realised that as a mother, it's damn rare for me to have my off day all to myself.

Why can't they just let me go do my yoga, pamper myself with spa, do my hair or nails?

End of my auntie gumbling...

Chasing after your Dreams

Guess as a mother now, I've different sets of priority. Things that was once my basic monthly or half yearly pampering is now an indulgence.

Things like doing my hair, nails, brows and occasionally spa massages. Well, these are my indulgence now cause I can't spare the time to do all these now. If I wanna do my beauty treatments, I gotta find time, take leave from work or place Danielle with her nanny. But I am still thankful that her nanny is always available to help me.. At least I have that 10% time to myself.

Aside all these little beauty treatments that I treat myself.. 1 thing that I've always wanted to do is

TO TRAVEL ALONE!

Yes, so far.. I've only travel alone to states to meet my ex bf. So basically the traveling from Singapore to San Francisco, I'm alone. But to travel and set foot in a country alone, I've yet to do so.

It's my little wishlist that I can do that. I always wanted to go somewhere for 3 week - 6 weeks, immersed myself in the countries' sight and couture. Live like the local ppl do and maybe take some short courses here and there.

See, when I have the time.. I don't have the guts and money to do so. And when I've the money and guts, I can't leave my daughter without her mother for so long.

Source: Pinterest

Guess its always good to live your dreams while you can.. before other commitments tie you down.
And as for me, I guess I can only live my dreams when my daughter is older and maybe if financially and time allows, I might even get my hubs and her along to fulfilled my dreams and my husband too (that's if we are thinking of the same thing along the same line).

Source: Pinterest

Someday... I will be like this picture above.. Sitting in the tub with a glass of sparkling wine in my hand and ponder... that I've achieved my dreams..

It's time for us to dream big and pen it down so that 1 day you can actually strike off and say, I've done what I've dream!! Fighting!!

Have a great week ahead!

Xoxo
Felicia

Too cute for words

 A child is every mother's obsession... so I falls into that category.

Danielle is growing up pretty well.. Hit all her tiny little baby milestones~~ I'm a proud mama when I see her flip over to have tummy time and when she starts holding toys, soft books and her milk bottle!

I will protect you till you're grown and then I will let you fly free. But loving you, that is for always.

Just had a monthly vaccination with her PD at SBCC Gleneagles! Dr Tan gave us the go ahead to feed her baby food!!! Yeah~~

I can't wait to feed her apple pureed!! 

So last weekend, I decided to let her try out Apple Puree.

Seeing her expression, makes me lol!!! I'm such an evil mother...

Tasting the apple puree in her mouth

She gives me this expression cause the apple taste abit sour!! Cuteness overload lah..

Okay, maybe it's just me who finds that my daughter is super cute!!!! Hahahahaha

Now that she starts to eat abit of solid food, it's so much fun! I can't wait to give her pear flavor puree. See if she likes it.

And we bought her to her first swim at BabySpa @ Westgate.

It's damn cute to see babies swim and do you know that babies are naturally a swimmer??!! Plus all babies love being in water!!! I think my girl might be a mermaid in her previous life.. hehehhe

See that she enjoys being in the water soooo much!! 

Its a pity that she can only be in the waters for 20 mins cause it's her first time. Something to do with, wanting the baby to get use to be in water and wearing the neck float.

I'm kinda tempted to sign the package with Babyspa though. They have a 10 session package @ $350.

Well, if I can find a good and cheap 1 hand fold stroller.. I wouldn't mind bringing her to the Babyspa every weekend...

So right now, I'm waiting for Baby Fairs to start. Heard that Aug & Oct there is one coming.

Hoping that they will have vendors selling baby strollers that accept trade ins.

Can't wait to knock off from work and get home asasp to Dani girl..

Xoxoxo,
Felicia 

Babies don't Keep..

A poem from Ruth Hulburt Hamilton depicts motherhood..

To remind me that as a Mother.. I have to place Danielle first and let the rest (unimportant stuffs) go...

Mother, oh mother, come shake out your cloth!Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,Hang out the washing and butter the bread,Sew on a button and make up a bed.Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking!
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby, loo).Dishes are waiting and bills are past due(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stewAnd out in the yard there's a hullabalooBut I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo.)
Oh, cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,But children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep.I'm rocking my baby. Babies don't keep.

Taken when Danielle is around 2 months plus

I do agree that as a new mum.. I'm still trying to balance out my own needs and my baby's needs.

See, I've been me for the past 29 years. All these while, I've been taking care of my own needs and wants.
And now that I've Danielle.. I've to learn to put her needs and wants before myself.

This is something that I have to learn. Cause there are time where I still wish to go holiday alone without her.
(Sounds like I'm a bad mum eh..)

When that little thought cross my mind,  wondering if I can go holiday and leave Danielle with her nanny?? I will take her pictures out and see. See that she has grown so much over the span of 4 months, make me let go of the thought of gg away.

Cause I don't want to miss every milestone and achievement that she has hit. Babies don't keep.

You will always be Daddy's Girl & Mummy's World

Taken when Danielle is 4 and half months old

 Right now, this girl is able to flip over to her tummy and lift up her head high.
Able to hold her own milk bottle (for a little while)
She is also starting to recognize places and people. She knows where is her infant care, her nanny place.
She knows that these places are where we place her in the daytime so that mummy and daddy can go to work.

I felt miserable that her nanny / ah gong / ah ma even daddy is bonding with her much more than me. Esp this whole week cause it's the peak season at office.

Tomorrow is Saturday, decided to forgo yoga this week so that I can spend the weekends with her.

Can't wait to bring her out for walks and spend some bonding time at home! Going to stock up some pictures books and gonna read to her!!

Have a great week!!

Xoxo,
Felicia