Tag: baby

  • #joy

    Things that bring us happiness these days tend to revolve around Kai. His name in Japanese means “The World”, so he’s our world after all. We’re happy all of the time because we have Kai. Happiness tends to be an enveloping state of mind. But there are little moments that happen throughout that are just…

  • I will not eat full-grain mustard again

    Photo by Cynthia Blue We haven’t hit the sweet spot yet where Kai sleeps through a night. He made 5 hours for two nights this week, but we’re now resigned to them being flukes. Maybe he’s not eating enough and sleeping too much during the day, we’re not sure. And going on guestimates based on…

  • Baby Kai’s Day Out

    OK, it was our day out. Having stayed home for almost a month (trip to Mum’s house for celebration not counted), Naomi and I thought it’d be good to get out and let Kai announce himself to the world, H1N1 notwithstanding. And announce he did, with big, heartfelt cries when it was feeding time when…

  • Ang Ku Kueh

    Because we need to buy these to give away, I twittered the universe and asked where I could get good ones. The answers are still coming in, and I thought I maiswell share them with you here: Ji Xiang, Everton Park Bengawan Solo Sweet Surprise Ng Kim Lee (Chun Tin Road) 2nd level, Tiong Bahru…

  • Ginger and Fred

    A couple more things struck me about having a newborn – your home becomes like the opposite of a zoo. Your friends want to come visit and see the new baby, and you have to tell them, sure but not during feeding hours. The other thing is, with the help of the confinement nanny, we…