First flight (with own seat)

My baby has grown so much that he is now eligible for a seat of his own on a flight. We took a short flight (less than an hour), just the two of us. I wasn't sure if I could handle it if Andrew decided to throw tantrums or cried from the pressure on the plane. Thank goodness it went on smoothly.

First thing first, the moment we sat down, I put on the seat belt for Andrew then myself. While waiting for take off, we entertained ourselves with in-flight reading :) Then not long after the taxi off, I gave him something to munch. He was ok with the taking off. In fact, he fell asleep not long after that! And it was uneventful all the way. Andrew slept through the landing and woke up only when the plane came to a total stop! Awesome right!!

Overall, I'm glad it was uneventful and I hope Andrew enjoyed his flight.

First jab for Project 2.0

The blood test taken showed that I have normal amount of eggs reserve but it is at the low side of normal. With some discussion and calculation of my period, we decided to kick start immediately. So, first thing is to have myself injected with growth hormone in hope of getting better quality and healthier eggs. Since during last IVF, I only managed to have less than 5 eggs, so instead of aiming for quantity, we are going for quality now.

I had the first jab on 12 July 2014. I'm not sure what is the dosage but it's "25 clicks" on the pen. In the meantime, I am also taking Vitamin D, Folic Acid and Omega 3. I will need to have 2 more growth hormone jab on the next 2 Saturdays!

Here we go

We have decided to go on another round of IVF in hope of starting project Andrew #2. We went to see Dr F last Wednesday and had my blood sample taken to test on how many eggs do I have. This is something new that I didn't do last time before having Andrew. So... here goes!

Back to basics

I have been getting worried with some lack of development or missing milestone. So I'm going back to basics with some of them and I got to pin point where and what did we miss.

One of them being not always responding to his name being called. Secondly is his lack of eye contact - which has improved lately. Thirdly, finger pointing.

Let's not get ourselves with too much on the plate. So will be working on these for now.

I read this article and find it to be useful and will work on this for item #1 on the list. So yesterday we started our reward system. He got 7 "rewards" and I must say we really gotta work on it harder. Today was much lesser earlier in the day, maybe because he was "angry" with me for making him to sit in the public toilet for his big business. He has this thing about public toilet and will just refused to use it no matter how desperate he is. And so he wasn't too interested to do ANYTHING that I asked of him. But later in the evening, he responded a handful of times - this is after me letting him joined me in the kitchen while I cook. Recently I bought him some pots and pans and cooking utensils that he can play with. He seems to enjoy himself very much and this is one of his creative play session.

Favourite playground

Little Andrew is not a fan of playground since his first experience - be it indoor or outdoor, he is just not into it.

So one day, we went to Ikea and they have this children furnitures and toys on display in a section at the entrance area. It was filled with soft toys, toy kitchen cabinets, toy cooking utensils, tables, chairs, cars, etc. Andrew immediately felt right at home! He was playing with everything there! I didn't expect him to be so mesmerised by the play area that he refused to leave - BOTH TIMES we went to Ikea!

Money saving tips- no need to bring your kids to expensive indoor playground, just bring them to Ikea!

It's been awhile...

I have not been updating any new progress about Little Andrew lately :( I seriously need to work harder to keep it up!

We travelled by car a lot and occasionally we travelled up north and the journey will last for at least 3.5 hours. Little Andrew has been doing this since he was little. And has no problem dozing off in the car or staying in his seat when he is awake.

But sometimes, some entertainment must be on hand to keep the little one occupied. So snacks like cookies and fruits are always abundant! Toys to keep him busy. Sometimes we draw and lately reading, well more of staring and flipping. Well, whatever it takes to keep him at ease :)

S.T.R.E.S.S.

I had this eczema out of nowhere. And I had 2 serious case of outbreak in a span of 6 months. I never had eczema, not ever. I thought that it might be due to hormone imbalance.

Then these couple of nights, I started to have insomnia. So bad that the other day I didn't sleep a wink, or maybe I did but definitely not more than an hour of sleep in a span of 36 hours! Again I thought that it might be due to the tea that I had.

Tonight made me think about why all these problems. I guess my denial to even think that little Andrew needs help in his development made me stress? I'm not sure.

He still can't talk or say any words that really make sense at 28mo. He kept repeating "bao bei" and lately he will say "mum" for food/milk. But that's about all that he says. Oh one more is "Ahm" when he sees me getting his meal ready. He does babble a lot but not talking and this really made me worried. Well, more of in denial and putting it all to "boys talk later" but how long can I use this excuse right?

And his lack of eye contact... I actually see some improvement but could have been more or better.

I am so worried sick in a way that he is autistic. I know for sure he is not of severe case because he can take instructions though he chose to ignore me sometimes... but another thing that worries me is he sometimes doesn't respond to his name! So you see... accumulative small little gestures, or rather the lack of it, made me stress.

I think I need to look at it more seriously now that he is 28mo. should I seek intervention? should I seek out for child development specialist? I dread the outcome. This has to be the most stressful event of my life!

At the moment, I am trying to work on these issues with little Andrew and am hoping that it will work out. Again I am stressed thinking if I did the right thing, if I've done enough to help him.

I wanted to enroll him to a playgroup so he can interact with other children his age. Will this help him to behave like his peers? Because I can't help thinking maybe I did something wrong somewhere that I'm not showing or teaching him the right way.

Tonight is the first time I felt like bursting into tears. I am holding it back not to! Oh yes I think my stress level is all time high now.