Invaded by Bugs

This whole week is a stressful one for me and hubby. MIL went home on Saturday afternoon and Emily was down with high fever since Saturday afternoon. Her fever went up to 103F on Sunday night, fortunately it did come down after we inserted the paracetamol suppository which caused her to sweat alot. Alot of worries within us as now is the H1N1 outbreak. She showed a few of its symptoms, coughing, flu and fever. Brought her to see the specialist and he suspected it was due to viral/bacteria. So antibiotic was prescribed to her to be taken for 3 days. After the 3rd day the fever came back in the evening, we brought her back to the specialist. This time he suspected ear infection and prescribed another course of the same antibiotics. But I resisted giving to her. Today her temperature is back to normal, but need to monitor more closely in the evening coz it usual rises during this time. This is the worst infection she has gotten since born.

We totally isolated Jared from her, he is spending all his time in our bedroom when at home whereas Emily is sleeping on her own in a different room. Both hubby and I are also wearing face masks when handling her as it could be very contagious.

As she couldn't go to her day care, we had to take leave from work to be with her at home. Wanna thank hubby for taking so many days of leave to be at home with her when I wasn't able to.

Raisin Butter Cake

It has been more than a year since I did any baking. Today, I managed to steal some time to bake a raisin butter cake since there are some guests in our house. I got the recipe from kuali website. This is how the cake turns out, wonder why it cracks in the middle, could it be due to the temperature, the batter consistency or baking duration ? It also didn't expand accordingly. Not a very successful attempt :)
I have used a non-stick springform pan which hubby bought in the US, therefore it's easier to remove the cake from the pan.

Jared at 4 months

Weight : 8.2 kg

Phew..Time really flies, Jared has just turned 4 months old. Last Sunday, we had a simple celebration to mark his 4 months old. MIL prepared red eggs, boiled chicken and "mee sua". According to ancient beliefs, the parents should each feed their baby with egg and also drumstick so that he will not be a picky eater. What a belief...but we still performed the ritual.. LOL..

Look at Jared's expression when he was fed with mee sua (of course he is not able to swallow them).

His milking behavior has also changed since 2 weeks ago. He will refuse to drink milk whenever he is awake eventhough he is already hungry. I tried feeding him while he was awake, guess what he did, he would use his hands and pushed the bottle away. Sometimes he wouldn't swallow the milk and just let it dripped out of his mouth.. Then we found out that he will only drink when he is asleep or half asleep, 5oz will be taken up in 5 mins. Thankfully he has been sleeping quite frequently, though they are just short naps during the day time. Challenging task for both babysitter and myself.

He is now showing more anxiety when strangers try to carry or communicate with him.

There was one day when we left him alone on his bed by the floor . Suddenly we heard him squealing and guess where he was when we went to see him, part of his body was on the floor and he was trying to lift his head up high. We now have to be more careful on where we place him as he is starting to learn to turn sideways.

All in all, he is still as adorable as before, smiling whenever we play and talk to him.

Japanese Egg Molds

I have been wanting to buy the Japanese egg molds ever since I saw them in some of the blogs that I read about bentos but I was unable to find them in Penang. However, today my wish came true as a friend of mine who came back from Japan bought a set of 2 egg molds for me. Will try to steal some time this weekend to try it out and I am sure Emily will love a molded egg :).

This might be the start to my bento sets adventure but before that I need to build up stocks for bento boxes and accessories. If anyone knows where to get bento sets and its accessories in Penang, do let me know.

Shi Hui, thanks for the wonderful gift.

Our Little Pianist 2

Emily had requested that I do a video recording during one of her piano practice sessions. And I thought I might as well post it in this blog site.