Want a Blankie for Your Baby?

I have been a faithful reader of Mummy MieVee's blog for quite some time now.

Earlier, I read that her blog is giving away The Pat-a-Cake Baby Blanket  and thus, decided to post this on my blog to share it with all my blog readers.

Larissa is getting a tad too tall for her current blankie and I have been thinking of getting her a new blankie for quite some time already.

I spent some time searching for baby blankets online and I have to say that I was pretty shocked at the prices that they were selling these baby blankets! The average price for a blanket is about $50 USD! Of couse I did not buy! Its a ridiculous amount to pay for a baby blanket, I think.

So now that I read that there is a baby blanket that is similar to those I found online and so much cheaper, I decided to share it with all of you. The blanket does look very plush and minky. I'll also be trying my luck to see if I get the blankie. If, I don't, I'll be buying a blankie still!

Here's the contest details:-

Win Your Own

THREE (3) lucky subscribers will win a The Pat-a-Cake Baby Blanket worth USD35 each!

This is how to participate:

• Subscribe to Mummy’s Reviews™ in a reader or via email (existing subscribers counted)

• Send an email to me (MieVee [at] MummysReviews.com) with the following information:
  • Method of subscription: in a reader or via email
  • Your name
  • Your name in Facebook (to get extra entry mentioned below)
  • Visit Spinkie and tell me (in your email) your favourite print (among the blankets priced at USD35)
  • If you are a new reader, mention how you got to know of this Giveaway
  • Blog / Website URL, if any (to get extra entries mentioned below, indicate URL of your exact post)

• To get EXTRA entries:
  • 1 extra entry: “Like” Mummy’s Reviews™ Facebook page (existing fans counted)
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  • 1 extra entry (unlimited total): For each participant referred by you (e.g. through sharing the Giveaway on Facebook / Twitter / email)
  • 3 extra entries: Share this Giveaway on your blog / website and link it back to Mummy’s Reviews™

Other Information

• This Giveaway is open to subscribers with a mailing address worldwide (except countries that don’t allow participation in lucky draws).
• It will run until 7 November 2010 (Sunday) 2359hr (GMT+8).
• If you are one of the winners, the print of your blanket depends on the stock available.
• The usual Giveaway Terms apply.

Send in your entries now and good luck!

She's Learning To Talk Already!

Yesterday afternoon, I decided to go shopping for sports bra, some sports t-shirts and stuff. I have made up my mind to start jogging at least 3 times a week and for 30 minutes each time to help me shave off some weight. Anyway, I decided to carry Larissa on my Manduca baby carrier.

As we walked into World of Sports, I pointed out the volley balls to her and I tried to teach her how to say "ball". To my surprise, she managed to say "bo". Then, I walked around World of Sports teaching her how to say, "shoes", "shorts" and "balls". She managed "shu" and "bo".

On our way home on the cab, I teached her "eyes" and "nose" and she managed to say "eyes". Her learning to say words is really dependent on her mood. When she reached home, I tried to get her to say eyes to my mother in law but she refused to say anything.

I find that baby wearing really helped in my teaching her cause she is so close to me, I can teach her all the time and this, I feel, does help a lot. At 11 months, Larissa is saying her first words.

What can I say? I'm a happy mom.

As Days Go By...

Larissa is growing so fast, reaching her milestones so fast that I fear I will not be there to catch them all.

It is amazing to see a little human being grow to become a little toddler. It feels like everything that I have done, I do it for her.

As I lay beside her watching her sleep, I can't help but think of how I would give up everything in the world just to be there to watch her sleep. *Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith starts playing in my head*

From a little baby who can do nothing, not even move her hands and legs, she has grown to be a beautiful girl who can stand on her own, unsupported and is even taking small steps. All these in 11 months. There will be so much more about life for her to learn and I will be by her side all the way to guide her.

Its a scary thought that soon, my girl whom I love so preciously, will be influenced by friends and not be as close to her mummy anymore and might even chuck me aside. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the day never comes. I guess no mummies want that day to come. Unless that mummy is like my mummy, one who is extremely bochap about her kids.



My precious sleeping so soundly. She has got my family's signature flat nose. heehee...



Munching on something. Forgot what issit.

 

This is how she sleeps at night. heehee...



How do you forgive?

A man who has strayed?

In my case, my man strayed and it was with someone who had many common friends with me. At times, I ask myself if he did it on purpose. He jolly well knew that sooner or later, someone is gonna confront me with the photographs of them being together. So why did he do it? All he can tell me is that he don't know.

I know in my heart that I can never forgive someone who strayed. The scene replays itself in my head. I question myself why was I so stupid to have married him? I should never have married him in the first place. Why did I give myself such a burden? I should have heed my mother's words and just have the baby without marrying him. Now that I am regretting, what can I do?

He says that he regrets it and wants to make it up to us but I don't see it as so. He is still pretty much the same, I don't think things have changed much.

Why am I not leaving him now? Because there is no one to help me take care of Larissa at my mom's place. I am waiting, for the day Larissa turns 18 months and I will be able to enroll her in a childcare center. Then, I will see and decide if a divorce is the best for us.

Disheartened.

Sometimes, when I look at other mummies' blogs and see all the places that their husband has brought them and their babies to, I really feel disheartened and disappointed.

It feels like my husband is doing nothing, absolutely nothing! Other babies of Larissa's age has gone to the zoo, been to the bird park and to other countries for holidays but Larissa has never been anywhere. Even Larissa's grandfather has brought her out more times then he did.

I wonder why he can made time to go cycling with other women but have no time to bring his child out. Everytime I ask him to bring us to town his excuse will be that he is tired. I really am sick and tired of a man like that.

I seriously should leave him.

What Do You Think Of Make Up?

Do you think that it it necessary for ladies to put on make up before they hit the streets? What do you think is dramatic make up?

Personally, I prefer my make up to be light. A bit of concealer, foundation and then eyebrow. I do know of girls who make it their daily routine to have full make up with false eyelashes. Do you think it is necessary?

I don't know about them but I do find it a tad tedious to have to make up like that everyday. What is your point of view?

Sick!

I haven't been updating my blog for some time now. A lot of things has happened these couple of days. In fact, I met with the woman between my husband. Misunderstandings are cleared and things made clear.

Lies broken and punches thrown. Oh yar, I got into a terrible fight with my husband and I made a police report against him. I was really angry with him. All the things he said when she was around is totally different from what he said when she is not around. Even till today, he is still insisting that he is right.

Whether or not I get back with him is still a question for I know that I will never be able to trust him like I did in the past. What I really wonder is why did he even started with her when he knows that we have got so many common friends? Even if he only did realise it later like he claimed to, he can always stop seeing her but he did not. Sighs.

Anyway, shall wait till after Larissa's birthday is over before I decided if we can still be together. I need the time to consider.

I think this incident has caused me to be so stressed that I actually fell sick. Its really terrible to be sick. Body aches and headaches thats so terrible you fee like there's an orchestra playing in your head. The fever is gone now but I still feel groggy and my head still hurts like crap. One more day of rest before I go back to work on Thursday!

Baking Session!

I took leave on Friday to bring Larissa for her photo shoot session with Amanda! The session is only at 5pm so I decided to pop over to Michele's place to have a practice baking session to test out the recipe for Larissa's birthday cake. 

I decided on a Nutella Chocolate Cake which I got from Nigella Lawson's Recipes. 

Here is the recipe:

For the cake: 

6 large eggs, separated

Pinch of Salt

125g soft unsalted butter

400g Nutella

1 tablespoon Frangelico, rum or water

100g ground hazelnuts

100g dark chocolate, melted

23cm Springform tin, greased and lined

For the icing:

100g hazelnuts (peeled weight)

125ml double cream

1 tablespoon Frangelico, rum or water

125g dark chocolate

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4. In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites and salt until stiff but not dry. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and Nutella together, and then add the Frangelico (or whatever you're using), egg yolks and ground hazelnuts. - For this step, I used a fork to beat the egg whites until they became stiff as my friend's house did not have a whisk! This is totally not recommended! I ended up whisking the egg whites till my finger blistered!

2. Fold in the cooled, melted chocolate, then lighten the mixture with a large dollop of egg white, which you can beat in as roughly as you want, before gently folding the rest of them in a third at a time.

3. Pour into the prepared tin and cook for 40 minutes or until the cake's beginning to come away at the sides, then let cool on a rack.

4. Toast the hazelnuts in a dry frying pan until the aroma wafts upwards and the nuts are golden-brown in parts: keep shaking the pan so that they don't burn on one side and stay too pallid on others. Transfer to a plate and let cool. This is imperative: if they go on the ganache while hot, it'll turn oily. (Believe me, I speak from experience.) - We chatted while doing this step and ended up burning one side of the hazelnuts!

5. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, add the cream, liqueur or water and chopped chocolate, and heat gently. Once the chocolate's melted, take the pan off the heat and whisk until it reaches the right consistency to ice the top of the cake. Unmould the cooled cake carefully, leaving it on the base as it will be too difficult to get such a damp cake off in one piece. - We failed this step though. Could be because we did not add enough dark chocolate. The recipe says 125g of dark chocolate but we only added 100g. We tried whisking for the longest time but the consistency remained the same. In the end, we added more nutella chocolate to the mixture and the consistency was better.

6. Ice the top with the chocolate icing, and dot thickly with the whole, toasted hazelnuts. If you have used Frangelico, put shot glasses on the table and serve -We used only water and not rum or frangelico. Perhaps we can try using rum or frangelico the next time and see how it goes.

Fresh out of the oven

With Icing and decorated with hazelnuts!

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Due to our whisking with a fork(!) the cake did not turn out too well. It was rather thick, did not raise well and tasted like a brownie. Well, Michele has gotten a egg beater since then and we will try it again!

Larissa's photoshoot was cancelled as it rained on Friday and was not a good day for a shoot. Next time, next time!

Raving Mad!

An incredulous thing happened yesterday. I received a message on Facebook from........The Woman! (in case you have not been following my blog, this is the main person in the big affair fiasco)

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The message started innocent enough, with her saying that she had no intention whatsoever to hook up my husband or make him leave me and she would like to meet me out to clarify things. From my point of view, I have clarified things with my husband and there is no any need for further clarification with her. I told her straight that I know it was my husband who was at fault but she is not totally free of fault. She knew that he was married and should have kept her distance, it is not appropriate to be so close that even your friends think that you are dating. Anyway, I have decided to let the matter rest and I will not meet her or contact her in any way. The next message I received from her was her saying that she is going to the police for me threatening her. I wonder when did I threaten her? Anyway, I told her to go ahead if she thinks she has a case. LOL. Silly isn't it?

Later that night, I received a call from her "godsis" asking me out to meet which I flatly turned down. My husband had already told me everything so I don't think there is much to be clarified. She kept insisting on meeting and said that there are no motives and that I can even bring my parents along. Seriously, what can we talk about? What is it that cannot be said over the phone? Ultimate stupidity, in my opinion.

After my rejection, I think she got angry and said that she has made a police report and if anything untoward happens to Sophie, I will be held responsible. Utter disgrace I think, so childish! Going to the police when people don't want to meet her. She thinks she is a three year old kiddo? If she has really got a case then get a lawyer to sue me! Why waste my time? LOL! I think this is the perfect example of what we Chinese say 惱羞成怒 which translates to shame that becomes anger.

If she had done nothing, then why be afraid of tongues wagging? I think it only proves a guilty conscience.

One more thing, why did she get her "godsis" to speak to me? Why can't she talk to me personally? By getting someone else to talk to me, it shows that she has no whatsoever respect for me. So why should I even speak to her.

Am I The Last To Know?

This is what I found on my husband's Facebook. I don't have his password but he forgot to log off so I can see what he left on his friend's account. So, does this imply that I am the last to know about his relationship and his friends all know that they are together?

I questioned him about this and the reply from him was that he and this girl are so close, people all think that they are dating even though they are not. Is this right of a married man?

What are your thoughts on this?

After I checked his phone, he was again, bugging me about his "privacy". How to give a man who cheats his "privacy"?

Please comment and let me have your views.

What Cheaters Say

I came across this website in which people who were cheated by their spouse posted up what their spouse say after being caught cheating. Amazingly, my husband actually said some of the same things!

These are what they said in which was similar to what he said:

My cheater said:

"You are trying to control me and it is not going to be that way"

My cheater said:

"Nothing is happening, we are just friends, and enjoy each others company. You are really blowing this out of proportion"

My cheater said:
"why were you checking my phone anyway?"

My cheater said:
"we are just buddies and nothing else!"

My cheater said:
"The only reason i was talking to her was about us"

So can I conclude that most cheating spouse use the same excuses?

What She Posted...

My husband claims that there's nothing between them but look what I found in his email. 

How do you interpret this? Muaaahhhhhxxxx as in LOL  or as in kisses? By the way, I forgot to add that I never saw this on his Facebook page and he claims that he has never seen it himself. What a big fat liar. 

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Larissa's Milestones

At 10 months 3 weeks, Larissa has started calling me Ma Ma!


Here's the milestone for 8 - 12 months:


Month 8 to 12

MOVEMENT
x Gets to sitting position without assistance 
x Crawls forward on belly
x Assumes hand and knee position
x Creeps on hands and knees
x Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position 
x Pulls self up to standing position
x Walks holding on to furniture
x Stands momentarily without support
May walk two or three steps without support 

HAND AND FINGER SKILLS
x Uses pincer grasp (grasp using thumb and index finger) 
x Bangs two one-inch cubes togetherx Puts objects into container 
x Takes objects out of container (10-12 mos.)
x Pokes with index fingerTries to imitate scribbling

COGNITIVE
x Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing,dropping) 
x Finds hidden objects easily (10-12 mos.)
x Looks at correct picture when image is namedx Imitates gestures 

LANGUAGE MILESTONES
x Responds to simple verbal requests
x Responds to “no” ( She cries when I tell her no and comes crawling back to me!)
 Makes simple gestures such as shaking head for no
x Babbles with inflection 

OBSERVED
x Babbles “dada” and “mama” (Finally!)
x Says “dada” and “mama” for specific person x Uses exclamations such as “oh-oh”

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
 Shy or anxious with strangers (She never is anxious with anyone!)
x Cries when mother or father leaves 
x Enjoys imitating people in his play x Shows specific preferences for certain people and toys 
x Prefers mother and/or regular care provider over all others 
x Repeats sounds or gestures for attention
x Finger-feeds himself 
 Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed



It was really satisfying to hear one's baby call one ma ma. Its like, I am finally being recognized for my months of hard work. Even when she cries out for me, she will cry for ma ma! Awww....I love her! 


She has also started lifting herself up, standing and then letting go of her support! She can even stand and clap her hands! Soon, she will be running all over! 

Abnormal?

I seriously think that my husband is abnormal. Why so? Let me explain...

If you have been reading my blog, you will know the fiasco that just blew over. He had an affair, I found out and I forgave him for once...blah blah blah...Now, let me ask you, what will you do if you are in his shoes? Will you go drinking have have fun or will you stay home for some time, behave yourself and prove that you can be trusted before you start hanging out again? I mean, its something that every human will do right? If you are in the wrong and is full of remorse, you will behave yourself for a while right?

That is what I thought but it is apparently not so! At least not with my husband! He is still asking me for permission to go out drinking, despite the fact that he knows I hate it when he goes drinking. There is no point for me to say no coz he will just keep pestering me that he wants to go. Weird isn't it? Thats why I say that he is abnormal. Perhaps he is simply living in his own world and he does not think that he needs to regain my trust and that I should trust him.

I think I need to bring him to a psychiatrist. There must be something seriously wrong with him.

Everything is alright now...

I have decided to trust my husband one last time and stay with him.

What I can't trust him as in letting him have his own "personal space" anymore. I have become very paranoid and will text or call him to check on him if he does not come home on time. Even when he asks for my permission to go drinking with his friends, I will tell him he is not allowed to go.

This episode has made us more loving though, as I finally understood how I have been neglecting him and his feelings for a long while. I guess my "obsession" with Larissa is too much. Its time I let go a little and not be so uptight.

没有人 No One..

我问你最近认识什么人
你的沉默已经比你先承认
没有 你对我说没有人
我陪你开车兜圈昏沉沉
你的拥抱说著你不诚恳
没有 你对我说没有人
你为他失了魂
你为他从早到晚等著电话
等著没有人 你曾经对我说
这世界上没有人会像我为你
被风吹不冷 哦 没有人
你车上开始出现你我从来不爱听的歌
你曾经对我说
这世界上没有人会带走一点你对我真
待我问候没有人

I asked you who you met recently
Your silence has admitted before you did
No one, you said no one
I accompanied you while you drove around with nowhere to go till we are fatigued
But I can feel your insincere embrace
No one, you tell me no one
You lost yourself for her
You wait for her call from dusk till dawn
You ever told me that you are waiting for no one
You once told me that no one else will love you like I did
You start playing songs that I never listen to in your car
You once told me that nothing in this world can take away your love for me
Please help me say hi to no one

说好的幸福呢?

你的回话凌乱着 在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽 甜蜜散落了
情绪莫名的拉扯 我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌 假作没事了
时间过了 走了 爱情面临选择
你冷了 倦了 我哭了
离开时的不快乐 你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这 真的痛了
怎么了 你累了 说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心 一一细数着 你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻 我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着 要怎么停呢
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你的回话凌乱着 在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽 甜蜜散落了
情绪莫名的拉扯 我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌 假作没事了
时间过了 走了 爱情面临选择
你冷了 倦了 我哭了
离开时的不快乐 你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这 真的痛了
怎么了 你累了 说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心 一一细数着 你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻 我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着 要怎么停呢
怎么了 你累了 说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着 要怎么停呢

How?

I remember the days when we first fell in love, everything seem to be perfect.

When we were trying to capture every second we spent with each another

When we spoke, there was only sweet whispers and loud laughters

We had our own little jokes that only we and nobody else would understand

We need no words and everything would be understood.

As time passed, things seem to change.

Our love lacked lustre, our passion lost its flame, our words cold and painful

How did our love come to a standstill?

When did our hearts lose their way?

Will our passion burn again?

Only time can tell...

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