Travels with Isabelle & Sebastian

Here’s wishing all of you Gong Xi Fa Cai! May the new year of the Ox provide you with the strength to BULLdoze through all challenges that stands in your way and reward you with cashCOWs.

Corny? I know. :-p

2009 started with many firsts in this family:

• Isabelle started attending nursery with daycare
• Sebastian has gone to Isabelle’s babysitter to be babysat Mon-Fri
• Mommy decided to jump from one ship to another
• Daddy’s final exam is drawing near, he’s  started burning early-morning oil!

I can’t believe I’m starting work tomorrow. I’ve been on leave since delivering Sebastian last October (almost 15 weeks of not working, 10 of which I spent as a full-time mom). I decided I’m not cut out to be a stay-at-home mom yet, not when my kids are so dependent and demanding. I’ll think about it when they’re much older.

Isabelle loves her “school”. Despite having to drag her out of bed every morning, she gets excited about going to school, meeting her new friends and teachers… once she’s fully alert, that is. The school provides daycare in the afternoon after the morning classes. They feed her solid food, the menu is repeated once every 2 weeks to avoid boredom. So far so good. Her teachers tell me she finishes her meals every day. She may be last but slow and steady wins the race. I’m quite impressed actually coz Isabelle refuses rice, chicken, vege etc at home. She only eats porridge, koay teow, noodles or bee hoon only. I hope she starts eating solids at home soon.

As for Sebastian, he’s growing and developing faster than what I remember of Isabelle. Yesterday daddy and I took him for his 3rd month vaccination at the paediatric clinic. Alas daddy decided not to go through what we went through with jabbing Isabelle himself. At 14 weeks & 4 days, Sebastian currently weighs 6.05 kg and stands at 61.2 cm. What a significant difference!