The Playhouse @Rochester

Mine??

Took baby E to The Playhouse at Rochester Park with a friend and he had a great time!

Lots of toys to keep him entertained and the place is fully air-conditioned so he scampered around in cool comfort. The ball pit was a big hit, he loved picking up and tossing the balls. They were just the right size for his lil' hands too.

Bites Round 2

Left knee

So baby E got bitten again before Christmas and this time I was keeping a close watch on him. The weather had been (and still is) wet and humid which seems to create the ideal environment for mosquitoes to come out and play. I noticed a few small bites on his left leg when he came back inside after his usual morning stroll around the garden with grandma but they were normal sized mosquito bites.

Left thigh

Then in the evening, I noticed the bite on his knee and thigh seemed to get bigger and more red. He also had a fever overnight so we took him to the pediatrician the next day and was given more antibiotics to help with the inflammation.

Couple days after that, found that baby E had a rash on his body that seemed to spread to his limbs and face, went back to the pediatrician and found that he also had false measles. It's caused by a virus so no medication necessary. In retrospect, the fever might have been caused by the false measles.

Poor baby E, in the span of a week, he lost his appetite due to teething, had infected mosquito bites and then false measles. Luckily he recovered in time to attend some family Christmas gatherings.

Technically it's his 2nd Christmas but we did not bring him out last year as I was still supposed to be under confinement.

Merry Christmas baby E!

Baby You Can Drive My Car

Look at me dad!

Baby E LOVES anything with a steering wheel on it.

Earlier this week, we'd taken him to see the pediatrician for a rash that appeared on his body and spread to his limbs. Baby E was on antibiotics for an infected mosquito bite so I thought he might be allergic to the medication, the hubby thought it was a heat rash.

Before this photo was taken, baby E was tired (he'd skipped his morning nap to see the pediatrician) and feeling poorly. Apparently this was the perfect combination for a tantrum / complete meltdown while mommy waits in line with the pre-Christmas crowd at Toys R Us to pay for a toy steering wheel that sings which daddy thought would help baby E feel better.

So in an effort to head off baby E's meltdown, the hubby took him for a walk outside while I continued waiting in line. According to the hubby, baby E went from crying / yelling with big tears rolling down his face to the face you see in the picture above.

Jelly Belly Boy

I'm a happy lil' jelly bean!

Baby E was really excited to sit next to the Jelly Belly statue when we had lunch with my parents at Resorts World Sentosa.

The hand in the picture belongs to my sister, his auntie D.

Water Baby

Bath time!

So baby E loves his evening bath.

He loves sticking his lil' hands under the shower as I fill up his bath, swishing his face towel under the bath water and smacking the surface of the water with his palms. He loves it so much he won't get out of the bath without a fight (and sometimes a bribe, which oddly enough is his seawater nasal spray, he loves that thing).

Baby E would sit in his bath until his fingers and toes turned white, wrinkly and eventually fall off if I let him.

Happy Bagel Boy

Bagel!

Excuse my crazy hair, have lots of new hair growing back after the post-partum hair loss phase.

Baby E really liked the toasted bagel he tried during breakfast on our last morning on board Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas. He was gnawing away and refused to give it up after breakfast so we took it back to the room with us where he continued to play with it.

I can see why some moms recommend giving a teething baby a bagel to chew on, baby E loved it!