BWR cards.. all done..

i am prepared to go into labor now.. all things done.. so, now is waiting game *shucks*.. am 36w+1d today..

these are the cards that i have done.. now, dun tell me #2 is always deprived of new things.. these are new!.. i didn't do any for ken last time.. or rather i only printed one Nursery ryhme.. since ken is born in the year of sheep, i printed "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (actually is Year of Goat!.. goat is not sheep.. what was i thinking then?!?).. and besides those words there's one sheep jumping over the fence.. that's the only Black/White stimulation ken had.. heh.. btw, i changed the last line to.. "And one for the little boy whom Ken is his name".. BTW, do u think ken will grow up self-centered? all nursery rhymes song which hv name are being replaced with "Ken"..
e.g.
"Are u sleeping, are u sleeping, brother Ken, brother Ken.." or
"Ken-boy had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.."

Wonder when later he goes to school, he will think teacher teach wrongly?!.. How come it is no longer his name being sung? heh..

Tributes!! I need to thank Marie for shamelessly taking her graphics from her blog - Our Little Story.. and,
lynntan.. for shamelessly asking her to loan me her laminator.. she even let me use her laminator sheets FOC!!.. bless her kind soul.. really grateful to hv known/met such nice friends as these 2!!.. unselfish and kind! rare gems indeed.. ;)..
THANKS.. and *muack muack*..

Add on:

Researchers have discovered that infants not only prefer to look at high contrast graphics, but that such images can help:

• increase concentration skills
• stimulate the creation of synapses (brain cell connections)
• increase an infant's attention span
• calm a baby (when she is bored)
• enhance curiosity

Recent advances in brain-imaging techniques have proven what researchers have said for over twenty years: an infant's environment has a dramatic affect on brain development.

In the first years of your baby's life, the brain is busy building its wiring system. Activity in the brain creates tiny electrical connections called synapses. The amount of stimulation your baby receives has a direct affect on how many synapses are formed. Repetitive stimulation strengthens these connections and makes them permanent , whereas young connections that don't get used eventually die out.

These first years are a very important and pivotal time for a developing young brain. This intense period of brain growth and network building happens only once in a lifetime. We as parents have a brief but golden opportunity to help our babies stimulate the formation of brain circuitry.

When u read the last line, don't it make one feel guilty if one do not do something abt it.. geez.. i shdn't be reading and making myself feeling guilty.. ha ha.

err.. do they look alike?

as compare to the left lower pic?..

P.S.. this is for some homemade flashcard i'm going to make for bb#2.. For the first three months, babies enjoy contrasting colors and patterns, especially black and white.

breech no more.. phew..

and i hope bb will stay kuai-kuai with his head down until labor!.. the last 2 weeks was of much anxiety.. was worried sick that baby stayed breech.. went on my fours e'day and did those cat stretches exercise.. ken is most happy when i'm on my 4's doing those cat stretches.. he will crawl beneath me and attempt to do cat stretches right below me like this..

then ken will giggled himself silly.. that funny lil boy of mine!.. heh..

here are some links that i have "researched" on breech baby and of optimum foetal positioning.. (a forum fren of mine, joanna, shared with me some links too).. in case, anyone may need it?

• Prenatal Breech Issues
• Baby Is Breech, Now What?
• Get Your Baby Lined Up! - Optimum Foetal Positioning
• Exercise for relieving backache and helping to get your baby in the anterior position
• Heads Up! All About Breech Babies

nesting instincts thus begun..

gosh.. my nesting instincts have started.. not only am i clearing my wardrobe.. i clean up my digital photo album as well - categorise, rename, re-categorise, move ard.. and back up to DH's hard disk.. and today ken was extra cranky.. cry and cry.. can't imagine in between consoling him, i can still rushed to clean my wardrobe and clean up my folders!.. my time may be near, but i'm worried cos bb is still breech.. can feel his head stubbornly just below my ribcage.. despite on my fours, doing knee-to-chest exercise, talking, shining light at my bottom, playing music at the bottom.. bb still stubbornly upright! (tried hypnotizing - sp?, but can't.. my mental block is too great!).. getting paranoid here.. coming wed will see my OB and praying hard that bb will just be co-operative and turn down!

meanwhile, here are some of ken's pic.. and more on EM's mob.log.. can scroll scroll to see more

buying a hope?

ha ha.. i'm turning into a true blue aunty!! look today got this

have u bought ur tix of hope? ;)

Editted to add: hope is crushed.. :(.. shd hv use the money to buy ROJAK!!! *yum*

life on hold..

due to