Pineapple of the year

I have forgotten to put a live pineapple fruit in my living room in conjunction with the Chinese New Year. Chinese have a belief that pineapples are associated with money due to its cantonese dialect pronunciation: "Wong Lai" which means "Money Coming In". Everyone loves to have more $$ in their bank account, isn't it? So Chinese will put a pineapple (or more) with the "head" (leaves) on top of the pineapple intact. However, normally they will get those with 2 "heads" (the more, the merrier), more "Ong", which means even more prosperous, then more $$ coming lor!!

This year, one of my pineapple plant have lots of plantlets top and bottom. Thanks to the garbage enzyme. I will post more on this yummy baby once the fruit is ready to be munch on..... Can't wait....















Before I pluck the fruit off the plant.
















Top of the fruit (the head).















Bottom of the fruit.















My "Ong" factor in the living room.
Everyone loves it. Lots of Wows and Aahhs from it. :)

Hair Scrub.

2 weeks ago I went to my hairdresser for a hairwash and a hair cut in time for Chinese New Year celebration. You got to have to put on not just a beautiful face but a good hair cut as well, right? The "hairwasher" guy keep asking me to invest in their special hair scrub treatment coz I kept having dandruff on my scalp. I was skeptical and kept thinking that's another commercial product ruining my health.

Hmm, it kept me ponder, can I make a hair scrub myself?? I've never heard of such product, been searching on the net, no such product either.... How can I make one myself...??

Suddenly while washing my hair today, I look into my basket full of beauty stuffs in my bathroom, I remember I have a container of plain sea salt somewhere..... I rub it into my scalp after 2 shampooing (either using organic shampoo twice each time, or once with baking soda solution and organic shampoo), rub generously with the salt all over my scalp for I guess a few minutes, then my scalp starts to sting, rinse off, condition my hair ends organic conditioner.... After blow drying my hair with a dryer, I noticed that less dandruff are falling off my scalp!! After checking in the mirror ...... Hahaha guess what, my scalp are almost as a baby scalp!!

Talking about saving your money on commercial products, you can get lots of cheap beauty / spa treatment in your very own kitchen........ Yuppiii, another new "invention"..... hahah.

Practice crawling.

Now YanYan is a 4 months old baby at a whopping 7.7kg weight!
Her cousin Justin who is 15 months weights the same 8.6kg?!!
And YanYan is still 100% breastfed!

And yet, she still can't flip over. Probably too heavy ?

Being anxious, I tried to put her on her stomach so that she can learn how to crawl. Trying to skip the change sides and flip over steps.









i'm trying.....










still trying.....

















YanYan: Mommyyyyy, help meeee!!! Woooaaaoooaaaa...
Mommy: Oops, sorry babe, mommy so mean huh...

Reaching out.

Today I noticed that YanYan is reaching her toes. Another new big step.














































Holding her toes while sucking on her thumb!! A future acrobat, haha.

So many expression in just a few minutes.

Thanks to modern technology. You can take pictures in moving mode. (the running mode in your camera)

YanYan's many face expression in just a few minutes.

Koala Bear of the Year.

No one can beat me! I'm the Koala Bear of the Year!
Baby YanYan clinging onto her dad like a Koala Bear.

First day CNY.

Today is the first day of Chinese New Year. Happy prosperous CNY every one.
















YanYan: My very first Angpow. hehe.

Active little one.

This photo was taken at 4.59pm.















This photo was taken at 5.10pm.

Amazing. She has just made a 45 degree turn in just 11 mins!!
The crib is always in a mess after each turn. I have to change her back to original position all the time. If not, she'll crying for help if her head touches the side of the crib...

Waaooooaaaa, Mommy help meeeee!!!!!!!

Hair loss after postpartum

A huge chunk of hair fall off while I was rinsing off my hair after a shampoo today. That's really scary. Although I have anticipated this for a long time since I'm pregnant, but have never thought it would be this scary.

A Handful of hair.....each time I run my fingers over my scalp!!

Now Worrying over baldness.......oohhh, must be ugly...Hopefully not...

Have to get a short hair cut soon....

Just read on some tips on Hair Loss after Postpartum:

http://www.articlealley.com/article_200704_61.html

http://www.hairlaserremoval.co.uk/hair-loss-stop-postpartum.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_4840704_hair-loss-after-having-baby.html