Ashlynn - The Paper Shredder 17 Nov '08

From today onwards, I am an official SAHM (erm.. until Jan 2009). So I am taking care of ashlynn full time. Wah, she can really be a handful. Really look up to granny who has been taking care of her while I was working.

The first day with her kept me busy for the whole day. I really cannot leave her alone for even a minute. If she is quiet, she is definitely up to no good. This blur mummy here left her to eat paper a couple of times within a day. Daddy is going to kill me.

Incident #1
She finished her breakfast. I wanted to go wash up the utensils so I thought she looked quite engrossed in the tv show, so I let her "roamed" about. When I turned back to check on her, she was biting off the corner of the Straits Times which I left on the coffee table. I checked the papers, it is damp but still intact. So she didn't get to eat any "dessert".

Incident #2
I drove her to ah ma's place. I was quite tense as the journey was very long - Simei to Ghim Moh. Recently, she has been rejecting the car seat, so I was worried that she will start throwing tantrums in the car. Luckily she cooperated. But when I reached the carpark, her face was starting to cringe. So I quickly unbuckled her and carried her onto my lap while I tore the parking coupons. She tried to snatch the ones I was holding so I decided to give her the last page of the booklet which was the calendar. She started chewing. By the time I took out from her mouth, a big corner was missing. I tried to dig out, but she kept her mouth shut tightly. I got ah ma to help dig out, but she simply refused. Finally, she decided to swallow it. Oh no...

Incident #3
She had her milk and vomitted some out (dunno why recently she is regurgitating quite frequently). Instead of using her hanky, I decided to be environmentally unfriendly and used a pience of tissue to wipe her mouth. It got stuck on her lips and her tongue was so quick to sweep it into her mouth. This time we managed to dig it out from her mouth. Phew.

Next time, we must really be very careful about placing paper near her mouth. It seems like she enjoys eating paper.

Mummy