Mommy's random thoughts

Hey Boy Boy!

How is it going in there? Feels like there is a party going on. You seem super active at night, to which your Po-Po has said: Serves Mommy right for being a night owl... Boy Boy, you shouldn't pick up Mommy's bad habits hor, understand?

Nowadays, because of time constraints, Mommy's source of entertainment comes from retail therapy (i.e. online baby shopping). But we haven't bought much stuff for you yet. Just the big items: crib, car seat, stroller, carrier and that cute winter jacket. We also received some hand-me-down toys from kind friends. Tomorrow we will go and look at a second-hand bouncer that a neighbour is selling. Trying not to buy so much till your Po-Po comes, so that we can at least have some activities to do together (garage sales!!), given that life can get pretty boring here...

Next week we will have another appointment with Dr H. Heard that we will be doing a oral glucose test. I have always wondered how those things tasted like. Weight-wise, Mommy is still a little on the light side, but I am not too bothered by it (I hope you are not too!) since it has always been that way, and I don't skip meals anymore.

Right now, Mommy is kinda worried about our pet guinea pig, Kopi, who hasn't been eating well since yesterday. Given that he is a senior citizen (5 years old, which is probably about 50+ years old in GP years), he needs more TLC than usual. Going to bring him to the vet tomorrow if things don't improve. I guess there is one similarity between pets and babies -- you can't get them to tell you what's wrong.

Update:

Brought Kopi to see Dr Wolf today. From the mucus on his nose and paws, and his laboured breathing, it looks like he has a respiratory infection. Poor Kopi has to be hospitalized and given some IV antibiotics. Apparently guinea pigs can't really breathe through their mouth, so when they have blocked nose, they feel reeeeaally suffocated. I heard that guinea pigs don't do very well when they get pneumonia, but Dr Wolf said Kopi's paws still look pink, which means his blood is still quite oxygenated. Hopefully he can make it through!