Time is flying waaaaaay too fast! There are moments when I wished for time to pause, so I can immerse myself in this moment with the kiddo. But alas... time waits for no one and we just got to cherish every possible time and capture the memories as much as we can. Really thank God for the 4 day work week as the extra day with him is way too precious. Have been using the free day to bring him around on mini play dates too.. though he is still too young to 'play'...
Every morning, Mok and myself would be reminded of God's faithfulness and love as we see how He is watching over the little one.
Bb E is getting increasingly adorable and sweet. There will be times when he would demand a hug and then, straighten himself so he can get a good look at you, smile, then proceed on with hug number 2. Awwwww... melts x 3024304034903!!
He is progressing so fast that I am losing count of his milestones!! Here are some for memories sake!!
TEETHING!!
His 2 bottom central incisors decided to find their way out in month 7. During the initial period, we noticed that bb had learnt a new trick, which was to stick out his tongue. We thought he picked it up from someone till we saw 2 white spots at the bottom gum. He was actually playing with the tip of the teeth. Teething period was tough! He would wake up many times at night (due to the pain?) and would sometimes stay awake for straight 2 hours in the wee hours! This crankiness lasted a couple of days and he suddenly just went back to sleeping through the night one day.
The peace was short-lived as soon after, his top 2 front incisors started to emerge, early in month 8. The crankiness returned and this time it is worse than before as the top 2 incisors are really huge! It emerged after a week plus.
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| An example of him touching his teeth/gum with his tongue. Love how cheeky he looks here ;p |
POOOOHING!!
HIs favourite trick for now = POooohing(Take a deep breath and pooooh the air (and saliva) out through your lips. When it first happened, we were so tickled by it. But it soon became irritating as he would poooh during meal times, when his mouth is full and poooh when he is upset, in your face. It became serious to the point that I had to semi-discipline him when he does it during meal times. Pains me to have to discipline him though ... he would stop whatever he was doing, and look at me with those 'PUSS IN BOOTS' eyes... errrkkkk... and I have to 'act firm' while looking at him.
SNACKING
Introduced snacks to him towards the tail-end of month 7. His first snack was pigeon's rice cracker which he kind of enjoy sucking. However, the biscuit tends to stick to his lips as it is rather dry and sticky. Not my favorite snack for now. Second snack was the banana puff from Gerber! My US spree finally arrived. And HE LOVES it!! He can take about 6 puffs at one serving. Hopefully it helps him to learn to chew?
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| The biscuit looks too big for him.. |
MEALS
He is taking 3 main meals now and 3 milk-time in between the meals. A typical day's schedule looks like this:
730am: 210ml of milk
930am: Brown rice cereal, fruits (banana, kiwi, apple or avocado) and 90ml to 120ml of milk
1230pm: Brown rice porridge (served with a combination of any 2: tofu, pumpkin, sweet potato, chicken, fish, spinach or brocolli.)
3pm: Snack, if any and 210ml of milk
630pm: Brown rice porridge (served with a combination of any 2: tofu, pumpkin, sweet potato, chicken, fish, spinach or brocolli.)
1ST HAIR CUT!!
We did not shave E's hair when he turn a month old as he had cradle's cap then. We decided to bring him for a trim on 8th Sept 2012 as his sides were getting way too long and were tickling his ears. We went to our usual hair saloon but our hair stylist was not there. I remember telling the hair stylist that I did not want the hair to be too short, so just a slight trim will do. But next thing I knew, she took out a shaver and off went his hair! Think there was a miscommunication somewhere!!$#@... but it didn't turn out that bad. He fact, he looks really cute after the hair shave! Haha..
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| His long mane.. but I kinda missed it though. He looked really mischievous and cute here. |
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| Smiling sweetly at daddy, totally oblivious of the danger his hair was facing... ;0 |
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| Haha.. he looks so stunned here! How apt! |
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| ITS NICE AFTERALL! OUR HANDSOME PRINCE DARLING!! |
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TANTRUMS!!!
He throws slight tantrums now! SO fast??!?!!?!?! Especially when you take away something that he was playing with... he would cry for quite a while till you distract him or return the item back to him (We are not for the latter though...). He also doesn't enjoy the jumperoo, which he loved previously.. and the play pen. I would have to put in his favorite toy so as to distract him while I'm placing him in. He would coil his legs if he senses that we are putting him into the jumperoo and would tensed his legs and stomach muscles so we can't get him to sit when its the play pen. Babies are so smart! How they know of such tactics?!
ABILITY TO GRIP
I observed that he is able to grip stuff really well. He is also very observant and would sometimes notice the small and fine details. For example, I bought him some coloured balls, in my bid to lure him to stay put in the play pen... well .. succeeded for like a couple of days??.. -_-... any case, he was able to hold n to the balls really well! It's as if there's tape on his hands and the balls just get stuck to his palm! A handball player in the making! - just like daddy! ;)
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| HANDBALL-Bring it on!! |
CRAWL!!!
My baby can crawl!! He crawled his first crawl - 4 steps in early month 8!! And he is rather sturdy now by mid month 8. which also means, our eyes must be always on him! He is also showing signs of wanting to pull himself up to stand! Though he can't hold his weight yet.
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| Looking really pleased as he attempts to stand ;) |
Random shots
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| Enjoying his ride on daddy's shoulder |
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| Bonding time with cousin Joel. Find their expressions really amusing here... |
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| Bonding time with cousin Matthew! Love their smile!!! CUTIE PIES!!! |
