CNY is juz round the corner















17 Jan 2009
I am currently 11 mths old. Next mth, I'll be 1 yr old!
Daddy Mommy always said I am a big baby now...haaa...Mommy bought 1 more set of CNY clothings for me to attend a CNY party, which is organised by the infant care ctr. However, sad is the red color went off and affected the yellow portion...sigh...

I say STOP !

Fell down at the ending

Enjoyment - Porridge, DVD & Cooling wind






















End Dec 08
- stand without support much longer
- climb up a low chair
- crawl ard the whole hse though still forbidded to go to those restricted zones

1 Jan 09
- stand up on the chair
- pincer grasp skill improved,knew how to use pincer grasp to grab lil biscuit from Daddy

8 Jan 09
- can point out blue,yelllow,brown from Nemo bathbook,and recognise 爸,妈 from the flash cards
- know how to initiate peek a boo myself

10 Jan 09
- learning to stand up from sitting on gnd
- Walking w support getting faster & steadier
- climb down the bed myself,even when both Daddy Mommy are still inside the bedroom.
- said "dog" when saw Fifi (chiwawa) at grandma's place.

16 Jan 09
- crawl into room to look for Mommy.
- Start to take 1st step out (without support) by myself

Changing diaper while standing




















I can call mama & da di when demand for something. I likes to play with water alot. I will wave bye bye to daddy aft we got onto the car. Worse is I change diaper while standing and playing. No more lying down to change diaper anymore. Thumbs up for Daddy Mommy, for able to do so!! Heheee....

Playing with Daddy on the bed - 29 Nov 08





Teething again




At 9M, I have my 5th tooth shown…and more to come as I start to become very cranky. My teething stage is real suffering. I’ll wake up at night several times crying…appetite affected and required feeds during the night which I supposed already kicked off this habit of night feed. Daddy & Mommy got to apply Dentinox teething gel to soothe the itch / pain of my gums in the middle of the night when I cant sleep and keep on crying.

l LOVE FReedom!




My playpen with toys inside for me to play.
However I don’t like to stay inside, I love freedom!

My progress of 8th Mth old




















At 8M, I can “catwalk” with Daddy & Mommy’s support but only for a short while. Daddy always said how come I walk like a snake….haha.

At 8M2W, I can pull myself up by holding on to something. Its easy….hehe…
Will stand and hold on as long as I can then “bong”, my buttock down it goes, then I will laugh. Mommy and Daddy will laugh too. I don’t know when I should sit down so let nature takes its course lor…haha. I don’t like to sit on the baby car seat so Mommy needs to give me toy to distract me. After some time, this method also cant work anymore, so we try playing dvds and luckily it works.
Sometimes I’ll say mama, mum mum, dada, papa,….
There is 1 night, I sat up and say “mum mum”….haha…so Mommy immediately went to make milk while continue to laugh…so funny. But I dun always say mum mum when I hungry. It all depends on my mood. I have also shown pincer grasp skill at Baby Jumper gym lesson.
At 8M3W, I can cruise around by holding on to furniture! And I can crawl towards my target very fast!! Not only that, I can walk quite a distance with Mommy’s holding on to both of my hands. Mommy is busy practicing me to wave goodbye to people. Whenever I am excited, I’ll tend to wave my hand in a more exaggerated way. I start to laugh louder even when I playing toy myself. I’ll laugh too when Mommy / Daddy runs towards me. I like to befriend with other babies or children. At times, I can even stand without any support for few secs.
I can speak nan nan, gaga...Mommy said my real voice is so cute...

Change to new Infant Care Ctr






On 6 Oct, I have enrolled to a new infant care ctr. Why I change ctr?…hmm…very long story but is definitely an unhappy one for me and Daddy Mommy. They totally cant tolerate the ctr mishandling and negligence anymore. Despite wasting the registration fees and new registration fees incurred for new ctr, Daddy & Mommy still decided to change for the sake of my safety.

Wonderful smile

A wonderful smile from ME early in the morning becoz I knew I am going out today!!

Outing @ Vivo










Outing at Vivo City…again…is a nice place for families like us mah.

Next milestones

At 7M, I am starting to eat porridge. But I still prefer cereal & bread a lot. Mommy is so happy whenever I showed her the satisfying look when eating cereal & bread. However eating porridge is a nightmare. There will be food all over my face, legs, hands, highchair and floor…Oh gosh!! I have a bad habit when eating. I will be easily distracted by surroundings so the one who feed me will be in a sorry state.

At 7M 10days, I am trying to learn to stand up by holding on to something like Daddy’s & Mommy’s legs. Especially when Daddy Mommy lie on the bed, I love to make use every part of their body to stand up…hehe..is so fun.Just within 1 wk, I able to stand up by holding on to their legs without their help…YEAH!!!

At 7M2W, I have my 3rd tooth showing out, at the front of my upper gums. Seems like my side tooth also coming out soon. No wonder I keep on drooling and “biting”…
I also mastered the skill of lunge forward to all fours from a sitting position and back to a sitting position.

8th Wedding Anniversary










Today (19 Sep 2008) is Daddy & Mommy’s 8th wedding anniversary (from the day they ROM). Cant tell from their faces, right? We have a wonderful day at Sentosa and Vivo City.

Eating baby bisuits

At 6M+, Mommy gave me baby biscuits to try holding it and eat by myself. I still don’t know how to control yet. Havent swallow yet I still want to bite some more. Thus Daddy teach me how to eat slowly.
At 6M+3W+4D, I can sit upright without assist for longer time. And I also mastered the techniques of crawling…just that cant crawl very fast yet. Mommy is so happy to see me can crawl and sit. I’m really good at making sounds by using my lips & tongue…lots of different type of sounds…haha. I love to pull Mommy’s hair even tough she tied up her hair, I can still find my way to pull. Quite a lot of her hair been pulled out by me. I love to grab Daddy’s spectacles also.

Recent progress of mine

At 6M2wks, I can lunge forward to Daddy / Mommy by bottom shuffling (scooting around my bottom), in crawling position. Getting faster & faster. I yet to sit by myself without support for too long. If I don’t choose to move, I can sit by myself by leaning forward to hold / play with my toes / toys. However I like to move around so I wont be sitting still for too long.
Daddy bought Baby Einsten DVD(2nd hand)(26 titles) at $60 for me. Mommy hopes that I can be attracted to it so she can hve more time to rest/do something else. Playing with me needs a lot of energy as I like to stand, jump, roll, walking around when carried. Thus really tiring for Mommy so she needs something to distract me at least for a moment.
Haa, as for now only those cute & colourful puppets attracted me. Then I’ll start to feel bored when there is people start teaching and I’ll start making noise too. And when puppet appears, I’ll be quiet again…
At times, I seem to be able to recognise my name when Mommy calling Ashton. But at times, it seems that I don’t know Mommy is calling me.
I’ll mouth every objects…no matter what is that. Mommy keep on telling me “NO!!” but I’ll just ignore her. There are times I will get frustrated when Mommy don’t allow me to mouth my pacifier / my fingers.
I’ll also drag the toy I want to myself…but not playing, is just trying to mouth it…*(Mommy sighs…)
I sleep with Daddy & Mommy on their KING sized bed. Although the bed is big but Mommy always have little space to sleep. Because of me lor, likes to shift from the ctr to Mommy’s side, resulting Mommy got to sleep at the edge of the bed. Whenever I woke up before Daddy Mommy, around 6am+ (average), I’ll wake up Mommy by holding / “smacking” her hand then keep on “calling out” to her…until she open her eyes. Poor Mommy…. During wkends, naughty Mommy also will “shift” me to face Daddy, hoping I’ll go and disturb Daddy instead. Haa, but most of the time, I just didn’t do what she expected. Daddy said this is natural for babies to turn to their Mommy…as we can sense Mothers’ love…

Cereal

At 6M, after 3 tries of weaning of cereal, I managed to master the skill. I can hardly forget how happy Mommy is…she keep on laughing…and “Ah, Um” when Daddy is feeding me…Daddy & Mommy also bought Heinz fruit juice for me to try. Haa, I don’t like apple flavoured but love blackcurrent+apple. However I still hate water, like going to kill me.
I’ll stare at Daddy Mommy’s food when they are eating. I want to eat too!! When Mommy is eating bread or drinking from her water bottle, I’ll try to snatch from her. When Daddy is feeding me with cereal, I’ll also try to snatch the spoon from him and of course the bowl too.
Besides rolling, I’ll do mini push-ups during playing time.

Food poisoning! sob sob...

On one evening, whenever Daddy / Mommy stepped away, I cried…think I need assurance so much as I feel unwell. Mommy was devastated, upset & worried. Yes whenever I fell sick, Mommy will be sad. But last wk (2 – 11 Aug), is much more serious.. I have ulcers inside my intestines which resulted blood streams in my stools. PD said is intestine infection due to food containmination/food poisoning.Possible causes are hands not washed after visiting toilets / hands not washed after diaper changing for an infant suffering from diarrhea, etc . I suffered from diarrhea, fever, vomiting(abit) last wk. I visited the PD for 3 times in that wk. Milk changed to soy type…drank 2 tins. But most feeds, I cannot finish. Mommy was so upset that she cried… However I considered quite a brave boy. I can play and smile to them. So when Mommy worried/upset, I will smile to her, trying to tell her not to worry so much, I’ll b alright…PD said if gets worse, got to send faeces for lab test to detect the type of bacteria in order to prescribe the correct antibiotics for me. I slimed down abit too…can seen from my clothings and diaper…
Currently i can toss very fast…keep on rolling here & there. Thus got to start baby proof some areas liao. Daddy bought more alphabet foam mats at toys’ rus and also baby proof the edges & corners of their bed. But diaper changing getting difficult liao coz I keep on tossing. Can u imagine changing diaper with poop poop…Mommy is nearly turning mad when she trying to control me from tossing while changing my diaper with poop poop. Haha..but Mommy started to get the hang of it liao…oh no…I cant toss as I like liao…

Toys...Hurray!

Daddy & Mommy recently bought quite a few toys for me at Toys’ Rus…Hurray!! They are unsure of what kind of toys I would enjoy so I gave them cues by showing interest to grab the toy. Then “the tha”…they caught the cues and make their way to the cashier…haha. The items they bought are big Elmo plush toy, Elmo puppet, soft book and Disney soft teethers.
The soft ball is a gift from Aunt Yingyun. Thank You, Auntie Yingyun!
Probably I love those bright primary colors like red and yellow. Grandpa & Grandma also bought for me some “fruits”…hmm but seems too big for me to grab. Thus Mommy kept it well and will let me play when I am ready.