Cute max...

Perhaps its a second child's cuteness - learning things from the elder sibling...

M is now talking, mostly in bits and pieces or jus babbling some incoherant phrases... Recently (@ 21 mths) fwe noticed that instead of expressing herself in words, she will use sounds or actions: 

When something is nice to eat... She will shake her backside and go "mmmmmmm.....".

When something goes wrong or she "spoilt" something or we go "horrrrr...", she will say "ohhhhh oooohhhh".

When we ask her something and the answer should have been a "yes" (eg did you drop your pacifier?), she would go "mmmm hmmm".

When she is duly impressed with something, she goes "wowwwww" or "wahhhhh". 

Cute max ain't it - learnt all these from non other than sister dearest. Am savoring every moment of this for as long as it lasts and while its still cute...

Didi's first swim! :)

This time round hubby was the one who kept asking me if L was reading for the "swim" at BabySpa. He had signed M up for 20 sessions and we used up about 10 sessions so far.

Luckily, we could pay to extend membership and add L in to use up the sessions. Last week, L had his first "spa" experience at 14 weeks old. His first session was a full "non-stop" 10 minutes worth of kicking session, pausing occassionally for a rest. 

Actually, it's quite difficult to get him full and well rested for the "swim", his naps are so short and sometimes I do wonder if he drinks enough! Looking a little unsure about what is happening...

Apparently he is also very much in love with this chinese staff who would speak to him and he smiles readily in return. 

And yes the big friendly smile... 

This week we return for a second not so successful session... About 5 minutes into the swim, the boy is tired and wants to sleep... The same lady attends to him and guess what! He fell asleep! That's a first! 

Quite impressive and back breaking to bend over to keep rocking this boy in the water so he won't cry... Sheeezzz... 

Hopefully the next session would be a better one! ;) 

I am learning to talk...

For some strange reason, I do not recall N's learning journey for speaking. I can only remember her first word being "bird" and that was after she figured out how to address papa, mama, nai nai and yeh yeh... 

At 19 months old, M is finally able to address all of us - "mama" being an early word she used as compared to N. Uh... The wonders of our bonding through latching. Sometimes in her excitement she would call hubby "mama" too. 

Recently, she decided to join her sister in calling hubby "daddy" - her way of pronoucing? "Da-yeeee"... Lolz

Mother in law has also thought her a few chinese words "饱饱” (meaning she is full after a meal), "我要" or "我也要” (meaning yes I want or I also want and nodding her head), "不要” (don't want), "喝水” (drink water). The other word which she can consistently recognise and name is "ball". She can also say  "要 tu-tu", for someone who can't live without her pacifier... 

Just this evening, we also taught her to say "please"... Well, its kinda wrong because of the mixture of chinese with english - but courtesy right? So M went "喝水”, then I went say "please?". So she said "pi-sssssseeee". Oh well better than nothing right? 

She is at such a fun age now. Must start teaching her more words... ;) 

Ending the post with a picture of my two lovely girls... ;) 

Her artistic talents???

The little gal's form of artistic expression has "moved"... From the "free" expression of one colour to rainbow colouring method, she has progressed to drawing!

The teachers in her new school would give the kids scrap paper to doodle on while waiting for parents to go home (I'm really happy that the teachers allow this if the child prefer drawing to TV).

For about 2 weeks since, I noticed instead of circles, squares and abstract meshes of colours on the paper, she now draws humans. The human and sun had expressions - complete with eyes, nose and mouth! ; )

The accidental friend?

Went to eat at a neighborhood where there was a shop selling household stuff. The shop seems to be run by two ladies and their daughter was there.

We hung in the shop for quite a while because ah gong couldn't quite decide whether to buy the light bulbs or not... The shop owner's daughter was super friendly... She first offered my little gal some "mamee" that she was having. The little gal took it and I reminded her to say thank you.

Well after this, my little gal received transformer stickers (free from the mamee pack) from her. The little gal was at first apprehensive but soon opened up when the older girl began "talking" to her. Both of them even sat at one of the shelves to share the pack of mamee. To me, I hope this spells the start of my gal's ability to socialise and open up to others of her age...

I hope my little gal can also learn the generosity the older gal possesed. Not only did the older gal share her mamee and stickers, she also gave one pack of mamee to my gal to bring home. Isn't that sweet?

Well a picture paints a thousand words, so here it is... Don't they look like they have been friends forever? ;)

Toilet training!

Toilet training is one of those parenting topics that I know almost nothing about. Admittedly, I hate looking at the clock and repeating myself like a broken recorder (You want to go pee?... You want to go pee?...). I am also not into cleaning up puddles of liquid and even less keen when she takes the floor mat to soak up the liquid mess on the floor... Toilet training requires lots of persistence from the parents/caretakers and lots of encouragement so that they feel proud to have accomplished it. :)

My girl's CC teacher told us that the little girl has been indicating that she needs the toilet and will be ready for toilet training. We jumped at the idea since consistent toilet training from Mondays to Fridays is better than just doing it on Saturday and Sundays (where we spend most of the time out). A successful toilet training also means I pack one less item in her bag and saves Ah Gong's money (Note: Ah Gong been sponsoring the little girl's Mamy Poko).  So for 1.5 months, I washed a total of perhaps 4 soiled school shorts. Somehow, the training went so well, she could go to the potty to poo and pee on her own over the weekend.

On Sunday, while dressing little girl for dinner, she chose an inner-wear and told me that she wanted to wear it. Not wanting to "over-stretch" it with the bulky diapers, I told her it's either inner-wear or diaper. She chose inner-wear and off we went for dinner without diapers. After dinner, we stopped by at a Caltex petrol station for the Restrooms. Caltex really pride themselves into providing really clean toilets! It's heaven compared to those dark, dirty and remotely located toilets where sucking your breath while doing your business is the only way out. A great choice for pit-stop toilets (LOL!). So a cool 2.5hours without any accidents! *Phew*

At 2 years and 8 months old, I would happily say that she is pretty much toilet trained (except diapers during zzz hours). Yeah, I am a lucky mum since I no need to clean so many "puddles"... :p

Little girl's toilet woes...

Mother in law was ill today so no dinner at her place. Left work to meet hubby and lil gal for japanese food at Meidi-ya. She was about 2/3 through her dinner when she suddenly pulled up her shirt and started digging at her belly button. Initially we ignored her but with her food still in her mouth she said "痛痛！". I looked at her and she pointed to her tummy. Hubby who had finished his dinner brought her to the toilet after she nodded when asked if she wanted to poo.

5 minutes later, hb emerged with her. She took another mouth of food and started to dig at her belly button. Once again she nodded when asked if she wanted to poo. I brought her to the female toilet, sat her down. Less than 1 minute later, she happily told me "没有了！".

I frowned and brought her back. On the way back to dinner table, she started to clutch her tummy again and this time began to whine... She began to protest, refusing the food, whining very loudly with tears in her eyes and clutching her little tummy and digging at her (getting red) belly button... She also clinged onto papa and refused to let papa put her down.

It was the first time she had reacted so strongly to her discomfort so we decided to head for PD. PD checked her through and found her tummy to be soft (ie not constipated). She still prescribed wind med and depositories to standby.

15 minutes after entering the house, she squatted in the bathroom with the "teh-sai" look. Eventually, she poo-ed happily seating on her baby toilet seat.

Hb and I are on one hand glad that her tummy discomfort was just the normal tummy ache and yet a bit sian to spend $70 for nothing. But both of us are left wondering if she is whining in a bid to get us to rush home so she can sit on her baby toilet seat!!! -_-"

At 25 months plus.... I can???

The little girl has started playgroup in Feburary this year. The proccess of her integrating into childcare was (in the eyes of the teachers) very smooth and fast. In part, I have my mother-in-law to thank. As the little girl's caretaker, she has done a good job in exposing my girl to the school environment (my niece was in kindergarten). Other than her separation anxiety (with her grandma - yes she loves grandma and grandpa to bits), she only cried less than 3 times and each episode is mild.

School's been pretty good as she starts talking in fuller sentences and even learning some mandarin grammar like "已经". My mother-in-law was especially suprised when she sprouted "哥哥已经回来了." as opposed to "哥哥回来了". The school is also teaching them how to undress on their own. She can now remove her own shorts and shoes. For the first time, I saw her wearing shoes on her own. Really happy with her well she is progressing. :)

Just thought I'll blog about some of the cutest/quirky bedtime habits she has ( sometimes I dunno if I should be angry or to let her be):
1. Insist that she be read "bedtime with baby bop" before going to zzzz. U can imagine how frequent I read cos I can recite the book to hubby at IKEA.

2. Will insist on bringing what she claims is "baby 的＂to bed. Insist the item (including her watch n random small boxes) is lovingly put next to her - “跟baby一起睡”.

3. Babbles loudly before falling asleep. Her babble could b an imaginary phone call to someone or random ramblings (in tonight's session she babbles: 爷爷抱。爷爷出去买东西。妈妈出去买东西回来。爷爷抱。去爷爷家ok?) or some comment about what she wants to do tomorrow (妈妈，明天mickey playhouse ok?)

A little update...

The little one is finally off the pacifier during her 19th month! *double applause*

It took about 2 weeks for her to get used to the days without the pacifier... It all started because hubby and I decided to pop by at my grandma's with her. I was ill-prepared and forgot to bring the pacifier along for her lunch nap. She managed to fall asleep after I told her that "Mama, forgot to bring it along". That following night she managed to fall asleep with the pacifier as well.

She started wailing during the lunch nap the next day! Evil mama decided to snip the pacifier and give the remaining to her. Without the teat portion, the pacifier was really nothing much to suck on. So she stared at the pacifier and cried "Tu-tu!!!"... Well after that the worse was over. Her night wakings also stopped unless she is over-stimulated in the day... :)

This is the 2nd and last attempt for her to quit the pacifier. My guess is the last time I tried to let her quit, she was still teething and that made it difficult for her to survive without her comfort object - pacifier...

Before I go to sleep...

The little one has a routine that is more or less the same everyday... In recent days, there are some funny things that she will do that will make me want to LOL (laugh out loud).

I decided to post because it happened once every few days but it's largely triggered by the fact that even hubby noticed it. Yesterday, an irritated hubby came to me and said "She's not sleeping and she's talking on the phone non stop!". 

Just tonight, she repeated her own routine:

Little gal: "Bi Si Si"  (very loud, I do not know what this means!)
(pause)
Little gal: "Uh!" (very loud)
(pause)
Little gal: "Uh!" (very loud)
(pause)
Little gal: "Hao!" (in Mandarin, which means "Alright")
(short pause)
Little gal: "Hao!" (in Mandarin, which means "Alright")
(short pause)
Little gal: "Hao!" (in Mandarin, which means "Alright")
(end)

And this little phone call will be made while she is lying on her bed facing the ceiling. Using her best friend - the pacifier as the cellular phone, which she holds to her ear. She needs to make this very important call before she can go to sleep and I'll be suppressing my giggles at the side.

Cute isn't it?

I can string words!!!

Oh dear, I haven't been blogging for so long and many people might have thought that I have given up on updating! ;p But seriously it's because I have been too busy...

The little one has started full day childcare from 10 August 2010. On the first day, she explored the school on her own and only cried a little after she realised I have walked off. On the second day, she began to be a little clingy but the teacher took over and she was fine. On the third day, she did cry a little when I left, but the teachers all said she did not cry after lessons started. All in, it seems like the little one is adapting well. Of course, she tends to be clingy when we walk into the centre, but after I tell her "Mama will be back to pick you up later ok?", she will just sit there and let the teacher take her temperature. Then off she goes into the centre! : ) 

The only feedback I got is that she clings on to some of her playgroup teacher and refuse to let them out of sight. Other than that, her chewing skills are pretty bad and she takes a long time to eat rice... More than a year of eating porridge must have created the lazy eating habits. But better late than never, I have been feeding her rice for dinner... And I do see some improvements! :)

In the recent 2 weeks, we have noticed that she will sing to herself and after she finishes, she will clap her hands. The songs include an array of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Alphabet Song", "Baba Black Sheep" and some chinese nursery rhymes. Though her singing may skip certain phrases, but hey it is still a song! Other than that, we have been teaching her to string words together... E.g. Wo yao yi ge ( "I want one"). So recently, she could say "Nai Nai yao tu tu". Over the last weekend, she spouted a "Papa say Qi Lai" ("Papa say wake up).

Her vocabulary has also grown tremendously. At least now she can identify things like "car", "flowers", "dog", "cat" and the different parts of her face (e.g. eyes, noses, mouth, ears, hair, etc). When you ask her where is her nose, she will point to hers and point to yours too... To me this is a tremendous improvement from 1-2 months back.

Ending off, every child progress differently... For my little one, I am just glad that she is learning well... And as most parents will agree that it is a miracle before your eyes when they start spouting words and stringing them into sentences...

A tribute to 18 months...

This little bundle of joy is finally 18 months old!

The growth of the little parcel that was so dependent on us is a miracle and the hardship of the initial year seem to have melted away like it never existed. The little girl can now understand most of what papa and I say, do things as she is told (like keep her toys, or throw away her own diaper, etc), communicate her needs to us using simple language or actions and of course run around on her own...

Heres some indication of what she will be in future...

Future Mac'Donald Happy Meal kid???

Academic? (PS: Papa and mama are secretly happy that the little one loves her books)

The great businesswoman? Doing her big business on the phone. :)

It's so fun growing up!

Acutally, it's more like mama and papa are having fun seeing the little girl grow! Her vocabulary has grown, she can say words like "Touch", "Sit", "Bird", "Cat", "papa", "mama", "hug", and more... It's impressive that she speaks and understands these words. She would also understand simple actions and instructions with words like "throw", "keep", "give", "pass", "put back", "take". Time passes so fast and she is beginning to be an independent human being. With independence comes defiance, so she walks off in another direction, refuses to hold your hands, etc...

At Pearl River Restaurant @ Suntec, my parents, sisters and I had dinner! Took a few shots of her trying to feed herself...

Here are some photos of her having fruit after dinner...

Little girl wanted to feed herself using the spoon and most of the food landed anywhere but her mouth. Hubby was busy cleaning her up each time and I told him to just let the mess be... :p~

In the picture, you can see her trying with the fork. When she fails, she would pick up bits of her fruit to put on the spoon to feed herself (not in picture but my sister saw her do it). When lazy, she'll just pop the fruit into he mouth directly... Lolz!

Curiosity got the better of her after dinner and she got up to peer at the lazy susan to see if there's anything nice that she can have...

My Favourite Picture of the Day:

Not many pictures were taken but I do like this one the most... She was suppose to smile... but landed up with a photo of her cheeky self. My little sister asked her to smile but she scrunched up her face till her eyes were only 2 slits (not that her eyes are big n round to begin with)... *faints*

Surely one cheeky look! ;p

16 months already!

Like I always like to say time flies when you are not noticing. She is already 16 months old and in another 2 months she will be 18months! For some reason, I think that 18 months is another major milstone for a child. Maybe it is because 18 months is the time where she will not be considered an infant in a childcare centre enviornment.

Most probably I will send her for weekend classes until she enrolls in a childcare centre. :)

So what has the little girl been up to recently? Well nothing really much I would say but she can walk really well. Meaning she can walk very fast as if she is running. But that also means she will trip over herself.

Behavioral wise, she acts like a "spoilt brat" sometimes. Maybe it comes with toodlers this age where they have realise the meaning of possession... Usually she will listen and follow instructions when I say "Give". But if she is unwilling and u forcefully take it, she will give a "bo kam wan" screech and "splat" on the floor. It is an all too familar scene in a toys store! My strategy is to just ignore her and walk off, leaving her "splattered" on the floor... Usually I will not snatch unless they are items she should not have in the first place (e.g. rubbish form the bin - yes, tell me why she is rummaging through the rubbish bin or dangerous items like glass cups). After about 2 weeks, she does not dare try it on us now...

I decided to train her into having "tu-tu" (pacifer) free days. According to child expert books, infants get addicted between 9 to 12 months (opps, she is beyond tat age!). Whatever the case, I decided to let her go cold turkey without "tu-tu". Her journey started on the night before April Fool's day. It was no joke really... Having to put up with her struggle. The intial two weeks were great and she settled pretty well without the "tu-tu" both day and night. Then something seem go wrong after a night stay at my caretaker's place. She started waking up every few hours, crying madly and refusing to go to sleep unless someone keeps her company in the room. I am guessing a few possibilities:
1) she is insecure because we took away her tutu and about 2 wks later, she slept overnight in an enviornment where she seldom spend nights at; or
2) she is sleeping lesser in the day, making her more cranky at night and possibly not sleeping too well; or
3) she is afraid of the dark; or
4) she was feeling hot (she has some rashes on her back which is believe to be heat rash).

Today I caved in and gave her the tu-tu after close to about 3 weeks of cold turkey. BUT it was only for the noon nap. I wanted her to zzz well for another 1 hr and see if she will sleep better tonight... Keeping fingers crossed...

Memories of my 13.5mth old toodler...

It's been such a busy time for me at work... Usually it will be really late by the time she goes to sleep and I'll be dead tired too... 

At 13.5 months old, she is no longer a baby... more like a little adult and learning new things everyday to amuse me and hubby. Below are just some ratings of my little one's development...  
  
Language development: SLOW
- she's still blabbering baby language but sometimes will try to pronouce certain words (e.g. BBRRRIIIII while pointing to birds.) cannot believe that her first word is not papa and mama! 
Whoever who told me that babies who stick around older kids will learn to talk faster, THIS IS TOTALLY NOT TRUE!!!! 

Understanding Instructions: AVERAGE
She can understand 
- A stern "NO" will make her stop at her tracks, 
- "Give" and she will pass you the item, 
- "Throw" - she will take her soiled diapers and throw them in the bin
- "Go to Papa" - she will strut quickly in the direction where hubby is seated or standing

Understanding vocabulary: AVERAGE
- "Hot", she will immediately pause and not touch the item, 
- "Banana", a head turner! It's her favourite fruit, never fails to catch her attention and she will flash her most brillant smile if there's one in your hands. 

EMOTIONS
- Whine and demands to be picked up even if she happens to trip and fall (This has been corrected. When she whines, hubby and I will just tell her stand up on your own. After 2 days, she will pick herself up.)

- She begins to cry if you snatch something that she's holding tightly to. Using the word "give" will not garner reaction. (This is a behavior which hb and I are still deciding whether we should teach her about)

- Whines and pretend to cry if she does not get a mouth of the fruit you are having (to the extend that she will stare at you with the "Mama/Papa, PLEASE?" sad puppy eyes look. And if hb is hugging her, she will open her mouth wide and bend her head forward when the food is going towards his mouth)

WALKING: GOOD
- Walking is her favourite activity and something which she is best at. When we are out, she walks around full of purpose (as if she knows where she is heading to). Only thing is she will walk right into the legs of unsuspecting adults.  

SOCIAL SKILLS: AVERAGE
- She loves other kids. Especially those with balls and battery operated cars. (she chased after a boy who was on a battery operated car.)


OTHER WIERD ACTIVITIES SHE WILL PARTAKE: 
Pushing her own pram or even the super market trolley - 
Currently her favourite activity, even if it means bending down by the waist to push. And even if it means pushing a trolley that is filled with 3 packs of 5kg rice, 2 bottles of 1 litre oil, 18 tins of assorted tin foods and 6 packets of instant noodles among other things (hubby told me that she was actually using her strength to push the trolley when he let go and yes the trolley moved for over 2 metres... and if hubby did not stop her, she would continue pushing! SUCH strength at this age!!!).  

1 more month to 1 year!!!

Little girl is going to 1 years old! As a mother, I am both happy and stressed up... Happy because it's a milestone worth celebrating! Stressed up because this mother realised that her little girl's birthday party is still in the "thinking stage" (i.e. no invites... only caterer is booked)! *OH oh...*


That aside, here are some of little girl's recent "first": 


Taking (more than) a step forward!
Yes! Amazing isn't it? From just 3 wobbly little steps about 3 weeks back, she is now able to take 6 to 7 steps (3 small ones and 3 to 4 hurried steps to reach mama or papa). And with lots of encouragement and praise, she seem to improve (in the number of steps taken) by leaps and bounds! It'll be fun if she can walk well by Chinese New Year next year (which happens to fall on Valentine's Day too!), both great-grandmas will be totally amazed! However, I note that her motor developments have been pretty fast.

Drinking from the straw!
To this, I would say "FINALLY!!!". I have been trying so hard over the past 2 months on and off to get her to drink from a straw. Yesterday, she finally drank from the mag mag straw! That was after my dad's suggestion last week to feed her water using a real straw. i.e. put a straw into a cup of water. With one finger on the end of the straw, lift it up and put it in the baby's mouth. If she bites, release a little so she knows there is water. If she  drinks from it, release the pressure from the end. The first few times will be messy, i.e. the water will leak out from her mouth. But who cares... 2weeks later, she's drinking from a straw! :) I am so proud of my little girl...  

And another update!!! 

In the "good books" of the Tooth Fairy
Yes, she is one of tooth fairy's well loved child. Since my previous post about her teeth... I am updating that post again! She is having her 7th tooth! Explains her crankiness and excessive drool... And, "sa jiao"-ness (reads whining all the time and wanting people to carry) and not to mention the whatever-I-have-in-hand-goes-into-mouth behavoir... While it's great to have teeth, having 3-4 cutting at one go can be distressing for her (and for me too!). I have been brushing her teeth and gums using the Banana-Apple Flavour First Teeth Toothpaste religiously! This was even before her first tooth emerged.   

Updated chart: 

 

 Ref: http://www.diyfather.com/files/baby_teeth.jpg
*left refers to her left  

Milestone Developments!!!

28 October 2009 - hubby excitedly told me that my mother in law (MIL) said that little girl has started to walk without support and that she can manage about four little wobbly steps forward! : )

I told hubby I wanted to see little girl do her small stunt and no matter how my hubby coaxed her, she refused! But she showed it us yesterday! *YEAH!* Anyhow, I am glad that she is progressing. MIL said she will most probably be able walk by next month even before her 1st birthday. I sure hope that's true. I guess it will be fun the day she can walk on her own! But it also means time to spend more money buying shoes! :)

Other than that, she's started to point. When she sees something that she's interested in, she will point at it. But usually I am a bit slow to respond to her pointing! So next time she points, I shall make it a point to ask her what she's pointing at or bring her closer to take a look at the item!

Milestones... 1 more week to 6 months!!!!

One more week to 6 months! I am rubbing my hands together in glee as my mind spins a whirl-wind of things that I can give to my little girl! From fruits to my all time favourite avocardo and even the prospect of meat/fish (can start after 7 months)!!! It's really boring to be puree-ing pumpkin only... And the other root vegetable that my PD suggested is carrots (ARGH! they are all orange in colour! - BORING!!!) Then again, I can open the Healthy Times cereal for my girl to try! I sure hope she likes them! :p 

Anyway, there are some stuff which I will have to postpone for as long as possible:-

1. Sweet Potato (this was a scare... one of a fellow mother had to deal with her infant's bloated tummy after starting on this)

2. Egg White (due to allergy - only can give egg yoke. Whites will have to wait till 1 yr)

3. Peanuts (oso due to allergy. wait till 1 yr lor)

4. Ikan Bilis (this one is my personal choice. Since babies aren't suppose to take salt and sugar. Most ikan bilis is preserved dried with salt. So rather than risking it I rather cook her porridge with some fresh meat/pork ribs/fish from the market)

5. Wheat (oso due to allergy)

Last night I puree-ed the organic pumpkin and used the Baby Cubes which I bought to store them in the fridge. This morning, my hubby brought it over to my mother in law's and my girl had it before her milk. She could not finish the entire portion (so have to dump it - no recycling!!!), but she drank about 2.5oz of milk immediately after.

The past almost six months has been a roller-coaster ride for me... From helplessness (seeing her fall sick) to happiness (seeing her chuckle) to elevated senses of wonder (her physio developement)... It's perhaps these emotions that make people want to have more than 1 child. It's a miracle to see how that tiny little blob of "meat" in your womb can grow to be a breathing being! 

Anyway, my girl has been officially awarded Masters with Distinction in some BaBy Development (BBD) modules: 

BBD Module 1: Flipping from back to tummy

BBD Module 2: Flipping from tummy to back

BBD Module 3: Bull-doze crawl (refers to moving from Pt A to B by dragging her head into the mattress n lifting her entire buttocks and feet to push forward)

BBD Module 4: Navigation (ability to move in more than one direction/change direction)

BBD Module 5: Tummy crawl 

Other modules that she is currently taking includes: 

BBD Module 6: The REAL crawl (heard that this module will take super long)

BBD Module 7: Sitting up

Actually, motherhood has became more joyous now that she is able to respond to our calls and even chuckle endlessly when we make funny faces or noise at her. Other than that, she can grab stuff pretty well. Which means that she can actually put her "tu-tu" back on her own... But the flip side is, she can also grab and throw her "tu-tu" on the floor when she feels like it, or throw her teether and any other things on the floor!

"Lion roars the sweetest music. Thank u Wah Sing Che Che!"

Amazingly, when you clap your hands to say "Bao-Bao" (i.e. carry), she will put her hands in your outstreched palms. As I carry her from her armpits, she will push forward into a kneel position and push a lot more to the standing position (so that I can pick her up more easily). 

Other than what I term as "amazing feats", I sure hope she is going to get some teeth soon. Her occasional bouts of crankiness always never fail to make me go like a broken recorder "What is wrong with her huh???".  But I must say that Dentinox is a life-saver for me. It's safe for babies to use from birth for teething discomforts. It can be bought from pharmacies! :) 

"EEEEeeeeeee... I have NO teeth!"

PS: When your baby starts to turn then crawl, the mat you see my girl on is super! It's expensive but a good investment! At least you have the assurance that she won't hurt herself should she decide to slam her face on the floor! :) It's a Paylon mat from Korea.