Friday, 29 February 2008

Thought it would be meaningful to make an entry on this date, since it comes about only once every 4 years. Anywayz, some updates on my baby's developmental milestones.

1. Nat is officially a toddler. What this means is she "toddles" everywhere, somewhat like a little robot, with both her hands flapping at the sides for balance. She's really quite cute when she does that.

2. For the longest time, I was wondering why nat refused to take her solid food i.e porridge or rice. Had me rather worried for a while. Then I brought her to the paediatrician who enlightened me. We had been feeding her milk every 3-4 hourly just like when she was a baby. Look at it this way, if I were shoving 180ml of milk into your throat every 3 hours, I seriously doubt you would feel like eating anything during meal time. I'm glad to report that with some slight adjustments in her milk intake, she is taking her solids once again.

3. Nat is now familiar with the following words:
ball, cat, dog, rabbit, mouse, umbrella, shoes,fish

When I ask her what happens if a cat comes along, she will immediately pat her chest indicating she is scared ... haha ... something interesting I taught her some time back. In fact, if i ask her wat happens if mummy's scared, she will quickly pat my chest as well before giggling away. We do this every day, gets me laughing and she seems to enjoy it.

I'm also teaching her some parts of the human anatomy ... haha ... so far, I've only had success with the 'ear' and she is able to point to her ear when I ask her where it is.

It's been a great 1 year with my baby. Some days, I wonder how I ended up with this little bean that is so dependent on me and I have no more freedom to just take off somewhere to have fun with gary. But these are rare moments. Most days, I thank God for this little blessing in my life.

Sunday, 24 February 2008

Nat cried a lot yesterday nite, no matter how I tried to pacify her, she still persisted in her crying for more than an hour. I wonder why babies cry? I figure after you've satisfied a baby's material needs like milk, cuddling, diaper changes, if they still persist in crying, it could be just general moodiness. Just like us adults, somedays we juz feel miserable except that as adults, we control our emotions and don't end up crying. I think having Nat has really built up my patience, after the one hour of crying, I still continued patting her and speaking softly to her, didnt lose my temper at all. After all, she's only a baby.

On another note, we also met up with our baby frens yesterday. It was a good meeting as I hadn't seen all the other babies for such a super long time. Everyone has grown so much, thinking back when we first became friends in May 07, all the babies were so tiny. Now they are all on the verge of walking and look so super cute. It's great having these bunch of friends. They know what I'm going through with nat and vice versa and are a great form of support for me.

During lunch today, we stopped by this Jap restaurant at Paragon for a quick lunch. Nat seems to like the soba noodles and was busy slurping it strand by strand. However, all the activities of the day must have tired her out, she actually fell asleep in the middle of munching a soba. It was quite a funny sight!

Sunday, 17 February 2007


Baby nat is a water baby, wonder why, since i did not swim much when she was in my tummy. But nevertheless, it's great. At Julia Gabriel's she enjoys herself immensely whenever it's swim time. Yesterday, me and gary were debating between going shopping or going home to nap, when I suddenly had a brainwave. Why not stop at the Jacob Ballas Playground at Botanic Gardens? The timing was kinda odd, so it would probably not be crowded. In fact, we had already brought nat there once when it first opened but then it was too crowded and nat a bit too young to enjoy herself.

Not this time, nat had a great time, although mummy did get a little wet but I guess it's fine, all in the name of good fun for baby. I still remember a few years ago, when I was walking at Botanic Gardens with my mum, the construction of this playground was still ongoing and I often thought to myself, how exciting could a playground be? Well, I must admit, it is certainly quite an interesting place for kids and their parents to hang out. This is a place we will probably visit more often, although, I think I will keep to going at odd timings to avoid the crowd.

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

I have been doing flashcards with nat occasionally. Nothing fancy like those expensive flashcard programmes in the market, just something I bought from a kid's store with colourful pics and big words.

Today I went through the stack of cards with nat again, reading to her the word and emphasising on the phonics of each word. Later, when I showed her 3 options and asked her to pick the correct word, she actually got it correct at least 80% of the time. I'm really amazed. Maybe there is some merit in going through the flashcards with nat daily, although sometimes you really wonder if she is listening :)

Monday, 11 February 2008

It's been a while since I last blogged. I also don't know why I've not felt a desire to blog these past few weeks. Nat's birthday was on 5 Feb. We didn't have any big celebration, just bought her a cake which she seemed to enjoy. Been kind of moody ... no particular reason ... well, nat is still the sunshine in my life :) best of all, she can walk, albeit unsteadily, you'll often find her plopping herself butt and all on the floor, she's getting there though and I think she'll be running about in another month or two.