babee tales

Monday, 14 April 2008

It's been a while since I last updated the blog. Can be attributed to anything, getting lazy, moody, hormones running wild, stressed at work. At times, that desire to just stay at home with nat surfaces so strongly, I wonder whether I should just do it. But most days, I just trudge on.

Nat has really grown into a sweet little girl. Whereas in the past, she would cry the moment a stranger even approached her, all will she do now is to give you a frown, big improvement you know :) although one hopes there will come a day when that frown will become a big smile instead.

Nat's favourite quirks:
Fave drink: diluted ribena
Fave snack: raisins and haw flakes (haha not too much though)
Fave game: hide and seek with mummy
Fear of: lizards and cutting hair
Fave action: pointing at the person when she is angry

I realise now that she is beginning to understand the concept of punishment and anger. She recently dropped the digital camera on the floor and gary scolded her and gave her a smack on her palm. In the past, when we scolded her, she thought it was a game and would smack us back. This time round, she looked at gary, gave her famous pout and had the loudest wail we have ever heard before. Of course, after scolding her and telling her what she did wrong, we did what all baby textbooks advised, i.e told her what she had done was wrong but reassured her that we all still love her. Wonder if it really works? :)

On Sunday, I had grand plans to bring nat to Botanic Gardens for a picnic, you know, a leisurely day at the park, where the kids would run around, kicking a ball, and the parents would lie back on the mat, enjoying the morning sun? Tell you a secret, doesn't work in Singapore.

1. Morning sun in Singapore is actually quite hot, gets you sweating.
2. The park is wet and muddy, so after nat steps on the grass, she's really quite a mess.
3. There are little black things crawling around called ants.
4. Babies have moods, nat did not feel like running around, kicking a ball, all she really wanted was to be carried.
5. Too many people in the park.

The result: One frazzled set of parents i/e gary and me, with mud on their clothes (thanks to nat), a cranky baby, a picnic mat that could barely fit gary and me (my oversight) and not too successful a picnic.

Haha, well, it's alright, there are other occasions, and maybe we'll have more fun next time.