Kids @ 17mm f1.8 – Part 1

With the acquisition of the new lens every so often and changes to our family, I find myself having to create new thread series to keep up! This one should be appropriate for a while now though – on account that it’s extremely unlikely we’re going to have more kids than Hannah and Peter, and the 17mm f1.8 is a great all-rounder lens to take pictures of the two of them.

Several months ago when we knew Peter was coming, our colleagues and friends shared with us the new dynamics that would come about – Hannah possibly feeling left out, and also what’s known as the second child syndrome. The latter is something we’ll especially have to watch out for, but just prior to delivery, we were also mindful of ensuring that Hannah would still feel loved even with most of Ling’s time spent towards caring for Peter. A colleague of mine shared what he asked of his friends who visited his second and third newborns – that if they were bringing presents for the newborns, they would also bring presents for the older child too. Hannah was taken care of by Lentor grandparents during the several days Ling was in hospital. So, on her return home, alongside a few presents we got for her (so she wouldn’t feel left out), we’ve also tried to stick to her usual weekend routines.