Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Hannah has been exploring the range of her vocal capabilities lately whenever she has some ‘me time’ after feeding and interaction with mommy. She would hit low drumming notes and then swing to high screeching ones. Sounds like somebody’s playing
It’s here finally! The H1N1 vaccine is now available in Singapore. I’ve called a nearby clinic to book for vaccination for two (Yang and I). Surprisingly, that clinic is charging less than the polyclinics. I looked up the list of
It was thunderstorm outside our cosy little home and every time the lightning flashed across the night skies and deafening thunder ensued, I expected Hannah to be frightened and start crying. She didn’t. Just a few days ago I was
It is easy to make Hannah smile and laugh. Jasmine has been saying that she’s a happy baby. That’s probably the reason. :) Recently, I discovered that tapping a pillow can trigger laughter from her. I managed to capture it
Toyota just unveiled their new hybrid luxury sedan called the ‘Sai’. The Hokkien in me bursts into laughter when I read about it on the papers. Would any self-respecting ‘towkay’ (boss in Hokkien) buy this car? ‘Sai’ in Hokkien means
Hannah received considerable amount of clothes as newborn gifts from our parents, relatives, friends and colleagues. And I noticed that many of them were designed to be worn for outings. Hannah seldom got to step out of the house in
During my late pregnancy days, whenever my students cheered for something in school and I happened to be in the vicinity, Hannah would move and kick in my womb. My form class girls kept nudging me, their form and science
The one thing which really upsets parents, especially first-timers, is hearing their babies cry. There are many books and websites that deal with the issue of crying and after doing a bit of reading up and going through Hannah’s crying
That’s right, Hannah is daddy’s girl. Let’s look at the following evidences: 1) She resembles daddy. 2) She sleeps like daddy, i.e. with her arm over her face. 3) She burps better when daddy burps her. 4) She is attracted
Hannah has been on total formula when I stopped breastfeeding her after 3 months. I have developed my own way of preparing formula milk after starting off with the recommended method. The main reason for doing so is that the
Hannah can roll over at last! :) Initially, I was worried about not giving her enough tummy time to strengthen her neck and back muscles for rolling over. Her paediatrician assured me that it was alright. So on one fine
Must be the global warming that’s making the days here in the tropics unbearable. I hope that more folks will do their part in cutting down the carbon emission. As for me, I make an effort to totally switch off
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