Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
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
You’d be surprised at the one thing we burn through faster for Hannah than anything else – and it’s not diapers. It’s tissue paper! One thing she does a lot when she’s in her cutesy mode is drool, especially all
Now that we’re bringing Hannah to Sunday morning service, it’s opportunity galore for Ling to dress her up in Sunday’s best. Here’s a dress that Ann brought Hannah during a visit in the first few weeks: At the
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
Ling had picked up a wet suite for Hannah from Vivocity recently, so had been planning to bring Hannah down for a pool side dip with me along to take pictures. Here’s the outcome of the second pool outing this
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
We’ve observed of late that Hannah’s been increasingly sleeping while lying on her belly, and when she’s woken up, would typically be using her arms to prop herself up from bed. Her arms sure are getting stronger at that –
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
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