Your Daily Food Intake @ 6 months

At 6 months, mummy gives you 2-3 meals a day. Your milk intake has reduced from around 20-24 oz to 16-20 oz daily. We've changed your milk to PROMIL (Wyeth) Step 2. Your S26 (Wyeth) Step 1 was only for babies under 6 months. There's a nice vanilla smell to the new milk. You show no preference to either milk.

Your new diet includes:

Breakfast is usually Nestum Rice with milk added from the tin. It's nice, sweet and smells yummy too. You take this very well. I think we have a little sweet tooth baby in our hands.

For lunch (and sometimes dinner when the time and your mood is right) mummy feeds you pumpkin/carrots boiled with rice into porridge and then blended. No salt or sugar for taste. I read and hear this is not good for you at this stage. Grandma insists mummy put a little flavoring so you can enjoy it better. I'm still considering. We'll wait and see how you take vegetables. Within the next three days, mummy will experiment with some spinach. Yum!

Snack time. You take OJ from the bottle now. We still get that funny look from you at the first taste of the juice. After a few sips you seem to be ok with the whole tangy flavor. Mummy just got you Farley's Rusks. You enjoy rubbing the biscuit on your gums to soothe the irritation from teething. Fruits - bananas you take with a little water to ease swallowing. Again you seem to like sweet stuff. Today mummy is going to give you some papaya for the first time. We'll see how things go.

mummy

xxx

Another reason for our trip to KK....

This is your great-nenek. She can't wait till you visit again. Great-nenek can't forget your face and wishes grandma could kidnap you for a month! Hehe.

The Face Of An Angel

Who's lovin' her chiu-chiu?

Hey there baby boo, why the angry face?

Your first experience in those baby chairs attached to supermarket trolleys. We are at TESCO Kajang.

This is you with those folded in lips - your lips are sealed! Oh, and your daddy looks a little nutty here!

You're My Everything

You're a falling star, You're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.
And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, When you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
'Cause you're my everything.
Yeah, yeah

So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La

Baby Boo

This is mummy's name for you right now. Isn't it the cutest?

So much has been happening with you. Let me see....

1. You have no problems turning over and supporting the upper half of your body with your forearms. It is an almost instant process which surprises me every time I see you do it.

2. On the 16th November 2007, while still groggy from waking up in the morning you kinda uttered your first syllable. You sounded something like this, "laaah". Mummy was shocked and shed a little tear. Can't imagine what your first word will be. If you say "mama', you would send mummy floating in the clouds for at least a week.

3. There were these few days (a month back) where you would fold both your lips in and seal your mouth. You refused to open not even for nenen. We'd make you smile and still your lips would be tucked in. I will soon post a shot of you doing this. You melt my heart.

4. Recently, you started to roar like a lion. You sound a little like a baby monster. Mummy is tickled-pink every time you do this. Which is only during the late evenings, I'm not too sure why. Geram oh. Cubitttttt!

5. About a week ago we started giving you OJ. So funny the look on your face when I gave you your first spoon. Such a different taste to your usual nenen. We will continue to give you teaspoonfuls at a time till you are used to the flavour.

6. Mummy is thinking that maybe this weekend we will experiment with some smashed bananas. You seem so eager to eat solids. However, the way your tongue moves, like its pushing food out of your mouth instead of down your throat suggests otherwise. I got to think this one over.

7. It's so hard to get you dressed and undressed. You are constantly rolling over to your side, distracted by all the things around you. Wanting to grab everything and put it all in your mouth.

8. Mummy is convinced you are teething. You get good sleep during the night except for the 2-3 times you let out little whimpers and complaints like you are experiencing discomfort. Mummy has to tap that cute butt of yours till you are in peace again. I read that teething causes babies restless sleep. Sometimes during the day, mummy helps you out a little. Mummy makes sure her hands are real clean and rubs those little gums of yours. You seem to enjoy this very much.

9. You give me more and more reasons to love you. Everyday it gets harder for me to leave you, so difficult to say good bye at the door. Sometimes I just give you a quick peck and rush off, it's easier than long goodbyes. But mummy is always sure to explain to you everyday before I leave that I have to go to work and that you will have a good day and that I will be back as soon as possible and spend the rest of the day bonding with you. Mummy always reminds you to drink lots of nenen and get enough rest, sleepy sleepy time.

I love you.

mummy
xxx

The Main Purpose For Our Trip To KK

L-R: Kung-Kung, Po-Po, Mummy, Grandma, Little You, Cousin Shannon and Aunty Otta at Kung-Kung's shophouse in Papar, Kota Kinabalu.

We were in KK for a week from the 13th-20th September 2007. Mummy wanted you to meet your great grandparents. Kung-Kung is pretty weak so he didn't get the chance to carry you but he did give you the gentlest kiss. Po-Po managed to have you in her arms for a while. She could not help but sniff you over and over (coz you smell so yummy).

Scare No. 3: COLIC

Monday, 15th October 2007 night you gave mummy a huge scare! Daddy and I went browsing around for electrical items for our house and decided to bring you along. You seemed fine throughout, napped a little. When we got home, you were tired and cranky. We had some visitors but you were not in the mood to entertain. So mummy hugged and sang you to sleep. Not five minutes after putting you down, you woke up crying. I changed your diaper thinking maybe the wetness was causing you discomfort. Then mummy cradled you again but you wouldn't stop crying. In fact, you started wailing from the bottom of your lungs. Poor baby. I get a little worried. Mummy feels your forehead, its fine no fever. I take your clothes off and wipe you all over to get you nice and comfortable. This does not help. I get Kakak Mon to call daddy. He comes up and I pass you to him. He tries to calm you while mummy pats your bum. This doesn't help. Then I tell daddy to get the Yu Yee oil and rub it in his palms. He then presses his heated palms firmly on your belly. I give you your cucut. You are calm for a minute. By now mummy is pretty sure it is angin. Moments later, you are screaming again. How it hurts to see you suffer. Mummy is close to tears. I have it in my mind that if things don't improve we should go the the clinic. Daddy's thoughts are the same.

After a while we rush you downstairs. As I walk downstairs with you in my arms, you are instantly calm. We get in the car and you are quiet except for the little unavoidable sobbing after a wailing session. Before we reach the clinic, you are asleep. Your pediatrician is closed. So is your back-up pediatrician. It's a public holiday. We drive around a little longer. I tell daddy that we need not bring you to the doc. You tummy is settled and it would be silly to disturb you. We go home. Tired but relieved. Mummy cannot control her feelings and starts crying. I hold you for a long time before putting you down in your cot. You sleep like an angel. Every little movement you make from then on startles me. But deep down I know you are fine. You wake up for a feed 5 hours later and you are farting like a little baby machine gun. I smile till the sides of my mouth ache. I thank God for you.

I love you.

xxx

mummy

My Little Marshmellow

Have you seen anything more adorable? Marshmellow was given to you by your Aunty Yolanda. Those are grandma's strong arms that are holding you up.

14th October 2007

At 6:20pm on this day you flipped over all by yourself for the very first time. You have been flipping over many times but always with someone's help. You mastered the whole turning over thing but never had enough strength left to pull your arm out from under you. You developed this technique of slowly twisting your body around moving it away from your arm and eventually freeing it. This is a very long and tiring process and you have since given up on it. On Sunday you flipped over as usual (real professional) and suddenly you pulled your arm out from under you. Just like that! Mummy was so proud. I wish I had the camera. I clapped and smiled. You cooed and gurgled, looked up at me and smiled. Ah, melt my heart. You are very good at suporting your upper body weight using your elbows. It loks tiring but you seem to enjoy it because you stay with your head up this way for quite some time. Maybe you feel a sense of accomplishment. Or maybe you just like the view from that angle. Sometimes you push you butt up in the air, it almost looks like you are ready to crawl. In no time you will be. How fast you grow and develop.

I love you.

xxx

mummy

On friends

Hi there sweet pea,

Mummy got this made-my-day sms from your Aunty Sel on Friday:-

"Friends are a treasure. There are friends that will come and go. Then there are others that can't seem to leave you alone. These are the ones you want to hold onto."

Mummy has been blessed with the best set of friends ever! Never underestimate the importance of your true friends, your friends forever. You will meet many people in your life time. Some will remain acquaintances, some you will get to know a bit better and then there will be those precious few who no matter where you go, what you do, no matter how much time passes or episodes you experience together, will be there with you no matter what - be it in body, mind or spirit. As in many relationships, there will be trying times that will test the strength of you bond but with friends forever, it will pass. And you will know that you will never be alone. Of course there's always God and mummy and even daddy but it's always good to have a Plan D.

mummy
xxx