Our first Lunar New Year with Kayla

The Tiger Year is our first Lunar New Year with Kayla (though i was already bringing her along in last CNY inside my tummy ). It's both enjoyable, yet tiring to bring a baby along for visiting. We've to prepare many things before we can leave the house yet have to wait for the little princess to wake up from her beauty sleep, bathe her at the appropriate time (i.e. not when she's yelling for hunger!), and preparing the milk bottles for the next feed etc... By the time the adults are ready to prepare for themselves, she started to cry and demand for attention and needs to take turn to carry her..AH... We are already shagged even before we stepped out of the house.

Apart from having to carry her from place to place, the other party has to carry all the barang barang - the diaper bag, the milk bottle+hot water flask+milk powder bag, the mandarin orange bag, and the handbag which contained all the ang pows!!!!!! *Aching hands*

Bringing a baby out for too long is also inadvisable as they will turn cranky when they got tired, hot, hungry...So always have to play along with her change in mood and condition. As they are young, its also not good to expose them to too many people for fear the spread of germs to them..So we have to cut short the visitings and make sure she has ample rest along the way.

We cant really enjoy the festive goodies to our fill as we have to take turns to take care of her. Have to gobble the food fast even when our in-laws are helping to take care of her. I can take it as dieting bah?
 
Well....despite all the above grumbles, its a joy having Kayla along for our CNY visits! She gets to collect the ang pows, and received the well-praises from all the aunties and uncles! She's so chubby dubby that everyone wants to pinch her cheeks and munch her thighs lor! WAHAHA! I agree that she eats a lot and absorbs well so that explains her chubbiness. And Its a totally different feeling having to take care and be responsible for your own baby. Everything else is not important anymore, except her hearty smile and her well-being. And when you know she only wants us, and you feel like you are the most important person in her life.

We wish Kayla a very good Tiger year, with good health (most important!) and lots of happiness & love...

Photos of Kayla in this Lunar New Year:

hehe. Gong Xi Gong Xi. Ang Pow come come!

On 1st day of CNY

Kayla with her Mummy

Kayla with her Papa

Kayla with her friends
(Middle: Klaske from Netherlands, Right: Kegan from SG)

Kayla lo-hei-ing! (from afar!)

A new Theme, for the New Year

Can't get back to sleep when woke up ard 4.30a.m. Decided to give my blog page a new look, with a new Theme. Refreshing colors.

希望新的一年,会有新的希望,新的开始,从新做`个更好的自己...

Baby Kayla is 6 months old!

Baby Kayla has reached the mid mark of a year old, and there are so many exciting milestones that she has achieved!

~Flipping on her tummy by herself, frequently (I am so proud of her when she finally able to achieve that!)

~Starting on solids like porridge, baby biscuits, fruits and liking them! (Have to learn how to make nice purees and porridge for her soon!)

~Growth of 2 tooth at the front lower gums (When I tried to breastfeed her, she bites me a few times with her 2 budding tooth and its really painful. So painful that I pinch her cheeks very hard. And she cried in pain..I felt bad after doing that to her. Then I started to teach her not to bite me, and she managed to learn veyr quickly how to feed on me without biting me now! )

~Babbling sounds syllabus like "k" (K for Kayla? Trying to call her own name?), "ba" (I think she will call her papa first!) , "gr" (sounds like "girl")

~Sitting by herself for more than 10+ secs


~Standing firmly on her 'meaty' pair of legs when holding straight up on a flat surface

~Pulling things off whenever they reach her hands

~Throwing toys onto the floor when sitting on her highchair

~Started to recognise people more and will cry or get scared if strangers get near to her.

No doubt starting her on solids is fun, it is not easy for us! Cuz have to prepare the ingredients, cook the ingredients, mash the food, and feeding her from spoon is a slower process than drinking milk from bottle. Hope we will get used to the new stage of feeding soon since she likes her new foods readily!