Huirou with the pillow

Sometimes, we really don't have to get expensive store-bought toys.







There was one afternoon when it was nice and rainy and we didn't feel like going out. Not even to the nearby mall......

So Huirou, Hubs and I spent the afternoon at home. While we watch tv, Huirou began wrestling with the pillow that was supposed to be her "insurance" from falling off the edge of her mattress. (btw, she loves those prints on her bedsheet!)

Hui Rou @ 6 months

I better hurry up and post before I forget all the wonderful moments that I am having with my baby. I was eyeing this wonderful slice of cake We decided to buy a cake to celebrate her half-year-old birthday. And the girl is already salivating ......

To keep track of her developments are harder now but I've noted the following:

1. Height and weight is unknown, since she has completed her 1st series of jabs last month already(so no paed visit). But I moved her up 1 size in her clothings last week.
2. Able to roll around, from tummy to belly, from belly to tummy, from head to toe, and every which way. This momma gotta be watch her vigilantly now... ...
3. Able to lift her butt when on her tummy; but with support on her shoulders.
4. Able to scoot around. If her belly is up she moves upward. If her belly is down, she move downwards, using her hands or her legs to push around.
5. She can de-sock herself if she try hard enough. She does it either by rubbing her feet together or grabbing her socks with her hands and pulling.
6. Speaking of which, she now "found" her feet and occasionally wants to chew on them too!!
7. She can also now sit without support for a few seconds at a time, until she loses her balance. She does this best in the bath tub because the tub offers her an edge to hold on to.
8. I didn't notice any new syllabus from her; But as far as speech development goes, she now has more volume control. She no longer just screams, but can vary her voice, and seems genuinely fascinated by her new ability.
9. Able to play simple games: peekaboo with a handkerchief, and a kissing game I invented (I say mmmmm until she kisses me, then as she pulls away I say aah!)
10. Knows how to be "shy" i.e. if she gets overwhelmed by a stranger's attention, she knows to burrow into my shoulder ( or Hubs')
11. Has a will of her own, and will arch her back, and yell if she doesn't get what she wants. Mostly, she just wants to be held, or is hungry)
    
12. On top of all the "new" things, she still consistently sleeps thru the night, sucks her thumbs, coos alot, and genenerally behaves like the happy baby that she is.

- edit - weighs 7 kg :)

Marshmallow Dress

Huirou loves her dresses.

Oops, I think Huirous her dresses, because every time we dressed up to go out, she gets very excited.

Me? I like her Marshmallow dress. It is all pastel and have these little flowers sticking out, as if they are just as eager to see new things, and meet new people as Huirou.

I should think about dressing her more often this way...

"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

I had a realisation this morning as I was singing with Huirou the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".

The baby books all mentioned it: Babies heads are disproportionately large .... but I didn't know that it means:

She couldn't reach the top of her head with her hands.

Funny, how we get used to seeing baby with short limbs. And funnier when I imagine I have her proportions. Surely that will make me veeery smart.

Learning to Drink from Sippy Cup

Today was a hot day. It was so hot that we didn't even want to drive out; so we hid in our room with the air conditioner on full blast. With nothing else to do, I tried to teach Huirou to drink from a sippy cup, with hilarious results... ....


She was doing so well at first. I would even say she was excited about her new skill. She dropped the bottle quite a number of times, because the bottle was too big for her little hands. But she managed to drink with the sippy cup.



After a few sips though, she started tossing her bottle away. And gave the bottle such an intense look of disgust, it was funny to look at. I think the fact that it contain ONLY WATER annoys her. or maybe she just wasn't thirsty anymore??


So cute, right?