Huirou @ 11 months

Huirou at 11 months is very very mischievous. It is getting increasingly difficult to get her to pose for a picture. So, I expect to have a lot of candid shots in the months to come. Let's see what have she achieved this month:

Growth, Food Intake and General Well Being

• She weighs 7.3 kg the last time we visited the doctor. It's not much but she's happy and healthy.
• On a daily basis, she eats 2 meals a day ( a heavy brunch, and a light dinner), at least 3 bottles of milk a day at the sitter's and nurses on demand at home, various snacks (fruits, rice puffs, bread) throughout the day and at least 5 oz of water, somewhat depending on thirst.
• Usually takes 2 naps a day. Once, she took a 2-hour nap during lunch and lasted till bedtime.
• She's also cutting four teeth on her top jaw. But currently, only three is visible; Adding the bottom teeth she now has a total of 5 teeth.
  

Physical Development and Communications

• Huirou mainly moves around the house by crawling or cruising along furniture. We have also left sturdy boxes for her to push around, which she rather enjoy.
  
• She is able to dump things out of containers and put them back in.
• She opens and closes her hands when we sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"; She does the same action when asked to wave "Bye" but with one hand only. Subtle, huh?
• When she see children of any age, she utters : didi ; and she calls herself jeje
  
• She can address her papa accurately, with a rather serious looking face.
• When she wants to go upstairs she points.
• When she's excited, she huffs and puffs, and race towards her goal, whether it be nursing or going out.
  
• She recognizes some "words" although she cannot utter them. Among her favorite? Nen-nen (milk), kaikai (going out) and bumbum (bath). She will also stop momentarily if we shout out NO. or UH-UH.
• In fact, she remembers what she's not supposed to do and will look at us if she's near the "forbidden zone"
• When we say "no biting" she smiles and will teeth the object but will not actually bite.
  

Character & Temperament

• She likes to help with folding laundry by unfolding whatever I have folded. In fact, she likes to roll around the unfolded laundry on the bed.
• In the mornings, she lazes in bed with us. Once she's awake, she starts smiling.
• She laughs easily and seldom cries. When she's upset she whines.
• She is not timid at all. She just laugh at the loud bangs that we think will startle any baby.
  
• Her stranger anxiety have improved by leaps and bounds; She now will allow just about anyone to hold her- as long as she's not tired, hungry or in a bad mood.
• She loves to be read to, and will help by turning the pages. Cloth and board books are the easiest for her, but she will need help with actual book pages.
• Loves to play peekaboo. and if you follow behind her while she's being brought upstairs she gets real excited.

The biggest development of all this month is subtle but is the most precious to me of all. She has grown rather independent and can play on her own for some length of time. Previously, she needed to see or at least hear somebody. Sometimes, she will surprise us by waking up from her nap without crying and sit on the bed to play.

Little Gestures from Daddy

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It is moments like this that reminds me that it's not how big our wedding was or how much money we have lack ; it's the way he does things that is. Not one day. Not one week. EVERY DAY.

At Granma's place I usually stay home while Hubs go get us breakfast. He will get everything that I like to eat. My stomach's growling as I type this! Luckily, Pulau not that much food variety to choose from. Imagine if he's from Pulau Pinang :P


Then, there's this thing where he tries to avoid Huirou looking into the sun. If he is in a situation where that cannot be avoided, he will shield her eyes with his hands.

Huirou learning to be organized

I thought Huirou is going to be like me. Why? She used to only know how to mess things up. *blush* When I fold the laundry she will pick up clothes from the NEAT pile and mess them up. Never from the messy pile. When put things in her basket, she will always pul everything out. Infact, it has become a game of sorts for her.

But now she's a big girl now. She just learnt both "take out" and "put in" can be great fun. I hope she does more putting in than taking out ...

Huirou's Food

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When I decided to take pictures of Huirou's food, I have planned to take them continuously for a week or so; however, I sometimes forget, or Huirou decides that she wants her nen nen, so I could only just pack her food and go be a cow.

As I am trying to introduce a variety of food to her, her porridges get a little colourful. Most days, it is rice porridge with a variety of root vegetables. When inspiration strikes, I will add in a new ingredient. However, I refuse to go the kwailo route, whereby babies are introduced to Pears and Rice ( major EEEK!!)

Ok, I have to admit that I am making food choices for her based on my own preferences BUT Rice is our staple food. AND her food should taste as good to me, taking into account her food is never salted.

In case you were wondering about her food samplings, she had (clockwise from top left) pureed carrots, french beans, sweet potato, vegetable medley with kailan, beetroot and frenchbeans with some barley. (all from memory...)

She would literally go bananas over bananas. She loves her sweet potatoes but hates yoghurt (so far) She likes to mimic our chewing actions when we eat, and I usually share my food with her if it is something that she can eat, else she will wail. So now if I am eating junk food, I eat it out of her sight :) She is able and willing to pick up bits of food with her fingers to eat. When she's done she sweeps all the crumbs onto the floor. I am trying to show her that she doesn't need to do that after a meal, but it is rather hard communicating with a baby, if you know what I mean.

Huirou @ 10 months

Okay. This post is mainly for Hubs :) He has been looking forward to read about the newest update since last week. I haven't got a very new picture to show but I like this picture taken at Ikano. See how she drives like a daredevil already? *faint*

1. Huirou can definitely crawl faster now. She can also stand longer, even moving sideways a little.
2. She has also learned that she can move stuff around while crawling; it's a funny sight when she's crawling and holding on to her blankie at the same time (just like Linus in Peanuts)
3. She has also learned to use her fingers. GOOD: picking up food and putting it in her mouth. BAD: Digging at the dirt in our groutings and putting it in her mouth. WORSE: Digging at my belly button while nursing (ouchie ouchie!)
4. She will point to things now, especially familiar objects while on our evening walk. Dogs, birds and other children are her favorite.
5. She has also taken a fancy to drinking out of our glasses. However, sometimes she just wants to play and will let the water just dribble out of her mouth, making her shirt very very wet
   
6. She is also more aware of her surroundings now. During baths, she used to just enjoy herself; now she like to investigate the outside of her tub. During bath -time, she will also make big splashes and laugh out loud because she likes the water in her face.
   
7. She was also learnt to whine ...... which is just annoying as when she screams.
8. Will do "tricks" on request: High Five, RedIndianCry (don't need to help her anymore), ClapHands. She will put her hands together even if I hum the "If you're happy and you know it" song. Pretty cool, huh

So that's it for this month, I think . Coz I need to post this before Hubs get off work!

and ohh yaa, she has started to use the potty regularly too...