Visit to Ipoh

Huirou and I spent Christmas in Ipoh with my family. We painted the town red with our daily excursions. While I stuffed myself full of Ipoh's best hawker food and the best teh ice (iced tea with condensed milk) , Huirou feasted on the sights and sounds of this wonderful town.

Huirou especially love the malls. I found out that whenever we were out and about, she never once cried. She was too busy taking in all the hustle and bustle of the city. She will act up whenever we reach home. I kinda like it though, coz if she doesn't act up in public then I will be less embarrassed.

During the week in Ipoh, she perfected her rolling over skills. Also, she has learnt to roll over and sleep on her stomach, which is now her favorite sleep position.

Baby HuiRou Turns!

Eeeee.... For a few days now, HuiRou have been twisting and turning and arching her butt. Yesterday we saw her almost turned and I quickly grab the phone. See?? my baby can turn now. From now onwards, it is bye bye ceiling ... HELLO FLOOR



Since she's able to turn and get a new view of her world, she practices her new skill at every opportunity, including in the middle of the night.

Family Seal --

In the beginning, this was all that Huirou could do. And it took a lot of effort on her part.















Then last Saturday, I took her to Shirley's house to visit Baby Jonathan and she made a really good pose. And of course since the subject is my daughter, I had to plagiarize the picture from her blog. Kekek....















On a side note, how come all me photos are crappy? and the baby never smiles when I try to take photos? As soon as I pick up the camera, she stops smiling. and since owning a camera phone, it's even rarer that I take real pictures. Lousy mummy, eh? And how come some people just have so much time to edit, crop, sharpen or otherwise enhance their photos? Don't they have any babies to take care of :Þ

Congratulations

It seems like so much has happened in just a few weeks while I was busy with work.

I got all the good news at once so some friends got my late late congrats :) . And among the most important are the arrival of 2 new friends for HuiRou and Jonathan. Their mummies are 2 of my schoolmates and I have added a link to Yuki's site in the sidebar. For SinPei's baby's photo, go check out Baby Jonathan's blog.

When shall we all meet and have a merry baby get together? How about Chinese New Year? If you all agree I can host either in Ipoh or in Klang :)

edit: and sorry lar to Shirley for ffk on the meeting at The Curve. BB sick mah...

Jab Day and 3-months

Hui Rou is already 3 months old. Well, the little thing at the side of the blog says 3 months 6 days :)

Last Saturday, we went for her jab again, consisting of second doses of vaccinations for triple antigen, polio and HIB. We opt to have her be vaccinated against the rotavirus too. Because a tummy ache is no fun. Because dehydration is no fun. and because thank goodness, we can afford it.

She was such a champion because she only gave a little wail after the jab. And she gamely swallowed all that icky overly-sweetened rotavirus vaccine. Ah well... which kid don't like candy , right?

As part of her well baby visit report, She

1. weighs 5.55 kg (+0.5 kg)
2. is 61.5 cm tall (+ 2 cm)
3. has so much control of her neck that it is so much more crucial to support her back
4. lifts her head and feet high when put on her tummy (Book say aeroplane pose, but she just look like a performing seal to me :Þ)
5. Readily turns onto her tummy when aided
6. On top of cooing and clacking, she can now smack her lips. Taught her that in only 1 week. This baby is so smart !!
7. Has more toys and books now, thanks to my re-found shopping time (aka ponteng work) , but her favorite remains the Lamaze cat who goes to daycare with her everyday.
8. Sleeps through the night consistently. Even if I wake her up to nurse, she will only nurse half-heartedly, so I usually just let her be.
9. And when she does nurse properly, she would still be busy with her hands grabbing my shirt, her own shirt or just plain looking around. I either let her face the wall if I am in a hurry or accommodate her by turning around.

As she start her 4th month, she gains so much control over her body that now I have resorted to changing her on the mat because I am afraid she will turn when I am not looking. Additionally, I have stopped burping her too, although I didn't let her nanny know. My reasons? I breastfeed mah... less gas to begin with, but nanny bottle feed. And HuiRou can now wriggle around and lifts her buttocks to release gas. When She does this, it amuses Hubs to no end.