1st New Year

Your daddy had to work but we got an invitation to a party at a friend's place. I said I was going to arrive late coz wanted to feed you and put you to sleep first so that I could maybe have some adult time with all the church friends. However, even at 8 you were not wanting to sleep so I decided to just take you and go and hopefully you will fall asleep in the carseat on the journey there (u usually do). U did!! I carried you in the car seat to not awaken you but your eyes shot open the moment I took the handle. Maybe it was the cold. It was freezing!!

The whole night you were so socialble!! Smiling and laughing at everybody and trying to join in conversations when being passed around. I am sure you are bored with being alone with me at home. I kept trying to put you to sleep at hourly intervals but there was no chance. At 11 your eyes could hardly open and everyone could see you were struggling but you perservered on :) a party animal in the making??

1st long journey

It was to London not to meet the queen but to make you a legal Malaysian citizen. The trip was solely purpose driven with no other agenda as there was no way we could go back to Malaysia for CNY without your passport. The thought of travelling with you was more than a little scary PLUS, it was supposed to be one of the coldest day in UK.

I packed the night before. We had a small trolley bag with all the 'just in case' stuff. Thankfully you woke up at 4 to feed with little hassle and the journey to the embassy smooth. It was a VERY close shave but we managed to have your passport done. We managed to catch up with my friend, Irene and Albert, and you met your friend, Isaac too!! He was a month younger but was bigger than you. However, you were much much louder and Irene was shocked you could make so much noise.You also made your presence known in one of the poshest restaurant where we had lunch. We had no choice coz the embassy was in such a posh area and it was too cold to walk far. Maybe its because you hardly slept since you woke up but you cried and cried, very unlike your usual self when out. It was quite embarassing since you were so loud and there was no place to change you except between the sink in the toilet!! Mental note: only family friendly restaurants from now on. It was also exhausting trying to entertain you on the train journey back. It was only 2.5 hours. Another mental note: Be prepared with lots of toys for the trip home with minimal transit time.

1st Christmas

These posts are way overdue.. Why? Because there was no time to write and upload the photos.

You missed a white christmas by one day. Actually, it was still white, but it was left over snow from the day before. I was too tired to put up the christmas tree but in the end was coaxed into it by your daddy to 'complete' your first christmas experience. Unfortunately I could not get anybody to dress up as santa claus and your presents were from other people. Your overtired parents were too lazy to go out in the cold to get presents for you :0 Well, think our sacrifice of taking care of you these 3 months hopefully counts much much more than any physical present we could have bought for you.
Thank God Ming Wei, Justin and Lily were here for they prepared a superb christmas dinner. If not for them, it might have been a take away. You enjoyed the night with all the company!! You even sat in your bumbo raised on a chair so that you could 'participate' in the dinner.. With the hat on, you were the little king of this household.. for now that is :)

1st Tantrum

It was the first time last night we both did not know what to do with u while u screamed your head off for 10 mins. It felt like hours.. It may have been our fault for keeping u up too late and agitated u by giving formula first without breastfeeding. I was trying to put u to sleep first before dinner to have an earlier bedtime for you. But u were still wide awake at 8.30 and we were so hungry. So we decided to eat first and bout 9 plus before we brought u into the room again. U were very tired. So, to 'help' you not waste time and get to sleep earlier, I thought just give you formula without breastfeeding and my goodness, that sparked it all off and you refused everything, from breast, to bottle to being pacified. Boy, you have shown your colours :)

Simple joy in life

Watching u sleep peacefullyAlso wishing that u will last at least 4 hrs at night to give us both enough sleep

Development and growth

You're almost 3 months now. This is what you have been up to that makes motherhood more rewarding:
Reflex smile - 2-3 wks
Real social smile - 5 wks
Chuckle/laugh - 10 wks
Coo - 6 wks, Babble - 9 wks
Hold yr head steady - 5 wks, very steady at 11 wks

To try encourage you to do mini push ups, we have been putting u more on tummy time recently, of which u hate and will cry after a few minutes. But finally u have learnt to hold/lift yr head up high - 11 wks
You still are not able roll over or turn yet. Should still be careful where i put u now though.

Growth wise:
Birthweight - 2.88kg
12 wks - 5.15kg
You seem to hover at the 9th centile and am always wishing that you will go towards the 25th centile. Well, maybe I should be plotting u on the Asian charts to see where u stand. I still can't be expecting much I suppose with both yr daddy and I being quite small ourselves.

Going places

Since birth you have always been carried and thus is spoilt with a capital S. So, the solution is to carry you around with slings/carrier. We had a gift of a sling. In addition to that, your daddy also wanted to carry you around and thought the sling was too sissy for him, so we invested in a baby bjorn 2 weeks ago. Its a good thing we got that coz looks like we will have to use it when travelling to London to make your passport. No way are we bringing your buzz along..