Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
For young parents like us, this is a major milestone in itself.
Mummee went back to work this week, since giving birth to Caleb and all the hoo-ha. She had spent most of last week researching the various neighbourhood preschools with at most a 15min drive radius from her folks', since ...
Posted in A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Education, Parenting musing | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Just realised this blog has been a bit short of "colour" of late.
So here are some pics to share with you, of recent events, in random!
Chat soon!
"Lemme show you who is boss...."
"Okay OKAY I am awake, quit tickling me QUIT TICKLING ME...."
Prayers, at Chinese New Year's eve / midnight
Prayers, at ...
Posted in General, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Another thing to add to the table of contents for baby manual.
Fundamentals of bottle-feeding a baby
As all parents know, baby-feeding requires not just making sure the teat is filled with milk (ie, baby not sucking in air) but also that baby needs to be burped occasionally.
Caleb falls asleep halfway ...
Posted in A father's POV, Food & feeding, Parenting musing | 5 Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Uncle sneaked up on Caitlin and gave her a pat/stroke-on-the-head. Caitlin swings around and smacks him on the chest.
It is quite a common sight to see local toddlers raise their hand*, as if doing a scout's honour / swearing-in-court, in a threatening I-will-smack-you gesture. But I never thought mine would ...
Posted in A father's POV | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
For some reason, Caitlin seems to be having bad dreams again lately.
I would have thought given we are all back home now for a few weeks already, and also with the Chinese New Year festivities since then being a positive distraction, that she shouldn't have anymore real reasons to be ...
Posted in A father's POV, Food & feeding | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Months before Caleb's birth, I had this Jedi feeling: That for our little angel of a child in Caitlin, we are bound to have a "side effect" of a boy.
I hate to say I was kinda right.
Similarities with Caitlin:
Their poo stinks! I had no problem, even looked forward to being ...
Posted in A father's POV | 4 Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
"..Suicidal, suicidal..."
Good lord what is she singing??
I would much rather she sing the earlier few verses, You're way too beeeaaaaauuuutiful girl...
I thought she should know what she was singing, but of course at age 3 she may still be struggling with the concept of death, much less the idea ...
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 11th, 2008
When I first read Derek's post on 5 Traditions For A Stronger Family (and the follow-up post: Traditions: Simply Capturing Your Traditions), I was reminded of one of the most significant annual ethnic Chinese traditions: the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Since we are still in the 2 week celebration of ...
Posted in A father's POV | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
This was how I was teaching an Adelaide-based Canadian friend, on how to pronounce the greeting of the season.
Happy Chinese New Year, dear readers!
Our's will be, as usual, fun-filled with boisterous family members of three generations, all gathered at my parents' place (my father being the eldest in his ...
Posted in General | 4 Comments »
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
'Tis the season for it. But it was even more so this morning- Mummee and Caleb are home!
From the airport, Mummee and Caleb headed for Mummee's parents', where she will continue her confinement and recuperation. Last night, I offered Caitlin a choice of where she would like to sleep the ...
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV | 3 Comments »
