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Originally posted 2010-10-27 22:13:14. How time flies. Blink (of) an eye, as the Chinese saying goes, and it has already been 3 years since Caitlin started pre-school. And as with tradition with her school, the annual concert is also the … Continue reading
Originally posted 2008-04-21 12:15:34.
Hey, what’s this thing I can see before me? 4 on this side, 4 on this other side, and a shorter one each on both sides…?
Originally posted 2008-09-28 21:26:52. “Daddee…. DADDee…. DADDEE….” No, no; “Mummee…. MUMMee…. MUMMEE…..” No, no; “Jie jie…. JIE JIE!” (Yes, even Caitlin now understands the prestige that comes with this!)
Originally posted 2009-02-17 23:44:02.
Caleb turned 1 in Jan ’09.
Today he did these….
And then, for the first time(s?) in his life, he stood!
The following pic was actually not the first time he managed to stand. That first time that he did manage to stand, we broke into cheers and applause that frightened him, and literally made him weak at the knees!
But it wasn’t long before he managed again!
Well done, son! Heh heh!
So, soon he will be a walking babbling little boy for the rest of us to chase!
DAh-DAH-DAH duh duh duh…nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn na-na-na….
Generally, do babies start walking first, or start talking first? I can’t remember this for Caitlin; I do remember that she started walking when she was still in her nappies with an external anti-wet shorts, similar to the ones Caleb is wearing above!
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caleb the heir, Infant development, milestones, Parenting musing, Short post, Simple pleasures
Tagged baby, milestones, skills, trouble
Originally posted 2008-10-24 14:00:20.
September actually marked this blog’s 13th (or so!) month – yes I even forgot my own project’s “birthday”! Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten any real human’s birthday; until and unless someone proves me wrong!
It’s been an enriching experience.
But I guess not surprisingly, I have also made some new friends!
Thanks for sticking around, everybody!
Posted in A father's POV, milestones, Parenting musing, The future
Tagged achievements, birthday, blogging, milestones
Originally posted 2009-06-16 17:50:46.
I have mentioned about his shifty eyes, looking at Daddee funny with an attitude, when he was only 6 months old.
Now he doesn’t look at me when I tell him off.
He’d sometimes take forever to finish his bottle of milk. 3/4 through and he’d stop, get off the sofa, wanders around for whatever / whoever. He’d look for HM, his jie-jie, or just because. He’d walk to walls and slap it. He’d come over and put his head on your lap and then rubs his face (nose) on it too, hands free.
Sometimes he’d stop the milk with “nn-more” accompanied by the “finished” hand gesture, as if you’d believe that the 3/4 bottle is empty; and proceed to get off the sofa.
Just because he can walk. At 17 months he is walking around, screaming demanding for stuff, stuff his jie-jie has just because she is holding it, screaming because his jie-jien snatches it back, screaming just because he has a voice. He’d also mumble. Sometimes imitating words he’d immediately heard uttered by the adults around him, sometimes it’s his own words that he’d used before, like that dah-den that seems to me to describe anything and everything in his universe.
I’d go over, carry him back to the sofa, sit him down and get down to his eye level, grunting “Finish your naan-naan!”
He’d look past me. At the tv behind me, at the wall behind me, at the shelf behind me. Just not at me. He’d move his head slightly, but it’s usually just the use of his eyes, no need wasting energy moving the head. No, don’t make eye-contact with Daddee, let’s drive him crazy a bit more. Ignore the bugger.
* Now I know what my mum went through, getting me to sit down and finish whatever it was I was supposed to do! And Caleb is not even 2 yet!
I was gonna say “It has begun”.. but you know it had already begun even before he turned 1! Ugh!
Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caleb the heir, Ergonomics, Infant development, milestones, Parenting musing
Tagged baby, cheeky, difficult babies, milestones, toddler, trouble
Originally posted 2008-09-27 07:33:48.
Well, it’s been two nights in a row now that Caleb’s slept through the whole night without waking. Well, almost.
He knocked off around 9:30pm or 10pm, and didn’t wake till about 5:30am-ish.
But that’s good enough for this Daddee and Mummee.
He also feeds less crankily since he’s also had a good rest; but just enough that by the end of 6oz he’s also starting to tire, and did knock off again back to the comfortable bed, full.
But, it’s ONLY been two nights in a row. So let’s hope he keeps this going.
He’s about a week short of 9 months old.
