Daddee Yah!

Her first words. What will be his?

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Our China visit

January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Adventures, Caitlin the heiress, Photo opp, The future, milestones

My dad’s talked about this since the early 90′s: Of bringing the whole extended family for a visit to his hometown (more like village). Not that we minded the idea. Back then we only loathed about what the likely quality of basic amenities would be like. After all, there were stories of toilets with no [...]

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Caitlin turned 5!

December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Photo opp, milestones

She doesn’t find my jokes funny all the time anymore. She doesn’t tell me everything that’s bugging her, or what she is thinking anymore. I saw a bag of her old clothes ready to be given away- that she has grown out of. Spotted a pair of shorts that she likes / wears quite often. [...]

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“.. Light the corners of my mind…”

October 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Photo opp, The future, milestones

This, and last week, were quite significant for me. My parents are moving to a new gated community along with my two older brothers. What is significant; I guess not just for me, is that our parents have been living in this house since 1984, when it was renovated, and since 1975 on that same [...]

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Interaction and bonding with a toddler

July 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Infant development, Parenting musing, Parenting rules, Photo opp, life skills, milestones

I started this blog about 2 years ago now. Caitlin would have been about 2.5 years old then. If memory serves me right, I would have already done this memorable (at least to me) routine with her already: HM was always working late, so it was up to me to tuck Caitlin into bed. At [...]

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Michael Jackson in my childhood memories

June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · A father's POV, milestones

The passing of Michael Jackson. It didn’t really hit me much when I heard this news- I was driving to work in traffic when it came on the radio. After all he’s been out of the limelight in recent years, only within the last few months that he’d announced a comeback with (kick-off?) concerts in [...]

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Caleb at 17 months

June 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caleb the heir, Ergonomics, Infant development, Parenting musing, milestones

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 [...]

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His first audible word

April 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · A toddler's POV, Caleb the heir, Classic Quotes, Parenting musing, Short post, milestones

And again, it’s not Daddee. He’s been pronouncing; more like uttering, “words” beginning with “D”. Such as “duh duh duh duh…” or “den den den…” Tonight, I kinda figured out how to “spell” something he’s been uttering for about a week now. Ardent; without the “t” of course. On a related matter of his development, [...]

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