Taking Solid Food

Some weeks ago, solid food was introduced to Cayden. He loves it and he makes it known...!

mochi mochi Gege:
da wa wa slept fm 9+pm to 7+am. think he's fuller now with solids. he ate half a bowl of rice cereals plus water for dinner yest. today lunch he's going to hv sweet potatoes.

Wasabi:
wat else can he eat??

mochi mochi Gege:
he already ate avocado for lunch for the past 3 days liao.

Wasabi:
wow.. he must hv loved it!

mochi mochi Gege:
yep. mum said he quarrelled with her yesterday over avocado! he did not hv enuff & quarrelled with her. hahaha!

Wasabi:
who quarrelled with mum?

mochi mochi Gege:
ONN lor.

mochi mochi Gege:
next week going to introduce him to carrots, pumpkin etc! v exciting hor? i took a 5mins video of his dinner feeding last nite leh, so cute! he chuckled, he ate, he drank & he boo-ed! so funny.

Legend
Wasabi: me
mochi mochi Gege: Cayden's Mom
Da wa wa: ONN aka Cayden

The Bumbo Chair

Connoisseur had his head shaven two days back on Monday (17 Aug 07) and he looks suave as ever. I was back at home on Monday and spent 2 hours with parents and Cayden. I had fun!

Cayden's expressions are endless these days. The realisation that he could control his muscles made the entire growing up experience fun for Cayden and our family. Cayden delivered a new surprise on Monday. He pouted his lips and boo-ed in an attempt to splatter his saliva to whoever he is facing! Wahahaha! He looks exactly like Crayon Shinchan whenever he pout his lips.

Cayden's parents decided to buy him more toys now that he is picking up more motor skills. Connoisseur is growing stronger by the day and will not be contented lying on the bed soon. An investment was made last evening to keep Connoisseur a happy baby. An additional furniture was added to Clementi last evening and it is a Bumbo Chair (http://www.bumbobabysitter.com/ or http://www.bumboseat.com/).

The investment was made on the Bumbo seat for several beneficial reasons:

"The Bumbo Seat is a new concept in infant chairs. It is a snug and cozy environment for babies. This revolutionary infant chair is designed to fit a baby’s posture. Babies can sit upright in a Bumbo Seat as soon as they have head control. More importantly, it helps them develop the trunk control they need to sit up on their own. It is recommended by pediatricians, orthopedists, and physical therapists as well.".

This is a good investment. Cayden was happily boo-ing away in his personal chair.

An Earful from Mum

Haha! I can't help but be gloating over how Cayden received an earful from his Mum just when I was drafting the earlier post. He realised Mum has an authority over him and no one will give in to him no matter how much funny sound he makes.

In the recent weeks, Cayden realises his potential to create different types of sounds using his vocals and has been behaving like a "crow" (which can actually be quite funny and cute)! Just 15 mins ago, he got an earful from his mum. He didn't dare to retaliate and just look at mum quietly in repentenace. 15 mins later, he is fast asleep lying on his side in his playpen. *PEACE*

He gets too excited and kicks his feet non-stop into the air. As a result, he finds difficulty getting proper sleep into the night. There were several times he woke up crying just hours into the sleep.

Dear Cayden Boy, You are sweet enough for anyone to resist so don't crow anymore. :-)

More Updates to Come.. Stay Tuned!

Oh Gosh! Cayden is approaching his 6th month. YAY!!!

It is nearly one month since I blogged. Thanks to the nasty flu bug that kept me drowsy for the past one month! Fortunately Cayden didn't catch the bug from me. :)

Cayden has been doing very fine in the past one month. Grandma labelled him "Gentleman". He tried many things for the first time and that include:

• Swimming (or rather taking a dip in the pool),
• Eating apples,
• Eating rice cereals,
• Constipated (arghhhhhh),
• Not crying after receiving his third set of vaccination jabs and
• Rolling over unassisted!!!

I am starting to feel the pressure of not editing his photos quick enough. Have to start learning how to post the videos online so that I can share the funny moments on the blog here.

Another update to share - Mei Nu Aunty Yangming is finally back from her USA internship yesterday. Cayden finally met someone dear (again) who also took care of him in the initiate two months.

More updates to come... stay tuned!

Dinner at Inter Continental

On 30 Jun, we had dinner at Olive Tree. It was sort of a Father's Day celebration. Grand-Aunt was invited along as the restaurant was offering a one-for-one promotion. Cayden brought his buddy along as well and shared the limited space in stroller with Teddy.

Cayden only drank milk and looked at the cups which we sipped our coffee and tea from. He also couldn't take his eyes off the saucers that we eat the pastries and desserts from. It was sooooooo funny!

The dinner was possibly the 3rd time Grand-Aunt saw Cayden. It was funny looking at the older folks in the family taking turns to babysit Cayden. Pictures always tell a thousand words.

Cayden also saw Lilian Too's twin.... Those who at the dinner probably knew who I was referring to. KEKEKE!

Anyway, Cayden will get a chance to see Grand Aunt again as he will be visiting an addition to Grandma's maternal family this weekend. Mummy's cousin had a baby girl weeks ago and it is approaching a month since she arrived. Somehow, the first months of newborn always brought to mind how Cayden suffered in his first few weeks of arrival. Mummy always feel sad and there were a few times she wept....

Flipped and Up!

Flipped....

Uuuuuppp...

and UP!

How amazing Cayden pick up this skill although he still needs help in flipping. Its a matter of time he does it without assistance.

According to Mummy, Cayden has been giving daily dosage of Tummy Time. Tummy Time is not about poo-ing. It is the daily routine of putting Cayden on his tummy so that he could exercise his back muscles and strengthen his spine. It started with a daily dosage of two times of 1 minute Tummy Time when he was about 4 months old, then increase duration of each Tummy Time. This will prepare Babies for the fffffffffffffflip!

Cayden is Growing Fast and Strong

Cayden is growing fast and strong. In about 2 weeks, he is due for his third set of immunization jab on 24 Jul 07.

Grandma has been exceptionally worried. Basing on how Cayden has reacted after he received his second set of immunization jab, Grandma was worried Cayden would refuse to drink milk like he did the last time. Cayden has been hearing Grandma preaching about drink more milk. The Grandma's Theory of Immunization states that:

"Babies should drink alot of milk especially before those jabs. The fats accumulated in babies before the jab is important. Most babies would have a tendancy to fall sick or feeling constantly grouchy and hence affects their appetite for milk for a period following the jabs. As a result, babies lose weight fast and shrink in size by the time the immunization effects wear off."

Fortunately Cayden has been pretty cooperative. He drinks milk and water throughout the day. Hopefully by the time his little Auntie Yangming comes back, he weighs the best he could be. Unfortunately, there's no pictures to share for now - Aunty Linda has no time to edit the picture these few weeks but promise to get some pictures up in the next entry.

Our little Connoisseur also started to munch his feet earlier this week. Very soon, he will be crawling all over the apartment and asking "WHY" on everything. Can't wait for this day to come soon. :)