Waving hands

Shuo waved bye bye to Ah Ma this evening as she was departing. He did it a few times independently so it’s definitely a conscious effort. He can’t lift up his hand highly yet so it’s just a low ‘bye’ for now.  

First tastes & milk

I started to wean Shuo at about 5 months, much earlier than Shin, since he doesn’t seem to like milk a lot* (like Shin) and nobody seems to agree whether weaning early will help prevent or aggravate allergies. People who have seen that drumstick photo say Shuo is so ready to wean at 4 months. … Continue reading »

小木马、翘屁股

The highlight of Shuo’s 6th month must be his increased mobility. He will lift his butt and try to balance it, while making an effort to lunge forward on all fours in a stationary position. It certainly looks like he is ready to cannon-ball across the room any moment! I call it the ‘really hilarious … Continue reading »

Yiyi is an ogre

I didn’t say that. Yiyi’s fiancé did. When Shin first drew that 2 weeks’ ago, she was very proud and exclaimed to everyone that this was her aunt. We were not sure how she managed because all along all she could draw were lines and circles. After that instance I’ve been guiding her on drawing … Continue reading »

The era of ‘I’ — prelude to the terrific or terrible twos?

Shin has been trying to assert herself more and more recently. She stunned us last week by exclaiming ‘I see!’ while we were (standing and) looking at some photos taken from the digital camera, having forgotten that at her height, she was missing everything. Then the next day, she said ‘I eat’, and this was … Continue reading »