Happy birthday to Me

Yea, I turn one year old on Wednesday. Actully my birthday is very easy to remember wan, 7 Eleven, easy or not. And daddy & mummy wedding anniversary is only one day after my birthday. So this year they decide to take me on holidays for my birthday. I got a feeling they may mark these days as a yearly holidyas for the family! My jie jie sing birthday song for me on stage in one of the cafe. And we also had cakes at Secret Recipe. I still dunno how to blow the candles but I really enjoyed eating the cakes.
I am happy to be one year old because I am no longer a baby and mummy will allow me to eat more variety of the adult food which I have been dying to try. All this while I can only watch jie jie eat and mummy will say I am still a baby cannot eat. SO now that I am no longer a baby I hope she will be more relax with me when it come to food.
At one year old, I can understand a lot more but I still can't speak yet, except the few words. I can stand but I am still not brave enuf to start my baby step by myself. I have six strong teeth that can even chew the nut that was hidden in the cake that auntie nelly fed me on my birthday without realising it till mummy saw me chewing away!
I am beginning to fight with my jie jie for toys and am jealous when she is close to mummy. I sometime will push her away from mummy and mummy will tell me not to be so selfish as she loves both me and jie jie. When I can't win the battle with jie jie, I will cry so loud then, mummy or daddy will intervene! hehehe this is my secret strategy but sometime it don't work.
I am quite a determined person and people often comment that I have a cheecky smile. I love to play & love bath time. whenever I see water, I just wanna jump down and swim but mummy will hold me so tight!
I will ask mummy to post you some of my birthday photo ya.

Separation Anxiety

Every morning, before I leave for work, I would hugs and kiss the girls then say my bye-bye. Qi Yu is at the stage where she knows that bye-bye means mummy is going off to work. And when she hear me saying bye-bye to her, she would starts to cry and upon seeing me walking out the door, the wail is even louder. That would make my feet very heavy upon leaving the house. :( I guess she is at the stage of separation anxiety.
Every morning, I would have to carry her first until she is satisfy then I can pass her to the maid without her making a fuss. But if I don't carry her and the maid pick her up directly from the bed, she would be wailing away! This is my Qi Yu, wanting to have her share of mama! :)
Qi Ning is quite ok with me going off as long as I give her a hug and a kiss. But sometime she would still ask that I don't to office or making request to follow me to office. I promise her I would bring her to my office one of this day. So next Staurday, when I am having the family week event, I will bring her to my office.

Six Month Old

Is amazing to see how a child develop each day. My Qi Yu is already 6 months old two days ago. I was too busy to blog about her development. Her weight is about 7.3kg and length about 67cm. Still not drinking very much for the time that I am away but since she is putting on weight and is on reverse nursing, I am not too worried now.
Supposed to start her on solid but I have not teach the maid how to yet so I am putting it on hold. Her first pearly white is noticeable now. And she is able to sit by herself without support but still not very stable yet.
Emotionally, she is able to show her "jealousy". What I mean by that is she would cry if she see me carry her jie jie and not her when I return home from work or early in the morning when we first wake up. If the maid will to take her from me, she would also protest by crying. She knows how to stretch out her hand toward me when she want me to carry her.
She don't really like to sit in her carseat and would often protest when we put her in her carseat. She would protest so loud when we insist that she stay in her carseat. The minute we take her off carseat, she will be smiling. So is going to be a battles to make her sit in her carseat because she sort of know if she scream loud enuf she will be off the hook. So daddy & I really need to learn to put a deaf ear to her screaming in order to train her.
She is an alert baby, don't like to sleep very much. She brings us lots of joy as well just like Qi Ning. I really thank God for the two precious girls!

Pearly white

My Qi Yu's first pearly white has finally emerged thru' the sore gum on the lower jaw! Can't see very clearly yet but can see only the tiny bit on top if you are observant but if you feel it with finger, it is quite sharp. I think a few more is on it's way. Some said so early got teeth oledi ya, some said so late only got teeth ya. I also dunno whether is early or late, for me as long as is healthy, can oledi. I can't remember when did Qi Ning cut her firth tooth.
Is really amazing to see the little one grows. My Qi Yu now can really show her preference. Whenever I pass her to the maid she would complaint so loudly. If the maid is carrying her, not for long she would be making noise. If hubby or myself take over, her noise will subside immediately. She obviously knows her parents. I just loves her as I loves Qi Ning! :)

Going on strike?

I am not sure what is the cause but my Qi Yu's milk intake is of concern to me for the past few weeks. She has never really like to drink from the bottle but no choice because I am a working mum. One month before I go back to work I oledi training her to drink EBM (expressed breast milk) from the bottle but she would cries and drink, only 20-30ml. Slowly, she is getting used to the bottle and not protesting as much. But she milk intake is still quite low ranging from 160ml- 240ml for the time that I am at work. But for the past two weeks, her milk intake has dropped to 100ml, yesterday was the lowest thus far, 80ml only for the whole duration that I am away!
Her last feed before I leave to office is about 7.00am then she will wait for me to nurse her gaain at about 6.0pm. For the whole time that I am away, I think she just drink the minimal to keep her from getting real hungry. And her mininal is getting less and less by the day. I am not sure if it because she is just not interested in the milk or she is protesting that Mummy is going away and she is on a hunger strike or she may be teething! I remember when Qi ning is her age, she drank about 350-400ml for the same duration that I am away. I always worried that my supply will not be enough for her. Now my fridge is full of EBM, some is going to be expire soon! Hopefully her appetite will come back soon so mummy does not have to worry about her growth!

Five months old

Not so long ago, she was only a new born baby and now she has turn five month old. I guess when you have a little one around, you can't help but be reminded that time flies!
My Qi Yu turn five month old on Saturday. This little girl of mine is getting more and more plaful by the day. She will laugh so loud when I hold her and dance with her jie jie. She just loves to have people play with her especailly children.
Have not weigh her recently, but don't think she put on much recently because she don't drink much milk when I am away at work, someday as little as 140ml for the eleven hours that I am away. She has grown taller. I think she is in her teething stage as she starts to bite when she nurse. I have to repeatedly remind her not to bite. She loves to put everything into her mouth. She especially like to put her second finger i.e the pointer into her mouth. She can aim so accurately!
This girl of mine don't like to be in lying down position, she loves siting up. When put her in lying down position, she will try her best to lift up her body as if doing sit up! I think she will be sitting up on her own quite soon.
If she doesn't like anything she will make sure that you know of her dislike first by her mild protest. If you ignore her protest, it will proceed to loud protest! Overall she is a cheerful baby. I just loves my baby!

Adoring gaze

I have been enjoying this special moment with Qi Yu for the past few weeks. I usually put her in my sling when I go grocery shopping. I hold her on the sling, facing me so I can see her. One time, I notice that she was tilting back her head and gazing on me adoringly. I gaze back at her and we have our sweetest moment of exchanging adoring gaze. From then onward, every time I put her on the sling, we will have our special moment of gazing at each other. I really enjoy this special moment. I can't describe the kind of feelings that I have when we gaze into each other's eyes. It is so peaceful and feel like the world is revolving around only us, so much jo as well.