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Keziah in action!



"Ooooo....yum yum thumbs in!"

"Yippie! Horse riding on Daddy...fly me higher!"

"Oh u caught me!"

"Look I am standing! I'm loving this time on my feet..."

"Mmmm........"

"Come join me with all my toys!"

"Er...er.....u really want me to do it?"

"Butts up!"

"Daddy's having such a big day fixing up a new computer...well guess it's day in the house.."

Almost 7 months!

Can't believe it! I haven't been posting for quite awhile. There is always so much going on, at work and at home. Finally settling into my work, getting adjusted to being a full time working mum. Really looking forward as the end of the year draw near. Work seems to ease off alittle. At home, little Keziah is growing up so quick that I find it hard to catch the moments. She has certainly learnt to sit up without support, making all efforts to crawl - doing boy style pushups most of the time in her efforts to learn to crawl forward, taking great joy in being on her two little feet! She simply love to bounce on her feet as if she is all ready to walk in no time. She can smile with the greatest delight even though she is going to topple over. She simply clings onto her the arch of her play should she have the chance to be put in her feet. Sometimes, she literally wants to pull herself up using that.

Talking about her feeding. Mummy started her on porridge this weekend. Guess what! She just loves to eat! Mummy had her greatest shock looking at how Keziah enjoys her food. Sat - sweet potato porridge, Sun - pumkin and carrot porridge. She would have 2 whole bowl of porridge if not for mummy stopping at 1.5 bowls and told her that's enough. She also had her first taste of banana, half a small banana with her eager to get on with more. Once again, mummy stopped her for fear she would overeat. Now mummy wonders if Keziah would balloon in no time with her great love for food. One bad thing, Keziah doesn't really like to drink much water. So mummy tried to mix 30-40ml of organic pear juice which isn't very sweet at all with 120ml of water. She finished it all in one go! Amazing but hope this doesn't breed another bad habit like her perpetual love of sucking her thumb.

Now mummy is deciding which size of swim suit to get her coz as usual mummy hasn't been really shopping physically but simply doing online shopping. Mummy is kinda hocked on bulk purchases and sprees on Singaporemotherhood.com.sg forum, buying stuff for little Keziah. Arghhh...gotta curb before I burn a big hole in my pocket.

Yippi...Long weekend..

Finally the much coveted long weekend was here. The past few days were really enjoyable, spending a great deal of time together with Keziah as a family. We had so much fun. Keziah was so giggly and was excited too, making all her babbling and high pitch tones. We had been constantly out, shopping and seeing the world around us. Keziah was ever so intrigued by her surroundings. Today, we took her to Macritchie Reservoir. She was certainly enjoying the breeze, watching the trees, strolling by the waterside. Just look at her!



After a morning out, we were happily at home spending some time rolling on the bed. Keziah is now adept on her tummy, pivoting and moving with ease. Just a little short of crawling forward. She sure knows how to make her way around. Daddy and Mummy have to really keep a closer watch on her for she is real quick with her actions. She can also sit unsupported to read and play with her toys. However, as usual, when she gets too engrossed with what she's playing, she could just lose her balance and fall sideway like a rolly polly without being able to bounce back to state.





Oh yes! We have also been on a gourmet hunt. Keziah has been trying all sorts of foods. Past few days we let her try teething biscuits. And guess what! She is such a mess despite her great enjoyment munching down the bar. She certainly didn't want anyone to take away her biscuit, not even to eye at it.


So far she has explored sweet potato, carrots, potatoes, apples, pears and brown rice cereal. She doesn't mind brocoli and papaya either. She is sure a big eater, wanting her food fast and quick. Should look at how upset she is when her food is serve a sec too slow. Heehee...Demanding girl.

Crawling???

Hmm...ever since Keziah managed to roll onto her tummy, things have changed. She is now flipping back with ease, i.e. she is rolling around. She has also mastered great 'swimming' skills, managing to get her way around by turning rounds in circles, kicking and swiping her hands all around while on her tummy. She is real quick now with her moves! Today I just got a fright of my life. Left her in the middle of the bed and I simply walked out for a moment to get her bath water. Guess what! The moment I came in, her feet and bum were off the bed with the other half and outstretched hands at the edge. It's as if she was dangling off the bed. All I know was to grab her before she fell off the bed, even if my bed is a platform bed. Don't want to have her landing on the floor. Caught her in time! When on earth did she mastered her backward crawl? Nowadays I really have to keep my eyes on her. Otherwise, it's floor time when ever I have to leave her out of my sight. Who knows the next thing i spot would be her literally doing a proper front crawl.

6 months already.... Look forward and back....





Wow... time files... it has been six months already... Keziah has reached yet another milestone of her life. The process of watching her grow is very fullfilling and it puts more zest into our life as parents. She has started on solids, enjoying a wide range of organic food such as rich cereal, carrots and apples. Mummy will be adventurous to try out organic sweet potatoes tomorrow. She seems to enjoy her solids and eager to try out new things.

Daddy was sick for the past few days, coughing and having a running nose. It might be due to the haze as the weather in Singapore was not very good for the past few days. Thank God that the weather is improving and soon haze free weather will return to our sunny shores. Daddy might have passed the bug to baby Keziah as she has a slight cough and blocked nose.

Keziah went for her third Hep B Jab and everything went well. Keziah now weighs 7.75kg and measures a height of 66 cm. She is gaining weight fast, almost 1 kg more since the last month. Though she still looks pretty tall, she is on the 50th percentile. She's still as brave, putting up a brave front at Dr. Ong's clinic, but as usual, once the needle is taken out, she started crying a little and only when mummy picked her up did she stop crying and back to her usual smiley self.

As usual Daddy and Mummy brought Keziah out for shopping after her Jab. Daddy got Keziah two cloth books which she's more interested in putting it into her mouth than reading it.

Looking back at the past 6 months, it has been hard work and sleepless nights for us. But everything is well worth it. Reading the blogs written eariler and seeing her pictures posted earlier brought back fond memories.

Teething?

Hmmm...Keziah's been getting up practically every hour or two from the time she's put to bed. It's really bugging mummy here who has to work and somehow not getting enough sleep for the past week. Thank God work is not so heavy at the moment but talking about it, I've got a report to finish up soon! Really finding it hard to work efficiently with the lack of concentration.

Consulted many experienced mums and concluded she's probably teething and so waking up so often. She simply wanted to find her thumb and would go back to sleep. Suck suck suck....Tried making her a bottle of fm thinking that my milk supply was low. To my surprise, she drank only 20ml and refused the bottle. Conclusion, she wasn't hungry. Think she's looking for comfort and warmth of being carried as well as her thumb as pacifier. Praying that this phase gets over quickly after her teeth cut through. But I still haven't seen any pearly white!

Stock take time...

Yippee....I am feeling so good after selling off some of my nursing wear for quite a good price. Didn't make such a big loss after all. Well of course there are some items that don't seem to move at all.

This weekend has been really fruitful. Getting Keziah all her new stuff. Hmm..looks like my shopping has been always been just for her things. Her new car seat and Fisher Price learn & play toy have just arrived. Daddy and mummy went to pick up her new high chair as well in preparation for little gal to join us at the table. This weekend, little Keziah has also gotten her first taste of cereal. She wasn't too impressed by her first taste but after a few mouthful, she was really eager to have the next.


You interested in my cereal?

Wow...look at those butterflies!

Something new to play! Oh listen to the music....

Look at me! Can't you see I am taking a good break n my comfortable bouncer?

Mummy and me just back from church...


Looking back. Keziah has really grown. Just look at her!
Now.....

3 Jul            30 Sep
Wow! It's been more than a week since I last came in to post some updates. Heehee...life is just getting so overhead of me sometimes. Especially last week when my hubby and I both came down with a cold at the same time. Thankful our gal is strong and kept resilient.

Well well wonder what has gotten into her system. She now periodically rouses from her sleep punctually at 10pm. Need some cuddling to put her back to bed. She is persistently sucking her fingers still mummy wonder if she would kick the habit. Is she teething? Hmm...and notably she needs woman's touch at bedtime. My hubby simply can't coax her no matter how.

Last night was a horrible night. She was perpetually getting up every hr or two with a screaming cry sounding as if she has been frightened from her sleep. Each time I have to nurse her to lure her back to dreamland. Hiaz..tired! Wonder if she was just too simulated from the day out shopping and walking around.

That being said, our gal is growing beautiful each day with the most charming smiles..











What is work?

I have been at work for aout 1.5mths. Somehow I simply feel things at work are not as fulfilling now as compared to the time when I was teaching in school. I really feel like a high class clerk. Things that I am doing at the moment are so clerical, like taking minutes, making calls to affirm attendance at event, sending out circulars... The most meaningful thing so far is writing a chapter in a paper and the next thing on the list, a year end report. Nothing seems very challenging. Most days I am just doing background reading. This is where the dimension of work is drastically different in schools. Worse, I am not a good reader and it takes me ages to work through a few pages. Or probaby things I am reading now are not as interesting and more difficult to digest. Sure hope I can find the meaning of work soon. I must say I am thankful that things are going slow and easy now for me to simply blend in but I really wonder how suited I am for such jobs. Think I need to be up and running about.

Midnight Fever..

Fever again after the jab. My dear gal woke up middle of the night with feeling real hot. Oh no! Her temperature hit a high of 38.8 degrees. Mummy and daddy quickly gave her some medicine and some milk to wash down the terrible taste, following a sponge to bring my temperature down. A quick change so that little Keziah won't catch a cold as well as to cool her off by dressing down. Finally her temperature fell to 37.4 degrees. That's when she finally also got drowsy to go to bed.



Keziah's new toy...



Some nice shots by Daddy

My brave little gal...

Today Keziah took her 5th mth jab in her stride. She simply fussed a little after the doctor jab her but was all smiles when mummy picked her up. My brave little one! She has gotten over the fear of needles I hope. At 5 mths, she is now 6.95kg, growing well but weighing less than what mummy expected, especially with her huge appetite. It's just queer that most babies appetite should be going down due to teething and such, but she just so happily enjoyed her meals and wants more at times. Hmm..hope she'll sleep well tonight as it was rather difficult to put her to bed earlier.

Growth phase

Thank God that after few nights of unrestful sleep, Keziah has right herself and been sleeping pretty well on my working days. She slept from 8.30pm to 6.30am for the past 2 nights. Certainly hope this is going to be her cycle and probably the wakeful nights could be due to growth demands which has now settled into her system. Interestingly, she is now only having 5 feeds each day rather than 6-7 feeds with the usual 180ml of milk. Hmmm...Is she teething and thus not too interested to drink her milk? Certainly she has been drooling a great deal and has taken great interest in sucking her thumbs and even savouring each finger at times. Her suckle is now more powerful and full of noises..heeheehee...

Pics are up!

Finally gotten the pics uploaded via some other means of hosting the pics...looks like I overused the 300MB on blog for image hosting...


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Sleep deprived..

Mummy Joan is seriously sleep deprived with little Keziah being very naughty, waking up in the wee hours of the morning and refusing to go back to sleep for the past few nights. She simply wanted company. Just last night, I fed her and thought she had fallen asleep. But once she hit the cot, she smiled widely at me. I knew the night cycle was going to start. Argh...I am feeling so zombified now. Wonder if it's due to her teething or seriously she wants to start her soids earlier than 6 mths?

Hmm...wonder if the Blog has a capacity quota. I simply can't upload the photos no matter how I try.

Day out at Bishan Park

Finally taking our girl out for a day in the park after church to join the children in their outing after Gospel Sunday. The day was hot but nonetheless a good time out with her to catch a few nice outdoor shots. She was so happy and chuckling at people around. Had her put on her pink headband which everyone commented made her look really girly. However, didn't manage to catch a shot with that as the weather was so hot that she pulled it off. Perspiration was all over.

Ok I wanted to upload some pictures taken today but this silly blog seemed to have some problem with image uploading. Guess it will be tomorrow when u get to see those shots.

A headache with flipping..

Ok, I know this is going to sound contradictory. I have so wanted my girl to quickly learn to flip as it seems like everyone else's babies, some even younger than her, have started flipping. My anxiety was resolved when my hubby came back from his trip and she started to officially flip. Guess she was waiting to show both of us her first. Then again I realised that she now has a will of her own, wanting to flip whenever you put her down on her back, even on the changing table. It is challenging to simply change her diaper as she would turn and grab things insight with attempt to flip onto her tummy. Oooo...her feet are everywhere as much as her hands. She had kicked over her basin of water for sponging with little time for Mummy to respond. Fortunately, Daddy's reflex was faster otherwise the floor and table would have been seriously flooded.



Hey! I am enjoying sitting up and the world looks good from here...



Heehee....tummy fun time....

Few recents shots...