She is smiling!

En Xi with her favorite rattle

The best gift to date - Music gym from Uncle Kurt and girlfriend.

I love Mummy (and Daddy too la)

Who loves me? Everyone love me!

Hypotised by the attractive hanging mobile (courtesy of the uncles and aunties from JWT)


Over the weekend, we made another visit to the pediatrician, as En Xi’s wheezing and snorting is having a relapse. After going through my food diary for the past 2 weeks, she suspected that it could be caused by the MILO and condensed milk that I was taking. I was told to go on a stringent diet, cutting out all the possible food that may trigger her allergic tummy. This is really challenging cos most of these food are staple that I need to take everyday, ie wheat (rice/bread), dairy (milk). Oh well, I guess it’s a good chance to start a sane diet as well, since I have been practically eating 2x as much as compared to my pre-pregnancy days. It’s time to lose some inches off that “buoy” on my tummy.

We are very proud of En Xi, as she is becoming a tougher chick and more resistant to her allergies with less fussiness. En Xi is also beginning to reciprocate our efforts of “entertaining” her with her angelic smiles.

After a few weeks of trial and error, we deduce that there are some activities that tends to trigger that megawatt smile of hers:
- After she is being fed or changed (esp in the wee hours of the morning or before bedtime).
- Her favorite “bottle-shaped” rattle.
- Singing “Old Macdonald had a farm” while massaging her.
- Ye Ye (Grandpa) talking to her

A note about Ye Ye - he seems to have some amazing powers to calm En Xi down when she is fussy. I think En Xi recognizes that Ye Ye is always talking and playing with her, so she is more obedient when Ye Ye talks to her. I remembered that most parenting guides advocates that nothing beats constant interaction with your kids, to promote bonding and brain stimulation. It seems that what Ye Ye has set the best example to model this.

As for me and Edwin, we are particularly exhilarated each time when she smiles or lets out a coo-ing sound in joy. As En Xi was constantly frowning in the initial weeks, we were rather worried that she might turn out to be a grouchy girl. Haha..guess our worries are unfounded for! I came across an article in Mother&Baby magazine, that best sums up how we (or every parent) are going through during the journey of parenthood.

“…I realize that as parents, we have to take things one step at a time – whether it’s feeding, burping, bathing or changing diapers. I should do the things I can control and not fret those that I can’t. As parents, we grow with our babies, and enjoy every stage of their development, from conception and birth, to sitting, crawling and even drooling.”

Hope that this series of pixs will bring some smiles to your day, like it did for us :)