Daddy's First Post

En Xi's first trip to the Botanic Gardens with Uncle Willie & Family

After much sacarsm from me wifey that I'm not contributing to baby En Xi's blog, I finally found time to do so. Well, En Xi is now a much happier baby & she's starting to smile a lot more.

Smiling More = More Attention

Now, instead of having to constantly shower attention to my other half, I'll be seen "goo-ing & gaa-ing" to En Xi. She seems to take a liking for talking, always making funny sounds that never fails to makes my parents go "Ohh! That's so cute!"

I've been following a former colleague's blog of mine about his baby gal, Noelle (noelletan.blogspot.com). As his baby is slightly a month older than En Xi, it seems that whatever that Noelle is going through seems like a prelude or sneak preview of what's coming up for En Xi. Very interesting indeed! Noelle was going through the phase of not wanting to feed through bottles & only wants direct feed from her mommy. And now, En Xi is going through the same this week.

Anyway, enough about En Xi and a little about myself. For daddy's to be, a little warning and advice.

1. Never play your Wii / PSP / PS3 or read your newspaper or watch soccer in the presence of your wifey. When you're home, the expectation is to take care of the baby & nothing else.

2. You used to be Priority 1 for your wifey. Now the only time that your missus will look straight into your eyes, is when she says "Can you stop xxx, take care of the baby, you need to bond with him/her"

3. When you both wake up in the morning, instead of turning over to say "Good Morning, my dear...", she will turn to the baby instead and check on her diapers & say "Her diapers very heavy leh, can change for her or not?"

Daddy... I "Pang Sai"... Can change for me?

Welcome to parenthood!
I'm not complaining & is still loving every minute of it.

My brother's little gal, Charlene is now at my place for a week as they are away at Taiwan. More posts about her next time..

Charlene Ong (En Xi's Cousin)