Spot the difference!

Mummy was doing some housekeeping on her photos when she noticed a pic of a baby who has the same smile as I have. So mummy took the camera and took a pic of me. Lo and behold! The pic taken happened to have the same pose and smile as the pic that she found :)

The only difference is one is botak and the other is not...hee

The Little Gym

Mummy signed me up for a trial class at The Little Gym @ Marina Square. Daddy and mummy were so excited that we were the first to reach the place. Initially, mummy was the one doing the exercises with me but there were some stunts that requires some strengths so daddy took over. I'm like a dumbbell for daddy during the class. At the end of it...daddy and mummy wonder if the gym is for baby or for the adults... :p

Loving and spoiling

I'm a baby, no doubt about that, and as day by day I'm growing up, my demands have becoming more and more. Grandma and mummy always say that I'm not easy to deal with because I demand alot of attention from them...hee...This has caused grandma and mummy so busy that mummy has been complaining she has no more "me" time anymore.

People around us have been telling grandma and mummy not to give in to me all the time as this can "spoil" me and my demanding behavior will become more and more aggressive. But some people says that my demand should be met so that I won't be such a grouchy baby. This leads to confusion to mummy. Should she "listen" to the first or the latter advice? Should she "discipline" me now or continue "spoiling" me? Will I become a "spoiled" child when I grow up?

Well...in order not to get further confused, Mummy went online and also check out some books on more information about baby's development and here is what she found:

From the book "Your Baby and Child"

The spector of a "spoiled child" hangs over many parents almost from the moment their first baby is born. The baby is fine and healthy, but if they are not careful they will "spoil him". What does that mean? "Spoiled rotten" makes children sound like pieces of beef, made disgusting by being carelessly left out of the refrigerator past their "use by" date, but children are not meat. Neither the definition of "spoiling" nor the preventive action to be taken is agreed upon, yet the concept causes endless misery -- and not only to the children.

Your charming baby will not become a selfish, demanding bratty 4-yr-old because he gets "too much" of any of that. There isn't any risk that your miserable, colicky baby will get spoiled by all the extra carrying and rocking he's getting. In order to become spoiled, a child has to see himself as an individual person, completely separate from everyone else. That's too sophisticated for babies and toddlers. Baby scarcely knows that there's a difference between his hand and yours. If he wants a finger to suck, the nearest one will do. Your toddler will start learning about your feelings when he is nearer to 2 than 1 year old. That's when he becomes intellectually capable of working out involved plans for power struggles like "If I cry and just keep crying she'll let me in the end".

What could a baby learn from this?
- "Don't bother to call me because I will not come until I am ready"
- "Don't tell me you are unhappy because I am not interested"
- The more you tell me what you need, the less likely I am to give in to you
- "Face it, kid, you are helpless"

In this situation everybody loses. The baby loses because his needs are not met, or are met only after so much delay that he loses his vital confidence that they will be met. After a few more such experiences of this policy, he will anticipate being left and become anxious, quicker to cry and fuss and slower to accept eventual comfort. Parents and caregiver lose because the less they meet the baby's needs, the more demanding he becomes.

Bringing up a baby is undeniably hard work; nothing can make it easy. But parents and caregivers who always meet a baby's demands as fully as they can and without unnecessary delay have less work, less drudgery and less stress.

Try to feel honored, rather than burdened, by your baby needing you so much and needing so much of you. He is probably the only person in the world who will ever love you 100% without criticism or reservation. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose.


Mummy told daddy about this...so in the end...I guess you know what's going to happen and change ;)

Tasty...

As usual, I'm being placed in my high chair while daddy and mummy having meals at the dining table. In order to keep me entertained and not disturbing them, they placed alot of toys on my "dining table". But... nothing can entertain me except my smelly pillow. :)

Botak head

My hair hasn't been growing out nicely and daddy decided to shave me bald so that my hair will regrow in a nice manner...here's how I look. Botak!

It's meal time!

Oooh....it's time!! I can sit up now and today daddy unwrap my pressie and took out the brand new high chair for me to sit in so that I can join daddy and mummy during meal times :) Look how happy I am with my new high chair :P

Thanks to aunties and uncles for such a wonderful gift!!