Leopard crawl

Mummy has been busy with work and did not have time to blog about Evangeline's ability to crawl when she was about 5plus mths. We witnessed her moving backwards and slowly she was away from her original location. Crawling away just like the army style - leopard crawl! Sometimes, she makes 360 degree turn. 

Wow, that's another new milestone of hers! Starting to learn how to crawl, after been able to sit with minimal support. Then, last week we witnessed her trying to swing front and back with her little bum lift up. I believe she's learning how to crawl on four. Mummy tried to assist her by coordinating her limbs and she did show some improvement by moving slow and little steps. In no time, we will be so busy looking out for her around the house... Keep up the crawling spirit, Evangeline!

First Feed - Rice Cereal

Evangeline has had her first try of solid food just before she reached 6th mth. She had rice cereal mixed with mummy's breastmilk. She did not reject the first taste and was slowly enjoying her food. Then, we introduced carrots puree, potato puree and pear puree to her. Somehow, she was not used to the new flavours of her food and showed us the "yucks!" face. And she even made the vomitting kind of expression with the sound - yuoak! Does that mean she didn't like the food? We are not very sure but grandma wanted to try her on porridge.... which mummy thinks we should take it easily and let her get used to her rice cereal before doing so. Any comments???

There she goes, future national swimmer

Water Confidence

The 1st time we brought Evangeline for a dip. She wore the bare-back swimming suit that Auntie Joey  bought from States. She also put on the wetsuit from Konfidence that I bought for her. We bought a neckfloat for her and wore it on for her too. But Eve didn't look like she enjoyed the neckfloat at her neck. She made a lot of noises when we put on the neckfloat for her. When we removed it out, she seems more comfortable & enjoyed the session better.

Some pictures taken with Daddy

Last few days at the Hawker stall

Grandpa & grandma's hawker stall is going to be closed for renovation from 1 July 2008. After that, they will no longer operate business from the stall as the stall doesn't belong to them. These are just some pictures taken so that when you grow up, you can view through these pictures and be reminded of those days...

Able to sit on her own

Just that day, we brought Eve for 3rd 6-in-1 jab, the last dose until when she reached 15 mths. She is pretty strong as she did not develop any fever after her jab! According to her pead, she is progressing very well in terms of health, physically & mentally. Ok, here's her updates:-

Weight: 7.5 kg

Height: 66 cm

At age: 5 mths 2 weeks

She is under 75% percentile for gals her age. I still thought she was small! The paed still assured me Eve is not small & definitely healthy baby. Dr Tan checked on Eve's general health like:

1. Her hearing skills - passed. She could hear high & low tone pitch.
   
2. Her eye sight - passed. She could see things in almost pitch dark.
   
3. Her motor skills - passed. She could grab things and pass an object from one hand to the other.
   
4. Her legs movement - passed. She is very agile & likes to jump alot.
   
5. She could roll over from back to front, front to back.
   
6. She could SIT! We were quite surprised because we didn't realised that skill. Her backbone was very straight when she sit and could stay sit for a few minutes without assistance. Well, we will practice that skill of hers until she could sit on her own for good.
   
7. She is not teething yet though.
   
8. Dr Tan also check if she could babble a few words like mama or dada, etc. We only realised that she likes to scream alot and try to imitate our words but haven't realised whether she could say mama or dada...
   

Well, after going through those checks, we are appreciative and thank God that Evangeline has progressed well as what she could do at her age. We asked Dr Tan if she needs to go for checkup at 9 mths but Dr Tan said Evangeline is fine so far and doesn't need to do the checks as she's progressing well.

First fall

It was 2am when I heard the "kolok-ko-ko". Evangeline fell off from the bed!!! OMG! She started crying uncontrollably. But, luckily Daddy was sleeping on the mattress on the floor where Eve landed on. Her head hit the bed frame, that explained the sound we heard. What actually happened??? At about 12plus mn, Eve was latched on Mummy lying side by side on the bed. After a while, we fell asleep and nobody carried Eve back to her cot. I also totally forgot that Eve was  still lying by my side. How did she fall? We still do not know but we were speculating that she might have rolled over to the other side or Mummy accidentally push her over the edge! So poor Eve...