Playground

Daddy says, "He knows the SOP! When you say playground, he goes to the door. When you say bike, he goes to his y-bike."

Hee hee, yes he is. Mummy is so proud of you, Benja.

Benja had a swell time with daddy at the playground this morning. Daddy is off-duty for his reservist training and decided to keep Benja at home.

Benja had just learnt to sit down in order to go down the slide last Sunday (17 months old). He showed Daddy how he does it. But later this afternoon, he decided it was more fun to slide down on his tummy instead. Sigh...

Toothbrushing

Whenever mummy's brushing her teeth, Benja will also want to brush his. He refers to it as "ye ye" (same as requesting for milk).

Benja had always enjoyed his toothbrushes since he was 6 months old. That was before his first tooth sprouted.

At the time when he was sick, Benja would not eat or drink anything except sucking water off the toothbrush. He would dip into his cup and suck off a few times, probably 5ml altogether. But that's better than nothing. He still enjoys sucking water from it now ^^

Happy 12kg!

Benja was a happy baby on the weighing scale. When he saw the scale, he wanted to carry it around the room. But we showed him that the scale was for us to stand on.

Benja had a hard time getting onto the scale himself. He had to put his hand onto it and then his feet, then push himself up to the standing position. It was difficult because he used up too much area for his hands, leaving very little for his feet. After a few tries and some help from Daddy, Benja was up and standing at last. But, the reading could not be taken as Benja could not keep still on the scale, he kept fidgeting and getting down. In the end, Daddy and Mummy took turns to stand on the scale with and without him to get his weight.

Daddy always says, "That baby XXX is overweight because he's drinking formula. Benja will never have this problem." Hmm... but Mummy thinks more weight is better than less weight. It's a happy problem.

Anyway, Benja's happy today. So are Mummy and Daddy ^^

Recovering

Benja looks frail. He is recovering from his cough and runny nose. He had a week-long high fever three weeks back and caught the cough bug after the fever went away. We missed many playground sessions because he was sick. Mummy was glad that it didn't come together with the fever though.

Benja was lethargic and did not eat or drink any milk, water or juice besides nursing. He lost a lot of his baby fat :(

Appetite is improving slowly. Mummy wish you can eat loads and gain back some baby fat, Benja. Mummy would like to see your feet thick and plump and your tummy slightly protruding again. 加油! ^^