5 minute sleep suggestion

It's 7.10am. Benja hasn't woke up yet.

It has been a long time since Benja slept past 6.30am. The situation turned from the worst last week. He didn't return to sleep after finishing his early morning feed at 6am. The problem lies in his bowel clock. He would always pass motion at 6+ and would tell us that he pooped. The cleanup would be done with the lights switched on, so he would be fully awake after the change.

Yesterday, Mummy had the rare chance to put Benja to sleep for the morning nap. So she used the 5 minute sleep suggestion to suggest that you will enjoy yr sleep and wakeup late. Not only will you require to nurse later (at 6.30am), you will not pass motion and return straight to sleep after nursing. You will only wake at 7.30am.

Mummy did the suggestion again at night.

Magically, after you nursed at 6.25am, you mumbled "Good night.", turned around and continued to sleep till now.

Let's see what time you will wake today... :)

P/s: Mummy also suggested something else. I will write about it if you display the behaviour ;)

Happy 13.5kg

Let's record this joyous moment where you are a healthy 13.5kg! ^ ^

Last Sunday, when there was only Benja and Mummy at home, you finished a bowl of porridge with fish all by yourself.

Great job, Benja! Mummy is very proud of your big step towards independence.

Cousin love

After dinner, Mummy took the opportunity to take a snap of Benja monkeying around with 7 year old cousin, Xuanny.

Today, Xuanny asked about the school that Benja will be going to. Then she took a piece of paper to write down Benja's name and the name of the school that he'll be going to. Benja was very interested to see what Xuanny has written.

Mummy is very grateful to Xuanny who has always shown kind unconditional love towards Benja, like, helping to feed him, letting him play with her stuff (Mummy can never forget the time when Benja broke off the hand from Xuanny's doll and we called upon doctor Aunty Nena to help save the broken doll.), dancing with exaggerated actions, acting like a clown/monkey trying to induce a smile from Benja.

Xuanny always tells Mummy, "I think you will born 2 children. One is a boy and one is a girl."

Mummy hopes so too ^^

Mosquito bite

Benja is using his fingernail to peel a scab from an old  mosquito bite on his right shin here. This expression is a result of him bearing the pain from it. He had been peeling it so often that the wound got bigger and took more than two weeks to recover.

And this is the third time Benja revealed his shoulder through the collar. With his botak head, Benja looks just like a little monk. (The first two reveals were during bedtime with his pajamas.)

Benja looks innocently comical doing 'serious' stuff like peeling scabs, naming the objects he see outside the window, and singing along to the Barney music CD with his bare shoulder and innocent face. ^ ^

Fur balls

12 June 2014

Today we were playing with some coloured fur balls the size of  Cheezels. Benja would throw the ball and Mummy tries to catch with her hands.

Dog Dog was by our side. At first Mummy made Dog Dog pick up fur balls with his paws. Benja found it interesting and wanted Dog Dog to catch the balls he threw.

In order not to let the balls drop through Dog Dog's paws, Mummy showed Benja how to hold the balls by keeping them close together.

Here's Benja trying to do exactly that.