WW: Say A Lil Prayer

What were you saying?

Lo and Behold! A video of me finally walking. Can you see Dad oh-so-proud at the back? You can hear Mum encouraging me with her babyishly annoying voice. No need to see the specialist anymore. *YAY*

Mood Swings

I've got moods incase you think that babies/kids aren't supposed to have one. Mum got a surprise when I waved her "bye" and blew flying kisses last week - everytime she leaves for work, she waves "bye" and blows kisses to me in the hope of getting that love reciprocated (she has been doing this since she restarted work in Oct 2009!). She expected me to do the same the following day but I wasn't just in the mood so she went to work with a sad face. Come on, Mum - I will do the formalities only when I feel like, OK? Jeeeez!!

We see other 17-month olds and younger walking around and I'm still crawling because I'm cooler that way. I don't need to follow the trend. Walking while holding onto something is as good as it gets for now. When I start walking/running, Mum and Dad would wish that I was still crawling. I've got a regular checkup in Dec so Mum and Dad are hoping that I'll independently walk by then - if not then Dad will be taking me to the specialist.

Weather's getting cooler but still in the 20s and my runny-nose-cough saga continues for the second time in the same month. I can see Mum tearing her hair over this once again!

WW: Multi-Tasking

Sunday ~ Funday

I received an invitation to one of Mum's colleague's daughter's 1st birthday party and Mum is anxious since it falls on a Sunday which is Dad's working day and also Helper's day off. She nearly declined the invitation because it is not easy to travel with a heavy toddler and a stroller. I'm still not walking yet so she will have to carry me while trying to open/close the stroller with the other free hand before getting into a cab/bus. Even on buses, you have to close the stroller "before" boarding, not after! Imagine Mum carrying me, carrying the stroller, trying to pay the bus fare while getting on board - she needs 4 hands for all this! It would have been easy if the driver just let her get on with me on the stroller. Fair enough if the bus is jam-packed but when there is a space for an open stroller then they should just let it be. Sometimes (and I mean "rarely") someone will lend a hand to Mum with the stroller and kudos to those few good citizens. There is a good no. of rules plastered on the bus on what to do and what not to do and they should definitely add "Please help anyone in need". Common courtesy in Hong Kong is a whole new post…..anyway, Mum has decided to scrap the bus crap and take a cab on that day - works for me!

After months of deciding whether to put me into an organised playgroup or not, Mum has taken the plunge to take me to a trial class at KiddiKraft. She wanted to put me into the famous Woodland Tree House but they don't do weekend playgroups - she could have put me there during the week BUT Mum wanted to be there with me (new readers need to know that she has a full-time job and also attends Uni in the evenings) and KiddiKraft seems perfect since it is a 10-min walk from our place and the particular session is on a Sunday. If anyone from Hong Kong is reading this blog then make sure you come back because there will be a review on how the trial class went.

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