So much happened during the past 8 months. I tried to remember as much milestones as I can, but I am sure I will miss out some :(
Seeing those little tricks from Zac really amazes me. On the very day when Zac turned 4 months old, we brought him for his 2nd haircut (the 1st haircut was during the 1st month). Due to the ugly patches on his head due to the shedding, I had no choice but to bring him for a shave. I brought him there reluctantly. Guess what? Apparently Zac could carry very well with his botak look. He did not fuss throughout the whole session. Everyone commented that Zac looked really good in his new hairstyle (what hairstyle? No hair at all!)
Zac also attended his first wedding during the same month. It was my maternal cousin's wedding at Mariott.
My dad bought him a walker. His feet could hardly touch the floor when we put him in the walker. My innovative Mom actually placed thick telephone directories under his feet so that he could rest his both feet on them. He spent his days chewing on chewy toys. We were wondering if he was teething soon!
Zac could sit by himself during his 6th month. By then, he was able to "walk on his own" with his walker. He love to chase us when he is in the walker. Not to mention, all of us had bruises and cuts from his walker!
We brought him to Marriot High Tea one Sunday. He had fun with the high chair while grandma fed him porridge. Oh, did I miss out? He started his first solid food when he was 4 and half months. It was funny to see his reaction when he had his first spoon of puree. But he loves it! We then proceeded with cereal once a day for him.
Soon, when he was close to 6 mths (after I stopped breastfeeding him), he started porridge since. He started with pork to flavour the porridge and promoted to eating mince pork as he grew older. He has lots of vegies as well. He loves scallop flavoured porridge (just like his mommy).
Zac started to be vocal and imitate us. He will blabber and make noise. He is very sticky to grandma, coz she is his primary caregiver since I started working. He will always go to the kitchen to explore. His favourite kitchen toy was the basket. We will put the basket on his head and it does look like his hat.
He loved his ah yee's giraffe. And so ah yee bought another one just for him. That is his first stuff animal. He will put the giraffe in his mouth and "arum" it. That leaves lots of saliva on his giraffe. Now when we ask him "Where is giraffe?" He will point at it or run to his room in his walker to get the giraffe and "arum" it straightaway. It is really funny to see that reaction!
I gave him the teddy that I bought for him from Hokkaido back in 2008 and introduced that as bearbear. He loves the bearbear too. He will "arum" the bearbear. Maybe that is the way to show his love to his stuff animals. The teddy has a tiny pillow sewn on it. That is Zac's favourite too! He will bite the pillow till it is soaked with his saliva and then threw it away. My mom had to soak it with hot water and then hang it out to dry for few days. It was amazing to see how soaking wet that little pillow was! I love it! haha!!
Zac celebrated his first CNY. He had lots of ang pao from everyone. There were so many photos taken during those CNY celebrations. Let the photos speak the thousand words...
We brought Zac to Ion. He seems to enjoy this shopping trip. Check out those photos taken in Ion.
During March 2010 this year, we celebrated my mom's birthday at Oscar, in Conrad. Zac was 8 months old then. I love the baseball jersey I got from him. We gave him a baguette and he put it in his mouth! It was a funny scene!
Let me fast forward some of the milestones...
- he started crawling when he was 6 months
- he learnt to wave byebye, flying kisses, did the twinkle twinkle little stars action, ...
- he had his first tooth when he was close to 9 months old
- he had his first fever when he was 10 months old. It was quite tiring for me coz Zac Daddy was not in Singapore. Lucky po po is there to take care of him as well. I had to camp po po place for 3 nights to take care of him.
- he always say "po", "air-pur" (apple), "mum mum", "da da da", "hug hug"... and others that I could not figure it out.
- Now he has 3 teeth, two from the bottom, and 1 on top.
- he is able to stand on his own.
- he started taking small steps on his own!
There were so much more to write.. but my thoughts are not organised. I think I will stop here and continue each time I have inspiration to pen down again!
