Genieve has grown teeth!

My baby girl is turning 8-month old in a few days and she has grown two small teeth... hee... I shall take a close up photo soon just for momento sake.

We were so excited when we saw the first 'crowning glory' bursting out of her lower gum. She seemed pretty excited herself, chewing on every thing that she got hold of. When the seond crown burst through, it was really cute. Now she has one big tooth and one small tooth... ;)

Genieve has been learning to stand without support, of course not too successful so had a number of 'accidents'. She knocked her head against a sharp edge of my bedside table just about 3 days ago. What a heartache, there was slight bruise and bump with a bit of abrasion. Well, I was quite upset with my hubby as he was supposed to look after her while I went to the washroom. See what hapened...

Today, my hubby knocked Genieve's head against the side of the car door when he put her in the car seat... looks like we have to be extra careful now that she is more active. Better start child proofing the home....

ok, enough griping. Time to have rest. Will blog soon.

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Genieve standing...

It's been almost more than a month since I last blog. I've been so busy with work...

During this one month, Genieve has grown much. She can now stand while holding onto the side of her playpen and play yard's gates. It's amazing to see her doing all these little things.

She is much more responsive and 'playful' nowadays. Her favourite game now is 'tear the tissue paper'. She will launch forward whenever she sees a piece of tissue paper. Then she will take her time to inspect the tissue paper before tearing it up into small pieces! Her little fingers will proceed to press and feel the small pieces, it's real interesting watching her learn new motor skills.

Genieve is showing preference over things and people lately too. It's superb to see her so excitedly scream for our attention the moment we return home from work. Really nice and uplifting to see her so enjoying our company... :)

Baby Genieve refused to eat her cereal...

I started feeding Genieve a few weeks back. It started off quite well, she was quite interested in eating cereal. However last few days, she became very picky and refused to eat cereal and just wanted to drink milk.

It is really strange as she was quite happy eating cereal initially. Not sure what happened. Maybe she is still not ready. I think I'll go slower in introducing new food.

Share with me if you have an opinion on why babies suddenly get turned off by solid.

Another Milestone for Genieve

Possible for a 5-month old to drink using a straw? Of Course!

So happy that Genieve is now drinking water using a straw!! Hee... yesterday, she finally was able to suck some water up the straw.

I started letting her drink water through a straw last Saturday. Naturally, she wasn't able to do so at the start. In fact, she was really awkward!!! Haha... she was 'chewing' the straw rather than sucking. I kept encouraging and showing her how to do it by making those 'sucking' sound... Her facial expression was hilarious!

She was learning bit by bit every day. 'Chewing' became ' Blowing air through the straw'.... After repeated demonstration, she was able to suck some water up the straw yesterday!!! Hooray!! When the water gushed into her mouth, she was shocked! haha. Really funny...

When she tasted the goodness of water, she began to drink when the water flowed into her mouth. By dinner time, she was quite happy sucking water through the straw. Wonderful!
Will try to take a photo of her drinking later today. :)

p.s: I learnt from a mother of seven that baby being able to drink through a straw will be very convenient in the future.