Baby Botak

After months of deliberating whether to shave Joshton's hair, we finally did it! We brought him to a neighbourhood hair salon and he was a really good boy, didn't cry or struggle during the shave. It was all done in less than 5 mins, pretty painless for us. We were initially worried about bringing him to a normal salon which might not know how to handle a baby compare to those specialised kids salons in town. It was his first haircut after all, so we were pretty excited about it (or should I say it's just me, being an anal mummy :P). And hey, actually he doesn't look that bad botak! Now that little hair stubbles have started to grow, it's nice to rub his little head which feels as soft as a carpet.

Mama or Mum Mum?

We thought that Josh's first words are "Mama" but then sometimes it really sounds more like "Mum Mum". Wonder does he know the difference..........

Mama = dearest mummy

Mum Mum = I want food!

Baby's first crawling attempt

I'm just amazed at how fast our baby has grown. For the past month, he can roll easily from side to side and turn one full circle around. Today he started to push himself forward and attempt to get into a crawling position. Yesterday I was just asking hubby if we need to start baby-proofing the house and he thought it's too early. I suspect our boy will be an active kid, so before he gets more mobile, we better set up all the safety precautions soon, like covering sharp corners and power sockets.

Just bought a cute bumper playmat from Korea for Joshton's play area as a cushioning mat. He likes to do head slams on the mattress, so I am worried that he will attempt his head slams on the floor too. I was initially reluctant to get the playmat as I felt it was a little costly, and the cheap ABC foam mat would serve the same purpose. But after seeing Joshton cry when he knocked his head on the hard foam mat, I decided to invest in a good quality playmat for a peace of mind.

My little Jedi Master is 6 months old

My boy just turned 6 months last week. He's so much fun to play with and I totally adore tickling him to make him giggle and showering him with lots of kisses on his face. He loves music and his favourite nursary rhymes are "twinkle twinkle little star" and "10 little indian boys".

Joshton was down with high fever over 38 degrees last week. He had mild fever a week earlier, but I presumed it was due to teething, and my mum fed him barley water daily to cool him down. Only later it came to my knowledge that teething will not result in fever...would have brought him to the doc earlier if i have known that. Recently have been slacking in reading up and following the stages of his development. I will be more conscientious from now on!

Took some photos to mark his 6th month. These were taken after his bath, wrapped up in a hooded towel with a toothy grin. If you look closely, you can spot his two half-grown teeth. Doesn't he look like a cute little Jedi master? May the force be with him!

Joshton's first word is "Ma"!!

Omigosh....Mummy's very happy cos the first word Joshton has uttered is "Ma"! I don't think that he knows what that means yet, cos he says that only when he's crying out for attention....he will go "mmmmm...mmmmm....ma"..."mmmm.....mmmmm....ma". So mummy has won the race against daddy, who has been trying hard to get Joshton to say "Pa Pa"...yay yay.

First tooth!

For the past few weeks, Joshton has been chewing on anything he can lay his hands on.....a clear sign that he's teething. We can now see white tips peeking out at his bottom gum. He would even nibble on my clothes when I am carrying him, so I always end up with a big wet patch of saliva on my sleeves. He has also been irritable and fussy recently, which is quite normal for teething babies. I'm a bit worried that he will bite when I'm nursing him! So far he's been a good boy :)

Joshton & frens at Sentosa

Kids outing at Sentosa on Good Friday....Joshton with his jie jie and kor kor frens :) All of them are born on the same year!