My Dollie Baby: November 2007

I can Drink from a Straw!

- Thursday, November 29, 2007

Milestone: Drinking from a Straw Cup
Date: 29 November 2007 - Thursday
Racia is 8 Months, 3 weeks and 4 days old today

Mummy gave Racia a straw cup today - her Hello Kitty Combi Straw cup (Gift from Da Gu).

And to mummy's surprise, Racia immediately sipped up the water useing the straw from the cup with no difficulty.

The good news is that Racia managed to take in a lot more fluid via the straw cup than her own Pigeon sprout MagMag sippy! First day attempt, total of 100ml of water sipped/consumed.

Mummy was worried initially on how to train Racia to sip from a straw but it seems like her worry were unfounded. And with Racia handling the straw so well, Mummy realised that she should have given the straw cup to Racia much earlier.

Mummy wonder if it is because Racia is a fully latched on baby ( thus with a strong instinct to suck) which explains why she can handle/sip on the straw so well at her first attempt??

P.S: On closer inspection, mummy finds that the combi straw cup has many better features than the Pigeon MagMag.

I can Crawl!

- Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Milestone: Crawling
Date: 27 November 2007 - Tuesday
Racia is 8 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days old today

My baby can CRAWL!!!
Mummy made this wonderful discovery yesterday!

While playing on her playmat, Racia attempted to crawl forward. Only 2 baby steps but this made mummy's day! Mummy can see that Racia has finally figured out she needs to tuck her knees in and push herself up so that she can move forward. Racia was still a bit wobbly as she crawled forward. In fact, Racia herself was also very amazed that she could finally move forward.

Mummy tried to encourage Racia to crawl more today. By placing a new toy (a small packet of toasted walnut), This attracted Racia's attention immediately and and without hesitation she crawled the few steps forward to explore this tiny packet of nuts.
Mummy also caught Racia crawling forward trying to move out of the play mat area onto the floors. Mummy can see that Racia is super fascinated by the cool ceramic tiles.

Mummy guess that Racia will soon want to crawl and explore around and its time to start fencing her in her play yard!

I want to stand!

- Friday, November 23, 2007

Milestone: Pull Up to Standing Position
Date: 23 November 2007 - Friday
Racia is 8 Months, 2 weeks and 5 days old today

Daddy made a surprise discovery when he was giving Racia her evening bath. Racia actually pulled herself up to stand while in the tub.

This is the first time that Racia has shown any inclination of wanting to stand up. Mummy thinks that Racia wanted a clearer view of the bathroom drains which prompted her to stand up to peek over her tub. However, when she was standing up, Racia seems more curious about her straighten legs, she could not stop looking at them.

Next milestone: Cruising perhaps?

Let's Sit Up!

- Monday, November 12, 2007

Milestone: Sitting up from Tummy Position
Date: 12 November 2007 - Monday
Racia is 8 Months, 1 weeks old today

Today, mummy found that Racia can move into sitting position from tummy position. It was such a funny sight to watch.

Although Racia's movement is still a bit awkward, mummy can tell that Racia can definitely move pretty quickly back to sitting position when she is on her tummy.

With this new skill, Mummy also realised now that Racia does not like to be on her tummy for long. Once she is on her tummy, she will move to sit up immediately.

Mummy hopes that this new skill will not hinder Racia's time learning to crawl.

My 2nd Tooth

- Saturday, November 10, 2007

Milestone: 2nd Tooth
Date: 10 November 2007 - Sunday
Racia is 8 Months and 5 days old today

Finally Mummy is seeing the little white bits which is Racia's 2nd tooth. And this is like more than a month since Racia's first tooth erupted.

During this time.mummy's hand was bitten by Racia numerous time when she was feeling for signs of this new tooth!

There was the usual signs of heavy drooling (like a leaking tap) which wets not just her top but through the bib mummy put on all the time!
And apart from the drooling, Racia did not display much of the other usual teething symptoms.

Mummy can't wait for her top two teeth to come out next.

Bye Bye Everyone!

- Saturday, November 3, 2007

Milestone: Waving Bye Bye
Date: 03 November 2007 - Saturday
Racia is 7 Months, 4 weeks, 6 days old today

Mummy found out by chance that Racia can wave bye bye today.

We were all at Suntec for the Hey Baby 2007 contest and Chloe's grandma wanted to carry Racia. When Racia was in her arms, Auntie was waving Bye Bye to Racia and she imitated almost instantly. Racia immitated and did the wave for 3 more times after that.

Mummy is not totally convinced even though everyone (including daddy and Chloe's grandma) confirms that Racia can wave Bye Bye). This is because Racia always waves her arms when she is happy. So mummy think s that maybe Racia is just displaying her usual happy actions?

Mummy thinks that she should try and test Racia again another day!

I want to Reach for the Remote!

- Thursday, November 1, 2007

Milestone: From Sitting to Tummy Position
Date: 01 November 2007 - Thursday
Racia is 7 Months, 4 weeks old today

Mummy was just blogging yesterday that Racia is now learning how to move from sitting position to crawling and this morning, Racia finally figured out how to do it!

Although Racia's movement is still a bit clusmy, Racia has definitely figured out how to launch into crawling position from sitting.

Mummy have been training Racia by placing her favourite fan remote controls just out of her reach so that Racia will learn to move forward and grab it.
And Mummy was expecting that Racia will need another week before she can move successfully from sitting to crawling, she never expects that by Racia could do it by the next day!

Mummy feel that all babies' development are so amazing!

And now Racia needs to learn how to crawl properly!