10 months already????????

Rowena will be 10 months this coming Monday. She is really changing from an infant to a toddler and is just 2 months away from her 1st birthday. Time has really, really gone by and I will definitely miss her ‘babyness’. When I look at Harvynna, I can’t believe that she is once a baby too. Just looking at Harvynna now – how she talks, acts, answers backs, fights with us and I know, Rowena will be there soon!

At 10 months, Rowena

Has 2 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth. ( I noticed that there is a gap between her 2 top teeth – it looks cute anyway!)

Can stand-alone without holding anything for a while

Is cruising along well (keeping fingers crossed she will walk on her 1st birthday so she will look pretty in the dress her Aunty Selvy (or rather Grandma Selvy!!! bought her)

Is NOT sleeping through the night – hopefully that will be achieved once she is fully weaned after her 1st birthday. I have done the ignoring bit for a while now and she actually goes back to sleep on her own.

Still says, Wawa, baba, dada, awa etc (something like that). I have not heard any actual words so far – but she seems to understand quite a lot. If I tell her ‘NO’, she will look at me and shake her head profusely, if I ask her ‘where’s the elephant?’, she will look for the elephant picture on the wall. And she knows, what is forbidden as she will go towards the wire for the aircon and will turn to smile at me before touching it!

Since introducing other normal food to her, she is slowly losing interest in her baby food.

Loves to scream for no reason just to attract attention

Likes to dance when listening to music by rocking her body to and fro. Her current favourite is the Chinese New year song!

Likes to look at books, then start chewing at them – hmm, she has destroyed quite a number of Harvynna’s books.

She adores her sister and is always happy to see her or join her play despite getting whacked all the time by her.

The best part is the way she reacts when I go pick her up at the babysitters – she will flap her arms and shout so happily and then crawl as fast as she can to the door lifting her arms up!

And of course, I must proudly say, her favourite person is still Me! Me! Me!

Happy 10 months Rowena – mummy needs to get cracking on your birthday party!

My 2 girls - month by month

My girls are really growing - this is a comparison of my 2 princesses as infants (birth to 10 months). Can u tell which one is Harvynna and which Rowena?

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to everyone! Here’s a dozen roses to you!

We wont be going out to celebrate as everything is like 10 times the price amidst the traffic jams. We will be having a simple dinner at home. Will head to BSC Cold Storage after work to buy the pre-marinated meat (good for lazy mamas like me), some vegetables and potatoes and Walla – its as good as a night out. Plus, we’ll have the girls to entertain us. Hmm – was planning to leave the office at 5 sharp but they had to arrange a meeting at Jalan Ledang at 4.00pm. Don’t even know where that is - somewhere near Jalan Duta.

Looking forward to the looong CNY break this weekend.

Ma.....ma.....ma....ma

That’s what my lil heart stealer, Rowena does now. Whenever, she needs my attention, she will say, ‘ma…ma..ma…ma’ and reach out her arms. Haiyo, how to resist her like that. I think she knows that I love it when she does that as whenever I carry her, she will start her, ‘ma…ma..ma.mma.. again. Yey, so Rowena started calling me first instead of Daddy. Rowena’s actually quite independent as she can play and entertain herself AS LONG as I am still in sight! Then, when Harvynna whacks her, she will cry and crawl to me. That’s basically what happens everyday.

Harvynna is becoming a lil gangster and can defend herself quite well. We took her to the Bukit Jalil playground a couple of weeks back and as she was climbing up the slide, this boy (probably about 5 years old) pushed her. She got angry and shouted at him, ‘I have a big rotan at home. I am going to ask my mother to beat you very hard’. The boy ran to the other side and she followed him, ‘you watch out forever’. Hehe. – I think the boy was intimidated by her.

On Monday, I had an accident. This stupid guy knocked my car from behind. I was so pissed off and I got down to see what happened. The noise was so loud that I thought the back of my car was a gone case. Luckily, it was just the bumper, but it still cost about RM1000 plus to fix. Anyway, I told Harvynna to stay in the car and look after Rowena as Rowena started to cry when she heard the loud noise. I told her that the stupid man knocked mummy’s car. After it was settled, she asked me, ‘the stupid man knocked your car. I must beat him or he will knock your car again’ Up till today, she will ask me, if she needs to beat the man.

I Can really notice the differences between my 2 girls – Rowena is gentle and fragile. She will cry even at the slightest fall or knock. Harvynna, on the other hand is a real tough one and will stand up for her own right. Way to go, Girl!

My social butterflies

We took the girls out to ‘The Social’, Bangsar last Saturday. We have to take the girls especially Harvynna out or she will go wild with all her contained energy. So we met up with Brendan and Ameeta, who is now 36 weeks pregnant. The waiters at Social always seem to give a lot of attention to the girls. They kept coming over and playing with Rowena and she loved it!

Whenever, we meet up with Brendan and Ameeta, we always end up talking and Harvynna feels left out. She left us and sat with another group of people, just as a sign of protest. Plus, she insisted on going to the toilet at least 3 times that night.

I must say that Rowena was very well behaved. She sat happily in her high chair. As long as she has something to hold and put in her mouth, she can be quite contented. When the band started to play (the music was really loud – even I felt my ear drums bursting), she just drank her milk and dozed off to sleep. That’s when harvynna got jealous and practically tried to break Rowena’s neck. Gosh, that was scary – I had to get Ameeta to carry Rowena while I held Harvynna. Hmm – I think Ameeta’s baby did not like Rowena and started kicking away the moment Ameeta carried Rowena, or maybe it was the loud music.

Harvynna was very interested in the band especially the guitars. She sat on my lap with her legs on the table.

We left about 11 plus with both the girls fast asleep. ZZZZZZZZZ and had to be carried to the car.

I guess since we don’t have anyone to look after the girls, we tend to bring them wherever we go, which in turn, makes them more sociable and used to being out.

It's just a matter of weeks, before Brendan and Ameeta have their baby girl, and my girls will have another friend. Harvynna has already ear marked some of Rowena's shoes to pass to them.' This one must give to Aunty Ameeta's baby - too small for Rowena'. Unfortunately, Uncle Brendan recommends that a baby does not need shoes till they start walking so the feet will be free and not constrained. That sounds like a typical Australian thing or it might be his professional advise, after all he is a podiatrist.

taken - Xmas 06

Ooops - Rowena is 9 months old today

Hehe - i realised that I made a mistake in my previous post. Rowena is 9 months today and not 10. Sigh! - signs of old age! As Rowena gets older, I get older too and more forgetful! Bad mummy!

Happy 10 months Rowena!

Rowena will be 10 months tomorrow. My little baby has grown, grown and grown. When I look at her now, I cant believe how big she has become. She now is able to play independantly by crawling to her toys and taking them out and putting them in her mouth! (as long as I am in sight), otherwise, she will start wailing wuaaaaagh and crawling to look for me!

Rowena is cruising now and can stand momentarily on her own without holding anything. So I guess, she should start walking soon. Gosh, once they start walking - they are no longer little babies and start to be more independant.

The hair on top of her head has grown very well (the hair that fell off due the cradle cap), but the hair at the back of her head is still like that (not much hair and sticks out everywhere). Everyone still thinks she is a boy that I really have to dress her in real girlie clothes. Dont wnat her becoming a tomboy later. She looks a lot like her dad (sigh!) but has the kind, pleasant personality like her mummy. Ceh!

I still have not ventured far where her feeding is concerned due to her allergy problem but she has tasted chocolates, ice cream, chocolate cake (all my favourite food) and seems to LOVE it.

Looking at her development now, I can safely say that Rowena enjoys shopping and going out. The moment we head towards the door, she starts flapping her arms and grinning away and whenever we take her out shopping, she seems so excited - laughing. Now, she does not like to sit still in her pram as she will try to stand up, climb out of the pram which is quite dangerous.

She indulges in baby talk now with wawa, adada, baba, aagh etc. I could have sworn she said mama, but then again.... you never know.

She recognizes her favourite songs, like Twinkle Twinkle little star, where she tries to imitate my hand movement but ends up clasping her hands together, moving it up and down and then FINALLY, it goes in her mouth!

Her other favourite songs are Itsy Bitsy spider and Baa Baa Black Sheep. I now play Harvynna's Musikgarten CD in the car and Rowena tries to follow the tune - just aa aa aa!

Oh yes, the spots she had was actually a bad case of exzema - still trying to figure out what was the cause, but she is really scratching especially behind her ear till it bleeds. Her face looks like she has an acne problem.

Now that Rowena is 10 months, and bigger I have actually taken the 2 girls out shopping on my own a few times but only as far as Bangsar village! Since its small and safe (i Hope) and the parking lot is small and well lit. Besides, I must say that the staff at Bangsar Village are really helpful. They always unlock the disabled toilet for me when I go with the girls as its much bigger and easier and the cleaner actually comes and asks if I need any help and even brings extra toilet paper for me.

Even the staff at the parking lots are really helpful. The other day, I was pushing the pram, Harvynna in one hand and Rowena in the other, the guy actually helped by pushing the pram and told me to hang on to the girsl properly as sometimes cars tend to speed. I felt quite bad, as Harvynna was running around wildly earlier and I told her, to be careful or the 'naughty man will catch her. Just to make my story real, I pointed to the car park staff (from a far la) and told her that was the 'naughty man'. She was actually quite scared when he came to help us. Later, in the car, Harvynna asked me 'Why the naughtly man helped us? I thought you said he was naughty???'

Errr? Never lie to your children!

p/s" Thanks Aunty Selvy for the photos