Baby is 1 year old!

Time flies! It seems like just yesterday I've given birth to him and he's already one year old! :)

We held a party for him last Sun and he loved it! Smiley as usual and flashing his hands up to say "hi" to his guests... So adorable! Strangely, his stranger anxiety seems to be gone that day as he was friendly and willing to be carried by the relatives. It was truly his day, his party! I felt the effort spent on the party was worth it, it's a pity I didn't have time to do more. On his actual day, we brought him to a yacht ride and I think he enjoyed the cruise ride better than the party! He was not only smiling, he was laughing all the way! :D I'm so glad he enjoyed his celebrations so much.

He's progressing well last month, much to our satisfaction. :) He understands giving, constructing and kissing. He has also started to creep despite hating to do so and he was doing pretty well. We were advised by the PDs, GP and friends that it is fine to skip the crawling stage and to follow the baby's cue - if he likes to proceed to walking, just let him be. Having tried for several months to train him to crawl, I guess we accept that he could probably really belong to the group of babies who walk without crawling. The ironic thing was that he picked up creeping the moment we began to go loose on him! He can't seem to sit still now, always wanting and pulling himself to be in the standing position...

Food wise, we've transited him to millet twice a day, wheat instead of oatmeal (he hates oats!) once a day and a new one year old milk powder twice a day. We've introduced him to nectarines and he enjoys it very much. Last week, he was suddenly on food strike refusing all food. We later realized that his lower right gum was swollen, indication that he is cutting his first tooth? For all we know, we may be seeing his pearlies very soon! :)

Special mention and thanks to DC! :) He has been a superb help since last month and we never know he was such a great milk feeder until then! Thanks to him, he always manages to let Baby finish his 1st feed, that's >200ml! Not only that, he also cooks Baby's porridge, bathes Baby and does the laundry! I felt esp. relaxed and pampered this month ... I only have to play with Baby and express milk for him (less frequent now, about 4 times a day). Hehe, I think I'm getting lazy! :P


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