My Princess Diary

Water Activity

2007-05-14T17:46:00.000-07:00

Date : Feb 2007

CNY 2007

2007-05-07T23:07:00.000-07:00

CNY at Grand Pak Leong House

Date : First day of CNY 2007

Zoey & the gang......

Date : First day of CNY 2007

Zoey with grandparents & Uncle Eric

Date : Second day of CNY 2007

Zoey with great grandmom & grandmom

Date : Third day of CNY 2007

The Wong's Siblings

2007-05-07T22:53:00.000-07:00

Date : Feb 2007

Development - 1 & half year old

2007-05-07T17:41:00.000-07:00

Zoey is back !!!

Zoey is growing up fast these days, walking, talking a little, and even using a spoon or fork when she eats. She hasn't gotten a handle on is adult table manners. And that's okay, for mummy. It's too early for her to understand or manage neatness. Eating is a learning experience, and at this age learning tends to be messy. So mummy will spread a splash mat under her highchair and set her free; let her learn to use a spoon at her own pace, check out the texture of soup, rice and find out what peas do when thrown.

Every game she plays, whether it's pointing to different body parts when mummy asked her to or putting objects into containers and taking them out again, teaches her about the world around her. One of the things she's learning is that she's an autonomous entity, not just an extension of us.

My little girl understand of the world is growing rapidly. For instance, she no longer thinks pencils are something to eat. She can now grab them and create glorious scribble pictures for mummy.

She gets simple games, and can sit while away long moments playing peekaboo. She like playing peeaboo with her daddy and she will laugh and laugh each time daddy boo boo her. She also able to name the body part - eye, ear, nose, head, hair, hand, leg, tummy, teeth, tougue and face.

At this age she have master few of the vocabulary. These are what mummy can remember at this momment....but Zoey is giving mummy a suprise everday, by saying some new word everyday :-

Apple / Throw / Jump / Cheese / Ice Cream / Open / Close / Stop / Go / Slide / Swim / Yes / Chick Chick - Chicken / Aabit - Rabbit / Meow Meow - Cat / MumMum - Eat / Moo Moo - Cow / Pig / Bear / Horse / Up / Down / Book / Bread / Boat / Scoop / Hold / Poh - Carry / Corn / Milk / Chuk Chuk - Porriage / Bena - Ribena / Swing / Pilo - Pillow / Hot / Cold /

Some of her favourite characters and she able to say out the name :-

Nini - Barney / Jayjay - BJ / Bobbob - Babybob
Bob - Spongebob / Momo - Elmo

When she hear her favourite songs, she will sing along :-

Babaa...babaa - Baa baa Black Sheep
Star Star - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Although she still understanding less than half of what mummy says, she's getting a handle on most of the words we use around her. She's also having a vocabulary spurt and putting together pairs of words, like "Meow Meow Jump" , "Meow Meow Mummum Fish" , "Fish Mummum Bread" or "Hold Ice"

She's becoming much easier to understand now that she often combines pointing with a word or two. And her growing independence is asserting itself in numerous ways: She can undress herself and dressing herself - wearing socks or shoe and feeding her dolly. She can sort things by color, shape, and type, which makes toys that encourage sorting particularly popular now.

Mummy observed a spurt in physical development. Zoey now is surer on her feet, loves to climb all over your furniture, she able to run, though not as smoothly as she'll be able to later.

Now she may also go up stairs by herself, but she'll need help on the way down. Zoey able to kick a ball, too. She can also hold in her mind a clear memory of an object well after you remove it from her vision. Daddy is taking advantage of this new capability by playing hide-and-seek with her favorite toy.

There are some days when all that physical energy is more than mummy can handle. (Sigh).....

After all, mummy can't do anything to change it — flip on her favourite Barney music clip, grab this little one, and sing along with her and dance a few steps together.

Princess Turn 1

2006-09-28T18:55:00.000-07:00

Today 23rd September 2006, is my girl birthday !!!

I can't believe I lived through this year. I can't believe we made it. There were so many times I looked at her and knew that I couldn't go on. But, now I was really happy that I made through and I am glad that I have this little girl.

Now, the sky is bluer with my Zoey to see it with. Food tastes yummier, jokes are funnier, Hubby face is more handsome. And I'm so in love with the person we made, the one who's already rushing away from being my little baby at light speed.

This is a brief diary on her big day ! At about 8:00am, Zoey knock knock our room door and then here comes the little princess, walking confidently with her pajamas suite. Of course Pohpoh is holding her arm on the other side. Then, mummy, daddy, kung kung and poh poh wishes her happy birthday. Both of us give her a big kiss on her cheek.

Later, we turned on the birthday song and sing along with her. She is so happy and dance infront of us. Mummy and daddy bought her a gold pandant neckless. The pandant is inside the box and we gave it to her, she seems like it very much as she can shake the box - just like a rattle.

Poh poh bought her a leg chain with 2 bells and put it on her right leg. She is so excited and keep on shaking her leg, so she can hear the bell ring. Then, we bath her and dress in pink dress and her new shoe. Everthing is new for this birthday girl.

Actually, mummy planned to bring her either to zoo or aquaria in KLCC, but due to the distance, we decided to walk around 1U. We visited the pet shop. Zoey like it very much. Here she managed to see all type of rabbits, hamsters, dogs, cats, birds, fishes and etc. Mummy gave her the freedom to walk around the area and letting her to explore. She like hamsters very much, she talk to them and smile to them. Mummy looked at her and amaze how she develop her skill - from a white paper to a pefect drawing now.

Kung kung bought a cone of ice cream for her, she enjoying it and keep on saying "mum mum". Mummy gave her some bread and letting her to try some dessert - jelly peach with blended ice... MMmmmm...yummy

Zoey is exhausted as she walk alot today. On the way back, we bought her a chocolate moose birthday cake with strawberry on top.

We had a great dinner at King Crab (again). This time, we had a big feast, we invited some of the relatives to join us. Although, Zoey would not able to taste all the food but mummy wanted her to join the crowd by giving her some rice.

Later at home, we sang happy birthday song again, and get her to blow off the candle. As today is her birthday, she had the approval to eat anything......birthday cake, yummy yummy.

My Beloved Poh Poh's Birthday

2006-09-07T17:35:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Poh Poh !!!

On Sunday night we celebrated poh poh birthday, as daddy would not be around on the actual day. We had our dinner at one of the famous seafood restaurant in PJ - King Crab Restaurant. The reason of choosing this restaurant is because poh poh like the food here as all their seafood are fresh and they also display their live fishes, lobster and other live seafoods in their aquarium. Zoey like to watch fishes and lobsters.

After having our dinner at about 8:00pm, we went back home as this month is still the 7th month of the chinese calender - hungry ghost festival month.

On the actual day - 5th of September, mummy took half day leave and bring poh poh, kung kung and Zoey to Mid Valley for lunch. Daddy not around as he was outstation. We had our lunch in one of the japanese restaurant here. We looked at the menu and decided to have 3 diffrent type of bento sets, so we can try different kind of food. We waited for more than 1/2 hour..... everyone seems hungry now, finally food is served. Poh poh and kung kung love it and enjoyed the food very much.

We also get Zoey to join us and letting her to try the tofu and the japanese rice. Zoey like it, and keep on saying "mum mum". Mummy noticed she like the taste of japanese food as she sitting quitely on her baby chair and waiting for mummy to give her more. As for dessert, mummy gave her watermelon. She love is so much and refuse to let go....yummy ! yummy !

Then, mummy carried her and show her the fishes in the aquarium.

Later, we walk around Mid Valley and kung kung bought some cakes from Secret Receipt for tonight celebration. We went back around 4:30pm and take a rest.

Then, we had a simple dinner at the nearby restaurant and came back home for the blowing candle ceremony. Kung kung light up the candle and poh poh carried Zoey with her, and blowed off the candle together. Then, mummy cut the cake banana chocolate cake and bluberry cake and gave her to try. She love it !!!

This is how we celebrated poh poh birthday this year.

Development - 11th Month

2006-08-21T05:24:00.000-07:00

Attachment
My 11 month old is starting to be very attached to her pohpoh. I know this can be a good feeling, but there will come a time when pohpoh need a break and it won't be possible because she is so attached to her.

Mummy agreed that spending few hours a day playing with Zoey is totally unacceptable. it is hard but this is the life of a working mom. Pohpoh is her primary care giver and have been there since she is born, of course Zoey is bonding with pohpoh, and mummy is more than happy because pohpoh is babysitting her and she is close to her grandparents and not someone else.

Physical Development
This 11-month-old is also becoming more adept at using her hands. At this age she enjoy "putting things in" and "taking them out" — for instance :-

Toys : Block

Placing objects such as blocks into larger containers and then dumping them out. She will also gleefully knocking down the block towers which mummy build.

Brushing her hair

When mummy hand over the comb to her, she will grab it and brudh her hair. She will also grasp the hairclip from mummy and try to clip it at her hair.

Powder Puff

When she managed to grab the powder puff, she will immediately puff on her stomach, her face and her arm.

Peekaboo

She know how to play peekaboo. When mummy said peekaboo, Zoey will repond by putting her both hand on her face and open up and smile back to us.

Eating Habit

Any bite-size food that baby Zoey can pick up and eat himself qualifies as a finger food. Finger foods are fun for Zoey to play with and an important first step toward independence. But mummy noticed that finger food can get messy easily, usually mummy will let her finish up all her food before cleaning up the floor.

She like to hold her biscuit and bite slowly, she can finish up one piece of discuit in one meal. She also know how to eat fruit by herself. This is to let her enjoying this important learning experience that helps develop fine motor skills.

Development - 10th Month

2006-07-30T18:08:00.000-07:00

Climbing
Baby, in fact, have a natural inclination to climb that may take me by surprise. It is all started by standing and walking at our bed. She likes to stand at the bed front and pick up the remote control. Now, she able to climb up the bed front and hangging there for awhile. Though mummy may be worried that Zoey will hurt herself, but mummy letting her to explore and offering her safe places to climb - on the bed, to practice balancing and climbing are a good way to channel this energy and encourage her physical development.

More Mobility

By this time, she is 10 months old, baby Zoey able to crawl very well on his hands and knees, with her trunk parallel to the floor. She master her skill now and able to crawl the whole house.

At this age, Zoey can also sit confidently and may even walk while holding onto furniture, and letting go momentarily and standing without support. She managed to take few steps somtimes without holding onto any furniture and attempt to scoop up a toy while she is standing, too. Those magical first steps toward independence, given more exercise for mummy.

Gettting Interactive

Zoey is getting more interactive now, at the age of 10 months, she able to master her memorries by showing us that she able to communicate, understand and follow simple instruction.

Y Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Mummy : What is twinkle twinkle little star ?

Zoey : (She open & close her finger - few times)

Y Blowing candle

Mummy : How to blow a candle ?

Zoey : (She will puff & puff)

Mummy have to wipe her mouth after that, as some saliver came out during her puff puff.

Y Answering Phone

Mummy : Zoey, how to say hello ?

Zoey : (She will lift up her hand and place it at her ear)

Y Calling Kung Kung

Mummy : Zoey, pls call kung kung ?

Zoey : (Ah, Ah...)

This repond will only apply to her kung kung.

Y Aeroplane

Mummy : Can you show mummy, how aeroplane

Zoey : Spread her arm, one of her hand holding her pacifier (as a aeroplane) and swing her arm)

Imitates Others

This 10 month olds baby is listening closely to what we say, what we do, how we say it or how we do certain things, she able to imitate what she sees other people doing.

Y Sneeze

When mummy sneezed, she will imitate and bubble out the sound.

Y Cough

When daddy or kung kung is coughing, she will do the same.

Y Dance

When she saw Barney & Friends dancing, Zoey will lift up her hand and move her body to the left and right.

Y Singing

When she hear her favourite music is playing - twinkle twinkle little star or baa baa black sheep - she will hum and hum.

Indicates Want With Gesture

Mummy noticed that Zoey is capable of assigning different gestures to dozens of words. She will shows us what she want by climbing out from her play pen if she get bored. Spread her arm and bubble to us when she needs us to carry her. She will grasp the bread and put into her mouth if she want to eat. When she saw mummy drinking, she will pat mummy arm and point at the drink.

Whether it's that first smile, wave, "mama," or tottering steps, there is nothing more exciting than watching baby Zoey grow. Each day, mummy is watching and listening into what is happening in Zoey's life today and mummy is looking forward to exciting future developments in baby Zoey.

Development - 9th Month

2006-07-05T05:31:00.000-07:00

Memories

This month, baby Zoey have a very strong memory power. She started to remember more specific information, such as where her toys are in her house, where mummy keep her boat and etc....When mummy hide her ball, she know exactly where mummy put it. She'll also be able to imitate actions she's seen as long as a week before. These skills indicate that she has recall memory — the ability to remember some details of a specific experience for a short time — though she still doesn't remember most of her experiences.

Playing & Learning

Zoey likes toys with moving parts. Rubber ball that can roll around on the floor are fun playthings, too. She will grab it firmly, when mummy ask for it, she will answer by shaking her head "No No". Mummy also tested her behavior by giving her a cherry, and asking back from her, she shake her head twice. Then, daddy tried, Zoey gave the same answer by shaking her head too. When she is full, she will also respond by shaking her head when mummy ask her to drink milk. Mummy and daddy puzzled where she learned it.

If we take a toy away from her, baby Zoey will scream for help. Now, we need to give her something new before taking the other object away. It is a nice time to play with Zoey at this age, as she will responded immediately. During free time, mummy will play the rolling the ball game with her and she will roll back the ball to mummy instantly. Or when daddy hide her toy, under his hand (grab it) she will open up daddy hand to see if the toy is beneath it. We also play the boucing ball game, and show her the action, Zoey able to do the same. It is all about fun and be her best playmate ......

Clapping hand

By 9th months, baby Zoey have the fine motor skills, muscle control, and hand-eye coordination necessary to bring her palms together. She start clapping to show she is happy or excited. Sometimes, she will clap her hand when she watch Barney and Disney channel. She also clap her hand when we ask her to clap. This is one of her way to communicate with us.

Water sport

At the first week of 9th month, it is a best time to let Zoey explore and play with water.

Kung kung bought a water pool for her, then we filled up the pool with water and placed 2 of her favourite toys - the plastic ball and her rubber duck. We let Zoey sit on the pool. She get excited and splashed the water all over the pool. She also grab the duck and bang it into the water. It is fun to see her play and getting active........

Mummy also bought a "Hello Kitty" floating boat for her. Whenever mummy show her the new boat, she will respond by smile back to mummy. At the first week of July, this is the first time, Zoey experienced the new enviroment - swimming pool. Firstly, daddy get into the baby pool and then we let Zoey to sit into her floating boat. She like it as she uses her hand to touch the water and also uses her leg to kicked the water. Daddy also cruised her around the pool. She enjoyed it very much.

This month is about playing and getting active !

Time to start setting limits

Baby Zoey now understands simple instructions, though she may purposely choose to ignore daddy when daddy say "no." (Sometimes, to help the word carry a little more weight, daddy use it sparingly, for setting important limits.) But even though Zoey may not always remember tomorrow what daddy have said today, but daddy feel it's not too soon to set certain boundaries and start teaching her some important distinctions, like right from wrong and safe from unsafe. Daddy're not being mean, but sometimes is for her healthy purposes, daddy do not like to see her bitting her finger, so if she bite or put the rubber ball into her mouth, we will move her hand, and look her in the eye, and say, "No, bite bite, its dirty." She will stop but after awhile her desire to explore is stronger than her desire to listen to our warnings, so we will repeat again. What seems to be defiance isn't; it's just her natural curiosity to see how the world works.

My baby is jealous....

PoPo told me that baby Zoey have developed jealousy in her character but mummy feel that it is too early for a nine month old baby too have this behavior.

In my experience, when I brought baby Zoey and PoPo for breakfast, and PoPo trying to carry her friend granddaughter. Zoey innocently looked at PoPo with her big eyes and pointed to the little girl and shouted and screamed at PoPo, as that time PoPo is trying to carry her friend granddaughter. She do not allowed PoPo to carry the little girl. However, PoPo trying to tease her by carrying the girl, eventually baby Zoey cry out. Mummy got a good laugh out of this as baby Zoey prentending to cry with no tear. Later, we tested with other baby and true enough Zoey is jealous and do not want her PoPo to carry other baby.

Kissing...mmmuuaaahhh

Baby Zoey can follow simple instructions now, when we say "kiss kiss", she able to understand what we're saying and immediately she will lay her head forward for us to kiss her.

Talking up a storm

Words and word-like sounds are now spilling out of baby Zoey, and she's able to use them meaningfully. As the frontal lobes of his brain continue to develop, so does her ability to reason and speak. Encourage her interest in language and her understanding of two-way communication by being an avid listener and responding to her sounds.

At this age, Zoey can imitate word sounds and inflections, as well as actions. She able to follow simple one-step directions, such as "Ta Ta to mummy" - she will lift up her hand and wave or "Pick up the pacifier." - she will pick it up from her coat. This to help her to learn by separating multi-step commands into easy-to-follow steps.

In addition to "Mama" and "Dada," Zoey is able to babble short, fully inflected sentences that sound like a foreign language. When we ask her to call out "Daddy", sometimes she say "DaDi". Kung Kung and PoPo, keep talking to Zoey everyday, naming and labeling objects and people — mummy noticed that Zoey's vocabulary is growing pretty fast. Now, she able to respond to simple questions — for example, "Where is the papaya?" or "Where is your book"— by pointing to the named object.

Development - 8th Month

2006-06-30T06:10:00.000-07:00

Step One Step Two......

Baby Zoey like to walk around her play pen or baby cot. Sometimes, she will stops holding on and takes some initial wobbly steps without help, she is progress amazingly fast (in a matter of days) from first steps to toddling more confidently on her own. She will able to stand up without grabbing any support, she will immediately lean forward on her baby cot and start playing her toys.

In the evening, mummy will bring her to playground. Here, mummy will let her do some simple excercise, such as walking. Mummy also letting her to experience the swing, she will sit quitely. She enjoy it very much!

Coping with separation

Now, the separation anxienty is at its peak. Although it's normal now for a baby to show an extreme attachment and fear of everyone else, it is difficult for doting grandparents. Mummy help ease transitions for baby Zoey by warning people to approach slowly and let Zoey make her first move. Another approach will be advising those people to holding some attractive items such as magazines or colourful toys. It usually work well......hahahaha

Little fingers

Zoey's fingers are becoming more agile. Using her pincer grasp, she able to pick up a piece of cereal or even as thin as one strand of mummy hair and other small object without having to rest her wrist on a solid surface.

She's intrigued by tiny things and is still likely to taste-test them. It is fine to let her feel all kind of surface as long as they're edible and not so small that she could choke on them. A good rule of thumb is to avoid letting Zoey have anything that won't dissolve in water, like a peanut. Mummy will make sure to wipe and clean her hand after touching any objects.

Blooming personality

Baby Zoey's personality is really emerging now. She is very social, granting broad smiles to everyone she meets, or a little more reticent, shyly hiding his face when well-meaning strangers try to engage her. She will open up her arm when she see someone she likes, she have her own preference. Zoey is likeable by most of kung kung and po po friends. Everyone likes to hold and play with her.

Most of the time, Zoey'll repeat sounds, gesture for daddy attention, and may even wave goodbye when she sees daddy head for the door.

She's also developing a mind of her own, which mummy may run up against when mummy try to put her in her car seat or stroller. Now, it is a hard time for mummy, as she knows how to object, she will stand up when she do not want to sit, usually we will try to distract her.

Communication skills

She's experimenting with new sounds and stringing syllables together. She likes to make sound. She will start to babbling when she heard kung kung mobile phone ring. She knows mummy is calling and she will babble and babble. She is trying to communicate and sometimes she can babble up to 5 - 8 minutes ( non stop).

Mummy will encourage her interest in language by avidly listening and responding to her words and babbling. This give-and-take is crucial: It teaches her about two-way communication and that what she says affects others. Zoey will repond and get excited when we talk to her.

Development - 7th Month

2006-06-30T06:09:00.000-07:00

Teething

Finally the tooth fairy is here. Baby Zoey sprout her first white caps (at the lower central incisors) at the age of 7th month. Mummy also noticed that she has more drooling and experimenting with sounds as she is adjusting the strange new things in her mouth. She likes to bite, sometime mummy will freeze her teether and then rub at the teeth. She enjoy it.....

Testing, testing ...

By now, mummy have already told Zoey that the handphone is not a toy, rattles are not for throwing, and remote control is not for bitting, mummy's hair not for pulling and bla.. bla... bla.... The fact is, at this age my baby begin testing my authority by refusing to follow mummy directions or entreaties. Mummy knows that she's not really being disobedient or willful — but she's just curious!. So, the best tactic is to use a simple no, then distract her. Naughty, mummy !

Getting more emotional

Baby Zoey's emotions are becoming more obvious. She able to perform simple tricks, such as bouncing when we sing her favourite song - Happy Birthday, and repeated her act when we applauded.

Exploring objects

Zoey now explore objects by shaking them, banging them, dropping them, and throwing them before falling back on the tried-and-true method of gumming them. Mummy noticed that at this stage, Zoey like to see things fall down, get picked up by mummy, of course, and then get thrown down again. Mummy know that she isn't trying to goad mummy with this cycle; she just finds the spectacle interesting and naturally wants to see it again and again.

She now understands how objects relate to one another, too. For example, she realizes that smaller things fit inside bigger ones, she will throw the block into the container and she is also easily find something mummy hide - especially when mummy hide the aircond remote control.

Feeding Time

Now, baby Zoey is trying to feed herself. She is letting mummy know about her new goal by grabbing a spoon and, eventually, guiding it into her mouth. Mummy letting her to experiment and helping her to learn a new skill, but of course the cereal is end up on her bib or at her cheek. Sometimes, mummy will let Zoey to join us during family mealtime, making Zoey a habit to eat together and be part of our family.

Respond.

What a experience, when mummy found out that Zoey able to repond. When daddy hide behide her back and pat his finger on Zoey shoulder. Zoey will respond immediately by turning her head. She also will laugh out loud when we scratch her back and tickle her feet. She will also squeezed, when we tickle her waist.

Walking

At the age of 7th months 3rd weeks, Zoey knows how to pull herself up and grab on to any available piece of furniture. She will stand for awhile before starting to make her first move - walking. Mummy really amaze that she able to, figure out how to walk pretty easily on her own.

This little naughty baby, wont cries for help when she stump down, instead she will grab on the furniture and stand up again and walk around her play pen.

Introducing Solid

2006-06-30T06:08:00.000-07:00

Yum yum time !!!

Introducing new foods is a time of exciting anticipation for mummy and baby Zoey as it is a leaping toward new milestones of development. Mummy started introducing solid to Zoey at the age of 6 months as mummy noticed she have the chewing motion, growing appetite and able to keep her head in a steady, upright position. She seems to get hungry after every 2 hours of formula feedings

A good rule of thumb is to start with rice cereal, first mummy gave her one or two teaspoons of dry cereal mixed with enough formula milk to make a semi-liquid. Then mummy use a rubber-tipped spoon to feed Zoey, this is to avoid injuring her gums. Started with just a small amount on the tip of the spoon. Begin with a once-a-day feeding.

Mummy noticed baby Zoey do not eat much at all in the beginning, she keep on splitting out the cereal but mummy gave her time to get used to the experience and mummy keep on tablespoons her few times. At the 5th feeding, she gets used to her new diet, now she is ready for a few tablespoons of cereal a day. As the amount she eats increases, gradually mummy add another feeding in the evening.

By the age of 7 months, Zoey have tried few different type of fruits and vege.

My poor baby falled sick......

2006-06-30T06:07:00.000-07:00

She is back to hometown on 11 March 06, at first she is having a very light cough during at night, then her cough is getting more often the next day. We gave her some medicine but her condition remain unchanged. Then we bring her to clinic and give her some medicine immediately. Her cough is getting worst over the past 2 days and her flu is starting too, mummy get worried and bring her to clinic again.

This week is a tough week for po po and kung kung, as Zoey cannot sleep well during at night. She will wake up and cry, as her nose is blocked and her phlegm is stucked at her throat. Everybody is worried and pitty at Zoey. She refused to drink her milk and play as what she normally do. Looking at her condition, kung kung and po po decided to bring her to clinic again. The doctor used a equipment to sucked out the phlegm from her throat!. Zoey cried out loud.

After the treatment, Zoey starting to drink her milk again, pheeewwww...... and we still continue to give her the medicine. Her cough and flu is getting better each day and she back to herself again........ Naughty !!!

Development - 6th Month

2006-06-30T06:06:00.000-07:00

Recognition skills
It's all about fun this month! Baby Zoey now actively engages in hiding games and can remember when she press the button on the turtle (toy) back, she will able to see the flashing light and music will start to play. Figuring out how objects relate, Zoey's beginning to understand how objects relate to one another in three-dimensional space. She may be able to sort toys, grouping items by size.

She admires her reflection in a window and when mummy suddenly appear behind her image, she will turn and look for
mummy, instead of believing that mummy are in the mirror itself. A simple game of peekaboo is absolutely fascinating to Zoey. Daddy likes to play with her and she will laugh and laugh when she see daddy face. That's because she's starting to understand object permanence (that an object he can't see can still exist) and loves games where people or things appear and disappear. In fact, this is one of the easiest ways to keep this little 6-month-old baby occupied.

Fun Time
Her fine motor skills are coming along, too. Some of her skills are include transfering a toy from one hand to the other, banging objects together, clasping her hands, and grabbing for a toy using only one hand, pushing or throwing her the toy away, grabbing her pacifier when mummy put it on the bed, touching colourful things. When mummy bring her to shopping she will move forward her whole herself to the toy or any attrative things, then she will try to touch it by using her hand. She just likes to explore and curious about everything.

Stimulating toys and games
At this age, Zoey tend to gravitate toward stuffed animals, both big and small. She likes all the soft toys given to her. Mummy have introduced some aminal toys to her such as hipo, flamingo, octupus, lion, giraffe, zebra, rabbit, cow, doggie, fish, bear and beattle. Usually, she will grab and stare at her toy and later she will stuff it in her mouth. Other good toys include balls, blinking toy and pop-up toy which she enjoy playing at this time.

Standing
It's happening already...Zoey is showing the first stirrings of independence. By six months and second week she can sit well without support. At this young age she can even pull herselves up to a standing position while holding onto furniture. she is also a good propper; if mummy stand her next to the sofa, she able to maintain the posture, hanging on for dear life. With this new independence comes the inevitable bumps and falls of childhood.

Bouncing Baby & Sitting Pretty
Baby Zoey can now support some of her weight on his legs, and she loves to bounce. When, mummy called out her name, Zoey will turn her head and smile at mummy. She will bounce and bounce at her walker, and open up her arm. This is one of her favourite movement - to indicate to us that she wants us to carry her.

She able to sit unsupported at the age of 6 months forth weeks(which frees his hands for exploring) and pivot to reach a desired object. She even able to get into sitting position from lying on his stomach by pushing up on his arms. Zoey can sit for awhile and play with her toys.

Waves Goodbye
By 6 months and 3 weeks, Zoey knows how to waves goodbye. Thanks to kung kung effort in teaching Zoey to respond and react when we says "Ta Ta". This simple act amuse most of our friends and also strangers, especially when mummy bring her out.

Da Da
Morning 15 of April 06, po po brought Zoey over to mummy bedroom, as usual when we placed her on our bed, Zoey will do her rolling action. She will roll herself to daddy on the left and then
to mummy on the right. Suddently, mummy and daddy heard she saying "Da Da" and Zoey keep on repeated the word over and over again. Daddy and mummy was so surprise and both of us look at each other and immediately we gave her a big hug her and a kiss on her cheek. Then, she look at us and gave us a cheeky smile.

Crawling
Zoey start crwaling at the the age of 6 months 4 weeks. soon after she's able to sit well without support. Sometime, she will hold her head up to look around. She gained proficiency each day, she able to go from a crawling position back into a sitting position.

Development - 5th Month

2006-06-30T06:05:00.000-07:00

A growing range of emotions
Babies can't express their emotions in the same complex way that adults do. But in this month, baby Zoey able to shows a strong attachment to us, by raising her arms when she wants to be picked up and by crying when we leave the room. She sometimes may also give us kisses. She is beginning to get the joke — she will laugh at funny expressions when daddy show her his tougue and try to make us laugh by showing her tougue, too. Making those goofy faces and nonsense sounds, and play at pantomime and mimicry, is when the fun begins.

Ba ba ba ba ba ba . . .
Zoey is adding new sounds to his language repertoire, and her current favorites are full of bubbles. At this age, baby Zoey become so enthralled by one of her newfound abilities that she get stuck on it for a while. She is now trying to talk to us when we play with her or when mummy phone her. Listening to her baby language makes us proud - she is developing each day !

Exploring with her hands
At this time Zoey's hand control is developed enough that she can rake an object toward her. Sometimes she grab or hold mummy or kung kung face, she'll stare at us for a while and start grabing our nose and mouth. When we put our finger in front of her and tell her to shake hand, she will hold our finger. She also start to practice moving objects from one hand to the other, usually she will be able to grab any moving toy on her second attempt.

Learning to roll over
In the second week of her fifth month, baby Zoey have learned to roll over in each direction - she able to roll 360 degree !, this is a milestone that awe and amuse us. Rolling over is fun for Zoey, it also nerve-wracking for us. Each time when we put her in our bed, we will make sure all our pillow guarded her, we never leave her unattended on a bed or any other elevated surface. As she likes to make few rolls in one attempt, sometimes she will roll from one corner to the other corner of our bed. If there is any pillow blocking her from turning, she will cry for help. Mummy also noticed that Zoey able to reverse crawl, she will lift up her bump and straighten her leg and then, she will move her hand down. The way she crawl it is looks more like a baby worm going backward.

Little social animal
At this age babies not only tolerate attention from others, they often initiate it. Now mummy noticed the beginnings of stranger anxiety, anyone who approaches Zoey with raised eyebrows or a grin delights her can becomes an instant friend or if she dislike the person, she will turn her head to a different direction. Zoey is also learning that her behaviors, both the ones we like and the ones we don't, she will stop making fuss when when daddy is talking to her firmly. She able to differentiate when daddy is talking to her or when daddy is angry with her. Eveyone noticed that baby Zoey likes her daddy very much and only daddy can calm her down when she is throwing out her tamtrum. Hmmm.... mummy is getting jealous now....

Zoey will do just about anything to get our attention. Right now almost everything she does is endearing, but as she gets older, she's more likely to get into mischief to provoke a reaction from us.

Getting a kick out of story hour
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends reading aloud to your child. Mummy starting reading to Zoey when she is 2 months old. Daddy bought a animal farm book to her. Now, she able to recognized the animal when we shout the animal name. She will use her finger to grab the animal. Mummy noticed that Zoey begin to enjoy looking at books, magazine or any form of paper material. She also like to explore by feeling it with her hand. Reading giving us an opportunity for cuddling and socializing that both of us and baby Zoey can appreciate. This will improved her language skills and prime her for a lifetime love of reading.

Chinese New Year 2006

2006-06-30T06:03:00.000-07:00

Gong Xi! Gong Xi!

May the golden dog bark away all the bad luck & wag his tail to clear the path for us......

CNY Eve
- Having lunch "tuen yuen" in hubby parent's house at 12:30pm with some of his relative.
- Went back to my parent house for dinner "tuen yuen"around 5:00pm.

1st Day
- After makan makan with hubby family when to his "Pak Leong"house for visiting.
- Chit chat with Pak Leong, Tai Pak, Kelly, Renee, Ah Kok's family and Wai Cheh's family.
- Have dinner at Pak Leong house, and went back around 7:30pm.

2nd Day
- When back to my parent house, kung kung and po po missed Zoey very much. Play with Zoey till 2:00pm.
- Went to Q Poh house - meet Ni Cheh, Ling Cheh & Nilai Aunt. Chit Chat till 4:00pm
- Went to Ah Ku house - meet Wai & Yee Cheh family.
- Have dinner at my parent house and went back home around 8:00pm.

3rd Day
- Went visitng to Templer Aunt house and shopping.

4th to 8th Day
- Shop and shop with baby Zoey.

Development - 4th Month

2006-06-30T06:02:00.000-07:00

A new talent for rolling over

When mummy placed Zoey on her stomach, she will lift her head and shoulders high, using her arms for support. This mini push-up helps her strengthen her muscles and she is getting a better view of what's going on.

She may even amaze mummy (and herself!) by rolling over from her back to her front. Sometimes mummy will encourage this through play: Wiggle a toy next to the side, she customarily rolls. Mummy will applaud her efforts. Now mummy will never leave her unattended on a bed or any other elevated surface that she can get around.

Reaching out and mouthing objects

Zoey is now able to reach out and grab an object. Once she wraps her hands around something, she'll study it for a moment and will try to put it in her mouth, mummy will always be sure that whatever mummy give her is not too big to fit all the way in.

Mummy also notice more drooling now. Mummy suspecting she is starting teething, but I believed the first tooth usually doesn't surface until Zoey is 6 to 8 months. Mummy always encourage baby Zoey to explore and play with a variety of objects. Something as simple as a clean hankie, teether or her soft toys might occupy her for a few minutes. Watching her suck on it, hold it, and discover what happens when she scrunches it up, makes mummy laugh out loud.

Playing solo

Now, Zoey can play with her hands and feet for a few minutes at a time. A miracle! Suddenly mummy realized it's strangely quiet in the bedroom and look in, only to discovered that baby Zoey, who so far has needed my attention for most of every waking moment, is amusing herself.

Sometimes, mummy will read out her aminal book, she get very excited and will grab the book immediately with her hand and feet.

Appreciation for a full range of colors

Babies see color from birth, but they have difficulty distinguishing similar tones, such as red and orange. As a result, they often prefer red, black and white or high-contrast colors. Now Zoey in her fourth months, color differences become clearer, and she begin to show a preference for bright primary colors now. Zoey likes red. When mummy go shopping, mummy will bring her to toy department, as some great eye-catchers include primary-colored mobiles, bright posters, and colourful toys catches her attention and she will get excited and keep her eye busy.

Honing in on sounds

Baby Zoey now realizes where sounds come from, and she'll turn quickly toward a new one. One of the easiest ways to engage her is to jingle a set of keys. Those toys bell are great attention-getters, too. Usually mummy will jingle a set of keys when Zoey making a fuss or refuse to drink her milk. She will stop crying and listen to the sound and then she will start drinking her milk.

Cause and effect

Zoey's ability to interact with mummy, others, and her surroundings is growing daily. At this stage, she start playing little games as she begins to understand that simple actions have results. Sometimes baby Zoey may drop objects just to watch mummy & daddy pick them up or to see how and where they fall. She like to pull out her pacifier and drop it on the floor. Its makes us exhausting each time picking up her pacifier........ Zoey... Zoey...

Development - 3rd Month

2006-06-30T06:01:00.000-07:00

Better arm, leg and hand coordination

Zoey can now wave his arms and pump her legs. And as her hip and knee joints become more flexible, her kicks are getting stronger. When mummy hold her upright with her feet on the floor and feel her push down. She can also bring both hands together and open her fingers. Mummy encourage her eye-hand coordination by holding out a toy to see if she'll grasp it. Truly, baby Zoey able to do it.

Attention

This month, mummy introduce a new toy to her - Nemo (The fish by fisher-price). Nemo is hung at her cot. Mummy will imitate Nemo voice and talk to Zoey. Baby Zoey will listen and stare at Nemo. Now, when mummy call out Nemo, baby Zoey will turn her head to see her Nemo friend.

Direction of voice/Clear recognition of Mom & Dad

By 3 months, Zoey has formed an attachment to mummy and daddy by recognising our voice.

Sometimes she'll will smile at strangers, especially when they look her straight in the eye and coo or talk to her. But she's able to sort out who's who in her life, and she definitely prefers some people over others, baby Zoey likes her daddy very much.

Each time when daddy talk to Zoey, she will turn to the direction of voice and smile at daddy, then she will respond by saying "ahgoo", "uuuahhh", "eeee" "aahhhh". Sometimes she can talk up to 5 minutes.

Listen & Respond

Baby Zoey able to recognized some words such as "Pacifier", "Water", "Carry". For example when kung kung trying to give her the pacifier and call out the name, she will open up her mouth.

Baby Zoey dislikes water, she will make noise or shout when we called out "Water".

When mummy or po po say the word "Carry" she will lift up her head and let us pick her up.

Holding

Zoey able to hold her milk bottle when she is 3 months and 1 week. She able to hold it using her both hand for about 1 minute.

Besides that, she also knows how to hold her pacifier and put into her mouth, when she is 3 month and 3 weeks old. She also know how to hold her rattler / teether during play time. She will hold it for about 1 minute too.

She likes to hold and hug her teddy bear pillow during bedtime. Normally she will falled asleep after few minutes.

Development - 2nd Month

2006-06-30T05:59:00.000-07:00

Smile & Cooing

Zoey know how to smile and cooing about 1 and half month. Mummy was surprised when she first heard the "agoo". This month, kung kung and po po stay with her almost 1 month, they put alot of effort in teaching and communicating with her. By end of the 2nd month, Zoey able to make alot of vowel sound. She even know how to raise up her voice when she is angry or un happy. She will smile and laugh out loud when we play with her.

Grasp with finger

During weekend, daddy decided to go 1Utama, then we drop by at one of the baby store and daddy show Zoey the donkey rattle. She was so excited and grasp the rattle by her hand. Guess what is next ??? Daddy bought the donkey and hang over her stroller. Later, we saw Zoey punching the donkey over and over. Zoey is exploring with her arm and reacting toward her toy now. It is so fun to see the way she re act toward her toys.

Kicking

Mummy decided to introduce new toy to Zoey, then we open up one of her fullmoon gift - kick'n crawl (by fisher price). We lay Zoey on the play quilt. At first she refuse to sleep on the quilt, then mummy and daddy grab her hand and push the activity toy and spin the roller ball on the octopus (activity toy). We repeated it few times. She heard the lively music and getting excited. Then, her leg start kicking the activity ball. She kick for almost 5 minutes. So each time, when we lay her on the quilt, she will start kicking. It is really amazing that a 2 months old baby able to remember - how to play with her toy. We really enjoy seeing her playing by herself.

Development - 1st Month

2006-06-30T05:52:00.000-07:00

Head's up

Baby Zoey's neck muscles are getting stronger now, which allows her to hold up her head for short periods while lying on her stomach. She will lift up her neck and look around. Since she cannot move herself around, this is a great excersice for her age.

Soothe herself

I discovered that a pacifier works wonders in helping baby Zoey to calm herself. Sometimes, she will make noise if her pacifier drop out. Hence kung kung managed to trained her to hold her pacifier. Now, she knew how to use her little finger to push back the pacifier if it is drop out from her mouth.

Music appreciation

Zoey likes to listen to music when time to bed. Mummy will play her favourite music song during bed time, she will listen and usually falled asleep after the 3rd song.

Track Object

Mummy noticed that red object catches baby Zoey attention. Besides, red she also can track moving object. When she awake, Zoey likes to see around the house. therefore, mummy will put her in the bouncing net and letting her to explore and getting familiar with her surrounding. Everyday, is a learning day for this little girl.

FullMoon

2006-06-13T19:37:00.000-07:00

Back to Hometown

On 21 October'05, we bought baby Zoey back to our hometown, which is in Seremban. This is the first time baby Zoey travel in the car for almost 1 and half hour. She slept almost throughout the journey. Although we have a car seat for her, but mummy rather hold her in her arm...... but of course hand pain after that lar.....

We went back to her yeh yeh & ma ma house. Then, we put her in sleep and we had our lunch after that. Later, kung kung and po po came over and play with her, I can see Zoey really enjoy the way po po rock and carry her.....

BIG DAY, is finally here..... Zoey is 1 month old on 22 October'05.

Zoey slept till 10:30am today (Little princess mah.... won't wake up so early). I know she wanted to sleep abit longer, but it is time for praying ceremony. Therefore, ma ma wake her up and bath her. Then, mummy dress her in her new cloth (pink colour). Mummy also put some jeweleries on her neck, leg and hand. This is some sort of Chinese custom - she will bring luck to the family and luck for herself.

Then, ma ma carried her and pray. Later, all the family members arrived. Mummy put her in playpen, so everyone can see the little princess. Zoey got a lot of hug and kisses from her aunties. Fullmoon party started at 1:00pm and everyone seems to get hungry by then, without delay any further food are served and guests enjoying it very much. We served some of traditional confinement food such as pork leg vinegar, "Kai Chow", pig stomach pepper soup, salt steam chicken, angkoo and etc....

About 3:30pm, party ended and we bought Zoey back to kung kung & po po house for praying. By 4:00pm, Zoey is tired and slept in kung kung house. Later 6:30pm, we went back to yeh yeh house for dinner.

That was how we celebrated our little princes fullmoon.