Yee Sinn has been curious about touching things these few days. So I made some agar for her to play with yesterday morning. She was cautious about putting her hands and fingers into the plate of agar. But after a while, she sunk her fingers into it, making cute prints.

Hubby hasn't been shaving his face clean these few days either. We thought his pricky face would provide some simulation for Yee Sinn as well. When his facial hair got a bit long, I told hubby to shave it till there are stubbles so that it'll be pricky again. We'll probably let her sink her hands into some grains like barley or rice the next few days. Hope I'll be around when she tries them.

It's June school holiday and Yee Sinn's Papa has been a home the last 2 weeks. I am sure Yee Sinn has been enjoying herself with the activities her papa has for her.

She has been behaving because Papa is pretty strict with her. Nowadays, she'll concentrate while drinking her milk (with no toys or talking for distraction). Once she finishes the last ounce, her papa will praise her for her good behaviour and she'll immediately give him her sweetest smile. She knows that she'll be rewarded almost immediately with his silly games. Smart girl!

Yee Sinn is able to recognise faces. She know's who is familiar and who isn't. She'll give me a smile or coo at me the moment she sees me when she wakes up or when I get back home from work. If she meets stangers in the lift, she'll keep very very quiet and look at them suspiciously from the corner of her eyes.

Yee Sinn has been getting more and more curious about her surrounding. She likes to be propped up against us in a sitting manner to observe what’s going on around her. In fact, one of her favourite time is sitting on Papa’s lap during dinner watching us eat. I got her a bumbo seat and she seems to like sitting in it too.

Yee Sinn has lost interest in her food these few weeks. She has been fussing quite a bit while being fed. She will either use her hand to sweep the bottle away, turn her face left or right, use her tongue to push out the milk bottle teat or simply blow bubbles with the milk in her mouth. She just wants to play with her food.

So yesterday while I was on leave, I disciplined her for her bad behaviour. When she was up to her naughty antics, I looked at her straight in her eyes and told her very sternly “Lee Yee Sinn! No, don’t ever do that again! Mummy does not like you to do that.” I had to repeat myself 2 to 3 more times before she suckled her bottle quietly. Despite Grandma Lee commenting that Yee Sinn looked so pitiful sucking her bottle after we scolded her, I continued with the feed quietly to avoid getting baby distracted. Of course, we gave her plenty of encouragement when she suckled and even told her the reasons why she was scolded. Though they babies, I think they do understand what we do and say. Let’s hope she’ll behave these few days during her feed.

Yee Sinn turned 4 months last week. She is now an expert in flipping - lift to right, right to left. She’ll call for help once in a while when her arms are stuck under her chest. Once in position, she’ll move very quickly like a worm, to get from one end of the mattress to another. Sometimes I wish Yee Sinn could be greedier with her food. She is not a big eater to begin with and she gets easily distracted with her surrounding during feeding these few days. She has lost her interest in her milk and would rather suckle her fingers and thumbs.

Yesterday, Yee Sinn had a great time with Ah Gong. To our horror, Ah Gong introduced his favorite hobby to her – Watching TV. He was playing with her when suddenly he picked her up from the mattress and said “Come, let’s learn Chinese”. He put her on his lap and sat on his favorite chair before switching on the television. She seemed to be enjoying herself with the moving images and the conversations of some Taiwanese dramas. Both of them were glued to the box for quite awhile till Grandma Chang came back from her walk. Hubby and I believe that it’s good to put off introducing the TV to Yee Sinn as long as we can. Instead, we should be talking and playing with her so that she can pick up proper social skills. Even playing by herself would be better than watching TV. Oh well, the only consolation is Yee Sinn visits Ah Gong only once a week so we’ll close one eye for awhile.

Since I’m not getting a car for myself anytime soon, I’m so tempted to get one for my little girl. A coupe!!! Hee. Hee. Uncle Chen-Wei made a big big big mistake of asking me for my shopping list. Hope he’s reading this so that he’ll know that Yee Sinn wants a Little Tikes Coupe II. Not sure how he’s going to lug it back from US though….

Dolly Parton - I feel like Dolly Parton when I have back to back meetings with no time to release my engorgement. Still remembered there were times when I lament to hubby how un-sexy it is to be flat chested prior to my pregnacy days. Now, I do know what being top heavy feels like and sometime it can be a hindrance more than anything else. Hahahahha.

Having a kid can be very fun, especially a baby gir. It means I can indulge her in many many many cute girlie things. On Tuesday afternoon, I came across a Neo-Print machine while on my way to pick up lunch. I thought it would be cute to take a neo- print picture with my little girl. It was quite a task to get her to look straight into the camera. After trying a few shoots, we finally got the "almost perfect" picture. Too bad I was in grabby home clothes with no make up on. But it's ok as long as Yee Sinn looks better than Mama. *Grin* Papa have been complaining that I'm getting very vain with my girl recently- first the pretty pink dresses (with cute panties), the furry flower hair clips and now the neo prints. Oh well, I'm enjoying my time with my little princess while it lasts.

1 bag of rice and 2 packet of sugar - that's Yee Sinn's weight at the moment. She is approximately 6kg, a managable weight to carry her around. I have been putting her in the Babyrock Sling while running errands such as picking up the papers and getting my lunch at Toa Payoh Central. She is now so used to it that the moment she sees me taking out the sling, her eyes will light up because she knows she's going "kai kai".

As promised earlier, I've posted a picture of Yee Sinn's friend, Mr Frog and G-raft.