Have I mentioned that Yee Sinn is now trying to talk? She is trying to mimic us saying "Hi". Every evening, straight home from work, I'll open the door and say " Yee Sinn... HI!!". And she never fails to response with a smile and one sweet "Hai....."

These few nights, Yee Sinn has been pretty much amused with the musical lantern that her Yi-Poh (Grand Aunt) gave her. It's a small tacky fish that has blinking lights and some music that goes "Wa-la-Wa-la". There were occasions that it was switched off accidentally. When that happens, she would simply give the poor fish a smack and the light and music will be on again.

It has been a bad week last week. Yee Sinn was down with Roseola, also known as "Fake Measles". It all started with her having bouts of high fever from early Tuesday morning. Her temperature yoyo-ed between 39.6 to 38.2 degree the following 2 days. Her conditioned only settled down on Thursday evening, when she had reddish spot-breakout through out her body.

Thank goodness all is well now. Everytime Yee Sinn falls sick, the next person who suffers most is me. Usually I'll be the one taking leave to take care of her and in doing so, freeing up Grandma Lee to do her own things such as running her errands etc. And because I'm the one staying at home, I tend to wake up in the nights to monitor her condition. Tired, yes indeed. But I guess these are part and parcel of motherhood.

Hope Yee Sinn knows that her mama is the best. :-)

The weekend passed swiftly. Hubby and I spent sometime at home playing with Yee Sinn. We also brought the family out for a spin over the weekend. We went to a shop called "Tai Sing" along North Bridge Road to purchase Yee Sinn's Combi car seat. She seems to like her throne and have been failing asleep every now and then during the rides. I got myself a combi stroller so that it'll be easier to bring Yee Sinn out. Combi's range of products are not exactly cheap but their designs are beautiful and functional. The shop assistance threw in a free Combi toilet training set (a.k.a The Potty!) as their products are all controlled price.

We intend to take Yee Sinn out to the parks during the weekends. Hopefully, she'll learn how to appreciate nature, just like her papa and mama.

Books and magazines never fails to excite my little girl. Every evening (we try...) we'll read her a book borrowed from the library. Hubby will read a Chinese story while I'll be reading her English stories. Her favourites are usually books with different textures - pages with furry images, rough and bumpy pictures or sometimes glittery ones too.

Her fascination with magzines, usually old copies of 8-Days, also include crushing the pages and tearing them into bits and pieces.

This is one of my favourite picture of my daughter. As I mentioned in my earlier posts, Yee Sinn is a very curious girl who, like her Papa, loves gadgets! She has learnt the art of ransacking my handbag and picking out ONLY my handphone. I've lots of other stuffs in my bag but she seems to be only interested in my handphone.

She is attracted to the screen saver as well as the differnt ring tone that comes with the phone. I told her Papa to get ready to buy her a PDA very soon.....

Yee Sinn never fails to surprise hubby and I with her motor-skills. Some people says that boys develop their motor skills much faster than girls. However, we are very sure that our little girl is progressing very fast in that area. She can now easily pull herself up into a standing position and is now not afraid to fall flat on her butt. Some people asked us how we train her to do it... very simply, we just let her tumble and fall. Yes, there were numerous times she fell flat on her face, knocked her head or even slipped while crawling. However, all we did was to tell her it was an accident, pick her up and sayang her for awhile. Once the wailing stops, we'll put her back onto the floor (hard cold floor!) and encourage her to explore on her own further.

There is also a small pearlie tooth showing on her lower left jaw. Perhaps that explains her refusal for milk (either that or the breastmilk is now pretty much tasteless) and her constant gumming on all things that she can lay her hands on.

Yee Sinn is now officially 7 months old. She has achieved many new milestones recently. They are:

1. Able to say "Dah-Dah". She says "dah-dah" for almost everything and anything.

2. Sit up, roll around and crawl. She can sit very well since she turned 5.5months. But for some strange reasons, she kept "kok-ing" her forehead yesterday while in a sitting position.

3. Pull herself up into a standing position.

4. Throw tantrums. She'll scream and kick around when she doesn't want to be placed in her playpen... not even for mere second.

5. Eat semi- solids. She has increased her intake of porridge during the last 2 days. She can proudly eat almost half a bowl. Unfortunately, she still hates water.

6. Recognise her papa and mama. She can so endearingly crawl to either one of us for her cuddles. She will show her anxiety when an unfamilar face carries her.... she's immediately becomes upset and sometimes cries when she looses sight of us.

My dear girl is growing up very quickly. Hubby and I treasure all these precious moments we spent together, watching her grow and showing all the cuddles and kisses onto Yee Sinn.

We bought Yee Sinn a high chair last week. We thought it would be good to get her used to sitting on proper chairs while having her meals. We want to train her so that she'll learn how to sit still while having meals outside. She has been really well behaved so far. She will just concentrate on eating while seated firmly. Sometimes we'll put her in the chair so that she can watch us eat and part-take in our conversations. The only bad thing about the chair the fabric on the seat is waterproof so it can get a bit warm if Yee Sinn sits on it for too long.