7 mos + Heidi

Our 7 months + Little Heidi is growing well.

We're having a really fun time, seeing her from a tiny frame, growing into something which we think should be around 9+kg! Or maybe even a whopping 10!

She's learned to sit, though she still needs pillows around her.

She has discovered she has 2 tiny hands and 10 little fingers. And of course, the joy of clapping.

I read that babies have short term memory and can only start to recall things around 9-12 mos.

So everyday she must be going through the below:

拍拍手

Heidi: (thinking) Mmm, I got these... Wow! (looking at her tiny hands in amazement).

Daddy: (speaks) Heidi, see... *Clap! Clap!* 拍拍手! 拍拍手!

Heidi: (actions): *Clap! Clap!* (thoughts) Wow! I can really do these with these things! This is magic!

Daddy (speaks): Wa! Good girl!

The 拍拍手, the "Wa!" the praises... this episode goes on every night without fail.

The best performance she does is clapping her feet in the air. Nothing new, just instead of using your hands to clap, she does it so well with her feet.

Eh.. eh... eh...
Then nowadays, she's so good that whining, she whines at the tiniest thing like
i) not being able to reach for her toys,
ii) not getting your attention,
iii) not able to move forward (cuz she hasn't really crawl yet),
iv) changing her diapers
v) changing into her PJs
and many more....

So, she needs your attention. She'll go "eh. eh. eh." in her most girlish tone, then plus her frown.
That's it. She's irritated.
Just give her what she wants, she'll give u the widest grin.

Pee-pee
Heidi has developed a habit.
I think she enjoys peeing whilst changing into her PJs.
This happens every night. Without fail.

Me: (actions) changing her diapers, removing the tapes and then bringing her to the sink and wash her butt and all

Me: (actions) brings her back to the changing station with the towel under her and starts to dry her

Heidi: (thinks) Oh, this is wonderful. I get to play with the water just now... I wanna play again. So if I pee, Mommy will bring me to the sink again, and I can play with the water again! How smart. Ok, here goes... (actions) peeee.......

Me: (speaks): Heidi!

The below requires imagination:
On repeat mode on bringing her to the sink... blah blah blah... Heidi plays with the water... blah blah blah... Heidi's very happy playing with the water... blah blah blah... me dabbing her dry with a fresh towel... putting powder on her...

Then. Suddenly.


She pees again. Again! AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN!!!

Sigh... I've to scrub the towel, clean the changing mat, take a fresh new towel to do the above all over again...

I can see her giving me a cheeky grinning, as though telling me, she enjoys it.

Sigh... why?!?!

But fear not. The daddy is a very smart man.

Daddy: (speaks) Haiya, quickly put her diaper under so when she pees, at least it goes into the diaper and don't need to keep getting fresh towels and wash the changing mat.

Me: (thinking) Wa, so smart...

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Heidi baby, if you happen to read this what you're older, pls note that Mommy has been doing the above w/o any complaints.

Whatever tricks u think of, we will overcome them... So, is that all u have?? Show us all!

Woohoo...!!!

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I think I'm getting weirder these days.