Elena - week 19
A short one this week as I’ve been busy with a personal project…
Hmm…I wonder if anyone’s watching…
Splish-splash!
Bath time has become flood time. Elena has finally realized the thrill of splashing about in her bathtub, and as a result, I often end up walking out of the bathroom carrying a very happy (but tired) baby but wearing soaking wet clothes! She has a little yellow rubber ducky that I put in her tub when she bathes, and oh dear me…my girl has pretty violent tendencies! Not only does she try to kick the duck (and she actually eyes it before making her move!), if her foot actually makes contact with the bobbing duck, she’ll try to drown it by keeping her foot on it to keep it under the water! Eek! 
Can’t.Get.Fingers.In.Mouth.
Feeding
We’ve increased her feed from 4oz to 5oz, but looks like 5oz is no longer enough to keep Elena full either. When we first increased her feed from 4oz to 5oz, we had to split her feed into two parts, as she couldn’t finish 5oz in one go. Nowadays, there are times when she can guzzle down the whole bottle in one go, and still smack her lips for more! What’s more, she cries if we pull out the bottle from her mouth…we have to let her continue sucking until the last drop is gone and she uses her own hand to push it away. Tsk tsk…demanding! And you know the Chinese saying where the more you help, the more a nuisance you become? Well, Elena’s ‘I-want-to-hold-the-bottle’ tendencies has progressed to that stage. I can’t feed her without her fingers curling around the bottle teat and pulling it out every few minutes. Feeding now takes twice as long!
Ahh…there we go…yummy…*giggles*
New trick of the week
She has a newfound fascination with her tongue. She’s smacking her lips and licking it with her tongue, making the funniest noises ever! Wait till I upload the video on YouTube, you’ll see what I mean!
Sniff sniff…smells like milk!
Development
Neck muscles are now stronger and she’s able to keep her head up for a longer period of time. She’s still very content lying on her back though…well, she’ll roll when she’s ready I suppose! Sometimes though, I wonder if she’ll skip the crawling stage altogether as she’s so eager to stand. She particularly loves it when I carry her under her armpits and she gets to stretch her legs and bounce on the bed…I lift her up and down and say ‘Jump jump jump jump’ and she just grins widely in delight!
Ooppss! Caught in the act!
And as you can see…the finger biting saga continues…
Comment by Tsu Lin on 3 June 2009 @ 2:30 am
Aww.. isn’t she a beauty? Good job for putting her photos all in large version. Can see all her features.
And I laughed reading the rubber ducky! What an inquisitive girl
If also pretty violent! LOL. I think she’s just trying to figure out “what happens when I do this..?”
And, saw your new favicon - Nice! I quite like the old one though, although I couldn’t make out what it said (looked like chinese characters).
What personal project were you busy with?
Comment by MMin on 3 June 2009 @ 7:19 pm
She looks so very, very cheeky in those photos!
Comment by brenda on 5 June 2009 @ 1:08 pm
that’s very nice shot of Elena.
photo 1- let’s me check if anyone is watching me.
photo 2- hooray.. better hurry b4 i have to share my “snack” with mummy.
photo 3- yummy yummy yummy…….(x10,000)
photo 4- my “finger food” smell really nice.
photo 5- opps, i got captured. Let’s pray mummy didn’t post the photo on her blog.
Comment by sooyin on 30 June 2009 @ 10:22 pm
Tsu Lin: Haha…yes, she’s pretty violent. Plus she’s quite strong too, poor ducky!
The old favicon also said the same thing, but it was probably not as clear as this one (which incidentally has gone missing again!)..
MMin: Haha…she’s equally cheeky in real life!
Brenda: LOL…you always come up with really good captions!