Anyway, her milk rash has cleared so I'm v happy. She went for her jabs again and the doc prescribed some steriod cream and all it needed was one application and it cleared! I was so amazed. And we had been putting aloe vera and rice water for so long and it had been taking forever.. i wondered when i'll see the beautiful skin she should be having instead of the nasty rash. Yeah...
She hasn't rolled from back to front but if i put her on her tummy she can roll to her back, with lots of effort and protests. She is very 'teh' and 'manja', often letting out whiny sounds and looking at me with those eyes, beseeching me to carry her up. But i'm naughty - I usually let her try her utmost before I carry her up.. This often results in her crying. Oops! This mummy bullies her daughter...
Since we went to the pediatrician, we weighed her. She is now 7.2kg and 64cm tall! Doc says she's in the 75 percentile for her weight and 50 percentile for her height. That doesn't sound too bad to me! She is growing well and looking lovelier everyday. Her legs are so squeezable, almost like stress balls!
Her latest favourite activity is touching her knees and calf. I think she is trying to reach for her toes and feet. So much so that she will hang on to her knees while I change her diaper and when she is playing till there are small little red finger marks from all that pressing. It's really funny! She also hangs on very tightly to me when she is being held against my body, leaving those same finger marks on my skin. Sometimes she grabs the area around my neck, almost like she's strangling me. Must be getting back at me for making her work so hard during tummy time.
That said, her neck is getting stronger and she is also bearing some weight on her legs. She enjoys trying to control those neck muscles... and we've been encouraging her by putting her in the bumbo. She doesn't sit there for long but at least she can sit up without us supporting her and get a good view of the surroundings.
Over the weekend, we took her out quite a bit. On fri we wanted to eat kway chap but V ended up coming back a little late (long queue la...) and so we just went to the central to ta pow our fav hawker fare - chwee kuay, xiao wan mian, bachang for dinner. I was craving some sushi so that went into our dinner too. We also borrowed 2 dvds - Revolutionary Road and Slumdog Millionaire. The 2 movies were excellent and I enjoyed them thoroughly... though we had to stay up late to wach them and now I think i'm more tired over the weekend than the weekday! On Sat we brought her to che doo's place (he's out of town but we went there anyway) so that Mama could see Sherrie. KJ and family came and we bought durians over. We had fun and she was so cooperative!! (As usual, going out she has no problem, but the moment we went home she made a fuss) On Sunday we went to try out western food at Lorong Ah soo (Western Chow - not something i'd return for) and went to Ah Ma's place. What a weekend!! She enjoyed all the outings.
Oh yes, we've tried out the diapers from bumwear. So far so good.. they are a little bulky but look nice on her... make her butt look a bit big but the fleece is so soft. Of cos since they're not absorbent like the disposables she needs to be changed almost immediately when she poos or pees. Which I guess isn't a bad thing cos then she won't get diaper rash.
Ok it's the start of Week 20 and i'm looking forward to the surprises she's going to throw me. :)
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