Doing a Popo (the movie, like real)

Little drummer girl

She can drum, shake the maracas, blow the trumpet and rock to and fro to the tunes of "ABC" and a few other nursery rhymes. Looks like a one gal band in the making to me ;)

Melody mix (3 yrs onwards)

This "I'm Toy" is for making music. She's making "music" alright ;) the xylophone is out of tune. Sigh, I had high hopes that such a quality product would make it right.

Removed the handheld bells, in case it comes off. That will have to wait till she's 3 years old.

Guiro playing

Right and wrong way, she's trying it every way. Like a baby would.

Propped standing-up

Playing with beach ball

Separation Anxiety

This is what happens when I go and empty her potty. Or rather, the aftermath.

Push to stand props

Here is the setup for her first independent push to stand against the sofa!

Ning's day with our telephone

Taken off the line of course. She's been playing with it since 10 minutes ago and isn't tired of it yet.

Seems like she'll examine and taste every coil in the cord, try to coil it, scratch every button on the keyboard...

Ops, wrote too soon. She's peeling the foam alphabet mat to savor again!

Ning's in the Wok

Haha, I did it.

Shh, don't tell the grandparents.

She's really good at balancing in it too.

Wok and spatula play

Introduced the word wok, so I dug up our wok for her to play with. And what fun is a wok without the spatula?

Am so tempted to put her in the Wok for a spin. Will sure get scolding from Popo.

Lip smacking and teeth grinding

Ning's added lip smacking and teeth grinding to her repertoire of new sounds ;)

She woke and started grinding her teeth since 2 nights ago. A little eerie, but very amusing. Its like announcing the arrival of her upper pair of incisors to complete her first bite!

Captured the smacking in this video.

Leaning over the bed

Ning likes to crawl backwards to the foot of the bed. When she reaches the edge, she drops her feet foot by foot on the floor. Then she'd bend or wiggle her buttocks with her upper body leaning over the mattress.

It reminds me of a scene where the lady leans over a bar waiting for her cocktail. Still underaged.

First "Long" Distance Crawl @ 8 mths

Non-stop!

And she's not crawling for my mobile phone, soft toys or the camera. She was heading for the math dot cards!

Gym workout sitting-up

Recently she's been shouting like in this video a fair bit, mostly when Mummy isn't in tune with her needs and at bedtime.

She's really quite the professional sitter by now.

Only worry is when she's either sleepy or so pre-occupied with gumming things, she may sometimes just fall backwards.

Oh fun! Spotting a 8-month old!

Butt-pulling crawl

She doesn't do this often or for longer distances.

Rolling and pivoting on her stomach is still the preferred mode of transport.

Afternote:
Right after I emailed this out from my Omnia II, she did a long distance non-stop crawl and I happened to capture it! Yay!

Shay Ning with toys

She loves the new Fisher & Price Jungle Theme mobile... but it doesn't help when she's fussy and crying.
Same with the IKEA baby gym.
 
Think she was on a growth spurt yesterday, was awake and drinking every hour from 7 A.M. until 7 P.M. with only 1-2 hours nap in between. These growth spurts are really challenging on us, not only is she drinking so much, but she's also clingy and fussy (means needs to be carried or else she'll cry). Lougong had to wake me up during the last one when she couldn't latch on and I've already fallen asleep.
 
Today's a good day. Managed to cook tom yum soup with rice and bee hoon. Had it for lunch too. Though it soaked up all the soup as Shay Ning woke up just as I have sat down to eat. Have stored away 2 portions for next 2 days in the fridge. Tonight's portion is awaiting Lougong :)
 
Was looking at her health booklet for the 3rd month development checklist, she still has 3 skills to learn:
1. both hands touching in the middle,
2. lift head 45 degrees while on tummy, and
3. grasp toy for few seconds when placed in hand.
 
It's still the 2nd month, so there's still lots of time ;)
Looking forward to spotting these skills soon!
 

Playing with Pa in Bed

This is Lougong playing with Ning in bed.
He's very creative in play.
This is just one of the games ;)