C is 8 months and counting. Time goes by really fast when you have a baby.

At 8 months:

Physical Progress:
1. Sits without support
2. Moves his hands using his wrists as hinges. Makes a fist and unclasps it.
3. Holds toys in his hands and bangs it. Especially love remote controls, handphones, cables....
4. Able to put pacifier into his mouth. Plays with his pacifier - likes to pop it in and out. Eyes the pacifier - will look for it if it drops, pick it up and pop it back in. Pops it into his mouth crooked but manoevers till he gets it straight.
5. Pushes away the milk bottle when he has enough milk and tries to sit up. Will protest with wails if forced to finish his milk and when he does not have enough and milk is gone.
6. Makes gurgling sounds, imitates the word "hello". Will wail when not happy.
7. Crawls backwards, will reach out both hands for toys, able to stand holding on to railings for support.
8. Can reach out both hands to Mummy or Daddy or whoever wants to carry him.
9. Can lift and flip the pages of a kiddy book, loves to hold remote controls, phones, cables.
10. Has two lower incisors, fully out and 3 upper incisions, half out
11. Puts everything and anything in his mouth. His favourite things to play with and bite on are remote controls, mobile phones, tissue papers, milk bottle caps.
12. Loves to watch new people/people talking. Will stare at people who speak animatedly and enjoys to be part of conversations.
13. Will bend his head 90 deg to the left or right to look for me when I hide behind another person or object.
14. Loves to watch tv and croon his neck to the tv even when we put his body away from the tv.
15. Loves to stand and sit and will protest frequently when placed on his tummy or made to sit down.

Eating
1. He loves to eat and will eat most anything, even chinese med.
2. Every spoonful goes down in a flash, replenishment must be quick or he starts crying.
3. Cries sometimes when he loves a prticular food and it is gone.
4. Now does 2 meals a day - so far all home cooked meals.
5. He can now make chewing motions and bite and pull the cracker out of her mouth.

Sleeping
1. 2 - 3 naps a day, about 1 hr 15mins each.
2. At night - sleeps at 9 pm, last time use to be 8 pm and wakes up at 7 - 7:30 am.
3. Needs to put on music, turn off all lights and pat him to sleep with pacfier in his mouth.

7 months old

C is 7 months old already. Time really flies. What has been happening at the home front. It has been a whirl wind of activities since my in laws were here. First I was sick, then baby was sick, then RH, then me again then the maid. After which we had to go to Surabaya (with C) because grandpa & grandaunt passed away. After we came back, my work piled up and then Alpha Course started and so blah blah blah.

I do not even have time to sleep lest to blog. Hehehe! Luckily, things seem to have settled down somewhat now and we are going back to some resemblance of normal. Although, nothing has been normal since C was born. I have not had a single good night's sleep since C was born. Waking up every night is the norm. Not having enough rest is the norm. Losing weight is the norm. YES, I am officially thinner than my pre-pregnancy state. After the bout of illness, my weight just went sinking.

Some (RH), I suspect is happy about my weight loss while I am trying to put on weight. Something else I am trying to do is to stop breastfeeding, which proves to be a tad harder than I thought it would be. I have had 3 cases of Mastitis (breast infection) on my journey to stop breastfeeding but am happy now to report that my milk supply has reduced to about 75% my usual milk supply which I think is a great achievement. I hope that I can competely stop breastfeeding in 2 months time. C, on the other hand is still taking mostly breastmilk although he has started on one milk powder bottle and 2 solids a day. Fruit in the morning and rice cereal in the evening.

Foods that he has tried thus far:

1. Apples

2. Banana

3. Papaya

4. Pear

5. Nectarine

6. Avocados

7. Plums

8. Carrots

9. Spinach

10. Brown Rice Cereal

11. Rice Cereal

12. Chicken

13. Bottled Parnips

14. Yoghurt

Yes, you saw it right! He has had chicken. Pureed, of course. Although he is now the proud owner of 5 teeth (2 bottom and 3 on top), I think it would still be hard for him to chew on chicken meat.

{C with his paternal grandparents}

{C's first trip to Surabaya}

{C with my godparents and his god cousin, N}

{C and cousin, J2}

{C and Mummy}

{C, in his first high chair}

{C celebrating Mummy's birthday for the first time}

{C having his first yoghurt meal}