Burping rag

Liem's favourite game with his burping rag is to lie down on his back and drop it on his face. He then struggles for a bit trying to get rid of it. His most successful method of getting rid of the rag is to roll over onto his tummy although this one time it didn't work. HAHA!

Stuck

I don't know how many times we've had to rescue Liem from being stuck in between the cot slats or the bars of his "little jail". I've been rather evil lately - taking photos of him when he's stuck rather than rescuing him. Cackle! And who's the colour blind person who's been dressing him anyway???

Ways to avoid food

What Liem does to avoid food:
1. Cry (well, of course, this would be the first way)
2. Turns his head away
3. Leans forward with his mouth open to let the food fall out
4. Closes his mouth very tightly when the spoon approaches
5. Sticks his fingers in his mouth to scrape the food out
6. Sticks his bib in his mouth to scrape the food out.

Finding his feet

As a mum I am inordinately proud of the silliest things... Here is Liem finding first one foot and then both feet. What an achievement!

Is it for me?

Here's Liem looking hungrily at a joystick...is this a portent for the future? Andrew, when you get the box, it might be a little damp.

"Sitting up"

Yeap, here he is "sitting up by himself". It only works here because the sofa is quite soft and his fat butt sinks into it and stabilises him. Normally, he topples over after a few seconds.

"Standing up"

Liem can "stand up" if someone is holding him (and if they eventually reward him by lifting him high up in the air). We want him to learn to take his own weight on his legs before he gets too heavy. Heh heh heh...

Cot wanderings

I'm not sure how he does it, but Liem moves around a lot in his cot. After he learnt how to roll over in the cot, he slept on his side or tummy all the time. I always put him to sleep on his back (as per instructions to avoid SIDS) but he just rolls over anyway. Oh well, hopefully it'll help to round out his wonky head.

Head banger

When Liem was about 3 months old, Khiem and I accidentally dropped the phone receiver on his head one night. ARGH! Liem cried (of course!) but luckily he was feeding at the time so after a few minutes he went back to feeding and forgot all about it. I have been secretly worrying that we've made him stupid by doing that.

Well, I'm not worried anymore. Yesterday Liem was on his tummy on the carpet, holding his head up very high....when he dropped his head HARD back down on the carpet. I heard the conk sound, thought oh oh...then WAAAAAAAA! Consoled him for a few minutes, put him back down and what does he do? He does it AGAIN! Whacks his forehead hard on the carpet. He's got a red spot on his forehead now. We were at mother's group and I was telling the other mothers about his head-banging antics when he did it again - this time on the wooden floorboard! What with banging his head on the side of the cot, on the side of the playpen and knowing how long it takes for him to learn not to do it again....if he does become stupid, it's his own fault!!!

On the sofa

For a while, when I propped Liem up in the corner of the sofa, he would stay there (see Fat Liem posting). Then he started to either scoot his butt forward and slide down or topple over. Haha!

Mothers group

I've been really lucky to get to know some really nice mothers in the local area. Hey, where's my baby?

Babies everywhere...

Family in Nov 05

The grandparents visited a second time. Liem was 4.5 months old then and was really heavy! If Ah Por was on the floor with Liem, she couldn't get up while carrying him. HAHAHAHA! Meanwhile Ah Kong enjoyed playing and talking to Liem.

Grand uncle Ron and Grand auntie Monica also came for a visit. Liem loved the attention and behaved perfectly! But he couldn't keep it up for a week...hahaha...

Fat Liem

"How's Liem?" my family asks..."He's fat" I reply. But they don't believe me until they see the photos. "He's REALLY fat!!!" they say. "Yes, that's what I told you", I sigh. Here's the difference between Liem at about 2.5 months and about 3.5 months.

Grandparents in Oct 05

"I don't know what you're complaining about. He's the perfect baby!" says Fay...after Liem put on a really good show for the grandparents...smiling, cooing, "talking", sleeping when he was supposed to etc. The little rascal!!!

The god-grandparents

I don't know who gets more excited....Liem at seeing his god-grandparents or the god-grandparents at seeing Liem.

Rolling over

I was really excited when Liem rolled over for the first time. Liem didn't like tummy time at all....he would cry every time I put him on his tummy and then I'd pick him up. This time I let him cry...he started to rock, then went onto his side and then plopped onto his back. After that he forgot how to roll over for a few weeks, then he remembered again and then he started doing it all the time. Including at night when he would roll over, hit his head on the side of the cot and wake everyone by screaming. Luckily he doesn't seem to be hitting his head as much these days.

The bald spot

So young and already Liem has a bald spot (due to sleeping on his back).

In the bath

Hee hee hee....great to have these nude photos for future blackmail....

Fay in August 05

Khiem's mum Fay also came for a visit in August when HP was with us. Liem was about 8-9 weeks old then but still looked like a newborn because he was so tiny. At the time, Liem did the "fist of power" after every feed.

HP in August 05

My sister Hsiu Pin visited in August - she was a big help to me. Come back again, HP!!!