Meal Options at 15 months

For a 15 month, 6 teeth baby like the LMM, meal options have expanded a lot more compared with say 4 months ago.

Breakfast
Milk 180ml and either of the following:
Oats and banana
Wholemeal Bread and butter
Hawker fare (once in a while) : Chui Cheong Fan without sauces, Beancurd without sugar
Pancakes with/without butter
White noodle pancake without the coconut and orange sugar

Lunch and Dinner
Either of the following, fruits and then milk 180ml:
Porridge with meat and vege/roots
Pasta with meat, vege/roots and cheese
Kuay teow with meat and vege/roots
Rice with meat and vege

Meat options: minced or finely chopped chicken, pork, beef, lamb
Vege options: Spinach, broccoli, taiwan chye, cauliflower, french beans
Roots (or non-greens) options: Potato, Sweet potato, Carrots , pumpkin
Pasta options: ABCs, shells, twisties, etc.
Cheese: I use the laughing cow cream cheese. It's most yummy!
Fruit options: Grapes, apples, pear, banana, kiwi, oranges, dragon fruit

Snacks
Mini Animal biscuits at Marks and Spencers
Japanese children biscuits

15 months and on...

The LMM is reaching the 15 month milestone tomorrow.  It's been an incredible journey thus far.  Today, he showed us that he could dunk a ball into his basketball rim. He did it with such smugness, it was so funny.  Its the same yesterday when he was playing Adelle's (a good friend's daughter) toy piano.  He played a couple of notes, then paused for applause before he played more.  I think he is really enjoying the attention he is getting from performing these tasks.  More than before, he is really saying,"Hey Mum, Hey Dad, watch me!!! I can do this! And this!"

We hope to be able to teach him to say "Thank You" and "Please" next.  He's been asking for things by putting his thumb and second finger together, pointing to the object of desire and then whining.

We notice that the LMM whines (and cries) a lot.  He whines when he does not get what he wants.  He whines when no one's paying attention to him.  Hopefully, when he is able to communicate a bit more, the whining will go away.

I can see his seventh tooth coming out (bottom left).  Think the itch's getting to him. He'll grab my finger at any opportunity and stuff it into his mouth and YES, he bites it really hard.

14 Months

Time really whizzes by when you have a little one like my LMM.  Its been 14 joyful months.

The LMM can say quite a few words:

Mama

Papa

Ye Ye (grandpa)

My My (our housekeeper Marilou)

Car car

Ball

Gai Gai (Go out)

Ply ("APPLY" he will say it when he sees that I am taking out his rash balm)

He can also understand words such as:

Light (looks up at the ceiling)

Fan (looks up at the ceiling and swirls his finger)

Hair (Starts pulling his hair out)

Nose (touches)

Eye (touches)

Mouth (touches)

Umbrella (he needs this when he is going gai gai. Refusal by the adult to bring it along is dangerous... he DEMANDS it and it doesn't need to be a rainy day)

He can also follow instructions:

Sit down

Go Em Em or She She (toilet)

Eat

Clap hand

Bye Bye (the waves and blows kisses)

Give to Mama/Papa

He can also :

Dance (esp to Ellen Degeneres' morning show and his fav children songs)

Bounce the ball

Kick the ball around

Demand to be fed whatever we are eating (putting his thumb and fingers together, he points to the food we are holding on to)

Drink from a straw 

He loves to:

Hug other children and cries when he gets rejected

Suck his fist and fingers

Stuff his little fingers up our unsuspecting noses

I wonder what he'll do next..its like a little adventure unfolding once again.

Perth Road Trip

Chocolate Overload at the Margaret River Chocolate Factory

Sunflower Farm, Margaret River (A$8 per adult, A$3 per bucket of feed).  The LMM and Mami sayang-ed a baby lamb and a baby goat in the farm enclosure.  The baby goat was eyeing the food bucket Mami was carrying and got pretty aggressive trying to get the vege in the bucket.  Dad had to come into the enclosure to help separate the baby goat from Mami.  Other animals we tried to feed include ducks, kangaroos, lambs, rabbits a rather fierce emu and a silly looking llama.  The llama was a really fussy eater. Didn't like anything we gave him so we fed the leftovers to who else, but the black PIGS!!  We didn't feed the large horsey. We were convinced that our fingers wouldn't survive a snap of its jaw.

Voyager Estate, Margaret River.  This is the best lunch we had in our entire trip.  A$100 bought us a lamb and beef (see below) main and absolutely great wine!  We bought a bottle back to Sg.


The Voyager Estate has wonderfully manicured lawns. After lunch, we let the LMM run loose on the grounds.  We sat there, enjoying the sun, and the super cool weather.

The Jewel Cave (A$19 per adult). Loads of stairs to climb, narrow walk ways.. but we made it!!! We took turns to carry the 9.5kg Travis.  There was a part where the guide turned off all the lights in the cave to let us experience complete darkness and silence.  Travis cooperated and didn't make a single sound!

Back at Isaac's Ridge. It's dinner time again.  The corn we bought at the supermarket was extremely sweet.  This picture's taken on our last night in Margaret River before we made our way up north to Perth.  We knew that we'll miss this place.  Lead We cooked all these food for Mami.

The Aquarium of Western Australia, Perth City.  This is Australia's largest aquarium and underwater tunnel.  We saw lots of giant sharks, rays and really huge turtles. 
Travis learns to feed himself during this trip.  Maybe its because we aren't as fussy about keeping the floor CLEAN at all times.  So he gets a lot of practice.

Travis at the Fremantle Markets. Pictured here touching a sheep skin carpet.  The market reminded us of the night markets in Bangkok. The fruits and vegetables looked extremely fresh. I would even say beautiful.

This picture's one of the last few we took in Australia, at the pier in Fremantle, after a hearty meal of Fish and Chips at the famous Cicerello's. 

Preparing for Perth

Oh no.. we have only couple more days before we fly off at 1 am next Wed.  Looking at the growing list of things to bring, it seems like we have an awful lot to carry to Perth - stroller (thank God we decided not to bring our own car seat), tin of LMM milk, Papa's camera things including a tripod, then there's the LMM's potty, a whole stack of diapers (he uses 5 a day so we need at least 60 pieces), numerous milk bottles, a baby carrier and everyone's clothes... 

Speaking of clothes, not sure if you belong to the "buy new clothes before a trip" category. I am damn sure Lead We doesn't belong there but his mum and my mum and I do.  And so while I'm planning what to bring and yes...what to wear, I also jotted down a short list (hopefully it stays vertically challenged) of new must-haves ;)

This will be the very first trip with the LMM. We are a little apprehensive about how the trip will turn out with the LMM around but guess its always harder the first time round.. then you get seasoned.  He just turned one and eats easy (bread, fruits, rice, vege, meat).  There should be alot of babyfood available in Perth but even if I don't manage to get any on the first day, the LMM should be able to survive on some of our adult meals. We'll keep feeding him bread and fruits hahaha..

And so the accommodations have been booked. We stay a night at Denmark in a Ocean front chalet called Surf's Up (along Ocean Beach Rd), we stay 2 nights in a Pemberton farm parked in the middle of the Karri forests, we stay 3 nights in Magaret River and finally, we stay 4 nights in Perth City in Aaron All Suites... all the selected accommodations come with full kitchens for preparing the LMM's meals.

I also managed to buy the Aussie dollar we required for the trip at just 95.6 Singapore Cents to a Aussie Dollar. So everything there is at a discount to our currency. There seemed to be a shortage of Aussie notes in Singapore. I later found out that all the money changers bought their notes at a high of 1.2 - 1.3 and were reluctant to change them out at the current parity rates. So they kept all the notes, telling customers that they don't have Aussie.  Thank God my bank has some stock and the relationship manager reserved some for us.

The next thing I need to do is to research on all the highly recommended restaurants in all the places we'll be visiting since food is a priority in any of our overseas trips.  Hope to do some trout fishing (and have that fish cooked for lunch or dinner or heck, a snack), try that marron thing which seems to be the local flavour seafood, eat plenty of Albany Rock Oysters and all its cousins/relatives, drink plenty of wine (who's taking care of Travis??) and beer, Ostrich steaks. This trip I hope to be brave enough touch a goat, or a pig at the farm, touch that live fish and feed a lamb.. yieks, maybe I should pack my golf gloves along.

12 months onwards...

From what I read, there are a couple of things to note when the LMM turns 12 months:
1. We should encourage him to drink his milk from the beaker - I did that for a while but found feeding him milk via the bottle most convenient. Ok, noted.. I will try to introduce the beaker at breakfast time tomorrow.
2. He can finally eat egg whites, peanuts, fish - He is already ok with fish. I am abit apprehensive about egg whites and I am super apprehensive about getting him to eat peanuts. Think we will hold this back til he is 1.5years old at least.
3. He can drink Enfalac's stage 3 milk (which costs just S$28 per tin!! Yeah!!!!)
4. He should be able to go to bed by himself -I imagined this to be a challenge but I tried that today. All the while, I have been putting him on our queen size bed during bed time, surrounding him with the pillows, letting him roll around, whine, etc until he falls asleep. During the whole time, I will be lying down on the bed, keeping real quiet. After he falls asleep, I transfer him to the cot which is positioned next to my bed. I have been doing that for at least a couple of months now... today, i tried to do the same with the only big difference: I put the LMM in his cot with one of my pillows to simulate a familiar environment while I lie on my bed (next to the cot). I still keep real quiet. He protests and stands up with the help of the cot railings. I told him to go to bed and I pat the pillow. I told him once. After that, I kept quiet. He mulled and rolled around in the cot, just like he would do on the queen size bed. Then, I noticed that he got sleepier and sleepier.. and i left the room. He never made a fuss . Guess he fell asleep shortly after. ;) Nice.

Little Milk Monster turns ONE!

As the LMM's actual birthday 29th Sept 2008 falls on a Monday, we had 2 mini celebrations for the LMM on Sat and Sun. One at my mami's home and the other one at Fisherman Village with Leadwe's family.

27 Sept 2008 : Sat Celebration at MaMa House:
Mama and Grand-dad made popiah for lunch. It was super spicy and delicious (ha.. anything that is spicy is good for LMM's Mami). MaMa bought so many presents for the LMM. A pair of sandals, a pair of shoes, a huge blue pony (which the LMM was terrified of for a couple of days), beach toys, Ang Pow. She also bought him a HUGE durian cake which we all enjoyed eating. Yes, LMM ate some as well. Its his birthday lah... Gina (Ford), give him a break! Thanks MaMa, Thanks Grand-dad!

28 Sept 2008 : Sun Celebration at Fisherman:
NaiNai and YeYe, Shen Shen (Lee Lee) and Shu Shu (Lixuan) were all there to celebrate his birthday! The owner of the restaurant is NaiNai's BFF (Best Friend Forever in case you don't know, its a hip term I learnt on radio what Paris Hilton uses for her BFFs) and she gave the LMM an Ang Pow as well. Shen Shen and Shu Shu bot the LMM a basketball rim and a basket ball. Yes, he loves BALLS and he has LOADS of balls. You name it, he has it.. basketball, soccer ball, rubgy ball, blue ball, pink ball, big ball, small ball etc etc..... Ye Ye and Nai Nai bot him a nice baby bicycle. He always looks so smug when he rides that bicycle. ;) Mami and Dadi bot a nice black forest cake for the celebration. The LMM was so intrigued by the little flame on the single candle...that helped when we were taking photos. Although he didn't know how to blow out the candles, he managed to hold the knife (with Mami of coz) to cut his own birthday cake.

Thanks Nai Nai, Ye Ye, Shen Shen & Shu Shu!

Mami and Daddy Presents:
Frankly, we ran out of ideas of what to get him. We bot him another soccer ball because we figured that he loves balls anyway. Then Mami saw a lego school bus and she bot that too. And then she saw a nice pair of Crocs sandals and she bot that too... ;)

Other lovely presents:
Auntie Felicia bot the LMM the famous fabric book - Counting Numbers.Its the very book I have deliberated whether to buy for so long coz its so damn expensive - $74.... Thanks Auntie Fel!!!

Auntie Shervone bot the LMM a cute squashy red van - he loves anything with wheels so its now his HFT (Hot Favorite Toy) during breakfast time. Thanks Auntie Shervone!

Papa's Birthday

Papa turned 32 on 22nd Sept 2008. We celebrated his birthday at Nai Nai's house with a yummy chocolate banana cake from Awfully Chocolate!

The LMM goes to SENTOSA!

We brought the little milk monster to the butterfly park and Underwater world today. We didn't expect a visit to Sentosa would be this fun! Gong Gong met us at the entrance of the butterfly park at 10.30am this morning. The LMM was captivated by the water fountain outside the park. Inside the butterfly park ($10 per adult), we saw many different types of butterflies. Travis touched a crumpled one resting on a flower. I figured that this butterfly just came out of its cocoon. Hence the crumpled wings.

While Gong Gong continued to take more pictures of butterflies, Travis savoured his lamb porridge in air-conditioned comfort of the insect exhibition area.

After a meal at one of the eateries, Gong Gong decided to head back home. We wanted to go home as well (it was so so hot!!!), but we decided to head to the beach, hopefully the LMM would take a nap and we could catch up with some newspapers, cold drinks, maybe a nap as well.. and we did just that. After a cool coconut, I fell asleep on the chair with the wonderful sea breeze softly blowing towards me. Leadwe read the news. Travis slept on. It was simply a perfect way to spend a lazy afternoon.

Then...the LMM woke up, drank milk and we decided that we would finish our trip to Sentosa with the Dolphin lagoon and the Underwater World ($19.90 per adult). After we bot tickets to the Underwater World, we realised that the Dolphin show, which starts in 5 mins, is actually back at the beach vicinity. We hopped on a bus, reached the lagoon, and enjoyed the last 5 mins of the show. Travis had his eyes glued on the cute pink dolphins as they did the hula-hoop, waved goodbye, kissed the trainers, leaped in the air. Looking at how intensely he looked on at the dolphins, I felt that it was worth it. Worth it even if its just 5 mins.

After the show, we took the bus back to the Underwater World. I realised that I have never been there before. There was an area for visitors to touch and feed sting rays, fishes, star fish, etc. Papa touched a sting ray...soft and smooth he said. Mami cannot imagine doing the same.. yieks!!I would give the Underwater World a rating of 9/10 for entertainment value. We saw fish bigger than papa, sharks, rays, wierd fishes, jelly fish...

We stank at the end of the trip... all three of us really needed a shower.

We will return. We will return...

He Knows...

And we always think,"What do they know?? They are babies!!" and that's also why there's that phrase,"you want me to treat you like a baby?"

And today, I realised that babies like the LMM can actually know what he needs to do. This morning, he woke up at 7am (as usual) and I made his milk at 7.15am (as usual) and he drinks it up by 7.30am (as usual). What's unusual today was... after he completed his milk, he struggled to get away from my embrace and tried to walk. I held one of his little hands and let him lead the way. He walked straight to the end of the kitchen, where the potty was. He smirked when he saw the potty and started to sit down on the floor, mimicking the action of pooing. And so I put him on the potty and he did what he have to do. And all of this without me telling him (as usual)," Travis, go emn emn..." . A new adventure begins..

First Family Photoshoot

The photos were taken when Travis was about 10 months old. He didn't really like the photo taking session and much effort was spent trying to get him to stop crying and to start smiling. Still, I am so glad we managed to get a good collection of photos from the shoot. And my favorite ones are:

Mr. T turns Eleven!

29 Aug 2008 - He turned Eleven with a third tooth emerging on the front left upper gum. Travis is really growing up really fast. He has spent 11 months on earth with us so far. I really wish that he can slow down on growing up.... I know that I really will miss his reliance on papa and mama for basic things like walking, bathing, feeding... I love doing all these things for him and I know that soon, he will be walking by himself, feeding himself and bathing himself...

Travis never fails to surprise me occasionally. Yesterday, he picked up my mobile phone and guess what? He held it close to his ear, just like the way I always answered a call. Then lately, he moved his right hand in a circular motion each time we asked him where the fan was. He can also wave goodbye and blow a flying kiss.. I feel like crying each morning when I go to work and he does that.

Travis loves going to the park in the evening. That's where he gets to see his friends in the neighbourhood. Leadwe and I were on leave today so we played with him in the park opposite Grandma's house. We played soccer together with a basket ball and Mr T really knows how to chase and kick the ball.

At this stage, there are a couple of things I would like to do with him more often:
swimming
playing games he enjoy (soccer, hitting a ball or object to the ground, putting things in a box)
reading books
let him play with other babies his age

Its a pity I only have that 7am-9am in the weekday mornings (feeding takes up 7-8am so we're left with just an hour or less of playtime in the morning) and whole weekends. I know that I'll have to make full use of these hours I have with him.

Leadwe and I are planning for a 10day trip with Mr T. We are still undecided on the location although we would love to go back to Hokkaido. Many frens have suggested Perth though because of the shorter journey and the child friendly infrastructure. We'll see...

Its back to work for mami and papa tomorrow after this long weekend (we took Mon off to relax). 4 more days to the weekend again. Hope that the rain stops soon so that we can take Mr T swimming.

mami bel

The Third Tooth ("TTT")

TTT is finally coming out... it's location? Well, its one of the two upper front teeth. I guess his gums are itching quite badly but unfortunately, the little milk monster's not interested in all the teething toys we bought for him. He prefers to grab our fingers (or whatever he can grab! Shoulder...legs..neck..nose) into his mouth, leaving visible teeth marks on our skin.

With his new eating tools, we now chop up his food instead of putting his grub into the blender. He manages to gum the food into a smooth paste before swallowing (pardon the excessive details..only mothers will understand here..)

It's fun with the LMM around. He now loves to walk around the house, mostly searching for his papa. His favourite game is peek-a-boo for now.

Papa bought the LMM several paste-on-the-wall type colourful posters in consultation with papa's colleague who incidentally is also a papa.. The first poster contained all the alphabets and the other contained shapes. Hope that these will keep the LMM occupied as he loves to walk up to the cabinets (to try open them up).. we'll be pasting these posters on the cabinets this time.

The weekend beckons again. I wonder if the skies will clear so that we can all go swimming. Its been raining for too long.

mami bel

Zoo Zoo

We spoke about bringing the LMM to the zoo several times until last weekend when Dann & Gina invited us to their new condo's house warming bbq in Woodlands. And then it was clear that it was time to head up to the zoo.

The LMM is now able to walk holding on to both our hands. Because he is able to do that, he now refuses to be carried for long periods of time. Hence, I had to buy him his first pair of shoes. Got him a cute red one as red seems to be his favourite colour.

I salute all parents with babies whom I met at the zoo that morning (we reached the zoo at about 9.45am) because I now understand what they probably went through that crazy morning. Here's a glimpse:

7am feed the baby his milk and breakfast
8am start cooking the baby's lunch. cut the veges, steam everything, mash everything, store
9am bathe the baby, dress him up
9.10am pack up all the necessary things like diapers, milk powder, spare bottles, the hot food, toys, changing mat, spare towels, spare clothing, wet wipes..
9.15am (yes, those things have to be done in 5 mins.) parents quickly dress up (ya we now take super fast to get ready) and set off!

At the zoo, we showed him the parrots, lions, giraffes, orang utan (chomel - ah meng's daughter) snakes, huge fishes, and he saw the polar bear show, the penguins show and he fell..asleep. And so Leadwe and I enjoyed the rest of the animals. Think my favourite section is the baboons. They are really a wonderful community.. functioning a little like humans. I saw a mami pulling a hyper active baby baboon's tail to make sure he does not go anywhere far away from her. I saw a baby baboon trying to get a ride on a papa baboon. I saw several teenager baboons fooling around, trying to kick each other down a rock. I also saw an old baboon getting groomed by his relative (and my! they are thorough with that fur checking..). Its a pity LMM was sleeping when we went to this section. Guess he'll see it the next time we head to the zoo again.

Ten Months of Bliss...

******** The Milk Monster turns Ten *********Another month passed by so quickly, and yes, that coffeetable book I've been working on has kept me busy in the nights. And yes, that is the reason for this terribly late blogdate.

Well, the LMM has finally hit the ten month milestone. He poos-on-schedule in the potty, crawls super fast, throw things on the floor and laughs when the silly adults pick them up (again), takes a long time to drink his milk / refuses to drink until you can find something to distract him effectively (the remote control does the job so far), boo-s his food right out after each spoonful is fed to him, and lately, loves to walk while someone holds him up via his little fingers...

I realised that he has grown up. He's definitely got a temper, he's got feelings, he's always thinking "Hey Daddy! See! See! I can do this!! Watch me!!" (this is evident when he does something clever, and his daddy is around.. he always looks up to see if his daddy is happy with what he did, and if Daddy approves, he beams!!!), he wants to be loved... and love is what this lucky LMM gets..from grandparents, uncles and aunties, and us, his daddy and mami...
He now plods around the house...from the living room, to the bedroom, to the toilet, out from the kitchen, back into the living room...searching for daddy, and then wanting to go yet another round. He does the same in grandma's house, inflicting most of the adults in the family with some degree of backache at this point.

He opens the drawers, the doors,watches the washing machine go around and round. He can play with a string for a long time, sucking at it, lining it up... Little pleasures like these really cheer him up.

He can stand unassisted for 1-2 seconds and I am definitely waiting for him to take his first solo step but first........ i need to get him some shoes!

ps: our photoshoot is coming up.. I need to slim down MORE, daddy needs a tan..and LMM needs a facial... will post photos when those are ready.

For now... daddy is sneaking up in the kitchen cooking some maggi noodles which he is NOT supposed to be eating at this hour if he wants to lose weight....and mami...she's just tempted.

The LMM Turns Nine!!

Its official! He turns nine months old today.
Travis attended his first birthday party today - Keira's 1-year old celebration. He even brought her a present. Hubby and I were also excited to see how he interacts with other babies because he hardly gets the opportunity. When he first arrived at the party, I guess he was a little overwhelmed by the number of little ones in the living room so he cried when I sat him down on the floor. When he started to warm up, he begin to play with the toys in isolation until another baby decides that he or she wants that toy too.. then the LMM would crawl on to the next toy playing with it in isolation again...this is of course until the LMM got his hands on the lawn mower-like toy (in picture). He wouldn't let this go even if 2 other babies were grabbing it at the same time. So daddy says that this is one toy we would like to scout around for. =) Also, we learnt about his obsession with balloons (and more importantly, The String Attached to the Balloon). Thankfully, we could bring this purple balloon home. (see top picture)

Here's a picture at the party with all the Daddies and all the beautiful babies...

Here's a picture of Travis' new girlfriend.
And there... I always knew my Travis would some day be the Jay Chou of his time...Happy Nine Months SON!!!!

love,
mami & dadi

Go! Fetch.

Just a quick update: He officially crawls.
Age: 8.5 months
Where: First noticed in Nai Nai's house, crawling frantically towards a colourful towel

Inflationary Woes

LMM Milk Fund
Principal Protected if held to maturity
(fine print: 2100 assuming the LMM lives til 97 years old)
Guard against Inflation
High Future Returns
(fine print again:may not be monetary returns) Lagi more fine print: Sales Charge: 5 tins of Enfalac A+ , Management Fee: 10 tins of Enfapro or Enfakid
terms and conditions apply

2008 - the year where the price of everything goes up..Up...UP! Oil prices at US$139, essential items such as rice and flour shooting sky high and yes...MILK.. the very thing the LMM needs...that too, has several price revisions since Oct 2007.

Enfalac A+ went from $32.80 to $33.80 to $35.80 and now.. the latest price...$39.80, all within 8 months. That's nearly a 30% increase in price. I found a little shop still retailing the milk powder at the old prices $35..so I bought as much as I could carry (yes, I was also carrying a 8.42kg LMM with me in my babypouch) and that was... only 4 tins. I feel like hunting around for other small shops like this but...I know that I will hardly have the time. ;( And all i know is, when Travis' sista or bro comes along, their milk will definitely cost over $40 a tin..And that's scary. Unfortunately, we can't really stock up excessively as there's an expiry date as well.

Also, nowadays, on my marketing trips during the weekend mornings, I would frequently hear phrases like "Wah! So expensive", "price went up again ah?", "yah, new price".

On TV, I would see protests all over the world against the high prices of fuel, grains, rice etc...
Inflation is currently about 5-8%.

It really makes me wonder, how much will we really really need in order to provide for a decent education for our kids + retire comfortably???

Going for a retirement planning talk tomorrow - a lunch time talk organised by Citi. Let's see what this insurance sales guy has to say.. probably sell us plenty of investment-cum-insurance products... we'll see.

mami bel

The LMM goes Swimming

Changi Beach Club
5.30pm
14 June 2008
Saturday

first splash in pool











More pictures with Daddy...

We brought the LMM to the Changi Beach Club last Saturday evening. It was to be his first swim in a pool. I brought him his wakeboarding shorts, hooded towel, float, milk feed, etc etc. The LMM went into the pool with his inflatable float and he... cried!!!! I found out only later that he preferred to splash around in the pool without the float. It wasn't the fear of water or drowning which made him cry. The sit-down float meant that he couldn't splash about the water with his hands.. this means that mami must sell this float online.


I think he loves the water. We managed to splash about for about half an hour before the sun set and it got too cold. As we left the club for some heartwarming Nepalise food in Serangoon, the LMM settled into a deep slumber... but not for long.

A LMM Crying Photo (finally!)

Most of the pictures in this blog seem to be of a smiling LMM. Here's crying one to spice things up!