Ace’s 2 Month Report

Yes! Ace is 8 weeks old! So is this blog ;) Well, for those who are following, here's a report on how Ace is doing right now ;)
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Name: Chua Yen Feng, Ace
Gender: Male and verified “Straight” (smiles at and likes to be cuddled by females)

Weight: Approx 5kg
Height: ?
Circumference of Head:?

Remark: Has already taken his 1st month injection for Hepatitis B. Brave, baby. Only cried for 2 seconds.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS:

- Cradle Cap Is Decreasing: While I used to love scratching out the cradle cap on his eyebrows and his head (erm, mums, this one dun learn. I couldn’t resist. Too itchy handed), there seems to be not much of it left to scratch.

- Hair Loss + Hair Growth: While his hair is starting to fall out a little since full month (after you bath him, you will see hair no his nose, his arm, his shirt), the front part of his head where the forehead is, is sprouting very tiny short hair.

- Starts Making Sounds: Ace can spend like ONE WHOLE HOUR talking to his grandfather in baby talk. He can make a different array of sounds like “Ah, ooo, oh.. “

- Increase Size of Torso, Arms and Legs: While he used to have rather skinny legs, Ace is starting to put on some baby fat on his cheeks, his arms and thighs. So much so that when you wash him, you have to pry open the lines in between to get rid of the dirt stuck inside. Baby fat only though. Not Michilin Baby kind of fat.

- Toughened Neck Muscels: Ace can now sit upright without much support on his neck as long as you support his back. Burping is now much easier. If you put him on this tummy, he can do mini push ups and lift his neck and head up.

- Increased muscle movement and control: He has learnt how to shift his upper body when lying down. The other day, I put him in bed, sleeping parellel to me a little 10 cm away, only to find his head right next to my nipple (while his buttock still in original place) when we woke. What wouldn’t he do for another MILK BREAK huh? ;)


BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENTS:

- Suck his own hand when hungry to pacify himself

- Use different variations of actions to show different stages of hunger. In his 1st month, he could only do the mouth one side and kick his leg. (see Hungry-O-Meter)

- Sleep through the night and wake at 7am in the morning

- Make more poses when he is sleeping

- Recognize mummy and follow me when I walk around the room with his eyes

- Talk lots of baby language and respond when you converse with him

- Understand Teochew and SMILE when asked (See Ah Bright Bright)

- Clap his hands (he loves it and always smiles when doing it)

- Cover his eyes with his hands when too bright

- Cover his ears with his hands when too noisy

- Look into the camera and smile

- Sleep on his own as long as you throw him into his bed, on the music.

- Raise his hand and say bye bye (sometimes)

- Play with his Saliva

- Follow the source of sound and turn his head over (takes a while though)

- Recognize mummy, daddy, grandma, grandpa

- Pretend to cry until very cham so that he gets carried/hugged or fed (Sigh, so young know how to blackmail using emotions liao)

- Learnt to wait for mummy to wake up before he cries. If he wakes before mummy and is not very hungry. He politely waits and entertains himself.

- Likes playing with hanging mobiles

- Swings arms and legs to music. He especially likes Twinkle Tiwinkle Little Star and Ke Ren Lai. Techno songs also gets him moving. Classical music,m however, mostly gets him sleeping.


Top Pictures of the Month:
Here are top pics chosen by me.. comment and vote for the best picture.. ;)