Sophie watched Rainbow Fish by iTheatre on Sat together with her Sept baby friends.

I’ve heard a lot about it in the past because it’s a local production and it has been performed at Church of our Saviour’s a couple of times. But I’ve never watched it. After watching it and reading up, I found out that it was originally a collaboration between All Good Gifts Ltd and iTheatre, which meant that it had Christian influence on its script. Ah… that explained why some of the songs sounded Christian.

It was good – James and I enjoyed it very much. Sophie was a bit scared of the dark in the beginning but once it started, she was so engrossed and even asked to sit in her own seat on a booster seat after a while! It was an hour long but it captured her attention.

Halfway thru the show she turned to me and said her fav was the starfish and when the octopus came out, she said she liked it too. Looks like she’s got her own view on stuff now, maybe a movie critic in time!

But the best part?!?! Her little time with DN before the show. They sat next to each other and had a moment. You gotta check out DN’s blog to see the pictures!

P/s There are some craft related to the book that we’re planning to do. Here’s the reference – DLTK website.

James decided that we’re off TV this week, as a family. (!?!?) How was I going to cook without our good ole faithful Barney? What if I needed a nap? Who’s going to entertain our lil one? And no Gossip girl this week (Btw the new season is back! And it’s good!)?

Anyway we survived the first day.

This morning, after we came home from Mums Group, I went to cook lunch while James entertained Sophie…. ok more like he read her to sleep… serious! She fell asleep in his arms while he was reading to to her! First time I saw something like that. So funny! I think she must have been tired out by her busy social life!

After lunch, I crashed and James took Sophie out to run errands.  They were out for a long time and in the end, we had dinner with my in laws so Sophie had zilch TV today. Cool!

What about us? I’ve been busy on my com and even managed to tidy up the house a bit. James’ busy with his new toys- he got some new camera lens. Yep, so far so good.

Ooooo I can’t wait. We’re going to Melbourne and Brissy very soon! We’ll be in Melbourne for friends’ wedding and in Brissy for the birth of my niece.

I’m so excited and I’ve been looking thru books and surfing sites to check out the places to visit. This time we’re hoping to do a lot more stuff since Sophie is able to join in the fun! The last trip to Brissy for my bro’s wedding, she was only 7 months old, hardly even crawling!

Right now I’m surfing DesignSpongeOnline for their Melbourne roundup of latest designers. So exciting! Can’t wait to check out the shops! This is my first time to Melbourne and I’ve heard so much abt the great shopping. Just browsing is going to be so shiok….

Here’s Sophie trying to take a nap with her Pooh bear in the baby cot she inherited frm che che Shanae.

She had a short nap and she wanted out!

Oooo… James just took Sophie on a date to give me some time off coz it’s my turn to fall sick. So cute seeing the both of them. It’s amazing how he just makes do with a diaper, some wet wipes, pacifier and the sling. Ok, time to koon.

I have finally stopped breastfeeding on Sat. It’s been exactly 14 months, and about 20 days.

Our family had a bit of a rough weekend. I was planning to wean Sophie by Christmas or at least end of the year. My plan was to do it slow and smooth. Sophie is already down to 2 breastfeeding times – when she wakes up and before she sleeps. When I’m away, whoever babysits can give her a bottle of formula milk at night and she sleeps. Over the past month I’ve introduced her to a cup of formula milk at breakfast which she loves.

The final stage was to drop either the morning or night feed first and subsequently the other. I couldn’t decide which one to go first coz both meant a lot to her. The morning feed is our bonding time and the night feed calms her down. So that was my stuck point. I couldn’t quite get past that stage.

Anyways… to cut the long story short. I went to the doctor on Sat because my migraines have been affecting my daily life for the past month. It comes and goes, almost everyday. The doctor’s exactly words were you’ll have to wean her if you want anything other than a panadol. I was really quite sad. I didn’t expect to have to wean Sophie like that – a choice between her or I. But the panadol wasn’t working for me anymore.

Anyway, with James’ encouragement, I decided to wean Sophie off completely. That night, she cried "milk milk". I figured also that since she can start saying that, i better wean her off else we’ll be out and she’ll be tugging at my shirt and saying "milk milk". argh…

The morning after was the worst. She cried for a while before she was willing to take the cup of milk. Since then, it’s been quite good. She happily took the cup of milk this morning.

I’m kinda glad it happened this way coz I’m so bad at letting things go and I normally just hang on. It’s me who needed weaning, I think. So I’m glad to say, I’ve got my migraines under control and Sophie is fully weaned.

On her own!!!! Finally! It happened today and I was there to see it!!!

Hee… i know most babies her age are running or skipping but I’m so happy!!!!!! She has been trying it the whole day today and we keep cheering for her. She finally lift her butt and raised her hands! Woo hoo… ok, for like 2-3 seconds. She’s getting much more confident with her push cars too. COOLS.

We went to our very first Singapore Symphony Orchestra performance yesterday and guess what? We could bring our babies!

I’m not a orchestra or classical music type person but this was FANTASTIC. The whole of Victoria Memorial Concert hall filled with cheering kids and parents, unlike the shhhhs of normal concerts. The host was very engaging and the entire orchestra were in t-shirt and black pants. There were babies fussing, kids running around, balloons on stage etc..

The performance included an introduction to all the sections, action games, a story with the accompaniment of the orchestra, a chance for the kids to conduct the orchestra and ended with a finale that allows all the kids to get onto stage to stand next to their fav musician/instrument! So fun! But parents not allowed to go on stage.

But we made our way to the front of the stage to enjoy the fun too. Sophie enjoyed it very much. She was bobbing to the music and clapping. But most of the time, she was more interested in the boy behind us. The audience seemed more interesting to her.

It’s a yearly event and we are definitely reserving our tickets for the next one. By the time we got our tickets in Sept, there were only a few left! Good thing our friend’s bro is in the SSO and he had access to priority tickets.

This is not a new method to make Sophie’s hair grow.

I tried uploading a video of Sophie self feeding but think it was too big. Will try again later but this will do for the moment. Haha….

I love watching her self feed. Can be quite terrifying for a mom who needs to be neat and tidy but that’s not me, so, to me it’s just super funny! But actually it’s not that bad lah. Most days she gets away with just mess on her hands, table, floor and booster seat. Nothing on the hair.

Now she can say "more" if she wants more and "no more" if there’s no more. Or at least it sounds like it lah. Haha… She’s quite good at mimicing what we say.

It must be such a pain to read my blog these days coz everything is so rushed and I haven’t taken time to write properly. I know most people appreciate that bloggers who take time to write interesting posts and things of significance but things are all over the place recently for us and I just haven’t had that space to focus.

Really sorry about that.

I’ve been sick this week too. I’ve not been so sick for a long time. Thank God my MIL is on holidays. She’s a kindy teacher. She’s been ever since James was in kindy. Long ah? No one ever works so long at one place anymore. My dad’s been working at his company since I was born. Goodness! The only person i know that has never changed job who is my age is RINGO LOW! Ok i digress. I was sick and now I am well. So I am back with a vengence. So much lost time.

Anyways… poor Sophie. I haven’t spent much time with her this week. I’ve been letting others babysit her – James, MIL, TV (good ole Your Baby Can Read video series – I really think it works!), food. Ya, food. Talking about food. I announce – Sophie can officially feed herself with a spoon. She has been doing it the past week and I think she is pretty competent. Anything more than 5 consecutively spoonfuls into the mouth is considered a pass right?!?!? Come on! She’s only 11 mths! Hahaha… Anyways she’s eating on her own now, whether or not it gets it.

I really hope i can spend more time with her tomorrow onwards. Back to normal life.

The Serve05 girls came by to visit today coz Sarah (in the middle) is back from the UK for hols.

It was really nice catching up and they are all in 3rd yr uni already. 2 doctors in training and one in Arts taking psy. When I first met them at Serve, they just finished A levels. Time really flies. Hee… but some things don’t change… we still talk about boys.

"I love daddy. He makes me do the funniest things!"

Sophie’s really been enjoying James’ company recently. She squeals and calls him when he comes home. He’s been taking her out for walks, feeding, bathing her etc… For a while, he’s been really busy with work but he’s working around it so that he has more time for her. It’s really paying off coz she’s super happy each time she sees him.