Nowadays, Bryan is very shy in front of strangers. He is still intrigued by strangers and will stare at strangers…in fact checking them up & down. And since he is soooo cute, most strangers cannot resist responding to him,…a smile or a hello.
And if the stranger respond, Bryan will hide his face into our chest or our nape, but still continue to peek at the stranger from the corner of his eye.
He is particularly attracted to children or young adults, male and female. But if it is an old lady hor, he has a tendency to be scared of them. Don’t know why. When we meet our young neighbours in the elevator, Bryan will just be shy. But they are older women, he may even start to cry softly. Don’t know where the fear came from……
Although Bryan can’t talk yet, it is obvious he knows who is who. Every morning, when I send him to my parents house, his face will light up, he’ll wave his hands and kick his legs actively when he sees my father’s face appear at the car window….It means that his boring car journey has ended and gong-gong has come to save him.
Now, when we say kai-kai, and if we leave without taking him along, he will cry. This morning, Bryan was sitting on the sofa when LK say bye-bye and pretended to leave. Immediately, he clambered over the sofa towards the door, crying for his daddy.
And at night, he refuse to sleep in his baby cot liao. Really tau hin. Most babies can sleep in the cot until way past 1, but Bryan has been refusing that more than a month ago. If we let him sleep in the cot, he’ll wake up crying every 30 mins.
So now, he sleeps on the queen mattress on the floor. And we pile bolsters and pillows around him to stop him fr rolling onto the cold, hard ceramic floor. On the floor, around the bed, we line it with exercise mat & blankets to help cushion his fall. As we are still not confident to let him sleep alone, we are co-sleeping with him in his room, but have been debating whether is it safe to let him sleep alone yet. The longer we delay letting him sleep alone, the harder it will get.
If we sleep next to him, even if he wakes up in the middle of the night, he will go back to sleep on his own. But if we are not around, it will be “WAAAA……”
Today, I went for dim sum with my friends. But before I left, I made sure the following items for Bryan
Food-wise
- Breastfed Bryan first
- Steamed carrot for him to chew (to be inserted into the Munchkin baby feeder)
- Showed LK which bottle of expressed breastmilk to feed Bryan, in case he asks for some, and where the bottle teats are.
- Teething biscuits
- Cereals and baby rusks.
On top of that, I also left clean toys for Bryan to play with during my absence. He puts everything into his mouth now.
I was suppose to leave the house at 730am, so that can get home by Bryan’s next milk feeding & nap time, which is around 1000am. But friend woke up late, so left the house only at 800am.
I got home at 1030am, expecting that Bryan would have been given some biscuit & water/ milk/ cereal. …but no.
Daddy kept him entertained with MTV (daddy also need to relax right), toys and lotsa banging on my piano but no food leh…Only carrots to chew on, but that can hardly fill his tummy. He barely ate the carrots i prepared. But i think he had fun chewing it.
Poor baby…he was so happy to see me. Obviously he was feeling hungry because he asked for his milk immediately. Nahh…he cannot talk yet, but I know when he wants his milk.
Fell asleep immediately after milk feed.
Aiyoo…like that how to go out worry-free in the future. Tau-hin la…
Bryan always had funny hairstyles from birth…
When he was born, it was China-pek hairstyle. The nurses at maternity ward joked that his hairstyle looked like those of the Ah-peks drinking coffee at the kopi tiam.
Chinese ah-pek hairstyle at birth
Koala hairstyle at 3 mth. Can see the 2 spot of hair by the side of his head, above the ear?
The first thing Dr Sim (his current pediatrician) say to me when I took Bryan to see him was –“His hair will grow evenly by the time he is one. Don’t worry…” Well apparently, this is a typical concerns from many new parents.
But, I never never worry about his physical appearance, especially not his hair. I don’t expect a perfect child; I just want him to be healthy and happy.
Then, it was lau-beh China-boy style….And coincidentally, it was Chinese New Year
My friend Emily actually asked me why I did this to my son? Is it in the spirit of Chinese New Year celebration? *hehe*chuckle* No lah dear….natural one la.
Can spot the Chinese New Year cartoon boy hairstyle at the side?
Finally, now, his hair has finally even out.But one thing remained …until now, people still say he has Kor Lo…err direct translation to English…Auntie Road??
Basically, it means that he will get along well with his Kor-Kor (LK’s sister).
So true keh…?
Our love for durian peaked when I was pregnant with Bryan. Buying durian was a never missed itinerary each week during the durian season each. Given our love for durian….we decided to share it with Bryan.
Results…..HE LOVED IT!!!
Actually this is not the first time we let him try durian. My mom and aunties (#3 & #4) has let him tried a few times…but this is the first time we caught it on camera. Aunt #4 says that should let them taste durian from small so that they will learn to like them when they are older. Makes sense as durian is definitely an acquired taste.
We dare not let him have too much as durian is a very nutritious but heaty fruit. Only a few taste each time. He actually asked for more. And later at night at Lee Loong’s place, we had some more durian brought by LK’s mom. He was also asking for durian but we did not let him have any. Poor baby.
Hmmm…I think by this time next year, he’s gonna be fighting for durians with us. Ooh..it’s gonna be so much fun. 
Bryan hair is getting longer and unmanageable. LK wanted to keep it long hoping that the weight as it gets longer would help the hair to stay flat. Unfortunately, his hair continue to stick out at all angles.
As the weather nowadays are quite hot, Bryan head will be sweating each time we played with him. After much deliberation, we decided to take him to the “Brothers” indian shop for a haircut.
He had been there before, and it was ok. He calmly let the barber cut his hair with the shaver last time. He only cried when the guy cut “slope”. So this time, we told the barber just shave his head same length and no need “slope”.
AKAN TETAPI……
Bryan cried immediately when the man start cutting his hair.
Results…
Aiyaa…still handsome baby la. Still is mummy’s cute-cute baby boy….
Some more can still go for the next “Penang Supermodel Baby”…hehehe.
This trip has been fairly laid back because it is the first time we took Bryan on a holiday. There are plenty of rest in between so that Bryan can nap. Then again, we have been to these 2 places many many times, so no regrets.
When Bryan is older, we will probably squeeze in more places to visit. Then I guess, he will be able to enjoy the trip more too.
Happy weekend everybody….
What better way to start the day than breakfast at the tea plantation. My favourite is the Boh Bharat Plantation tea house. Wanted to order their masala chai but no stock. So settled for strawberry tea instead. LK and my parents had sandwiches and me…scones again.
Tea plantation
Hot tea and scones.
After having scones at Old Smokehouse, these really pale in comparison taste-wise, though they do look great in photo.
The 2 wise men…
Hey what are you guys staring at?
For lunch, we went to the Watercress Valley farm for steamboat. Best steamboat I ever had at Cameron. I have been to 2 restaurants at Tanah Rata before and a few at Brinchang but this one is the best.
Their soup base is herbal with wolfberry, ginseng root and other Chinese herbs. And you get unlimited servings of really fresh watercress. Their steamboat ingredients were also fresh. Better than the ones we had at Brinchang/ Tanah Rata. Result – soup that is really “cheng-tim” (clear & sweet) and superbly refreshing. After the chicken overdose the day before, this is really welcoming.
Traditional charcoal fire steamboat
This photo was taken seconds before Bryan upset my bowl of soup all over my jeans.
Bryan | shooi | 
July 31, 2006 3:31 am | 
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