1) Why is he walking less and wants us to carry more? He is not light now.
2) There goes the well laid out living room. Everything is above the TV cabinet now. … There goes the TV.. at least buying a 34″ LCD to be wall mounted is legitimate now…. The cabinate doors are now with locks…
1) Rest easy as baby can roll. Chances of sudden infant cot death is reduced.
2) Take pictures to celebrate the strengthing of arms of baby
3) Show off superbaby to friends and relatives
4) Encourage baby to roll and respose to mobiles (he’s so cute and fun now)
5) Clear everything within 1 feet off the ground! Make area crawl safe. Better still 3 feet up and at least 25 square metres. He is crawing and knocking into things! Watch out for bits and pieces of things he can lay his hands on; may end up in his mouth.
6) Never leave him out of sight. (24-7 guard duty whenever he is on the move)
7) Test all sharp edges to test baby safe. Make sure edges are toxic free for him to bite.
When will this ever end..?
9) Remove all chairs. Make gaps between furnitures so he can explore support-free walking
10) Wonder why he is not walking with support.
11) What happened to the dog walking style?
12) Yea! He is standing on his own. Take many pictures!
13) Take more pictures. Bring him everywhere and show off his skill to friends, relatives and neighbours.
14) Now wait for his legs to develop. Get good walking shoes for walking. (Those that encourage heel to toe rolling) (Throw away the flat sole type)
14a) Now even show off to strangers in the park
15) Oh no! Not the guard duty again!
16) Restrict the places he can go. Be strict about it.
1) Walk much less. Be carried often. Seldom sit in stroller.
2) Walk alot at home. Discover everything within reach. Learn to run.
1) Learn skill of rolling from front to back
2) Lie of abdomen and push head and shoulder up while keeping hips down
3) Once arms are strong enough, develop strength in lifting head, arms and legs at the same time.
4) Take time to master rolling and lifting (act cute at the same time).. remember to smile and laugh often
5) Master crawling
6) Crawl everywhere and discover world ONE feet above ground
7) Grab things and use the support to stand up
Do #7 till legs are strong
9) Use support to cruise sideways
10) Do dog pose (new phase) and walk on 4s (cruise when unconfortable crawl to support)
11) Do squat (cruise when unconfortable crawl to support)
12) Stand from squat (cruise when uncomfortable crawl to support)
13) Move from adult to adult (be excited and not worry about falling. They are always there)
14) Stand up and move small step at a time
14a) Develop roling of heel to toe motion
15) Be efficient in striding 1 and a half feet length at a time. Duck walk is OK. May be due to diapers. Refine later.
16) Walk often. Inside and outside of home. (wear out the adults’ inital excitement)
Note: Take your time. 10 months is the recommendation. Let parents worry or celebrate the schedule of completion.
Dear Daddy,
Do you know that I can not stand up on my own, I know that both you and mommy are worried that I cannot walk. I only need more time. I am not a light baby you know.
Do you know that I know quite a few words and can understand some of the things you say, only sometimes I cannot response to you or in the way you like? I am learning and I also have moods.
Do you know that I find the world around me interesting and boring at the same time? And my cries would bring attention to me and grandma, grandpa, auntie and mommy would pay attention?
I am fustrated that I cannot speak.
I am frustrated that all of you do not understand.
I am fusrated that you do not help me explore the world.
Why are you always trying to make me repeat ‘clap’, ‘keep’, ‘daddy’,'mommy’ and more. There is no need. I can just cry and point and you’l get it ony way or the other.
Why do you wake up only when the sun is up? Why do you wake up when I cry very hard and only mommy wakes up to wake you up? Don’t you care?
I see you only when the sun is up. Then you dissappear to that small wet room and come out all dressed up. Then you leave me. I don’t see you before I sleep everyday. Where do you go?
I don’t see mommy after my 4am milk. She returns home when the sun is down and well dressed only to dissappear into that small wet room and to reappear dressed down and to tell me to sleep. At times I refuse to sleep: you don’t get it, do you? I want mommy. I want daddy. Why do you dissappear every time I am awake?
If I am to be a doctor, I’ll say, ” Take 3 hours of mommy daily, 5 times a week and 2 hours of daddy 5 times a week. The other 2 days is up to them.”
A “consultant” will say, “Have them spend quality time, not quantity time.” - My foot! What a load of crap in my diapers! It is up to me to decide quality and quantity.
My grandparents are very nice to me and give me all I want. I cry and I get. They seem to watch that moving picture sound box most of the time. I like to be like that too.
When you are at home that day, every seven day, you are always tired. Why?
I will be 2 soon. My birthday wish is to see more of daddy and mommy.
My son just turned one a few days ago. He is able to crawl and does not make execption to hit the floor and start his journey. Whenever he is left on the floor, he would make a beeline to anything that fancies him and crawl towards it at full trottle. 
What a performer.
Never before, has my son attempt to walk, but he did today.
The last time I saw him was him standing by pulling at fixtures.
This time round, in view of my parents and in-laws, and my wife, he moved round his playpen by himself! What a feat for a first timer.(holding on to the side of course)
That makes a proud father.
The recent news of 2 deaths and thousands affected babies in China is terrible, not to mention sending jitters down my spine.
Reading from wikipedia, I found out that the contaminant melamine was actually approved additive before it is banned.
And it is commonly sold as ‘protein essence’ in China. It is commonly used in the food industry to mask the real protein level of food.
So… is it a case of criminal intent or mis-information?
My baby is still on milk powder. I’m worried.
It is amazing that a baby can just stand up.
This happened to my son. He did not craw or able to move except to turn his body albit with much effort when he was in his 7th month. Suddenly, he can craw. Two weeks later, he can sleep by his side by himself effortlessly. About another three weeks later, he sits. The week after, he just stood by pulling himself up.
Now it seems that his playpen and his cot would be his prison for his safely.
Sad, Sad, Sad.
My son just nine months old and he just had his first major flu.
Terrible - for the parents, less for the kid. He know nuts…
We have to make sure everything is clean; his bed, pen, our bed, our hands when holding, etc, just to make sure there is no complication.
And my son hates us wiping his nose.
He is moody, with no appetite for food or milk. He smiles little.
But we have to make sure his nose is clear, whether he likes it or not, with an occasional sucker pump to suck out his mucus.
We also have to feed him medicine, whether he likes is or not, through a syringe.
We also have to feed him on antibiotics, whether WE like it or not.
We also have to check his airway for congestion frequently as he sleeps.
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