Gabby's Birthday Celebration at East Coast Chalet 15 Nov '08

In the morning, we brought Ashlynn for her 9 months developmental assessment. She did not gain much weight, still hovering at the 7.7kg mark, while babies of her age are way off 8kg. Sigh... Her head circumference, height and weight are all in the 25th percentile. So she is considered proportional. What was checked:

1. Her measurements.

2. She had her hearing test. The nurse first took a toy and threw it onto the bed. Ashlynn was seated on daddy's lap. Ashlynn looked at the toy while the nurse held a buzzing device on both her left and right side. Ashlynn was supposed to take her attention off the toy to where the soft buzzing sound came from. It took some time for her left ear as there was quite a commotion outside the room and she was distracted by the noise.

3. Ashlynn was put on the bed. The nurse moved a toy in front of her. In a split second, ashlynn chased after the toy and the nurse praised her.

4. The nurse asked about her feeding patterns. Again, we were told to feed her egg yolk.

5. The nurse placed a little cube on her palm and ashlynn tried to pick it up with her fingers.

This assesment should free of charge as no one told us to proceed to the payment counter. I would say that it is not bad given that it free.

Later in the night, we attended our Carrin's baby boy's 2nd birthday celebration at East Coast Goldkist Resort last night. I had to bring my students for the Mediacorp Sudoku Competition in the afternoon, so we left ashlynn at granny's place. At about 6pm+ when the competition finally ended, I rushed to meet daddy and ashylnn at simei and made our way there. Luckily we made it in time for the cake cutting.

Ashlynn fell asleep when we reached the chalet. So we left her sleeping in the stroller while we had our dinner. Within minutes, we peered through the windows and saw Carrin carrying her. So fast wake up already. She looked puzzled and blur with so many people around. She took some time to warm up and regain her active self. I swear I heard her blabbering to herself. Very soft though.

I think with the stimulation at the chalet, she cried quite a few times in the night. She was screaming and wailing her heads off. I didn't know what was wrong but I changed her top as I felt that the design in front may be prickling her? It is an ON sleepsuit I bought recently.

Mummy's khakis of 13 years?