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It has been an exciting month since Amanda turned 5 months old.
She grew so much that I sometimes think that I brought a different baby back from China!

She’s is getting closer to sitting unassisted, and I kinda thought that she would be able roll over to her left (instead of her usual right side) or flip from front to back or back to front, by now.
She isn’t as agile as I thought she would be.
But its OK! Less agility. Less worry. For now.

However, what’s exciting this month, is how sociable and playful she has become.

When carrying her, she would sometimes push herself away from me.
So that she could have a good look at me.
Contented, she would grin before burying her face into mine.

She seeks attention from strangers or just about anyone in her sight.
She would initiate an interaction by smiling and squealing, making it difficult for any stranger to ignore.
I would let her sit in her stroller facing outwards during meals.
So that she can play with strangers in her stroller, while Mum and I quickly stuff food into our mouth.

She was also very popular with the middle-aged ‘Aunties’… she totally charmed them while I was busy in the fitting room at the ‘Aunties’ favorite departmental store, OG (Old Girls) in Chinatown, early this week.
She still loves peek-a-boo… and any sort of attention given to her. Sometimes raising an eyebrow work too!

She is sooo playful that she is also waking up in the middle of the night… to play.
Like practising her ‘queen’s wave’ / rotating her wrist, fist clenching, her “ba” and “ber” vowels, or chewing her blankie.
I wouldn’t talk to her in case I excite her and keeps her up for the next hour.
I would also avoid looking at her too. If our eyes meet in the dark, she would break into her biggest grin.
Which is very hard not to reciprocate… and subsequently leading to Play!
Once she woke me up every 2 hours. And the other night, she was up for an hour at 3a.m, to play. :(

Amanda’s eyes brighten up when I greet her in the morning. And gives me a “Hey! Where-have-you-been-I-miss-you!” look, when I am busy and haven’t been around her for awhile.
These totally compensates for the many times she woke me up in the middle of the night… and yeah, maybe for the Cesarean too! (Which I am feeling a funny pull at the wound this morning.)

Motherhood is AWESOME!!!

While Amanda is kinda over stranger anxiety… she has the separation anxiety.
Out of sight is no longer out of mind.
She would also be crying for me in the middle of the night… or in the day when she’s sleepy and I am not around.
She sort of developed it about a week before the nanny left, she would only want me to put her to bed at night.

This might sound funny… but I was flattered by her attention then.
Considering that she is has been under the primary care of the nanny while I carry her only when I nurse her or when the nanny prepared meals.

In fact, the nanny told me one of her client’s 9-yr-old daughter warned her mummy, not to let her baby brother get too attached to the nanny and vice-verse.
In case, her baby brother prefers the nanny over Mummy OR The nanny would snatch and run away with her brother.

I felt ashamed when I shared it with Dp. I had the same mentality of a 9-year-old.
For the first few months after Amanda’s arrival, I was actually worried that Amanda would prefer the nanny over me… and nanny running off with Amanda!
You see, the nanny is very attached to Amanda! She was tearing and hugged Amanda tightly, many times, the day she left.

We have also been going out a lot since CNY in China and Singapore.
She loves going out and makes it known by squealing and blabbering in the car / taxi.

Here’s a video of Amanda squealing at the fishes. Something she do many times a day.

BTW… those wet patches you see on her forehead and chest, are her own saliva.
Many say that she’s teething… But hor, she’s been drooling like an open tap, since she was about 2 months old.
One says the drooling will stop when she’s actually teething…
I say, its pretty pointless to dress Amanda in pretty dresses… they will be covered by a soaking wet bib!

EDIT : Amanda weighs 8.7kg and is 71cm on 9th March.

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