little PJ's first swimming contest!

During the preliminary round

I signed little PJ up for a Baby Spa swimming contest in November. The preliminary round was on 17 November and I brought her to the Changi City Point outlet on my own as the Hubby was working that weekend.

The babies competed for 10 minutes, with 4 babies during each time slot. They were judged according to their facial expression, posture, techniques and parent-baby interaction. (not easy ok....) Little PJ did pretty well for the preliminary round. She was pretty active and kicked happily in the pool. 3 days after the preliminary round, we received a call from Baby Spa that she's one of the 16 finalists!

So we went for the Finals at nex on 24 November. Even grandpas and grandmas went to support little PJ! She wasn't very active during the Finals, just kicking occasionally and more interested in other parents than the Hubby and I. She received the consolation prize but nonetheless, we were very proud of her. :)

Getting ready!

Crossing her legs to rest

Trying hard to get her to kick her legs



little PJ's first food!

Little PJ started on cereal some 2 weeks back!

Mama, I am ready. Can I have my cereal please?

 The runny cereal (I thought that's what we should give for the first time, right?), coupled with her saliva, dripped all over her mouth and bib. She was licking the cereal off the spoon more than she was eating it.

Messy, messy, messy.
I had to remember that she needs to learn to eat.
I haven't been very diligent in feeding her actually. Just once a day, and I would skip it if I feel too tired to accept mess for that day. My mum's the one feeding her diligently every day.

2 weeks have passed. It's time to move on to other foods. Next up will be pumpkin. Stay tuned! :)

day out with my little girl

Today is my first attempt to bring little PJ out on a pram, all by myself. (Usually I am accompanied by the Hubby and chauffeured in our little Honda Fit.)
Brought her to City Square Mall because:
1. It is only a 7min train ride.
2. I wanted to go to Daiso.

And so we set off after her 11am feed. She was still awake by the time we reached the mall, so I had to pat her into lalaland first before I could settle down for lunch. I realised I was chomping down my food halfway through my meal. Perhaps instinctively I wanted to finish my food before little PJ wakes up. But hey, I thought this is really one of the rare occasions that I can enjoy my lunch slowly, and even if little PJ wakes up while I am still eating, she probably would not make noise too, since she already had her nap. And true enough, she woke up only after I finished my meal.

After the lunch, shopping at Daiso and feeding little PJ, we left City Square Mall to come back to Nex for little PJ's swim. Today, she had the big pool to herself again. Hohohoho...

Quite thankful that she always enjoys her swim. Even if she was to cry, it would always toward the end, where she cries because she is tired.

It rained when we were about to go home and I had no umbrella with me. So I had to walk around Nex to wait for the rain to stop. With all the constant pushing of the pram, little PJ fell asleep. Even when the rain became a drizzle and I kind of ran home with her on the bumpy road, she was still sound asleep. zzZzzZzzzzzzzzzZzz. And she remained in lalaland for 2 hours. She, who seldom naps longer than 1 hour in her cot, can nap for 2 hours in her pram. Maybe I should just sell her cot and buy her another pram.

Today's been a good day with my little girl. Looking forward to more time together during the December holidays! :)