Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Peter is just about three weeks away from four months old now, and Ling will be returning to work soon too in just over a week. We’ve made arrangements for Hannah’s current nanny to take care of both children. That’s
Whenever we head out for our family brunches on weekend mornings, Hannah will get to choose what she wears – and she’s exhibiting strong opinions about what she perceives to be nice and less-nice dresses. She’s still open to our
We celebrated Ling’s birthday yesterday. Now, the evening prior to that, Hannah and I had this conversation in the living room (Ling was in the kitchen): Hannah in hushed tones: “Daddy, Mommy’s birthday is tomorrow. What cake did you get
Another weekend visit to the ongoing construction at The Minton. Just 4 more weeks away to the projected TOP – Temporary Occupation Permit – and from residents who’ve checked out the place at the early evenings, construction hours seem to
This is a random post. Updates on Peter… His facial acne had become worse and developed into what his paediatrician called neonatal eczema. I almost used neoderm (a cream containing steroids that can eradicate bacterial and fungal infections) on him
Another quiet weekend of the usual activities – the visit by The Minton construction site and posting onto the Facebook page to keep residents posted on its developmental progress, going by the family home to let grandparents catch-up with the
There’s still speculation and uncertainty on when the construction of The Minton will complete and for the process of project handover and keys transfer will take place. We’re not in a hurry to move at all, but from the comments
Ling fell mildly ill with sore-throat near this weekend, and on Saturday morning had to go see her doctor alongside her dentist for a scheduled follow-up to her root canal treatment – leaving Daddy to manage two kids at home.
I wrote on our blog several months ago that as Hannah grows older, she’s also become more self-conscious and aware – and also less willing to pose and smile for the camera. That’s presented challenges for sure when she’s dressed
Ling has been mostly cooped up at home taking care of our six-week old Peter, so this long holiday weekend we’ve been heading out of home in the mid-mornings whenever we can. Unlike four years ago when we were bringing
The odd post-title only because over the last week, I’ve been taking pictures of Hannah and Peter using a variety of lenses, including the 17mm f1.8, the 25mm f1.4, and 12-50mm – that it’s making less sense to run series
More pictures over the last week of our two very different children. Hannah seems quite receptive to our reminders for her to keep her noise levels down when at home, and while she still remains quite high-needs in wanting us
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