To the Zoo!!

"We are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.. We are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.." I have been singing this to Rianne for a couple of weeks, and finally we went to the zoo on the Hari Raya public holiday.

There were a total of 7 of us - 4 adults, and 3 babies. Can you imagine the high ratio of infants to us adults, can at anytime make us call for help and breakdown if all 3 were to stage a protest at us?! Lucky, that didn't happen.

It was really an enjoyable outing, the happiest I had been in a long, long time. All the babies were well-behaved, and they appear to be having a ball of time (or did I idealise it? hahaha..). We were prepared that the babies might get cranky due to the heat and fatigue, and thus we got strollers, carry-slings, and portable electric fans all ready.


Rianne sling-ed in the front of mummy

After a quick brunch at KFC, we began our zoo tour with me carrying Rianne in the sling, little Jayden walking on his own but with his mummy holding his hands, and my brother-in-law slinging baby Joelle. Think the only baby who could probably make out what was in the exhibits, was the eldest one Jayden. Nevertheless, the two girls were still displaying expressions of curiousity at some really close-up animals.


The excited Rianne at the rhinocerus exhibit!!


Soon, Joelle started to show signs of fatigue..

And finally Rianne, completely K-O (Knocked Out)!

By late noon, the younger babies were completely exhausted; and so are us adults. We finished viewing the last few exhibits quickly and left the zoo for lunch at Sembawang Shopping Centre.

We needed so badly to rest our feet, and our arms (achy from carrying the babies the whole day!).. but not Jayden boy, who is forever so obsessed with Barney, the purple dinosaur! And he had dragged little Rianne along too.. (evidence below!!)

Little Junior is 7 months old!

2 blog posts later, Rianne is 7 months old! Wow, how fast children grow man!! Hahahaha..

We are now introducing Rianne to semi-solid food, which isn't considered too late to begin as I have known of 1 year old toodlers still suckling their mama's boobs at meal times! Rianne will have brown rice cereal on its own at noon, and porridge cooked with ikan bilis, dried scallops, potatoes, carrots and even broccoli sometimes, will be taken for dinner.

I have also changed a different follow-up (for 6 months old onwards) formula milk for Rianne. Her previous infant formula from this "SXX" brand was still fine, but when we continued with the follow-up formula; I found that she has problem finishing each feed. Also the milk powder was never dissolved completely, leaving chunks of residue on the milk bottle; and this makes washing so difficult. Especially when outside, we won't have the baby bottle detergent with us; so the bottle is hardly very clean.

I decided to ask for samples from other brands available in the market, and see which one meets my expectations. Surprisingly, the second one I tried does. It is a hypo-allergenic formula, gives all the required nutrients, and most importantly; Rianne likes it! She can finish the milk, and sometimes not even enough for her. This "NXX" brand of milk doesn't produce any grease on the milk bottle, so washing is like a breeze!

Well, I couldn't believe it when I discovered that Rianne was teething! She had been cranky, and keeps putting her fingers into her mouth, then pulling them out abruptly. She was also having problem drinking her milk. My colleague who express milk together with me in the office, was complaining about her daughter's teething woes. The syptoms were similar, except that her girl had fever and Rianne didn't. I told Annie Mummy, and she confirmed my suspicion when she rubbed Rianne's gums and found jaggered tooth buds on her upper teeth bed..

Rianne now has 2 teethers, one in the shape of a zebra and the other, looks like a biscuit and a cookie. She loves most the biscuit & cookie from Combi Toys, and always reach for them when she see me holding them. To ease her teething discomfort, I bought a teething gel which can be rubbed onto her gums whenever she's feeling sore.

I remember my nephews Joaquin & Jayden looked so adorable with their bugs bunny tooth, and I really can't wait to see baby Rianne looking like Bugs! Hahahaha..

Here's a video of Rianne having porridge for the first time, super cute her!! ;p

6 months old, and getting naughty!!

Baby Rianne loves hair accessories, of all sorts & shapes!!

However, sometimes she still get hair like Beckham..


Her first drumstick.. yummy!!

And after that, a poop in the potty!!