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The Laughing Buddha

Donald got a new nickname, laughing Buddha. Obviously, he now laughs all the time, every day! Yes he did cry just like any baby, but he loves to smile and laugh. Simple gestures even just a quick glance at him makes him goes laughing… really enjoyable… that is as long as he discontinue laughing during bed times…

As with any babies I guess, they start to recognize their parents and will smile and love our company. Whenever we walk away from him he almost cries immediately, as long as we go near he would stop almost instantly! But we recently found him smiling and laughing whenever ladies play with him at shopping malls, but he simply stares at the guys…

He’s getting well with Sandra, who loves to amuse him daily with her funny actions. It’s a good thing, as it gives some moment of free time for both me and Caroline. Not when Sandra accidentally step on his leg or fell on him, he screams and Sandra would ran far away with her hands tapping on her chest and goes: “scared… scared…”.

Now he sits on walker, still moving backwards but he’s starting to stand up. With the walker around, the cheeky Sister will definitely take a free ride on it, generous Donald simply looked at her, again… laughing with happiness.

With that little hair, we try to let him wear a cap whenever we are out. And he looks good with a cap, can’t wait to see him with nice hairstyles. With a blink of an eye he would turn over, sometimes stay for as long as an hour, lying down his heard when tired. The mattress always ended up like wet towel as his amazing endless saliva drips.

Chinese New Year everyone was eager to see this new kid on the block. Who wouldn’t love to carry a chubby baby like him during the happy festive? So, he was pass around non-stop. It’s nice to see him calm and happy with all the relatives and crowds and did not cry. He also gets his taste of our family’s adult tradition for the first time, Mahjong and Black Jack in Chinese New Year gatherings. This year, he and Sandra both bring us good wealth! *Grin*

That’s all for the little Donald for now, time to sleep little boy…

Best 2007 Christmas gift!

About 4 months old, our incredible baby is hyper active! Day and night! He enjoy laughing so much during the day that we have so much fun with him, it’s so easy to capture his big smile on camera, unlike Sandra previously. But, comes night time, he’s still as active waking up every few hours. Ignoring him will make him cry like crazy for attention!

Maybe it’s because we bring him out a lot, almost a few times a week shopping, dining or just buying groceries. He’s a little tense after each trip, but he doesn’t cry much outdoors which is why we love bringing him along. Anyway, as long as he’s healthy and growing steadily and happily, we’ll just have to bear with these sleepless nights for now =)

Already he is starting to toss and turn, not a full turn but almost there. His head is much more stable now and able to sit up for a more than 15 mins with support. Also, grabbing and holding toys now! Not sure if he started teething as he enjoys finger munching, yucks! He enjoy playing with Sandra so much that as long as Sandra is beside him, he won’t make a fuss and stay smiling!

Kiss 2007 goodbye and welcome 2008! His Christmas present was a small baby Elmo with diapers that look almost like him hahaha… Anyway, it ended up as Sandra’s bedtime toy.

Well oh well…

I guess the best 2007 Christmas gift for Donald is mummy and daddy trying their best to love him in small ways every single day. For us, the best gifts this year are Donald's arrival, and Sandra's growing healthy and strong.

Laughing Buddah!

If we weren’t looking at Donald everyday, we would not believe he is the same baby 2 months ago. He changed so much that it was like a different baby overnight! Amazingly, he grew almost 3KG and now it’s tiring just to carry him for more than 15 mins!

Besides the physical changes, the “mood” changes dramatically too! Luckily it’s better than worse. He used to cry out loud everyday but now he’s calmer. Amazingly, out of a sudden one day he started laughing and smiling. And there onwards, he just keeps smiling and laughing every time we speak with him. It’s surprising but fun and a relief too. He still cries like a hungry lion, yes, only when he is... err... hungry. :P

We also noticed he is extremely attracted to Sandra whenever she pass by him or play with him. She would make some funny faces or imitate us teasing him, while Donald stared at her and laughs. Sibling ties… another amazing life experience for us…

I recall Sandra when she’s about 2 months old she was really tiny. Whereas Donald, he now almost couldn’t fit into the small size clothes already! He grows! It’s amazing to wake up in the morning looking at him and noticed a slight growth from the day before, really can tell just by looking!

As usual, Donald is still crying loud (even louder) all day, we never had so much noise before at home. There’s a cute Macdonald advertisement (Watch it here) some time ago, where a baby was sitting on a swing looking out at the window. Whenever he swing to in view of the roof of Macdonald’s logo he would smile, then cries as he swings back away from the window out of view. Take out the “Mac”, carry “Donald” in our arms he’ll be as peaceful as a new born bird, put him down on the bed and he’ll cry like a … well … baby…

Then came to our rescue is the ingenious invention to all Asian parents – the Baby Rocking Sarong! It gives us a whole load of time to take a break and luckily he loves it! He also vomit less sleeping in Sarong compared to us holding him. We have an automatic rocker but he does not need it, just a few push and he’ll doze off like a … well… baby. :)
Despite our murderous mood these few weeks due to poor sleeping nights, we observed the siblings as close as we can and noticed similar behaviors to ours when we are young told by our mums. I concluded that we might need to get prepared for a upcoming war! War of the 2 little ones that’ll physically and mentally challenge us! Why? Because history will repeats itself, Caroline was mischievous and I was a real trouble maker!

But then hor… it seems all worth while fighting this battle and we are actually eager to be in. :D

1 month old!

Just like that, Donald is now 1 month old. It’s the very first trip outside to a restaurant for dinner celebrating his full month. Also his very first “meal” at a restaurant, milk of course… :)


As a 2nd child in the family, we noticed he gets slightly less attention. Not that we are bias, but because we are more experienced now so we tend to be more fluent in handling him, knowing what to do whenever he cries, reacting more correctly like when to change his diapers and feed. Furthermore, he shouts really loud so we need not to be close to him all day. *grin*


The first trip to the Doctor was smooth and he cries only a while after the jab. A month old and quickly Donald began to “take shape”, his looks now changed rather than the usual “all the same baby look”. He is more aware of the environment, makes more noises and move more quickly. Not surprisingly, he behaves almost just the same as Sandra’s 1st month old, and even starting to look more alike with her!

Smiles are more often now, I even managed to snap a few of him smiling. He looks really good when smiling, often I can sort of foresee how he’ll look when he grow up. Like Sandra previously, he stretched and moans every now and then, I remembered we were really worried and couldn’t sleep well the last time Sandra did that all night, but now still woke up by him but not as wary. Another similar action with Sandra? His eyes opened as wide as Sandra's at 12:00 mindnight almost everyday... sigh...


A small suprise, he can grab the milk bottle! Not really holding it, just sort of grabbing the bottle with both hands while he drinks. We can also feel he is much more impatience than Sandra, he tends to be more demanding too. He feeds a lot, 90ml for a month old baby is a lot, and almost every 2 hours! One thing we’re very happy about him, he burps really fast and a lot too…

Born with a Bang, grow to be a Man!

Donald was born with a Bang! I literally mean it. Compared to Sandra, he did not let us waited very long at the hospital. To me it was not rushing or hasty arrival, but I had this feeling of him being different from Sandra. Maybe Sandra's a girl, physically more soft. But as a boy he "feels" and "moves" like a tough shell! Ready to grow up to be a man, a real tough man!

I was right! I love Sandra's sweetness and softness. So cute and cuddly like a doll. But these days looking at Donald, I noticed how different it is to have a boy. He's rough, can feel it when carrying him. While carrying Sandra previously she feels so fragile, but with Donald, you can actually feels how strong this baby is at just a few days old. Especially the cries, oh my his cries are like roars from a Lion! I bet our neibours all around hear him clearly.

Worried he'll be difficult to handle? No, in fact, I am more worried if he behave softly! Why? Simple, he's growing up to be a man, not a lady... I want him to grow up to be a real man who dares, not a sissy guy who behaves cowardly.

So we decided to give him a blog on his own too (why not when the Sis already has one?), chooses a blue and more rouged design theme, and posts a little differently than Sandra's Blog.

Donald will grow up to be a real tough man! Able to face problems with great wisdom, intelligence and strengths. A man of integrity, strong and no hesitation to help the weak! Just like how you arrived to this world - with a Bang!