Finally, oh finally: happy first birthday to The Bun!


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The Bun's birthday bash is tomorrow (although his actual birthday is on Wednesday) and I've spent most of the weekend preparing for it. It's not going to be an over-the-top event, just a small party with some friends and family and plenty of chocolate cake ( Read more... )

This morning I was in the kitchen washing up while The Bun played by himself in the living room. When I came out I found him up on his feet, holding on to a red bucket we use to dump his laundry in. It's just the right height to act as a sort of zimmer frame for him, and before either of us knew what was happening, he was off across the room, one ( Read more... )

After nearly a year I'm relieved that Tobey and The Bun have formed a fairly amicable relationship of sorts. The Bun's adoration of Tobey has always been unrequited, since Tobey views him as a rival and is uncharacteristically clingy whenever we're playing with The Bun. When The Bun was a tiny baby we allowed Tobey to sniff him and we made extra ( Read more... )

Babyhood is so fleeting, and I have felt this several times over the last month, especially when I see younger babies around me. Sometimes I forget that age is just a number, and that The Bun is still really a baby, even if he's not an infant. I've spent the last week or so planning for his birthday party, and the idea that I will soon have a one- ( Read more... )

If there's one thing I've learned in my almost-one-year of motherhood, it's that life is constantly in flux. Babies grow, things change on a month-to-month basis, and just when you think you've got it (sleep, feeding, etc) settled and think you can relax, everything changes again. Now, for an old stick in the mud like me, these constant changes ( Read more... )

I brought The Bun to a big playdate yesterday, organised by one of my ex-colleagues from The Crypt and involving a total of seven babies and toddlers of varying ages. It was very funny to see all the babies hanging out together, crawling around and chewing on whatever they could get their hands on - they reminded me very much of a bunch of puppies ( Read more... )

I feel like we're on a homestretch of sorts, although there's no actual race here: The Bun turns ten months old today! Sometimes I have trouble remembering that in essence, he's still a baby, because he's lost that 'baby' look and resembles a toddler more and more by the day. Now that he's proficient at pulling up to a standing position and ( Read more... )

The Bun's first trip overseas went pretty well. As far as he was concerned, the best part of it all was the hotel room, where he had free rein to crawl and explore the room and all its new bits and bobs. He also enjoyed the swimming pool and slept better than I imagined he would away from home, but I guess all the activity in the day tired him out ( Read more... )

This weekend, J and I will be bundling The Bun off for a quick weekend getaway in KL. It's been a few years since I was last in the city; it seems so long ago when we used to drive up every six months, just to eat and shop. J has been eager to take The Bun with us on our travels, and keeps asking me if I feel restless, especially since in our pre- ( Read more... )