What Lil Shauna can do

Lil Shauna is growing day-by-day. Although the PD says that she is likely to be slower bcos she's a premie, we see her growing stronger & stronger.

Lil Shauna is developing her fine motor skills. Other than grasping watever that we put in her hand + pulling her clothes to indecently expose herself, she can now reach out to touch & hold things. However, her hold is still not steady and there are many times where she gets frustrated bcos she cant get what she wants. Whatever that ends up in her hand must be brought to the mouth for sampling, just in case they taste good. She's also drooling like crazy. Whenever there's nothing else to sample, her hands will always taste good.

Her neck has grown much stronger. She still cant flip fully and tummy time is always a struggle. We do see improvement. She can now lift her head a little off the bed but most of the time, she still ends up licking the bedsheet.

Although she cant flip or sit or stand, she enjoys sitting and standing. She always smile when we let her sit or stand and demanding doing so very often. I bet she doesnt know how heavy she is. She's constantly torturing our arms and I am developing big biceps soon. ;p Oh, she can chuckle now! It is so fun seeing her laugh out loud.

People say "once bitten, twice shy" but we stubborn parents have to try 3x. All 3 attempts to make Lil Shauna sleeps in an aircon room fail miserably. She wakes up in the middle of the night crying not for milk but bcos of discomfort. I dun think she's cold cos we already wrapped her up like a bak chang. It is probably the dryness of the air, which irritates her nose. So, we will have to "suffer" with her until such a time that she shifts to her own room. Oh boy, that will be a long wait.

Maybe bcos Lil Shauna can now reciporcate, making playtime such fun (but tiring), we realised that we miss her alot. She didnt come home last night and we missed her plenty. Must kiss her double when we see her tonight!

Oh, nainai says that Lil Shauna looks like a boy. She wasnt the 1st to say that. So did that little girl who took lift with us one day, pointing to Lil Shauna and commented that "didi is sleeping" and my SIL's dad, who said that Lil Shauna looks like a boy too. Sob! What to do, the little proncess takes after the daddy. I hope that the saying about girls looking prettier if they take after their daddies.

She does look like a boy at certain angle. Arrgghh, must buy her more pretty clothes, dresses and all!

Mummy Lim