Let Me Do It!!

Sophie started out trying to show Alfee how the toy works. Then she monopolised the toy and even got frustrated when he grabbed it.

Sisterhood

We are still having a challenging time adjusting to Alfee and Sophie's response to the little newcomer into our family. I suppose Sophie has been THE ONLY "baby" to us for the longest time so now both her territory and status are challenged by a tiny, helpless and noisy newborn. He has yet proven his worth (not much of a playmate or companion to her) and Papa & Mama seem to give entirely too much attention to him. And whenever she tried to get "close" and "personal" to him, Papa & Mama would quickly stop her (from squeezing his head or screaming in his ear for example).

Sophie is definitely trying hard to regain her power in our family. She would never allow herself to be excluded in any way. If you look hard enough, you can see her head on the right side of the picture (attempting to force her way into Papa's arms and Mama's line of camera vision.

In the end, we did take a nice picture of Papa and the kids. Of course, Sophie is naturally between Papa and Alfee (firming restrained by Papa's embrace). Meet the Loy members!

Sophie : " Why is Alfee wearing your shirt?" (to Papa)

Papa : " .... "

Mama : "... because Papa has no fashion sense?" (opps... my thoughts were too loud!)

Baby No More

We have always seen and treated Sophie like our most precious baby. In a way, we must have impeded her development by not challenging her to behave and operate more like a preschooler. When Alfee is born, we started to see changes in her. She communicates more (partly because she has to in order to make others understand her needs and wants) to people. She also tries to display her abilities more (to get more attention) to us. Then we realised how big she has grown without our noticing. Today, the air-con guys came to service our units when she was asleep. I had to carry her and transfer her to our master bedroom (not too easy to carry 15 kg with a c-sect wound). I looked at my children as they slept side by side and thought to myself, "OMG! My baby girl is a baby no more!" Look at her build, her hands and her feet! She is a big girl now. And somehow, I felt a tinge of heartache because I knew then I have lost the moment with my baby girl forever.

Goodnight Baby!

Every night, just before I give Sophie her milk, I would say, "Goodnight Sophie!" and she would say, "Goodnight Mummy!". Now she would also pat my tummy and say, "Goodnight Baby!".