Signs of Growing Up

In mid-Jan, Ethan bade his final farewell to the pacifier. We thought he was never ever going to be weaned off it. But one day, we told him, "ethan, your choot choot spoil' (which was somewhat true because his Po Po lost the cap to one of it). To our surprise, Ethan accepted that to be a reasonable explanation and did not clamour for it again. However, he would, in the ensuing 3 weeks, suddenly turn to us and say "Choot choot spoil!"to which ben and I would exchange knowing looks, nod solemnly and reply "yes, choot choot spoil". He has since stopped mentioning about it and I decided to throw the last of his pacifers this morning. :)

Ethan has also learnt to drink (without much spilling) from a cup. His favourite drink is apple juice, soya bean milk and whatever daddy and mummy are having (which is sometimes coffee or tea or the radioactive green kickapoo that daddy likes, all of which of course we don't give ethan).

Ethan also now brushes his teeth with his own baby toothbrush instead of the finger ones that mummy used to brush his teeth with and have her fingers almost bitten off.


Before

After

Last but not least, ethan had his first paid haircut by the hairdresser who cuts daddy's hair. But it might possibly be the last cos he absolutely hated it (the hair-cutting experience that is, not the hair cut).



"Your love , O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies." Ps 36:5