Tara's Milestone @ 9 Months

Tara's screaming quite a bit lately. Think she's just so impressed by her newfound "skill". I still remember Bob getting irritated by noisy kiddos. But when Tara scream, the proud father would just smile or laugh it off. Talk about double standard..

And nowadays, she will just open her mouth and kiss me even when I didn't ask her to. She even kissed my FIL! Just hope that she did not do the mouth to mouth kiss with my in-laws. I can't imagine..

She's also learning to crawl. Yes, I'm happy about it, but when I first shifted into this house, I never thought of crawling babies. Baby-safety is 0%. No window grills, lots of sharp corners, low power points with lots of wires, low drawers etc. Yesterday, my MIL told me she was opening drawers, and tugging at the wires. I wonder is it too late to "salvage" the situation.

Tara has also finally recognise me as her "mama". The other day (28 Aug to be exact), she was playing in the hall with my in-laws, I walked past her and suddenly she shouted "Mamamamama", she was holding out her arms and wanted me to carry. Boy, was I elated! I'm the first person she know how to call! And not long after, she also recognised her Daddy as her "Dada" she will go "Dadadadada" and look around for Daddy. Quite a few people, including my mum told me she will learn how to talk early, but I didn't expect this early. Just 2 days ago, my FIL was telling her "No, no, no, no" and she went "nonononononono". It was hilarious! And last night, Bob told me she went "Shh", imitating my MIL whenever she tried to make her pee.

Last night, I bought her a set of stacking cups that comes together with a bucket with those holes on the lid for different shapes. I taught her to transfer the shapes into different cups and taught her to put the shapes into the cups. She learnt fast. But babies can be stubborn, she only did once and after that, no matter how i cajoled her, she simply refused to follow my instructions. I kept all the stack cups into the bucket, cover the lid and push it to her. Initially, she put her hand into the holes but realised she could not take anything out. I didn't help her, I just watch and see how she try to take the shapes out. She pull at the handle, nothing happened. Somehow, she managed to yank out the lid. So I covered the lid again and pushed it to her, she just pulled the lid up immediately. She realised that this is the way to open the bucket. Bravo, baby girl, Mummy is proud of you.

She's also becoming a little hard to handle. Everytime I changed her diaper or put her to sleep, I have to wrestle with her for quite a while. She refuse to stay still! I wonder how my MIL can handle her.