"Yang-Oh"

Never knew or heard of this term "yang-oh" until Janelle came along. Well, for those of you who don't know, "yang-oh" is not Janelle's new babbling - It is actually a hokkien term that carries the same meaning as "manja", or affectionate.

At first, it is quite sweet to have a baby who's always wanting you to carry and cuddle her, etc. But now is the phase when Janelle will not even allow me to leave her sight without a loud pitiful wail! Think she is going through the common phase of having separation anxiety.

Sometimes, even being near her or beside her is simply not enough - she will want to be carried. And her 8kg frame is proving to be a bit of a strain on me. I somehow think that I can only tahan carrying a maximum weight of 8kg because I never really found Janelle heavy till now, when she hit the 8kg mark! Suddenly I find myself hoping that she will not put on too much weight until she learns to walk!

Yet, on the other hand, I also find myself hoping that she doesn't learn how to walk too soon! Already as of now, she's crawling all around the house exploring all my drawers and little corners. Often, when I leave her alone to play, I'll come back finding a pool of water on the floor (spilled from her water bottle), or the TV switched on, or my drawer being ransacked, or tissue paper all torn and littered over the floor, etc etc. Imagine the chaos when she learns how to walk!!

Such strange and mixed feelings....when she was younger, we hoped she would learn to flip, learn to grab a toy, etc. But now that she's slightly older, I wish she would just not develop too fast!