Can she walk yet?

This is the most common question I get from relatives and friends regarding Janine's development. And the answer is....NO :) (Sorry to disappoint you all, folks!) Actually, I'm pretty amused by this question. I even had someone tell me that he heard Janine could walk already! Actually, Janine just turned 8 months old today! Hmm I hardly know of any 8-month-old who walks. Janelle walked slightly before her 1 year old birthday, so I suppose the earliest that Janine would start walking would be somewhere around there too.

Anyway, at 7 months old, Janine could:
- say "ma ma" and "ba ba" (for the record, her first 'word' was "mama"!!! She knows her stuff!)
- crawl forward, or rather, wriggle forward

Now, at 8 months old, Janine can:
- crawl more efficiently round the house
- pull herself to stand

Her favourite word nowadays is "ba ba ba ba", which she will say endlessly. Not to mention, all her loud 'shouts' and strange noises that are a little hard to spell. She's also crawling around the house. And sad to say, now that she has started crawling, she pukes even more  Perhaps it's the crawling position that helps her regurgitate more, so she has dirtied our carpet countless times. But other than that, she's a really cheerful and happy baby who simply loves to give a big wide grin at people whom she's familiar with.

Tomorrow is the start of the spring season, which means we have survived the winter! We hope that with the start of spring, it would mean the girls fall sick less often, as they have been taking turns to fall sick ever since we arrived in Sydney 2 months ago. Thank God for seeing us through this winter season!