Updates

It's been some time since I last updated anything. Life has been pretty settled these days, and in fact, we've been busy the past few weeks as we've got relatives staying with us! We managed to do some touring and sight-seeing with our relatives since it's also Royston's school holidays, and it's been pretty fun! Besides, it does make quite a lot of difference to have an extra pair of hands around the house with our relatives staying with us.

Janelle
Surprisingly, Janelle still does not speak with an Aussie accent (yet!). She's enjoying school (ie. the childcare that she attends twice a week) and is learning to express her emotions a little better. There was a period of time where she was rather rough and 'un-nice' to Janine (ie. sibling rivalry!), but she has since learnt to outgrow that to be a very caring sister who simply loves to play with Janine!

Janelle's favourite video right now is "Mother Goose" video by Richard Scarry. It's a very traditional cartoon video that has lots of nursery rhymes - Janelle's current fav! Every day, she will need her daily dosage of "Mother Goose" on video. It's an absolute delight to see her enjoying her "Mother Goose" video and singing along with the songs and nursery rhymes!

Janine
Janine is now 9 months old and still very cute. She loves to smile and laugh, and can be very cheeky and playful. In some ways, she does remind me very much of how Janelle was like as a baby at that age! (Janelle was a very cheerful and cheeky baby too). Janine still "sings" herself to sleep, but her "singing" sounds more like continuous loud noises that slowly drift off to nothing, and when she's quiet you realise that she has fallen asleep. Haha  (My mum reminded me that Janelle used to "sing" herself to sleep when she was a baby too!)

Janine absolutely adores her older sister! She has a ready smile for Janelle and is always so excited to see her! (which is why it's tough for me to let the 2 girls sleep together - because they both end up NOT sleeping).

As for Janine's reflux problem, it has seemingly disappeared! In fact, we didn't really realise it till one day, I was saying to Royston that it seems like Janine has stopped puking milk / food and we realised that it seemed to have happened without our realisation! Praise God!

Speech & Others
Janine can say "daddy" already! Amazing. She can also almost call "mummy", though she's better at calling "mama". We're still trying to teach her to call "jie-jie" (ie. her older sister). Think that one is a bit tougher to pronounce!

Janine has also learnt how to clap her hands at 8 months old 1 week old (exact same time as Janelle) and to also wave goodbye. Babies just look so adorable when they wave goodbye or hello at you!

Super-King Sized Bed??
Is there such thing as a super king sized bed, I wonder? The past few nights, Janelle has been coming onto our bed in the middle of the night, and most of the time, Janine co-sleeps with us too (or rather, when she wakes up in the middle of the night I'll put her beside me to sleep). So it means that 4 of us squeeze to sleep on our Queen-sized bed! With Janelle and Janine being such "messy" sleepers, it also means that Royston and I have to sleep on our sides so as not to squash our 2 girls. Our Queen-sized bed is definitely not big enough!