Josiah and his Avocado

Josiah dislikes avocado (just like his daddy) so he spits it all out in a very cute fashion! I wonder who taught babies to be so smart as to do this?!

Josiah - 6 months old

Josiah is now 6 months old and we have started him on solids 1 week ago! He's eating really well now and enjoys his food! Janelle simply LOVES to feed him too!

At 6 months of age, Josiah is 67cm long and 7.3kg. He has been turning over both ways (ie. front-to-back and vice versa) and can roll all round the living room now! Recently, he has also learned to "crawl" (or rather, wriggle) backwards, which is pretty amusing. He can also sit up more steadily now, though still not completely stable.

He can babble "daa daaa deee" so it sounds like "daddy" - to Royston's ultimate delight! He has also been putting everything in his mouth and chewing on things, but still has no teeth yet. 

Josiah is still ever-so-cheerful and good-natured and charms everyone - especially us!

Why 5-years-old is such a charming age

This conversation took place when 5-year-old Janelle found out that I had to stay home to take care of the 3 of them, while Royston went out with a friend to another friend's house at 8pm for a time of fun and fellowship.

Janelle: "Mummy, you can go out too. You can leave us at home and go out."

Me: "Then who will take care of you all and put you all to bed??"

Janelle (earnestly): "Me! I will put mei-mei and di-di to bed. I will help mei-mei brush her teeth, and when she's gone to the toilet I'll clean her bottom for her. Then I'll put on her nappy and read her a story and we'll go to bed."

Me: "Really?? Then how about di-di?"

Janelle: "Yes I'll put di-di to bed too!"

*pause*

"But if he's hungry, I'll feed him cow's milk!"

Me: ???!!?!?!

Janelle (still thinking out loud): "Oh, but I don't know how to switch on the alarm."

(because we turn on the house alarm every night before we go to bed)

Awwww....I thought that was awfully sweet of Janelle to make such an offer. I was honestly very tempted to take up the offer so that I could go out! And she was serious about taking care of her siblings so that she could free me to go out!! Gosh, such a child-like simplistic view of life. Perhaps that's what I need