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Water Baby

We took Callum for his first swim at Easter weekend. First in our pool at home on Saturday and then round to Sanjay and Rupa's place on Sunday afternoon. Callum loves the water! We knew he enjoyed bath time but were a little surprised the cooler pool water was such a hit. Now we've got to get as much swimming in as possible before we move next month...


Look at my cool swim nappy

This is pretty cool

No, really, I'm feeling a bit cool Daddy!

Family shot

Callum and Tom

Tom sharing with Callum ...

Callum really misses his buddy Tom now that he's moved to the UK with his Mum and Dad. OK, maybe Mummy just misses having Auntie Ali around for tea and biscuits ;) But we miss Tom and his cheeky grin too!

Maia Iris Boo Griffiths

Callum met a new friend this afternoon... wee Maia was born on Monday night, weighing 3.07kg. Isn't she adorable?!




Callum gets some cuddles from Uncle Giles

Callum's never been bigger than his friends before!

And one more of the real star of the afternoon ...

Worth her weight in gold ....

I left Callum at home with Elly yesterday morning so I could get the groceries done in peace. (I'm loving Fair Price Finest by the way!)

On my way home I sent Elly an SMS checking that all was well. She replied, "Callum's had a bath."

Huh?? Well, I had a pretty good guess at why. Here's what I missed out on while I was out shopping ....

Cutie Pie

Introducing ...

.. Ninny! Alex's wee grandson Asher can't say Lynnette so in Australia Mum is known as Ninny. Since she doesn't want to be known as Nana, Grandma or Granny, Mum has now decided that she will be Ninny to her grandkids. Cute!

Callum has had a great time getting to know Ninny. He had a rough few weeks in the lead up to Mum arriving and when she was first here. A few visits to the osteo and some diet changes for mummy later and Callum is a new baby! Possibly also coz he has suddenly gotten HUGE too? Who knows, but we'll take it, it's lovely having a happy, calm baby again.

Here's a few photos from the past few weeks (sorry we've been slack at posting!)

High Tea at the Fullerton on Thursday

Callum's new Babysitter - he loves it!


Satay Street dinner on Tuesday night

Getting to know each other when Mum first arrived in Feb.

Checking in

Been a bit frantic here recently. Callum has decided to celebrate being in positive numbers by flagging the lovely sleeping/eating routine he was in and spending lots of time crying because of wind or being overtired :S Lucky he's cute!

We're all hanging out for Mum and Alex's arrival this Saturday. Lots planned already, most importantly a HAIR CUT and eye brow shape for me. But also looking forward to showing them round Singapore and of course the big introduction to the First Grandchild ;)

Callum and I are off to a sleep management workshop this afternoon and if he's coping OK after that we'll head over to Chinatown to say hi to all his Aunties at Cayen (the lovely ladies who made my wedding dress and my maternity wardrobe which I never got to wear!).

We had Arndria visiting over the weekend so spent Sunday afternoon introducing her to dim sum and shopping in Singapore as well as the Thaipusam festival here in Little India. Was a very busy afternoon and quite eventful .. but you will have to wait for the full story - right now I have to get a wee boy ready for an outing!

Asleep after an afternoon out at Brotzeit..

Almost 8 weeks old ...

... on Sunday!

Happy Due Date Callum!!

February 3rd was sposed to be my expected due date. Someone should've told Callum that I suppose! I can't believe we have an 8 week old baby, I really thought I would still be in for the long haul at this point and willing to have him pulled out my nose. Good boy, Callum, for coming early and not making me wait.

I'll be taking Callum to the Well Baby clinic tomorrow for a weigh in and measure. Will be good to see how he's doing now that he is "meant" to be here. No more "minus" days/weeks, Callum finally has an adjusted age .. it was too weird saying "minus 2 weeks" before. Now he is just ZERO. Oh dear, that sounds a bit mean!

We've had a busy few days. A BBQ on Saturday night to celebrate Callum's due date. Callum was the star of the show and slept right through it of course. Actually, he did wake up screaming for a feed just before 8 o'clock. If any of the guys were getting ideas about settling down and having kids I'm sure that made them real excited about the prospect. Callum was his usual cute self the rest of the time though and slept really well that night.

On Sunday Callum and Mike had some Boy Time at home while I went out for brunch (they were invited too! But we thought Callum might need some down time at home for a change). It was so nice to get out and do something indulgent (rather than getting out to do the groceries) but I did miss Callum. Was nice to get home although I did feel pretty guilty as Callum had had a rubbish nap and Mike spent most of their Boy Time trying to settle Callum to sleep.

Looking forward to the first wave of visitors this weekend - Arndria is coming through Singapore with her mum and dad on their way to Thailand. Not staying here with us but it will be nice to see a friendly face from HOME and to be able to show Callum off :)

This morning we're having a quiet one at home, looking forward to a visit from Aunty Nina this afternoon. I think we're going to take it easy and watch a movie!

Here's Callum asleep in his sleeping bag yesterday (thanks Nina!)

Amazing..

What will Callum's kids look like I wonder ...

http://www.ktvu.com/news/18608582/detail.html

Nursery tour Part II

Cute name train from Desiree!

The view from the bedroom door.

A nursery tour

Christmas pressie from Nan and Grandad Byrne

Wall stickers

Change table and cot. Callum doesn't sleep in here yet and the bedding won't be staying!

Another angle (not a very good pic though!)

You'll have to see this to believe it..

Too stupid for words. But a great laugh for Friday morning.

Read this Stuff article

Watch the video - it's hilarious!


Thanks for the link, Holly :)

Caught on Camera!

Just managed to get Callum rolling over on camera this morning...

Rolling rolling rolling ...

I took Callum for his Well Baby check this afternoon. He's gaining weight "nicely" and "looking good" according to the Health Visitor. Good to hear. After the big weigh in we were sitting having a chat with Callum on the floor and got to talking about how Callum is just so active and seems very strong. The health visitor lady noticed that Callum was holding his head up well and looking round whilst lying on his tummy. She warned me that we'd have to watch him carefully as he would be moving a lot, no leaving him on the bed or change table or anything ... and about 10 seconds after she said that.. Callum rolled over. No kidding, he rolled from front to back this afternoon at 7 weeks and 1 day - 6 days before his DUE DATE. So there's me, the health visitor, Leila and her Mother in Law all sitting there in shock and then wetting ourselves laughing. But at least I had witnesses ;)

AND he did it again before his bath tonight, so Mike has seen it too!

Postscprit: unfortunately the excitement must have gone to his head, coz Callum hasn't settled well AT ALL tonight, has probably managed an hour's sleep since 6pm. Ugh. Here's hoping the rest of the night improves! Tomorrow's another day huh ;)

Gong Hei Fat Choi!

Or Gong Xi Fa Cai as they say here in Singapore. Happy Chinese New Year!

Mike is on a week's holiday at the moment so we've had a busy, social weekend and have been watching plenty of the Australian Open too. Dinner at Sanjay and Rupa's on Saturday night which was loads of fun (as usual) despite Callum being too excited by the nighttime taxi ride and new surroundings to sleep. The upside was that after a quick feed at 11pm when we got home, Callum slept all the way till 4am then had another quick (!) feed and slept again till 7am! Made for a much more relaxed day for me yesterday with a bit more sleep under my belt.

Yesterday Mike and I took Callum to his first BBQ. He was a bit of a novelty as every other woman at the BBQ was pregnant with their first baby. Callum behaved sooo well, sleep soundly, looked cute, let me feed him (first time outside our house and wasn't too scary) and then slept some more. It's definitely easier taking him out during the day than at night - so far.

Got some more cute video clips today so watch this space!

Getting around

Well, since we braved taxis and capsules a couple of weeks back, Callum and I have been getting out and about a bit more over the past week. We went to the Baby Cafe on Monday afternoon which was fantastic. Callum and I met loads of other mums and bubbas all of similar ages and got some help with breastfeeding too. Everyone was very taken with wee Callum and impressed with his progress and cuteness!

On Tuesday we stayed in for the day while the lovely Nina came to look after us both - I managed a good couple of hours' kip while Nina watched Callum. Then we had yummy lasagne from Da Paolo (and possibly some banoffie pie, but who's counting?) and watched SATC.

Wednesday was back to Mother & Child for the Well Baby Clinic. Callum was weighed naked this time so doesn't look like as big an increase but his weight gain is still going well - he is now a whopping 2.78kg and 49.5cm long! Yay Callum! Got some more breastfeeding help and reassurance and then we hopped back in another taxi to Paragon to meet Nina and Lisa for lunch at Beviamo. They really need to sort their table layout .. definitely not enough room for Yummy Mummies who lunch with their Yummy Babies!

Here's Callum and Hugh chilling out in their matching Peg Perego strollers while their Mummies enjoy lunch (and some peace and quiet)

Callum's First Bath

Another first this weekend - we finally gave Callum his first bath in a tub. We also tried to upload HD video to youtube for the first time. Here goes!...

Lunching

Mike had Friday off work this week so we decided to go to Crystal Jade Palace for dim sum. We started off well, Callum had a good feed before we went out and went off to sleep well in the stroller as usual. We got to Ngee Ann City just after 12 and didn't even have to wait for a table which was a nice change compared with weekend dining.

We were shown to our table in the back room - the one where you're banished if you've got old people or kids at your table. We ordered all the usual dishes (except roast pork! I can't believe they missed that one!) and started with delicious jasmine tea. Sadly, this is when the wheels started to come off the whole thing. Poor Callum woke up and once he saw the bright lights and new sights of the restaurant he was wide awake. Didn't help that he had a nice, smelly full nappy either. So off I went to change Callum just as the first dishes were arriving. Poor Mike had to sit with all the old Aunties and Uncles and kids eating his lunch next to an empty stroller!

Nappy changed, Callum and I returned to the restaurant and Mike took over the holding duties while I ate my char siu bau and xiao long bau (yum). All in all, a pretty rushed and stressful lunch but the afternoon did improve. Callum still loves being walked in his stroller and it sends him right off to sleep so we managed to get in a good couple of hours' shopping and errands before we needed to go home. Callum's citizenship and passport applications are finally with the High Commission - let's hope the DIA in NZ accepts his photos!