Oh Babies !

I remember...

When they are growing up, the house is seldom in order. You learn to be less fussy and are able to accommodate all that are needed to make them comfortable and happy. So, you close your eyes to all kinds of physical disorder...

Even if you are used to only allow the beds to be properly tucked up each morning, you will now concede to mattresses being laid in public areas like the living room ; plus pillows, bolsters, blankets ; anything and everything as long as the baby gets the best rest, company and play.

Oh and when you have 2 growing babies a year apart, the house may be turned into a circus between the cries and attention seeking. However, all the heartaches and hard work dissipate into thin air when you see them so loving and kind to each other.

And of course who can forget the toys? Educational and non-educational ones as well. So boxes and boxes of them are stacked at some corners ready to be taken out at any time for entertainment and education. Ha...when you used to scream when a chair is misplaced you have indeed acquired a huge pack of patience and tolerance as now you can stand any degree of untidiness.

You will be very insistent that the child places the right shape into the right space and when they succeed you go around clapping because your child has understood! So clever!

A, B, C, D, E, F... when the child continues with G...oh mine it's like you have struck lottery for the day ! So grand nephew Jay entertained Esther with his tremendous effort at pronouncing WWW and LLL but nevertheless still clever la. You teach and teach like never before for the child must acquire the most and the best ! Parents are blackmailed by them...

Soon...Jay will have to sing ...

1,2,3,4,5

Once I caught a fish alive,

6,7,8,9,10

Then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go

Because it bit my finger so

Which finger did it bite?

This little finger

On my right...

And you go frenzy when the child doesn't know the finger...hahahaha.

Esther kept playing the video over and over again so mesmerised by the baby talk and learning. Told her that all 3 of them went through the same training and I thought it was only yesterday.

Time flies and babies grow into adults in a blink of an eye.

But while they are still babies, enjoy them.