2 Months Old

Rock-A-Bye-Baby

Using a sarong to carry a baby is not a novelty but in recent years, there's been a popularity in using sarong slings to carry a baby. It not only frees your hands but it looks kinda chic too! Riding on the craze, I bought one, 4 years ago, thinking of using it on Rynae BUT my little tyrant screamed (like I'm stuffing her into the rubbish chute) whenever I tried the sling on her. I gave up eventually and passed down the sling to my sister.

It was not until I saw my neighbour using it on her daughter that I decided to try it again, on Raynen this time. However, slings don't come cheap. One would need to fork out at least S$45 for a brand new one. I attempted ebay and sucessfully won a bid with S$22 on a second hand cotton sateen sarong sling. The owner claimed that she used it once only. The sling came with a sarong user guide CD. It sure is helpful. I played, repeated and rewinded it so many times I lost count. Seeing someone using it seems so easy until I tried it out myself. My poor little guinea pig got squashed, twisted and embarrasingly enough, stuck in my sling!

Now, I'm proud to announce that I've attained the beginners level in lying down (for newborn) position. I even slinged Raynen to the neighbourhood park with it! Well, practise makes perfect and I'm gonna keep using it until I master it!

Happy 44th Birthday Singapore!

Rise and shine. Bong siblings in their pajamas.

Didi hanging on for dear life.

For the past 4 years, patriotic Mummy has always dressed Rynae up in red and white on National Day. This year, without fail, I dressed up my 2 kiddos in the 2 symbolic colours.

I explained the meaning of National Day to Rynae, why wear red and white and told her how old Singapore is. I also taught her how to place her hand when we said the pledge together at 8.22pm. Yeap, I'm gonna teach her to love her country from young.