Nathan@4months

Boy has become more responsive with age. He is also able to lift his head 90 degrees, like in the pic, also my favourite look. He smiles more often these days, but haven't yet managed to capture one on camera, cos it's never sustained. And when you desperately have the zoom ready and tickles him, he can't be bothered with your efforts. That's him, in a world of his own.

Some friends commented he looks big for his age, other passerbys still thought he's either 2mths or younger, we're not sure, guess he's avg, but in terms of mass, he's definitely a growing babe, weighing almost 7kg now @4months, making my arms ache sooner when carried. He's still fussy, wants to be carried. Just weekend ago, he made our lives terrible at AMK hawker. I queued for half hour for teochew porridge, and he wouldn't let me enjoy my dinner in peace, refused the pram.

Other days, they were better. He would watch Barney on Tv and Hi5, all on his own in his blue netted chair and wouldn't bother me a bit. Some good days, he would even sit on my lap and listen to stories for 30mins, that's long attention span. Wonder how much got in..? I'm not one anxious parent forcing him to be literate too soon, but I pretty much enjoy stories myself, the dad knows best. He was my audience for the longest time, and now there's little Nathan to share with.

The carrier's been serving us well. Went to Carrefour to get more containers to make space for new stuff, and Golden mile complex to have dumplings, and he sleeps through the journey, from place to place, good boy!

I look forward to the day he can play by himself for longer stretches of time, and learn to enjoy his play things too. Now, he still needs my company.