She walks!

She finally walks without hand-holding! My darling daughter first able to stand up on her own and walk about 2 months back... but never daring enough to let-go our hands until yesterday. At 17 months, she is quite a slow walker I think.

Now she is walking round the house non-stop. Chanting 'lari, lari, cepat, cepat...' (run, run, fast, fast) and this morning I caught her saying repeatedly 'kei hoi sum' (very happy) while wondering around the house!

Soy Products - Cancer causing??

I was shocked to read about the danger of soy products at this website!

Infertility, several types of cancer, premature development in girls & etc are all linked to soy-based products, including soy-based baby milk powder!

I was researching for soy-based formula milk for my 17 months daughter who has been breastfed exclusively. She is allergy to cow's milk. Although the paediatrician has assured me that 'milk' is not compulsory in a toddler's diet at this age; I still feel like supplementing my daughter's diet with a 'milk-based nutritional drink'. Naturally soy-based formula seems like the best alternative to the market-dominated cow milk-based milk powder.

Although I can not confirm the claims are true, I rather not take chances...

Darling Missed Me

Darling daughter is almost 1.5 years old now, she is more expressive in both words and emotions.
I had to be away for 2 days each week for the past 3 weeks for business and hubby and I went away for a short break last weekend. When I return from every trip, darling would have a big smile on her face, running or kicking her feet, then give me a long and big hug; saying "hug tight tight" at the same time! Then on the next 2 days, she would be extremely sticky to me, hugging and kissing me frequently and saying "I love you" ! So sweet ya!?

While I was away, she asked grandma to walk her to the door and said "wait mommy" (wait for mommy). When hubby was showing her our photos, she said "show you some more..." (show me some more). After seeing my photos for awhile, she started crying... While playing with her toy phone, she said into the handset, "hello ... nangis semalam, cari mommy" (...crying last night, looking for mommy).

We could not bear to see her misses us so much. We also missed her like mad! So no more leisure trip without darling; hubby and I have decided to bring her along whenever we travel from now on =o)