Happy 3rd month, Baby RT!

3rd month is when she is officially an infant and no longer a newborn. End of 4th trimester. Had to go out shopping for larger sized clothes and pack away the smaller newborn clothes.

Brain on Fire: My month of madness

by Susannah Cahalan.

on her personal experience of NMDA encephalitis. Most of her experience I had probably gleaned from the many patients whom I'd come into contact with suffering from delirium.

The most poignant learning point was that, as a neurologist, not to give up on searching for a diagnosis.

Myer Melbourne parents room

Used the Myer Melbourne parents room on Saturday.
It was on level 3 where the children's clothes were sold. Large-ish room. 2 parent child toilets. 2 cubicles for privacy of breastfeeding. 10 single armchairs to sit and feed (formula/ breast). 2 nappy change areas. sink. microwave. quite clean. I think I'll give it a 4star.

QV shopping centre had recently renovated its toilets on ground floor. 2 baby change toilets, of which there is a plastic chair that you could sit in to breast feed in private if desperate. No separate door/ cubicle for the toilet though. Felt and smelt like you were breast feeding in the toilet still. There was a microwave in the baby change room though. 2star.

homemade red bean paste

the canned red bean paste are too sweet for my liking. Finally found a recipe from: http://justonecookbook.com/blog/how-to/how-to-make-anko-red-bean-paste/ which goes through the whole making process step by step. I've always wanted to make this. Tasted quite good!

Baby J full moon celebrations

Our first trip to Melbourne was to Baby J's full moon celebrations. We weren't sure how Baby A was going to take it. She did alright though. Slept in the car seat there and back. Cried a little on the way back. I realised how hard it is to photograph children! Y said I was the only person who probably took blurred photos with a dslr camera. In the whole midst of taking other people's photos, we didn't take any of ourselves. Yish.

J and Baby A -- i thought this shot was very well taken!

C and his lovely 2 girls

T and her 6 month old baby girl 

Baby J who was asleep for most of his celebrations

Is she doing it yet?

looking at faces and smiling

Reading up on developmental milestones for baby means that I'm looking at baby and thinking, 'Why AREN'T you doing these things yet?!'

sitting supported

pancakes

still exploring new recipes. I thought it'll be nice to make pancakes but had always bought the store bought premix, added water, shake and panfry them. Found an easy online recipe. Turned out not too sweet at all :)

pancake stack

added my own homemade red bean paste to the pancake. Yum.