In Da Club

Hong Kong is a vibrant city with the night life where the night starts no earlier than 11am and running until daybreak. Too late for Calleigh so I decided to take the club scene home and created a House Party effect with my camera.


Hmm....Parent Time
So talking about the Club/Bar Scene, it's not usual for parents to continue this lifestyle back in the U.S. But in Hong Kong, with the availability of hired help, there are many parents going out to social events every night of the week. Whether it be networking socials, clubs, restaurants, etc., in Hong Kong, a lot of business meetings happen during social outings. In fact, I experienced someone's parents show up at the same club as their sons! I can't imagine bumping into my Calleigh at the same club/bar when I'm in my 60's! If it can be arranged, parents definitely need that time to interact with adults outside of work and take a break from Disney Channel and toys.

Peek at the Boo'er

Calleigh started doing the Peek a Boo game a few months back. It's funny to see how a simple game can be entertaining. Although it is really cute, it's really hard to keep acting surprised each time.

Lately, she's been wanting to watch her Barney videos and boy, I've got all these songs stuck in my head. I think I'll go out and buy a different Barney video or maybe try Blues Clues. She's not too big on Sesame Street or TeleTubbies.

Hmm...Games
Repetition is common with toddlers. Wanting to do something over and over again. If you want to avoid this, try exposing different games or actions that might distract them to do something else. Eventually, you'll get them to do something new and mix things up. 

Look Who's Walking Now

Almost 15 months of anticipation for that first step, Calleigh gets the courage to stand up and walk. I can't say I've been disappointed but I have been waiting for a long time and it felt as if Calleigh just didn't care. She's become very mobile with crawling and I thought having her hang around kids that could walk would encourage her. As I stated in a previous blog, Calleigh does what Calleigh wants.

Last night, Calleigh used my chest as leverage to stand up and I slowly slid away and told her to walk. She did. I yelled to her Mom "Look Look!". I cannot express how excited I felt inside to see this day come.

It's been some time since I wrote on this blog, but here are some things that occurred with Calleigh in the last 3 months.

• Drinks from a straw cup. She never got the hang of sippie cups.
• Talks more using vowels/syllables, Speech is coming more defined
• Dances a lot, especially to Barney videos, and claps hands a lot
• Had her first Kid's meal ordered at a Tonkatsu restaurant
• Eats pita bread, oatmeal, Cheerios, sushi, ramen, bolognese, Kalbi, lots of different foods and loves cheese
• Loves her shoes and tried to put them on herself
• Officially off formula, although we are still finishing her last can. Instead drinks Pediasure
• Grew taller and has outgrown lots of her 12mth clothes
• Weight is still 3%, but head and height I think in the 20% range
• Learned to finger slide to access iPad or iPhone
• Holds the phone to her ear, tries to put ear buds in ear
• Had her first diaper rash which got out of control and turned to a yeast infection
• Likes to watch Dad play AngryBirds
• Gives big wet kisses on the lips while grabbing cheeks
• Wants to do everything that we do, i.e. eat with adult forks, sit with us on the couch watching T.V., play with a phone, computer or iPad

I'm sure there is a lot more to mention but I guess that's what blogging is for...to capture these moments as they happen.


Hmmm....Changes
When you want your kid to change, they don't change. When they do change it's unexpected. Being a new parent and understanding how I developed as a child, I now see a different perspective. Kids will change when they are good and ready. How they change may not be what you expected. The key is that they grow up because who wants to spoon feed a 21 year old child!