Happy 7 months old, dear baby Ansel! ❤

Today, you turn seven months old and you flashed your wide, toothless grin at me, like how you do umpteen times every day, when I took a photo of you.

It's been a month of gastronomic adventure and discovery with you in the past month. Let's see, your favourite food for now includes avocado, banana, pear and pumpkin but you've also tried potato, carrot, blueberries, apple, fish, chicken, sweet potato, brown rice, cereal and more! That's not bad for your introductory month of having solids, right? Although it makes me more exhausted having to cook your meals separately from ours daily, that bright smile of yours makes it all worthwhile.

You are also getting good at sitting down on your own though you tend to lose balance and fall over after some time. Haha. Like the previous months, you have been drooling and munching on your fingers incessantly but you have yet to cut your first tooth, so let's just wait patiently for now yeah.

Your sisters say you are very chubby and I think so too, you might just be the chubbiest one of the lot. It is a heartening thing to know because, like me, you are a preemie but I am relieved to see that you are gaining weight steadily. We love seeing your baby rolls and oh, you are easily tickled and will laugh and laugh when it happens.

We went for your vaccinations earlier this month and you were totally a trooper - your cries lasted merely 1 or 2 seconds despite having a jab on each thigh. That said, I think it's because I was there to comfort you and for now, judging by how you reach out for me or whine whenever I walk away, there is no doubt that you love me deep deep.

But you know what? That is not even a fraction of how much I love you. I can't even describe it but you are my world, or rather, our world because your siblings love you to the moon and back too.

Thank you for being a ray of sunshine in our lives and cheering us up every single day - something which we truly need during these gloomy times. Looking forward to more happy days stuck with you 24/7, my darling boy! ❤

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Later today, at 2pm, Jonathan Chan will take the plunge as the final Team Singapore athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Games. If you missed our athletes in action earlier, this is your last chance to catch it live.

Jonathan and his fellow diver Freida Lim have already made Singapore sporting history, as our first Olympic divers. It is heartening to see Singapore represented in more types of sports. I wish Jonathan all the best in his Olympic debut!

Just to qualify for the Olympics is no simple feat. To Jonathan and the rest of our athletes, know that you are counted among the best in the world, and Singapore will always cheer you on. Thank you for flying the Singapore flag high! Some of you may be disappointed with your results, but may the experience inspire you to strive to improve, and to be faster, higher, and stronger. – LHL

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Ansel is 4 months old!

Like his older siblings, we held a food ceremony for him, a tradition which my mum-in-law told us to carry out for the firstborn over a decade ago when we were still living in Sweden and have kept ever since.

Prawn, chicken drumstick, biscuit, apple and brown rice cereal - these are the five items that he got to lick and taste on his special day in the hope that he will be good at eating and not be fussy as he grows.

It was heartening to see that this boy loves his food, especially the apple and rice cereal. That curious but happy look on him was just so precious. Hopefully, he will enjoy his food when we start him on porridge when he turns six months old. It makes me excited just thinking about it although it also means we will be even busier when the time comes.

What was even more heartwarming was to see the siblings feeding him with love, enthusiasm and patience. Yup, they are just as, if not more, excited as me to feed the baby and every milestone he achieves always makes all of us proud and thrilled. It's just so nice to be have a baby in the house and to have a bunch of siblings to grow up with.

Happy to see you happy, Ansel! For now, we are still gonna stick to breast milk and maybe just a little cereal for another two months before we start exploring more. Can't wait to introduce more yummy solids to you and go on this fun-filled eating journey with you. We love you! ❤

P.S. Ansel is sitting on his Cocoon high chair from Love Oribel which is not just stylish and pleasing to the eye but functional and versatile too. Love the tray which can be removed and rinsed after a meal, makes life easier for me. Yay!

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