Up

C-bao was recently introduced to the sit-up. After some initial difficulty - due undoubtedly to the weight of her hair - she got the hang of it, and now is showing less and less patience with lying flat.

3 Months!

Happy 3 month birthday to C-bao!

C-bao was chatting away quite happily to C-Pop this morning about her milestone, but clammed up immediately in front of the camera. Not quite as much of a ham as her sister K-bao, whose own 3-month video revealed some slightly different dynamics (e.g. the signature "flamboyant flatulent sign-off" which she was pro at by that age).

Coo

C-bao is growing more interactive every day, and will now engage in 10 minute cooing sessions with C-mum where they will look intently at each other and make little dove-like sounds. What they are saying to each other is beyond C-pop's realm of understanding, but C-bao appears to be satisfied with what she hears and will smile knowingly at C-mum throughout.

Taste

C-bao has finally found her hand, and will now bring it up to her mouth regularly for a taste.

Unfortunately, said hand doesn't taste too good. A result, undoubtedly, of long hours of tight and sweaty fist-clenching inside of protective mittens.

C-bao had a try this morning and got a strong whiff of moldy goat cheese, forcing an immediate and bewildered pull back. Sadly, her short term memory isn't fully developed, so after a few seconds she put it back in...with the same result. This little dance went on for a while, much to the C-folks' bemusement.

Eventually, C-Mum had mercy and gave the hands a good wipe-down.

Grace!

C-bao has a new cousin! Little Grace, who shares a name with C-bao, made her grand entrance this afternoon - but only after her mother C-Aunt E coaxed her out with about 1,200 grams of sugar. The whole C-fam is pretty excited to meet her - welcome Grace!



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Gentle

The C-folks have started to give little C-bao some tummy time, much to the little one's dismay.

C-bao's gentle personality shines through in this video: even while voicing her disapproval, her cries never rise above a relatively quiet whimper. To the point where the C-folks almost wanted to say: "Lady! Thou dost protesteth not enough! Be more aggressive!"

Labor

Here is C-bao chilling out with C-pop - and looking less than amused strapped into the old Baby Bjorn.

On the other hand, as a few have observed, she looks plenty...healthy. Maybe the two are related. Perhaps it's just the angle.

Happy Labor Day!

Expressive

Now that C-bao has hit the 2-month mark, she is starting to demonstrate a fuller range of emotions, from terror to delight to bemusement (her previous range was (1) dazed; (2) bored; or (3) gassy)

She has also shown the capacity for lighting quick transitions from one to the other - keeping the C-folks on their toes.