anton lee @ 7 months

 

Thank you Tita Elaine for my travelling outfit!

Anton Lee, you had your first overseas trip at 6.25 months! We were so proud of you, such a good sport during the long trip: Manila to Kuala Lumpur (KL) (3.5 hours), KL to Adelaide (7 hours), with a layover of 4 hours. It was just you and Mommy  on this trip but we managed beautifully with several fantastic people helping us out. 

You were quite a charmer, spreading sunshine.  In the leg from Manila to KL, there was a blond Austrian young man with surfer looks who enjoyed making funny faces at you; from KL to Adelaide, there was a sweet Chinese girl who kept giggling at your antics; from Adelaide to KL, there was an old Indian lady and a pretty Vietnamese mother who indulged you with your babbling; and from KL back to Manila, there was a Korean gentleman who tried to soothe you when the plane started its descent and you experienced discomfort.

Something tells us you will nicely manage to go around the world even before you turn 20.

You enjoyed yourself immensely on this trip.  You finally got to meet your family on your Daddy’s side and hang out with Daddy’s friends.  Oh boy, they really spoilt you with lots of attention and with loads of Easter presents!
 

6.5 months at Easter

It was on this trip that you learned to hold yourself well on a high chair. It was fitting that your first high chair, which we retrieved from years and years of storage, was Daddy's (this was Zio Wally’s and Zia Luisa’s high chair too!)

You adored high chairs so much that when we returned to Manila, we got you for your seventh month mini-birthday. . . your own booster! This way you can sit with us when we have our meals.

The Della Verde High Chair (Adelaide)

Anton's booster (Manila)

It was during your stay in Adelaide when your first tooth broke out (6.5 months).  We got so excited over this that we kept checking your brand new tooth.  Your second tooth broke out when we got back to Manila.

When you turned seven months, we started you on the sippy cup for drinking water.  This was a skill you quickly mastered even before the week was over.  

Thank you Zia Luisa for my plastic bib!

 

Anton's new shoes
(Zia Luisa really spoilt you!)

 

Anton trying his hand at the drums..
Thank you Ninang Kat for my toy!

 

At seven months, you are regularly eating mashed fruits and vegetables (potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, apples, pears, squash, avocado, watermelon).  As advised, we feed you one fruit/vegetable at a time to make sure that you are not allergic to  it. You can also now hold your own milk bottle with minimal assistance.

You are so near to crawling on all fours.  You can roll over both ways and  get yourself to a sitting position when pulled up.  You enjoy Mommy reading to you in the morning and/or evening and entertain yourself looking at picture books. You love playing peek-a-book and seeing yourself in the mirror makes you smile. 

You are our... Super Anton!

yes, anton CAN

 

YOU TURNED SIX MONTHS TODAY

 

you can

 

 sit unassisted for brief periods

 



 

respond when your name is called

start to crawl on all fours

 

touch your foot
(and suck it too!)



 

 

play peek-a-boo

squeal in delight

giggle and coo!

 

 

 

and yes,

we've given you

your first

sweet potato!

 

 

happy half year

belluzzo

mommy and daddy
 are so

proud of you!

 

 



happy half-year!

Good morning world! I am 6 months old today!
 

You give us immeasurable delight

You make us realize our infinite capacity for love

You show us reservoirs of strength we didn’t know we had

You teach us patience

You instruct us in humility

You coax us into pure silliness

You draw us to take this world and ourselves less seriously

You drive us to strive to become better human beings

You lead us to look beyond ourselves

You open our eyes to see the grandeur in the mundane

You unravel to us the infinite complexity of the universe.

 Thank you for blessing our lives, little one.

 

flashback: anton lee @ 5 months

"Most of us would do for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves."
                                                     - Polly Berrien Berends

5.25 months

5.5 months

5.75 months

 

flashback: anton lee @ 4 months

"A multitude of small delights constitute happiness"
                                     - Charles Baudelaire

4 months

4.5 months
(thank you tito sven and tita cris for my cool toy!)

4.75 months

flashback: anton lee @ 3 months

"Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback look. The more you give, the more you get, and the more you feel like giving."



                                                                   - Penelope Leach

3 months

3.25 months

3.5 months

flashback: anton lee @ 2 months

"I actually remember feeling delight at two o'clock in the morning when the baby woke for his feed, because I so longed to have another look at him."
                                                             Margaret Drabble

2 months

2.25 months
(thank you tito ed, tita alpi, and sam for my shirt!)

(Uber delayed posting)

2 ½ MONTHS!

You are growing fast Anton Lee Thomas! When we went to the paediatrician 2 weeks ago, you already weighed 4.1 kg and measured 55 centimetres (about 22 inches). You are no longer a newborn fragile little pebble … you are now our huggable, squeezable, adorable belluzzo.

2.5 months

You had your second set of shots two weeks ago. You’ve had your DTaP (contains diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular pertussis/whooping cough vaccine), IPV (polio vaccine), and Hib (vaccine aimed at thwarting the hemophilus influenza) as well as your second dose of Hepatitis b vaccine. You quickly amused yourself looking at the toys at the pediatrician’s clinic and when the doctor gave you the shot, you cried once and quickly settled down. We carefully watched you the next 24 hours and we were relieved that you took the vaccines without any adverse reaction.

Mommy has gone back to work two weeks ago. Sorry belluzzo, Mommy has to wake you up early. She wants to bathe and feed you before she leaves home. We both sleep in during weekends.

You still wake generally twice during the night. You have a habit of smiling after feeding that Mommy can’t help playing with you a bit before she sends you back to bed.

We have also increased your milk intake from 2 ounces to 2.5 ounces every 2 hours. Your lola, who stayed with us the first week Mommy went back to work, has noticed that you are still quite hungry after each feeding. She was right. Since we’ve increased the volume of your milk, you have ceased screaming after having your milk.

2.75 months
(hey ninang Kat, that's you holding me!)

You are now starting to slowly crawl. You can raise your head now while on your tummy and can move yourself 360 degrees. You are also learning to grasp things. You can now hold your toy zebra for brief periods.

Your favourite toys the past two weeks: Giraffe and Penguin, who can give Vanilla Ice a run for his money.