intermission

to all of ethan's fans, this blog is going into a little 'hiatus' as mommy tries to get her life sorted out again now that ethan's little sister, emma, has joined the Han family :)

stay tuned!

cry baby

here's the aftermath of an unsuccessful sleep training session. it just breaks your heart doesnt it? well... we've tried it for almost 2 wks now. some days it seems he's improved, and some days it just seems like a total waste of time. i guess we'll just see how it goes till xmas day and if it doesnt work... we'd all have to be resigned to our fate. he is a VERY strong-willed and obstinate boy :|

oh my splitting head!

nah... ethan wasnt really having a headache. he was just in 1 of his mischievous moods n displaying lots of actions n gibbering non-stop. you'd have to witness him in action personally to see how animated he can be ;)

dining out

last fri, we had our first dining experience out with ethan alone at a chinese restaurant (which was just a 5min walk from our place). it certainly was an interesting experience cos so far since we've moved to melbourne, we've always had the inlaws helping us whenever we went out for meals, shopping, etc...

ethan was generally well-behaved.. but that was only AFTER the nice lady owner of the restaurant brought over a basket of prawn crackers (you know, those orange type that they usually serve with roast chicken at chinese wedding dinners). he was having a fine time feeding himself with all the 'keropok' on the tray in front of him (not captured in this shot though). and THAT'S why i said he was well-behaved :) it was fun watching him stuff those crackers into his mouth with his tiny (and afterwards very oily!) hands.

anyway, sleep training is still in progress. he hasnt shown much imrovement since the last time i blogged. it just depends on his mood. certain days i can lie him down in his cot n he'll be such am angel and drift off to sleep on his own. other days, he'll be wailing his head off and i have to keep doing the 2, 4, 6, etc min- interval thing. it's tiring... but i'm still hoping it'll pay off at the end :/ what can i say, i'm an optimist ;)

spending the last wk with him has made me realise how dependent this boy is and how much he craves company. he'll not want to watch tv or play on his own - he'll always come lookin for me to do those activities with him. i'm glad #2 is coming along - this way they'll both be able to play together next time.

sleep school

now that i'm home 24x7, what better time to 'train' ethan to fall asleep on his own and stop waking up in the middle of the night, right??

so today is day 3 of 'sleep school'. i'm trying not to stress him too much, so we've started with the 1st module only: "How to Fall Asleep on your own during Daytime Naps". the student has been acing his class actually (well there is no one to beat is there?!) cos he'll only cry for AT MOST 5 minutes, and then he's off to dreamland. i just hope these are not flukes, and that at the end of the week, he wont even be crying anymore b4 he falls asleep!

and tonite the "Sleeping thro' the nite without milk" module shall commence. wish me luck! cos i know this one's gonna be much much tougher for ethan to 'pass' ;)

oh on another note, ethan has graduated from his bath tub days too. since about 2 wks back, he's been standing up during his showers instead of sitting inside that baby bath tub. it's SOOOOOOO much easier bathing him this way! we're so proud of this little boy and all his accomplishments :)

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

at least for ethan it is! cos he got his xmas present early :) we couldn't keep it under wraps for so long (besides we didnt even wrap it cos it would've cost quite a bit to wrap something this big). so the second we lugged this little tikes car home, we ripped open the box, set the car up and off he went! it's cute how he figured out very quickly how to get in and out of the car by himself. and cos his legs are still too short to touch the ground, we're the 'engine' for now hee hee

hair cut

weather's getting hotter, and so ethan's hair is getting shorter! here he is, sitting in his new fisher price booster seat, sporting his new do (we're getting better with practice, arent we!?)