Back in Malaysia (Week 26)

Tobey's journey on the plane was the most excrutiating experience for both him, me and SK. The night before the flight, both SK and Tobey started to feel unwell, and it only got so much worse on the flight. Tobey was too uncomfortable to settle down to sleep, so throughout most of the journey, I had to try to soothe him. It was AWFUL to see my usually happy baby to be so uncomfortable and unhappy. I will never want to put him on a flight again when he's unwell. Fortunately, once we landed, he recovered pretty quickly (except for the lingering phlegm...grrr). Even his dry rash went away. I just love this weather.

Oh, Tobey took his first plane journey with his baby friend Shean Wenn (baby Shean was a gem on the flight, such a sweetie). As usual, both of them clicked!


Tobey is having a ball of a time, basking in the constant attention of both sets of grandparents, uncles and aunties. As usual, he charms and it works. We managed to bring him out most days and he enjoyed looking around and getting attention from shoppers. Total strangers in shopping mall and restaurant seem to think that it's ok to touch his face or just simply stop and stare really 'closely'. SK suggested we should let him wear a t-shirt that says "Can look but don't touch" ;P

In terms of developement, he is making progress in learning to crawl. However, he is moving backward instead of forward. Still has to master the use of his knees. He also started to press on his cot rail or bath rim to try to stand...at the moment it's more of a squatting position.