Chris is 1 month old!

Yes, our youngest member of the family is 1 month old today! We went for his checkup yesterday and he has gained 1kg within 2 weeks, he now weighs 4960g and is 56cm in length! Well, it must be the holidays!

In Singapore, Chinese usually will celebrate when the baby is 1 month old. I'm not so sure about how the tradition came about. Typically, Chinese women has to go through the "confinement" month after child birth. They are not allowed to shower (oooohhhh...imagine the smell after 1 month! ), not allowed to have the air-condition or the fan on (it's like living in Sahara desert when you live in Singapore without air-condition or fan! ), not allowed to go out and if you really need to, you have to come home before 7pm to avoid the "dew" in the air... I'd say it's more like the month of torture! Most friends or relatives will not visit the mother and the baby during the confinement month, since the family needs time to adjust to the new member and they also need to catch up with the lack of sleep. So after the confinement month, they usually will invite friends and relatives to come visit and have a small party to introduce everybody to the new baby.

Since there is no such custom here, we try to arrange to have our own small celebration. We had pizzas and bought a cake to celebrate Ivan's first month. We also bought a cake for Chris's first month.

The "0" candle is a "hand-me-down" from Ivan's first month! Th cute milk bottle candle is from my brother (he bought me some cute candles since I started baking cakes).

Sharing some recent pictures of Chris. He is growing to be a charmer like Ivan (all parents think that their baby is a charmer!).

His favorite pose now - Superman!

Such a cutie!
Cool guy in the making!

We all blew the candles and enjoyed the cake, except for Chris who just wants milk!

Looking forward to celebrating Chris's first year!