mylène daily

Due to the activities around our moving to China, the "Eleven months" post and picture are a bit delayed. Sorry about that! But here they are. Enjoy!

What's new?
Also during the past months, Mylène has developed a lot. To start with, she really crawls now! And very well indeed! She pulls herself up to anything she can hold on to: sofa, chairs, table, legs, etc. While supporting herself, she can also walk sideways quite well. And not only on the tip of her toes anymore.

Favourite food
The kind of food seems less relevant. When Mylène gets something to eat herself, she is quiet and busy for a long time. We gave her banana, rice waffles, pieces of bread, fruit, cucumber, etc. ... a very convenient trick to keep her quiet for a while.
At the moment, we cannot complain about her eating habits (other than about Mylène making a mess every time she eats).

Weight
During the U6 on 18 August (oops... still have to write a post on that) she was 9,7 kg.

Length
76 cm (also measured during the U6)

Language
Perhaps the most impressive development during the past month. Mylène now really starts imitating words. She says "Dag" again! Well ... ok ... "Dada", but she is waving her hands while doing so :-) Furthermore she knows "aai aai" when you brush her hairs (or when she is trying to brush our hairs), and "ka ka ka" when we say "eendje" or "yazi" (Dutch and Chinese respectively ... yes! it seems Mylène starts to understand both languages), and last but not least, she says "mama" very well ... just not always in the right context (a lamp for example can also be "mama").

Other
Last month I made a remark about singing. Well, it was not wishful thinking. It is really true. When turning on music, Mylène starts waving her hands, moving her body, and really starts to sing, sort of: "la la la".

She is so cute!!

P.S. It is getting more and more difficult to make a decent picture of Mylène with the zebra ... she just does not want to sit still. Here are some pictures of "the making of ..."