I always dislike crowded places, so I thought shopping on a Sunday afternoon was a very good idea, the mall would be friendlier. But I was very wrong! It was loaded with shoppers! Wanted to lunch at Crystal Jade, but the queue was so long. We finally settled for the Crystal Jade serving Korean cuisine, and James happily ordered a high chair for the baby. I was preparing for some embarrassment, because the baby couldn’t sit up properly yet and have not tried any baby chair before. To my surprise, she was able to balance herself on it, with some support from my sarong sling. Good job, baby! But my stress wasn’t over yet, I expect her to start fussing in about 20 min. I quickly formulated the next strategy - feed her some food. There were rice. I mashed up some rice, with our ginseng chicken soup and feed it to her to keep her entertained. She had ginseng! Must be very nourishing. I hoped it won’t kill her. Anyway, that was yesterday and she is still alive at the moment. It was a very good lunch, with the baby crying as the grand finale.

Next, off to Takashimaya. I wanted to buy some toys, probably something which she can bang on and plays silly music. The children’s department was packed with parents and kids. I was glad I didn’t bring along the stroller. I think maneuvering it there was more challenging then changing lane at the jammed JB custom. Gave up the idea of shopping for toys, so I headed for the nursing room. Better feed the baby before she turns cranky again. Surprise again! Even the nursing room was packed with parents!

Luckily, I could share the room with another nursing mom. She was nursing her 10mths old daughter. What an inspiration to me, I hope I could survive that long. “Ouch! Naught girl, you bite me! No more milk for you!” Oops, baby with teeth bite, is that going to happen to me too?

The next mom entered, and my baby decided to do some networking with her. She refused to eat and kept turning her head to look at that mom, and went “ahhh ahhh ahh”, trying very hard to distract her. Yeah, my naughty girl succeeded, and disturbed her nursing boy. We quickly get out and ended the day at Ngee Ann City.