This monkey is fast becoming yauyau’s best friend. We are not always successful getting into “conversation” with the baby, but whenever I give her the monkey, she will start her baby talk with the monkey, amusing! And the monkey is also becoming my best assistant. When I need to put her down for her nap or sleep at night, the monkey helps! Maybe she gets really tired bashing and talking to the monkey that never respond.

Strategy number two: bring her to the nearby shopping mall and loiter around for a while. She gets really tired after that! Just need to put her down or rock her for a brief moment in her bouncy chair and she is in her dreamland. I think looking at the people and fancy things in the mall makes her very tired. I can get my grocery done while she entertains herself by looking, and falls asleep after getting home, killing three birds with one stone! Well, the bad thing is, she might get so tired that she becomes cranky and screams bloody murder in public, and I can’t use it for her night time sleep.

Strategy number three: put her into the car seat and goes for a car ride. I have not use this method yet, but I notice that she always falls asleep in the car seat. Considering the cost of petrol and the amount of pollution it is generating (using diaper is already sinful enough), it isn’t very worthwhile.