A child is a gift from above. Why should a child be a hindrance to one’s dreams? My daughter, on the contrary, is my inspiration, my eternal source of Unshattering Hope.
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Due to a surf-control firewall setup in our office, I couldn’t edit/post in my own blog during weekdays.
I also discovered that people could not comment on the site if they’re not logged in to friendster.
So I decided to move my blog (despite the excellent blogging software here) to http://kapenilattex.blogspot.com.
I’ll be waiting for you guys there 
All the discussions in bed with my wife about the use of language (pretty much the stuff discussed here) might have had a (pleasantly) unexpected side-effect to our (pretty much unwilling) audience, our 4 month old daughter CJ.
Last Saturday while me, my mother, my sister, and my wife Melynn were playing with CJ at my parent’s bedroom, she started babbling incessantly. Not that it was something unusual, CJ would babble once in a while. But by the time she was babbling for 10 straight minutes with little pause, Melynn decided to get the camcorder.
As soon as Melynn stepped out of the room, we were, errr… shocked(?) when all of a sudden CJ blurted out "Mamama!"
My sister Angel (who always teases CJ) then told CJ something to the effect of "oh you could say that but not yet ‘Papa’ huh?" CJ responded by raising her head to look at Angel and then squealing "Papapapa!!"
Right at that moment Melynn got back in the room she continued doing the "Mamamamama" and "Papapapapa" thing with the occassional "Babababa." We caught around 20 minutes worth of babbling on tape.
The following day, my mom got hold of a few of those pediatric magazines and began browsing. She finally found what she was looking for; babies were supposed to babble repetitive syllables at around 6 - 9 months, and be able to learn to say "Mama" and "Papa" at around the same time.
My baby was able to do it at four and a half months.
So much for a talkative family.
