Baby O, the super girl

Thanks Wini for the first photo of me and baby O!

I want to share this photo of me with baby O, who is perhaps the most determined baby I've seen. She was born a couple of months early due to my friend's pre-existing health conditions. When I first met her in the hospital in January two weeks after she was born, her head was so tiny that it barely covered my palm (even with her oversized wool beanie on); she lay in an incubator most of the time. Still, she had the funniest expressions and could afford dreamy baby smiles.

 

Yesterday, I popped by Wini's house again to get some books from her and to visit them again. Baby O has grown so much from that tiny baby I first saw. At six months, you could already tell that she loves company, wants to talk ("ah gar gar gar"), and can't wait to crawl and walk (her kicks were pretty strong!)  

 

Wini shared that O is still considered small compared to her peers since her corrected age is 4 months. But what's important is that she can eat and sleep well, and stays healthy and happy. It's a joy to sense her cheerful disposition and to see her become a healthy growing baby just like any other.

 

I thought back on the circumstances in which baby O came into this world. God gives that breathe of life to babies, and plants in them that strong will to live. I think it's really, really awesome.