Mummy missuschewy took leave today to celebrate Chanelle’s lunar 4th month! It’s also a good time for me to update my blog while the little girl is having her nap at the moment 🙂 I woke up at around 11am this morning to find Chanelle lying on her stomach with her head raised and looking at me. I was very surprised because she actually let me sleep in peace. LOL.
1) Trim Hair
Just bumming around in her Exersaucer from her aunts and uncle (my cousins) Sharon, Elaine and Darren! To begin Little misschewy’s lunar 4th month traditional celebration, I snipped off a bit of Chanelle’s mohawk hair. I’m not sure of the significance of doing so but my mil said to shave Chanelle totally bald and I was against it because we had already done so after her full month. Anyway the person didn’t do a fantastic job so Chanelle has really funky hair now! 😛
2) Ang Bao
Both grandmothers prepared a red packet each for Chanelle as a form of blessing. We had opened an OCBC Mighty Savers account for her over the weekend so this is gonna go into her savings! $$$ Kaching! $$$
Looking intently at the ang bao.
Hmm.. Looks edible! Haha Chanelle is starting to put things into her mouth. At times she doesn’t want the pacifier and prefers to stuff her entire fist into her mouth and her hands would be wet with saliva. We reckon she might be beginning to show signs of teething.
She seems pretty interested in her Exersaucer too!
3) Chives (Ku Chye)
I joined the March 2014 EDD mummies group on Facebook and learned that chives (ku chye) play an important role in baby’s lunar 4th month traditional celebration. I wrapped a stalk of chives around my finger and rubbed it along Chanelle’s gums. This signifies a smooth sailing and painless teething journey ahead! 🙂
Want a piece of drumstick my little darling?
Oh Mummy.. Is this really for me?
4) Chicken Drumstick
Ok then! I shall take a big bite out of this delicious looking chicken drumstick! Om nom nom nom! Haha ok what I did was to let Chanelle lick the drumstick instead. She will be blessed with good food and let’s hope that she will not be a fussy eater like her Papa! Lucky me, I get to eat the drumstick after that 😛
5) A string of biscuits
For the final ritual, my mum helped to string 8 Marie biscuits using a red thread for me to bring back to my in laws’ place. We tied it around Little misschewy’s neck and she sat there #likeaboss. I had seen photos of my cousins doing this to their kids and it never fails to amuse me!
One by one, I touched Chanelle’s lips with each biscuit and recited “qit ta ta” in Hokkien, which translates to “wipe dry dry”. Yes, you might have guessed it. This is to prevent or minimise drooling!
Well, does this ritual thingy really work? I’m not sure but I definitely hope it does! Anyway, neither of our parents did this for us when misterchewy and I were babies but they were open to the idea when I told them about this. It was fun and the photos captured will serve as nice memories many years down the road! Stay connected with us on Facebook www.facebook.com/missuschewy and on Instagram @missuschewy and @misterchewy 🙂
Happy 4th month Baby Chanelle! She is looking so cute with her Marie biscuits necklace. Hope she will not drool a lot after ritual.
Thanks Mummy Jolin! Haha yes hope so! If not she’s gonna have to wear a bib around her neck 24/7 😛
First time I’m hearing about the Marie biscuits necklace! I didn’t do any of these as I didn’t know about it. True or not, they make fun and memorable photos 🙂
Hello Susan! Haha good thing I have flexi ML to do such things! 😛
Happy 4th mth my 宝贝!muak
Baby see mahmah on fri!
My ex-colleague says after shaving, rub some baby powder on the head daily till the hair grows, baby’s hair will grow out smooth & silky. Not sure if it really works, but all her 4 kiddo’s hair are very smooth.
Hi Pauline! That’s interesting! Haha I have only heard of using Guinness Stout to speed up hair growth!
Hi, may i know how to do the chives?
Do we cook it or rub it without cooking it?
Hope to hear from u soon, thanks!
Hello! We didn’t cook the chives 🙂
Haha! First time I read about such ritual. So may I know if it really prevent or minimize her drooling? Thanks!
Chanelle didn’t really drool but Cayla drooled quite a bit. I definitely wouldn’t attribute that to the ritual cuz it was just carried out in the name of fun 🙂
Thank you for providing the ahead… it is really helpful! May I ask what is the model and brand for the activity center that your LO is using??