It's the eve of CNY today and we spent the day lazing around and playing with Jack who seems to have a 9 month developmental thingy where he suddenly cries and seems inconsolable. He does get bored real fast however, and now can dart into another room by himself on his very own adventures. He loves grabbing onto furniture and pulling himself up.

We went for lunch at KFC and then visited Tom & Stephanie to see if they stocked the rubber mats to line our floor for Jack's safety. Aside from being nice and spongy to walk on, they also protect Jack if he falls. Despite him being steady on his feet 95%, 5% he gets excited and reaches for something that causes him to lose his balance.

He'll be walking very soon, my Mom estimates perhaps at 11 months, it's high time to childproof our home even more. He'll be running faster than any of us can catch him and at least the floor is safe if he falls. Worth the investment of $16.90 per 4x 1m square mat. Green too.

We let the cats out to hang with us. We've missed them so much and I think the enzyme cleaner should have killed all the old scents by now. Jack is rather entralled by them and now Buffy is shyly approaching Jack as their Dad pets her lovingly. We hope that by example, he'll learn to love them very much too. More supervised playtimes ahead. :)

Tags: cats and babies, cats and children, KFC, enzyme cleaner, childproofing, motherhood, parenting