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Lil B unwell

@ 8 months 3 weeks 6 days

Lil b is turning 9 months in a few days’ time. He has grown so much in the last few months. Despite being sleep deprived, the journey with him around has truly made me a better mom, a more patience soul.

Today, lil b is under the weather. He’s developed a fever. I caught him tossing around the bed at 5am. His forehead felt a bit hot so I dashed for the thermometer. True enough, the reading showed 37.9C. I suspect he caught the flu big from Ryan who was down with a fever too last Friday (surprisingly he recovered after a day). As I type, lil b’ temp is within control ; max 38C. I fed him 2.5ml of paracetamol for him to sleep better during his nap later while I am out fetching Ryan from his Mandarin class. I hope he gets well soon. I hate it when the kids are sick, regardless the claim how it helps build up their immune!

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Lil B was scratched by some unknown object yesterday. By the time we noticed, the red scratch was already evident. Luckily by today, the scratch has faded.

Po Po and YehYeh Birthday

Conincidentally PoPo and YehYeh’s birthday was just 1 day apart and good thing is both falls on a weekend this year.

On the 28th August, we celebrated PoPo’s 59th birthday. We went to Dragon-i @ Pavillion for dimsum, alas it wasn’t a good choice made. Dimsum selection at Dragon-i was limited. The items available were pretty similar among one and another. Should have gone to Mandarin for their yummy crepe durian pancakes. Yum Yum..

We shopped for a little while in Pavillion after our dimsum. We also bought a cake but our stomach wasn’t able to take in anymore input so we decided to skip the cake session and PoPo brought the cake home for later.

* I found out later, PoPo, Ah Yee and Wei Wei continued their feast at J.CO Donuts & Coffee. I thought they were full??? :P

The next day it was YehYeh’s 69th birthday. As usual, we went to Pik Wah Restaurant for dinner. We had always some to the same restaurant for meal. Their price is reasonable and food is a thumbs up. Not to mention, the above par special service rendered to us for being one of thei regular customers (especially MIL who always dine here with her associates).

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Ryan drew YehYeh a card (seen on the left of YehYeh). We bought Ryan a Malaysia flag yesterday. He had always wanted a flag so when we spotted it at MyDin yesterday morning, we grabbed two without hesitation. 

Sleeping on tummy

Lil B @ 4 months 3 weeks 6 days

I was in the playroom with Ryan when I overheard lil B gesturing on the bed in the next room.

I walked over and I saw this…

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Lil B flipped over and continued with his sleep on tummy

Lil B started having this habit of flipping over and slept on his tummy since several nights ago. Alas he would usually fussed after a while so I wil then drag myself up to fix him back on his normal sleeping position. Evidently he is still very excited over his new found ability.

Little B is 4 months

Lil B @ 4 months 3 weeks 5 days

Finally the Internet is kind on me today. The speed  is back, at least for now, allowing me to make some updates on my lonely blog.

The last 2 months were very fulfilling. I’ve starting my own venture into online business. The current results is still far fetched from my target but I’m very pleased to finally see some positive outcome from all the effort and time spent. *smile*

Lil B turned 4 months on 22nd April. I must say he’s a really happy and easy baby, apart from being an extremely light sleeper. The following were recorded:

Weight: @ 3 months, 6.2kg : @ 4 months, 7.8kg

Length: @ 3 months, 60cm : @ 4 months, 65cm

HC: @ 3 months, 40cm : @ 4 months, 42cm

Phycal development

At 3 months, lil b was able to raise his head for a short time. He used to dislike tummy time; making a lot of uncomfortable gesture (sounded like tsk tsk tsk) when I lay him on his tummy. Now that’s 4 months, coming to 5 months soon, he’s able to flip over one side (usually to the left) unaided. If I remember correctly he made his first flip on the 12th July. With his new found milestone, lil B  doesn’t seem to dislike the time spent on tummy anymore. Infact I could leave him on his tummy for pretty long time. That was so unlike Ryan who evidently disliked tummy time all through his baby days.

For some reason, lil B gives me this feeling he’s quite a ‘lepak’ (easy going) baby as compared to Ryan. With lil B, I was able to enjoy my meals pretty much uninterupted. All I have to do is prop him on a rocker, ensuring he has a good sight of us and pull the string on the pull doll for songs. With that I usually get to have a peaceful 10 – 15 mins peaceful meal.

When lil B was at 3 months, he showed efforts to reach the object in front of him but his attempts were always futile as he frequently missed the target. A month so later, it proves practise does make perfect. He’s now able to reach out and grasp object placed around his fingers as well as in front.

Lil B is a fingers sucker. He likes to suck both his index and middle finger. With his sucking habit, we bought him a whole lot of new teethers for him to suck alas I think to lil B his fingers are still better, still taste the best.

He likes to play with handkerchief. He will turn, grip, grasp, throw and grasp the handky repeatedly and it was obvious he showed enjoyment on his face. I really do not know what’s so fun about it. There were a few occasion he found calm and settled down when I put the hanky besides him, next to his face at night. Funny eh…

Lil B is of pretty good size now. He started wearing 6 – 12 months clothing last month.

Feeding

Lil B was on a combo meal up until he was 4 months. Now that he’s almost 5 months, he showed preference over powder. I actually planned to nurse him much longer but strangely one fine day hejust  woke up and decided he has had enough of BM. So for a while I was feeding him EBM until when he was about 4 months , he simply refused BM altogether. Somehow I did not change my diet so I was very sure the milk would not have tasted much difference, if any. Now I have bottles of EBM in the freezer not knowing what should I do with them. Maybe I should try mixing them with powder.

At 4 months, lil b is still using Avent Teat no2. I switched to No2 when he turned 3 months. But he was clearly unprepared for the fast flow that I had to swap back to no2.

Lil B is a really fun baby to play with. When he is happy, his mouth is always wide open (O shape). I have tons of pictures of him with his mouth in the O shape. Even his passport size pic was taken with his mouth slightly opened. I told Daddy I want to bring lil B for retake but  Daddy was hesitatnt. I do think it’s cute so we’ll see.

Few weeks back, he started squealing in delight and laughing out loud. That reminds me of Ryan’s infectious laugh when he was about Lil B’s age. When Ryan was lil B’s age, he was laughing out loud all the time. He’s such a happy kid, even now at the age of 4+.

Leisure

He likes to stare at the TV. When kor kor is watching his cartoon, lil B would just stare and stare. This is so bad for his eyes I really have to remind to at least prop him far far away from the idiot box.

Eventhough at just 4 months, I could already sense this baby is looking up to his kor kor. Eventhough the kor kor disturb him all the time, he is still all smiles when kor kor is around. He would stare at his kor kor’s crazy antics and start smiling and laughing.   

Lil B likes to be around Yeh Yeh too. It’s a routine Yeh Yeh will entertain and coo with lil B ‘ang goo goo’ after his dinner while usually I’ll still be eating. So that gives me another good 10 minutes or so of peace to finish off what’s on my plate. Bliss.

Sleep

This is my biggest headache. Lil B is a very light sleeper. It’s so bad that when he was napping, I had to walk on my toes else he would be awaken. It was really that bad. :(

At 4 months plus, his sleeping schedule is still haywire. It was bad in the early months but now it seem worse as he become more aware of his surroundings. Typically he would wake up for feed around 7am. He would then go back to sleep until 10 ish. His next nap would probably be around 11am + for 30 minutes or so because he would be awaken when the monster noisy kor kor is back from school around 12 plus.

By 1-2pm, lil b would be tired and I’ll put him for another nap. This is the time when he could have a longer nap IF kor kor did not scream in the next room. (Ryan no longer takes his afternoon nap, so he sleeps around 7-8pm everynight and wake up around 7-8am next morning).

By 5plus, lil b would usually have another round of nap.By 8 plus while most baby is ready for bed, he will take his last round of nap. I have tried cutting down his nap time in the afternoon yet all the efforts seem to go down drain. I thought Ryan had very little sleep when he was a baby. Well, hee is no match to his younger brother. So what time this little baby will call it a day? 12 midnight at least. Good thing is he will stay asleep until about 5am or so for his feed. Gosh.. luckily I’m a late owl and not working for others, otherwise I really do not know how I could cope.

Having said so, thank goodness lil b is a relatively easy sleeper (of course he’s an easy waker too) but at least he wouldnt give me a hard time tucking him in bed. When he’s tired and sleepy he would fuss a little. A bottle of milk or craddling would be sufficient. Lately he seem to enjoy bed time songs too. His fav now ‘Time to sleep now’. Everytime I sing him the song, he would relax and calm himself down in my arms. Syiok.

A lot people commented lil b looks like his brother and I am also starting to see more similarities.


Lil B will glue himself to the railing when he is abandoned ignored. He’ll then coo and coo and coo until somebody attend to him

 


7/10 of lil B’s pics will show his mouth opened. Really cute. Oh, I think his hair looks good too, I actually trimmed his hair last month (can’t remember the date) and he hair is definitely neater now. No more Mao Tse Dong hair. :P

 

*yawn* ‘Mommy, are you done with your camwhoring yet?’

 


Ok..Ok.. one good shot, k :D


Taken when we were at Yin Ker Lou Restaurant @ The Gardens on 12 June. Seen here entertaining himself while the rest of us were enjoying our meal. Good boy!

 

Ryan finds a lot of joy doing this. Every night he would volunteer to bring lil B’s pillow, blankie etc to MahMah’s room so I could tuck him in bed uninterupted. Nowadays Ryan no longer takes his afternoon nap. He will go to bed earlier instead – like 7.30pm.

 


Little “xiao kia” who badly needs a haircut

 


Lil B always looked so worried and scared while kor kor never failed to seize the opportunity to jiggle the lil brother around – look at kor kor’s evil laugh

 


and lastly.. big smile for Mommy, the THE SUPERMOM. Yay!! *Thanks Mei Mei*

Lil b @ 2 months

@ 2 months 4 weeks 1 day

Little b’s milestones. This is like 4 weeks late.

We brought lil b for his vaccines on the 10 April. These were what was recorded:

Length: 63cm

Weight: 6.3kg

HC: 42cm

We were advised to feed lil b 2mls of Upthamol an hour before the scheduled vaccines – Rotateg (oral) and 6 in 1 1st dose (jab) for fear he may feel discomfort shortly after the jab. True enough, lil b developed a mild fever in the late afternoon so I fed him another dose of 2.5ml (now that he’s bigger) Upthamol. Besides spotting a fever, he was all his cheery self. No worries.

What we observed over the last 2 months +…

- still being breastfed and on formula (4oz).

- lil b is able to lift head up briefly when on tummy. However,  just like his kor kor, lil b dislikes tummy time. He would fuss each time I lay him on his tummy.

- he started drooling when he was about a month plus. These few weeks he started blowing bubbles. At times, he blew so much bubbles until he chokes on his own saliva.

- startles easily especially in the afternoon. That is why he is such a light sleeper. Eventhough I use a beanie on him, it doesn’t seem to help much. It’s just like walking on egg shells.

- he’s able to follow object when we pass the item across his face.

- he’s able to turn his head both sides.

- I like to believe he’s able to recognise and love the sound of me because each time I was nearby, he would readily attempt to turn and look at me.

- able to smile back when we make stupid funny faces or smile at him.

- coos a lot.

- able to respond by cooing when we talk to him. He can be really loud at that too.

- enjoys the cot mobile a lot (unlike his kor kor who never appreciated them).

- likes to stare at kor kor.

- likes to kick and moves his hands alot. It’s as if he never stops moving when he’s awake.

- last feed around 11pm, then 1am, 4am, 7am.  On lucky days, he’ll doze off around  9pm and wake up around 1am for his feeds, then 5am and 8am.

- doesn’t really have a fixed nap schedule yet. Usually he’ll go back to zzz-land after his 7am feed until about 11am. He’ll take another short nap in the afternoon around 3pm followed by 6pm nap. Really have work on a more preditable routine so I could gain more sanity.

- he’s starting to enjoy massage time

- He used to cry during sponging before bed time. The crying was particularly bad during his first – second month but that gradually faded away. I guess now he’s more aware and feel more secure of his surroundings.  When he’s hungry or sleepy he’ll move his hands and arms, coos a lot for attention. Only when we ignore him for like 15 - 30 minutes, he’ll cry. That’s how I get my extra beauty sleep in the morning. When he’s sleepy, he’ll cry with his eyes shut. 

Overall, lil b is a very cheery baby. Just like his kor kor, he seldom cry. I’m not even sure if I had heard him scream for attention. But on occasion when he does cry, he would purse his lips and his cries are usually accompanied by a lot of tears rolling down the otherwise cheeky cheeks.

Happy 2 months.


Daddy said lil b looked scared in the pic. Actually I believed he was kinda annoyed being jiggled around by kor kor who was evidently enjoying the opportunity to torture the lil bro. :P

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