Weaning round 2

Last night wasn't so tough, it took me about 15 minutes to put little Andrew to sleep. So mission was a success.

This time I cut off the whole tip of his buddy. When he put into his mouth, little Andrew can totally feel it's different. He took it out a few times and put it back and he could even put his little finger into the buddy! This happened with the lights on.

When the lights were off, I gave him his buddy again, he immediately spit it out! I tried giving again, same thing he spit it out! Alright! And so I pat him to sleep without the pacifier. He made some dissatisfied noise and cried a little but it was ok. He rolled around a bit to find his position but pretty soon found it and fell asleep after a bit of patting.

Little Andrew woke up a few times looking for his buddy so I gave him the same one, he spit it out and went back to sleep pretty easily.

Success!!!!!

And this morning, oh oh oh, is a different story! After his morning milk and shower (oh and little Andrew poo poo before that), it was time to nap. And this is totally different scenario! Like last night, I gave him the broken buddy, he realised it's the same one and threw it aside. Then comes the fury!!!! Lots of rolling, crying, standing up, sitting up, kicking, to some extend shouting and chewing his blanket/ pillows, and finally fall asleep after one hour of stun! Boy this was tougher.

I stood firm on weaning off the buddy! It was painful to see tears rolling down little Andrew's cheek but I gotta stand firm and not give in. I was by his side the whole time, cooing, singing, hugging, patting... assuring him that I'm there for him. It took an hour, but I'm glad I didn't give him and he finally fell asleep in my arms.

2 steps is better than none!

This is right about 2 minutes before little Andrew took his first 2 steps without support. He was on FaceTime with my parents and some how he decided to walk the 2 steps without my support. I reckon he was trying to impress them! Hahaha!

Little Andrew is walking all the time with support but he still can't stand still! The only time he can stand still is when he is in the shower! Unbelievable! Gotta work harder on the standing up and walking!

Slept all the way

As we travel back from KL to JB this morning/afternoon, little Andrew slept ALL THE WAY!!! This is the first time ever he slept his way through. Looks like he is getting comfortable in the car seat and is definitely getting very used to it. I didn't expect him to sleep all the way. He mostly slept for 1-2 hours, never go pass the 2 hours mark. And today all the way, 3+ hours. Well, little Andrew did woke up but he went back to sleep almost immediately. I knew he woke up but ignored him. He probably felt bored and knew that there is nothing he can do, so he slept back in his own.

Happy!

Weaning

Tonight I decided that we should slowly wean little Andrew off his buddy aka pacifier. So I made a small cut at the neck of the pacifier.

I gave it to Andrew and nothing happened! He still sucked like nothing is different. Well, he did take it out for one or two times but he just carried on!

So when he went for his bath, I cut it even longer, like 2-3 of the length. So I gave it to little Andrew while putting him to sleep. AGAIN NOTHING!!! It's like nothing changed or no difference from
his normal pacifier. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!!????

So tonight mission failed :(

What did you do Baby?

This is a first time ever that little Andrew poo in his bath! As in poo in his bath tub and caused one heck of a shitty mess!

Keeping up with the stats

I haven't been diligently with keeping up with all his stats, such as when he started lifting his head, or rollover or crawling or which tooth started growing when etc. I know I should have been more detailed in all these little stuff. After all, you only grow up once right?

I shall start doing it more diligently by keeping up with the stats here, right here right now. Never too late right?

Let's see what little Andrew can do so far:
- "Bye"
- "Clap"
- "Flying kiss" though a bit cacat with one finger sticking into the mouth
- "Open" "Close"
- "There"
- "Give mummy" though not working all the time
- 90% of the time poo in the potty, 1% of time poo in your back, 9% of the time poo in your diaper
- Hold your own milk bottle (since 8mo)
- Drink from sippy cup most of the time but learning to drink from a "cup"
- Expert in standing in the shower and not much of other places, well perhaps on the bed from time to time
- Pinch even the smallest piece of food into your mouth
- Feed yourself with the fork, though the fingers are your preferred choice
- Getting the hang of putting objects/shapes into the hole- though u just bang them into the hole (the shape box & the bus), putting back the rings into the holder (on your learning table)

Likes/dislikes
- Prefer rice or chunkier food than purée/porridge (since 9/10mo)
- LOVE your fruits, except avocado
- LOVE bath/shower
- Not liking washing your hair and neck
- Likes swimming though takes a while to warm up when without the thermal wear or when we swim in the condo freezing pool water
- Can't live without the pacifier
- Not liking wiping your face with wet wipes after meal
- LOVES Sesame Street songs (Elmo is your favourite), Brave, Puss in Boots (short film), Kungfu Panda 2, and lately Hop (i suspect it's because EB plays a drum)
- Doesn't want anything put on your head!
- Cannot take heat, like since birth!
- Will not sit on the potty if it's not time to go
- Cannot stand it when your romper/pants is wet (when diaper leaks or overflows)
- Cannot stay still for diaper change!
- Doesn't like it if I say "no" or take things away from your hand (which in the first place you should not be playing with)
- Likes and happy to FaceTime with 外公, 外婆, 姨姨, 姨丈! And occasionally with mummy and daddy!


And we still co-sleep! Operation returning to the cot go halted when little Andrew caught the flu bug. I am quietly enjoying sleeping next to the baby, even though most of the time I lose sleep because of space constraint! (Perhaps an excuse to get a bigger bed)

And your nap/sleep time varies but standard will be waking up around 8-9am, milk, shower, 10am nap, playtime, 12pm lunch, 1-2pm nap, 4pm milk/snack, playtime, 7pm dinner, shower, sleeps by 9-9.30pm. And if you have only one nap during the day, you will cranky by 8pm.

Life is never the same with a baby and I'm enjoying it with a grateful heart.

Baby got teeth!

Little Andrew teeth is really growing up a storm!!! By 13 months, he has 3 molars growing simultaneously! And I thought it's suppose to be one at a time! The first molar is top left, and the top right and bottom left is just cutting through. No wonder Little Andrew let out cries at nights!!!

He hardly lets me check his teeth, so by the time I check again on the top molar, it was already quite big, say 70% surfaced already grown out. The other 2 is just cutting through and I can only see a small little white tip. In fact, I felt it with my fingers first then a couple days later only I managed to see it.

We are getting little Andrew to get used to brushing his teeth with step 2 tooth brush from Combi and he still loves his banana-shaped toothbrush :)