Fussy little one

Little Andrew is and always our little Angel. But there are occasions he had been the fussy pot- the lack of sleep or hungry.

Well hungry is easy to "cure" and can be settled quite fast. Nothing a milk can't fix.

But the lack of sleep or wanting to go to sleep is another story. Little Andrew can be quite a fussy sleeper if there is such a term. He sleeps only in certain positions and usually a bed is the best bet. And it's not easy to let him doze off in his stroller- usually involve lotsa pushing around.

He sometimes fall asleep in the car as well. The car seat not only keeps him in place, it also helps him to fall asleep easier than having me to hug him
to sleep.

In fact, little Andrew is not much of a hugger. When we carry him, his hands will go "handsfree" unlike most babies or children, they will hang on to their dear lives whenever the daddy or the mummy carries. So when he wants to sleep, not daddy or mummy can put him to sleep while carrying him.

But I must say, Andrew is relatively good sleeper at night. He sleeps through the night since as long as I can remember. This is attributed to co-sleeping perhaps. Because he can't when we put him to sleep in the crib. I guess he just wants to feel close to mummy and daddy (perhaps mummy more though).

Toes obsession

Last Sunday we were planning to go to Singapore and watch the light show at Marina Bay Sands. But we gave up the notion the moment we arrived, or rather no arriving, the Malaysia Custom building. The queue was extremely long. And I thought it was jam at all since the camera at the causeway seems to be empty!! So no idea why it's so jam!

And the terrible traffic is not helping THE situation - mummy forgot to bring the most important thing, THE BUDDY aka the pacifier!! No idea why I didn't pack it with me. How is it possible that I forgot the most important item! We tried our best not to make it an obsession for little Andrew but he is tired and couldn't sleep because of the standstill traffic (he can fall asleep without his buddy if the car is constantly moving)

The little pillow was already all wet from
sucking, and little Andrew grew tired of having to chew on his dinosaur or anything for that matter, he just want his buddy to help him sleep. Since there is nothing else, he decided to CHEW his toes! He wasn't into pulling up his legs, and never had he tried to chew on his toes!

But today, out of boredom, he found his toes and decided to chew them. He started with just left toes, and then moved onto the right toes the very next day.

So now, he does it from time to time when he is in his stroller. And his daddy find it disgusting so to prevent him from chewing his toes, daddy gave him the pacifier. Little Andrew is one smart fella, he would spit out his pacifier and quickly tug in the toes!

I hope this is just a phase... and this definitely proves that babies are made of rubber!

Baby schedule

Little Andrew's sleeping schedule is slowly working out to be quite routine. But could do a bit more work on his milk/meal time though. The following is the most ideal timing for little Andrew.

8am: Wakes up, do some rolling and crawling on the bed, bubble bath then milk at 9ish
10am: nap for 30-60 minutes
12pm: a bit of snack or fruit purée
1pm: milk (but I prefer it to be closer to 2pm)
2pm: nap for 2 hours (or he will be cranky very early)
5pm : dinner time (sometimes at 6pm)
8pm: bubble bath and last milk for the day
8.30pm : some rolling in the bed and is usually asleep pretty quickly.

Sick baby

My poor little Andrew caught a viral infection from his daddy. He woke up with a mild cough suddenly because he was a-ok yesterday!

The worrisome daddy said to bring him to see doctor but it's a public holiday and our normal GP is closed and will probably be closed for the next few days! So we had to go to the A&E in a nearby hospital.

Our little charmer did his best to charm the MO, the nurses, the administrator and even the pharmacist who dispensed the medicines! He was prescribed with a fever meds (just in case), a flu meds and a cough meds- with one of them being the same meds prescribed to him by his usual pediatrician back in JB. And we were warned that the meds could cause drowsiness. Oh jolly good!

Not~ because the drowsiness didn't even work on this active baby! He is still his usual active self and sleep normal. I had an appointment with my hairdresser and I call him miracle hands! My sis was babysitting him.

When I came home, aside from the leaky nose, he is normal. So after a while, I put him to sleep and he slept for 2.5 hours! Hahaha!

Little Andrew likes holding onto mummy when he sleeps and he definitely sleeps better that way. And I'm enjoying it even if it means I will wake up with a weakly elbow and numbness in my hands! He will soon outgrow sleeping with mummy and will soon hold onto his girlfriends rather than mummy's. So yes I'm enjoying every bonding moment withy little Andrew. I love him to bits!!!!

Get well soon my baby!

9 months already

At each milestone, I will repeat this, "Babies grow too fast!" Yes indeed they grow up too fast. It felt like yesterday, ok last month sounds less dramatic, that little Andrew was born. I just cannot believe that he is already 9 months old already! Very soon my baby will upgrade to toddler soon. Sniff.

He can tripod very well on any surface now. The only problem is he always think daddy or mummy will always "catch me when I fall!" He will just go backflip on us not realising we are
not there to hold him. It's ok when he does that on our bed, but it's dangerous when he does it on his crib or on the floor!

He sits pretty firmly on all highchairs but hates sitting in them for too long. I really got to do something about this!

Little Andrew crawls but at times he needs to be motivated to climb- phones, iPad, REMOTE CONTROL etc. I hate the idea he crawls for the remote control. Do you know how much germs are there!!! And I also hate the fact that he thinks he can have the remote control and only to be taken away from him - which makes him angry.

He is definitely trying to walk! Thank goodness I didn't buy him a walker. Otherwise he would run into everyone's toe all the time.

He LOVES food. Or wants to try to eat. He wants what we are drinking or eating. He eats his food but sometimes depending on his mood he couldn't finish it.

Little Andrew is a people charmer I must say- but then again it depends in his mood! Why are babies so moody!! He likes people-watching but it's not all the time he will let you carry him.

I know I'm bias but my little Andrew is really the cutest baby in the world! So please don't grow up too fast!!

no4 already?

By 8.5months, little Andrew is sprouting his 4th teeth already. I can feel it breaking out of the gum already yesterday.

Little Andrew gets cranky sometimes so I wonder if those were the time that his teeth were the cause. So far no fever or diarrhea as some night experience.

At night he sometimes would let out a loud cry, I wonder if he was just dreaming or could it be the teething. I can't be blaming everything to the teething right?

Anyway, little Andrew is back to sleeping in our bed. He still can't sleep in his crib for long. We have tried letting him sleep in our bed and then moving him to his in the middle of the night, it worked at times and at others he would wake before dawn. He definitely sleeps better when we co-sleep. He can sleep through mostly, only these couple of nights, leakage caused us to change him in the middle of the night. But after the change, he would go back to sleep without any problem.

When he was younger, if we woke him to change, milk is the only way to put him back to sleep. And even after milk, heavy patting is required. But now, it seems he can go back to sleep without much patting.

With the 4 teeth and non-stop chewing and gnawing and biting, I wonder when is it gonna end!

Crawling? Not much

Little Andrew is 8+months now but his crawling skill is still very commando style. He doesn't lift himself up - hands or legs. He just crawls with his tummy and flaps his legs. And the head dive still happens, though he is getting better.

He loves to "walk" and I'm not doing the hold n walk thing. But I do let him try to stand holding onto the sofa edge or the bed. Everyone says he is gonna walk soon. And in my heart I thought, he can't even pull himself up- from his back to seated position. How is it possible he can walk soon?!?