New texture

Little Andrew started having bits of rice whenever we had ours. And lately he has been eating more of our rice! So I decided that it is time to stop mashing/ blending his porridge. He started with very runny porridge and slowly getting lumpier and 2 days ago, this is what he gets for dinner.

Super soft rice cooked with chicken bits. I separately steamed the vege and added them into the rice before serving. It has been ok for the last 2 days! Fingers crossed!

I bought pasteurised egg today, so next food to test is EGG!!! Yolk first!

I stand

Andrew wasn't able to pull himself up and stand just yet. But a week ago, he decided to do it overnight! He wasn't even trying all the time before that! Now that he can pull himself up and stand, he is doing it all the time. To the extend that when he wakes up say in the middle of the night, he will make his way to the headboard and tries to stand!

Not only he is standing, he can actually hold on to the bed rail or the headboard and walk about. He's not doing it just yet with the sofa or the coffee table or the bed! But I am pretty sure it will happen sooner than I think. And now next will be WALKING! Or maybe running will happen even sooner!

Gotta buy shoes for little Andrew! There were occasions he wants to get down and walk! So better start now then later when he walks and refusing to wear shoes because as it is now, he doesn't wear socks!

Breast milk vs Formula milk

I am definitely 100% all for breast milk and I was 100% prepared for it too! But it didn't turn out as I wished for (http://antheama.blogspot.com/2012/03/breastfeeding.html?m=1)

There are way too many articles and forums/discussion where BM mommies bashing FM mommies - directly and indirectly by making comments about FM.

Some people chose to FM but there are mommies like me who just can't make it happen! So there is no need to be so mean to FM mommies. Every parents want the best for their children, and every parents will have different view about parenting. You can be pro-BM, but there is no need to bash up FM mommies. The worst comment I read was "human milk for human, cow milk
for cow". If I had a choice I would give MY VERY OWN BM, but I just can't! Stop saying that babies only need very little colostrum for the first few days. But do you know my few is 10 drops per hand express!!!!

So please stop bashing up FM mommies!

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!