Caleb was about 5 months old when we first brought him out of tiny Singapore....
My concerns ...
1. Will there be a huge jam?
2. Will Caleb be used to the car ride?
3. How will Caleb sleep at night since we had not really train him to sleep on his own.
4. How do I express milk in the car - since my FIL will be joining us? Is the water from the hotel safe for baby's consumption?
5. With only 1 driver - can we cope?
hmmm ....
1. Will there be a huge jam?
>> There was a slight jam ... but as we are going up in a big group, we sort of cut queue here and there ... so, it was not so bad...
2. Will Caleb be used to the car ride?
>> Caleb was such a sweet darling ... he slept on his way to melaka and he slept on his way back ...
3. How will Caleb sleep at night since we had not really train him to sleep on his own.
>> Kudos to daddy who walked him round the room, rocked him using his arms till he fell asleep...the best part is that after this trip, Caleb has learnt to sleep on his own on most nights by rolling on the bed ...
4. How do I express milk in the car - since my FIL will be joining us? Is the water from the hotel safe for baby's consumption?
>> Make sure I am well covered using the shawl when expressing .... and for water, I brought water from home. Since it is just a one night stay, I brought some water in my Tiger thermo flask ... and thankfully, since Caleb is drinking breastmilk, I do not need to worry about water issue so much ...
5. With only 1 driver - can we cope?
>> We coped! ... ha ha but it was tiring though ...
Would we do it again?
>> Probably yes but wait till Caleb is bigger and maybe when he starts to take food that we adults are taking ...
Daddy and baby catching up on snooze while mummy ate at "The Zen by Secret Receipe" ... the food is yummy ... we had pie in bowl and green apple with sour plum ... shiok!
Making Caleb comfortable is top priority! haha ...
Caleb at Jonker Street ....
Road Trip to Melaka on Christmas n Boxing Day
feeding medicine ...
caleb hates his medicine ... the moment he felt the syringe near his face, his lips would purse soooo tightly, made crinkly face ...
no choice .... we had to give him the medicine nevertheless.... so daddy got to hold him done ... while mummy gave him the 'shots' ....
and somehow, along the way, he doesn't want to drink his milk .... he has gotten onto the mode that 'i will only drink milk when i am really hungry ...' ... he takes water though ....
and out of desperation, i fed him some semi-solids ... some packets of baby food that our pd gave us ... he likes ... took a bit and drank some milk ....
hmmm, maybe he knew that he has turned 6 month and wants to move on to semi-solid food .... we shall see ....
in the meantime, daddy n mummy are both knocked out ....
Caleb is sick
Caleb is 6 month old today ...
unfortunately, he is down with runny/blocked nose, and cough ... the kind of cough that is likely to attack around nite time ....
on new year's eve, we brought him to Mt A to see doc ....doc prescribed some medicine which makes him puke out ... so one the 2nd day of the new year, we brought him to see our family gp....
got some changes to his medicine but things dun seem to be improving ... we are monitoring and probably bringing him to see pd on monday ....
what strucks me ....
1. must standby a few doctors who i can rely on .... my family gp is good but i am not so sure if he has up-to-date knowledge on baby ... since his kiddos are all quite grown up now ...
2. caleb's pd is at TMC ... so far and lei chey to go there each time ... i must find where the other pds are and their operating hours ... noticed that PDs do not opened on sun .... wth ...
3. children who fall sick .... very tiring on the parents .....