I missed bringing him to the PD this time as I was working in Beijing... but from what I understood, he did not cry a lot or really loud this time ...
weight and height wise, I am not too sure coz daddy kwee told me he weighs 7.5kg BUT now that I checked back to this blog, 7.5kg was his weight when he was 4 mths old .... *DUH*
Caleb has now learnt to do flip-overs ... he can flip from left to right, right to left ...
Caleb has got two new toys - a mickey mouse and a play gym from IKEA ...
Mickey Mouse - while waiting for me at the airport, my mum and cousin showed him some toys and they said that he was laughing loudly when MM was shown to him... tests on subsequent ocasion shows that he likes MM ... so, we bought a MM for him ...
Play Gym ... mummy was attracted to the colourful playgym while shopping @ IKEA ... we brought him towards the toy and he was excited ... so, we got that for him and yes. it's a good toy to get for him as that kept him entertained for hours...
next toy we are getting - jumperoo ... but it is super expensive - $299. with a bit of discount, it's $239 ... and we just missed the warehouse sale ....
Food
PD said we can start letting him try some of the semi-solid food .... so far, we had let him tried mashed potato (without gravy) ... still thinking when I should stop my breastmilk ... but he doesn't seem ready to move on and also, what kind of milk powder should I give him?
Sleep
He needs the yao lan to rock him to sleep or get him drowsy ... so I am wondering how to get him to sleep without the yao lan when we go overseas ...
He still wakes up at night ... :(
Some days (esp on weekends), he will be awake at 6 plus ... entertained himself for a while before making noise to wake us up ...
Caleb @ 5 months
what happens when baby caleb can't bian bian
XP:
hows baby?
Me:
ok
Me:
got some pills to help him bian bian
Me:
i was helping him to bian bian since last nite
Me:
then this morning he bian bian
Me:
i helped him
Me:
so yucky
Me:
faint
XP:
how to help him?
Me:
sit on the toilet bowl with him and make the umm umm sound
Me:
he bian zui
Me:
ha ha
Me:
then when no bian bian comes out
Me:
he will urinate
XP:
haha
XP:
he gt use toilet bowl one meh???
Me:
no i got to carry him
Me:
so instead of me sitting face out,
Me:
i sit face in
XP:
haha
XP:
thats quite cute
XP:
so now he is feeling ok liao?
Me:
ok
Me:
he bian bian again before he left my mum's house
Caleb @ 4 months ...
baby caleb is now 4 mth old ... weighs abt 7.5kg and is 68cm tall... :P
we brought him for his jab and to our surprise, he didn't cry ... coz the doc was so fast ... so fast till the extent that we wondered if doc did inject him ... ha ha ...
unfortunately, caleb was feeling uncomfortable for a few days - he felt warm but there's no fever ...
as the days progress, caleb has discovered his toes ... yea - he would bring his little foot and play with it ....
also, he likes to sit at the dining table when papa and mama are having their breakfast/dinner/lunch ... and he would pick the right timing! each time as we were to tuck in to our main course, he would make noise to show that he wants to be carried .. ha ha
on his sleep pattern - he needs motion to help him to sleep at night ... it will be the yao lan, sometimes it will be his little chair - each nite, we would have to try the various method to get him to sleep ...
also, he likes sitting at the piano with me ... tinkering away ... some times he would sing along too ... ha ha ...
Random tots about caleb
where did my smiley angel go to? nowadays, he is quite grouchy ... doesn't smile that readily ... what is wrong? not enough sleep?
he is also not drinking as much - sometimes one oz, sometimes 2.5, sometimes 3 ... haiz.....
just days before he turned 3 mths, we brought him for his 5-in-1 jab ... he was happily talking to the doctor before letting out a loud wail ... haha ... the entire day, he was feeling tired ... my mum says that he didn even dare move his legs ... poor darling ....
at night time, he was crying badly in the car. he only stopped after the car started to move ... also, his temp was around 37.3 ... being kia see, i fed him some fever medicine before putting him to sleep .. i think he slept well that night ...
Caleb is 3 months old
yep, baby caleb is 3 mths old... he is now 62cm tall and weighs 6.9kg...
his favourite activity now - eating his fists, grabbing his shirt and putting it into his mouth ... he is trying to turn over to the right side ...
his favourite person now is daddy - only daddy can calm him when he is very agitated ...
he needs to start sleep training ... we realised that every evening, around 8-tish, he would start getting really grouchy and unhappy ... if left unattended, it will escalate into a full blown crying session .... so, we decided to start him on a sleep routine as soon as possible ...
today, i tried to get him to nap at 930am & 130pm ... after being awake for an hour to two ... and also, he is beginning to turn grouchy ...i hope to get him into bed before he turns grouchy tonite ... it is really energy consuming to calm him ...
Caleb's favourite person
Baby Caleb has been grouchy the entire week .... based on the info that i gathered from my mum and from the days that I had to take care of him...
Just last weekend, he was such a sweet baby - smiling and talking to me and has no problem falling a sleep ...
this week, we noticed that he cries more and sleeps on a less frequent routine ...
on thursday nite, he cried till his head shaked and almost lost his voice ... no amount of hugs, carrying, walking around the house helps ... i carried him and stood in front of the divine mercy pic at home ... he stopped crying for a while but resumed again ... told myself to keep my cool (yea, coz daddy is attending his RCIA)... in the end, i put him in his sarong and he fell a sleep ... phew ... it has been a long time since he cried so badly ...
friday nite, we wanted to go out with friends to chk out some bridal stuff and so, xp, sk and me drove to clementi ... along the way, baby caleb just cried all the way ... sweat for my friend who has to sit behind to look after him ... he was alright after she carried him out of the car and daddy took over ...
saturday afternoon, he also cried like mad ... and i am unable to console him ... guess who came to his rescue - his dad ... once he is in daddy's strong arms, it seems like a blanket of peace fell upon him ... he would look at his daddy and stopped crying ...
hmmm, at least there is someone who can comfort him ... BUT HEY! i am the one waking up to feed him and now, he just likes his daddy ... :P
same thing happened on sunday afternoon ... i guess he was feeling hot ... coz after papa carried him and put him on the bed with the wind blowing at him, he is ok ...
hmmm ... so now i need to read his cries more carefully - is it a cry of hunger, sleep or hot?
also, maybe it was something i ate that causes him to be so grouchy, can't fall a sleep ...