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 ....
feeding medicine ...
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 .....
EBM Adventure ...
need to go to beijing from 1-12 dec 2008 ...
i was so worried -would my milk supply stop (afterall it's demand n supply), where and when and how to express, should i bring the milk back, would caleb have enough milk to drink when i am away, can daddy take care of him ... etc
worries aside, i came back and everyone survived! =)
I tried to express whenever possible. i did not bring back the milk as it's too troublesome ... funny thing is, even though i tried not to drink too much water, and i didn pump as often, my supply increased which i dunno why ...
how did i manage?
before boarding - expressed in the comfort of T3 nursing room
before breakfast was served - pumped in the SIA plane toilet ... still not too smelly ...
after checking out from airport - wanted to express in the comfort of BCIA T3 nursing room but it was locked so i had to do it in the toilet ... i am surprised that the toilet is soo clean
reached office - no choice, had to do it in the toilet ... found a toilet with a chair (used by the cleaner - i reckon that's where she will take her rest) BUT there is a window near the toilet. Being winter, it's cold to be sitting in that cubicle expressing milk ... during the afternoon shift, i expressed in that cubicle again, but this time, i brought my scarf along ... and when washing bottles, i make sure my hands dun touch the tap water - it's super cold ...
knocked off - reached hotel, expressed again .... before i go to sleep, expressed on more time ... and sleep till the next day .... about 5am plus, i would be awake... so expressed again and before i left for my breakfast, i would do it again ...
day 2 in office ... used cubicle 1 again. but this time, there was a kaypo cleaner, who despite seeing me in the cub, still opened the door to get her stuff (yea, it's weird. ... )
day 3 in office ... decided to use the other cubicle (cub 2) and bring in the chair from cub 1 to cub 2 ... cub 2 is a toilet with squat bowl ... so imagine, me hugging my bag, the pumps and trying not to fall into the toilet bowl ... i was kind enough to return the chair after each session ... BUT ...
day 4 in office ... the chair went missing!!! it disappeared on day 4 and 5 ... so, no choice, i got to do it standing up ... actually, it's better .... i just hang my bag on the hook on the door and just do it ... ha ha ha
day 5 ... did it one last time at the office toilet ... and then at the nursing room at bcia .... and did one more time on board the plane ... before landing in singapore
hmmm i survived the challenge!
Caleb @ 5 months
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 ...
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 ...
