hey there ladies. just got back from late brekky at BK, diaper and wet wipes shopping at NTUC (got some good deals for pampers and drypers and pigeon wipes!), then chilled with my fav coffee at starbucks, got back and packed the stuff away, cleared my store room (again!!! dono how come can accumulate so much junk so quickly?? just cleaned it out before hari raya!) then Ana woke up for feed, pooed, so changed her, put laundry in washing machine and now taking a short breather while waiting for the cycle to finish. phewh!
<font color="0000ff">gal/bluesea/shugar/siangjiao/angie/aria jo</font>: thanks for all your lovely comments on Ana's pic!
<font color="0000ff">roxie</font>: oh, from pupsik.. love that online store too! owner is really very nice and helpful. got my belly bandit from her.
me too - am also using the poncho as pram cover, blanket etc etc i got it for $32.50 each and i really think it's worth every cent.
<font color="0000ff">ddnikz</font>: you and <font color="0000ff">PY</font>and <font color="0000ff">xoxo</font> are lucky to have gotten such wonderful CL. just think of all the horror CL stories who CMI.
<font color="0000ff">jRRT</font>: ^5! i think it's a powerful quotation!
that long sleeping record was a once off lar. she's back to feeding every 3/4 hours. in fact now seems to want to feed more. 1 boob used to be more than enough, but now she wants like 1 1/2 boob to be really satisfied. haha! SS decreasing or growth spurt lar i guess.. don care lar. as long as she's happy, i happy.
how do i cope? i oso dono leh. this one i go by NIKE's tag line: just do it. LOL! having some sort of a loose routines around the "essentials" help i guess? like breakfast, bath time, lunch, TV/play time, tea time, etc. the rest of the time just roll with the flow i suppose. that day i managed to get both kids to bed by 7pm. HEAVEN!! not easy la.. some days i fall behind schedule and my son sleeps later.. but more or less i try to follow that schedule that GF outlined. of course not on the dot though. i blogged abt it. you may want to take a look.. here's the link:
http://www.contentedbaby.com/BabyandToddlerRoutine.htm
and when i do start to feel exhausted or i notice that adil is getting a bit unruly because he's getting so restless from inactivity at home, then i send him to my mom's lar, like today. i am lucky she stays pretty near to my place. and adil is more than happy to go to his grandparents' house cos he's usually there when i'm working anyways.
<font color="0000ff">bluesea</font>: i took the newborn package from kellysyjphotography. you can take a look at the different packages she offers. this is her website:
http://www.kellysjyphotography.com/
i signed up for package B. actually a couple of months back some of us here got together and signed up for the package as a group.
don't need to go to the studio. kelly came over to my house with all the props. she's a very nice young lady. i'm full of praises for her and her ability to handle and soothe babies. sooo patient!
hey, glad that you had a good break!
sometimes a short break liddat is all we need to recharge and get re-energised to tackle more challenges. hehe
<font color="0000ff">ong</font>: steady ah! NIP without any cover! i think even if i dare, my hubby would freak. LOL! only time i dare go without my cover is in the car but that's cos i'm in the back seat and the windows in the back are really tiny and slightly tinted so am rather hidden.
<font color="0000ff">tien</font>: eh, can still take photos of yu xi even though not newborn what.. only thing is that now they sleep less lar so might be difficult to get them into those kinds of poses. even for Ana's i regretted not contacting kelly earlier cos so busy and forgot. by the time i did, her only free slot was when ana was exactly 3 weeks so a bit more chubby and not so tiny already. and harder to get her to sleep!
<font color="0000ff">siangjiao</font>: that's wonderful! have you received it yet? i hope you'll love it as much as roxie and i do
hahaha! i told you mommy emo looking at that photo! LOL!
<font color="0000ff">joanne</font>: WOAH! 6pm to 7am??! eh, really must share your secret leh
<font color="0000ff">aria jo</font>: kelly's da bomb lar!
eh don't give up lar.. give it a rest and then try again when both you and baby are calmer?? sometimes baby can sense your anxiety about desperately wanting her to latch her on so naia (hope i got your girl's name right..?) might be reacting to that. you can always try and try again. if she dowan, then just give ebm lar. which is also not a bad thing, must rem that ok? it's just more work for us. but it's the same good old bm for them babies. enjoy the experience either way ok? just rem: years down the road, our babies won't really care whether we managed to latch them on, or feed them ebm, or fm. but am sure they'll remember our spending good, quality, happy moments with them and feel our love. so don't despair, don't feel so helpless.. and don't cry yah? *pat pat* try to enjoy whatever experieces you have with naia okies? *hugs* *hugs*
<font color="0000ff">boi</font>: am not 100% sure about this but if i'm not wrong babies can see al colours but they see best when the contrast is greatest hence you have black, white and red cos these colours are really contrasting ie black/white and black/red. they can't see too far now also so go close to them when you talk to them so they can your face. they love looking at faces esp our eyes cos of the black/white contrast again.
<font color="0000ff">ddnikz/PY/funzee/vin</font>: *big hug* am so sorry to hear about the different challenges you guys are facing with your babies and that it's making you feel down. if i may offer some advise... do learn to let go of your fear and feelings of incompetence. babies can somehow sense it when the mommies are stressed, or anxious etc and they will react to it by fussing more. so learn to relax and be calm when you're around the baby. you'll be surprised at the result.
colicky babies are tough - i empathise cos my son Adil was a colicky baby too. we had many many stress-filled moments when his shrieks and screams filled the house each night till the wee hours. he'd scream til he was red and his body was all stiff and rigid. it was scary! and it was very difficult. i broke down many times too back then. and there were moments when i felt like shaking him hard to make him stop because NOTHING else seemed to work. but tell yourself this phase will pass... and feeling harried and flustered when your babies are in that state will not calm them.
when they start to fuss liddat next time maybe can try taking deep breaths first and try to soothe them as calmly as possible. try gentle swaying/rocking, slow pats on the back as you hold them up close against your shoulder, go shh shh shhhhh softly in their ears. can even try turning them on their tummies and place them face down against your thighs so that their tummies are a little compressed against your thighs might make them feel a little more comforted.
by no means am i guaranteeing that these methods will work, but worth a try..? i discovered (through reading and trial/error) that these approcahes/methods do work. at least they did with my son last time lar. so try..? and remember to tell yourself that this difficult period will pass and soon you'll have a happy, smiley, babbling baby.
oh, and try to get your hands on the Telon oil. it's good for wind in baby's tummy. i apply liberally after shower and use the oil to massage baby, paying special attention to their tummies. i also apply it on Ana's back and legs, especially the sole of her feet. helps to prevent wind from 'entering'. all the malay families with babies i know use this telon oil. even my bros grew up on this in the past. i dono where to get from in SG but i read somewhere that mdm rokiah sells them? in SG might be more ex. i always buy like 10 bottles or more when i go Batam. it's very cheap there. i think if not wrong like $1 a bottle.
<font color="0000ff">emily</font>: welcome to the oct thread
<font color="0000ff">dreamygal</font>: oh dear. sounds like you had a really bad few days. hang in there k? and drink LOTS of water to rehydrate yourself. hope all 3 of you get better soon.
blue{astro}: you can look into the nursing poncho from the neck hole. it's wide enough for that. but quite cumbersome when you're first starting to latch and holding baby in one hand and guiding his mouth to the boob and holding your boob with the other hand. no more hands free liao to hold the neck opening to peep inside. so what i do is i pull up the poncho completely over the top of my head so that my head is also inside the poncho. get what i mean? once baby latch, then i come out lar. from then on, i can just one hand hold baby, one hand can pull neck opening to peek inside if need too. if not i just let baby alone. hope i make sense? there are nursing bibs/covers that have rigid neck openings so you don't need to use your hand to pull it open to se inside, but i don't like these kinds cos it only covers the front lar. if don't wear nursing tops then if you lift up your t-shirt or top, then your back will be exposed.
<font color="0000ff">baby acne</font>: i'm using CB calendula cream too. seems to help. can try this.
<font color="0000ff">blessedcyn</font>: milk that has been thawed should not be re-freezed. actually anything that has thawed cannot be put back in freezer. bacteria will multiply.
you asked about pigeon wipes earlier right? I got them for $9.50 for a pack of 3 from NTUC just now. maybe you wanna get from there. usually KP sells about $10..? and NTUC's usual price is $9.85. Not much difference lar unless you plan to really buy a lot and stock up.
<font color="0000ff">vodcarib</font>: yup, completely normal
<font color="0000ff">PY</font>: sorry dear. i can't answer that cos now my girl latches on. but when i was having my massage sessions that time, my mom/hubby would bottle feed her and she'd normally drink about 80-100ml. week 1 was only about 70ml. then increased a bit in week 2. coming to week 3 was 100ml i rem. now i dono how much she drinks already. cos havent given her a bottle for a while. should start giving her again soon lar actually. must prepare her for days that i won't be around to latch liao.
ok, i think am done here... wah i started typing this reply at 3pm!! it's 4.32pm now?!! gah! haven't had my lunch yet!! better go before Ana wakes up again.
laterz~