hi all - been out and about a lot so no time to read/reply to posts! hope everyone's having a good weekend
last night, for the first time ever, hb and i decided to stay out past ems' last feed of the day (10:30pm) - to attend a dinner party - and to let my granny+helper feed her by bottle and put her to bed. as it turns out, she FOUGHT off the bottle - apparently she used her hands and shoved it away, while crying and looking around frantically the whole time. in the end, she drank 60ml only. when i arrived home at 11:20pm, they were still trying to get her to sleep. So i latched her on and she drank like there was no tomorrow, and hb patted her off to bed. Aiyoh, jia lat - how to go out like this?
parsniketty - great baby suit A is wearing and I love the swing!!
I totally know what you mean re lack of space. It's becoming a serious issue for us too. We used to have quite a bit of room before bb arrived, but now we have her (in one room), granny (in another room) PLUS a helper. The baby gear is spilling into the living room! and thanks for the heads-up abt the bumbo sale..i think my friend wants to get one for her 14 mnth old (who sat in ems' bumbo yest and loved it)
nor: wow, cool! you were there for the first flip! wairah so cute with the sound she made when she did it. ems also must make sounds! sometimes, if she's struggling with the flip, she'll yell out (to herself, i think) while she executes it - darn funny! like those bodybuilding athlethes who grunt while they lift weights
hope cookie baking was fun!
lilac: don't be worried, esp if Zach seems satisfied. they really do become a whole lot more efficient at drinking as they get older.
amber: wow, great room! looks so spacious!
we're going to try to find that bed positioners today
peck: good "chatting" with you over SMS last night, sorry i replied so late! eeeks, that story abt the kid being so attached to the helper is scary - not so much becos it is a helper, but becos, as a new mummy, i can suddenly understand why it feels so impt to mummies to be their bb's favourite person. i think you're doing the right thing by devoting your full attention to jovan when you can, at nights, in the evenings, etc. some mums may be around a lot but not give quality attention to their babies, which isn't good also. so we just do the best we can right?
btw, is he still very chatty?