QL/Piglet
LOL, I see you just wanna use your cookie cutters ah? I also one stage crazy buying cookie cutters, during xmas period I think, but never got round to baking cut out cookies.
In the end, I used the cookie cutters to cut cheese and bread for K to entice her to eat breakfast. Sometimes it works, sometimes she just eats the cheese.
QL
*pat pat* it's ok, after first 2-3 weeks, newborns become more alert/awake and tends to cry more. Compared to when they are first born, it would seem that they cry alot. It's also because their digestive systems are immature, alot of gas/wind, hence causing discomfort. SM cried alot from week 5 all the way until week 12, everything I did was not right, I even screamed and shouted like a crazy woman in the middle of night, telling SM that I will throw her against the wall. My mom was alarmed, thot i was going through postnatal blues, she quickly took baby from me and pacify her. Actually, it was because I was so tired from lack of sleep and constant latching that I lost my temper. And then suddenly around week 12, it was like yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2. The sun shone again and she was crying much less. She was also burping less.
Actually, before the age of 3 months, babies cannot be spoilt, they dunno how to manipulate us yet. They only know they are hungry, tired or uncomfortable. After 3 months, they begin to recognise things/people and then they start to associate crying with picking up. So, it's ok to carry them, snuggle and pacify them. After 3 months, dun do it too often or they will start to associate.
The first 3 months will be very tough but after that, things DO get better. So hang in there ok?
Pacifier
I intro-ed pacifier to SM from week 3 cos I cannot tahan her constant crying. Anything that can shut her up I will try but she simply REFUSED it. I bought all kinds of pacifiers, Avent, Puku, Nuk. All spat out. But last week, suddenly she accepted the paci. HAHAHAHA! So happy cos now putting to bed is usually lie her in the cot, pop in the paci and off she goes. Just before she drops off to zzz, she will let it fall out.