Brie,
I agree. If i get a baby that cries alot i'd be first to freak. It's tremendous stress on mommies.
Who doesn't want an easy baby rite? well, i guess we have to find ways and means to adapt to them and make them adapt to us.
Hence, some babies have higher survival skills ,.. kekeke.
So some method works, some dun, we mommies must be superwoman, change change change, adapt adapt adapt.
Anyway, their pattern will change again as they grow. Even my #1 oso got changes ...
can u imagine i had disturbed sleep for 3 yrs ok ... he'll want to wake up at nite to drink milk.
So the easy way out for me is to give him a bottle of milk .. though i know it's bad to have nite time feeding but well, that suits me better
He cry only i give in ... so that's me and it's my style. Some people can but it's ok too, that's their style.
Babies wun die if they cry more ... hahaha. Olden days mothers have 1 dozen of children, how they cope? we one, two kids oredi cannot manage, they all leh?
They survived so means ... it can be done! hehe.
Ling Ling,
Kai oso vv obvious one. He will some more look at u with that poor thing look ... so i look at time, if he just had his milk less than 2.5 hours, i will give water and then he ok.
If it's not time to drink, i will give paci, he still struggle and cry means he wants water or milk. So i try water first ... if cannot work then i give milk.
He oso see the milk then go kekekek ... laughing - to tell me he wants milk.
Now i always tell him sleep sleep, oik oik ..... paci .... then show paci.
If i mention the work "Milk" and he's ready for it, he'll start crying by the mere mention of Milk by anyone.
If not hungry, i mention milk oso no response. Sometimes i will put the milk bottle in front of him and he'll react to it ... hehee. I got the video on my fb.
If he wants to sleep and i say, I go get your paci ok? then he will smile .. like he understands.
Now i wan to try to give him water at nite leh ... so hopefully he will know at nite no milk .. heheh.
Else if like #1, i will have to wait 3 yrs to have undisrupted sleep -- or the maid have undisrupted sleep.
I must teach her else she may wan to just give the bottle, to me, it's an easier route.
Now i oso wan to teach Kai to search for his paci at nite on his cot then can have a better life.
My routine.
1. Sponge and change him (sometimes i too slow, he oredi started crying for milk)
2. TUrn on the music
3. Give him milk and water(if he hasn't fully KO)
4. Tell him "Mama is going to put u on your bed ok?" then put him on his bed and he will give out a sigh.
hahha.. maybe he thinking... aiyo, so long then put me to bed, finally!
