Dear Mummies,
anyone has a frightful baby?
I think i have mentioned before that my boy do not like to sleep on his back, cos he gets frightened easily and will end up crying so hard. So we alwaz let him sleep on his tummy ever since his umbilical cord dropped.
I thought it's just temporary to be like tat cos he's young. But at 2 months now, he's still like tat. Like just now, I changed his diapers liao, and i leave him lying there in the cot and went to wash my hands. When I came back, I saw his frightened face and his hands and legs are all lifted up high like trying to grab sth and afraid of falling. And then started to cry very loudly. This is not the first time liao. There's no loud sound or anything tat scare him. I feel that he just dun have sense of security, i duno why. I see liao very heartpain. The beanie pillow also no use for him. I put liao, he also scared.
I got a fren who give her bb drink Jin Feng San 惊凤桑, but I m quite reserved abt it cos i scared he's too young to take these herbs thinggy. Her Mum also gave me a pack of 七星茶. Anyone heard before or tried before? She say it's good to let bb drink. My Mum say she heard abt it before but dun really noe what it's for. Sth like- can help calm a bb down.
I live with my in-laws in an extended family with his grandparents also. My boy is the first great grandson of the family. So he's the darling of the house. He's quite easily unsettled and cry alot. So naturally, being the darling of the house, everyone is gan chiong abt him. So whenever he cry, there's alot of "comments" like what happened? Oh he's crying again. He wants to be carried isit, he wants du-du isit? He hungry isit? He sleepy isit? And then will try to go carry him and coax him immediately once he make a sound. Sometimes it's just a naughty cry and want to be carried. And I will prefer to let him cry for a while before carrying him so as not to "spoil" him.
Few wks ago, I was v blue when my bb keep crying & crying. But now I sort of noe his character and why he cry and all tat, so I m more patient with him already. But whenever he cry and those comments start, I become kind of stressed and sometime quite pissed. Which baby dun cry right? I know that they are of good intentions but I m already very upset abt my baby being so unsettled liao, sometimes those remarks just make me more frustrated. It seems like the babies of my hubby's family have all been "nice" babies and easy to take care. Too bad my one is more "noisy" and a cry baby too... I m really very vexed. Sometimes I just hope I can be left alone to deal with my own baby but yet I cant show it out.
I shared this with my colleague and she say I shldnt push myself too hard. Just 1 ear in and 1 ear out for all those remarks, and try not to be so self-centered. Maybe I am....
Sorry for such a long post and all the ranting. But seriously, anyone has a frightful baby??
