Ohyeah, my boy's routine was more or less done by the CL before she left, she already started 3hrs interval at 2wks which I cannot agree cos my boy is always hungry and he had wind in his stomach at 2weeks, which many ppl told me is not usual. But I still appreciates her "training". When she left, I tried the Baby Whisperer's tanking up & dream feeding, but later I realized this boy doesn't need that.. the 11pm dream was a waste of my time and milk, I took it away and found him getting up same time (4am) despite his last feed was at 8. I give glory to God for such an easy baby, especially for a first time mommy.
Yan, may I ask you if your bb started to have (either) shorter feed intervals, and with or w/o longer sleep in the day before your doc give the green light to cereal? K's rejecting milk like most bb here, and I see that he is getting sleepy and can sleep longer in the day. As usual he'll fight sleep, so I have to hold him all the time, making me very busy .. Some older folks think he is ready for cereal and told me to ask the PD, but he is only 3.5mths and the next appt with doc is Nov13 when he turned 4mth. I am thinking if he is really ready at this time to have cereal, I may pay an earlier visit to PD to check him out. I am not surprise he is ready since he is full term bb and now so big. His stomach may be more mature than some other Jul13 babies.
Joanne, you are very blessed to have a wise MIL. I have seen my niece's MIL brought up her son, very very well mannered and polite yet sociable. I love children like this. Most of the time, old folks will tell me if the bb happier and gaining weight when taken over by another care giver, that care giver is good.
RE: Sponsorship
I think it's great idea!! We can have our own desired print and we just need to include their logo.. Hmm... may be we can also get them to provide samples of their cereals..
Jes, Jav sayang you leh, 5hrs feed interval is something K can never achieve in the day... I am quite sure he is ready for food that is more substantial--his sign for more food, but cannot hold more oz of milk.. sleeping longer (less energy probably) during nap...