(2009/09) September 2009 MTBs

shelled

hubs was also sick for a while, but sam din kena. i'm telling myself that my ebm very power - need incentive to push on leh. 2 more mths! i can make it!
 


tlisa

perhaps she doesn't need the dream feed anymore? n making her drink at 10/1030/11 is disrupting her sleep that's y she's waking up at 3am? how abt u try not dreamfeeding her n observe?
 
hee. finally manage to train my boy to let me sleep at nite. now he wakes up n latch on at 630am, 930am (bottle-110/120ml), 1230pm (bottle-110/120ml), 330pm (bottle-110/120ml), 630pm (bottle-110/120ml), latch him at 930pm and finally dreamfeed him (bottle-140/150ml) at ard 1230am =p

princessxiaomei> ya. my boy oso din gain much weight since he was 3mths old. been hovering ard 5.8kg to 6kg nia

dun wan milk supply to decrease, den pump after u latch, or pump n latch tgt lo

yaya. my parklon mat is like a bed. lol. 15mm thick, 2.1m X 1.4m i think =p

shelled> sorry. can i collect my giraffe on sunday instead? wat time will u be out?

jul> haha. dunno y i dun find it urgent to use it for jab. cos i got a feeling de money will use up very quickly when he goes infant/child care =p

yeah! jiayou for 2 more mths. sure can make it. hehe. getting better pumping at wk regardless in meeting rooms or toilet liao =x supply have gone back up after period goes off. now i got alot more storage in freezer. hee. got abt 12l of milk storage freezed up. running out of freezer space again!!
 
bbq,
recommended age for introducing solids is 6 months old. but i think your PD suggested 4 months for your boys because you mentioned you had problems feeding them milk?

michelle,
wow 12 litre is a lot!!! i think i have slightly less than 1 litre frozen, hahaa. i'm going back to work in january.

waiwai,
i just finished another jap drama - bloody monday season 1. die lah, i am so addicted!!

west side mummies,
rained so heavily this morning. i decided to be lazy and not give my boy a bath. hope he takes a long morning nap later since weather is nice.
 
sandwich - yeah! i dun feel like waking up today *yawn* i also dun feel like bathing him today but i skipped his bathe ytd liao! rushing to go out so din bath him. cannot skip today else houseflies will hover ard him
 
sandwich/cookiezz,
How I wish I can sleep in a little bit later this morning. I have to drag myself, my hubby and my 2 kids up from the bed. No one wanted to wake up...... ended up running late :)


<font color="ff0000">Starting solid</font>
It's recommended to start solid between 4-6 months. There is no 1 date that suits all babies. All depend on how ready your baby is to start solid. Look for signs of readily for solid (taken from www.wholesomebabayfood.com, this is quite a useful website for reference when your baby starts solid):

- Loss of tongue-thrust reflex - This allows baby to drink and swallow liquids with ease; with the tongue-thrust reflex still present, baby may simply drink in liquid purees or push the food back out.

- Ability to let you know she is full from a "meal" with signs such as turning away from the bottle or breast. This is important so that baby is able to self-regulate the amount of food being eaten. This helps stop baby from accidentally overeating as parents may continue to feed baby thinking that she is still hungry.

- Ability to sit up and hold head up unassisted

- Interest in your food

- Doubling of birth weight

- Frequently waking in the middle of the night when a solid sleeping pattern had been established. This may not be the best indicator that your baby is ready for solids. Please keep in mind that a growth spurt will occur between 3-4 months of age, 6-7 months of age and also 9-10 months of age. Baby may also be waking due to an illness or teething.
 
kam and cookiezz,
finally he's gone to nap after a lot of coaxing. i woke up at 7.30am today, considered super late already.

kam,
i like the picture of xi yu on her excersaucer. her head's very steady. mine's still wobbly.
 
Thanks Pam, Steph, Shelled &amp; Jul

Tlisa
My girl will still wake up for her feed between 4-5am. I'll juz latch her cos my boobs will also be hard. I'll either have to latch or pump.
 
sandwich - mine's still awake.... dun want to nap! so leave him on his own for a while. aiya weh liao....

kam - haha u got a lot of research done! next time tag on u can liao!
 
kam,
now i'm tempted to get an exersaucer too... surfing around for a 2nd hand one now. what brand is yours? does it comes in a box (ie can fit into car) ... I'm worried will be troublesome to transport when I move house.
 
mummies staying in the east,
there's a warehouse sale going on now. my gf is there and she's getting carters blankets ($4) and carters rompers (3 for $10) for me. she says its in an industrial estate, so those mummies who are living nearby can consider dropping by for cheap buys ...

X'mas clearance sale
BRANDED Baby/Kid's wear
upto 90% off
Date: 17 to 19 Dec
Time: 9am to 8pm
Add: 43 Tampines St. 92
 
cookie,
mine slept 35min only. just nice for me to get breakfast. but not enough time for me to hang clothes. hiyah, he only sleeps a lot if i bring him out.
 
cookie,
no lah, i think might get keys around CNY period, cos they are painting the block halfway already. 3/4 of the estate have gotten the keys to the new flats. and the remaining 1/4 like us will have to stay and be feasted upon by the mozzies and cockroaches.
 
solid food:
my #1 had her 1st taste of cereal at 5-month old. the first 2 weeks is to let her learn spoon feeding and get a taste of cereal. only when she is 6-month old then she had cereal / puree as a proper meal
 
Angeline (Birthday gal)
is this the same angeline who came for east gathering yest? Happy birthday gal! aiya didnt know its ur bd if not get u a small pc of cake n sing u birthday song n blow candle
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princess
aiyo my gal v whiny one leh. she reallly think she princess at hm lor. evertthing oso use her tears. but gals r v sweet la u must hv one. but dun feed so fat like zander hor wait hard to slim down haaha... ur zander hor so cute n round la!

v common for him to shorten his feed time leh. firstly cos his sucking more effecient so can suck more milk at shorter time oso becos babies after 3rd mth their growth rate nt as steep so cut milk cut weight everything cut ah! mine oso nt puttg on weight as fast.

bbq
the pd u refer to is it dr lim? i quite agree with sandwich. if ur bb not drinking milk well u might try to intro solids earlier.
 
mamato6Js> nice stuff must share ma :p

angeline>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! aiyo didnt know yest if not can make our babies sing for u. thats why i say got to stay far far away frm NY NY. my HB will kill me if he knows that i finish such a big mug of root beer float all by myself.

Happykae> we can go big splash old town too
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(trying to stay away from NY NY) theres a play area for your gals

Michelle> o ya its comfort..tried pampers active and its not bad and since comfort is by pampers also thought should be ard the same quality and its so much cheaper. heard from Mamato6Js and Rach not so good. so bought another 2 packs of active bec its still on sale..

happykae> your gal using mamypoko right. theres M size jumbo pack 64p on sale at paya lebar NTUC.. thinks its $21 plus.

sandwich> you watch korean show? im watching IRIS now! nice show +++ handsome actor :p
 
Sandwich,
Yes, both my exersaucer came with box. The one we bought is from Brightstarts. The one HR won is from Evenflo.

But I must warn you, some babies (including my boy) lost interest in exersaucer very fast, you may get to use it for a few months only. Though I must say it's a very good gadget to help him learning to stand.

This is the one we bought for our boy (he was 4 months old then). I chose this because when his legs move, there is funny sounds coming from the bottom panel, encourages him to move more and it's cute :)

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prinzess
u talkg abt the play area above old town? closed down already leh n my kids said the place v small n the "obstacle course" oso nt challenging.

went hm to try on my freestyle aft i complained to u gals. seems ok leh now it works!
 
sandwich - still kinda drizzling leh so i cant put my clothes out so sian. still got one more load in the washer now. hmmm how come your neighbours get to move first? nvm lar move in later less reno noise cos u will be the one disturbing the rest of them!
 
prinzess55,
IRIS is the most popular drama on mysoju now!! i generally pick japanese dramas because i prefer the sound of spoken japanese over spoken korean, even though i don't understand both, hahaa .. first kam tempt me with the exersaucer, now you tempt me to start watching another drama, heehee
 
cookiezz,
cos HDB is relocating everyone block by block. i just happen to have chosen the last block.

kam,
few months good enough for me already. good that it's in a box. gor gor is so "botak" compared to his mei mei =)
 
sandwich,
Hehe, we shaved him at 1 month. Then his hair grows super super super slow lor, even now, only need to bring him for hair cut every few months.

So exciting for you! Moving into a brand new house in a couple of months time leh!
 
bbq98
some of my gfs started their bbs solids at 4 mths, some at 5 and some at 6 mths. so i think it depends if your baby ready or not lor..but min. is probably 4 mths?? so we start with cereals then puree is it?

lately i'm also having a hard time feeding my gal milk. she is very aware of her surroundings now and tends to look here and there, else she will wanna talk. i can no longer watch tv and feed her, else she keeps turning towards the tv and will be very slow in drinking. somedays, she drinks very little too. like today, drank only 100ml at 5am, then rejected her milk twice when i tried to feed her again at 830am and 930am. finally at 1030am, she decided she was hungry enough to drink her milk again.

i think i've come to the conclusion from here on, unless she grumbles or cries abit, i won't feed her unless pass 5hrs. coz i'm throwing milk away all the time and more importantly, i feel really frustrated and exhausted almost like trying to force feed her!
 
mich

haha congrats. now no more disturbance at nite.

true lah, $12k is not a lot actually.

12L!!! i'm so envious. after 2.5 mths of hard work - n sam's cooperation in his little milk strike - i have only 5L+
 
weight gain

my PD told me tat baby should double their weight in 4th.

my boy will be 4th month in 10days time and still got 1.2 kg more to go.
 
kiki - mine also like on milk strike. been feeding him lesser now if not one feed can take up to 45 min. very tiring for me! and now when i go to the fridge to take milk, i will hear sandwich say, "dont feed him 100ml already!" hahaha! but it works. feed lesser then if he hungry he will let me know if not i keep forcing and throwing!
 
sandwich

sorry abt that day fly aeroplane. do u still want the pigeon breastpads?

prinzess

u v cute leh.. keep saying must stay away from ny ny haha
 
kiki

sam also likes to turn his head n watch tv too! if i'm feeding him in his room, he'll turn towartds the kitty jigsam puzzle n talk n smile at the kitties. in the living rm, he'll try to watch tv. if tv is off, he'll talk n smile at the clock! or.. he'll wanna hold the bottle n end up knocking the bottle out, or hold my finger, or wave his arms ard.. faint!

worse thing is.. if i get fed up n stop feeding him, he'll cry for milk coz he's hungry. then suck a few times, he'll get distracted again
 
haha... our babies now all same pattern huh!

my joseph is almost exactly like sam. worst is my hse always so noisy then every time gor gor or jie jie walk past he gets distracted and smile n talk to them then start waving hands n legs. actually i dun call this milk strike la just that they r more kpo now which is good and normal. milk strike is when they cry at the sight of bottle or even b4 u try to put the teat into their mouth.
 
wow first sushi tempt and now A&amp;W rootbeer float!! and i also thinking of the waffles on the mention of float!!

first thinking of getting playmat but no space for it.. now thinking of exersaucer too... :p

angeline
Happy birthday!

raining weather
it's also raining in the north east and my gal and i woke up late! noticed my gal tends to slp more when it's raining.. hehe

sandwich
wow it's cheap! but tampines is quite far leh.. need to psycho hub there.. keke..

congrats on ur new flat.. so u and princessxiaomei will be moving around the same time! have fun moving and decorating ur house!

myfavcoco
double wgt in the 4th month?? mine only 3rd month and already MORE than double her birth wgt leh!! omg.. and she is not on milk strike at all!!! now become a plump plump gal leh. think i have pass her all my fats.. keke... hope she will slim down when she grows up
 
*phew* just finished mopping the floor.

cookiezz
actually i think i'm going to try to feed more per feed but lengthen the hrs in between.

jul
haha... your sam boy sounds like my gal alright!
 
kam
ur gal n ur boy look v happy in the exersaucer. this is something i've never tried b4 cos last time hse no space for it. think i will invest in one this time!

myfavchoco
ur boy birth weight also quite heavy right? the heavier babies tend to double birth weight slightly slower than the lighter ones so dun worry. my boy birth weight was 3.87kg and i just weighed him this morn he is 7.9kg so just doubled only. he is 14 and half weeks now or is it 15?
 
mamato6js
then i think my gal is probably on a milk strike. coz actually she is ok and happy...then mummy here sees 3 or 4 hrs up, so makes milk and feeds her. but she kept spitting it out. then i machiam like got to keep pushing the teat in. in the end, she gets all upset at me, cries n turns red in the face when actually before that she was fine! silly me.
 
myfavchoco
yes, i'm very smelly n sweaty now.. lol. and my gal is sitting on my lap while i type here. she is also smelly n sweaty n drooling and chewing her own drumstick!

ok..am gonna bath my gal now then have a shower myself and get ready to go out for sushi buffet. boy! i'm starving already!!!
 
milkyway,
oopss... or maybe MIN must double weight at 4th month?

my boy seem so fat, the tummy like so round, going explode type. he still drink 2.5 - 4hourly at 90ml. then night time 3-6hour at 100-110ml.

drink 15min, then took 1hour to paicify him to sleep. by then he seem to have his next feed soon. so tiringz...
 
mummies
can i ask u all ah... does your baby perspire alot? esp after milk feed? my gal can work up alot of sweat leh... adter feeds can see beads of sweat on her forehead n the back of her head all wet. after that she becomes sticky baby. is this normal?

also, for FM, do u make it room temp or with some warm water? my gal refuses to dirnk if her milk is cold/rm temp. if she is slow to drink, after a while, i have to warm it up then she will finish it! damn fussy!
 
myfavchoco
my gal also have a round round tummy!! looks real fat when she wears certain rompers/onesies leh.. haha

ur boy dont drinks alot yah.. i give my gal 120ml EBM when i leave her with my mum when i go out alone. Other than that i usually latch ard 15mins but nite time she latches longer, sometimes even 45mins! so i dont know how much she drinks..

yah mine also takes very long to pacify to sleep. i need to entertain her when she's awake otherwise she starts crying for attention. By the time she gets tired, it's time for next feed. And she dont naps very long in the day so end up i cant do much and she's up again! so tiring lor
 
mama to 6Js,

yup he also heavyweight baby, 3.92kg at birth. he is 6.8kg at 15 and half weeks. i think so, lost count of how manys days and weeks. hahaaa..

i seem to be veri VERI forgetful after giving birth (i gt good memory b4 birth), always forget to bring 1 stuff out. sometimes wipes, hot water, handkerchief, mitten i got take booties, blanket, i can hold his pillow hold until dunno drop where.

sometime i bathe, i forget whether i got shampoo my hair, then shampoo again.. =(
 
kiki
yah my gal does perspire too but not after every feed lah.. only when she struggles and cries, she will start to perpsire.. then i also end up sweating too cos trying hard to pacify her and feels pek chek and hot.. lol
 
milkyway,

our baby same pattern... my hubby banned my boy from wearing WHITE and colorful. he look super FAT in WHITE. i bought him a veri nice colorful prints romper which i like so much, end up he look like a FAT CLOWN =(
 
myfavchoco
yes yes.. certain clothes make her look fat lor.. hahaha... she needs to wear baggy clothes to hide her round round tum tum.. kekeke

now i'm at my mum's place and forgot to bring her clothes so my mum dressed her in a white onesies with small flowers.. look so ugly leh.. cos the tummy is really protruding.. hahaha
 
Happykae,
Wah, the one I have can be rented for $45 per week leh! Should consider renting it out after my girl doesn't want to sit in it. I have 2, so can fetch $90 per week, $360 per month leh!!!

If you rent, you should take note that DON't rent those with a teether one, else it's pretty unhygenic IMO. Babies this age tends to put everything they can crab into the mouth.
 


kam -
is $45 per mth.
if is per week then is too expensive le.
yeah i agreed -
the lady told me they will clean and steam sterilise the toys.
 

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