Hi Cljl>> So far, my son is ok with having milk and porridge within same feed lei. I think babies know their own limits, if they are full, they won't eat anymore. That's the case for my son, he will clamp his mouth..and start turning away from the spoon. Actually, I want to try to replace at least 1 or 2 of his milk feeds entirely with solids, but I'm concerned that he doesn't get enough milk..so for the time being, still have porridge and milk in the same feed lor. My son is rather skinny, 7.8kg and he's 7.5 mths old now. As for water, he doesn't confuse between water and milk. I give him water in a cup after he takes solids, and he just drinks from it. I also dun monitor how much water he drinks, as long as he indicates that he has had enough. I guess as long as his diapers are wet and generally colourless (i.e. not yellow) and not smelly, not constipated, he should be taking in enough fluids.
Hi Angeline>> No worries about your comments. I understand each of us have different parenting styles and you're most welcome to voice your comments =)
Actually, I also hope that in time to come, my son can sleep 12hours straight! HOnestly, I also feel very ke lian to wake him in the middle of his sleep. But it's actually my hubbie who bathes him. Hubbie insists on bathing son for bonding purpose..yet hubbie works late lor.
Regarding bathing at night, my in-laws used to be very against the idea of us bathing our son at night. But cos' my hubbie and I are very firm in our parenting style and we do not allow our parents to interfere, so there's nothing much they can do. After time, they accept that we're not going to change this =p
I bought thermal suit for my son from Mothercare. Costs around S$60? So I think you got a good deal!
Hi MBJ>> Yes, I am enjoying motherhood =) And this is my first kid. I have very strong support from my hubbie..he's very hands-on with my kid. And I believe I'm also very blessed to have my son, whom I feel is generally easy to take care of. Perhaps this is God's way of encouraging us to have more kids...let us have easy baby first..haha...
Regarding sleeping through the night, that actually had to be trained. My son started sleeping through around 2.5 mths old. Prior to that, at evening time, we just put him in his cot when he is sleepy but still awake. For the first month, he will cry for us to carry him...but have to resist it...going into room to check on him every 5 or 10 min..but not carry / pat to sleep. Super difficult to resist it, especially for mummy cos heart-wrenching to hear baby cry lah! Luckily hubbie is very "strong-hearted" (haha, or should I say "hard-hearted"), will let baby cry for that 5 or 10 min before going in...After a while, baby gets the idea that we're not going to carry him to sleep, so eventually, he learns to sleep on his own.
I think it's impt for baby to learn to sleep on their own...so when they wake in the middle of the night (which they sometimes do), they know how to fall asleep on their own.
For your case, I think it's cos' baby wants the comfort of latching. Good and bad lah. I stopped latching at about 3 weeks, so I dun get to enjoy such intimacy with my son anymore =( But if you are intending to stop breastfeeding in the near future, you will need to cut down on such middle-of-night comfort latching..otherwise, very xin ku for you...
Hi Starrz>> Regarding changing of pj / diapers, I gave up trying to hold my son down..cos' he either flip here and there, or crawl over, or stand up at the cot. So now, I just let him do what he wants, and try to fit the pj over him. I've learnt to wear his clothes for him when he is standing up, crawling, sitting..haha..As for diapers, what helps for me is to use pull up pants. Easier than using the normal disposable diapers which require baby to stay still for a few seconds..