1st Tantrum

It was the first time last night we both did not know what to do with u while u screamed your head off for 10 mins. It felt like hours.. It may have been our fault for keeping u up too late and agitated u by giving formula first without breastfeeding. I was trying to put u to sleep first before dinner to have an earlier bedtime for you. But u were still wide awake at 8.30 and we were so hungry. So we decided to eat first and bout 9 plus before we brought u into the room again. U were very tired. So, to 'help' you not waste time and get to sleep earlier, I thought just give you formula without breastfeeding and my goodness, that sparked it all off and you refused everything, from breast, to bottle to being pacified. Boy, you have shown your colours :)

Simple joy in life

Watching u sleep peacefullyAlso wishing that u will last at least 4 hrs at night to give us both enough sleep

Development and growth

You're almost 3 months now. This is what you have been up to that makes motherhood more rewarding:
Reflex smile - 2-3 wks
Real social smile - 5 wks
Chuckle/laugh - 10 wks
Coo - 6 wks, Babble - 9 wks
Hold yr head steady - 5 wks, very steady at 11 wks

To try encourage you to do mini push ups, we have been putting u more on tummy time recently, of which u hate and will cry after a few minutes. But finally u have learnt to hold/lift yr head up high - 11 wks
You still are not able roll over or turn yet. Should still be careful where i put u now though.

Growth wise:
Birthweight - 2.88kg
12 wks - 5.15kg
You seem to hover at the 9th centile and am always wishing that you will go towards the 25th centile. Well, maybe I should be plotting u on the Asian charts to see where u stand. I still can't be expecting much I suppose with both yr daddy and I being quite small ourselves.

Going places

Since birth you have always been carried and thus is spoilt with a capital S. So, the solution is to carry you around with slings/carrier. We had a gift of a sling. In addition to that, your daddy also wanted to carry you around and thought the sling was too sissy for him, so we invested in a baby bjorn 2 weeks ago. Its a good thing we got that coz looks like we will have to use it when travelling to London to make your passport. No way are we bringing your buzz along..

The never-ending saga

I have always wanted to breastfeed and was so stressed out at not being able to completely breastfeed in the beginning. However, I settled with the idea of giving you as much breast milk as possible and was happy to breastfeed and then top you up with formula. You would gulp down all that is in the bottle in about 5 mins after feeding on the breast for about 45 mins and I will *sigh* and wish one day you will not want the bottle.

How wrong I am as from this week, you started refusing the bottle after a feed and I am far from happy with wondering why you don't want the bottle and worrying that you are hungry. Is it because everybody has left, temperature of the milk, the teat, or are you already full? unfortunately, you also wake up lots more at night which makes the both of us very tired, and mess up the day routine as you seem to be hungry bout 1.5 hrs after. Can't believe that u went from preferring the bottle to preferring the breast. So, the question remains - what do I want to do? :)

First week alone

Its the end of 7 days without the help of the greatest parents and parents-in-laws around. It has been hectic and tiring, but thank God we are all still sane and in one piece :) I am sure Isaac missed all their company and vice versa. It was from 11 people, to 4 people and then just richard and I. You may be bored at looking at just our faces as you did not stop smiling and cooing at Ming-Wei when she visited this weekend.

Starting young

No pressure - daddy says :) U did seem very interested though and was focusing on each page

Swimming Time

U screamed when u had your first bath in hospital. Its a very different story now with u kicking and loving your 'swimming time'. U are also outgrowing your bath tub now with u constantly knocking yr head when u kick hard and push yourself in front. Time to enter the big bathtub soon?? We need to look into alternatives.

Your favourites

You are totally amused by the mirror. You always smile and laugh at your own and either of our reflection and reach out to touch your own hand. Wonder what's going on inside your head when you see the mirror. We do this everyday and one day you will realise that its yourself you are looking at :)

A few toys always make you laugh without fail - eeyore the donkey hand rattle, little bumble bee rattle (nicknamed bob by your daddy) and the new bye-bye bear book puppet.

You also like the mobile gift by gong gong and popo. Keeps you entertained while changing and you have since learned to track it when it moves. Hope you don't learn that a hippo is purple in colour and lions are bright yellow.

I cannot do without the mini play gym and bouncer (nicknamed baby OSIM coz of the vibration) too!! Keeps you entertained and allows me to get some things done, especially now that its just me and you in the day time.. I think you like the both of them coz you stay in it for up to an hour (once so far ;)) without yelping for attention. Yes, you do yelp and that sounds like at 'EIK, EIK' very loudly.

Isaac Kia Yi Zhen - 2 months old

We are beginning to understand you more and you are beginning to form your personality - I think.. :) Its not only bout feeding and changing now. You smile, coo, try to hold a conversation, laugh or cry in your dream and respond to us playing with you. Motherhood just became more fun, except waking up in the middle of the night, sometimes twice, to feed.n

You are most cheerful in the mornings and wake up with a smile most of the time, then cry when u realise u are hungry. Still, after a feed u are very happy!! very unlike us, your parents who are not morning people and love lie-ins.. Yehyeh and Mahmah had a good time playing with u every morning while mummy gets more sleep until the past 2 days. Am sure u all miss each other.. I also miss the morning naps.. :)

Another big step was getting your jabs.. I think we were more worried than u with buying thermometers and calpol just in case. But, u proved to be very good with just a yell and then was more 'manja' and sleepy the whole day. Thank God u had no fever.