Shopping

We went major shopping with another family in preparation to go camping and thankfully you were very patient going in and out of Millets, Costco, Makro and Lidl. I pray that you will remain well so that we can go camping. I am very much looking forward to it as it will be our first family holiday together, apart from going back to Malaysia.

39+4

You were in my tummy for 39 weeks and 4 days and now you have spent 39 weeks and 4 days in the world. I wonder if you have got used to this world yet?? You have certainly grown and developed a lot since you were born. I suppose it's about the speed of how you went from our little 'beanie' to our precious Isaac, and changed both our lives forever, for the better.

Sleeping habits

If you nap twice at nursery, you will be able to last the evening and allow us to have dinner before putting you to sleep by 8.30. But, if you only nap once, you will fuss during your dinner, scream after bathing and will need to sleep by 7 something, which means we can only have dinner at 8 plus. You will now only sleep on your tummy with your butt sticking right up. About every half hour or so, you will stir and subconsciously crawl forward once in your sleep. So, although I lay you down with your feet touching the bottom of your cot, you will always hit your head at the top of the cot about 3 hours later, which is the first time you wake up through the night. You still do not understand the meaning of 'sleeping through' and unfortunately love waking up, up to 5x a night occasionally.

What can I do? What should I do? I only ask that you wake up twice. I had to feed and comfort you when you were ill but now that you're well, you're taking advantage of the situation. We tried ignoring your cries but you have learnt how to force a cough/choke, scream/shout and prove to have more stamina than us and I always give-in in the end. I could not 'tahan' you standing, shaking the cotside and your pitiful face staring at me. I tried giving water last night but you cried after drinking water and 'demanded' milk. So, as a compromise, I made you bottles. There will definitely be no more breastfeeding in the middle of the night.

Hopefully you will learn to only wake up once or twice again. I know you can do it because you did it for a few nights before you fell ill. They do say an illness causes havoc with the sleeping. I just hope that you will remain well and sleep well...

New antics

Thank God you are back to your normal self. Who else is there to entertain us with new antics?

Waiting to be rescued after getting stuck in the standing position because you only know how to cruise or sit down and not know how to put your legs back together when spread too far apart.


Smacking your lips



'Saying No'



Laughing yourself silly

Happy Father's Day

It's the first father's day for Richard but unfortunately he had to work. I suppose you're still too young to know how to 'pamper' him. For now, you remind him that he's a father by waking him (and me) up every 2 hours at night, making us 'zombies' in the morning :) But, I am sure even at such a young age, you've already made him a very proud father, and everything else comes second. He also can't help beaming when everybody keeps commenting about how you're 'mini Richard'.

Teething

Yup.. nearly 9 months old and still toothless :) But, there's finally 2 small bumps at your bottom gums and a tooth may be cutting through. Does this explain your fever, diarrhoea and vomiting over the past 2 weeks? I doubt it.

Despite buying you a few teethers, you only like the 'chicken' which is actually a bath toy.
You enjoying your drumstick...

What next ??

Just as I thought you were getting better, you seem to have caught a stomach bug. You have been persistently vomiting and having loose stools yesterday and today. *Sigh* The washing machine has been on 3 days in a row and I have just about had enough of washing as I have to first prewash everything. I am slightly worried because you have not really kept anything down since yesterday, including milk. You even had to wear clothes from the nursery because I only pack 2 extra sets in your bag. But, you seem as energetic as ever and is cruising along the furniture. I wonder where you get all the sugar from?
I really hope these are all the 'viruses' you're going to be getting from nursery and it WILL be better from now on.