Thursday, 28 November 2013
Small eater
Dear Sophie is such a small eater and drinker that I can't help but worry that she may not be getting enough. She drinks about 15 oz of milk a day and she has cereal twice a day but even that is a struggle for her. She takes more than an hour to finish 3 oz of milk each time. Feeding time is always so stressful for me. She doesn't seem to enjoy milk and food. Most other babies I know finish their milk within 5-10 minutes. Sophie really test my patience. I am going crazy. Why are you such a difficult baby? Please be good and finish your milk/cereal :(
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Josiah is a real cutie pie
Josiah may be only 3 years old, but his command of language and understanding exceeds that of a child his age. I think it was a good decision to send him to nursery so that he gets good peer pressure. Of course, the only bad thing is that he often falls sick but it is inevitable.
He is progressing well and I enjoy his company (most of the time). Even mom says that he is so cute. Not so much of what he says but rather how he says it. I cannot help but realise that his speech and actions mimic hubby and I. Therefore it is very important that we speak and do the right because children pick it up, even subconsciously.
It is a joy to have my two little angels. I feel extremely blessed.
He is progressing well and I enjoy his company (most of the time). Even mom says that he is so cute. Not so much of what he says but rather how he says it. I cannot help but realise that his speech and actions mimic hubby and I. Therefore it is very important that we speak and do the right because children pick it up, even subconsciously.
It is a joy to have my two little angels. I feel extremely blessed.
Sophie's having fever again
Sophie is now 6 months and 5 days old. Although she is exclusively breastfed, she has fallen ill a few times. This time, she had fever since last Thursday and I took her to Dr L yesterday. As the fever is only low grade, she was given a antibiotics over a course of 7 days. It started with Josiah being sick and then hubby got infected, then myself, then MIL and even the helper. My friend Carol said that I should not doubt my breastmilk because if Sophie did not drink my breastmilk, she would be more sick than she is now. I must admit that I do feel demotivated sometimes especially when Sophie rejects my milk and she drinks so little. At the 6 month weigh in, her weight is 6.9kg. Dr L says she is on the small side but there is nothing to worry about as long as Sophie is healthy and is meeting the milestones for baby her age. She says its not good to have a fat baby :)
I have been feeding her one spoon of cereal everyday for the past two weeks but everytime she spits it all out. I have even tried giving pureed pumpkin, banana and avocado. She will thrust her tongue and spit out everything. I am started to get a little bit worried. I remember that when Josiah started on semi solids, it took him about 4-5 days to muster the ability to accept food from a spoon and swallowing. I hope Sophie will start eating soon. We have been praying every day for Sophie's appetite for milk and food to increase so that she will grow bigger, healthy and strong.
I have been feeding her one spoon of cereal everyday for the past two weeks but everytime she spits it all out. I have even tried giving pureed pumpkin, banana and avocado. She will thrust her tongue and spit out everything. I am started to get a little bit worried. I remember that when Josiah started on semi solids, it took him about 4-5 days to muster the ability to accept food from a spoon and swallowing. I hope Sophie will start eating soon. We have been praying every day for Sophie's appetite for milk and food to increase so that she will grow bigger, healthy and strong.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
My Sophie girl can flip onto her tummy
Sophie started to flip onto her tummy shortly after turning 4 months old. She can also dislodge the stuck arm from her body. This is the first of many milestones to come. Sophie is such a lovely baby...until you hear her cry! For a little baby, she must have pretty huge lungs because she can really screaamm!
Sophie is still 100% breastfed. But since turning 4mo, she has become cheeky and refuses to drink milk. Her milk intake has taken a dip and often takes a very long time to finish a bottle of milk. According to the paed, it is most likely something I ate which passed on to her. I must be very careful with my diet but I find it very hard to pinpoint to a specific food that I ate which is causing her to reject the milk.
Before I forget last month I had the dreaded mastitis. I had to be on antibiotics for a week. Breasts were swollen, engorged and painful. I also had fever and felt so ill. Sophie if you're reading this in the future please know how much I endured the hardship of breastfeeding and still persevered because I love you so much. Of course Josiah has also been benefitting because he is drinking my breastmilk mixed with formula/milo/horlicks of course. And it has to be freshly expressed otherwise he will reject it.
Sophie is still 100% breastfed. But since turning 4mo, she has become cheeky and refuses to drink milk. Her milk intake has taken a dip and often takes a very long time to finish a bottle of milk. According to the paed, it is most likely something I ate which passed on to her. I must be very careful with my diet but I find it very hard to pinpoint to a specific food that I ate which is causing her to reject the milk.
Before I forget last month I had the dreaded mastitis. I had to be on antibiotics for a week. Breasts were swollen, engorged and painful. I also had fever and felt so ill. Sophie if you're reading this in the future please know how much I endured the hardship of breastfeeding and still persevered because I love you so much. Of course Josiah has also been benefitting because he is drinking my breastmilk mixed with formula/milo/horlicks of course. And it has to be freshly expressed otherwise he will reject it.
Josiah's 3rd birthday
Josiah's 3rd birthday this year was celebrated in his nursery with his classmates. Months before his birthday he requested for a Ben 10 birthday cake. He is now into Ben 10 and has quite a few clothes with this cartoon character on it. Grandma and grandpa bought him the Omnitrix (a gadget which looks like a watch that can transform Ben into alien characters) for his birthday. On the weekend of his birthday, we took him to KL as it coincided with Daddy's games, while Sophie was taken care by Grandma. Daddy bought him a tub of dinosaurs which Josiah chose himself from Toys 'R Us. Not surprisingly, he grew bored of it after a couple of days and is now lying in my living room (along with many other abandoned toys) collecting dust. This is the reason I always tell Daddy not to spend too much on toys. Children outgrow them very quickly.
Josiah started attending full day care (until 5.30pm) since August. He is adapting well there and the teachers feedback that he is a lovely child. I am happy to hear this. Children tend to be better behaved when they are out of their comfort zone. He has also started to eat rice! This is a milestone for him. Much to my delight. I have attempted countless times but failed miserably. This is certainly a good kind of peer pressure. The downside of sending him to day care is that he has fallen sick a few times. Besides the serious outbreak of coxsackie, he has been having running nose and chronic cough. At the moment he is on antibiotics. Sophie has also caught fever from him. I pray that both Josiah and Sophie will recover soon.
Josiah started attending full day care (until 5.30pm) since August. He is adapting well there and the teachers feedback that he is a lovely child. I am happy to hear this. Children tend to be better behaved when they are out of their comfort zone. He has also started to eat rice! This is a milestone for him. Much to my delight. I have attempted countless times but failed miserably. This is certainly a good kind of peer pressure. The downside of sending him to day care is that he has fallen sick a few times. Besides the serious outbreak of coxsackie, he has been having running nose and chronic cough. At the moment he is on antibiotics. Sophie has also caught fever from him. I pray that both Josiah and Sophie will recover soon.
Monday, 24 June 2013
The dreaded coxsackie virus
Poor Josiah is down with hand-foot-mouth disease caused by the dreaded coxsackie virus. He got it from a child at the nursery that Josiah goes to. I don't know why the school was not closed as this is a highly contagious disease though common among children. Instead the school asked us to keep him at home for a few days. Even then Josiah was not spared. He has fever and blisters in his mouth and throat and spots on his hands and feet. There is no medication for it except paracetamol for the fever and the paed said that he just has to wait it out and let the body fight it so that he can build immunity against this disease. However this does not mean that he won't get it again. He has lost his appetite but it is vital to keep him hydrated.
The past few days has been tough and this week he will be staying home because aunty has gone overseas. Talk about bad timing.
When your child is sick the parents suffer too and with two young kids all hell breaks loose.
Sophie needs to be carried. She cries when she is put down. I just hope she doesn't get the virus from her brother.
The past few days has been tough and this week he will be staying home because aunty has gone overseas. Talk about bad timing.
When your child is sick the parents suffer too and with two young kids all hell breaks loose.
Sophie needs to be carried. She cries when she is put down. I just hope she doesn't get the virus from her brother.
Friday, 31 May 2013
Sophie's full moon
How time flies! Sophie's full moon was celebrated by distribution of Eaton's nasi kunyit (yums!) and a luncheon at Starview attended by family and daddy's close friends. We had 4 tables and roast suckling pig, though I abstained because I don't eat pork. I wasn't really keen on having the luncheon but Daddy wanted to have it because we celebrated Josiah's full moon at Jade Palace the last time (but no roast suckling pig then).
Sophie is now fully on breast milk. I pump 90% of the time and DL only during night time. This is because she often falls asleep after only sucking for a few minutes and then she gets hungry every hour. This in turn makes her very fussy...and leaves me frustrated. Did I mention that breastfeeding is one of the hardest, most demanding job and requires utmost discipline - more on this later, I will need to write a separate post on breastfeeding alone.
The other advantage of feeding expressed breast milk from the bottle is that I can see how much milk she drinks as I am concerned that she is not getting enough milk and not gaining enough weight if she DL exclusively. At the moment it is difficult for her to even finish 3oz of milk at every 3 hourly feedings. I hope and pray that her appetite improves and weight increases. Mommy is working very hard to maintain a good supply of breast milk for you Sophie by pumping every 3 hours. The fridge is now full of Mommy's milk. There are about 30+ bottles of breast milk for you. I tried to give some to koko Josiah, but he doesn't like it. He said its 'yucky' and 'stinky'. Mommy is so sad that you rejected Mommy's milk because it is the best food that you can ever have. Well, at least you had some when you were a baby.
I am also concerned that Josiah is not gaining enough weight because at almost 3 years old, he still only eats porridge and refuses rice and spits out every other food. Children from 1 year old onwards should be joining in family meals and eating a variety of foods. Being taken care of by my aunty and great grandmother is also not helping because they only feed him porridge. It is too much work for great grandmother to prepare rice and dishes for him. Also they need to be consistent in training him to eat rice. This is stressing me out! Actually I have thought of sending him full day at Twinkle Tots so that he can eat normal meals once he sees other children eating too. But it would be harsh to stop now considering the financial constraints they are having. For now I can only hope and pray that koko Josiah will be a good boy and eat normal food.
Sophie is now fully on breast milk. I pump 90% of the time and DL only during night time. This is because she often falls asleep after only sucking for a few minutes and then she gets hungry every hour. This in turn makes her very fussy...and leaves me frustrated. Did I mention that breastfeeding is one of the hardest, most demanding job and requires utmost discipline - more on this later, I will need to write a separate post on breastfeeding alone.
The other advantage of feeding expressed breast milk from the bottle is that I can see how much milk she drinks as I am concerned that she is not getting enough milk and not gaining enough weight if she DL exclusively. At the moment it is difficult for her to even finish 3oz of milk at every 3 hourly feedings. I hope and pray that her appetite improves and weight increases. Mommy is working very hard to maintain a good supply of breast milk for you Sophie by pumping every 3 hours. The fridge is now full of Mommy's milk. There are about 30+ bottles of breast milk for you. I tried to give some to koko Josiah, but he doesn't like it. He said its 'yucky' and 'stinky'. Mommy is so sad that you rejected Mommy's milk because it is the best food that you can ever have. Well, at least you had some when you were a baby.
I am also concerned that Josiah is not gaining enough weight because at almost 3 years old, he still only eats porridge and refuses rice and spits out every other food. Children from 1 year old onwards should be joining in family meals and eating a variety of foods. Being taken care of by my aunty and great grandmother is also not helping because they only feed him porridge. It is too much work for great grandmother to prepare rice and dishes for him. Also they need to be consistent in training him to eat rice. This is stressing me out! Actually I have thought of sending him full day at Twinkle Tots so that he can eat normal meals once he sees other children eating too. But it would be harsh to stop now considering the financial constraints they are having. For now I can only hope and pray that koko Josiah will be a good boy and eat normal food.
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