Baby En's first flip?

When I reached home from work today, En was already at home with the daddy, as usual. When I went to see her at her cot. She was already on her tummy! She was a little edgy cos her hand was trapped between the mattress and her tummy, so i helped her.

I was so excited that I jumped to kitchen to share my excitement with the daddy. He was quite cool and told me the teacher at the infant care centre also told him En could flipped already!

I carried En up and danced with joy with her.

Didnt manage to take a pic yet though.

Update (25 Apr 12):
Confirmed this was her first flip. Teacher Pat from Star Learners Infant Care said En could do a bit of a turn in the day, then came afternoon, En could flip over already! Wow...

The little things about Baby En

When En En was first born, her cries never failed to make me panic. We did not know why she cried and what we could do to ease her, help her or pacify her. Well, probably she didn't know what she wanted too, hahahaha.

As she grew, she began to show some patterns as she is more stabilised. Today, we are (more or less) able to predict what is coming up and determine the cause when she cries. I guess these are the standards for most babies.

Here are what we noticed:

1. Hungry - cry, wail or whatever. Gets louder and more intense of every minute of delay.

2. Soiled diapers - cry, wail or whatever. Well, her extend of crying is not proportionate to the amount to poo she has. She can scream like no tomorrow even for a 10-cent sized poo. Even her infant care teacher commented on that.

3. Tired - cry. I cannot describe but the sound is different from the above discomfort. When she is real tired, a quick pat or rock will see her snooze to dreamland in no time.

4. Needs company - cry (but not so intense). If she is in her pram, we will push her to where we are and talk to her. Well, sometimes dont even need to talk to her. As long as she knows someone's around and even when we chat with her around, she is pretty satisfied.

En En is now 16 weeks and 6 days. She is showing some signs that she can flipped over to her tummy anytime. She likes to be carried upright now but then your shoulder will be soaked with her saliva after that. And she sleeps comfortably.....

Baby En's second vaccine

En En had her second vaccination yesterday. It was a tiring day for her. Somehow since morning she seemed to be tired. When we reached KKH, she was still a little edgy but ended up giving sweet little smiles to those who managed her - the Specialist Clinic Asst who took her weight and length, the neonatologist (Dr Tan Pih Lin) who saw her and her clinic nurse.

After the consultation, she fell into deep sleep but had to be waken for the jabs. She was first administered the oral rotavirus vaccine (the cold med woke her up). Then came two jabs administered at the same time at each of her thighs. Was really painful to watch. And mummy me had to be an accomplice to hold her still. She was already crying with the hunger and tiredness and when the jabs came, she cried on top of her voice! What a heart shattering moment.

Dad was mentioning he too mouthed an 'OUCH' when En En screamed.

Sigh....she was still cranky today. Had a little fever in the wee hours and this afternoon at the infant care centre.

Fever no more now, but she is still edgy....wants to be carried.

Poor ah gal. :(

A rainy Monday morning

Thunder and lightning. It's now starting to rain. En En is to go to the infant care centre today after two days of MC last Thur and Fri.

Sigh, really feel like keeping her at home today too since it's raining and since I still have a week of leisure. But hubby is also on medical leave too. Needs to rest and study, the two things he probably cant do if En is home. So with a heavy heart, we are going to bring her to her 'school' in a while.

My lovely gal is zzzz-ing peacefully. :)

Weather hot, temper hot?

Today's weather is simply hot! Even Baby En felt it.

I dont know if it's because of her fever (now recovery stage) or the humid climate, she is cranky. And I don't know if it's because of the weather or because of the irritation caused by people around, I was as cranky as Baby En.

I realised I have started to feel very frustrated and irritate when, while I struggle to manage Baby En's cries, people around keep asking questions like "she wants to eat?", "has she eaten?", "she pooed is it?", "she wants to sleep ah?", "bath already?" Come on, stop asking me questions during this moment. They only add on to the noise! Though I am the mother, I am also trying to figure out sometimes, so why not you folks go and ask the baby what she wants and STOP asking me!

Many times, especially recently, I felt like I am going to have a breakdown, caused by an accumulation of things by the adults. One moment, when Baby En wear too little, I am told to put on more for her cos 'weather's cold'. When I give her long pants, I hear things like 'aiyoh, it's hot', and next moment, her long pants were off.

There are many more things that get into my nerves. So people, while your intentions are good, spare a thought too - when, what, how to say and is it even necessary to open your mouths.

I would be thankful.