Tummy Time

Haven't got much chance to write a blog lately. I just wanna show off a photo that I think kinda cute





Haha don't you think it's cute??

Caitlyn's First Hair Cut

This is a belated post..

When caitlyn was 39 days old, she had her first hair cut! We didn't plan to shave all her hair until all botak, but what we had in mind was to cut it very short until almost botak.

Nai2's friend was helping us to cut the hair. But she insisted that it'snicer if wejust cut a little bit so it will grow nice when it'slonger.. Hmmm.. So in the end, only a bit of her hair was cut. She didn't really look like she has cut herhair.. Lol..

I guess we'll cut herhair short ourselves when she's no longer so crybaby :p





Oh yeah, she did cry a little bit when her hair was being cut..

Statistics

Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel!

For the last few days, caitlyn's colic is getting better! She no longer cries uncontrollably for few hours! She still cries, but its more of normal baby cry, not the hysterical one.. Phew! I hope those periods are really over!





On a side note, here's the statistics of the 2 babies when we visit the paediatrician last week.. Or is it 2 weeks ago??

Caityn
Weight: 4.75 kg
Height: 53.7cm

Savio
Weight: 14 kg
Height: 97.4 cm

Wow vio is almos 1 meter! The PD menioned that vio is right st he end of the chart, at 97 percentile! Tsk..





See how much he loves to be a baby again.. Lol..

"Buy?"

Vio's way of thinking is getting more and more logical each day. Sometimes it's amazing to see how much he actually understands things and knowing how to reply to our questions.

When his favorite soft toy (hippo) was being washed and not there to accompany him in the bedtime, pi was asking him:
Daddy: vio, where's hippo?
Vio: swimming
Daddy: huh? Swimming? Where?
Vio: in the bathroom
Daddy: Huh? Show daddy!

Vio then quickly ran to the bathroom and pointing to the pail, saying "there! There!" And hippo was really there, swimming in soapy water inside the pail! What a smart boy..

His fave word lately is "buy?" lol.. when we don't have something that he was asking for, he'll ask us to buy for him! Tsk! I wonder who teach him that..
Vio: tennis ball mana?
Mommy: we don't have tennis ball
Vio: buy? (with hopeful tone)

And he can talk few short sentences at 1 go to. Fo example, when I'm playing with him and Caitlyn is sleeping in her day bed, but starting to move and about to cry. So I'll rock the daybed and hoping that shell sleep again. Vio will be upset and say "mommy, baby still sleeping! No disturb baby!"

Colic

Seriously, having a colicky baby is not fun.

Sadly, that's what we're having now... For the last 3 days, Caitlyn has cried soooooooooo LOUDLY starting from 7 pm with no apparent reason. And it's almost unstoppable. And it can last for hours. *sigh* 

We've went to the paediatrician to ask about this (and at the same time, also for her jabs and Vio's last jab). According to the PD, seems like Caitlyn has a rather bad resurgitation (milk being spit-up again). No wonder she's been a crybaby and always seem to be unhappy most of the time. Apparently it's because the milk is stuck at her throat, and some will also be spit out of her mouth. Poor poor baby... She must be feeling so unwell.. :(

According to the PD, this is caused by the formula milk she's been drinking... So he suggested us to change the formula milk to hypo-allergenic one. Well, the best of course if she can be breastfed totally, which is what I'm working on right now. We've reduced her formula milk intake and try to total breastfed her. Hopefully she's getting enough! Quite worried that she's not getting enough. Seems like she looks a bit happier after that. More smile on her face and lesser cry.. If she's not getting enough milk, she should be crying all the time, hor? Hmm...

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Ahhh don't you think she look so pretty when she doesn't cry? ;)

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Caitlyn 1 Month: Sleeping Beauty

Time really flies. Our baby is now 1 month old!

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During the first month, she sleeps most of the time. And as for the time when she wakes up, she spents most of them.... Crying! Yes our little baby is quite a crybaby. Unlike Vio whose cry is high pitched, Caitlyn's cry is not so high pitched but they're vibrating. Yes you're not reading it wrongly. Caitlyn likes to make a loud crying sound with vibration. Seems like she's easily getting frustrated as her cry is rather hysterical and sounded reaallllyy urgent. After some time, you'll get used to it coz that's just how she cries.. Lol..

She's also not as playful as Vio. I think when Vio was about 1 month old, we can play with him already, as he didn't really like sleeping.. But for Caitlyn, she didn't seem to be interested to play with us yet. She's more interested in getting back to sleep! Of course there are some days where she's awake most of the time, and some days where she sleeps most of the time.

Thankfully, regardless of whether she sleeps or wakes up during the day, she'll sleep on the night! Yes, the night watch isn't as bad as vio's time, coz Caitlyn is much more of a sleeper. Of course there are some nights where she's crying loudly especially the first few days home. Wow I'm so glad those days are over! During the first days, Caitlyn will cry almost non stop for 1-2 hours in the wee hours. We call it: the hour of agony.. Haha..

During Caitlyn's first month "photoshoot", Vio was more than happy to be in the shoots. He posed according to what mommy asked him to.

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Savio: On Becoming A Koko

One of the thing that we worried most before the baby come was how will Vio react to it? Of course we've told him countless time that his baby sister (mei mei) will come out soon and that he can help us take care of her. And he seemed to be quite ok about it. But hey, we'll never know how much a toddler actually understand, right?

First time meeting Caitlyn in hospital, Vio seemed quite happy. He even posed with his smile happily to the camera. But we don't know whether he actually know that we'll bring the baby home? Lol..



First day we brought Caitlyn home, Vio almost cried when we want to use his rubber changing mat (that he hasn't used for months) for the new baby. He kept saying "it's vio's one.." with teary eyes. Luckily in the end he let Caitlyn use the changing mat.

He also seemed unhappy to see mommy carry baby.. And he said: "don't want baby.. Baby go out.." wah wah so sad to hear that..

There's also a change in Vio.. He'll now cry super loudly if he doesn't get what he wants.. Every little thing can make him cry.. And somehow he also like to scream more, including in play time. He became much more of attention seeker? Well I guess that's normal, coz before this, he was the center of attention, and now he need to share the attention with his new sister.

Vio also became more and more sticky to mommy. He'll cry loudly if he see mommy carry baby.. He'll say "mommy don't want carry baby! Mbak/nai2, carry baby donggg.." or he'll ask me to put the baby down in the bed so I can play with him. There are also times when he doesn't let other people feed him or change him, only mommy can do that. Well, in a way I'm quite happy but sometimes it can be rather troublesome :p

Other than that, Vio actually adapt rather well. Sometimes he'll ask us whether he can carry baby too.. And he'll also happily kiss his baby sister when we ask him to.

I hope when Caitlyn is bigger, Vio and caitlyn can play well together!

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