New milestones and the first brush

Kyan has finally crawled forward instead of backwards!!

Its another milestone achieved =D

He definitely recognises people now. He chooses the person who can carry him. As we stretch our hands out in a "do u want me to carry u?" gesture, he arches his body forward to be carried. Most of the time he seems ok with everyone and anyone....hehe

He learns to blabber some sounds which only he seems to understand...LOL....

Mummy just love him the way he is =D

Two days ago, I use a finger brush and first toothpaste to brush his little teeth and massage his gums. After finishing with it, he wanted more by opening his mouth and pulling hand (and the finger with the brush) towards him. See? This little boy probably thought the toothpaste was food.

Things seem to take a better stride. Little one's been drinking and eating more now. Dr Teoh advised mummy to continue breastfeeding till one year old. Hmm can i ever reach there?

Visit to a new PD...new developments!

Little one's little upper front tooth has also grown out.

He loves to bite and chew and gnaw on things, all thanks to teething. Just a moment ago, he was opening his mouth when he saw my mum biting a pear, so she let him just suck on the pear for a while. So cuteeeeee.

He is learning to sit from a crawl position. He's still crawling backwards but trying to do it forward.

He has learnt to hold his own bottle! What a MIRACLE for a baby who doesn't love to drink. This morning, he pulled the bottle towards his own mouth with his hands and held the bottle with his two little palms after that. Guess he will only do this if he is really hungry.

He loves people saying bye bye to him, and this is evidenced from his wide chuckle whenever we wave and go BYE BYE!! He flings his arms and kicks his legs in excitement when we are about to leave the house. I guess this little one loves to go out like his daddy.

He's on a new feeding routine now. Four hourly despite hunger hints in between. No choice, he will drink and eat more if he's hungry. If we give in to his cries of hunger before the time is up, he won't eat and drink much and his whole routine will be interrupted again.

We were advised to do this through Dr Teoh's recommendation. Thanks to Jo, we brought kyan to see Dr Teoh @ Mount E yesterday as he still refused to eat and drink. Dr Teoh found a thick vein underneath his tongue which is actually the root of the problem for his refusal to eat and drink much. We wanted to have it cut but Dr Teoh refused to do it due to my "hesitation" as he quoted. He asked us to try the new feeding routine to see how things go first. So far all is good and things have improved today and i'm happy about it. Dr Teoh asked us to let him know how things go on wednesday. Though he is a grumpy doctor, his advises are good and helpful.

Pray that things will just go for the better and kyan will put on the necessary weight soon. He's so small and skinny compared to other babies his age group in general.

As advised by the doctor, I cannot stop breastfeeding for now and have to continue until Kyan's feeding/eating problem is resolved. Since he's already on the lightweight scale, Dr Teoh was glad that at least i still give him breastmilk as its healthy and beneficial compared to formula milk. Lucky my milk flow has not totally stopped (since i already have plans to stop breastfeeding and have deliberately decreased milk supply since a few days ago) so my milk supply has dropped alot already. I just hope i can maintain this supply for the time being with just two pump sessions for the day.

Goodbye to Breastfeeding!!

Today is the day....

MUMMY HAS FINALLY DECIDED.....

SHE WILL STOP BREASTFEEDING...

These past seven months+ have been a feat for her actually.
Struggling to make kyan drink her BM....waking up in the wee and early hours to pump...coping with blocked milk ducts and engorgement.

I guess thats enough already, given that kyan has been drinking it for at least half a year.

Her target is eight months, and she is glad she did it.

She don't mind continuing but since kyan doesn't to drink, she finds it quite pointless. It is hard for her to give up breastfeeding given the milk supply she has, but there is no point anymore...its just sad but thats reality. Kyan doesn't want to latch anymore, he doesn't seem to like drinking mummy's BM anymore.

Anyway mummy gives herself a pat on her back =)

Tomorrow will be a start to decreasing milk supply and eventually stop the milk flow...Cold cabbage here i come! She still has freezer stocks left she's hoping to last till when kyan is eight months, but yea she's going to try to stop pumping liao. Enough is enough?

Goodbye breastfeeding....!!!

At 7 months....Fussy fussy fussy...

Happy 7months old my little terror! =P
Happy 1 year old to Stephanie Jie Jie too! =)

Time flies. It has been more than 1/2 a year since he popped out of my womb bawling away.

Mummy suddenly thought about her school days and realised that time waits for no one...it seemed just like yesterday that she and her bunch of friends behaved like innocent and playful kids running around the school compound.

Somehow she missed those days.

She felt that she has aged. Now they are all mummies.

EMO again.

Anyway my little terror has been out to create more havoc. He has become sensibly naughty. Thats just the word.

This morning I tried to feed him but he refused to drink, forcefully pushing the bottle away causing it to topple.

My hard pumped EBM spilled over the floor and the sofa.

I got kind of mad and beat beat his hand since he did that after several attempts of making him drink.

Guess thats the way my boy is.

Things turn out for the worse these few days. He refused to drink and even eat his porridge!

We brought him to see Dr Alyssa Tan at Kids Clinic (Rivervale Mall) for a scond opinion. The first time consulation costed $60 and the little bottle of vitamins costed $40, totally $107+ (including GST).

MY gawd. I'm not bringing him back to see her again just to exchange that few words and that little bottle of vitamins.

Kyan has tried bananas and seemed to like it. He started on Heinz Multigrain Banana Breakfast yesterday.

He likes the Heinz cookie too. So probably going to give him daily.

Next up on the menu will be grape juice. He seemed to dislike pears. No wonder he refused to take the pear and pumpkin puree i made for him the other day.

Will try grape juice next.

Spot my pearlies...

Hi everyone! Can you spot my white pearlies??? =D



This was taken before he was fed porridge just a moment ago!

So far these are the majority of the purees he has tried on his weaning diet.

Avocado
Butternut squash
Apple
Pear
Sweet Potato
Potato
Sweet Baby Vegetables
Pasta in Tomato & Ham Sauce

The cereals:
Oatmeal
Barley
Brown Rice
Si Sen Powder with ikan bilis

And he's being introduced to carrot and fish for the first time in his porridge today!

His many expressions...

Sulky look....???? Grouchy Look???? Grumpy Look????

U name it...



Sorry for the shakes as i was filming with one hand and trying to prevent kyan's hand swiping at me with my other hand!

Tough job! *sweats*

Dreaded stuffs....kyan is learning to crawl!

My menses reported in full force yesterday. I was taken by surprise since i thought breastfeeding will delay menses, but i was wrong! Sianzation. I was haunted by the dreaded cramps again! No wonder i was feeling so tired the days prior to this visit of my "da yi ma". Took a day off today since i don't think i can work with this tiredness and crappy cramps.

Even though my milk supply did drop but i guess its still manageable in that sense, since kyan is not drinking that much, and i still have some freezer stocks left. But this little boy is still as naughty as ever, refuse to drink milk, and now worse, refuse to eat also! Sometimes really can vomit blood lor!

Bought Bellamy's toothiepegs and the heinz cookie to mix with his usual milk. Aiya, whatever new thing to try just try la....don't know what he likes also...don't want to eat and don't want to drink don't know what he wants lor.

Ok some updates about this little one. His two bottom front white pearlies have popped up. So cute. I wanted to take a photo of his new pearlie whites but no chance. He won't open his mouth unnecessarily u know. Oh speaking of which, if he doesn't want to eat or drink he will shut his mouth so tight it was impossible to insert the spoon in. And he bites...and bites...hard at the spoon (as the teething causes his gums to be itchy) so i got the Tollyjoy rubber spoon and not the plastic one. Safer and softer for him to bite on.

He is now into crawling too, not forwards but backwards. He pushed his body back and forth several times. This is his favourite for the time being. Sometimes he tries to move in front and end up like he's "swimming"...hehe...but eventually he crawled backwards...he can also sit unassisted for quite some time.

And he now has preferences. You give him two toys he chooses the one he likes...he will grab the things you are holding or try to touch your face. If he is so attached to something, like his bolster, you better don't try snatching away cos you have no chance. He grabs it with the might of his awesome little strength. He will do a swipe at your face or uses his fingers to scratch you. Ouch!

Here's the video of him pushing his body back and forth, back and forth....and rotated his body in a roundabout fashion....