Second haircut~Recent Updates

Thank goodness Kyan has recovered from the massive attacks since last week. It has been a rather tough week for all of us. But this naughty boy is still up to his usual tricks....he doesn't seem able to suck out milk smoothly from the teat, making those "tock tock" sounds here and there and the milk still stays almost the same level 10 mins later *insert expressionless mode here* If he wants to drink, the milk bottle will be emptied in 5mins flat.

Baby K is reaching 8 months very soon!! Fast right....he is very fast in his actions too...crawling and rolling here and there. Most of the times he managed to sit himself upright from a lying position in his playpen.

This is one video of him crawling....notice his attempt at a "banana split" during the start of the video (haha)



We brought him for a second haircut at hwa xia @ Harbourfront last Sat cos his hair has become too long. He has been sweating very often.



I am on leave today! Decided to make some purees for Kyan involving the apricot as i have decided to introduce to Kyan today. I had to go to Nature's Farm and get the dried apricots which are un-sulphured.
1) Porridge with apricot and apple. I mixed bellamy's baby porridge which i cooked with BM and blend together with the apricot and apple. Kyan seems to like it.
2) Apple, Pear and Apricot puree. Made 3 portions and freeze them
3) The other day i made the trio of vegetables puree (pumpkin, parsnip and carrots). Freeze 4 portions.

Going to try sweetcorn and chicken next. Exciting!

Annabel karmel's website offers very good recipes. Try it!

Today is my first attempt at bringing little boy out alone (to Compasspoint), and boy, it was tiring cos i had to carry him in the carrier and it was a strain on my shoulders (painful...sobz...i think i must have sprained some nerve way before as i had problem with shoulder pain since long time back). I wonder how am i going to do this again....

The first time Kyan became so sick...

Poor kyan has been attacked by the many viruses since last Wed.

Mummy is sick along with him as well, with a cough and sore throat plus a bit of a running nose. She is on MC today.

We brought him to see a GP nearby but his medicine doesn't seem to work.

He is still sick as of today, and it has been nearly one week with the viral infections.

First was a fever and mild cough + abit of blocked nose which started last Thurs. Symptoms were displayed on Wed. We bought him to see the GP early morning. His fever persisted till the next day and his cough worsened as well. Poor boy has mucus flowing down whenever he sneezed and was sniffing terribly. We thought the medicine didn't help so we brought him back to see the same GP who this time round, prescribed antibiotics.

The next day (sat), poor boy actually threw up at 11am+, TWICE within an interval of just about 5 to 10mins apart. Kun and i freaked out cos it was alot, so we called up my mum and was advised that maybe the antibiotics caused him to throw up the phlegm as well, so it should be ok. At night he had red swollen eyes and we were worried if he's allergic to the antibiotics, so we decided to monitor the condition till the next day.

P/s. I wish to thank my mum who came over to help in the afternoon.

On Sunday, thank goodness his eyes were ok, but we had a new problem. He had diahorrea! Ogh gosh what happen?? We continued to monitor the situation and by evening, kyan threw up again. This time we were determined to bring him straight to KKH.

The doctor at KKH (young lady) checked kyan's throat and said it was red. She asked us to stop the antibiotics (which actually can cause diahorrea) but continue with the nose drops the GP prescribed, along with some new medicine (for phlegm, wind in stomach - yes kyan has alot of wind in his tummy...).

Today is Tuesday and his cough doesn't get better even after taking all those medicine. In fact it worsened. Poor boy was coughing till his face showed lines of discomfort, breathlessness and exhaustion. He had breathing difficulties and a wheezing sound whenever he coughs and breathes. We decided to bring him to Dr Teoh immediately.

Now he's sleeping after drinking 120ml of milk plus the medication that Dr Teoh prescribed. Dr Teoh had to nebulize the poor boy as his cough and breathing is quite bad.

Mummy is upset and heartbroken seeing him like that =( Pray the little boy will recover soon.

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!