Felt a sudden sharp pain (@ my sides) in my back aft my shower ydae... was squatting down to pick up strands of hair on the floor when me felt sharp jabs of pain in my back when trying to get up... Dearie asked if me nid to go A&E, given itz Sun n most clinics were closed... told him no nid to, cos din wanna bring Baobei to hospital unnecessarily... he said could drop her @ my in-laws' b4 going A&E... but me din wan... so decided to rest more n monitor the situation...
Dis morn, stil v painful, esp whn me tried getting up fr bed.. oso had probs walking... Dearie had to support me... had to get over the initial sharp pains b4 the pains became more bearable n me could walk properly, albeit stil unnaturally... Baobei seems to noe me in pain, she din fuss as much whn Dearie carried her... cos usualli Dearie had trouble pacifying her cries, but last nite n dis morn, she was ok wif Dearie pacifying her!
As usual, we dropped Baobei @ my in-laws' dis morn, b4 Dearie brot me to the clinic (he took urgent leave tdy)... Doc Tan said my backache could hv been a result of nt enuff rest, he deduced so fr my sleep pattern daily (waking up @ 0530 on weekdaes n 0700 on weekends n sleeping @ 2200+ daily)... he oso advised me nt to wake up to breastfeed Baobei in the middle of the nites, so Dearie said he would bottle-feed her.... gonna b taxing for Dearie, until my back gets betta @ least... Dr Tan said to observe for 1-2 weeks, if my backache does nt go off then, wil nid to go c him again... (kips fingers crossed wil get betta then, in time for our Tokyo trip fr 18-22 Oct)
Given 2d mc to rest @ hm, instructed to lie in bed, to relieve my back muscles... Dr Tan gave me medicine for fever/pain n hyperacidity... Dearie oso made sure me rested in bed, n on standby wheneva me nid to move ard... MIL oso offered to let Baobei sleep over @ her plc tonite, so dat me can ample rest... =)
Actualli dis is nt the 1st time me hv backache... in the past, had sneezed too hard n resulted in backache too!
we did not shave Baobei's hair during her 1st month as we didnt bear to do so, given her nice crop of hair... nw dat she is 3.5 months old, she is dropping her baby hair... whn we carry her outta her cot aft her sleep, we can see some strands of her hair cot in her pillow... there r now abt 2 white patches on her head, think resulted from the dropping of her hair... sad but MIL said itz ok, as baby hair, or tai1 mao2, wil fall off gradually n new hair wil grow back... me hv oso seen some babies wif a white trail around their head, think most prob oso resulting fr dropping of baby hair...
nt jus Baobei's dropping hair... me oso dropping hair... whn me run my fingers thru my hair, a few strands of my hair wil get cot among my fingers... sometimes as many as 5... quite scary... normally, me wil oso drop hair, esp during showers, but nt so easily as nw jus by running my fingers thru my hair... sighz... my colligs said dropping hair aft delivery is normal, hair wil grow back... but stil... Dearie said nvm, my hair is thick enuff to withstand the dropping n hair loss is nt too alarming... but stil... =(
Decided to try the look-alike meter again 4 Baobei @ 3 months...
Results... Ta-Da...
Brought Baobei for her 3rd month check-up tdy... as Dearie has been v bz this month, we hv been postponing her appointment thrice, fr 1 Sep (her 3rd month) to 10 Sep (Dearie's bdae off) to finalli tdy, a Sat... purposely timed her feed jus b4 her visit so dat she'll b in her best mood n cooperate during the check-up...
Baobei has nw grown to 63.5cm and weighs 5.9kg. =) Her head circumference nw measures 41cm... Dr Ng asked abt her feeds, told him 120ml every 3.5hrs... he said ok... thn asked wat milk, told him still breastmilk... he said gd =) he said Baobei is growing well n responding well...
Baobei realli cooperated during her body check-up... Dr Ng moved a toy in front of her from right to left n she followed the movement intently =) Dr Ng 'probed' her body here n there n she din resist @ all =) While Dr Ng administered the jabs, Dearie distracted her attention wif a musical toy, she was v interested in the toy until she felt the pain n she cried... poor ger! but upon carrying her up n coaxing her, she calmed down v fast =) told her she's our brave little ger =) she had 3 jabs tdy, the routine DPT n Polio vaccines n the optional Pneumococcal vaccine... we oso let her hv the optional Rotavirus oral vaccine... Dr Ng said the 2 routine jabs tdy might gif her slight fever, nt lasting more than 2 daes, so he oso prescribed fever medicine 4 Baobei... nid to watch her temperature closely for the nxt few daes...
Jus carried Baobei n had my cheek touch her forehead... felt it quite warm... told Dearie, he took her temperature n said no fever lah... said itz me being paranoid aft hearing wat Dr Ng said dis morn... hee... me starting 2b a paranoid mummy liao =(
Baobei has a strong grip =) ydae, we decided to remove her mittens during dae time so dat she can move her fingers freely n touch things around her... trimmed her nails while she was sleeping (dun dare to trim her nails whn she's awake...)She has so much fun wif her hands!1) When we feed her, she wil place her hands on the milk bottle, as if trying to hold it... but of course, her grip is not strong enuff yet...2) Whenever she has the chance, she will stuff her whole hand into her mouth... Dearie's aunt said if she sucks her thumb, she likes her daddy.... if she sucks her index finger, she likes her mummy... but she sucks all her fingers! it means she likes everybody, fr daddy to mummy to grandparents etc... haha3) She holds the rattle firmly in her hand n shakes it enthusiastically, n chuckling @ the same time! in the past, she can onli wave her hands about, n brushing stuff in the process, but ydae she managed to grab it n shake it! she wil smile @ us when the rattle sounds when she shakes it! 4) She particularly likes to listen to music, so we bot a couple of those musical toys where we pull a string, the string will slowly retract while the toy plays music, some parts of the toy wil oso move in rhythm to the music.... her face brightens up when she sees the toy! she wil oso try to tug @ the string n hold it firmly, as if trying to activate the music... 5) She wil oso grab our fingers when we play wif her...6) Last nite, she did something realli sweet to me! =) was toking to her n she used her hand to touch my face while looking @ me! =) Felt so blessed! =)))) Realli made my dae!
tdy is our 100th mth anniversary of being together =) how time flies! Baobei has also turned 3 mths...
as usual, we had our monthly neo-cards taken last weekend.... Baobei has grown so much... she nw occupies much more space in her car seat n can turn in a clockwise direction while sleeping in her cot... dis morn, she turned 90 degrees jus 1 hr aft me put her down... one moment she was lying on her side horizontally in her cot, the nxt moment we looked @ her, she was still lying on her side, but vertically! haha! her legs n head were touching the sides of her cot oredi...
Baobei's fav sleeping position, when she is still sleeping horizontally...she has nw settled into a time table, n we try nt to disrupt her time table too much... so nw for nite activities, 1 of us wil usualli stay @ hm... but for activities like mutual frenz' weddings, MIL will take care of her @ her plc... parenthood, we mus say, is full of sacrifices, but we dun mind, seeing our little ger grow daily, interacting n smiling wif us... =))
