How time flies! Baobei turns 5 months tomorrow! =)
She is very interactive and communicates with us more readily now... when we call out her name, she will turn to us and smile at us... when she sees people or things she likes, she will chuckle and sometimes squeal in delight! =) She also learns to make kissing/smooching sounds or goldfish shapes with her mouth now, never fails to make us laugh!
MIL said yesterday, DIL and she brought Baobei out for lunch at Harbourfront... Baobei was in a very good mood... she smiled and squealed at even total strangers in the lift... she's like me, very scared of warm surroundings, so she enjoyed herself in the air-conditioned shopping centre =) DIL showed us the pics of her smiling and having fun... there was 1 pic of her holding a glass of cold water n holding it close to her mouth... MIL said she nearly drank the water n enjoyed the touch of the cold cup! haha! When she came back, she kept sticking her tongue, MIL deduced she must have learnt this from people she met in the dae...
Brought her for her jabs (2nd dose of routine DPT n Polio vaccines n the optional Pneumococcal vaccine) last Wed, 22 Oct. She oso had her last dose of the optional Rotavirus oral vaccine... We had not fed her the fever medicine from her 1st jab last month (thankfully), but Dr Ng warned this 2nd dose might cause her fever... alas, we found her restless n tired after the jabs... her body oso felt slightly warm to our touch... took her temperature but no indication of fever... however, we still gave her fever medicine, just 2b on the safe side... after the medicine n a bit of rest, she appeared normal and active again! *phew*
Below is a pic of her taken during my DIL's 53rd bdae, when Baobei was 4mth 14 daes old =) She's actually smiling! (must be MIL trying to make her laugh cos she was not looking at the camera...)
This is the 1st time both Dearie & me don't regret returning from our holidays... In the past, on the last day of our holidays, both of us would be sad at how time seemed to fly when we had fun and wished that time would just stop and we did not need to return... But this time, we actually look forward to coming back!
Touched down Singapore at around 2350hrs on 22 Oct 08... took cab home and quickly went to sleep so that early next morning, we could fetch our darling girl back from my in-laws =) Felt very relieved that I could finally use my Medela Pump! In Tokyo, the voltage differs and I couldn't use the pump at all... had to rely on my fingers to do the work... very tiring... =(
Charlotte took a while to warm up to Dearie, guess it was because he hadn't seen her for nearly 2 weeks... She seems to have grown so much since I left for Tokyo on 17 Oct 08! She has more facial expressions now and smiles more readily at us... Her neck is also sturdier now and she can hold her head for a substantial period of time while we hold her facing forward...
Brought her back home... again, she took a while to familiarise herself, after staying with my in-laws for nearly 2 weeks... She seems to have attachment issues, fearing we will leave her again... cos when we put her down even to change her diapers (which she used to like a lot), she will cry her head off! Only when we carry her close to us again, will she calm down...
Oh no... hope we can give her the re-assurance that this will be our 1st and last holiday without her! Next holiday will surely be taken with her (albeit it could be many years down the road)... but both of us really missed her even though we had fun spending time together in Tokyo during our 5 days there...
After 1 week of absence, Dearie n me finalli met in Tokyo! =)
Dis is my 1st time on a plane alone! Felt so 'independent' and 'more adult'... haha! Dearie had packed most of my clothes in his luggage whn he left for US for his conference... so me onli packed my daily essentials n pump (both the Medela electricity operated dual pump n Pigeon battery operated indiv pump)...
Dearie had selected an aisle seat for me on UA flight, so more convenient in going to restrooms... to my horror, the Pigeon pump didnt work 4me! Tried several ways but jus wun work effectively... so resorted to using hands... v v tiring... nt effective in draining too, onli managed to relieve them... so during each toilet break taken, my fingers wil go to work...
Me touched down @ Narita Airport 1hr earlier than Dearie n waited 4him near the Arrival Hall... whn his plane finalli touched down (10 mins' delay), waited 4him for nearli an hour... started to panick, cos worried wld hv missed him... then cot sight of a passenger who jus got out n his luggage was tagged wif a UA tag, asked him if his was Dearie's flight, he said yes! PHEW! so relieved, dat we hvn missed each other! Then saw Dearie come out! So happi 2c him after 1 whole week! =)
Tdy is our 2nd dae in Tokyo... jus came back fr shopping @ Akibahara (paradise to Dearie), gonna turn in soon... timing here is 1 hour earlier of Singapore time... tmr is more shopping @ Shibuya n Ginza (collecting my reserved items @ Burberry)...
Missing Baobei... hope catch her on webcam tmr, cos by the time we came back tonite, she's oredi asleep...
This week has not been a good week 4me... Mon experienced severe pain n milk refused to come out no matter wat methods me use to relieve the pain... warm, cold compresses... massages... milk stil refused to come out... as it was onli 1 side, there were obvious differences in the amount of milk collected in both bottles after each express session... felt realli sad n demoralised, realli felt like giving up... cos it was realli painful, cried... *sobz*
@ 1st, thot after a few daes, the pain wil subside n the milkflow wil resume to normal... but the pain stil remains n got worse... finalli on thur, decided to call Dr Lui... he referred me to the bfeeding consultant, Sister Kang, @ MAH... she said nt engorgement (as wld happen to both sides), but blocked ducts... she said nid to drain it else wld get infection... she pressed down on the blocked gland n massaged (PAIN!!!!), thn pressed all the way down.... thn she hand-expressed into a bottle... dis took quite a while... she managed to clear the major blocks but me stil nid to clear the minor blocks myself every 3 hrs (following her methods)... she oso told me to watch out for fever cos wld b a sign of infection or worse, mastitis.
The next dae in office, stil experienced pain n milkflow stil felt blocked... followed her method but stil super painful... complained to my female colligs n tears jus flowed down whn they showed concern n understood (as they went thru b4 too)... @ abt 4pm, felt feverish n giddy... went back 2c Dr Lui who upon consulting Sister Kang, prescribed me antibiotics, fever medicine n pills to relieve the pain n swelling... he oso gave me a prescription to get over @ MAH, in case me decided to stop bfeeding... he sorta chided me 4 seeing him @ the last minute... sighz... thot me cld relieve it myself ma...
Realli hope the pain wil subside n milkflow wil resume to normal... *pray hard*
This clip was taken today =) Baobei is 4 months 10 daes oredi! Very fun n happy 2c her growing n responding to us each dae...
She doesnt mind playing on her tummy these daes oredi... in the 1st few months when Dearie put her on her tummy, she disliked it a lot n wld cry... but nw, whn she's trying to turn over, we wil gif her a helping hand, n turn her over on her tummy... she wil raise her head high n look @ us (oohing n ahing @ her efforts)... mebbe cos she's exerting alot of strength in keeping her head high, she will make a lot of sounds too...
As Dearie is away in US, his sis posted this clip on You-Tube so dat he could view it whn he touches down... sure Dearie wil miss Baobei alot... cos Dearie is away, Baobei's staying over @ my in-laws n me wil go over in the dae-time 2c her... Dearie wil b transiting in Tokyo on his way back on Sat, n me wil b flying over to meet him for a 5d get-away in Tokyo! =)
Baobei's having cradle cap and she tends to perspire alot, which makes the cradle cap worse... We followed Dr Ng's advice of applying olive oil on her hair n using brush to brush her cap, which would remove the flakes... it did help abit, but as her infant hair is oso dropping n leaving white patches around the back of her head, we thot might as well gif her a proper haircut on her 4th month =), hopefully her cradle cap wil go off n her hair wil grow nicer...
We brot her to Harbourfront for the haircut... it was her 1st time having a haircut (cos on her 1st month, we onli snipped off some of her hair)... she did not like it @ all! she cried n fussed n screamed... aiyo... took us n the hairdresser a long time to calm her down... she din like the rubber coat around her n me, nor did she like the hairdresser touching her... in between the cut, me had to bring her in n out of the shop to calm her down while Dearie n MIL tried to distract her wif toys...
Finally it was over... she looked different n fresher wif shorter hair =) Dearie said she looked like a xiao3 he2 shang4... me flipz...
Before her haircut
After her haircut (eyes still red from the crying)
