Timid Girl

Both EG and I think that Eunice is a timid girl.

Why? There are a few incidents proves that.

1. Eunice was looking at Daddy playing guitar, suddenly, Daddy sneezed - OK la quite loud. Next thing we know - Eunice was crying loudly!

2. Eunice was playing herself on the floor on the thin mattress. Mummy was watching tv beside her. A repairman was outside fixing the gate and he started drilling. It wasn't very loud. Eunice stopped playing, looked at Mummy. I know she's shocked as she never hear this sound before. I asked her, "Yes girl?". And she started to show me the N shape mouth and started crying!!

3. We bought Parklon playmat for her as she has hit herself few times on the floor while trying to crawl. It has a HUGE Winnie the Pooh and her friends printing on the mat. The first time we put her down the mat, she didn't dare to move! And started crying again! I had to carry her on my lap and told her many times that "See, it's pooh bear! No scared scared!" And hit the pooh a few times before she could start playing happily on the mat. =.=

4. We bought Fisher Price stacker for Eunice. It has a small duckling on top and it has rattling sound when you move the stacker. OK, it's louder than her usual toy. This girl... when we showed her the toy and make that sound, she started crying! I don't know if it's because of the duckling (the duckling is quite cute ma... =.=) or the rattling sound. I had to hide it behind the sofa. Before I brought her to sleep, EG tried again by showing her the toy. And once she saw it, she started crying again... Gosh...! We had to slowly "introduce" the new toy to her the next day. Now she can play with it well. =.=

5. We brought her to almost everywhere we go. People always comment that she's very obedient, cooperative with parents as she normally will just sit down on our lap - not moving much - and just observe her surroundings. Actually, EG and I know that she's actually scared as she doesn't recognize the place. As long as we're holding her, she'll be OK. But if we pass to someone else, she'll start crying. Once, we were @ Pr Sam's house and Pr's wife - Suzie tried to talk to her softly. After 1 minute, Eunice showed her N lips and started crying again. It's very obvious that that cry is due to fear.

There are many other times where she would jump while we cough / sneeze / someone else talked slightly louder.

I seriously wonder where she got this timid gene from. I don't think so it's from me. Must be from the Daddy then. :P

Because of this, Daddy pampers his daughter like crazy and very protective over her. That's why I always say sometimes I can see smoke from Eunice's head - because she hangus already!

Trying to crawl

I almost forgot about this. :).

I was very surprise to see Eunice @ 23wks old lifted her tummy off the ground and went on her four on one Saturday morning when I let her play with us on our bed. Later, my sister who was in Penang visiting actually took a video of her trying to crawl in her playpen while I was taking my bath.



My little one is trying to crawl. And now @ 25 wks, she is more stable on her four and she's trying to move forward. She is also trying to sit down while getting on her four.

It is such a joy to see her grow. :)

Starting on Solids

Since the day Eunice was born, I pray so hard that she'll grow up faster. I pray that she'll reach 6 months old soon so that I can take a break from breastfeeding / expressing and she'll start to eat like what we eat.

And now, Eunice is going to be 6 months old in a week time. How time flies! Now I hope the time can go slower so that I can enjoy her as a baby now.

Anyway, Dr Dan been asking me if I want to start solid on Eunice when she reached 4 months. After reading up the internet, I have decided to hold back the solid feeding till she's 6 months old to prevent any allergy. And furthermore, Eunice is on breastmilk exclusively - it should be nutritious enough for her till she reach her 6 months.

So I waited. And a week before she turned 6 months old, I have decided to start feeding her some cereal. Even so, I have read up about cereal feeding - whether to buy the instant one, or make my own homemade one. Well, in the end I went for the instant one for our conveniences in the future. There are so many brands out there - and after surveying a few rounds with EG, we have decided to get Why Not? Organic First Flavor Cereal for Eunice.


My first attempt of feeding was quite successful. To my surprise, Eunice took the feeding very well. She will lean forward eagerly to "eat" her cereal, and I followed the tips online to leave the spoon in her mouth for her to chew & swallow the cereal. To remember this special day, I took her pic after fed - so cute right? :)

And I'm glad that I got this Tommee Tippee bib. I tried feeding her in the normal cloth bib and end up the cereal is falling everywhere. And this bib is really cute, it has a pocket in front too - to "takung" all the cereal that the little one spit out. :). And it's very easy to clean it. Just wipe it and leave it there to dry. And use it again during next feed. :)



My naughty girl actually tried to grab the spoon while I'm feeding her. After I'm done feeding her, I gave her the spoon but she didn't know how to control it and she smacked it on her face. Hahaha! So I took it back.

Anyway it's a special experience feeding my little one. I'm going to try with more food on her so that she can taste the different types of food. And I'm going to get busy preparing her food then! :)

And ooohhhh, her poo got smellier after the cereal... Gosh... :).. But as long as she poo, I'm happy. Let's hope that she'll be able to take the other food well!

Happy Eunice @ 5 mths

I always pray that Eunice will stay healthy and happy all the time. For me, there's nothing more important than these. :)

Eunice is 5 months old!! :)

Baby grows amazingly fast! Everyday Eunice will do new things that will amaze both me and EG, and again she just never fails to put a smile on our face. Parenthood is so fun, and full of joy to see the little one grows!

I failed to record down her growth (not as dedicated as some other mummies)... but I'm just so happy to see her showing off her new actions everyday.

When Eunice is @ 15 wks, one night, I heard her making sound in her cot next to my bed. I woke up and thought it might be her feeding time. When I went to her cot, to my surprise, I saw her doing her neck exercise on her tummy! I was so happy that she can finally turnover. After she turns over, she gets so excited that she'll be kicking her hands & legs vigorously - as if she's swimming.

Later on, her neck got stronger and she can lift up her head really high. And for her now @ 20 wks, rolling over is a piece of cake for her. I put her at one corner of the thin mattress on the floor, the next minute, she's already on the other corner. :) ... Sometimes she just couldn't stop rolling and it makes it extra hard for me to change her diaper... =.=

For her sleeping pattern, I really thank God that Eunice has not been giving much problems. Ever since she's 3 mths, she only asked for feed once between 12am to 6am. At least I can have a stretch of 3 hours+ of sleep. Later on, it improves to 4-5 hours stretch when she's 4 mths+. And now, she has even further improved to 5-6 hours. There's once I fed her at 11.30pm and next thing when I woke up at 5.30am with hard, engorged breasts, she's still sleeping soundly in her cot. I went downstair to do my motherly duty (express) and when I came up again at 6am, my little cutie pie has already woke up and was busy playing in her cot herself, with daddy still sleeping like a pig. =.=.

Eunice has been moving a lot when she's sleeping. Thus, she always knocked her head at her cot, and she'll make a crying sound since it's quite painful. Hence, now, we covered her cot with cot bumper. I felt sad initially as I couldn't check on her easily anymore with the cot bumper covers up her cot, and also I was thinking if she'll feel scared since she can't see us also if she wakes up in the midnight, but apparently, she's doing very well in her cosy cot. She likes to pull down her cot bumper and chew them in her mouth. :P

In fact, now she puts almost everything into her mouth. I bought her a curiosity cube and she tried to put that into her mouth too. It looks really cute as I see her trying to fit the BIG cube into her small mouth, her lips touched the flat surface and then realize it can't fit. :D

And she's talking so much now! From all the goo goo sound, she now is making more syllables like aa aa.. baa baa.. daa daaa... but no maa maaa yet... EG is very happy coz he thinks his precious is calling him already... *perasan* :P

After months of thinking and discussing, we finally bought the quite-pricey bumbo chair for Eunice. We wanted to make sure she can fit inside and we brought her to try @ Peekaboo. After that, EG straight away told me that he WANTS to buy it for Eunice as she looks SO CUTE inside. :D

I'm not sure if Eunice is going to crawl soon because she can also lift up her butt while she's on her tummy. And she can turn 360 degrees in her cot. You might see her head up in her cot. After you come out from the bedroom, she might be in the head down position in her cot. Sometimes I wonder how she did it.

Anyway, this girl shouts and talks a lot at home. But when we brought her out to Pastor's house for CG 2 weeks ago, she was all quiet sitting in our arms / on our laps. Later on, we notice she's actually scared as she never smiles to anyone. And she made the noise as if she's scared when I tried to sleep her in Pastor's room after feeding - as she doesn't recognize the place. So, we called her Jaguh Kampung. :)

OK, some of the pics. But the most updated ones are definitely in facebook. Nowadays, taking her pictures is our hobby. And now I can't wait for her to reach 6 mths then she'll be starting her solid soon! Yay!! :)

Mama's Update

Today, Eunice is 4 months old officially. *grinning*

So how's mummy doing for the past 4 months?

Again, it feels like it has been >4 months. And I'm back to office for 2 months already. It really feels longer than that. :)

I remember myself searching through the wardrobe just to find some clothes that can make me look less "chubby" when I'm coming back to work. I even went and bought some new clothes since I can't fit in most of my jeans / skirts. I couldn't pull them up and they got stucked near my butt. Argh....

I used to be sad over it but then again, what can I do right? EG commented that my face has already grew as thin as pre-preg time, except for the body, esp. the middle part. Those skirts that used to be hanging on my butt last time couldn't accommodate my flabby tummy.

However, after few week back to office, I felt that my skirts are getting looser and looser. And one day, while preparing to go work, I just tried out my jeans and to my surprise, my jeans can already go all the way up! But still, button it up is a challenge. Of course I'm so happy but EG still commented that my tummy are bulging, like I'm fat! :P

Now, this morning, I saw my weight continues going down, though I have been eating like nobody's business (breastfeeding / expressing makes me feel almost hungry 24 hours! and insufficient food causes low milk supply! :P). The power of breastfeeding!

Now I'm just waiting for the day to fit in my old Levi's jeans... If I can fit it in, then I'm back to my pre-preg size... Yay! Can't wait!!

As for breastfeeding, as much as I don't like expressing milk, I think I'm getting more and more efficient in doing that. Now I can finish my job in 20 minutes. And I won't say I have a lot of supply as compare to others, but at least I have enough for my girl. That is good enough. Demand = Supply. And I have milk storage dated >2 weeks ago frozen in my freezer, and still sending some fresh ones for bbsitter to feed Eunice daily after work. I'm glad that Eunice is growing really well though she's fully on breastmilk. And having her only wake up once normally between 12am and 5am for feed really helps me in building up my supply as I have good rest... :)

Other than that, I'm doing fine as we're so used to Eunice's pattern now and we just cannot stop pampering her as like what EG always says, she's only going to be a baby once, and if you don't pamper her now, when she grows up, you'll miss all these moments.

So my lil' cutie pie, we'll still continue to hold you and rock you to sleep you everynight as long as you don't fuss for so long okie... Muaks!

**Missing my little cutie pie so much today on Monday after spending so much with with her during the weekend... hugz!

Eunice @ 3 months

Eunice is approaching 4 months old. How time flies. I'm amazed sometimes on how fast baby grows. And if only I could record them down fast enough... :)

Eunice is already 6.25kg on her 13th week when we brought her to check on her running nose. When we went back again for her 3rd month vaccination, she has put on another 300gm in a week and she's 6.55kg! I was shocked that she actually put on so much and really wonder is my breastmilk full of fats. But well, every parents will be proud that their babies are chubby, so am I.... :)... At least that means she's growing well. Moreover Eunice is on breastmilk exclusively and Paed always told us that breastfed babies will not be obese.

1. Eunice can now smile and laugh to others. She's very good in that actually, esp. if you look funny. Hehehehe... Many ppl tried to make funny faces to her and without fail, she'll smile back to them. There's once when I brought her to church, ppl (age from 30 to 60 :P) were queuing up to make faces to her to make her smile/laugh. Dr Eddie commented that she's very joyful. :)... Even when I brought her to Dr Dan for 3rd month checkup, she also smiled at Dr Dan and Dr Dan actually commented that she's so happy to be out. :).. I'm really glad that Eunice is a cheerful baby - just like what her chinese name means.

2. Her neck got stronger on her 3rd month. We let her have her tummy time often esp. on the weekend to strengthen her neck muscle. Comparing to last month, she can now hold her head much higher. But she still gets tired quite fast. :)



3. She's trying to turn. You can see her putting her legs over but her body still cant turn over fully yet. She'll try a few times, got tired, catch her breath, and lie back to her back and relax. :). Sometimes, I will help her but just pushing her a bit and voila, she's on her tummy! But bbsitter warned me not to do it many times as it might cause her to be lazy and I might need to get up to turn her over during midnight... ooppss....


4. Eunice's motor skills has developed in her 3rd month. She started to grab things using her hands and she can hold it really tight and not letting go. We normally will put her down in her rocking chair in the study room, and give her a thin blanket or lampin for her to entertain herself. She'll grab it, pull it up to cover her eyes, pull it down to see the things around her, and continue for maybe 30 minutes. Sometimes she'll scream when she lost control and couldn't pull down the blanket / lampin which covered her whole face. Then we'll help. :P... It's quite funny seeing her behaving that way as if she's playing her own hide and seek.


5. We noticed Eunice loves guitar. Whenever EG plays guitar to her, she'll be all quiet, not moving, and just staring at her daddy playing the guitar. She could just sit there quietly and stare at EG playing for >30 minutes sometimes. Even though sometimes EG is not playing the song exactly, but he's sorting out the chords, she'll still just stare at her daddy. We also found that playing guitar to her helps to wind her down esp. at night as after listening for a while, she'll yawn.


6. Eunice is getting playful. Everytime when I pick her up from babysitter, the kakak who took care of her will always tell me that "dia kuat main...". I can imagine that. She will kick her legs and swings her arms excitedly when she got excited. Sometimes when I send her to bbsitter, when they come and pick her up, she already starts smiling at them. Well, at least I know she's happy there. :)

7. She's getting more and more alert of her surrounding. And she likes to hear people talking, as in conversing. Many times I notice she'll just stare at us when I talk to bbsitter while picking her up, or when I'm talking to my friends. And the funny thing is, she'll chuckle when we laugh over some jokes. :)... And she also gets distracted easily if I talk while feeding her. Many times when I was talking to EG while feeding her before sending her to bbsitter, she'll stop sucking, but still having my nipple in her mouth, and look up to see what we're talking. Ahh.. cute, but we had to stop our conversation to make sure she's drinking well. :)

We love to see her grow everyday. And we can somehow see her personality developing along the way. And EG thinks that she's going to be like me - clumsy and not-so-gentle type of girl. Well, I don't really mind as long as she's healthy and happy. That's all I want. :)

Finally... YES to Bottlefeeding!

5th June 2010 - A day to remember - I successfully bottlefed my little cutie pie!!

I was holding her, playing with her while waiting for EG to come and feed her. While playing with her, I just tried to put the bottle into her mouth and told her... "Hey baby, mummy feed u OK?"

To my surprise, she started sucking! Even EG was shocked. And both of us kept really really quiet while she's drinking, thinking she might suddenly "realise" that it's MUMMY feeding her... and she finished ~5oz of milk!

So, I tried again during the weekend. And without fail, she's taking bottles from me very very positively. And she can drink really well now without throwing tantrum! Previously bottlefeeding her is always something that really stresses me out because she'll cry cry cry, and I can hear EG trying so hard to pacify her, and she'll continue to cry cry cry, and end up threw away some of my milk - my hard worked expressed milk. =.=

So, both me and EG are very happy with her "performance" last week. And I hope next week she'll continue to be an angel like this. :D

And from last weekend onwards, daddy got lazy to bottlefeeding his precious since mummy can do a good job too... hmm... =.=