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... =.=

Daddy & Daughter

EG loves to talk to his daughter. Since now Eunice can lift up her head quite steadily, we let her have her tummy time on her playgym often to further strengthen her neck muscle.

One day when EG was talking to his precious again, I thought it looked very cute and I took our camera and snapped a few pics. I was trying to get one clear picture but Eunice kept moving.

When I download the pictures last night, funnily the pictures can form a sequence of some form of story. I posted in facebook and put some funny captions. But here, I'll let your imagination go wild on what are the conversation between daddy & daughter. :)




I love the last pic the most. Eunice is smiling. It's so nice. As if she enjoys talking to her daddy so much. :)

I just love to see how this loving daddy spending time pampering his daughter. :)

Sleep Train Adventure II

Eunice is now 3 months old. Time really flies. But I always feel that she has been with us for really long...

We're spending a lot of time with her after work to catch up what we've lost while she's at babysitter and we're working. :)... And now we're better in "controlling" her and reading her signs to meet her needs - either she's hungry / wet diaper / sleepy / etc - to make her a happy baby. :)

However, sleeping her is still a challenge as she'll fuss before she sleeps though she's really sleepy. We tried to find all info in internet and found out babies need to wind down before they sleep, and the winding down process is the tough one that makes them fuss.

Babysitter taught us a way to let her sleep on her tummy during her naps. Eunice didn't like it before she went to babysitter but I dunno how they can make her like it again. :P... So we did that and she really sleeps very well.

We also noticed that we can sleep her easier at night during weekdays. Later we found out that if Eunice has enough naps, it'll be easier to sleep her at night as she's not over-tired. Besides that, we also found out this little pampered cutie pie needs air cond to sleep! Gosh.... even babysitter told us the same thing - she said Eunice will fuss and be restless if there's no aircond for her to sleep.

So, we moved her playpen from the living room to our study room so that we can on the 1HP aircond for her when she naps (instead of the 2HP aircond in the living room - save cost! :P). Besides, it's also more convenient for us as we can watch tv or do some housework while she's sleeping in the study room... EG is extra happy with this decision because he can surf net in the study room with air cond while his precious is taking her nap.

We recently bought Lampe Berger Eucalyptus essential oil to help Eunice with her running nose. And somehow she can sleep better now. Not sure if it's because of the oil, or because she had enough rest during day time. Also, we read that a 3 months old baby needs 10-11 hours of sleep at night. That means Eunice needs to sleep by 9pm till 7.30am the next day. So instead of sleeping her at 10.30pm+ previously, now we'll sleep her around 9.30pm to make sure she has enough sleep.

If she's in good mood, and no over simulation, and she's wind down, EG will be able to sleep her in 30 minutes, but it'll take longer for me because Eunice will look for my breasts for comfort... =.=. But we're trying to make this routine fix so that she'll get used to the time. So far it works well.

However, she still doesn't sleep through the night. She'll wake up 1-2 times for feed (that's still OK) but sometimes she'll wake up and starting talking / shouting - expecting ppl to play with her... that's hard on us... but thank God that it doesn't happen everyday (**pray hard**)...

Besides that, my electricity bill also almost went up double since we on it earlier for her to sleep earlier, and can't off it too early as if it's too hot, the cutie pie will wake up and complain and end up no one can sleep... =.=

Bottlefeed vs Breastfeed Part II

Follow up from the previous entry.

When we picked up Eunice from the babysitter few weeks ago, babysitter told us that every Monday, Eunice will protest whenever they bottlefeed her with breastmilk. But of course after a while she'll give in and drink on the following days. However, thinking about her crying for my breasts while feeling hungry breaks my heart.

So, I told EG we have to try to bottlefeed her during the weekends in the day time.

And so we did.

Initially, the little cutie pie will CRY~~~ but later on she'll suck on well. Then later we found out that she will only drink well when she's VERY HUNGRY. So, we always make sure that she's really hungry before we fed her in bottle. And also, everytime after her feed, she'll look at EG with her two big eyes - as if she got cheated big time. EG had to apologize to her many times and explain to her that bottlefeeding is to help her better when she goes babysitter on Monday.


Later on, it gets easier and easier to bottlefeed Eunice. And EG the daddy also developed his skills to bottlefeed her better. He'll cool her down, sing to her, praise her saying she's a good and smart girl, and burp her in between if she can't drink well. Slowly, Eunice has developed trust over EG and now, she'd smile to EG after feed - at least that means she's happy and contented. :)


Everytime when EG feeds her, I will try to hide everywhere in the house so that she won't see me. Whenever she wakes up from her nap, I'll have to call EG to pick her up if she fusses and prepare the milk beforehand so that EG can feed her straight away, and she won't see me and she won't ask for my breasts.

One Sunday, we tried to bottlefeed her before we went church, but she didn't want to drink (guess she wasn't hungry yet). So fine. I wasn't very happy coz I didn't want to throw away my 4.5oz of precious breastmilk and I brought the bottle out in case she's hungry within an hour. And viola, the little one started to fuss when we're reaching church. And I thought since EG has been bottlefeeding her for the past few weekends, she should be more accustomed to bottle so I stuffed in the bottle for her and expect her to suck and drink.

BUT... she didn't! :(... She only sucked for 1 second, then pushed out the teat with her tongue, making some unhappy noise, then turned her face towards my breast. :(... In the end, I had no choice and let EG fed her with bottle in church while I went down to car park to bring up her stroller (and because of this he skipped his prayer meet) and the little monster finished all the milk!

So now because EG has been meeting her needs to feed her during weekends day time, Eunice has officially became a daddy's girl...

And I think Eunice misses her daddy very much on Monday because babysitter told me Eunice cried a lot on Monday... :( .. and asked if we keep holding her during weekends... :P

And her daddy misses her like crazy especially on Mondays since he has been feeding her during the weekend...

And mummy is very jealous because she can't bottlefeed her baby.... and she feels that Eunice is more attached to her daddy now.... hmm....