BabyLo, congratulations you have finally discovered your hands and are making great uses of them. To much of our relief, you have made better uses of your hands, rather than just letting them fly everywhere, you are now starting to grab things and best of all, you can hold your little fists to your mouth to self-settle yourself when you are hungry. This is just great, even when you are throwing tandrums that we are bringing food to you too slow or when everyone is to busy to please you, you will just stuff your whole fist in your mouth and start sucking to soothe yourself. Life is so much better now, MummyLo and DaddyLo can just put you in your cot to sleep while you are awake, and you will self-settle yourself to sleep. It's almost like a miracle to see you going to sleep by yourself without chucking a whinge beforehand.
The baby nurse has measured you today, you are now 6.4kg(with clothes,61.5cm in length and 38.2cm head circumference. The baby nurse said you are doing really well, and for some reason she always adds "Your boy is growing really well,you should be proud" or "You should be very happy" to every sentence. No matter what we were talking about. Do I look depressed or is that just some sort of encouraging words to every breastfeeding mothers. I mean, of course I am happy to see you growing well, but I thought that is the minimal requirement to raise a child. MummyLo has been reading a book called "Staying Mum - what your mum forgot to tell you and your best friends never dared" by Mara Lee. The book talks in a very humourous way about how she is coping with her new born. In every checkup, we have to bring a "blue book" which is the baby medical record book. The author likens the "blue book" being like a report card for mums, and everytime you are judged of how good a mum you are based on the rate that your child is growing. If that was the case, perhaps MummyLo score a pretty good report card since you are putting on two times as much weight as you should per week. The baby nurse was more worried about me than you. She was concerned that I am not eating enough and you are taking everything from me. Trust me, I eat lots but since you came, I have been eating so fast that perhaps indigestion was more of a problem. Once MummyLo and DaddyLo took you with us to a sushi bar and we ended up finishing 12 dishes in 15mins because you started wailing halfway and we were forced to stuff all the dishes down in split seconds.
This week, we are also starting you on the bottle so it will be easier to take you out. Every time, we have to battle with you as you struggle to take the bottle, eventually hunger overtakes and less than willingly, you will take the full 120mls.
I must say that by this week, you are a very good boy at night. Sleeping at around 11pm at night, wake up at 3am and 7am most times to have a feed, so MummyLo is not really having sleep-deprived nights anymore.
As for now, you have just gone to bed, so should I too.
Oh, and for all those potential dad out there who may have beingdadphobia, here is a quick guide to "how to enjoy life while still being a great dad" from daddyLo.
The essential baby-holding position to learn.
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