Happy Meal Day!

I'm SO happy today!

Yes! I'm lovin' it~

Although milk intake wasn't THAT good... At least he had 18oz today... Very minimum~

BUT!

Tyler did a FANTASTIC job with solids today! *clap clap*

He had at least 3tbsp of Banana Pear Yogurt for lunch after 2oz of milk.
(1tbsp of plain Yogurt, 1 cube of Pear puree and 1 small Banana)
This is the 2nd day I've given him yogurt and he seems to love it!! I had to feed him in lightning speed cos he gulp down so fast! It took me about 10 mins to finish feeding him... =)

For dinner tonight, he had 1/2 of a rice bowl of pureed Pumpkin Porridge after 5oz of milk!
(1 cube Pumpkin puree, 1 tsp white rice, 1 tbsp brown rice mix, ikan bilis/soybean stock)
I know he loves porridge and I sure hope he will keep loving the dish!

I don't even know how to describe my joy when I see Tyler polish off the food I've prepared for him... Hopefully he'll establish solids real soon and start to love and appreciate food like Mummy & Daddy do~ Then I can practice and improve my culinary skills!

Amazed!!

My Oriental Baby

Little Tyler has a tooth emerging from his lower gums~

I reckon that was why for the past week his milk intake was significantly low. I literally had to fight with him every single feed. Looks like I've worried and got upset for nothing! Feel quite bad for treating him like the way I did when what he needed was Mummy's *TLC~ ;)

For the past couple of days, Tyler had been having porridge (with ikan bilis and soy bean stock) for dinner. I'll mix in a cube of frozen pureed pumpkin, carrot or brocolli in it. So far, he's loving it!! Usually, he'll devour at least 2 to 3 tablespoons! That's vast improvement in terms of solids on our end! Keep it up, lil one!!

I'm thinking he's a very Chinese boy (just like his Daddy) since he doesn't fancy cereal that much as compared. He likes, pear and banana too! Going to let him try some Avocado next week! Thinking of all the different menus I can put up for Tyler! How exciting!!

I've also gotten to feeding him water or steamed water from fruits with spoon during solid meals. Well, most of it got spilled out from his mouth for sure. But he's learning!! Today, he tried steam apple water... I should've had a camera in hand... He made a "sng sng" sour face completed with the "sng sng" sour shudder! LoL~ It was so funny!! Lakshmi (my help) and me couldn't stop giggling at him... hehe~

Speaking of which, while I feed him solids, in between few mouthful, it'll be a spoonful of liquid/water. Sometimes, he starts to clamp shut his mouth for the solids... But then I say, "WATER~" he will open his mouth for the drink!! I was very very amazed and impressed that my boy can comprehend this word! I'm happy with his development so far... I'll be looking forward to and waiting for more surprises!

*TLC: Tender Loving Care

Tyler is 6 Months Old~

Baby Tyler is 6 Months Old!

Milestones: 

• Able to flip over and back
• Able to sit like a tripod for a few moments
• Able to reach out for his toys
• Able to display unhappiness when toy is being taken away
• Laughs out loud during play time
• Talks out loud too
• Trying very hard to crawl
• Sings when he's sleepy

Mealtime:

• Currently putting Tyler in sling to be able to walk and swing about while he drinks milk (worked well initial week... getting bad once again and I seriously am out of ideas) 
• Merely 15 to 20oz a day.
• Taking about 2teaspoons of puree with baby rice for lunch.
• Taking about 1tablespoon of baby rice with veges or fruits. 
• (Doesn't like to sit in high chair... Only feed well when being held on lap.)
• Love baby rusk & finished the whole piece! But it's full of sugar, so I'll try not to give him so often.

Sleep:

• Still requires nap of about an hour every 2hour or so wake time.
• Gets sleepy by 6.30pm but getting difficult to settle as he still wants to play.
• Toss and turn to tummy down (very worrying initially... had to keep an eye every so often just to check that he's breathing)

6 Months Check:
Dr T is still worried about the amount of milk he's taking. Being 20oz as the minimum standard. Also, his weight gain is not ideal. (I AM VERY STRESS!!!) He's healthy and happy... (I'm not!) I'll try to encourage more solids. He was playing, shouting and laughing so loudly in the Dr's office while playing with the nurse! She was swinging him towards a string of hanging toy birds... However much he's like me, this part about birds is definitely not from my end! So, he was given 2nd dose of Rota virus and also a combo shot of Hep B, etc. He screamed with pain for about 5secs and stopped to a 3sec whimper after I picked him up.

Weight: 8.14kg
Height: 69.5cm

Am sick and tired of listening to useless advise about feeding and telling me not to worry. (If he's your kid, will you not worry?! URGH!!!) No constructive answers to my problems. Nothing's ever gonna get better... it'll only get worse! No use praying because it I have no faith anymore~ it's been 4 months! I'm tired... physically and mentally... Realley tired~