Tyler is 4 Months Old

My precious little one is 4 month old today!

Tyler "reading" Adventures of Peter Rabbit

He's always trying to pull himself up with anything he can get his hands one... Tiki and me were saying, he'll probably get 6-pack abs very soon with all the "sit-ups" he's doing all day long! He's learning to sit even before he can turn! haha...

Still very very obsessed with sucking his fingers... Every opportunity he gets, you'll see his fingers in his mouth! He starts putting toys into his mouth too! Gets really frustrated when he cannot suck well on the toys! haha...

Yum Yum!!

I'm not sure why, but Tyler is getting less chatty nowadays... I'm guessing because most of the time, his fingers are in his mouth or he's figuring how to put them in... Producing more saliva and starts to drool a little... Or perhaps it's due to his saliva... *Shrug*

Tyler's getting really playful!! He laughs out loud when we play peek a boo and other games with him... It's so funny and I'll laugh along with him... He loves to see me smile (vice versa), he shows his widest gummy smile when I do... hehehe... It makes everything all worthwhile!! hehe~

He is still not able to take long naps... Usually starts crying after 30 to 45mins... It's not easy to calm him down... I can see that he still wants to sleep... He'll only be able to fall asleep in my arms... But when I try to put him back in his cot, he'll yell and cry again... Sigh... I wonder when he'll start learning to nap on his own... Cos I feel it's also part of the reason he doesn't feed that well...

BUT! He is improving a little on his feeds... about 4 to 6oz each time for 5 times a day... I'm happy about it! Hopefully he'll keep this up!! I'm gonna trial on Nutroplex Multivits with Lysine this couple of days... But he hates it! Spits everything out when I give it to him... His tastebuds are sensitive, spits out any "foreign" flavours everytime! hehehe... Dr T is a little concern about the amount of milk he's taking, which makes me worry somewhat... Then again, as long as I get wet nappies, nice poo poo and a Happy Baby, I'm satisfied!! =) I don't want to stress myself or Tyler again... It'll drive me nuts if I get too anxious...

Wonderful thing is, he falls asleep by 7pm... So we get some time to ourselves... I'll wake him up around 10.30pm for another feed then he'll snooze till about 6 to 7am in the morning...

Tyler has his 2nd dose of DTP1/PV1/Hib today... Did a good job once again!! Screamed for 5secs this time and stopped! So proud of him~ =)

He took his Rotavirus vaccine last week when we went to see Dr T regarding his milk intake... This time we didn't feed him milk beforehand, I guess he was thirsty, so he took in the vaccine easily...

Tyler's growth rate of both height and weight lies in the 50 percentile... His head circumference tho is in the 10 percentile... I was a little worried, but he's developing well... Perhaps he just has smaller head...

Tyler's Weight: 7.2kg
Tyler's Height: 64cm

Chilly Bangkok

This couple of days, weather in Bangkok is absolutely Wonderful!!
Temperature around 18 to 20ºC... I love this weather.... So cooling!!!

We had to let Tyler wear a beanie before heading out

Tyler's been doing alot of sit-ups and crunches recently! Looks like he can't wait to get up by himself...
He tries to grab my fingers and pull himself up all the time!


On Friday morning, he was lying next to me after his morning feed, chatting with me and Daddy... All of a sudden he pulled himself halfway up! Both me and Tiki were shocked!! haha... Tyler actually grabbed our comforter with both his hands and tried to pull himself up! Then when he couldn't get up, he started to whine and get frustrated... hahaha... 


Brought him to take his Visa Picture in the afternoon... He didn't need much support on his neck this time as compared to the time when he took his passport photo when he was barely a month old. Anyway, he kept looking down while I was holding his back until I told the lady to show him the "twinkle twinkle little stars"... We got it after a single shot!! hehe~

I can't believe that he's going to be 4 months old in 2 days' time... Time flies! I'm imagining his 1st Birthday already... hehe~

Cry it out!

This afternoon around 4pm, during nap time, I let him cry for about 15mins after he awoken... He hasn't been able to nap well recently, so I was trying out the Cry-it-out method to let him learn to fall back to sleep... It worked well once... So I tried again...

Sigh...

It was a disaster!!!

He cried very badly, so I picked him up and soothe him down... It took him awhile to calm down... he was doing the crying hics... But anyway, he calmed down eventually...

At 5.15pm, I gave him some milk...

[He's having a hard time taking milk recently too! (I had to rush to Siam Paragon yesterday just to get him new bottles and teats to try~) Walking, swinging, singing, rocking, etc are all the things I have to do each and every feed just to make him suck and swallow...]

He was doing a good job, almost finishing all 4oz of milk when suddenly he just choked and possetted EVERYTHING OUT!!! EVERY SINGLE DROP... I think it's due too all that crying causing all the wind in his little tummy to push all that precious milk out...

Consolation was he still smiled at me... it didn't seem to cause him any discomfort. In fact, I think he felt better after throwing up...

I hate myself for having to do all these things to him... I know it's part and parcel of parenthood and I have to train or trial and error many stuffs! But I get heartpain each time I see him suffer or fail...

Sorry Baby Tyler...
Mummy love you alot!!

I Dream I Scream Ice-Cream!!!

Tyler chatting with Mummy after his morning nap!

Singing Wonderful Tonight with Mummy

Tyler is 3 Months Old

My Little Boy is 3 Months Old!!

Looking at Himself at his Baby Gym

He's start slowing down on his intake of milk. I currently only feed him 6 times a day but he's only willing to drink 3 or 4oz each feed. Sigh... I try to increase the amount but Tyler is very stubborn. Whenever he doesn't want to drink, he'll spit everything out and cry~ No point in force feeding him.

Dr T said that's fine... Since he's still putting on weight at about 200gm a week. But I'm still wondering if he's getting enough nutrition...

He's not very into tummy time although he's able to lift his head and chest up for short period of time (few seconds). He will also attempt to crawl like a turtle when he's on his tummy~

He's a little chatterbox! He can hold a conversation for longer period now and he talks very loudly!! "Ang goo" is still his favourite word... simply cannot resist the way he baby talks!! SOOOOooo CUTE!!

I'm trying to make him go to bed by 8pm... And so far it's been working!! Hopefully he'll keep up this good sleep!! So that Mummy and Daddy can have nice dinner and rest... Although Tiki is quite frustrated that by the time he comes home from work, I'm already winding Tyler down and not allowing him to play with him... Only can speak for a few minutes! haha...

Tyler's Weight: 6.7kg
Tyler's Height: 62cm

Dr T gave him the Pneumococcal shot today! As usual, Baby Tyler is SO brave!! Cried for about 3 seconds while I coax him... Dr T tried to give him the Rota Virus Oral Vaccine but he possetted along with his milk. So we had to wait another 30mins to try again... BUT again he possetted! He really hates the taste, I guess... So no choice we have to do it next month instead and we don't have to pay for it again... Dr T advise was not to feed him before the next appointment to prevent him from throwing up...

Everyone kept telling me he doesn't look like he's 3 months old... more like 5 months old... I don't know if that's true... I don't believe he's a big baby though...

Mummy's Worries

I'm starting to get very paranoid and worried over the health of my baby boy...

He is able to hit most of his milestones and his neck is getting very stable... BUT!

This morning, while I was feeding him his cough mixture, he possetted everything he drank earlier... He hasn't possetted so much in awhile already...

Then, when I was reading him the morning stories he started his very congested cough! I suppose this is the aftermath of the whole H1N1 saga... sigh~

I'm just really worried!!! Don't want anymore of the scary episodes again if I can help it! You're just so small and has already gone through so much...

When I glance at his beautiful face, so cheery and innocent.... I couldn't help the heartache thinking all that he is going through and has to go through in future...

Be Healthy and Strong, My Tyler... I think Mummy needs you more than you'll ever know...

Singapore Chinese New Year Trip 2011

We were so excited to get Tyler back to Singapore!!

His First flight!
His First time stepping onto Singapore soil!
His First time meeting alot of Family and Friends...

Tyler did really well on both flights! On our way to Singapore, he slept through the flight and kept his intake of milk during take off and landing! While our way back to Bangkok, he was wide awake while we land but all was well because he was steadily swallowing milk...

We bought a Sasha Bear to mark his first flight and got the Captain to sign it!

Mummy, Papa, Esther and Family greeted us when we arrived!! They couldn't wait any longer to see Tyler! haha...

We headed back to our new apartment! This is our first time seeing it after all the renovation work! I LOVE IT! It looked beautiful! 

Met up with Delia, Roy, Lynn and Gina at Paradise Pavilion at Marina Financial Centre... Very good food!! Amazing Peking Duck!! Yums~

Chinese New Year


Reunion Lunch with my Lovelies at Peach Garden

The girls couldn't keep their hands off Tyler... haha~ VERY happy to have a really nice luncheon! I've missed them so much~ Waiting for Cheryl and Joycelin's babies to POP! Then there'll be more FUN and LAUGHTER each time we meet...

We enjoyed our Family Reunion Dinner at my Grandma's House...

初一

Tyler's First Chinese New Year

Family Portrait

太嬤 N Tyler

My Lacey N Me

On Saturday, 5th Feb, Bock and Family as well as Charles greeted us at Taste Paradise ION for luncheon... Richard really loves kids! I've never seen a boy at the age of 12 who likes babies so much! You can see it in his eyes! And Vivian too! She keeps tickling Tyler! hehe...

Esther took this Picture of Tyler while playing with him at Grandma's house... 

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It's Taste Paradise ION AGAIN for dinner on the same day! LoL... So I had YU SHENG and  Sharks Fin Soup TWICE! hahaha... This time was with Adrena and Delia...
They followed us back home then we had coffee with Ken and Audrey in Velocity until 12am!

I fell sick that night... Due to my sinus and exhuastion, I had fever...
So I saw the doc and had to stay home for 2 days to recuperate.

Ash and her family visited us on Monday afternoon! It was great to see her and the gals!! Too bad I wasn't in my best physical shape so I was not able to play much with them... Ash got her WANTS!! To feed and change Tyler!! hahaha... Tyler is the first boy she'd help to change... Sweet!

When I recovered on Monday night, Tyler got the fever exactly when mine went away~ 38.3 degrees!! Since it was middle of the night, I try to sponge him down and gave him infant paracetemol... His Fever cooled off after an hour but came back again after another 2...

I decided to bring him to PD in Thomson Medical Hospital around 10am... We saw Dr Ang Poh Liat. He diagnosed Tyler with H1N1 flu virus after testing him. The moment I heard that I was in tears! I couldn't stop crying... I was tested negative... So I had no idea where he caught the bug!!! I was imagining all the worse senarios! I was so scared and alone... Staring at my baby who's smiling at me I tried to use cheery tone when talking to him but my tears was flowing out...  His blood was also tested (the nurse had to prick his heel and squeeze out the blood... he was screaming while I held his little hands) but THANK GOD it was clear! He was admitted for observation...

Papa rushed over and brought all the neccessities for us and kept us company until he had to go fetch my Mummy... I am really grateful and thankful for all their help! They came over every evening to visit us and help out... HUG HUG!!

Since there was nothing for the virus to be given to Tyler he was given Anti Biotics to prevent any bacterial infections... The first night, he slept through very well due to the drowsiness caused by medication... I couldn't sleep at all although I was dog tired... I thought I was going to die of anxiety and exhaustion... Plus I wasn't even fully recovered from my own flu... I keep worrying and worrying and crying and crying... I kept thinking I had to be strong to take care of Tyler, I simply cannot collapse! Tiki was already back in Bangkok and I am very sorry to have him worry about us too... He kept calling to check up on us and decided to catch the Thursday plane back to us. He has so much work to do in Bangkok and yet he has to worry and rush back and forth... Sigh...

Tyler was drinking milk well and playing normally after the first night... So he seems okay. Dr Ang visited and told us Tyler's condition is stable. He should be able to discharge next day. So I kept my fingers crossed... Dr Ang confirmed on Thursday morning that Tyler can go HOME!!! I was so relieved!! But just to be sure, I am not going to bring him out anywhere!!

After Bath at the Hospital Ready to GO HOME!!

And so, there was no more escapades after Tyler was discharge...

On the way back to Bangkok

I'm gonna miss my family and friends all over again... But somehow I was glad to leave the flu bug infested city... Well, when you have a baby, I suppose all you care is your child's well-being rather than your own pleasure~

We'll be seeing you soon, hopefully! =)