Farewell, Bangkok~

We left with a very heavy heart... I had to try very hard to hold back the tears in my eyes.

Us with Driver, Uncle Chu Sin and Help, Auntie Lakshmi

We're going to Miss so many things that we loved in Bangkok.
We've made so many precious memories.

But we'll bring them with us wherever we go!

I'd like to shout out~

I ♥ Bangkok!!!
Going back to where we came from, where we belong... 落葉歸根...

Tyler is 7 Months Old~

Milestones:

• 2 lower front teeth emerged
• Able to sit without support
• Able to be on all fours (push UP position) trying to crawl but so far only backwards.
• I'm not sure if this is considered as a milestone. Tyler is beginning to show signs of separation anxiety. Each time he sees me walk away he starts to whine and cry. Even when someone else is holding him. He prefers me or Tiki to sooth him to sleep.

Mealtime:

• Feeding formula about 3 to 4 times a day. 4oz to 8oz depending on his mood~ ;)
• Daily intake of 15 to 20oz.
• 2tbsp of Fruits & yogurt or baby rice for brunch.
• 1/2 cup of porridge (usually 1oz of protein, 1oz to 2 oz of veges, and 1oz of rice with sprinkles of ikan bilis, cheese)
• He's able to sit in the high chair during mealtimes now... But he gets distracted easily...

Sleep:

• Able to nap a longer period without waking every 30 to 40mins. Can nap up to 1 and half hour without stirring. Requires 3 naps a day still... He gets cranky or hyperactive when being deprived of nap.
• Sleep time is being gradually extended to about 7 to 7.30pm to prep him for changes in lifestyle.
• Still needs soother during all sleep. Sometimes wakes up for it.

7 Month Check:

Dr T. advises on the amount of solids to introduce to Tyler. Tyler's weight still lies within the 50 percentile so there's nothing much to worry about. Plus he's always jumping and playing happily. He seems to meet most of the milestones at his age. He took his 3rd shot of Pnuemococcal vaccine. Screamed for about 3seconds until I hold him up. =)
This is the last time we visit Dr T... We're all pretty sad because she's fantastic and I don't think we can ever find someone as good or nice as her in Singapore... We're definitely going to miss the service of BNH hospital cos it's definite that we won't be getting anything close back home...

Weight: 8.39kg

Height: 69.5cm

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~

Happy 5 Months Old, Tyler!

Baby Tyler is growing up so fast!! I think I have problem with keeping up with him! =)

My Baby~

He's so sociable nowadays with all the interaction going on with everyone he sees. He laughs out loud alot when tickled, shown a funny face or looking at mirror reflection of himself... He can now play alone (for about 10 to 15mins) in his gym or rocker, pulling and tugging the toys...

His current favourite past time is bouncing... Boing boing boing~
Refuses to sit still and demands anybody who is carrying him to let him "Boing" up and down! He finds pure pleasure while we all feel aches on our arms! =)

This boy is now drinking milk lying on his back in his cot while watching his mobile and holding his toys! That way he would at least drink up a little bit better... Needless to say, I have to continue to entertain him during the whole process (takes up to 45mins). During the late morning and the afternoon feeds, he would poo halfway through his feed. So I'll have to change him and try to continue feeding and depending on his "mood" he'll deny or feed on... Sigh~

Nap time is slightly better because I resort back to swaddling him during the day... He won't flail his hands and legs uncontrollably and so it's easier to settle him back to sleep.

Night time however, has changed. He is more reluctant to go down easy... Usually, I'll hold him in my arms and pat pat him for less than 10mins and he'll doze off... BUT recently, he keeps kicking and sometimes it'll take me more than 30mins before his closes his eyes (he'll just stare in the dark) then when I put him down, he turn to one side and starts wriggling and pulling and scratching the bedsheet. I guess it's part and parcel of him growing up and learning to sleep. I'm praying he'll learn soon!!! Also, I'll try cutting down on his naptime...

He doing so so on solids up til now... He doesn't really open wide when spoon come flying towards him... So far, he can only swallow about 2 teaspoons of baby rice... The rest usually ends up on his bib~ Will persevere on the training! I've only gave him baby rice, carrot and so far his favourite was Banana!!

Dr. T is quite happy with Tyler's development... He can sit up without support for a few seconds; urge to crawl towards toys; rolling over; passing toy from one hand to the other; discovering his feet and toes...

Had his 2nd dose of Pneumococcal vaccine during the visit... (When does the shots ever end?!?!) This time he cried a little longer, I guess he's more aware of pain now than before...

We're giving him Appeton Multi Vits for Infants instead of Nutroplex for about a week already... Reason is simple... Cos it tastes much better so he likes having it...

His weight is currently in the 50 percentile while his height lies in the 75 to 90 percentile. His head circumference looks much better now, so I'm not that concern anymore. He's growing well despite problems with feeding... Though sadly, he's not looking as chubby as before~

Tyler's Weight: 7.806kg
Tyler's Height: 68cm

Solids at 4M4W1D!!

Today, I decided to start Tyler on his First Taste!

Initially, I wanted to start him on banana... BUT! My help accidentally placed the unripe bananas in the fridge last night~

Anyway, CARROTS!!
I steamed and blended a medium sized carrot in the AVENT Steam Blender (so easy to use!) Then added some formula milk into the puree.

I sat him in the Bumbo chair, turn on the TV, put on his Big Boss Bib and started flying the first flight of solids into the runway.... He opened his mouth and then, Tyler's expression was... BLANK! I think he was shocked at the foreign taste then when he realised, he gave the "sour" squinting face... It was quite funny... Just ashame I don't have extra hands to video this... Then he started pushing them out with his tongue and needless to say, I pushed them back... We played the game of spitting and pushing back in~ haha! I think he probably swallowed at least 1/3 of the portion of roughly 2 teaspoons I parted for him... which is not bad for a start!

Before

After

Going to freeze the remaining portions!

Sad to say, there has been no improvements in his milk intake... I heard it was suppose to be a phase... Well, this phase has been more than 2 months now~ Still taking less than 20oz in 24hours...

Hopefully, he'll enjoy food more than he enjoys milk!
(I'm going to be a really sneaky Mother cos I intend to add some of those formula into all his food...)