my teether and i

(note that when i lost grip of it, i just changed to my fists instead!)

random-ness at 5 months

i went through a phase of liking to stick my belly out as far as i could

this is what i like to do with my toes. doesn't it look like i'm giving the thumbs up sign with my feet?

like humpty-dumpty who fell down

before the fall

new things for the past week with baby c:

• he doesn't stuff his fists into his mouth as much anymore. he's more into stuffing his toes into his mouth now.
• he keeps on making full rolls onto his sides then onto his tummy. THEN to finish it off, he pushes his top half of his body up while on his tummy (it's almost like he's saying "ta-da")
• he babbles A LOT now, especially when he's happy (mostly when he's out). it turns into high pitch shrieks most times. people will think that we're terrible parents because after we acknowledge him, we'll just continue to let him make lots of noise and continue doing what we're doing
• he has learnt how to smack his lips (i think he's ready for solids but i'm holding it off for another two weeks still)
• he likes to bring his hands together to grab things when we put objects in front of him. he's got his co-ordination going now
• he's REALLY into his teethers
• he wakes up at 3am and entertains himself in the cot until about 5ish. he'll be babbling to himself and rolling and turning around (i know because he wakes me up). surprisingly, he NEVER calls out to us to pick him up. it's almost as if he knows that it's not day time yet.
• he likes to chew and suck on his buddy, froggy's toes to sleep when we're out

deep dark secrets:

• even though i truly love and enjoy being a mum to baby c, there are days when i just sit and stare at the clock, willing it to go faster in anticipation of b's return to take baby c off my hands
• there are also days when i wished that i could turn back time to before baby c was born. ah, the freedom.............
• i sometimes let baby c cry on his own when i'm too tired (hey, he's 8.2kg now and YOU try carrying him AND rocking him to sleep, which can take up to 20 minutes!). this is where i learned that he sometimes "cry wolf". he would cry half hearted-ly then after a while when he realises that i'm ignoring him and not falling for it, he'll stop and entertain himself
• i sometimes manhandle him and play rough with him (again, he's a BIG boy) and he likes it
• i have thrown clothes out when the diaper leaked and there's poo all over the back because i was too tired to deal with it

i have stopped breastfeeding. i stopped about a week ago. it's so sad really. i wanted to go on for as long as i could (even up to 2 years!). just a reminder, baby c stopped feeding from my breasts after he discovered how much easier and faster it was for him to drink from the bottle. i call it plain laziness. he used my breast for comfort suckling to go to sleep and when he was unsettled. so i expressed my milk and put it into a bottle for him for his feeds. to continue producing milk, you have to continuously breastfeed or express out. i was doing fine until december. we were out almost everyday, running errands, shopping, socialising, etc that the only time i got to pump was when we were back home. this was like twice in a day. baby c refused to co-operate and feed from my breasts when we were out. but then again, it's also really difficult to get him to feed at all because he'd be so interested in all that was happening around him (new place, new things to absorb - the curious stage). sigh...........so lo and behold............i stopped producing milk. so sad, so sad. i feel like i have to go into mourning for my breasts...............................

guess what i'm doing?

dinner with aunty p at monte's bsc

chatting with aunty p whilst pulling on her new hairdo

da-da was behind the camera

aunty p called me a little dumbbell. she said her arms were tired out from carrying me for pictures. imagine poor mummy!

good workout for aunty p's arms

aunty p with her pro camera. btw, where ARE the pics you took of baby c? hint, hint!