Lilypie
June 25, 2011
June 24, 2011
June 22, 2011
June 15, 2011
Super long nails
Finally cut his nails when he was 39 days old. Some of his nails were so long, it folded downwards!
When he was born, even the nurse commented that his nails are very long.
First family picture on our first outing day
Our first family photo taken on Day 36 (31st May 2011)! With a rather sleepy Aiden.
And our first official family outing. Went for lunch and walked around at IMM. We are glad to report that it was a success as we had no problems feeding him at the restaurant :)
June 14, 2011
First scratch
My poor boy has a big scratch near his right eye. I was changing him this morning when he suddenly screamed his head off. I thought I hurt him when putting on his singlet. It was only later that Anthony spotted the scratch on his face.
Feel so "heart pain"...
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Feel so "heart pain"...
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June 4, 2011
June 2, 2011
Aiden's crying
Aiden has been crying at about the same time every night for a week now. Nothing seems to soothe him and it has been quite a worry and mystery to us. After lots of guessing, we finally found the reason after googling it on the internet.
"The Period of PURPLE Crying® is the phrase used to describe the point in a baby’s life when they cry more than any other time. This period of increased crying is often described as colic, but there have been many misunderstandings about what “colic” really is.
The Period of PURPLE Crying is a new way to help parents understand this time in their baby’s life, which is a normal part of every infant’s development. It is confusing and concerning to be told your baby “has colic” because it sounds like it is an illness or a condition that is abnormal. When the baby is given colic medicine it reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with the baby when in fact the baby is going through a very normal developmental phase. That is why we prefer to refer to this time as the Period of PURPLE Crying. No, it is not because the baby turns purple when he/she cries but provides a meaningful and memorable way to describe what parents and their babies are going through.
The Period of PURPLE Crying begins at about 2 weeks of age and continues until about 3-4 months. There are other common characteristics of this phases, or period, which are better described by the acronym PURPLE. All babies go through this Period it is just that during this time some can cry a lot, some far less, but they all do go through it.
There have been decades of research done on this early stage of crying in an infant’s life. Dozens of studies by scientists have shown this to be a robust finding. These studies have been done world -wide by many scientists including developmental pediatricians.
“Scientist decided to look at different animal species to see if they go through this developmental stage and so far all breast feeding animals tested actually go through this same developmental stage of crying more in the first months of life as human babies do."
There are other characteristics of this stage. For example, studies have shown that the crying tends to be much heavier in the late afternoon and evening. Just when parents are getting home from work and the most tired. Parents try many ways to keep the baby from crying, or stop the crying, and some of them work, well, they seem to work for awhile. “I take my baby in the car and drive around the block in my PJ’s,” said one mom. “That worked for three nights but on the fourth, he would not stop crying. I tried several others things like warm baths, singing and swaying and nothing worked. Then all of a sudden he would just stop, for no apparent reason. His crying is so unpredictable”, she said.
When these babies are going through this period they seem to resist soothing. Nothing helps. Even though it helps when they are fussy or crying other times, it is different when they go through these inconsolable crying bouts. Nothing seems to sooth them.
During this phase of a baby’s life they can cry for hours and still be healthy and normal. Parents often think there must be something wrong with them or they would not be crying like this. However, even after a check-up from the doctor which shows the baby is healthy they still go home and cry for hours, night after night. “It was so discouraging,” said one dad. “Our baby giggles and seems fine during the day and almost like clock-work he starts crying about 6 pm. He is growing and healthy so why does he cry like that ?”
Often parents say their baby looks like he or she is in pain. They think they must be or why would they cry so much. Turns out though that the babies who are going through this period can act like that even when they are not in pain
In my own case, I know my son was not sick. He was in the top percentile for growth and he giggled and was happy other times, and then he would start to cry, and cry and cry. The doctor kept telling me he is just fine.
After learning all of this we decided we needed to share this with other parents. We had to take this information and put it into a statement that told the story about this phase in a baby’s life. Dr. Ronald Barr, a developmental pediatrician, who has done more studies on infant crying than anyone in the world, came up with the phrase the Period of PURPLE Crying. His idea was to explain this phase to parents of new babies so they would know it was normal and they would be encouraged that it would come to an end.
The acronym PURPLE is used to describe specific characteristics of an infant’s crying during this phase and let parents and caregivers know that what they are experiencing is indeed normal and, although frustrating, is simply a phase in their child’s development that will pass. The word period is important because it tells parents that it is only temporary and will come to and end.
So many parents, after learning about the program, have said, “finally they have called it something that describes what we are going through. This word colic was hard to get a handle on.”
"The Period of PURPLE Crying® is the phrase used to describe the point in a baby’s life when they cry more than any other time. This period of increased crying is often described as colic, but there have been many misunderstandings about what “colic” really is.
The Period of PURPLE Crying is a new way to help parents understand this time in their baby’s life, which is a normal part of every infant’s development. It is confusing and concerning to be told your baby “has colic” because it sounds like it is an illness or a condition that is abnormal. When the baby is given colic medicine it reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with the baby when in fact the baby is going through a very normal developmental phase. That is why we prefer to refer to this time as the Period of PURPLE Crying. No, it is not because the baby turns purple when he/she cries but provides a meaningful and memorable way to describe what parents and their babies are going through.
The Period of PURPLE Crying begins at about 2 weeks of age and continues until about 3-4 months. There are other common characteristics of this phases, or period, which are better described by the acronym PURPLE. All babies go through this Period it is just that during this time some can cry a lot, some far less, but they all do go through it.
There have been decades of research done on this early stage of crying in an infant’s life. Dozens of studies by scientists have shown this to be a robust finding. These studies have been done world -wide by many scientists including developmental pediatricians.
“Scientist decided to look at different animal species to see if they go through this developmental stage and so far all breast feeding animals tested actually go through this same developmental stage of crying more in the first months of life as human babies do."
There are other characteristics of this stage. For example, studies have shown that the crying tends to be much heavier in the late afternoon and evening. Just when parents are getting home from work and the most tired. Parents try many ways to keep the baby from crying, or stop the crying, and some of them work, well, they seem to work for awhile. “I take my baby in the car and drive around the block in my PJ’s,” said one mom. “That worked for three nights but on the fourth, he would not stop crying. I tried several others things like warm baths, singing and swaying and nothing worked. Then all of a sudden he would just stop, for no apparent reason. His crying is so unpredictable”, she said.
When these babies are going through this period they seem to resist soothing. Nothing helps. Even though it helps when they are fussy or crying other times, it is different when they go through these inconsolable crying bouts. Nothing seems to sooth them.
During this phase of a baby’s life they can cry for hours and still be healthy and normal. Parents often think there must be something wrong with them or they would not be crying like this. However, even after a check-up from the doctor which shows the baby is healthy they still go home and cry for hours, night after night. “It was so discouraging,” said one dad. “Our baby giggles and seems fine during the day and almost like clock-work he starts crying about 6 pm. He is growing and healthy so why does he cry like that ?”
Often parents say their baby looks like he or she is in pain. They think they must be or why would they cry so much. Turns out though that the babies who are going through this period can act like that even when they are not in pain
In my own case, I know my son was not sick. He was in the top percentile for growth and he giggled and was happy other times, and then he would start to cry, and cry and cry. The doctor kept telling me he is just fine.
After learning all of this we decided we needed to share this with other parents. We had to take this information and put it into a statement that told the story about this phase in a baby’s life. Dr. Ronald Barr, a developmental pediatrician, who has done more studies on infant crying than anyone in the world, came up with the phrase the Period of PURPLE Crying. His idea was to explain this phase to parents of new babies so they would know it was normal and they would be encouraged that it would come to an end.
The acronym PURPLE is used to describe specific characteristics of an infant’s crying during this phase and let parents and caregivers know that what they are experiencing is indeed normal and, although frustrating, is simply a phase in their child’s development that will pass. The word period is important because it tells parents that it is only temporary and will come to and end.
So many parents, after learning about the program, have said, “finally they have called it something that describes what we are going through. This word colic was hard to get a handle on.”
Extracted from http://www.purplecrying.info/sections/index.php?sct=1&
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