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Lilypie
July 19, 2011
Sticking out his tongue
Aiden has been doing it a lot these few days. Wonder if this is common among babies? Is it just a phase?
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July 18, 2011
A time for ourselves
Finally went on our first official date yesterday since Aiden's birth. A trip to the movies for the last part of our favorite Harry Potter series, for our annual GV gold class experience. It was nice to be able to spend the afternoon together, just the two of us :)
And added bonus was the extra early birthday prezzie from hubby! Something I've been wanting for a long while. And since there was a sale going on... I just couldn't resist! Thanks dear!!
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And added bonus was the extra early birthday prezzie from hubby! Something I've been wanting for a long while. And since there was a sale going on... I just couldn't resist! Thanks dear!!
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July 10, 2011
July 9, 2011
July 8, 2011
Learning ground
2 new things I learn from Aiden's constant throwing up:
1) You can never have too many bibs.
2) The minute you get complacent and think he won't throw up, he will do just that!
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1) You can never have too many bibs.
2) The minute you get complacent and think he won't throw up, he will do just that!
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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&
May 31, 2011
Favourite game
My current "favourite" game is Tug of War. Whenever Aiden falls asleep in the middle of his feed, I will have to pull out the bottle (teat) from his mouth. Almost immediately, he will pull the teat back into his mouth to suckle again. In out, in out.
Oh I believe this is just the start of many games we will play together...
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Oh I believe this is just the start of many games we will play together...
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May 21, 2011
5 years and counting!!
Happy anniversary to my dearest hubby!!
5 years ago, we celebrated our love in front of my friends and relatives. Today, we celebrate our precious baby's full month!
Thank you for being such a wonderful husband all these years. And most importantly, for being a great father too! Thank you for taking such great care of me and baby these past few weeks, for running around to settle all the logistics, for being my emotional support and mostly, for being such a hands-on daddy!! Not many dads will bathe the baby, change their diaper, pat and carry them to sleep and feed them. But you've done it all! Simply because you want to do it and I love you even more for it!
I can't wait to spend many many more years with you and our son! Happy Happy Anniversary!
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5 years ago, we celebrated our love in front of my friends and relatives. Today, we celebrate our precious baby's full month!
Thank you for being such a wonderful husband all these years. And most importantly, for being a great father too! Thank you for taking such great care of me and baby these past few weeks, for running around to settle all the logistics, for being my emotional support and mostly, for being such a hands-on daddy!! Not many dads will bathe the baby, change their diaper, pat and carry them to sleep and feed them. But you've done it all! Simply because you want to do it and I love you even more for it!
I can't wait to spend many many more years with you and our son! Happy Happy Anniversary!
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May 19, 2011
Do not disturb
There is massive drilling going on in one of the units above us. The type where we need to raise our voices if we want to talk to each other.
Somehow Aiden is able to sleep through all the noise. Though he was obviously not totally immune to it...
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Somehow Aiden is able to sleep through all the noise. Though he was obviously not totally immune to it...
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May 17, 2011
To carry or not to carry
It's hard to describe that feeling....
When I see my son lying in his cot quietly and awake, I feel so bad for him. So "poor thing" being left on his own, not doing anything, no one entertaining him. But I know I must not pick him up, for it is good to let him entertain himself, that I should not spoil him by carrying him all the time.
Just the start of many internal struggles that we parents have to face I suppose?
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When I see my son lying in his cot quietly and awake, I feel so bad for him. So "poor thing" being left on his own, not doing anything, no one entertaining him. But I know I must not pick him up, for it is good to let him entertain himself, that I should not spoil him by carrying him all the time.
Just the start of many internal struggles that we parents have to face I suppose?
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May 16, 2011
First Bath
Tried my hand at bathing Aiden today. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I think the key is to remain calm even if he is screaming. And to do things one step at a time.
It was especially memorable for me since he peed on me just minutes after we started the bath. Oh well... It was bound to happen some time right?
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It was especially memorable for me since he peed on me just minutes after we started the bath. Oh well... It was bound to happen some time right?
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May 3, 2011
Our precious miracle
After a long journey, our little precious miracle has been born!
Our son, Aiden Lim, was born on 26 April at 459pm. Weighing in at 3.22kg and measuring 51cm in length, we are truly thankful for this healthy little baby!!
No doubt this 4 year journey has had much more downs than ups, and as predicted in every book and prophesised by every family member and friend, all was forgotten the second the doctor put him on my chest, goo, blood and all! Our son!! How can you not forgive the wet eyes and the tears at such a poignant moment?
After being weighed and measured, Aiden was placed under the warmer, fast asleep. Less than an hour after birth, as my hubby was busy with the paperwork and I was still recuperating, I looked over and saw him lying there quietly, with both his eyes wide open :)
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Our son, Aiden Lim, was born on 26 April at 459pm. Weighing in at 3.22kg and measuring 51cm in length, we are truly thankful for this healthy little baby!!
No doubt this 4 year journey has had much more downs than ups, and as predicted in every book and prophesised by every family member and friend, all was forgotten the second the doctor put him on my chest, goo, blood and all! Our son!! How can you not forgive the wet eyes and the tears at such a poignant moment?
After being weighed and measured, Aiden was placed under the warmer, fast asleep. Less than an hour after birth, as my hubby was busy with the paperwork and I was still recuperating, I looked over and saw him lying there quietly, with both his eyes wide open :)
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