Smiling

Little Claire is smiling!

The first time she smiled at me was in the morning when she just woke up! My heart literally melt when i saw her smile!

Now, she is smiling more often than before especially when she s satisfied after her feed!

Claire - The Merlion

Claire is really a mini Merlion. Everytime after a feed, I will be stressed up on whether i have burped her enough!

In the last 2 weeks and currently, she will really vomit big time even after burping. I m as much at fault, guilty of overfeeding her!

Even though at times, I used the pacifier to soothe her. It doesn't work all the time and whenever she does her ultimate stunt. Meaning she will cry till her whole face is so red and she can't seem to breath... I will give in and let her suckle on my breast as this is also a cue that she is extremely hungry!

Guess Claire lived up to her new nickname!

End of Confinement!

Claire is finally 1 month old, her official celebration will be on 25 Nov 07!

I m happy that my confinement is finally over! Meaning i will be able to eat whatever i want (still have to observe the 100 days rule) and most importantly, I can shower and wash my hair!!!

I will be moving up to my parents' place on Thursday as the confinement lady is leaving on this same day too! I m actually quite fearful as I dunno whether i can cope with looking after Claire 24/7 especially night time. Currently, the confinement lady is looking after Claire at night for me... Even though at times, i will wake up in the wee hours to pump breastmilk (due to engorgement or leaking breasts)

Keeping my fingers crossed for the challenges ahead!

1 month old

Most people will realise that my blog is full of words but not much or even no images in it.

I m pretty tempted to put images of Claire in my blog but i guess i still want to retain some privacy of my own. A blog for Claire serves as a reminder of raising her!

Claire is finally 1 month old or rather 33 days old... depending on how you calculated... ie does her birthday is counted as 1 day or not!

Quoting my friend's words, "Claire is my new & unreasonable boss" now!

I guess Claire is really an amazing baby. Last Sunday, my relatives dropped by to see her and guess what she slept through the whole time that my relatives were here amidst all the noise. Even with the vacuum cleaner switched on full blast, she still slept! Mum asked me whether Claire has any hearing problem coz she remained asleep for the whole time despite the noise!

Pirate King freaked out whenever Claire poo and he will pass her to me to clean up. Today, Claire pooed on him and i forced him to change her diaper..... Guess what, he made a mess out of it! Claire's booties were dirtied by her own poo and Claire's little legs also got poo on them. At the end of the day, its Mama (ie ME) that saved the day!

Claire is also a powerful milk vomitting machine, she can spit up milk via her mouth and nostrils at the same time. This scared the shit out of me initially but once i realised that Claire is putting on weight etc.... Its really no cause for alarm!

Anyway, i will be bringing Claire for her Hep B shot tomorrow! Keeping my fingers crossed that everything will be fine! Claire is really a challenge!

Sleep

Claire belongs to the category of babies that slept a lot in the day and refused to sleep at night!

Today, she really made me so exhausted that I could sleep on and on! She woke up to have her afternoon feed and after feeding her. I sensed something strange with her... She POOED! And being the clumsy Mum, i sung her the poo poo song so that she can finish pooing while i clean her up later!

After cleaning up her poo etc, guess what! Claire pee on me! Her expression is so funny! She looked at me with her Bambi eyes as if to say, "Sorry Mum!" Once i finished clearing her mess, i thought she wanted to sleep but she looked as if she is hungry. So, i put her down in her cot and went to kitchen to make her milk.

This naughty gal of mine fell asleep the minute i came back with the milk! Guess, i need sleep to replenish my energy!

Claire the Rascal

Claire is 16 days old as of today!

She is really a rascal, just a 16 days old baby and she has given me so much joy & trouble!

Trouble => Being hospitalised for 2 days to treat her jaundice, refused to be breastfed and refuse to sleep at night!

Joy => Everyday, i see changes in her and amazed by her changes!

She is definitely my darling and i foresee the amount of sleepless nights that i am going to have once the Confinement Lady is gone!