Are You Tired Lil' Jeddy?

I've learnt (the hard way!) never to miss his cue for tiredness.... or suffer the consequences...

Cos sometimes I overestimate my boy, thinking he could go on and on at play. The problem is this. He gets tired playing with the mobiles on the rocker. He fusses and complains. But he goes on playing! Picture this. A baby crying and playing at the same time.

???!!!

And once he starts crying from overtiredness, it's often very difficult to put him away for his nap. He would need lots of cuddling, shushing before settling = mummy gets tired too.

Now I keep a close watch when he plays.

[Looking a tad tired from playing. Mummy monitors the situation by staying close]














[Jeddy starts chewing toy and continues to play... Looks even more tired]














[Mummy waits no further and whisks him off to bed, with him still carrying his toy. In pops the pacifier]














[Zzzzzzz............]














*Phew* Success! The above scenario took place in less than 5 mins! That shows how tired he was.
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I must say that there are a lot of hits and misses. Many a time I miss his tired cues. Yet there are also times where I put him to bed when he's not exactly tired and ready for his nap too!

Well, what to do? Mummy tried her best liao... Sorry Jeddy boy! Things will get better when you can talk, ok? ;D

Slowly but Steadily...

We are training Jeddy's neck everyday now... really hoping that it will be strong soon so I can carry him with just one arm and have the other hand free to do some housework (or dig my nose)...

;P

If he's really clingy for that day and I need to get some work done, this is what I do. Lug him around in the kangaroo pouch. :)

Back breaking though...



















So here's his daily training which Uncle taught us. It's called 'iit-chiang'! Heh heh... maybe only a few would have heard of this. We basically lay him down on our thighs, hold both his hands and say iit-chiang while pulling him up. This will help strengthen his neck muscles.

After just two days, we could feel him trying to pull himself up.

*V-sign*

His head still goes a bobbing every time he's up. It cracks us up cos he looks like those little solar powered desk ornaments with bobbing heads. :D














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6 Hours

I managed to sleep for 6 hours straight last night... a first since 18 August 2007. Jeddy boy was so wiped out on Sunday that he slept all the way from 7 pm to 5 am without waking up.

*confetti*

But then...

it meant that I had 10 hours worth of milk in me. I woke up with two rocks....

*ouch*

;D

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Had the chance to go dating with Hubs on Saturday thanks to Mummy who volunteered to babysit Jeddy. *Mega hugs* Popped over to Plaza Singapura to satisfy the Crystal Jade craving that I was moaning about the other day. As usual, I was scarfing down my food and stuffing my cheeks. Hubs had to keep reminding me to slow down... New habits die hard.... Heh.

Went shopping at Daiso and Spotlight to stock up on my fabrics and craft stuff as usual. I don't even look at clothes anymore! Oh actually I do....... baby clothes. ;D

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You can tell that I'm not really in a blogging mood today... A little wiped out from the housework and entertaining my boy. Stay-at-home-mummying is hard work!!

But...

leaving you some pictures as usual before I go... :)

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Catching him laugh on camera is so difficult. 9 out of 10 pics are blur. Here's one of the better ones...














He's usually in a good mood after his milk. Chances of him laughing and 'talking' after a good meal is almost always 100%.


[Looking at the 2 men in my life... ;D Say... Jeddy really looks like Daddy doesn't he?]














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He Ain't Heavy... He's My Son... ;D

Coming to 3 months in slightly more than a week's time, Jed is more than 6.5 kg and is 63 cm tall... His weight has more than doubled since birth and he's sprouted 12 cm.

You should check out his thighs.... thunder thighs I call 'em... they can deliver the most lethal kicks you can imagine. *Ooof!*

Plus he's almost bursting out of clothes that state 3-6 months.... o boy....

But I love those cheeks... piiiiiiiiiiiiiinch! Think I average about 30 pinches a day. Haha!

[Chubby Cheeks Boy]















[Just hanging out with mummy... the only person he sees for a good 10-12 hours each day... Poor Boy! ;P]














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Footnote: Come to think of it, if I average 10 feeds a day, I would have fed him almost 1000 times by now! And I'm proud to say that little Jeddy is a completely breastfed baby! Never tasted formula milk! Muahahahaha!

*Praise God for His Goodness and Grace!* :)

Dexterity +1

Jeddy Boy can now grab and hold on to the rings of the mobiles all by himself! *clap clap* :D














So I've been exploiting this rocker chair lately. Because he can now sit there for a good half an hour, I'll just chuck him there while I gobble dinner or do a quick mop of the floor. Thanks so much to Hub's colleagues for this wonderful present!

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I'm sooooooooo deprived.

Was moaning to Sis about how I wanna go out and eat drunken chicken wings and century egg with ginger at Crystal Jade, dye my hair red again, and a whole load of other things....

Not that I've much to complain but being at home 24/7 looking after Prince Jeddy. I love him to bits remember?

But.

I soooooo wanna go out.................... *moan moan* *trash legs about*

Keeping myself reminded of the fact that he's growing real fast does keep my sanity in check. I don't want to miss a thing. Soon, he'll upgrade from a baby to a toddler. That means he won't be a baby no more... so I must treasure these precious moments....

But.

I STILL WANNA GO OUT.............................! *trash legs*

;P

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Anyway, I thank God that Hubs is able to support the family while I stay at home. Lotsa sacrifices definitely but we're sure it's worth it...

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Note to Jeddy: You had better be filial! XD

Spot Jed!

Can you spot a very little boy in this very messy room? ;D














Tadaaaa! :D














[he actually slept like this for an hour! Rarity of rare]

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Note to self: Tidy house. ;P

Today is the Day...

that Lil' Jeddy eats his hand...



















and if that wasn't enough, he proceeds to eat the cloth... are you that hungry?



















As I put him to bed for the night, he promptly stuck his mitten-covered fist into his mouth, soaking the mitten through with his sticky saliva.

Well...

I can't wait to smell it after it dries tomorrow. Mmm...mm..mmm.....

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A shot with his gong gong. You can see where Jeddy gets his supply of ah pek singlets. keke ;P



















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And here's evidence that my Jeddy boy is developing some attitude...

[Making faces at mummy first thing in the morning]















["Now what are you looking at"] ;D



















Beat his backside.

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Chitter Chatter

Jed is making friends...

with the lamp,

and the bed post

and the blanket

and his fist

and my t-shirt

Throw him over your shoulder for a burp and you'll hear him converse with the lamp stand behind you.

Put him in his favourite chair with hanging mobiles and you'll see him flirt with the toy flower and little chickadee].

Chuck him in his bed and he will debate with the bed posts.

Shove your palm in his face and he'll good naturedly 'haooo' and 'hurr' at it, squealing occasionally...

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And just to show you...

Talking to the lamp behind me.



















Talking to his fist.



















Talking to the flower.















Like I was saying, this boy is making a lot of friends.... :)

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Busy Beeeeee......

In case my faithful readers were wondering where I was these past 5 days....

I'm still at home!

Wiping Jed's bottom every 4 hours or so.... Oh joy...

Nah... I've been working. Yep! Working on my second customized stamps order from this great lady Ik Hui. She ordered 9 stamps! :) So I've been busy drawing, corresponding with her, drawing some more and carving.

Yeah... money first, blogging second. ;P

Haven't been taking many pics of the little one... Don't worry, he still looks as cute. ;D

But on request of one of my old old friend, I'll put up a pic of me-self with me son.



















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And another pic of my beloved family (Jeddy's barely one month old here)... celebrating granny's birthday.


















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Say... Jeddy's just had 6-in-1 vaccine last friday. Poor little soul was jabbed in his tubby thigh.

Good thing it's tubby.

He yowled a little but was quickly comforted. That's my boy! *beam beam*

But before he was jabbed, Dr Sim asked me to jiggle a set of keys in Jeddy's face to distract him...

Big Mistake.

Never ask mummy to distract baby when baby's being jabbed... cos all that'll be going through her head is "Poor baby poor baby poor baby poor baby poor baby!!!!!!"

Yep... that was what happened to me... I stopped jiggling at the crucial moment... when he was being poked.... I just froze... and Doc shot me a didn't-I-say-jiggle-the-keys look. Man, I feel so useless.

Anyway.

Thank God he did not develop any fever from the jab. Just plenty of snoozing, which was just perfect for me. Heh heh....

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Happy Birthday YiYi!

Today is Sis's birthday. [Yo! Lao liao! ;D Hiek hiek]

And here are some shots of my beloved Sis with her beloved nephew. Jeddy always seem to be mesmerized by her... hmm... I'll take it that he knows how to appreciate beauty. ;)

These were taken before we embarked on his first trip to the hip hip Orchard Road. Did I mention that was another adventure in itself? :D







































Hope you had a great one Tiam! Happy Birthday! *Kisses and Hugs*

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Jed's hands are so smelly..... but I love it. I'd pry apart his little digits and shove his palm in my nose. Mmm... mmm..... :D

I don't know if it's a baby thing but his palms are so sweaty! At this point, he's always clenching his fist tightly, so the wetness gives him pruney fingertips. So cuuuuuute!!!

Anyway, am real glad he's finding his hand... he'll stare at his fist and try to grab anything within reach. Not very dexterous as yet but he's batting things around. And if he's lucky, he'll manage to get a grip of it.

These days, I like to lie down facing him after his nappy change and we'll launch into a babbling conversation. Past two days he discovered that he can put his hand into my mouth and get an interesting respond.

And he's exploiting it.

Picture this, him shoving his sweaty salty hand into my mouth while squealing with glee.

Yummy.

But the heart melting moment is when he open his hand and use his palm to stroke my cheeks while saying haoo.... Awwwwwwwwwwww................... *tear tear*

Love him to bits.

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This afternoon, Jeddy had a manicure session while feeding. His nails were getting way too sharp even when cut.

You can really do anything with this boy when he's eating. He lets nothing get between him and his stomach!

I made him hold the filer after the pampering session. Pic is blur cos he's waving the thing around like a sword. Had to grab his arm before he does something silly.




















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