Go Easy on the Flippin'. Will ya?

I remembered very clearly just one month ago I was lamenting and secretly worried about Jeddy's inability to flip at 4 months.... I'd put him through daily 'training', flipping him over manually like I'm flippin pancakes. Little guy's protests fall on deaf ears (then again I'm quite deaf, for those who do not know about my hearing problem. ;)).

Like magic, he 'got it' one bright morning... much to our joy and excitement... and....

Now he can't stop.

The moment his back touches a flat surface, he performs a flip. It's happened so many times it's not exciting anymore. Just today, I was trying to put a fresh diaper on him. Before I could even pop the tape on, he'd flipped to the other side, leaving the diaper in my hand. Just imagine his bare bottom flashing at me. Not a bad sight though. ;D Come nap time, once he's placed in his cot, it's off he goes again. And guess what? He threw up the pumpkin puree he had for lunch. One flip too many.

Gaaaaaaa!!!!!

*flip back* *wipe wipe* *growl*

So mummies out there, if your babies can't flip yet, enjoy it while it lasts!!!

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Of course I have to upload a vid of Lil' Jeddy flipping. Here's one where Mummy's in one of her better moods. See how he's reaching out for his toys. And while he's at it, why not kick the crinkly towel around too? Not a moment wasted ;) Now if he'll only learn how to flip back.

Till then, it's more 'training' for him and flipping pancakes for me! Kekeke...

The Flip


The New Sleeping Posture (he's traded his surrender mode sleeping style for this...)


















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Loving His Food

Some of my friends are asking me why I'm starting Jeddy boy on semi-solids at only 4.5 months, when the recommended age currently is 6 months.

Well, here's why....


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And here's Jeddy's lunch for the next few days... Ultra Smooooooth Pumpkin puree.


















Instructions:

Buy half a pumpkin from NTUC for 80 cents, pop it into the pot to steam (about 20 mins), scrape the flesh out, and run it through a fine wire sieve to remove the chunky fibres (Pop those fibres into your mouth and lick the spoon when done. Smooth poo poo guaranteed the next morning. ;D).

Scoop into an ice-cube tray and just chuck it in the freezer. When needed, pop out a cube and reheat. Easy peasy. Plus cheap cheap.

I took one cube out today, mixed in a little water, boiled it in a pot and added a tsp of baby rice to make it a complete meal for Jeddy.

He finished every last bit of it... and I suspect he would lick the bowl if he could. ;D

Yum.
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Bushwhacker

Remember Lil' Jeddy's thunder thighs and how his legs can deliver the most lethal kicks?

He now has matching bushwhacker arms that promise to inflict maximum pain on your chest, head and face if you even come remotely close.

Besides bashing you with them, he'll throw in a few scratches for free. A word of caution if you wanna carry him. Remove spectacles, earrings, necklace and tie up your long hair. Do not underestimate the power of his grip. His Tiam Yiyi, who experienced first hand, the full brunt of his bashing, scratching and pulling, will readily attest to that.

Oh, and not to forget that head. He's already given Hubs a bloody lip when he head butt his Daddy in the mouth.

:D :D :D

That being said, here's a vid showcasing his bushwhacker arms. Any rattle or sound-producing item is bound to be put to his shaker test. And after giving it a good shake, he'll twist it around in his hand to examine his 'victim'. Vicious.

Check it out.

News Flash!

Announcement Announcement.

My Lil' Jeddy boy finally flipped on his own this morning!!

*fireworks*

I woke up this morning to his grunting and found him like this... and not only that, he's turned a good 180 degrees to face the foot of the bed.























I'm so proud of my little fatso. A little slow, but in good time! :D

Footnote: I think he's pretty amused by his newfound ability, trying to flip every time I put him to nap. But it was mainly without success since his arm is always trapped under his body. And he gets frustrated when he cannot complete the flip. Even if he succeeds, he cannot flip back, which means he'll cry for me to get him. Grrrr...... Well.... you gain some, you lose some.......

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Consti Boy Strikes Again

We didn't bring Jeddy boy to the Doc's.... But he got an anal probe anyway!! *Bwahahaha*

With this!























We bought it from a Chinese Med Hall.... 55 cents for two. Cheap cheap! It's essentially salt water. So all we did was to poke this into his butt (Hubs had the honour), pump in the solution, and wait...

We didn't have to wait long.

In fact, it was less than one minute.

Needless to say, the dump was huuuuuge... and thick.... certainly not for your delicate eyes. ;D
Am quite relieved that it wasn't hard, which means it probably wasn't constipation. Still, it wasn't his usual watery poo... maybe he's having a hard pushing it out.

This is the 'crime scene'. The two big baddies have hastily fled, making off with the victim, leaving behind much evidence... You DO NOT want to look into the NTUC bag.



















;D
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Well, it's Wednesday.... Thursday in about half an hour's time... and Jeddy has not pooped since his anal probe. We don't intend to probe him again. It's not good for him actually... this time I shall grit my teeth and wait one week.... then I'll really whisk him off to the Doc's... *sigh*

Meanwhile, I'll just feed lots of water, prune juice, and pray.......

What's Up With Consti-Boy?

Lil' Jeddy hasn't pooped for 4 days now.... and Mummy wants to cry.

Every time he gives a little fart I will prop his legs up immediately and go 'mm mm'. But it was all in vain.... no sign of poop anywhere.....

And this has become something like a family ritual of late. At Mum's today, Lil' Jeddy was totally amused to be surrounded by 4 grown-ups 'mm mm-ing' at him the moment he let out a squeak of gas.

Gosh... if he doesn't poop by Day 6, it's off to the Doc he goes.... he deserves an anal probe for all the misery he caused me!

Urrgh!

Let's change the topic.

Haven't been putting up much pictures of Lil' Jeddy boy the past few posts. So it's gonna be pictures galore today!

Enjoy. :)
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Big Pau face feeling sparkly in the morning.























Tummy time (the first of his many daily rounds of torture. *cackle cackle*). For the record, my fatso boy is not able to flip even at 5 months. Well, in good time...


















Drinking water from a sippy cup for breakfast (one of Mummy's many unsuccessful ploys to get him to poop).














































Dreaming of Kungfu fighting...


















Something he loves doing for the past two weeks... lifting his legs real high and slamming them down with gusto.


















Prepped for a date with Tiam Yiyi. He's looking all grown up wearing the Esprit t-shirt and Baby Gap socks that his Yiyi lavished upon him. :)



































And last but not least...

Dancing to a tune on his walker.


















That's my boy for you... :)

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New Toys

I must be desperate.

You'd be desperate too if you have to keep coming up with new ways to entertain a 4 month old for 8 hours each day....

So my mind is constantly revolving around developing new toys or new games to play with Jeddy... (besides thinking about how much washing powder to put into my laundry)

Late into the night, the shutters to my 'factory' rolls up... and the hunch back of Pasir Ris strikes again...

Toy #4: Rainbow Balls
Brightly coloured baby-palm-sized crocheted balls each stuffed with polyfill and a bell for Jeddy to practice grabbing and shaking.


















Toy #5: Play Cube (I'm pretty proud of this... ;D)
Soft cube with textured ribbons and tags for Jeddy to hug and fiddle with. A pill bottle filled with beads is stuffed into the cube together with polyfill to create a rattle plus a crinkly piece of plastic sewn into one side of the cube for that extra 'feel'. :)


















Here's lucky Jeddy boy having a new toy to play with first thing in the morning.


















*shutters closing*

Run Jeddy Run!

This vid was taken a while back. But due to the file size, I couldn't find the time to load it up...

Anyway, it's now or never. ;D

So here's Jeddy with his favourite playmate once again. *jealous jealous*




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What A Relief! (pun fully intended) ;D

He did it.

A huge one.

Plus a spray of pee all over me to celebrate.

So Jeddy finally pooped. Thanks to everyone's (esp Mum, Aunt, Esther and Dawn) great advice on how to solve his 'constipation' problem. He was clearly uncomfortable, fussing and crying much more than usual the past few days. Mum's theory is that the iron in the baby rice could be the culprit behind his sluggish bowel movements. Many people are known to suffer from constipation as a side effect from eating iron supplement pills. Also, his stomach could be trying to get used to digesting something other than milk....

Anyway, this entire episode has taught me to go easy on introducing semi-solids to the little one. Just because he's already adapt at swallowing doesn't mean he can stomach thick rice gruel yet... And I must remember to give him more water after his baby rice meal...

If you must know, I gave him about 4oz of water over 4 hours, 1 teaspoon of gripe water and lots of tummy rub with mint oil (clockwise direction about two fingers width from the navel) this morning before it all came out in the afternoon.

I was still lamenting about how he's not pooping over the phone with Aunt when I picked him up from the walker and smelled the best smell in days. :D :D

When I dropped him on the changing mat, i could see it starting to ooze from the sides and top of the diaper (pardon me if that's too much detail). And when I peeled it open almost too eagerly, a warm fountain greeted me. Good thing I wasn't leaning too close. (Reminder to self: close mouth when changing diapers)

I must have used up half the tissue box wiping his bottom. A messy affair if you ask me.

Mum was brave enough to ask for a photograph. So here it is. Scroll down at your own risk.

I repeat. At your own risk. ;D

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I hope it's not bad net etiquette to post baby poo pictures!

But just look at the glorious colour! A lovely mustard shade!

Muahahahahaha!



















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Here and There....

I'm finding it more and more difficult to blog on a regular basis.

Cuz I'm always thinking about making stuff... sewing, carving, crocheting, such and such... And attending to Jeddy (who's starting to give me a headache ever since he discovered that he could stretch his vocal range to glass shattering frequencies...) I think what keeps me blogging is that I know you guys are checkin' in every so often... so that sorta keeps me on my toes. ;D

Well, from the way things look, I doubt I can manage more than two posts a week. So just check in once a week ya?

There, I've said it! It's so weird, but keeping a blog updated can actually be pressurizing. It's like you feel bad when friends and family check in and find the same old post for the longest time.

:P

To all the regulars, here's a mega HUG! Plus a kiss from Jeddy boy, complete with drool. Thanks so much for being a part of our lives.... *kiss kiss hug hug*

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We finally bought a walker for Jeddy (after looking high and low for The One) from Baby Kingdom at Kaki Bukit. It's a tad big for him right now but it fulfills most of the criteria which we set. Moreover, the seat can be removed, making it a push walker when he's able to walk. We also love the wide base, brakes and outside-facing wheels that will not roll over his feet...


















Yeah... fussy parents we are....

So far, Jeddy likes being in it. He gets to zip around about twice a day for 15 to 20 mins each. He spends most of that time chewing the steering wheel though. And if that's not enough, he props his feet up on the side bar of the walker... so much for 'zipping'... :S

And here's paranoid me covering the steering wheel with his bib so he doesn't lick up any colouring (if any) during one of his chewing frenzy... :P























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Last week, he's also gotten himself jabbed in the tubby thigh... again. It was the 2nd jab of his 6-in-1 vaccination.

This time, I am armed.

He was so absorbed by the toy I brought there (was literally shoving and shaking the thing in his face) he didn't even flinch, much less cry, from the jab. *victory!*

Or maybe it was just his tubby thigh..... heh...


















At 4.5 months, Jeddy is weighing 8.5 kg and is 64 cm tall.
(And much to my horror when I went home to check the charts, his BMI is off the graph!!!!! It's now official. My son is a fatso... *weep*)

And he did not develop a fever from the jab, thank God. Just slept a lot.

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We asked Dr Sim if Jeddy was ready for solids. He advised to start off on baby rice cereal since it's been proven to be least likely to trigger any allergic reaction. So we bought Heinz Baby Rice for him... it has added iron and vitamin C.
(Note: Babies are born with a store of iron which depletes after 4-6 months. Breastfed babies especially need to top up their iron at this stage as breastmilk does not provide any for them, unlike fortified formula milk)

So here it is, his first teaspoon of baby rice.

















And he took to it only too readily. :D


















It's really amazing watching babies learn and adapt. When we first fed him the baby rice, he was still trying to get used to the spoon. His tongue was darting in and out like a kitty lapping up milk. And just 2 days later, he was eating like a pro, pressing his tongue against the roof his mouth to swallow.

But there seem to be a problem.

He's not pooping like he used to. Before the baby rice, big business was every morning after his second feed, like clockwork. He hasn't pooped for two days now... And I suspect that's the reason behind his moodiness today... Aunt suggested I massage his tum with ruyi oil till he farts, plus feed some water...

I really pray that he'll poop tomorrow... cos it affects my mood as well.... it's constantly gnawing at the back of my mind. Mummies will agree with me... that poop business is serious business.

XD

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Last but not least, an Alphabet Comfort Blanky for Jeddy! I thought of making this after observing his love for fabrics (easy to grab and stuff in mouth).

Letters are cut from felt and sewn with a sewing machine. I had a hard time actually.... I forgot that muslin (nappy cloth) warps badly and that the curves in the letters were difficult to engage with the runny cloth and the tough felt.... I almost wanted to bash my sewing machine in at some point.

Still, I prevailed, albeit with some shortcuts, as you can see with some letters, like 'S', and 'Q'... ;D


















Oh, and a little chicky finger puppet for him (more to come!)......

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