BB coughing

Last Friday, we brought Yuan2 to see PD again when her cough got worse after 2 weeks and her sleep and appetite were affected. To our horror, PD detected wheezing sound when she breathed (low panting) and put her on nebulizer for 20mins! So careless of us -- we didn't think much of her on-off cough! Should have bring her to see PD earlier! We were brought to a separate room for nebulization. At first, she was fascinated by the mask but began to wail after a while -- gosh, so heartpain to hear her cry but gotta continue to put the mask on. She dozed off soon after the mask was removed -- need to wait 20mins before seeing PD. Phew, her airways was clearer and she could sleep more comfortably. PD up the dosage from 1.5ml to 2ml for Ventolin to open up the airways. He warned that her condition may get worse for the coming 1 week. If dun develop to bronchitis, will take another 2 weeks to recover. He advised us to look after her at home then put at IFC and watched out for signs of lethargy, fever etc.

As TK was back in army for reservist, I took leave to look after her -- haha, re-lived the maternity days of baby care! My day revloved ard bath, feed, sleep and play. More tiring then working! As predicted by PD, her cough worsen on the 5th-7th -- each time she coughs, her whole face would turn red and cough till wanna vomit kind. Her appetite drops drastically. From her usual 200ml, she barely finishes 60ml and will push the bottle away. I need to warm the milk and coax her to drink later -- one feed can take 1 hour!

Thanks to many SMH May09 mummies who shared tips on how to soothe baby -- she coughs fewer times and still as active :) Hope she regains her appetite soon!

BB @ Party Time

It was a busy weekend and Yuan2 had lotsa fun at Swim Party and Ashlee's Birthday Party :)

BB @ Swim Party

We brought Yuan2 for a swim @ Hwa Xia Harbourfront -- after a very full feed of sweet potato and brocolli puree :) She enjoyed her swim -- despite other babies crying & fussing! We wanna let her have baby massage but she began to cry when the massage lady put her hands on her body -- guess she dun like strangers to touch her :( Gotta forgo the massage again... Met up with a few SMH May09 mummies & babies -- it was fun watching the babies creating "waves" in the tub! Yuan2 KO after the swim and only asked for milk after 7.5 hours from her last feed!

Yuan2's new style -- grabbing both her feets while swimming :)


Haha, all the SMH May09 babies are looking everywhere except the camera!

BB @ Ahslee's Birthday Party

Karen's baby, Ashlee, celebrated her 2nd birthday on Sunday -- Barney theme. Yuan2 was dressed up in red romper dress and put on her new hairband. TK bjorned her to the party and she was curiously looking ard. Karen specially packed a nice goody bag for Yuan2 -- she couldn't wait to open it! Yuan2 took a short nap on my lap (amist the party commotion) and woke up in time for the cake cutting. Ashlee was a real sweetie -- she came forward to play with Yuan2 and asked her to blow bubble :)

Barney Theme Birthday -- Yuan2 has a flower tattoo on her thigh :)

Ashlee playing blow bubble with Yuan2

Like Daddy like Daughter -- open mouth blur look :P

BB @ 6 month

Wow, time really flies! Our little princess was 6mth old last Friday :) She likes to smile and chuckle happily!

BB @ Meal Time

We started Yuan2 on solids 2 weeks ago. She is drinking milk as per normal(4x 200ml) with an additional feed of solids. She is enjoying the food that mummy made -- mummy is enjoying the food making process, too. So far, she has tried rice cereal, carrot, brocolli, apple & pear puree. At IFC, she made a mess and came back with orange carrot stains on her new clothes! To prevent her from dripping food on her clothes, I bought DEX bibs & long sleeve infant bib.

BB @ Sleep Time
Yuan2 will ask for her last milk feed at 8pm and zzz soon after. She likes to perform stunts in her sleep -- rotate and get stuck at one corner, flip onto her tummy and sleep face down!! I always have nightmare of SIDS -- will wake up to check on her 1-2 times during the nite.

Last Saturday, TK found her legs sticking out from the cot(the bumper was half length) and she was happily smiling away. Gosh, that can be so dangerous -- what if she breaks her legs!! We quickly changed it to a full length bumper but leave a little gap for wind to go in (Yuan2 dun sleep in air-con room). And our little princess knows how to push her legs against the side of the cot to move forward to grab toys *haha*

BB @ Swim Time

After her last immunisation jab (next will be @ 15mth), it is time to bring her to the pool @ our place for a swim. Aunty Audrey bought a Dora swim suit for Yuan2 from Texas, USA -- juz in time to wear it :) Mummy was very eager to let Yuan2 try the Doraemon Wave Rider. At the baby pool, Yuan2 was fascinated by kids playing with balls sprinting water -- reminded her of her hippo toy @ bath time :) TK let her test water by dipping her feets in water on the side of the pool -- she was happily steping away. When we put her in the Doraemon float, she sat like a princess :) We took turns to "speed" her ard in the pool and she chuckled happily. After 10min in the water, she sneezed -- gan cheong daddy n mummy quickly took her out of the water and wrapped her in towel. After a warm bath, she KO till dinner time :) Will bring her to the pool more often!