Thursday, April 24, 2008

Ryan's First Smile - 25th April 2008




Bo liao mummy at work again...
After a failed attempt of trying to capture my darling son's smile, i decided to try again early in the morning...

Managed to coax Ryan into smiling at the camera for me... Hehe
The many other expressions of our darling son.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

2nd Hep B Jab

We went to PD for Ryan's 2nd Hep B Jab...  Surprisingly he managed to stay quiet throughout the consultation... As if he knows that we are talking about him, his head turn from left to right - PD to his mummy...

I'm so proud of him. He cried only during the jab. Afterwhich he immediately quieten down... As if nothing happened.

He gained so much weight... No wonder i felt my arms breaking as the days passes by...
Birth Weight - 3.315kg
Discharged Weight - 3.050kg
Current Weight - 4.475kg

But I am glad to know that my BM is feeding him well... All those sleepless nights, hours of latching is actually good for him.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Day 31 of Ryan's Birth - Officially 1 month old!!




Today is Mummy's & Ryan's first shopping trip without Daddy.

My First Shopping Trip


Taken outside Marks & Spencer - B1 @ Wheelock Place

Today is the first time i go out with Ryan alone...
Met my colly for a drink @ 11am @ Raffles Place - BK
Then proceeded to meet the hainanese clan ladies for lunch @ 12noon @ Raffles Place - TCC
Lastly proceeded to meet the march MTB forum ladies @ 2pm @ Wheelock Place - NYDC

We had little time to shop as we were chatting away in NYDC. After eating some dessert, we went to Marks & Spencer to do window shopping... Then, our babies decided to get hungry all at the same time. So we end up feeding them on a bench outside Marks & Spencer and carried on chatting at the same time...
By the time we are done chatting n feeding our precious babies, it was time to go home...

Ryan's daddy & Ryan's maternal grandma were taking turns to call me all day... Worrying about me handling Ryan alone outside... :)

I reached home around 6.30pm. Put Ryan on rocker to sleep, then i took a shower and proceeded to bath Ryan.
I'm proud to say that I did all these by myself, without him crying... *First Time*

I hope to be able to bring him out in a pram soon. Currently, he seems very happy sleeping in my sling...

Monday, April 7, 2008

Bath time




First attempt to bath him w/o crying failed.. This is 2nd attempt...

Bathing for Ryan on his full month celebration




He seems to be alittle calmer today.. I think he knows it's his big day today.

Sedated Ryan




He always looks this calm after milk... His tee is so huge, he looks like a girl in this outfit.. Hehe

Delivery Day




Juz before c-sec... Darling hubby was testing the videocam for later recording of Ryan's birth scene...
The whole inducing process was over... I was given pills to relax and stop contractions. So i was making some last minute calls to my parents to inform them of our decision to c-sec.

Day 30 of Ryan's Birth




Today, mummy is trying to wean Ryan off slping on mummy's chest...
Thanks to daddy's colleague - IDA, Ryan seems to be enjoying sleeping on the pillow...

Day 29 of Ryan's Birth




Daddy n Mummy brought Ryan out to orchard for shopping today.. Paid for his baby items wif shopping vouchers courtesy from daddy's colleagues & mummy's friends...

Day 28 of Ryan's Birth - FULL MONTH CELEBRATION




Today is Ryan's full mth celebration... So darn hectic wif all the relatives n friends...
Din managed to take many pictures because everyone wants a piece of him. So he end up crying n crying, i spent all afternoon latching him for comfort.

Day 27 of Ryan's Birth




1 day b4 his full month celebration... Family photos... No cameraman so end up only 1 parent wif Ryan.. hehs, we'll prob need to go studio in order to take full family portrait...

Day 26 of Ryan's Birth




Today is friday, the day we decided to shave Ryan's head bald.. Chinese saying - birth hair has to be removed so as to remove any bad luck that comes along wif it...
The hat is given to us by a friend... Luckily it came in handy.

Day 25 of Ryan's Birth




Another few dramatic expressions of yours truly...

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Day 24 of Ryan's Birth




I realised that apart of the Day/Night confusion that Ryan seem to have, another reason why he is super cranky at night is because of his blocked nose.

His nose is blocked, therefore he requires his mouth to breath. While he drinks, he cannot breath. So he takes 3hrs to drink the quantity which he usually requires 30mins to finish.
And since he drinks so slowly, by the time he finishes his milk, he'll get hungry again in a short while... So last night was a killer...
He was latching approx from 10pm - 4am on and off... Until I cannot take it, i decided to help him clear his nose.
But I know that everytime I do that, he'll cry very very loud as he's in extreme discomfort. *who wouldn't be?*

So i decided to take that risk and began his nose clearing... True enough, he cried so loudly it affected his poor daddy's sleep.
But by the time I am done, it's already 6.30am. Due for another feed...
And his daddy is due to wake up for work already...

At least his daddy had ample sleep from 11pm - 4am... *Self consolation*

So today I'm too sleepy to take any more pictures of him...
I hope I can sustain till at least 30days as I really want to capture his daily changes. :)

Day 23 of Ryan's Birth




I had a good night rest last night... Good enough for me to be in a good mood to bring out our brand new bouncer to let Ryan sleep on...
He seems to like it alot. At least while he sleeps on the bouncer peacefully, I get my beauty sleep as well. :)

Day 22 of Ryan's Birth




Last night he allowed me to sleep in peace and waking up only for feeds... So, me being in a happy mood, i decided to dress him up for a nice photoshoot...
So far, he's being quite cooperative about it. *hehs, he usually is like that after bathtime*

Day 21 of Ryan's Birth




I'm too tired to film many pictures of Ryan today... Cause I did not get any sleep again last night...
How many more sleepless nights???

Day 20 of Ryan's Birth




Super cranky boy... His daddy buay tahan that he's been bullying me all day, he decided to take over while I catch 40winks...
After sometime of carrying and cuddling, we decided to shower him cause he's going on and on non-stop...
Usually he calms down after a quick shower. Comfy? I guess?