I'm A Big Girl Now

 
 
 
  

I'm 7 Months Old!

 
 

Ok, this is really LONG in coming. My apologies.

Sarah turned 7 months on the 17th (approximately 1 and a half weeks back). She's 8.4kg this month. That's a paltry 100 grams more from last month. I suppose it could be because she was rather sick some weeks back. Oh well, my goal this month is to pump her up to make up for the shortfall last month. I like my baby chubby and all. =)

Sarah just learnt how to get into a standing position from a sitting one (with the help of things around her). She still does not know how to crawl forward - she's always doing the reverse leopard crawl. I suspect she can scoot around too, but I haven't seen it firsthand yet (I'll leave her in one spot, but she'll 'appear' at another spot some distance away, in a sitting position still).

My baby still doesn't have any teeth. Apart from the waking up at night and constant gumming of everything, she still has no signs of teeth neither. I count my blessings as that simply means more days of breastfeeding without any apprehension of getting bitten by her. =) 

Mother & Child

 

I simply can't get enough of:

The wonder of your little smile,
Your tiny fists and toes.
The softness of your jet black hair,
Your tiny, button nose.
The sound of your squeals and laugh,
Your excited flaps and kicks.
The way you drool the whole day through,
Your gummy grins and licks.

Love you, Princess. =) 

My Parents Are Cruel

 
 

Sarah went for her first haircut yesterday.It turned out to be quite a disaster. She did not really kick up a fuss at the salon, but she should have. Well, take a look at the pictures above and then those below and you'll get my drift. I think she'ld look back on these when she's old enough, and she'ld probably wonder why we did this to her. We're sorry baby.

 
  

Teething?

 
 

We're back from an extremely exhausting trip. It was a long awaited break - but ironically it was probably one of the busiest time I ever had since I had Sarah. Both Gerry and her were sick throughout. I was kept busy with Her Royal Crankiness and had to wash up her everflowing supply of dirty laundry on top of the usual feeding, cleaning and caring for her.

She vomitted like thrice during the trip and we're talking about major vomitting (where liquids spew out from both the nose and mouth type). All due to forcing her to take her medicine. Things improved when I smartened up and started spiking her meals.

Anywayz, I think there's another reason behind her recent grouchy demeanour. Does the pictures tell u anything? She'll practically gum everything she can get her mouth on (oh yes, even dirty table corners). 

Sick Babies

Sarah's awfully sick with a REALLY bad case of cold. Today's the third day already and she doesn't look anywhere near recovering. My heart really aches each time she cries out in pain due to her sore throat, or whenever she tries to take that really laboured breath through her nose. She struggles when it comes to taking her medication and vomits right after. I think my poor baby is looking quite run down. She does not eat her meals, rarely drinks her milk and vomits. Surefire way of losing weight. =( To make matters a little more tricky, my other baby (Gerry)is sick too. Keeping my fingers crossed that I won't be next.

The nightmare begins at night. The first night, I practically had to stay awake the entire night. She keeps fussing because of her blocked nose and will wake up every 15 minutes, unless I pat her back to sleep. Not an easy task considering the Other Baby breaking into fits of cough throughout the night.

She started wailing around 3am and wouldn't stop till I rocked her back to sleep (I had to walk around the room at the same time). And I could not even sit down till 6am. *faint*

I don't know how I'm managing - but it's really miraculous that I haven't lost my temper with her when I had to repeat it the second night.

I guess one of the most amazing thing about motherhood is your sudden newfound burst of patience and willpower. I had neither when I was a swinging single. What can I say, it's a miracle.

Well, I'm really hoping that she'll get better REALLY soon. We're flying off to Jakarta tomorrow till next Wednesday. Hoping that she'll enjoy her first trip overseas.