Happy Birthday Dylan! Stay happy, healthy and cheeky! - Love from all in the family
Thursday, November 11, 2010
11/11/2010 Dylan's 1st birthday
A very quiet celebration at home...
Happy Birthday Dylan! Stay happy, healthy and cheeky! - Love from all in the family
Happy Birthday Dylan! Stay happy, healthy and cheeky! - Love from all in the family
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Dylan's walking!
Yes I managed to catch him on my HP today! 6days short of 11months old mark he could walk! But he still needed help to stand up but he's walking pretty firmly. I thought he was speeding through.. but could pause and stare at the tele for a few moments. These are captured within 30sec or so.
Video1 - 1st video of him walking towards to the window and pausing to watch Ze Frank on tele.
Video2 - He could manage a left turn, I thought it's pretty well done! :)
Video3 - The little tele baby walking towards the tele
Video4 - Still so glued to the TV.. OMG
Video1 - 1st video of him walking towards to the window and pausing to watch Ze Frank on tele.
Video2 - He could manage a left turn, I thought it's pretty well done! :)
Video3 - The little tele baby walking towards the tele
Video4 - Still so glued to the TV.. OMG
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Crib party
Past few weeks, small one was having cold/cough. Took him about 2-3wks to recover... guess he is now ok, just me I probably caught it from him. He has been quite a handful, more playful than Shawn and more attention seeking obviously! Anyway last night he slept at 8pm and then came the exciting part... He was having crib party from 1-3am. I cannot recall how many times I picked him up, smacked him on the buttocks and tell him to sleep. He just refused. When I put him on the bed, he went to disturb YT, stood up at our headboard and just played around. Ugggh... drove me nuts. In the end I think Dylan gave up and finally slept at about 3am. Makes me a panda today! I did put teething gel on him. I suppose he is cutting 4 teeth at a time and that caused him pain. Poor thing yea... anyway, hope tonight he would be better and be good to us!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Little "LOUD" Dylan
Last week I brought this little guy to the dr for his 4th/6th month old jab & Rotavirus dose(while he's turning 8months in a few days time). This fellow screamed his head off and cried so loudly that I could not hear the nurse/doctor talking to me after the scream. Yes, there were 2 jabs, left and right thighs before the sweet Rotavirus medic was dripped down his throat. It was silence for awhile before he continued screaming again. I remembered it was almost 15min before he calmed down, sniffing away angrily at me! Poor kid.
Apart from the jab, he's doing well. The GP clinic didn't have the kiddo weighing machine so they used a digital weighing machine to measure the absolute weight from the delta of mine+his weight together. Well, the reading was close to a 10kg, just 0.1kg short of that. So he's 9.9kg (abt 97% percentile), 71cm in height (abt 90% percentile) and head measuring at 46cm (abt 90% percentile).
Recently he has started fruits and vege puree in school. At home, I'm stuck to cereals for dinner or fruits as they are most convenient. Today I tried avocado and it works wonder. He loved it and had half of it. I scraped off the fruit and fed directly to him. He's trying on his stubby little fingers on finger food i.e. stars. He is still trying very hard to stuff the little star into his mouth. When he gets impatient, he would grunt and let out a loud sigh and whine. I need to get him to practice more often on his fine motor skills.
Today, he has another surprise for us. I left him in the playpen while mum and I were getting dinner ready. The next moment I peeped into the room, he was standing up holding the edge of the playpen! He must have knelt on his knees (which I saw him doing that past few days), and managed to propped himself (probably by shaking) to hold on the edge of the playpen. His eyes barely reach the edge of the playpen. So well done to little Dylan! Hooray!
Apart from the jab, he's doing well. The GP clinic didn't have the kiddo weighing machine so they used a digital weighing machine to measure the absolute weight from the delta of mine+his weight together. Well, the reading was close to a 10kg, just 0.1kg short of that. So he's 9.9kg (abt 97% percentile), 71cm in height (abt 90% percentile) and head measuring at 46cm (abt 90% percentile).
Recently he has started fruits and vege puree in school. At home, I'm stuck to cereals for dinner or fruits as they are most convenient. Today I tried avocado and it works wonder. He loved it and had half of it. I scraped off the fruit and fed directly to him. He's trying on his stubby little fingers on finger food i.e. stars. He is still trying very hard to stuff the little star into his mouth. When he gets impatient, he would grunt and let out a loud sigh and whine. I need to get him to practice more often on his fine motor skills.
Today, he has another surprise for us. I left him in the playpen while mum and I were getting dinner ready. The next moment I peeped into the room, he was standing up holding the edge of the playpen! He must have knelt on his knees (which I saw him doing that past few days), and managed to propped himself (probably by shaking) to hold on the edge of the playpen. His eyes barely reach the edge of the playpen. So well done to little Dylan! Hooray!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Dylan's report card
I just got Dylan's 'report card' from the school. So this is what the teachers wrote :
1-3months
Dylan has good eye-hand coordination. He still follow teachers' movements and enjoy looking around his environment. He is also starting to become aware of his hands and the grasp reflex is slowly fading, as this manipulative skill is developing well.
4-7months
Dylan is doing well in his physical gross motor skill. His muscles have strengthened enough so that he can put a lot of his weight on his forearms. He sits with hands forward for support. He will reach for large objects with both hands and grasp and hold his milk bottle, though not for long. He will smile at familiar faces and show interest at people around him. He does not like to be left alone and want the company of others.
Teacher did check these boxesas his development of skills that are meant for 8-12monthies and dated them 15/June, as he does this very frequently daily:
- Gets to sitting potision without assistance (8-10months)
- Crawls forward on belly
- Assumes hand and knee position
- Creeps on hands and knees
- Gets to sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position (10-12months)
- Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping) (8-10months)
And just today, he did pull himself up to standing position twice.
I must say, he certainly strong thighs and legs! :)
1-3months
Dylan has good eye-hand coordination. He still follow teachers' movements and enjoy looking around his environment. He is also starting to become aware of his hands and the grasp reflex is slowly fading, as this manipulative skill is developing well.
4-7months
Dylan is doing well in his physical gross motor skill. His muscles have strengthened enough so that he can put a lot of his weight on his forearms. He sits with hands forward for support. He will reach for large objects with both hands and grasp and hold his milk bottle, though not for long. He will smile at familiar faces and show interest at people around him. He does not like to be left alone and want the company of others.
Teacher did check these boxesas his development of skills that are meant for 8-12monthies and dated them 15/June, as he does this very frequently daily:
- Gets to sitting potision without assistance (8-10months)
- Crawls forward on belly
- Assumes hand and knee position
- Creeps on hands and knees
- Gets to sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position (10-12months)
- Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping) (8-10months)
And just today, he did pull himself up to standing position twice.
I must say, he certainly strong thighs and legs! :)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Update on Dylan
Yes, now he crawls. He would can now stand with assistance and he sits quite firmly....We got Dylan a playpen 2wks ago because he was being very violent in the cot. On fours he would shake back and forth to the extend of himself knocking his head on the railings! We figured even if we did put the bumper mat, he would still hurt himself when he's on fours. So YT bought the playpen for him. He loves it (at least till today).
And he SCREAMS when he is not satisfied with dinner. Just today he had cereal. He screamed for more food while I went into the kitchen to rinse the dirty hanky. SCREAMED with TEARS! It wasn't crying, pure screaming! So he had 2tbspoon of cereal with 180ml of milk for dinner. He held his own bottle while I dug into my dinner. Well done Dylan!
For the past 2wks, I run the same routine for Dylan, hoping that he would get the hook of it and of course this would make my life much easier. Typically on a weekday, when we reach home, I would put him in the playpen and quickly get Shawn's dinner done up. That would be at least 10-15min solo in the playpen. Then he would join us at the dinner table. He would have puree or cereal for dinner. After our dinner typically at 8plus, I would wipe him down and he stays in the playpen for another 10-15min while I get my bath (usually with him screaming in the playpen if YT doesn't take him out). Last feed is at about 9ish. After the latch on I would place him in the cot and let him go to lala-land on his own. Most of the time he needs the pacifier. He stirs a little at night, so I would creep out of the bed and stuff the pacifier into his mouth. When he gets up it's about 6-7am. I don't bother much until he starts to whine or cry. Then I would drag myself up to latch him on.
And he SCREAMS when he is not satisfied with dinner. Just today he had cereal. He screamed for more food while I went into the kitchen to rinse the dirty hanky. SCREAMED with TEARS! It wasn't crying, pure screaming! So he had 2tbspoon of cereal with 180ml of milk for dinner. He held his own bottle while I dug into my dinner. Well done Dylan!
For the past 2wks, I run the same routine for Dylan, hoping that he would get the hook of it and of course this would make my life much easier. Typically on a weekday, when we reach home, I would put him in the playpen and quickly get Shawn's dinner done up. That would be at least 10-15min solo in the playpen. Then he would join us at the dinner table. He would have puree or cereal for dinner. After our dinner typically at 8plus, I would wipe him down and he stays in the playpen for another 10-15min while I get my bath (usually with him screaming in the playpen if YT doesn't take him out). Last feed is at about 9ish. After the latch on I would place him in the cot and let him go to lala-land on his own. Most of the time he needs the pacifier. He stirs a little at night, so I would creep out of the bed and stuff the pacifier into his mouth. When he gets up it's about 6-7am. I don't bother much until he starts to whine or cry. Then I would drag myself up to latch him on.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Dylan's learning how to crawl
Dylan has just turned 6months 2days ago. I was just commenting that he wasn't crawling forward as yet. But this morning, he was inching forward. Managed to capture it on my iphone.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Flipped!
Dylan struggled to flip to the side 90deg on his own on 4/3. He did it well and obviously was happy suckling his thumb at the perfect position. On 5/3 morning he woke up and was able to flip from his back onto his tummy. It wasn't perfect. After a few times teaching how to shift his arms away so that they balance him well, he learnt it quickly and now, it's smooth for him to just turn around. However, the only problem is when he is tired and unable to hold his head high and whambam onto his nose, face down, he gets upset and start screaming and crying. We have to watch him very closely. Can't take anymore chances leaving him alone for a longer period now.
Dylan weighs 7.3kg last Saturday when we brought him to see Dr Khor. It was for his nose, because he was snorting away for quite awhile. Basically it's due to Ooi family nose. Can't cure, just got to live with it. Thanks to the haze and the bad weather, even the change of temperature from cold to hot would trigger the snort. Dr Khor said, just treat it as if he's snoring, no harm. Leave the cute little baby alone. He had a jab that day and didn't winch a single inch as his backside flesh was enough to buffer the pain from the syringe.
Dylan weighs 7.3kg last Saturday when we brought him to see Dr Khor. It was for his nose, because he was snorting away for quite awhile. Basically it's due to Ooi family nose. Can't cure, just got to live with it. Thanks to the haze and the bad weather, even the change of temperature from cold to hot would trigger the snort. Dr Khor said, just treat it as if he's snoring, no harm. Leave the cute little baby alone. He had a jab that day and didn't winch a single inch as his backside flesh was enough to buffer the pain from the syringe.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Dylan Dylan Dylan
Last night as I was organizing my milk stash, I found a cracked milk glass bottle. Obviously, to my horror it's a 300ml cracked bottle. Even though my supply is good at this moment, throwing away 300ml just breaks my heart! I figured I must have been too greedy maximising the "storage space" in the bottle that I didn't leave enough room for the liquid to expand when put to freeze. So dumb! Anyway, now I make Shawn drink the EBM to help clear some space in the freezer. YT can't take the fishy smell from the thawed milk, so I would have to be the one to sit down with Shawn to make him drink it. Shawn never complains about the EBM. He typically drink about 200-250ml till he burps big time (I think it's overfeeding especially it's only 1-1.5hr after dinner)
Since CNY, Dylan sleeps from 9/10-ish to 4.30am (odd hours, which means I was getting about 4-5hrs of sleep a day). Last night, I woke him up and fed him at midnight until he passed out and this morning he woke up at 6.30am. I kind of dragged the time from 6am and stuffed in the pacifier till 6.30am as I was not willing to creep out of bed and sit up to feed him. It's good enough. Hope we would be able to stretch the time longer like before!
Caregivers in school always tell me he's a very chatty boy. And yes, he loves to "talk" and coo along when we talk to him. Now he's sucking his fingers (esp his thumb!) more often too. When I take a sniff of his hands - gross!
Since CNY, Dylan sleeps from 9/10-ish to 4.30am (odd hours, which means I was getting about 4-5hrs of sleep a day). Last night, I woke him up and fed him at midnight until he passed out and this morning he woke up at 6.30am. I kind of dragged the time from 6am and stuffed in the pacifier till 6.30am as I was not willing to creep out of bed and sit up to feed him. It's good enough. Hope we would be able to stretch the time longer like before!
Caregivers in school always tell me he's a very chatty boy. And yes, he loves to "talk" and coo along when we talk to him. Now he's sucking his fingers (esp his thumb!) more often too. When I take a sniff of his hands - gross!
Friday, February 5, 2010
4Feb10
Dylan started infant care on 1Feb10. He seemed ok so far. This is taken on day4 after I brought him back from infant care. Tired little one...
And my milk stash as of yesterday (one of the bags is not milk though). Pretty filled up, so now I need to get Shawn to drink his fill more often
Sunday, January 24, 2010
22Jan10 The many faces
The above are the many faces of Dylan... :)
The photo which I took with Dylan was taken in the nursery room
Saturday, January 23, 2010
20Jan10 1st day in Ergo
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