He smiles, and despite my good intentions, I pick him up. ... read more

Some Daddy and baby shots that make me smile. Other than haing some fun at Noah's expense, DD is completely the doting Daddy that I knew he would be. Everyday he swoops in after work to hover around baby, and at the slightest peep, he'll scoop him up for a carry with a merry "Daddy 最疼你的!" (All this Chinese speaking the result of the confinement nanny's presence!) And while I object to the brainwashing attempts, I am both amused by his enthusiasm and happy that he really adores his son. Daddy ... read more

The night after he turned 4 weeks old, we decided to give Noah his first bottle of expressed breastmilk. Daddy DD was the most excited about it since it gave him a chance to be directly involved in the feeding process. I on the other hand was excited about the prospect of being relieved from some of the continuous feeding that goes on here everyday. But for baby? It was happily a non-event. Roused from his sleep for his feed, he took to the offered bottle teat and sucked down 4 ounces in about 5 ... read more

With all the eating he's been doing, my baby has lost some of his newborn grumpy small old man looks and has started to fill out and look more like a baby.Sometimes when I look at the pics we took of him at birth and a few days thereafter, I'm surprised at how much he's changed over the course of just 4 weeks, and how much he has grown. And to think that I was so distressed when we went back for his first week review to find that he had lost weight and weighed in at 2.95kg -- his birth weight ... read more

Hello, I'm Snack Bar Mummy.This week, my good baby who fed every 3 or so hours and then popped back to sleep shortly after decided that he would like to stay awake for most of the day and feed every hour or so. I feel like AM food on tap.I appreciate the fact that it has resolved some of the minor engorgement issues I was having but geez, I'm really getting somewhat worn out by constantly having to cradle my baby to the breast as he gets increasingly cranky as the day wears on and supply runs ... read more

It's been 2 weeks into confinement and already I look forward to our doctor's appointments cos they give me a reason to get out of the house with just DD and little Noey in tow. How sad is that? Anyway, we've thus made 2 excursions back to TMC over the last 2 weeks, the first for Noey's first review with the Paed on the Wednesday following his birth, and the second the following Wednesday to our O&G doctor to get me checked out. I'm very encouraged that our baby has shown himself to be fairly ... read more

Little Mr Noah Ong's favourite cot activity: Turning himself in different positions from that in which he was laid. Pity I didn't get a shot of him when he'd managed to turn himself 90 degrees to be perpendicular to the position we'd originally laid him in the cot. He is also able to roll himself on to his side when laid flat on his back. And just today when our confinement nanny put him on his tummy for a nap and we came shortly thereafter to check on him, we found him crawled into a corner of ... read more

Our Noey's 2 weeks old today and so far, he's been, for the most part, a real sweetie. Since arriving in our world, he seems to have adjusted incredibly well, leaving his Mum and Dad wondering what the fuss about how a baby would turn our lives upside down was all about. (Of course, now I'm afraid I've jinxed it by saying this but I really think he deserves some credit here!) Since the first hour when I latched him on shortly after birth, he's been a good feeder, as evidenced by the many poopy ... read more