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Monday, March 26, 2007

of getting out of poopoo and leg exercises...

A few years ago there was this joke kinda email that was sent out and went into quite a big circulation. I can’t recall the exact content but it’s something about a bird that did not manage to fly south during winter. It got so cold and and fell to the ground. As it lay there dying a cow came and poot poot right on top of it. The warmth of the poot poot brought the bird back to life and it sang for joy. A nearby cat hearing the bird came to investigate and promptly ate the bird. Then the email reveal the moral of the story, about not everyone who unload a pile of dung on you is necessarily bad and that if you got yourself out of deep poopoo, don’t make a big scene out of it as it will prove disastrous later.
Well, we sorta had that second part of the moral dished out to us on a silver platter last week. In one of the recent blog entry I mentioned that we probably have got the handle of managing Sue Yi. True to the bird and poopoo moral, it came back and bit us. We were not sure if it was a case of over stimulation, but Sue Yi does not seem to want to sleep. At most she will just sleep for an hour and then she will start stirring, which will then eventually be grow into a full blown cry. Even the cradle (thanks hijackqueen for informing on the correct term) does not help. She will even cry louder if put in there. Then at times she will just wanna to chat and smile. So I guess she have came back with a vengeance on telling us who’s boss.

Anyway, Timothy, Emily, Michelle, my brother, mom and dad came and visit us last nite. We were just about to finish feeding Sue Yi and everyone got a good look at her. (She was asleep the last time they came). According to wifey, my mom was busy checking who Sue Yi looked like. Michelle had a go at burping Sue Yi and she ended up getting a souvenir from Sue Yi. Sorry Michelle!

I got a good tip from an old friend (also named Michelle – we’ll call her Michelle T) about Sue Yi gas issue. She mentioned that she did leg exercise with her son to help him fart and release some pressure off his stomach. We did that for Sue Yi and it did helped her fart, in fact she farted so much that her gas probably can power a small car! (exaggerating only la). So thanks Michelle T!

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

of cars and adventures...

Sue Yi went for another big adventure yesterday. Wifey and I figured that probably it’s a good idea to introduce Sue Yi to as many people in our family as possible as soon as she is able to. We want to make sure that she will not grow up to be too clingy to us or any specific person. Also we wanna to introduce her to the environment that she will be visiting often. So last weekend we brought her back to meet her poh poh and kung kung. Being the daredevil irresponsible parents that we are, we decide to also leave Sue Yi under poh poh’s care we go shop for some stuff for a while. And before anyone start to shake their head and heave loud aiiii yooohhhh, the reason we wanna do that is so that we will be really sure that she get used to being cared by poh poh without us being panicky and running around like headless chiken.
So we got all packed up at 2pm and got ourselves ready to go. There must be something magical about cars as I read everywhere that babies usually fall asleep in cars. Sue Yi is no exception. She fell asleep and slept throughout the journey which is a good thing because she will be asleep when we arrive. So we left her at poh poh’s place and savor the taste of freedom quickly went out to buy the stuff that we need. We went to Gurney plaza and it seems like such a long time since we went there. We had lunch at Domino’s and then went for a bit of shopping. But before we even spent one hour, everything seems so dull and wifey already is missing Sue Yi. So, we quickly went to pick up the milk that we ordered and went back to poh poh’s place.
Poh poh’s report is that Sue Yi cried when she woke up, I guess must be the new environment but they manage to calm her down and fed her milk. Sue yi, was sleeping again when we got back. I guess this is a good sign as she is already comfortable enough to fall asleep at poh poh’s place. According to poh poh, even kung kung managed to feed her. So I guess Sue Yi passed this little test.

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

of sounds and getting back to what we do...

I am glad to report out although Sue Yi is still crying in the evenings and still having colic issues, Wifey and I have come to the point that we are no longer panicking and running around like no head chicken every time it happens. I guess we have kinda sorta expect her to cry (although we really hope that she wouldn’t) and are more prepared. The thing about Sue Yi is that she has now developed the habit of preferring to sleep in the bouncing net thingy. So, for the lack of other alternative, I went to get another one of that contraption yesterday. We also are now calmer when she cries and will calmly check her diapers or check if she needs milk etc. So it’s not as chaotic as yesterday.
Wifey and I also figured out some of the sounds that Sue Yi makes when she sleeps. This is very much different to about a week ago when we will panic and think that she needs something at the very first sound that she makes. Most of the time she will just talk or mumble in her sleep and not necessarily need anything from us. Sometimes she will just let out a long sigh which most of the time we will just see if she’s ok and then go on with whatever that we are doing. So I guess as cold as it may sound, wifey and I have kinda learnt that sometimes she makes sounds just because so and we don’t necessarily have to pick her up to check for this and that. Which to us is probably a good thing because we can finally get back to our normal pace of life.
Case and point is that although, Sue Yi have had her milk and change of nappies, she still let out sighs and small noises from time to time last night. Wifey and I chose to let her be and she went back to sleep after she had said her piece. For that wifey and I go ”whoppee!”

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Monday, March 19, 2007

of adjustments and shopping...

We are crossing another milestone today. Sue Yi will begin her first day at the babysitter today. We made the decision earlier to get the babysitter begin to take care of Sue Yi before wifey goes back to work so that if Sue Yi have any adjustment problems, wifey can be around to ease her transition. Since the baby sitter also agree to it, we packed some of her things and move them over to the baby sitter’s place last night.
I went back during lunchtime to check and wifey told me that she passed Sue Yi over this morning while she was sleeping. She said that she did not hear Sue Yi cry since then. I guess that is a good sign but I think still too early to tell.
With Sue Yi under the babysitter’s care, I suggested that wifey to do the shopping for some of the stuff needed by the baby sitter. In a way, this will give her a chance to go out for walk see as she has been cooped in confinement and taking care of Sue Yi for the past month.
She seem so excited to go out. Even all dressed up and ready to go when I went home just now. Let’s just hope that she don’t get too caught up in the shopping and forgot to come home!

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

of photos and photos...

Some random shots from this weekend. I guess these are the first few shots of Sue Yi since whe came back.




Peekaboo!

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of rotation and sleep talking...

I did an OJT (on-the-job) training this weekend. All this while, my role of taking care of Sue Yi have been just limited to the occasional feeding, running around getting stuff for wifey while she care for her and sometimes burping her and putting her to sleep. This weekend I switched beds with wifey and slept in the same room with Sue Yi. Wifey says that it’s part of the training to get prepare me to take care of her when we go on rotation when she goes back to work.
Friday Night. I guess it’s pretty ok. I fed her about 3oz at around 7.30pm and put her to sleep after burping her. She slept all the way through and started to stir at around 10.30pm. Anticipating that she will be wanting milk I went ahead and make 3 oz and waited for her to wake up. After feeding she went back to sleep until the next feeding. She stirred again at around 2.30am but went back to sleep but since it has been more than 4 hours since the last feed, I got her up and fed her. Then she went all the way until morning (~6.30am). And as though she knew that I will have to do the diaper change, she ‘rewarded’ with me a huge pile of creamy mustard looking pile of poo in the morning.
Last night’s was also about the same and I think probably her feeding pattern is around those times. I think probably having a baby in the same room probably will impact a person’s sleeping habit. I am somewhat of a heavy sleeper (depends on the condition). I can sometimes sleep through the ruckus from the illegal racers on the highway, but somehow, I find that with Sue Yi around, I have become a very light sleeper.
Since the past few days, Sue Yi have developed a habit of making sounds while sleeping. Sometimes in the middle of her sleep, she will just moan or make little sounds and then go back to sleep. She was on that after the 2-3am feeding and I keep waking up and checked on her until I just finally gave up and stayed awake and look. Probably she talks in her sleep, but I do wonder who is she talking to in her dreams. Anyway, it’s been a weekend of on the job training, so hopefully I’ll be prepared when we go on rotation.

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Friday, March 16, 2007

of visitor and girlie chats...

Sue Yi got another visitor today. An ex colleague of mine and also Ah Ju, a mutual friend of wifey came over during lunch to visit. Sue Yi was asleep when Ah Ju arrived so we ended up just chatting in the living room while we Sue Yi slept. But I guess the sound of us chatting must have stirred her up and since it is already time for her milk, I fed her while wifey continue to chat with Ah Ju. I guess Sue Yi probably wanna join in with the girls and the refuse to go back to sleep after her feeding and start to fuss, until wifey and Ah Ju came in to talk to her. She seem so curious and animated when Ah Ju talked to her. Her eyes kep looking at Ju and she keep making noises. I wonder is she is gossiping about her parents to Ju, or probably just those normal idle girlie chat J. I guess she must have thought that we brought back a new toy for her. But alas, Ah Ju and I have to go back to work fob back to sleep for Sue Yi.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

of water quality and the next election...

just a quick and short entry. but i think it will speak volumes for me.

I changed the water filter for my main pipe on tuesday and when i cambe back home yesterday (wednesday) this is the color of the water filter. Barely 24 hours after installation.
i don't know who will be the candidate in the next election, but i know who is definately not deserving of my vote.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

of blog updates and crying... ...and crying...

Michelle from mybabybay visited me with her family yesterday evening. So I guess she will be the first blogger who visited my home. Well, actually, wifey and I have met her before. I mean how could we not as she is my SIL. Technicalities aside, in our conversation she brought up that there were no new entries in my blog for some time already. My first thought was ”Blog? What blog? I have been so busy these past few days that I did not have time to even think of anything else” Then I realize that probably I have an obligation to update my legions of 3 or maybe 4 readers out there.

So, what have I been so busy with lately? Well for one Sue Yi is (like what those rapper folks will say) ‘in da house’. Yup, you read right. Wifey and Sue Yi’s stint at the confinement house ended last Saturday and they with me in ‘da house’. No more lonely nights missing wifey and Sue Yi, drinking copious amount of CNY beer to get to sleep, no more hearing that creepy sound of silence in the middle of the night, no more wild parties while wifey is away and most of all no more of that feeling that the house is just an empty shell.

The ride home on Saturday was actually quite uneventful, wifey’s mom decided to follow us home too to make sure that we are able to cope (which is a good thing as you can read later). Sue Yi was still asleep when we got home and things seem to be moving along well. We put her on the crib/playpen and let her sleep for a while. After what seemed like a nanosecond, she woke up and cried. And CRIED she did! I guess the experience in a new environment must be pretty dramatic for her. And she cried or rather she wailed. Fed her some milk and she was quiet for a while and I guess she stopped just because there is something in her mouth but I can bet you that if she can cry and drink at the same time, she will do that. After finished milk, again she cried. Oh yeah, did I mentioned that she cried? Anyway, after multiple attempts and ideas to stop her, we decided to take drastic action. We brought out the swinging thingy (someone, pls help tell me what is the proper name for that). I quickly assembled it and we put her in there. Seemed to work and she stopped crying…. For a while…. And when she woke up, more crying.

Anyway, that was a pretty much what we did the whole weekend plus Monday. I guess Sue Yi just need some time to adjust herself to the new environment. Plus the fact that she still seem to have a hard time to burp, and when she does, it comes out quite loud and sometimes a bit violent which in turn make her uncomfortable again. We suspect that probably it is also due to the bottle or the technique we used to either burp or feed her that aggravated her gassy condition.

I called Michelle (for consultation J) Monday night and she told me that is it pretty normal and that doctors can prescribe some anti-colic medicine for that. That gave us a bit of comfort because as parents for the first time, everything seemed to be amplified by multiple of millions. Hearing someone telling us that it’s normal does make us feel that we are probably not doing anything wrong. She also gave us some tips on bottles and pacifiers so probably this weekend will need to do some shopping.
Yesterday, we decided to take Sue Yi to see Dr. Hasanah anyway. I was pretty lucky to have a boss who is understanding of my situation as his wife also just delivered in December, so I managed to call him and get an emergency leave (at ~11.30pm).
According to Dr, colic is pretty normal, she checked on Sue Yi but mentioned that her tummy was ok and that colic is pretty normal and will last for a few months. So looks like we will have to toughen up for the long haul. She prescribed some anti colic medicine for the condition.
Sue Yi still cries (at times up to 2 plus hours) but at least we are not as paranoid as last weekend. Wifey has also finally manage to get some sleep in between pockets of peacefulness (non crying hours). So do pray for us for strength but most of all pray for Sue Yi as she adjust to this new environment.

Oh yea, did I mention that I can now really call my house a home because the 2 important people in my life are there.

Sue Yi, do understand that these moments of uncomfortableness are only temporary and mommy and daddy is doing our best to get you suited. If that fails, we’ll just record your crying and play it out loud on your sixteenth birthday….nah… just kidding… in due time probably you’ll know that your mommy and daddy are capable of more creative ways to embarrass you…

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

of letters and a month...

Dear Sue Yi,
You are one month old today! Yay!!!! We took you to see Dr Hasanah for the 1 month appointment and you were given a clean bill of health!
Here are some of my observations.
You are drinking at least 3 ounces per feeding but most times it’s more.
In terms of temperament, you are a demanding baby. When you are hungry, you will cry and won’t stop until you get your milk. If milk comes too late you will ‘merajuk’ and don’t want to drink altogether or just drink a bit. Which will then cause discomfort.
Your crying pattern is such that you are like a good plot in a movie or something. You will slowly cringe and make faces and let out small shouts. Then it will slowly build up to short cries and then it will get to full blown crying with your face turning red with uncontrollable crying (Which usually breaks your mommy heart).
When you sleep you can sleep through almost anything. Even with people talking loudly, you will not be bothered. Depending on the situations, you can sleep on a stretch too. But sometimes you seem conscious of your surrounding when you were in light sleep. I can sometimes see your eyes twitch when you hear people talking (especially if it’s mommy or me).
You also seem to be able to get very comfortable in my arms. Except of course when you are hungry, and nothing can calm you down J. Mommy also noticed that you like to sleep with your head on her shoulder with your front against mommy’s chest. We also noticed that you can sleep very well on your stomach or as people say ‘tirap’.
When awake, you like to look and investigate at your surroundings. You will look almost everything and sometimes when something caught your fancy, you will glare at it deeply. Even sometimes when you were sleepy we will notice that you will try to open your eyes to look if you hear something, seems like you are very eager to see the world and what it has to offer.
You like to be talked to. You will quiet down and gets comfortable when you hear people talking to you especially mommy.
As for me, I noticed that I have changed a bit too. I have become more of a melodramatic fool who gets either excited or anxious at the very tiniest of your movement or actions. At times, even the smallest movement of your either your face or your hands or your mouth will stir up emotions in me. I have also notices that I have unconsciously deconstructed my priorities and am slowly reconstructing them again. And you know what is the best thing? I noticed that my priorities are now reconstructed back with you and mommy at the center of it!

Happy Birthday Sue Yi and thank you for helping me find out things about me which I probably did not noticed in the past.

Put those hands to good use, come over for a hug ok?

Love,
daddy

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

of questions and underwear...

Often times when one were to be sitting on the throne doing one’s business, one will think of the either philosophical thoughts like ‘what is the meaning of life’ or ‘does God wears pants left leg first or right leg first’. At other times one might even think of more practical things like ‘if one can burp and fart at the same time’. Then there are also times when one’s mind will wonder off to something more important such as ‘does a teddy bear wears underwear?’ and if so ‘is it boxers or briefs?’ Information like these may seem trivial and useless, but do not be fooled. They can be very important and prove useful at the moments where you least expected it.

Well, ponder no more because I have the answer for at least one of the questions. Teddy bears do indeed wear underwear and boxers are their way to go. I have at least one photo evidence of this factoid.

I was going thought all the soft toys in the house to be cleaned and came across 4 teddy bears that Mickey Ds had as promotion some time ago. They were teddy bears that were dressed up in shirts, pants and shoes plus some that have bags as accessories. To properly clean them I have to strip them off their clothings and this is when I made this discovery:



So when Sue Yi grows up into he what, when why, how age and asks me 'Daddy (who is the center of my universe), do teddy bears wears underwear?', I am proud to say I will be prepared for that mind gymnastic of a question and I can confidently answer 'Yes*'



* well at least 1 out of 4 does because I also discovered that the other 3 went commando style.



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of scare and gas...

Sue Yi gave wifey a bit of a scare tonight. She have been a bit gassy for the past couple of days and have been feeling uncomfortable lately. When I visited wifey this evening, she was telling me about how Sue Yi have been crying in the morning and having gas issue. Based on recommendations they gave her some Chinese medicine which relieved her a bit. She looks better when I went over to see her this evening but still squirming as usual. When it was time for wifey’s supper we pushed her back to nursery and since she is starting to cry wifey asked them to check if she had just poot pooted.
After supper we wend down to check on her again, she seems more comfortable now, but still not sleeping. Since she’s awake we asked for her so that we can talk to her a bit. But then, she started to squirm and stretch uncomfortably again. And there was when it came, Sue Yi threw up the milk in her tummy. It looks pretty severe as the milk shot out from her mouth sort of like water from a hose. Wifey gave a scream and Sue Yi threw up the rest of the milk, this time some even came out thru her nose. Wifey was shocked and quickly picked Sue Yi up from the crib. The people in the nursery also came out and helped wifey. They quickly took Sue Yi back to the nursery and cleaned her up.
Some of the mommies who were hanging around the area told wifey that it’s pretty ok and tried to calm her down. Then only I realized how big of a shock it was for wifey when I saw her eyes were red and she had tears. I am not sure which breaks my heart more, seeing Sue Yi in such discomfort or wifey shedding tears. Wifey said that I didn’t really panicked during the whole situation and according to wifey later was pretty cool. I don’t think it’s because of not being shocked easily or anything (in fact I get shocked easily) or anything like that. Probably the main reason is that I was probably too slow to comprehend the situation and reacted too slowly. One thing is that I do feel a bit scared just now, but I did not show it to wifey. I figured that I must let wifey see me as she is shaken up and need my support. I guess that’s how we are in our relationship, when one is angry the other will be calm or when one is bored, the other will un-bore the situation or when one is being chicken shit, the other will toughen up.
I think probably a baby throwing up her milk is a common thing, but I guess when it is your first time seeing and it is your precious who is going through it, the emotions gets amplified by tens of thousands of times. Anyway, the folks at the nursery are really experts in their work as the managed to clean Sue Yi up and calm her down is no time. She was already halfway into dreamland when I left.
Sometimes we do see people who seem to be so protective of their child. Cannot touch this and that, cannot play this and that, if fall down will panick like no tomorrow. I used to think that these people are just being anal but after tonight, I am beginning to see from their side of the fence. I guess when it’s your child, your own flesh and blood, you will want them to have the best that you can offer and keep them away from even the tiniest ant that might harm her. I just hope that I don’t become an anal retentive jerk in doing so.

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Sunday, March 04, 2007

of temporary freedom and sleep...

Since Sue Yi’s full moon will be on Wednesday, wifey and I decided to distribute the full moon package ahead of time today. For wifey, it’s a big adventure as she have been stuck in the confinement home for weeks. We pre ordered the full moon packages and they arrived early this morning. So we were off by 9am this morning. This outing gave her a chance to go out for a look see look see. She looks so excited and in her own words “it’s like being away and then come back to Penang”. Since there are not that many that we have to distribute, we were pretty much done by noon. Wifey’s mom and dad said that they will distribute for her side of the family while for my side there are just a few package to distribute anyway.

Sue Yi seems to be able to sleep through almost anything. We have noticed before that she was not bothered even by the loud noise from the office phone at the confinement house. Today she slept the longest stretch that I have noticed. After we came back from distributing the full moon packages, wifey fed her at around 2.45pm. Then she slept. Until 4.30 when I went to visit again in the afternoon. At 5.30pm she’s still sleeping. Then at 6 plus, one of the lady at the nursery said better wake her up since she needs a nappy change anyway. By the time we gave her milk it was close to 7pm and she was still sleeping. Slept through nappy change and ass wash! I think she must have got this sleep thing from wifey.
I am not sure if it is because she is hungry, but I think we have picked up some skills in feeding Sue Yi. She didn’t make any fuss or stop halfway this time. Took 2 ½ ounces in one go. We tried to put her is a more upright position taking tips from the last round with the other lady (plus also a good tip from Michelle). It seems to work so far. Let’s hope that this trend continues.

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of letters and one month...

Dear Sue Yi,
I am just back from seeing you and mommy at the confinement house. We just finished feeding you and I held you for a while before I left just now. You were asleep soundly in my arms and it still amazes me at how much joy you bring to me without you knowing it. I am not sue if it is some sort of a miraculous design, but my arms seems so right when holding you. Seems like it is just nice for your little head to rest on my elbow and when I bring you close, everything seems to fall into the right place and you face will rest gently on my chest. It is as though every part of my arm is designed juts to hold you comfortably. This gives me great joy as somehow I get the sense that I am able to provide you comfort and protection. That I am important you your life just as you are important to mine.
But alas I am still human, as it was getting late, my stomach is calling out for dinner and my arms are beginning to sore. (looks like I need to remind myself to put some exercise on the biceps). I felt as if it is not right when I have to finally put you down in your crib and push you back into the nursery. My heart still ache and miss you every time I leave and although it is not a comfortable feeling, I do somehow hope that I will never ever lose it because in a way it tells me how important you are to me.

There is a saying that goes “Time flies when you are having fun”. I guess for me, time really flew in light speed last as this past month have been the most exciting time for me. Best thing of all is that you are the center and the reason for all that excitement. Come Wednesday (March 7), you will be one month old. You have grown so much since you came out from mommy’s tummy and you have continually shown us your characteristics day by day. You have shown us how assertive and demanding you are when you cry, you have shown us how uncomfortable you can get when you have gas, you have brought us joy when you smile, you have also shown us what an angel you can be when you sleep peacefully. Sometimes I wonder what do you dream of. Of happy times you had in mommy’s womb? Or some faraway place created in your mind? Well I do hope and believe that you will have more happy times as you grow up with mommy and daddy.

As with traditional Chinese custom, parents will celebrate the one month milestone of their baby by distributing those glutinous rice, ‘ang koo’ and egg packages to relatives and friends. I am not really sure what is the origin of the custom but my uneducated guess is that it is to mark the baby’s successfully survived her first month. Probably because in life was hard in the old times so I guess the first month is a big milestone. Personally for me it marks one month of joy and amazement that you have brought us, but more importantly a sense of thankfulness. Thankful that we have been given the privilege to be your parents, thankful that God have protected us throughout, thankful that you were born safely, thankful that you are so utterly beautiful in our eyes, thankful that mommy delivered you safely, thankful that mommy had a relatively no complication during the 9 months of pregnancy but most of all I am thankful for having you and your mommy.

Oh yeah, do come over for a hug after finish reading this ok?

love
daddy

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Friday, March 02, 2007

of photos and moods...

The many moods of Sue Yi...

Peacefully asleep Sue Yi

Happy Sue Yi


Sleepy but kay poh Sue Yi




Crying Sue Yi (*corrected: Yawning Sue Yi)

Gassy Sue Yi

I know, I know. This is another overload of baby photos, but when she is so cute, how can I not post some up?

*correction courtesy of froggy (wifey)

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of teats and nen nen...

As you might have known, we were slightly concerned about our feeding skills and why Sue Yi does not finish her bottle of milk. After posting the previous post I remembered this conversation I had with wifey.

Wifey: Dunno why Sophie seems like so tired when she is drinking. Do you think it’s because of the size of the ‘leng thau’ (teat) for our bottle ah?
Me: why leh? The teat not same size one meh?
Wifey: No er. Some of them not using Avent one looks like smaller teat. Maybe the avent one too big and she can’t suck properly.
Me: Ya lah hor. Maybe the Avent one were designed by ang mo size with bigger nen nen one.
Wifey: Hahahaha what lah…..

*From previous post, I think it’s probably not due to the size of the teat but more to our technique. So I guess the blame is on ourselves rather than the product. Like the malay saying goes “Kalau tak tau menari, jagan lah kata lantai tak rata” (which literally translate to : If you do not know how to dance, don’t blame that the floor is not even)

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of nannies and a few key learnings...

I learnt something new yesterday. Our attempts at feeding Sue Yi for the past week were not very successful. She will never finish her feeding whenever it we tried to feed her. She will either fall asleep halfway, or push the teat out or get choked or something. But when the nannies at the nursery feeds her, she seem to be able to take it all in and finish the whole bottle as if to taunt us.
Anyway, when we took her out from the nursery last night, she start to kick up a fuss and cried. We calmed he down a few times but she will start to cry again a while later. I think after a while, one of the nanny decided that she had better intervene before we really break our baby. She came out and told us that probably Sue Yi needs more milk and proceed to get some more for her. Normally the nannies will take the baby into the nursery to feed her but this time the nanny came out and fed her at the living area. I guess this is a good thing for us as Wifey and I got a few very good pointers from her.
First if to prop Sue Yi in a more upright position so that she can drink easier. All the while we have been trying to feed her while cradling her in our arms so I guess we’ll have to make this correction.
Then she also mention to us to talk to Sue Yi, I guess it makes sense so that Sue Yi is awake and don’t fall asleep plus it serves an encouragement to her to finish her milk too.
Thirdly, to continue to leave the teat in Sue Yi’s mouth even when she do not suck because sometimes she will rest for a while between sucking. If Sue Yi don’t want any more milk, she’ll push it out with her tongue.
So I guess, I have learnt a thing or two and hopefully we can help Sue Yi finish the whole bottle the next round.

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