Bad Eczema

Shane has had a bad run with eczema since our last trip back. We have tried so many different stuff, including Aquaphor, Physiogel Cream, and Cetaphil... And even baby oil. Nothing would really get rid of his eczema until we found this magic cream - Mustela Emollient cream!

Crib Transition - Night 2

Yay! Last night went pretty well. Shane slept all night in his crib, and only started fussing at 7am this morning.

So this was what we did. Basically knocked him out (with milk), and then put him down when he's in pretty deep sleep. We had to hold his hands and body for a few minutes because he was just tossing and turning (with his eyes still shut).

Tonight, it's time to try to put him in his crib whilst he's not in a deep sleep. Lets see how that goes.

Transitioning baby to his crib

So we bought a crib before the little one was born, and till today, he hasn't slept a single night in it. So I thought I had to do some sleep training. But then half way through last night I realized he doesn't have a sleep problem. He does almost sleep through the night (yes I wake him for a feed for certain reasons). Our problem was that he is way too attached to our bed instead of his crib.

So I would call this....  Crib training. Last night was tough. I can't have the baby cry more than 309 seconds. It so.... Heart breaking. I feel like I want to just pick him up and snuggle in bed with the little man, and hearing him pour out tears in his crib felt as if I had abandoned him. All for his own good... And ours too I know. Tough! But no one said it was going to be easy.

So anyway, at midnight, I caved, and brought him back to bed with us. Tough I would say he managed to sleep in the crib for the second half of the night. Round 2 try out again tonight.... Pray we get some progress!

Day 73 - Feb 13

My trial on probiotics (for myself) worked well.

When Shane was born, someone told me to take probiotics which is good for relieving gas. It's basically good bacteria like what you get eating yoghurt and drinking yakult. Since I wanted to be all natural and no funny nonsense for the baby, I decided to skip that piece of advice.

Over the last month, Shane has been having lots of gas , and sometimes he curls up in pain and cries. I suddenly remembered what I was told and decided to try it out to see if it works. I spoke to the lactation consultant and the pediatrician to see if it was OK or not if I took probiotics (because it will come through the breast milk), and I was given the green light.

Since I got the order of probiotics in the mail through Amazon about 12 days ago, I've been taking it, and I haven't yet seen an episode of his gassy pains up until…. 2 days ago when I decided to stop taking it. Today, he little boy was all curled up again and cried in pain. I don't think it was a co-incidence, so well, i'm back on probiotics again.

Day 68 - Feb 8

So Shane hadn't pooped in the last 48 hours and we were getting really worried. This morning at 9am, he decided to do one big massive one… no… rather, three massive poops. It's like 2 days worth of poop stored up. No wonder he was in such a foul mood the last 2 days, and nothing would seem to soothe him. His feeding patterns were… wait, there was no pattern at all. After an hour, he would cry uncontrollably. So I guess he probably wasn't hungry, but was just feeling really really poopy.

Thankfully he had his Number 1 in the morning, so we could go to the mall. After the big poop, he slept and slept and slept almost the whole day. We were out almost the whole afternoon! Left at 1pm and returned at 10pm!

Shopping for Uncle Jeremy & Aunty Michelle's wedding

Shane & Papa @ Dinner

Day 35 - Jan 4

A very tiring night with the baby waking every hour to feed...

As long as he doesn't cry, I think I'm good waking up more often. Let's hope this growth spurt ends soon. 

In the day, Shane wants to be carried all the time, else he wouldn't sleep. I'm not sure if this is part of the growth spurt needs or it's becoming a habit. So fortunately, there's grandma to help put him to sleep.

Cradle Cap
Shane has started developing cradle cap over the last few days. This is basically baby dandruff and causes the baby skin to peel.

The Cradle Cap on his forehead - only the front bit smells terrible!

It apparently resolves by itself. Today, it got really smelly. (Babies are supposed to smell really nice, but the area with the cradle cap stinks of sour milk.) So I don't know how long I can wait with the sour milk smell on the head.

The solution - use baby shampoo or baby oil. We're trying to keep manufactured products off the baby for the time being. So today I washed his head with some warm water. Lo and behold… as I was rubbing his dandruff / flaky skin, his hair fell out with the dried skin. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be the case, but it does not seem like it is supposed to. Well, since it's a Saturday night, the only time I can phone the doctor is on Sunday. Hopefully it doesn't fall off any longer.

Photo of the Day

Oh, and we retired a few more outfits, and took new ones out.
Thanks Angie, Chee Kian & Megan for this really cute panda outfit.