Happy New Year 2012!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!
Wow, its 2012! I can hardly believe it!
I just thank God for sustaining us to experience this day.
I pray everyone has a blessed and fulfilled 2012, every facet of your lives – Health, Family, Finances, Career, Relationships etc will be blessed – AMEN

Papa tickling baby. So funny!

Papa very irritating... but baby loves it...

Xavier and his pacifier stunt

*Clap, Clap* Clever boy

Smiley Boy

Enough of nap time = smiley boy

"Superman stretch"



Cheeky smile

Merry Christmas Everyone

HO! HO! HO!

Merry Christmas! Here's whishing everyone

A blessed year of Peace, Joy & Happiness!

p.s. Tummy time on mama's tummy.... He can lift up his head 45degrees now...

Well done, Xavier!

Talking to papa @ 10 weeks

Xavier now loves to talk & smile to papa.

Online shopping

I'm back to online shopping

SMH, Gmarket etc..... you name it, I have it in my favorites :)

Just bought Xavier 4 pairs of baby prewalker shoes..

(Disney baby, Mothercare & Zara kids)

cheap cheap only $10 each with free shipping

there are lots for baby gal but boy boy ones are so hard to find

Can you believe it... my sis bought another 4 pair of shoes for Xavier's Christmas present

All in all Xavier will have 8 pairs of brand new shoes

luckily the sizes are ranging from 11cm~13cm

I guess.... these can last him till 6-8months

this is even cheaper only $9 with free shipping omg!

p.s. patiently waiting for the items to arrive...

Baby Play gym - First Christmas Present

Counting down ..... 2 more days to Christmas!

We have gotten Xavier his very first Christmas present from papa & mama

A baby play gym from Tiny Love

Xavier's growth milestone:

He has started to reach out for objects

begins to grasp his favourite giraffe with his newly discovered hands

Good Job!

Alone in the night

Today hubby is on guard duty
So, I'm taking care of Xavier alone in the night :)
Yeah! Looking forward to that althought it can be pretty stressful at times.

What has Xavier been doing during the day???

As usual, took his 4hours of nap and play & talk with his grandparents. Xavier loves to talk now especially to his grandma. So much until he refused to take his nap, so worry that he might be cranky and fuzzy at night.

Luckily, all went well. He fell asleep at 6pm and woke up (with his eye close) for his milk after 5 long hours of nap. After that, he continue his sleep and woke at 3am for his first night feed.....Next feed will be at 7am. Now, his is back to his "lala land" again. Bye, going to join my little one in his dreams. :)

p.s. Tomorrow, hubby will be on day off -- planning to bring Xavier out for a walk... maybe to "Changi point" - hope the weather will be good- rain rain go away, come again another day please... :)

Nap time

Xavier used to wakes up after an hour of sleep, which I thought is normal to have short naps at this age so I will just picked him up and to go along the day... but after talking to some mummies and his masseuse then I realised that he actually needed more sleep, even if he was laughing and playing.

So I started compulsory rest or nap time. even if he doesn't want to sleep. He will rest. Everyday, after his bath and milk, he will stay on bed for at least 2 hours, sometimes he will self entertain in his cot for two whole hour by himself and fall asleep at the end of it, sometimes he goes straight to bed immediately.

Whatever the case is, this rest time is "compulsory" and is definitely does him good, he is exceptionally happy after the nap and like us, he needs a quiet time to rest too, be it nap or not. this is one area I am rather proud to say, has been very successful... now his nap time can stretch up to 4 hours per nap (currently have 2 naps per day) ... it hard to describe how we do it, some how he knows it and he expects the rest time and it does wonder for everyone. (hope he can stay this way.....:))

Play time with grandpa

Learning to stand

Our darling is learning how to stand too! He is enjoying it! Papa is giving him training everyday. Well done Xavier!

"Papa see! I'm so strong, I can stand now!"

Xavier @ 2 months old

Our little darling boy is at his two months yesterday! He now weighs 5.3kg and with a height of 59cm. I was just scrolling through my collection of Xavier's photo & was amazed with the changes in him. Just for comparison:

This was taken on the 12 December 2011.....


No major difference about one month ago, on the 13 November 2011....


This is a huge difference - Two months ago, on the 17 October 2011...
He looks so much more fragile when he was one month old! (of course la!)

And yes, we are still taking photo & videos for him EVERY SINGLE DAY! Our cameras has already clocked more than 2000 shots! Need to capture and cherish every moments!

First experience - e-flash card & E-book

Another 3 more days, my little boy will be 2 months old. Time really passes so quickly. I'm so glad that everyday I can witness his little changes / improvement but sad to say I will need to go back to work in another 4 weeks time :(
Is time to pen down bits and pieces of his growing up:

1. Getting more and more interested in toys especially his animal cot mobile - Xavier can self entertain for at least an hour in his cot (he will talk and sometime scream LOL! really so funny. Hope can video it to keep as memory


2. Learning to suck his fist now

1. Suck my shoulder when carry him upright


2. kicks wit legs and pushes down when leg place on a surface - Try to stand on my tight when carry him upright


3. Attention span has improve (introduce flash card and e-book)


4. Loves talking to Grandma


5. Feed every 4 hours (sometime can up to 5 -6 hours at night)


6. Night feed reduce to 2 times


7. Longer sleeping hours - 5hours (in tummy position)


8. Know the difference between day and night


9. baby has outgrow newborn clothings, now wearing 3-6 months :)


10. Loves to kick when bathing


11. tear gland formed - cries with tears
    
    
    
    

Milestone - First Real Smile

After weeks of waiting, finally get to see Xavier's first real smile rather than reflex smile. In that instant, all the sleepless nights and endless diaper changing over the past several weeks seems well rewarded when my little one flashes that pink, gummy grin.

Smiling baby = Happy parents

Xavier's baby language

Talking to Mama & Ah Ma

Shopping with Xavier & Family

We have started to bring Xavier out for a few times.
For the past 2 weekends, we have brought him to Bugis & Vivo for our Christmas shopping. Bringing out such a little one is rather tiring .... lots of stuff to bring along... lots of diapers, extra clothings, diaper cream, yue yee oil, jacket, bibs, blanket, thermal flask etc...
u name it, i have it...
But.... the feeling is just so awesome!

Getting ready for our shopping

On our way to Vivo, with yi yi & yi zang

After feed, going to sleep soon

Definitely, will bring him out more often. More practice makes perfect.

Milestone - Xavier's First Haircut

Xavier had his first haircut last Saturday. Here are a few pics taken before, during and after the cut. He looks so cute!

Getting Ready for the cut


And here is little Xavier looking a little apprehensive about the haircut. Hmmm...


His hair is really quite long already and it is irritating him a lot.


Our 1st Family photo after the Cut. Xavier look so handsome! :)

喜怒哀樂 - Expressions of Xavier @ week 7

喜怒哀樂

No tummy time

Just to pop by to note down that Xavier do not like tummy time. He like mama and papa time – doing tummy time on mama and papa chest!

We are so pleased that he have progressed from not being able to control his head to having some strength to lift his head up and shifting his head around. We tried to do it on our bed but he will only allowed us to let him be in his tummy position for a while. Mostly, he will start to complain and cry to get us to put him back on his back. Neverthless, I still try to give him more tummy time when he is happy!

The Angel and the Devil

Xavier has been cranky for the past few days. He is having kind of a blocked nose as we can hear the sound coming out when he tries to breathe. It looks like it is making him rather uncomfortable as he is breathing very hard. Feeling much better after his routine massage.

This is Xavier the Angel. Smiling. Looking at you. Looking around. And he loves looking into my camera. Not showing the devil Xavier anymore.

How to relieve a baby of crying? It seems like there are five "S"s to it.
Swaddling. Use a not so hot blankets to swaddle him up. So far, this is the most effective method.

Side or Stomach holding to ease the baby. Not the safest for the baby to sleep but the lying back is the worst way to ease a fussy baby.
Shhh sound. Do a shhh sound near his ear. Studies have shown that this mimic the white noise in the womb and can pacify some of the babies.

Swinging the baby back and forth gently.

Sucking. Using of a pacifier or something for him to suck on.