good days and bad

babies really are unpredictable. they can be like perfect textbook babies one day, and the next day all hell breaks loose :P anyway, i've decided not to give myself undue pressure by following the books that say babies should be put on a routine. way too stressful. i'll just see what little emma wants to do, and take it from there. it certainly is a lot easier. as long as she's putting on weight, i think we're good!

more n more...

emma is getting more n more difficult to manage with each passing day. i thought it was supposed to get easier as you understand them more each day, but that doesnt seem to be the case for me!

the most challenging thing now is getting her to sleep. we have to rock, cuddle, walk until she sleeps n 5 min after we lay her down in her cot, she's up again! what do i have to do to get her to sleep on her own?!? she's whining again now as i blog this, so i have to go....

taboo

i've often been told (by the older folks that is) that there are some things u cant say in front of a baby, for eg, that they've put on weight or how well-behaved they are, or they will just stop doing that.

i never really believed it cos it sounds like old wives' tales right? i mean, where's the scientific reason in that?!

well then, last nite emma proved that it may very well be true what i've been told, cos the moment i said "altho she is extremely difficult during the day, at least she sleeps well during the nite and i can get a break", she goes and wakes up 3 times last nite. sigh. PLEEEEEEASE dont let this happen again tonite!

i really just ought to zip my mouth sometimes and listen to well-meaning folks and their logic-defying tales.

going mad...

i am. not emma.

she's really driven me nuts this evening. all the way from 6pm till now, she's been taking 5 - 15min naps! that's a total of about 5 hrs that i have been carrying her, feeding her, patting her, rocking her, etc... she sleeps, i put her down in her cot. and a maximum of 15 min later, she'll be up again whining/crying. it's a vicious cycle.

it's definitely taking a toll on my sanity... i pray these episodes are far and few between.

SBG

no that's not a typo. i really did mean to say SBG and not SPG. cos it means Sarong Baby Girl...

we took over a sarong fr our friend whose kid had outgrown it already (thanks pam!). it's the kind on a standing frame so no need for drilling holes or anything in the ceiling.

and how's our princess taken to it so far? well at least my arms are getting a break fr carrying her 24/7, but then i'm now developing a new set of muscles - cos we hv to keep pulling the sarong when she's in it! the second it stops bouncing, she'll go 'eh eh' again. well, it still beats having to carry her all around, so i'm not complaining :)

impossible

that's what emma has been these few days! she demands to be carried all the time. as if that's not enough, she wants us to WALK as well while she's being carried. the minute we sit our ass down on the sofa, she'll go 'eh eh eh'!!! she can definitely sense the stop in 'motion' so that's y she gets upset.

some people say you cant spoil a newborn by carrying them too much. is that true?