8 week

my 8 week old baby:

• had his vaccination done. boy was a trooper. sobbed for a while and was back to his usual self but felt his body temp slightly hot the next day. i dread and doa that baby won’t get any fever before his 6 months because i know there’s nothing much for infants. plus the nurse did say hep b won’t have fever as the side effect so kanceong mother me kept monitoring his temp. also boy doubled his birth weight yeay!
• did his sunat at 6 weeks. my heart broke seeing his lips quivered while he cried. like telling us he felt betrayed or something. was cranky the whole week! there are times i put him down for a nap and he will suddenly nangis extremely loud. after his ring drop on the 5th day, he was back to his usual self. but we need to return back again because it seems like there is an extra meat that is still there which makes it look weird. poor baby have to go through pain again 😦
• started smiling and laughing into thin air. so adorbz!!! but a bit creepy lah kan. started recognizing us and boleh ajak bebual with his baby babbles.
• discovered his hands/fists so whenever i stall his nursing time by a few minutes, he will start sucking on his hands. his dad is not fond of that saying that it will become a habit. baby A doesn’t take to pacifier still. i think i don’t mind that he hates pacifier because i don’t really want to rely heavily on it and then having a headache bila part nak wean off later on.
• rejected avent bottles and its teats. we tried for a few days when we were out and i have yet to gain courage to nurse in public. but he cried bloody murder halfway through sucking and then the following tries he outright rejected, pushing the teat out with his tongue and refused to drink at all. what works now is the NUK premium plus bottles with the latex teat. still crying midway because the flow is a bit too slow for him but on good days he is drinking well from the bottle.
• bed time routine will start at 8pm. will wipe him down, minyak teloned him and put on sleeping balm on his chest and behind his ear. take a quick shower for myself, solat and by then he will be crying for milk. nurse him and then by 9 plus will doze off. put him in his cot and he will ngeliat till he falls asleep by 10pm. his next feed will be at 230am or 330am the latest. and then doze off again until 630am for his next feed. and for now i’m happy the routine is this way. hopefully it will remain like this till i start work.

the 8 week old mummy:

• i bought another pump. was pumping religiously during the first month and got frustrated with the spectra M1 because i have to keep on charging. so for now i’m using spectra s1+. will be using the M1 when i go back to work since it’s more compact.
• went out with baby A twice. first to celebrate mother’s day and i was with my mum and sister. he was all fine during our lunch because mum was holding him but the moment we put him down in the stroller, he started fussing. i was sweating buckets by then. wanted to buy for mum her present at metro and the moment we stepped into metro, he started wailing. alamak ketiak basah babe. good thing the nursing room was nearby so the three of us went over (they helped to put away my things properly before leaving me and baby A alone) and i tried nursing him to comfort but it was too hot so he couldn’t stop crying! people were moving in and out of the room and there was once someone pulled back the heavy curtain while i was breastfeeding. had to do a loud hello??? while trying to shield away what’s not to be seen. what an experience kan. the second time we went out, i mustered courage to use the kokadi flip and the one hour we were outside, he was asleep. only started fussing when we reached our void deck. in conclusion, i might start loving baby wearing him for a while before he gets heavier. the stroller is too stressful for me unless i have the husb or my sister to help me fold and open the stroller. or, i might just psycho the husband to get a better one for me when baby gets too heavy to carry.
• fasting during ramadhan while breastfeeding is so hard. on normal days i will down 500ml of water after each feed. also he is more satisfied and won’t be able to drain all the milk. during fasting, he keeps on sucking even though he has drained everything. breaks my heart to see him looking for milk 😦 mum wanted me to give formula but i refuse because i don’t really want to disrupt my supply or the lack of it for this month. tried boosters such as coconut water, susu kurma, al kurma, mama lait’s cookies, granolas and brownies but what works the best for me is still mana lait’s brownies. the rest isn’t helping much. only day 3 but i’m hoping i can continue giving him bm throughout this month without any supplementation inshaa Allah! for now my schedule is pump during the day and latch after buka just to mimic my working schedule when i start in july.