Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
7 month Harry
We travelled back to London on 29 May and it was very hard first two weeks for all of us.
Unexpectedly, it took rayray more than a week to adjust to her jet lag this time round and I think it could be down to too much excitements!!!! Whereas Harry not only slept well on the way here in the plane, he behaved well too!!! I was so proud of him.
Harry seemed to adjust well to the house in London and he now seems like a different baby! He used to give strangers his famous 'death stare' and it was like squeezing blood out of a stone getting him to crack a smile to strangers. Whereas now he would smile at people when we are out and he just seems so much more relaxed. I think it was entirely my fault as I rarely took him out when we were in Taiwan hence the lack of 'people contact'!!!
Height
Weight 9.2kg
Developments:
- it is either my memory or Harry is just naturally more active than Rayray at this age, he would not stop kicking whenever having his nap pies changed or sitting on his rocking chair! He definitely has the legs for rugby and football! Lol
We started giving Harry solids when he was 5.5 months and in a way I'm glad I started early because I soon discovered that he is a little fussy eater. It takes him at least 3 days to get used to new flavours/food including fruits and I mean SWEET fruits! Therefore we were a bit 'behind' GF's weaning routine but then I'm much more relaxed with him.
His favourite food so far is lamb stew with apricots, chicken and sweet potato + apple and cottage pie!!! He definitely prefers freshly cooked food bit then how can he tell??? Having said that, I remember all I wanted was SPICY Asian food when I was pregnant with him.
He now has three milk feeds a day and sleeps through from 7pm to 7am.
He is very chatty nowadays and always dishes out the sweetest smiles every morning especially if he sees Rayray around.
Feeding time proves to be a bit challenging at 7.5 months because Harry knows what he wants!!! He HAS to have finger food and if he sees us eating something else in our plates he wants the same too!!!
Still doesn't like fish, both salmon and cod but I'm not giving up! I try feed him fish mixing with fruit purée, as yucky as it sounds, that's the only way he would eat some.
I forget the 'power' of babies' gum! Harry managed to 'chew' cherries and blueberries! I don't know how but he just loves them!
He is very aware of Rayray and knows how to put on his crying face and voices if Rayray snatches from him and he feels he is 'endangered ' by Rayray! Lol
I could never imagine loving another soul as much as I loved Rayray but now I know and i would not have it any other way!
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Harry 5 months
My cute Harry looking rather nervous
Height - 65.5cm
Weight - 8.9kg
This photo melts my heart every single time I look at it
Eating - 5 milk feed a day. As I suffered from two severe mastitis the previous month, I decided to wean Harry off breast milk and it was not an easy decision. People are funny creatures, well, I think mothers are or at least I am. I was determined NOT to breastfeed baby Number 2 when I was pregnant and then when Harry was born, I said one month. Once I left confinement centre, I said three months as I had a nanny then and everything was just so much easier than first time round and boobs seemed fine, not blockage and milk flow was smooth and I somehow managed to stabilised just the right amount of milk for Harry. I then decided to breastfeed him for 6 months but I knew I just couldn't handle another mastitis as I wouldn't have the strength to look after two kids.
Look at me! I am sitting up!
Sleeping - I really could not ask for a better baby! Harry actually started to sleep through when he was two month old but after he caught the cold from Rayray, the pattern broke off. Apart from the occasional glitches and I mean really really occasionally, he is like a little clock. He soothes himself and just goes to sleep by GF routine.
Another play date with adorable MJ
Development -
- Like Rayray, Harry started looking at us whenever we have food in hands or when we put things in our mouths.
- Still can't roll over to his back from tummy... I guess it's because of his weight.
- Loves starring at me when I do my makeup, drying my hair or just chatting to people.
- discovered his right foot! Yes as he only ever manages to grab his right foot not the left one.
During one of my morning routines i.e. moisturising faces, putting my wall paint on! lol
Sleeping snug as a bug
Hilarious look and I just love it!
Although Harry isn't as smily as Rayray at this age, he does smile at me and is a much contented calm baby. My little Harry, you are just perfect for me and thank you for being such a patient baby with mummy when I continue to learn how to be a mummy of two. I try to give both Rayray and Harry equal attention. I know it is still very early days but I strive to learn.
Harry's progress:
Monday, 30 March 2015
Four month old Harry
This month, we went to Fukuoka and Thank god we had nanny with us! I suffered from a severe mastitis the second day we were there and it was just so painful and I honestly didn't think I could make it back to Taipei!
The flight to Fukuoka is only around two hours so Harry did pretty well and napped well in the bassinet but I never gotten around to take any photos....
Two very happy bambina
Height - 64.5cm
Weight - 8.1kg
Thank you Auntie Tiff for the rock cool onsie
Eating - Harry feeds 5 times between 7am - 7pm and sleeps well at nap times and at night apart from when we were in Fukuoka. I think the reason could be that I don 't take him out often and he seems to be the type that gets nervous and tense easily in new environment. I know it is common for babies but Harry sees to be the more sensitive type.
This month we got our passport! Do you like it?
Developments -
- Discovers his hands and I don't mean chewing or sucking them but he looks at them as if they were his toys!
- Reaches out and grabs objects hence the banana teether!
Doesn't he look as if he was eating a real banana? lol
- Harry has very strong neck control and I think it must be because he sleeps on his tummy so we don't really do tummy time as we did with Rayray.
Mummy, look at me kicking!!!
Rayray proactively goes to cuddle and kiss Harry and she reads him stories before she goes to school in the morning and the first thing she comes home from school is to say hi to Harry and spends a good few minutes playing with him. I am ever so grateful that Rayray has YET to display any behaviour that disliking her little brother. I say yet because I know 4 months is still early days but at the same time, I think Rayray has done really well considering she was our centre of attention for three years and was a jealousy persona and she now shows she truly enjoys being a big sister.
Very rare smile from Mr cool and even so it is done ever so gently
Harry's 'usual' cool look
Compared to Rayray, Harry is a far quieter, observant and patient baby! Sometimes I would forget I have a small baby around as he would sit happily in his chair and just looks at us! He is a placid baby that basically is a model GF baby!
Retry often asks to cuddle Harry and oh how I love my two beautiful babies!
Harry's progress:
Sunday, 1 March 2015
Friday, 30 January 2015
Harry is the name! Happy 2 month birthday
After much deliberation, we finally settled on the name for bay Hao - Harry, Yukai (昱愷)! My little Harry seems to be a much calmer and quieter baby than Rayray but then I guess most second children at like this? He is also a much much better sleeper than Rayray! He would wake up around 4/5am after the late night feed and considering he is only two month old, I am very very happy with the progress as I still vividly remember how Rayray woke up at 2/3am till she was nearly weaned on solids.
Height - 56.3 cm
Weight - 6.2 kg
Eating - Feeds 6 times a day and still takes bottle well!!! It makes such a big difference for me as it means I can go out to do my own things and leave Harry with the nanny! Basically, I breastfeed him first thing and in the middle of the night only. He is pretty much a GF routine baby as unlike Rayray, I wake up at 7am/7.30am so he does down well for his MN.
Looking rather serious
One very proud sister!
I have to say that Rayray has been very very good in terms of accepting the fact that there is a baby in the family and she has to share daddy and mummy with her baby brother. She loves cuddling and kissing Harry and I try to get her to 'help' me whenever she can so she doesn't feel left out. I also try to spend as much time with her just as before and I really cannot complain as she has been brilliant!
Hello there, are you looking at me?
This month, every one of us in the family is ill and it includes poor little Harry. It started with Rayray's cough back in November/December and maybe because I was at confinement centre and her cough was constant so we didn't really think much of it until it got really really bad one night in the end of December. After that, we all have been coughing non-stop and it was just so heartbreaking to hear and see a two month old baby cough. Poor little love has just learnt how to breath properly and now he has blocked nose and serious cough. It turned out that Rayray has a mild chest infection and Harry caught that too hence my two babies were on antibiotics...my biggest fear. But thankfully, they both seems to have responded well to the meds and are now on the road to recovery.
Yes mummy! I am here!
Development -
- Harry sleeps on his tummy so we don't really do tummy time with him. He can move his head from side-to-side smoothly and tracks us whenever we walk around the room.
- He has started to dribble! (I don't recall Rayray started dribble so early?!)
- Has learnt to express his feelings i.e. screams when he is 'bored' and cries when he is ummm bored!
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