Ayden Playing with his Toy

The other day, I sat Ayden on his Swing after his bath. I didn't let him wear his mittens as I had already cut his nails and had wanted to air dry his hands. He also looked more adorable playing with his fingers :) I placed a soft toy in his hands and took the above pictures (Click to see a bigger image). He looked so cute playing with his toy! I realised that at this kind of impromptu moments, the HP camera is the most useful camera.

Ayden's First Smile

Ayden has started to smile a few weeks ago. However, he usually smiles when he has finished his feed and in a half-asleep, contented mood. Hence, it is quite difficult to capture on camera and most of the time, his eyes are closed while smiling. Only once, did he look at me and smile :p I'm waiting for the day when he can smile in response to us.

The above picture is the only one I can capture when he smiles... He has a very cute toothless grin and Vin loves to call him "Bo Geh", which is toothless in Hokkien.

Again, Ayden and his obsession with biting his mittens!

I have just cut his fingernails. People would often advise to cut baby's nails while they are sleeping but it is often quite an awkward position for me to cut... Hence, I found out the best time is when he is feeding. He will be too intent on feeding to notice what I'm doing to his fingers and toes!

Look at how small his hand and fingers are, as compared to mine!

Ayden's awake look, with hair standing up.

Ayden and his "Boss" look

There was one night, in the middle of feeding, Ayden fell asleep on the pillow... And his posture was so cute that I woke Vin up to take a photo. However, due to Vin's sleepiness, the photos didn't really capture the essence...

Ayden was lying on the "Mickey Mouse" pillow horizontally. His left hand was supporting his chin in a "Big Boss" look and his right hand was supporting his left hand.

Another view of the "Big Boss" look.

Ayden just about to wake up for food, showing off his big strong leg.

Ayden asleep and showing off his strong arm.

Ayden's Bath Routine

Normally, it will be Vin who will be in charge of holding Ayden while I scrub him clean. For a change, I wanted to try bathing him myself today. Hence, Vin is free to take shots of us :)

Click here to get to the pictorial demonstration on the 10 steps to bathe baby.

Ayden and his Swing

As we enter the second month of parenthood, it becomes apparent that taking care of a newborn is no easy nor simple task! As I'm breastfeeding Ayden, he wakes up for a feed every 2 hours in the day, and about 3 hours at night. When times are tough, he wakes up every 2 hours at night too. And 2 hours is counted from the time he starts to feed i.e. He wakes up, cries for milk, I change him, I feed him for 40 mins and lull him back to sleep... All these would take 1 hour already, and then if I'm lucky, he takes a nap for an hour and then the cycle repeats again.

Hence, I only have an hour to decide to take a nap, to have lunch or dinner, to do some household stuff, to go online or to bathe! One day, I decided to sacrifice my nap time and ended up with breast inflammation, and had a fever of 38+ degrees. The chills and body aches were killing me... It got so bad that I was in a shower in the middle of the night, with the water at 45 degrees. Luckily, I felt much better after a rest and I didn't need any antibiotics to recover.

If Ayden doesn't take a nap, I will be stuck carrying him and walking around... He will cry of boredom if I just let him lie on the bed. Hence, we decided to invest in a swing or bouncer! Found this perfect one, which is a 2 in 1.

Ayden and his Swing

Ayden enjoying his new Swing

Ayden asking to be carried and fed.

Well, I guess it will take awhile for him to learn and enjoy his new toy!