Jasper @ 4mths

The boy is into his 4th month today! His daily schedule is now more or less settled with 2-3 naps and 5 feeds a day.  He's really getting more and more vocal and noisy.  He's into exercising his vocal cords by "screaming" and squealing.  He still loves to put his hands/fists in his mouth and suck/munch on them, since than we have gotten him the teether to munch instead of his hands, but he still can't hold very well on it so we still need to assist him.  He likes to look at things that make noises ie. rattles/musical toys, so he can lie and his gym mat for quite sometime before getting bored.  The boy now prefers to sit upright as well as be carried upright instead of lying flat.  Anyways he has been trying to roll / flip over to his tummy but can only do 1/2 - 3/4, think very soon he'll be able to flip - that's when we really have to be extra watchful of him.

Milestones:

• Recognizes your face and scent
• Holds head steady
• Smiles, laughs
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him
• Can grasp a toy

Daily Schedule :

630/7am - Milk 170 ml

830am - Bathtime
10am - Nap (30-45mins)

11am - Milk 170 ml12pm - Nap (2hrs)

3pm - Milk 170 ml
4pm - Nap (30mins)

6pm - Washup

7 pm - Milk 170 ml & Bedtime

Superduper Jasper!

Passport to Travel

The boy has gotten his passport @ 4mths old, even earlier than his big sister.  His first holiday trip will be a road trip to Malacca! I'm actually not too keen to bring the boy as I think he's still too young to travel and hard for everyone to enjoy, but the hubbs is keen to go with his friends so I give in...

3rd Mth immunisation jab

Brought him for his 1st dose of 5-in-1 immunisation jab today.  All looks fine with his development; his wt and ht are in normal range, but PD pointed out that he does have a bit of sensitive skin.  The lump at his groin area is still present tho and PD says it doesn't seem to be growing so just monitor and allow it to slowly shrink.

He was really brave and didn't fuss much during the jab only gave a loud whine.  Now we need to monitor his temperature for fever...

After note: He developed slight fever during the evening and fever subsided till next morning after 1 feed of paracetamol. However he had on-off slight fever (37.5-38)the next day - decided not to give him medication and allow the fever to subside on it's own since he's still feeding and playing as per normal.

Chubby Bubbly Boy

Jasper @ 3 months

This month he seems to be very interactive and  talkative. He is so responsive when we talk and play with him.  He'll either "aahh" back, or smile or even laugh.  He can be quite loud when he gets excited! 
He's also starting to put his hands/fist into his mouth and can even "hold" onto his small milk bottle. 

As for feeding he is now on 5 feeds a day, drinking 150-160ml every 4hrly and at night 6/7hrs after the last evening feed. He has bad days when he gets really fussy with drinking and can put up a strong struggle and fierce cry with the feeder. Those are the times when it gets frustrating / "pek chek" to attend to him and I feel like smacking his butt after countless struggles to get the milk finish.  Anyway he is also like his big sister a drowsy drinker - drink when sleepy / eyes shut mode.. hiaz history repeats itself!

Jasper doing tummy time - he can lift his head quite high and steady

Milestones:
• Holds head steady
• Visually tracks moving objects
• Squeals, gurgles, coos
• Blows bubbles
• Recognizes your voice
• Does mini-pushup (Lifts head and shoulders when lying on tummy )
• Turns toward loud sounds
• Can bring hands together, bats at toys

Jasper and his Big Sister

The 2 siblings have been getting along pretty well thus far. Big Sister seems to adore her lil brother and is abit protective of him at times.  She loves to hug and kiss him and imitate sounds that he makes.  If he cries she'll tend to call for me to attend to him. So far her level of jealousy is not that serious, it only shows whenever I can't attend to her when she wakes up from sleep. This is a far cry from when he first came home... she didn't like him!

Anyways here's some lovely pics of the 2 of them together.

2nd visit to PD

After returning from Phuket last friday, my mum told us that she discovered a hard lump on Jasper's left groin  area while she was bathing him.  We didn't notice any such lump since his birth and we were quite concern as the lump was rather big and hard, but the boy seem to be unaffected by it-he didn't cry when we touched it.  Hubby suspected it was a swollen lymph node but since we didn't know the cause of it we brought him to see the PD yesterday.

Hubby told the PD there was a swell on baby's groin and he asked if it was the left side, and we said yes.  PD immediately told us it was due to an infection from the BCG jab which was on his left butt.  He said it was not uncommon and the swell will take sometime to subside maybe months but it may also get worse and puss may form as such we need to monitor the color of the swell / skin, if it becomes reddish and watery we need to probably get it remove immediately. Well that's abit of a relieve cos at least now we know the cause of the lump and it's not something unknown, just pray that it gets better.

At the same time, PD also commented that Jasper had slight oral thrush (whitish stuff on his tongue) and he told us to clean his tongue with a warm cloth and apply some oral medication which he will prescribe. It will clear within a week  or so. Hmm..maybe that's why he's taking his milk so slowly :P

The boy blowing bubbles with his saliva



Jasper on routine

So far we've been able to put him into a stable daily routine and he seems to cooperate well. I'm glad and thankful that both my babes are cooperative in terms of being in a routine. It also gives me some time for myself to rest and relax in between the feeding/washing/napping.

Feeding
Just a few days after turning 2 mths, the boy has gotten into a 4 hrly feeding routine and is able to sleep for a longer period of time at night - i.e. 6hrs max. before waking for milk . So his last feed now is around 1030/11pm and he'll wake around 4/5am for his first feed. Anyway, we'll try to stretch him further by patting and giving him his pacifier until he cannot tahan and cry out "Feed Me"! But like his big sister he can be quite a slow drinker, tho he seems to be slightly better since he does like his milk, just abit fussy if he's not in the mood i.e. cry and arch his back when we try to feed him; suckle/"gum" the teat gently; and lastly drink when in sleep mode. I hope he outgrows this habit like his big sister.

Sleep
His day time naps are quite standard for now about 2 long naps; one after bath and milk and the other after his afternoon milk. After which we'll make sure he's awake by 5pm so that we can do a wash up for him before he goes to bed around 8pm.

Play
So far he's sleeping most of the time and I guess that's pretty common for babies at this stage. But when he's awake we'll talk to him, play with him or place him on the playmat(at least once a day).  The boy is really responsive and loves it when people chat with him, he likes to wink and smile at faces. He sometimes even "chats" back, he's really quite charming.  At the same time he does seem to have a very quick and fiery temper tho as he can cry cry cry till he coughs and choke when he's upset, but he is easily pacified with a quick hug+rock+pat+lullaby :)



See how happy he is while I was talking to him!