Weaning From Breast....

I have stop breastfeeding period…I was having a tough time when trying to wean Naomi from the breast as she was so attached to them!
She is actually sucking for comfort most of the time so I decided to wean her before she grows older.
First attempt = ‘50% success’
As usual, we will pick Naomi up from Alice’s house after work around 6pm and then went back home. Usually I will feed her and she will doze off for like 1 hour. Around 9pm before her bedtime, I will feed her again. She will doze off until 1am. So, I will feed her again at 1am and she will sleep until 7am. Sometimes I will fee her and sometimes I don’t, depending on my time. Normally I will quickly send her off to Alice’s house cause I need to get ready for work. This is basically my weekday routine when I was still bf.

So, I decided to change her pattern one day. I still feed her at 6pm and then before her bedtime around 9pm I feed her formula milk. She pushed the bottle away….so I had to be strong, I tried again but she still doesn’t want the bottle. She’s very determined a.k.a ‘stubborn’. We were both playing ‘tug of war’ until 11pm!! I nearly gave up and decided to bf her but I need to be stronger than her…..so in the end she pointed at her milk bottle and said ‘nen nen’…..i took the bottle and fed her…she finished the 7oz milk at one go….after about 5 minutes, she’s too tired she fell asleep on her own. She woke up at 4am and I have no choice but bf her as I was so tired to be playing ‘tug-of-war’ with her again.

Second attempt = ‘100% success’
I did not feed her at 6pm and let her play with her toys, read her books, watch TV until she’s tired and finally feed her formula milk at 9pm. She finished the milk alright but she still wants to suck. She kept crying and asking for the real ‘nen nen’ I said no, no more finish already. She kept using her hands and beat my chest but I told her no. She keeps on going and going until 11pm until she finally gave up and Zzzzzz
She woke up at 3am and I again did not bf her. I just carry her for a while and she went back to sleep.

Third and finally attempt = ‘Mission Accomplished’
I follow exactly what I did the day before and it worked. She did not cry or ask to bf anymore. She’s like totally forgotten about them…I thought she will get use to it only after 1 week but it only took her 2 days to really get over it.

One thing good is she can sleep through the night now and I can sleep longer…..
I still miss bf her though cause the feeling is undescribable…most nursing mothers will understand this tingling ‘feeling’ =)

Anyway, it has now been a week that Naomi has been completely off the breast. What started out as my labor of love became a loving wondrous journey that lasted approximately 1 year and 2 months. I thought I would feel a sense of relief because the weaning was now over and done with. But what I felt was a tinge of emptiness…as if something I had grown to love dearly is now missing from my life. It is a sign that my Naomi, my darling girl, has grown up somewhat, and I am just grateful that I was able to give him the best nourishment a mother can offer.
She now sleeps lesser during daytime esp on weekends compare to bf time….but I’m okay with it as long as she can sleep through the night ; )

Water Baby....

Last Sunday, Patrick & Hooi Ling asked us to join them for a swim at Equatorial Hotel. They brought along their little girl Charlotte too.
This is actually Naomi’s 1st experience to swim in the swimming pool. I was quite worried as this is her 1st time and not sure how she will react to it. I was right; she was very scared of the water. I should have introduce her to swimming pool when she’s younger so that she can get used to it but I didn’t. As she’s now 14 months old and more aware of her surroundings…she gets chicken out easily I tell you……..She didn’t want to go in to the pool at first. I had to carry her and went in to the water with her. She was screaming so loud when her legs touch the water…the water was quite cold actually….she held on to me tightly…..and didn’t want to let go. We brought along a baby's float for her so that she can sit on it in the swimming pool. She didn’t want to ok? She was struggling so much and didn’t enjoy at all. She will scream hysterically every now and then. After about 10-15mins, I forced her to sit on her float….hahaha….ya, ‘force’ and she screamed again…..but I kept pushing her further and further until we reached the middle of the pool…and she finally keep her cool….she was smiling and enjoying herself ….She was kicking the water and use her hand to splash the water. She was so excited so I kept pushing her float further until we reached to the other end of the pool. She was waving at her daddy at the other end and smiling all the way.
We’re quite surprised to see how quickly she gets used to it. Patrick pointed out that we should bring her more often, maybe after 1-2 times she will get used to it…but after 15mins she’s enjoying herself so much. We were swimming around for quite a while until her fingers all wrinkled but I still continue and let her swim as I, myself was enjoying the water too! I haven’t been swimming for years so I did a bit of swimming too that day. After for about 45mins I wanted to carry Naomi up. She didn’t want to!! Can you believe it? Earlier, she didn’t want to go in to the pool and now she didn’t want to get out of the pool?!
She was crying when I told her it’s time to go…so Daddy took her 1 more round without the float…and she’s so natural…daddy was carrying her in freestyle position and she was floating by herself…..and she kicked the water a bit….meaning she’s relaxing herself that’s why she can float….she’s a water baby….but the bad thing was she swallow too much chlorine water when she’s in that position. I carried her out of the water after another 3mins and took her to shower. It was a very nice and enjoyable experience for all of us. We’re thinking of going swimming again this week.

Yeah......i'm cool!!



Too scared to sit on her float....




I'm asking her to sit on her float...so i can push her around in the swimming pool....


Still can pose for the camera?

Clapping her hand...

Happy Mother's Day!!

This is the 2nd time I’m celebrating Mother’s Day as a “MOM” :)
Last year, Naomi was 2 months old when I first became a MOM :)
This year, she’s 14 months old and celebrating with me but I guess she’s still too young to understand what Mother’s Day is all about…
We brought her to church on Sunday morning and Pastor Alex preached about parents becoming a role model for children. Someone they look up to and as Christian parents we need to build Godly home for our children and family. All begins with parents. I know I still have a lot to learn and always pray to God to guide me and lead me to the right paths and directions.
This year, to show my appreciation to my mom and mother in law, we took the family for a steamboat buffet lunch at Flame Steamboat Restaurant at Crystal Point after church. Our whole family attended the same church service so it’s very convenient.
Here's some of the pics taken on Sunday.
With 11-month-old cousin Jenelle in church playroom


I gave Jenelle the same biscuit as Naomi...look at Naomi's face!!

look at the way they sit....really samseng....haha

busy eating....

@Flame Restaurant....Naomi loves the ice-cream!!

hello, hello ?

Naomi picked up the house phone and simply presses the digits and said “hello!” “hello!”
The funny thing was how she learn/imitate this action? We were still wondering….as we seldom use the house phone cause we all use our handphone most of the time. This picture was taken by Tjun and the phone belongs to Jyun Imm (my sis in law).
My babysitter’s place does not have a house phone as well. Alice also suspect she pick this action by watching TV :D ???
She will do the same thing with our handphone as well….

PS: Thanks Aunty Joanne for getting Naomi a cute Minnie mouse handphone J I should take the pic and post in the blog as well…will do that tonight….