Baby's 1st weekend

This wkend was our 1st wkend wif Amsyar's presence.  Our lives have changed having him arnd.  I cant watch TV outside wif loud vol (Mom tells me to lower it down coz Amsyar's such kaypoh, he reacts to even the slightest talking sound!).  I cant watch TV peacefully, he keeps wanting 2b patted to sleep, the moment I remove my hand, within 5 mins, he'll move & threatens to cry!!  Badmaash!  When I whisper to him to quit his naughty acting, he'll flash his oh-so-cute dimples!!

During his 1st two days here, he didnt sleep & stayed awake from 1-5am.  Haha...serves Nani right!!  On his 3rd nite, I decided this cant go on...my Mom needs her beauty sleep too or she'll be exhausted...so I whispered sweet-nothings in Amsyar's ears, coaxing him 2b a gd boy & let Nani-ma sleep bla bla bla... He listened (now that's like Maasi's clever boy!!)...he changed his sleeping pattern.  He wakes up once or twice for milk & Mom had no problem putting him back to sleep.  The nxt few days were hunky dory.  Until wee hrs of Fri morning when he started throwing tantrums...wailing so loudly @ 2.45am that even Mamu & Maasi came out of the room to see what's wrong wif him!  Poor Maasi, she juz managed to sleep @ 2am coaxing Amsyar to sleep!!  When Mom bathed him on Fri morning, his umbilical cord finally came off.  Alhamdulillah...after 9 days...I can finally carry & cradle him w/o worrying that he'll be in pain if that huge plastic clip on his umbilical cord is pressed against him stomach.  Only after having him did I realise that there's this huge clip dangling on a baby's umbilical cord...makes me wonder if I've ever caused any pain to all the newborn I've ever cradled when I visit them during their 1st week!

1st wkend wif Amsyar, Sat: Woke up early to bring him to Poly for his 4th neonatal check-up.  Heartbreaking to hear him scream when his tiny li'l feet gets pricked.  This boy na, he just refuses to drink plain water.  Very naughty.  When it comes to milk, he drinks properly, but when he realise that he's being fed plain water, he refuses to open his mouth, blocking it wif his gums.  When we manage to put it in, he'll collect the water & not swallow the water & then he'll start his act...coughing la, let the water flow out la...when we scold him, he'll flash his dimples!!  Urrrgghh!!  I wish he'd understand that the plain water is gd for him...to cure his jaundice & prevent him from being pricked every other day!!  He has to go for his 5th blood test on Mon which is his 12th day.  If his jaundice is still not below 100 (today is 192) @ 14 days, Dr will have to do more tests on him!!  Other than his Dr's visit...Amsyar's been a well-behaved boy.  It's been a wonderful Sat, finally got time to cradle & play wif him!!

1st wkend wif Amsyar, Sun: Woke up early as mentioned in my earlier post.  Amidst my blogging, I helped Mom in the kitchen & swept the hse.  Mom was telling me that @ 3am, Sis & BIL had to knock her room for help coz Amsyar was throwing tantrums & refused to stop crying.  Mom said it was such a cute sight, she heard knocks on the door, jumped off the bed & opened the door, to find her daughter, son-in-law & their baby in front of her, looking like they've been chased out of their hse & begging for help!!  Hahaha...Mom managed to put him to sleep after a long time...but he started his tantrums agn @ 4.30am till Mom had to wake Dad up to help cradle & silence him while Mom makes his milk.  Dad is so gd @ cradling & swinging a baby to sleep...he's being a pro @ it since we were small. 

After zuhur & lunch, I cradled Amsyar who was in play-mode.  Star Plus was showing Abhishek's BLUFFMASTER...so I introduced him to his would-be-uncle, much to Sis giving me a "podi!" when she heard that...hehe.  Danced wif him for a while (he enjoys it!) till he got sleepy in my arms, so I handed him to Mom who then wrapped him (sob sob, I cant bear to see babies being wrapped!) & pat him to sleep.  I continued watching Bluffmaster in my room...but my eyes cld hardly open...it started storming arnd 3pm, nice weather to sleep...so I dozed off.  At 4.45pm, I heard Amsyar wailing & some chaos outside...he just refused to shut up...so bad his tantrums was that after Mom bathed him, Dad had to help put on his booties!!  I was having a slight headache so I cldnt even be bothered to go out.  I continued sleeping till 6pm.

He was sleeping peacefully till 6.45pm when he woke up & starts wailing non-stop agn.  It's heartbreaking to see him like that coz it's so not him.  Think he's having colic.  Today's been a loonggg day...having to tolerate his wails...yet keeping our cool!  To a pt, I think Sis just cant bear to see her son like that...she started crying.  She's very sensitive after delivery.  Post-natal blues I guess.  I pacified her not to cry & stress her mind...it's pretty normal for babies; they get colic, have mood-swings & cry non-stop...they'll be ok in no time...no need to worry too much.  As it is, she's been very upset that Amsyar's not drinking enough plain water & thus his jaundice is not clearing (altho it's showing a healthy downhill trend) thus he has to be pricked every other day to monitor his jaundice level!!  Now, he's wailing non-stop & she wish she knew what's bothering him!

I'm now in my room peacefully watching 1 of my favourite Madhuri-Shahrukh movie - DIL TO PAGAL HAI...actually I've got masque on my face, so I'm not abt to give Amsyar a shock! 

It hasnt been ez to type this post wif a straight face w/o any expressions!!!