Happy one month old Caleb!

One month passed so quickly and it just seems like yesterday that I was telling CT how I wish Caleb could come out quickly to relieve me of my heavy tummy. Through this whole process of pregnancy, I hope that all mothers can realise that there has to be a God who is in control, orchestrates everything and puts everything in order.

Here is the miracle of pregnancy...
1st month: See the embryo with your naked eye-its brain and spinal column begin to develop

2nd month: All internal organs in place. Its genital organs become obvious and you can make out its major joints at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees.

3rd month: Can make out its closed eyelids as its face forms. Brains and muscles are coordinating, and its fingers and toes are fully formed with nails.

4th month: Limbs and joints are now fully formed and its muscles getting stronger. There is a growth of fine hair (lanugo) all over its body and its eyebrows and lashes start to grow

5th month: Hair growing on its head and muscles increasing in strength. Can now feel its movements and the baby is growing fast

6th month: Baby's sucking its thumb and it can cough and hiccup.

7th month: Head is now proportion to its body and fat stores begin to accumulate. Lungs reach maturity and baby can breathe if it was born at this point

8th month: Baby's now grown to right proportions and you can feel its rigourous movements. In 90% of its cases, baby is laying with head down towards pelvis ready for birth

9th month: Baby now fills the uterus- movements are more like jabs. Soft nails have grown to the end of its toes and fingers and hair on its head may be up to 2 inches long. Baby is now ready to say "hello" to the world.

It really shows how from a tiny speck can turn out to be a baby...as I review my ultrasound scans..See how fast the baby grows inside.

At 7 weeks...


At 11 weeks


At 14 weeks


At 18 weeks


At 21 weeks


After that, the baby became too big to take a nice scan. But from these pictures, it is a miracle in itself as you see the baby grows.

Another miracle even before my pregnancy was many months back, I wrote about how the name, Caleb came about and for those who missed it, can click HERE! CT and I knew at once when I discovered I was pregnant that we would give birth to a boy and the name would be Caleb Goh.

So I really would like to thank the Lord for giving CT and I this dear little boy to us and though he cries a lot and gets very cranky, it was always be a joy to look after him and take care of him. (In fact, I would be worried if he doesn't cry)

What I enjoy most is that when he cries in bed and after I pick him up to cuddle him, he would make himself comfortable and fall asleep on me as he places his two tiny hands on my shoulder. Then all else seem to stop as I stare at him making coo-ing sounds and smiling to himself with his eyes closed. I can easily stare at him all day if my hands didn't ache.

There are many moments when I put him to sleep on me and after a while, I place him back to the bed, he would know and start crying again. Ha. Then I have to repeat the whole process again and again till he falls asleep on the bed.

These few days, he has been drinking his milk and suddenly, he would burst out crying while drinking. It is really mind-baffling why he behaves like that. Then he would spill all the milk out.

Recently, I have also been giving him gripe water. It is this really smelly clear liquid that I give to him so that he can expel wind. I myself cannot take the smell of the liquid.I only give it to him when he does not burp after drinking his milk. He hates drinking it. Vicky would feed him with a spoon and put it in his mouth each time he opens to cry. Then she would squeeze his nose to make him swallow. It is a painful process as I watch him struggle and cry so loudly.

Anyway, I am thankful he has grown from 48cm to now, 52 cm. His weight has also increased a lot from 2.3 kg (at birth) to now, 3.6 kg.

Here is the skinny old wise Caleb at birth...



And here is a chubby picture of him now. (Just taken yesterday)


Caleb, just want to let you know that daddy and mummy loves you very much and constantly pray for you and giving thanks to God for this wonderful gift of you.

Wish that you will grow up to be like the character, Caleb in the bible (book of Numbers) who is courageous, faithful in God and trusting in Him.

Happy one month old my little boy! MUACK!