Saturday, October 06, 2007

I surrender

Posted by Dawn at Saturday, October 06, 2007
Today, I have been taking care of Caleb the whole day. You may wonder what's different about other any days. Well, so far, Vicky and I have been taking turns to take care. Sometimes when I like to have my own time to do my computer work for a while, Vicky would look after him. But today is different because lately,Vicky noticed that Caleb tends to keep quiet when she carries him from me. He seems to be able to calm down once she holds him. So, Vicky decided that I take care of him the whole time.

That is what I appreciate about Vicky. When she feels CT is not spending enough time with Caleb, she would carry Caleb to him and ask CT to carry and feed him. She is not 'possessive' towards the baby like some maids are. Then Vicky would always tell Caleb that Mummy and Daddy loves you very much..

So anyway, I bathed him this morning and I do enjoy bathing him as he is so quiet and playful at the same time. He has been kicking a lot.

Here is him after bath with his neatly combed hair.


And his side view...



After bath today, he started crying big time! He was shrieking for the first time. It was the loudest cry so far. It was as if throwing some kind of tantrum. I tried all sorts of position but it was futile. I surrendered...



Most of my close friends and family would know how I do not wish to give him the pacifier because he is still young and do not want to create that habit in him to depend on one. Moreover, he doesnt look nice in it. But today marks the day I really surrendered.. I couldnt take it anymore. I need to retrieve some of my sanity...Caleb was practically screaming in my ear.

And I have to say, the pacifier worked its magic in truly pacifying Caleb. He stopped crying and shortly after, he Zzzzzz...



After his sleep and when it was time for me to change his diaper. I took out his pacifier and he looked really funny...like a monkey with his pacifier marks.



Then after a while, he couldnt wait to suck his thumb again..



So I had to quickly put his pacifier back on before he starts bawling again.

What a day I must say..I really hope he will not depend on the pacifier too much. But for now, it is giving me some peace and quiet.

1 comments:

Mamabliss on Sunday, October 07, 2007 said...

I can fully comprehend how you feel about pacifying the baby with a pacifier... I was very reluctant to use it on Joyce too... but I had to succumbed to it as Joyce has a serious bout of regurgitation lately and she can't stop crying until we give her milk...then again we do not want to bloat her up with too much milk in a short period of time... therefore have to resort to the pacifier that worked wonders... ;P

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