recap of the month past
7 Jan 09 - Wednesday - 11:14 a.m.
It's been a month since the Peanut quite dramatically entered our lives. She's grown about 5cm longer and she is definitely much heavier and less doll-like one month on.
I've learnt that it is possible to read a book / play pac-man / vet advices / write this entry while carrying a fussy Peanut on my lap. Sometimes she'd demand my full attention though, but it is still possible to get things done in between.
I've learnt that if I miss one day of Peanut laundry, it will multiply and take over the balcony. She's managed to accumulate more clothes than her parents combined. It's quite scary.
I've learnt that Peanut is quite hard to bluff. She's quite resolute about what she wants, for example, if she refuses to sleep in the bassinet, you can't just put her to sleep before putting her in the bassinet. She'll wake up once her head hits the bassinet and start bawling her head off all over again. it is far easier to let her sleep on your tummy although she tends to kick my gut intermittently and that really hurts like crazy since my insides are not completely healed from the Caesarean yet. Or that she prefers to suckle than drink from a bottle. It's the same milk. She just prefers one presentation over the other and will take a really really long time to drink from a bottle all the while making her unhappiness known.
Peanut doesn't just want to be carried when she's fussy. She also wants to be spoken to and will look at you in the most attentive and earnest manner while you speak to her. When you stop, she'll proceed to bawl her head off. But like I said to The Other Half, we can't really blame her, can we? She can't really do very much. It's not like she can play pac-man or read a book to alleviate her boredom. Her only entertainment is, quite unfortunately, us. I don't think I've ever felt more like a circus act in my life.
Never ever feed a naked baby. Never fall asleep burping the baby either because that will just mean that she'd throw up all over you while you are sleeping. And never leave a naked baby alone. She'll most definitely do something that requires a lot of towels, wet wipes, and disinfectant. Sometimes also a change of sheets and a bath, both for yourself and for her.
Most of all, I have learnt that it is possible to function on minimal sleep because that cute little face just keeps you going and going and going.
