11 months plus | Finally some sleep

So we're two weeks shy of Baby K's first birthday...Oh far we've come along.
I'd say the past 6 weeks she's had a number of developments. From commando crawling, to eating and feeding herself (hates being fed) to communicating and understanding what we say!

What a personality she is! Baby K is a highly sociable baby who loves people. She'll always smile and wave at anyone who catches her eye. 

We finally had the Tresillian visiting last week and learnt a lot. The nurse gave us lots of tips and we tried them out of desperation - and it worked. We've been getting decent sleep since. Very much to my relief and sanity. It's a difficult feeling, when you're like a zombie and can't function 100%....But hopefully it's all in the past!

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Growth :

Just about 7.5kgs. Small for her age, in fact she's smaller than all other babies her age. I used to worry about it but I figured as long as she is developing normally, theres nothing to worry about!

Sleep:

FINALLY sleeping through (almost) the night. She doesn't feed as much as (maximum twice). Last night she didn't need to feed at all! Hallelujah! Twitchy and I are finally feeling a little more normal and a little more alert. 

Eat : 
No more boobs. Baby K is now on formula and solids. She just decided to go off the boob and I think it happened I had gastro and was sick and dehydrated. Its a blessing in a way, she is now drinking a lot more (i can finally measure how much she drinks!). So that's the end of my breast feeding journey. 11 months with Baby K!
She is one picky eater. She has a simple palate and prefers to feed herself these days. From pasta with cheese, to poached chicken, salmon, rice cakes and grapes and pears. Once she likes a certain food she can not have enough of them!

Outings :

Out and about all the time - it's so easy now that Baby K is a little older. Only problem being the amount of things I have to prepare - food, milk, nappies....

Milestones :

She started crawling at 11 months. Commando crawling....
She stopped breastfeeding at 11 months...
She loves music and would stop to sing and dance if she knows a certain song or like the rhythm.
She likes playing peekaboo!
She finds mummy's star jumps hilarious
She started pointing at 10 months and couldn't stop pointing since!
She knows who mummy and daddy and popo is
She is beginning to repeat after mummy and say words (depending on mood)
She is learning very quickly. Takes only a few attempts to learn!

Clothes: 
We're outgrowing 00's and going into 0's. Baby K is growing slowly but it has increased a little past two weeks. woo hoo! come on baby!

Physical developments:
We finally have a little more hair! Although she won't have a full head of hair by her birthday. Poor darling keeps getting referred to as a "little fella". But hey, she has more than daddy now!
She also has noticeably long curly eyelashes, much to everyone's envy....

Caring for 3

Since twitchy's surgery, I have been on single mom mode. I drop off and pick up Baby k, I tend to her for all her 5-6 times a night wakings.... I am exhausted

Sometimes things are so far fetch, even I wouldn't believe it if it weren't my experiences! The day twitchy was discharged from hospital, I woke up with Gastro. I was in pain. But I had to continue functioning. Drove to the hospital, with baby in tow, put her on my carrier and soldier on, All fell apart at the hospital when I had to run and throw up at the toilet. Even the nurses were wondering who was the sick on in the family. 

Awful awful, the rest of the day I was literally sprawled on the playmat, attempting to watch baby and crawling to the kitchen. Never have I felt so sick and miserable....

Fast forward one week later....

We're a lot better, though Twitchy is still in pain. I am still 80% single mom mode. And I truly wish baby k wake less at night..... :(