Yan Yan - 1st month update

She's now 5.05kg (she put on 1.35kg since birth) and is 54.7cm in length. I thought she didn't grow that much length-wise but her paediatrician said she's probably longer than that as she was all curled up when her length was measured. Her head circumference has increased 4cm to 38cm.

As with most newborns, she still feeds every two to three hours around the clock. And she can be really impatient when she wants to be fed, thrusting her face everywhere looking for the nipple. She suckles well and almost always choke at the beginning of the feed, when I have my let down. She also regurgitates a lot, even after burping and holding her upright for 10-15mins. It's quite distressing sometimes to see her vomiting huge portions of her feed.

In the earlier weeks, she used to have a bowel movement almost after every feed but now, she only passes motion once or twice, but each time she poos, there's really lots!

She stretches and moves her limbs about a lot when lying down, resulting in even more regurgitation. The old folks say that a stretching baby is a growing baby, as in, those who stretches a lot grow longer faster. Wonder if it's true, but then again, ALL babies stretch a lot, don't they?

She's generally quite a happy baby, and will be contented when left on her own if she's not hungry or wet. But when she gets bored, then she’ll cry out to be carried :-) She also grunts a whole lot – she grunts when she's awake, grunts when she's trying to sleep; she grunts when she's hungry, grunts when she's full; she grunts when she's lying on her back, grunts when she's lying on her tummy. I hope this is not a sign that she'll talk non-stop when she grows older :-)

She has progressed from turning sideways from a lying down position, to turning from side to side. She can also hold her head upright and lift her head when she's lying on her stomach, and turning it from side to side.

She enjoys bathing, and being massaged after her bath and when she's changed into her pyjamas at night.

She sleeps with me and Yiu Yiu on our king-size bed, while husband has been relegated to a mattress in Yiu Yiu's princess bedroom. She sleeps better and longer on her stomach so though I know it's better to let her sleep on her back due to the risk of SIDS, I've resorted to letting her sleep on her stomach when I'm desperate, i.e., when she fusses about and couldn't fall asleep for ages after a midnight feed. Thank God for making mummies light sleepers, as I'll wake up at her slightest stir to check on her.

Here are some lovely photos of Yan Yan, taken when she was 13 days old by these two talented mummies.