Hayley is 6 months old!

On the 7th, Little Miss Hayley turned 6 months old! She's doing so great these days. Everyday she does something different and amusing.



She rolled over from belly to back now, but if she's tired or grouchy, she'll just lay her head down and cry until I pick her up. She'd much rather be sitting or standing with support.

An exciting milestone has arrived, she had her first solid meal yesterday but it didn’t go well. We thought our little girl would open her mouth eagerly and accept this wonderful new experience but this historic first feed turned out to be a mess. She pushed everything out of her mouth, pull a face and look completely offended! I tried feeding her during lunch today, I decided I that should try taking the edge off her appetite by giving her about half her milk feed and then feed him after about an hour or so…I really thought this would work, but she was just too hungry and she ended up screaming in frustration. All she wanted was her bottle of 6oz milk. A lesson learnt. Trying to force a baby to eat is the best way to put her off the whole experience. I will try again in the next few days.

Her first meal
Day 1 – 1 teaspoon of rice cereal, 3oz of milk
Day 2 – 2 teaspoon of rice cereal, 2oz of milk

She's still growing at a good pace. Her head is measuring at 93 percentile. I'd like to blame her dad's side of the family for the big head gene, but unfortunately I had a big head and so did my younger brother, so it's coming from both sides! =D

Hayley started exhibiting some degree of separation anxiety. She is happy when I'm within arm's reach. Whenever I leave the room or away from her bed, she cries and screams..going in for a shower could be a bit of a problem these days let alone leave the house without her. Sometimes I wonder have I made her so clingy but I do know that separation anxiety is a normal and necessary part of development that indicates that things are well with her, plus, it is this kind of attention and affection that creates a special bond between us.

Here's my little lady's stats this month:

Weight: 7.9kg

Height: 70cm (The Paediatrician said she is quite tall for her age..well, like daddy, like daughter?)

Milestones: First Christmas, first food (although it didn’t go too well), sitting up with support; she utters a variation of ma-ma’s, mua’s and mem’s. She will say mama, ma mem and mem-mem when she is hungry.

I'm 6 months going on 7..

Hayley is 4 months old

People say time flies when you have a baby. I can't agree more. My girl is 4months old and I remember being 4 months pregnant and thinking it would never end. She sure has gone through an enormous change and she's developing a little personality. There's nothing quite as endearing as watching your happy bub babbling away. Her social skills are also developing. She started cooing and babbling at 2 months and a few weeks ago, we notice she was learning to vary her voice by adding some really cute coos-goo-goos, oohs and ahhs to her repertoire. She is definitely more long-winded now than she was 2 months ago. Recently, we found out that she has progressed from oohs and aahs to consonant vocalizations: a-ka, a-ba, and oh, she seems to like making 'eh-tze/zz' sound..she was happily babbling with Dr.Agnes (Adventist Pediatrician) during the vaccination last week. She was so engrossed in her conversation with Dr. Agnes that she just didn't bother about the shot.

Hayley likes flashing her big gummy grin. A few days ago, she started laughing out loud after I played peek-ka-boo with her for the first time. However, she stared at me frowning on my second attempt of peek-ka-boo. I reckon she does not laugh at the same thing twice. I wonder if any of the '101 ideas to Make a Baby Laugh' book works for a baby like her? I just don't think so.

Something new this month - 'Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus' (TYEUJ) is all that's needed to lull her off to sleep. 3 rounds of TYEUJ, little Hayley is out like a light. Well, she breaks out in a huge smile or sometimes she will look right into my eyes when I start, as if she recognizes the song. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing because firstly, TYEUJ is such a beautiful hymn and happens to be my personal devotional song, now I have to use it as a lullaby hymn. Secondly, knowing her all too well, that would also mean that I might need a new lullaby soon!


Hayley rolled over for the first time today. Now that she can do it, she hasn't stopped all day. She enjoys sitting up over laying down on her back. She prefers to be carried in an upright position over cradle carrying. She's putting everything in her mouth including her toys, and she's also drooling a tonne, I'm wondering if she has entered the teething stage even though she's got her two front bottoms at birth, natal teeth they call it.

Stats: This week at the pediatrician she weighed 7kg and measured 26.5inches long

Awesome stuff she's doing now:
- sitting in mommy's lap babbling away whilst mommy reads or works
- smiling ever so sweetly when daddy tickles her chin-
- she reaches out to anything she can grab hold of and loves putting 'em into her mouth
- pulling out her paci when she gets tired of it and pushing it back with her tiny hands when she needs it (with paci attached to the soother holder)
- held her own drinking bottle for the first time and guess what happened next, water spilled over and wet her own shirt :)

Favourite activity/things
- loves to play with her favorite Jacques the Peacock (a gift from Julia :D) and guess where Jacques will land afterwards
- playing with her own hands



little Hayley chomping on her fists and fingers...





cuteness..cuteness..cuteness...makes me want to drink in this moment with my sweet little girl..:D

Hayley is 3 months old

Hayley turned 3 months on the 7th. She sure has changed a lot. Now that she's bigger, taking her out with us for meals and shopping has never been easier. She seems to enjoy outings as long as she can look around. She enjoys being with people, probably because she has new faces to watch and fingers to grip, hehe. She really enjoys listening to people talk. Hubby and I agree that our little one is quite nosy, lol!

3-months update

Weight/height: 6.5kg and between 24-25inches

Size: She's outgrown the 0-3 month items. She's in 3-6 months and they fit just right!

Eyes: Brownish (just like her daddy)

Hair: She was born with just a little peach fuzz and it has grown a tiny bit now, she's got all the fine brownish silk coming through though. Looks like she's gonna need her headbands for awhile before those beautiful hair clips can be used!

Milestones: She discovered her hands and chews on them, with this new discovery, she probably finds that her hands are better than the pacifier, hence, she no longer needs it now. Should we rejoice or worry about it, coz' thumb sucking is equally bad, huh?! Still no sleeping through the night, but she only wakes up once for a feeding around 5AM. She has also quit crying during baths!!! She has started cooing and babbling. And oh yes, she smiles responsively now and she loves it when we say to her 'Hayley, pose for the camera'

For the picture

Favorite things: She likes her stroller. She loves her cloth book "Black & White and Sometimes Red'.

She doesn't reach for the toys yet, but she loves looking at them.

Dislikes: She sure knows what she dislikes and she verbalize it by...crying and when she knows that she's being ignored, she will scream out loud! I thought all babies like tummy time, but my little one hates it!

Baby Hayley's First Week (Photos)

Baby Hayley's first week ...

sleep baby sleep...
it's sleeping time, baby

Now she's awake...

Mommy and baby

Our sweetie...

Our little bundle of joy has arrived..

We are thrilled to announce the birth of our little girl, Hayley. Finally, after months of anticipation, our little bundle of joy has finally arrived.

Well, it wasn’t exactly the birth we had envisioned and planned for, but as the saying goes, life is what happens while we’re making other plans. Caesarean birth was not what we had planned for, but that was the best thing I could do. On 4th July at 40 weeks baby was 'sunny side up' and I was also frustrated that I had no labour signs, no contractions, no cervical dilation, so we decided to wait for another day. I went in again the next day and baby's position did not change..and I had still no progression, at 40 weeks plus under that condition, I was given 2 options, to continue on with the 'waiting game' or c-sect.

It was a spontaneous decision for c-sect on the 7th July, after weighing the risks and benefits of elective c-sect over an emergency c-sect if there is still no progression.

At about 12noon on the 7th, I was pushed to the O.T. Well, I was actually semi-conscious as I was given dormicum to help me relax just minutes before they pushed me in. But not long after, I was wide awake during which I was transferred to a platform bed in a super cold room (what happened then, it's best to be kept for one's own memory, :) and if I did share about it here, it might be a little too graphic). As I have requested for epidural anaesthesia, I was fully awake during the whole procedure, I could hear the conversation between my ob and the nurses and the GA, it freaked me out at first...oh, was it painful? a definite yes, the pain was so intense that even the lightest touch can be excruciating. I remember I joked with the GA , "you must have forgotten about my spinal block just now" The GA then told me he administered lower dosage so as not to harm mommy and baby.

At 1.40pm, baby Hayley was ushered into the world. I held her for the first time, took a picture with her and then she was taken out to meet her daddy, por por, gong gong, ma ma, ye ye and aunties and uncles while they stiched me up. I felt the tugging sensation during the stiching up procedure without any pain relief drugs whatsoever, but I must say, it was all worthwhile...my mind was all on our little bundle of joy the whole time and I just didn't want to wait anymore to see her again in the ward.

Overall I had a great birth experience. Not at all like what I had planned and imagined, but great nonetheless. In the perfect world I wished I would have gone into labor naturally, and not needing any drugs leading me to C-sect. However, in my circumstances, C-sect was the best thing I did. It made my experience so much better, for me, my family and our baby.

Our baby girl Hayley Anne Foo, born on 7th July 2010 at 1.40pm