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Kingsley 6-7 months

  For baby: Grow: Kingsley weight 8kg and length 66cm Feeding: Kingsley  started with his first solid food at week 26, after we came back from Japan trip. His nanny give him 小米糊 and then porridge. He can accept but messy as the food come out from the mouth. Mummy make some mix vegetable (brocholli, cabbage, carrot, tomato, corn, celery and dragon fruit) pureen at week 27 just before the Chinese New Year week.  First time he just eat few (2-3) small spoons and then he refused to eat ( mouth close). Then he can finish about 50ml after that during the cny holiday stay with mummy. Since he started solid food, he only drink around 120ml 2 times at nanny house after he started solid food 2 meals per day at nanny house.  I did not feed him after that, but just sometime I let him eat some fruit via hitting spoon during dinner time with us. He likes it at the beginning but end up crying (not sure because still want to eat and the food doesn’t out from the bitting spoon or alr...

Kingsley 5-6 months

  For baby: Grow: Kingsley weight 8kg and length 65cm. Feeding: Kingsley was fed with 140-160ml 3 hourly at his nanny house. He will latch at 8.30pm after back from work and dinner. He continue to latch on demand before he sleeps at 10pm+. He has no burp now after feeding.  Night time: He will latch on demand and like to stay with mummy all the time at night. He will cry even I I put him on the bed and I go to shower or changing clothes. He will not take a nap at night and will sleep  at 1030pm after latching and off light. He doesn’t want to sleep on his bed. He get to sleep when I let him latch on lying position on my bed. He sleeps on our bed throughout the night and wake up at night multiple times (2-3 times) just to latch and continue his sleep. He poo at when his nanny give him potty.  Development: Kingsley can sit but will fall to side, back or front. He sleeps lesser when we bring him out or at home. He likes to look around and notice his sisters. He get scar...

Kingsley 4 - 5 months

 For baby: Grow: Kingsley weight is 6kg now and long 63cm Feeding: Kingsley was fed with 140 - 150 ml 2.5 to 3 hourly at nanny house. I direct feed him at 8.30pm and before sleep. He will wake up for milk at night time around 4-6am. He has no burp now after feeding. He usually will sleep until we wake him up in the morning when we are going to school or work. He will drink his morning milk after his dad sent him to his nanny house. I will let her direct feed on my rest day and no bottle feed now. I managed to get some positive balance on my rest day because I pump one side out at night and morning when breast feed him.  Night time: He used to cry after 8pm that was usually my shower time and when I put him alone on the bed.  He will be ok just after I done showering and let him latch.  He will wake up at 3-5am to ask for milk. I let her latching and he will continue sleep after awhile. He latched less and easily continue his sleep. Sometimes he will like to cont...

Kingsley 3-4 months

For baby: Grow: Kingston weight 6.1kg.  Feeding: Kingston continues to direct latch and only bottle feed at 8pm feed when he is at home with mommy.  He was given 120-130ml at nanny house every 2 -2.5 hours with frozen milk. He has less poo and not poo when every feed. Kingsley is taking 600-700ml per day plus night and mid night direct latch. Mommy production is around 500ml per day.  He latched at night before at 830pm, before sleep and mid night while another breast milk collected in with breast pump during the mid night (around 80-100ml). Night time: Kingsley will cry then nap at 830pm for 10-30minites. Most of time he will sleep after latching and when we dim the light. Most of time he will start make noise to ask for milk at 4-5am. Got few times at 3am maybe because he didn't get enough milk at night before sleeping at night. I will pump milk before go to work at 745am. If he last latch near 6am or woke up at 7am, i will let him latch to empty the breast before going...

Kingsley 2-3 months

 Grow: Kingsley is 5.6 kg and length 59cm now. Feeding: Baby feeding still continues with mix direct latch and bottle feed (50-60ml). Mommy started to gave him some frozen milk stored during the confinement month. He still very easily burps when letting him sit up right after feeding. Most of time, he has no bottle feed during the day time and he got direct latch at both side. He will latch every 1.5-2 hours. Night time: Baby Kingsley likes to nap around 8pm. He cried at this hour especially Mommy is busy to clean after dinner and need to shower (he used to like this since his first month). He was given bottle feed (extra around 50ml that was collected during the mid night) at 8pm after Mommy showered and gave him direct latch before he goes to sleep at 10.30pm usually. He will make noise to ask for milk at 4-5am. Got 1-2 times he can sleep till 6am. But since this month, he will slept after latching. He is so sleepy and can't finish the bottle feed during the midnight wake-up. So,...

Kingsley 1-2 months

  For Baby: Grow: Kingsley weight is 5.1kg and length 56cm Feeding: I have extra frozen milk since week 2 after 1 day admission for jaundice and i pumped and keep milk for 2 days.  When I let Kingsley latched on it,  I will use suction cup to collect the milk on the other side. He is not good in latching, always got sound when latching. He cried every around 1.5-2.5 hours and i will let him latch and each feed about 15 to 30 minutes. He was breast feed on one side and bottle feed from the milk collected on the other side (around 40-60 ml) when he latched. He received mix feeding with direct latching and bottle feed throughout the day. He is very easy to burp. He can burn in seconds when i putting him upright or holding him at sitting position immediately after feeding without needing to tapping him.  Mid night feed usually take up to 30 minutes to 1 hours.  Night time: Kingsley cries every evening when mommy is busy with the dinner and shower time. He stop cry...

Kingsley 0-1 month

Kingsley is the second boys and fourth kid in the house. He met the world on 21 July 2025 20:12. He has no double eyelids. His first looks like his sister Valerie and the nose and lips like his brother Kingston.  He is 3.62kg 54cm. Induced with self contraction on 39weeks 5 days. This was an unexpected pregnancy after 6 years of last pregnancy and I got to know it on my 41th birthday. I could not believe it until I got the ultrasound scan. It has no joke. I am pregnant the 4th baby! I was so worried because my trip to South Africa and Zimbabwe for my poster presentation in the international congress will be in 2 weeks time and I need to take Malaria prophylaxis pill for going to Zimbabwe,  it is contraindicated for pregnant women. I was in dilemma whether to take the risk and search for the data of chances getting malaria. Eventually, I decided to go with only mechanical prophylaxis by covering up myself all the time to prevent mosquitoes bite.  His sisters and brother we...