I swear this is not a posed photo
It is starting to become apparent that Boy Boy really likes looking at your surroundings, and maybe even starting to recognize things. Every time Mommy puts you over my shoulder, you will be staring intently at the light behind, so much so that Mommy is getting worried that the bright lights will damage your eyes. At night, no matter which way Mommy tries to carry you, you will behave like a sunflower -- your head will turn towards the direction of the light and your eyes will be glued to the light.You also love looking at your 小老虎 -- part of the CNY decorations left on the wall which Daddy and Mommy have neglected to remove... I am not sure what Mr 小老虎 is saying to you, but every time you stare at him, he makes you laugh so happily! Maybe one day you can share his jokes with us ya?
Today, we brought you out shopping, and went into Borders. You were pretty excited in there, staring at everything with your eyes big big! We established a few things while we were there: 1) You didn't really like the big Elmo soft toy, 2) Furry puppet ducks are okay 3) You paid more attention to books than to soft toys. (Po-po's theory is that you are more attracted to regularly-shaped things)
Unfortunately, Mommy, Daddy and Po-po are having difficulties coaxing Boy Boy to sleep. For instance, Boy Boy was awake from 11 am till 10pm today, with multiple failed attempts in between to make you fall asleep -- you are so unputdownable! We will be carrying you all around the house trying to get you to sleep, but you will be more interested in staring at everything, as if you are trying to absorb your surroundings visually with your eyes. And even if we manage to put you down, you will wake up within 30 minutes. It doesn't matter whether it is your crib, Daddy and Mommy's bed or Po-po's bed... you don't seem to sleep very well. The result is a super grouchy and irritable Boy Boy at the end of the day. I think you finally fell asleep out of exhaustion... finally cannot keep your big big eyes open anymore huh! And when we thought you have finally gone off to dreamland, you started sobbing in your sleep! Poor sleep-deprived Boy Boy... Daddy had to carry you to calm you down. He is probably your favourite bed so far -- soft and warm and cushy...
Boy Boy, don't be too excited to see the whole world so soon, ya? Babies need lots of rest to grow and grow, okay? Sleep more!
Obviously, Boy Boy is still unaware that people usually sleep at four in the morning
"Unputdownable" - hahaha good one! There's the connection between Guang Hao and those books he's drawn to.
ReplyDeletehmm...time for some hard core training? we left ruikai to cry when he wanted us to carry and after 2 days, he learnt that we will not carry him and will entertain himself to sleep.
ReplyDeletewe also trained him to drink every 4 hours instead of at his whim and fancy. tough at first as he will keep crying in hunger but now he's well trained and wakes up only once at night.
you might want to consider too. will make your life much better. :)
Hey Ivy,
ReplyDeleteThink eventually we may need to do some sleep training such that he can fall asleep himself. But at the moment, we feel that its too young to enforce such strict rules on him.
Maybe we can discuss more about this when we get back! Will be in SG from 23rd Aug till the end of the year, the little tigers can finally meet!