Every Little Thing

A friend of ours was telling us about her baby, how she has learned to roll over at just a little past 3 months. Siyuan is now just past 3 months, and I can't wait for him to start learning to do that. He hasn't shown any inclinations though. If we leave him alone, we do come back to find him having shifted his position sideways sometimes, but no hint he can roll over yet. Mom called to stress how important it was to watch him since he's still got fragile muscles. He's also supposed to be at the age when he would discover his hands. Wife caught him doing that just once the weekend. Apparently he can spend as long as 30 minutes been fascinated by it as he realize what he has been sucking on are his hands :)
As my friend say, every little thing thrills us.

The one thing this period has taught me though is new respect for my mother. Far away that she is, she has always called up with timely advice throughout the pregnancy and as Siyuan develops - from food to eat, postures for sleeping, importance of wife not squatting after birth to carry weights, how to wrap the baby to what to watch out for each week, she's just been absolutely spot on.
That's pretty amazing considering how it's been more than 30 years since she cared for a baby. She might not be able to explain the reasons well (with only 3 years formal education), but she's been absolutely spot on. Often we find that the nurses would repeat the same thing my mom said, except with better explanations, or as my wife said, explanations that us Western-educated people can understand.
As they say, when you have your own kids, u appreciate your parents more.
Cliche, but true.

Too sweet

Struggling with opening a can of condense milk, I did my usual clumsy thing and spilled it over half the kitchen sink. I was trying to clean the mess when wife called.
`Check out Siyuan now,he looks so sweet.' To which I quipped, I'm rather sweet enough now.
Siyuan is almost 3 months old now, and we're trying to make sure he learns the proper sleep association - ie to sleep by been relaxed and not needing to be rocked or held. That's probably the hardest thing to do!

He Finally Pooed!

We woke up this morning, resigned to another day of smelly farts and worries about his pooing. We checked at a pharmacy the previous night, and they decided he was really too young to have anything to help with that. And then this morning, after a kickabout with me, he finally pooed. Not a lot, like he used to. But at least it was something. We were both quite happy. Unfortunately, his smelly farts continue!
maybe i can persuade dear wife to have more greenies :)

Smelly!

Nowadays I always turn my head to look at other kids, and smile when I see parents chiding, holding or laughing at their babies. It makes me think of Siyuan, who is very cute most days. Obviously that's parental bias :) I'm sure if I was still single, I won't have paid any attention to Siyuan. I guess it's also a guy thing. Wife brought Siyuan to the office one day, and the women gushed all over Siyuan. My single male colleague struggled to say a word.
Siyuan can now hold his head up for a period if we hold him up. He is most curious during those times, looking all around him from an elevated view. A friend sent a video of her baby, about 6 weeks ahead of Siyuan, turning onto her belly. I can't wait for that happen for Siyuan!
Anyway, Siyuan went one week without pooing, and my goodness, his fart increased in frequency and potency! Poor wife would get a bellyful from Siyuan everytime she feed him. And his fart can now make us from the room. So we called the nurses, who told us
breastfed babies can go for 2 weeks without poing!