Elena - week 13
A short post this time so I’ll fill up the blanks with photos instead… 
So many exciting things happened this week:
“Ouch, getting a crick in the neck from posing for all these photos…”
1. Elena finally fell asleep by herself without needing to suckle on my breast! And not only that, she slept through the whole night till 5.30am…five nights in a row! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this will continue…
“Hmmm…shall I sleep through the night tonight or should I wake up to kacau mummy & daddy??”
2. Her rash has not subsided…in fact, it’s getting worse. She has little red patches on her chin, cheeks, beside her eyes and behind her ears… 
But on the bright side, Elena’s getting fairer…
3. She’s such a complain queen! She’s not satisfied with just crying, even after we pacify her, she’ll still moan and groan for a few minutes before settling down. And she does it even with the bottle in her mouth!
My lil’ laughing Buddha! 
4. Gave in to popping a pacifier into her mouth…for less than 1 minute! I just couldn’t stand the sight of it in her mouth, it reminded me of a muzzle…sigh…so I pulled it out. She was happily sucking on it the minute it went in and boy, did she give a big howl of protest when I pulled it out. Took me ages to pacify (pun unintended!) her after that…
“Hmmppphhh, since Mommy won’t give me the pacifier, I’ll settle for my fist instead…”
5. She getting more and more talkative! It’s so fun to say ‘Hiiiii’ to her coz she’ll respond with a shy smile followed by ‘Aiiiiiii…..’. And our ‘Helllloooo’ gets a response in the form of ‘eeehhhoooo’. Oh, and once, she actually got angry when the toys on her rocker didn’t respond to all her babbling…she actually ‘scolded’ them (her babbling got increasingly agitated and louder)… And she has definitely smiled her ‘social’ smile at us (but I haven’t yet had the opportunity to take a photo of her when she smiles like that).
“Anyone wanna cubit my cheeks?”
Comment by brenda on 23 April 2009 @ 1:15 am
haha, she is so cute!!!
how fast did elena’s clothing size change btw? 
Comment by MMin on 23 April 2009 @ 2:53 am
Oooo, she is so adorable. I so wanna cubit her cheeks.
Comment by Lora on 23 April 2009 @ 3:44 pm
Elena is so cute and is so expressive. don’t worry about her rash. i can’t see that at all from the photo. And yes, Elena is getting fairer compare to before. How does she do that? drinks lot of milk?? We asian like to be fairer. i like her round cute face.
Comment by giddy tigress on 24 April 2009 @ 9:32 am
Rashes! My daughter too! I have cut out all offensive stuff in my diet. It seems to help, but you know what helped loads? I apply breast milk on her face and then wipe it off with a damp cloth
Elena is definitely one pretty baby!
Comment by sooyin on 7 May 2009 @ 11:06 pm
Brenda: Haha, thanks! Clothing size ah…she’s pretty on track, ie. she’s now 3.5 months and wearing clothes for 3-6 months.
MMin: LOL…you’re not the only one who wants to cubit her cheeks nowadays…hahahah! At this rate, she’ll have permanently rosy cheeks from all the cubit-ing!
Lora: Apparently, babies will get fairer from about 3 months onwards. At least, that’s what I heard…
Ooo…her rash is quite bad, it’s just not that apparent on the photos.
Giddy tigress: Milk rash, right? Sigh…wish I read your comment before I threw away that 20oz of milk!!