New Milestone

I woke up at 2.42am on Friday morning to the sound of Xander's protesting cries.
It sounded muffled.
Then I heard the sound of him kicking his crib.
A sound I haven't heard for about 4 months since he started sleeping at the top of the crib instead of the bottom.
I was puzzled.
I got up, and stumbled into his room and found him on his tummy.
Flushed against the side of his crib.
Stuck.
Unable to flip back onto his back.
I laughed, despite his obvious frustration.
You had to be there.


But my laughter soon dissipated when I realised that this means I can't just leave him in his crib to fall asleep on his own now.
Cos he'll just flip and get stuck.
And when he figures out how to roll back,
he would just roll and roll and have a ball of a time and not sleep.
Yay me.

For the past 2 weeks,
he didn't wanna sleep unless he was sitting on MY lap (note: mine. not daddy's. only mine. why?!?!), while I sat on the rocking chair and rocked.
It was the only way he would stay calm enough for long enough to fall asleep.
Then came the extreme operation of maneuvering him gently to transfer him into his crib without waking him.
More often than not, he woke.
And we start all over again.
Rinse and repeat.
Over and over again.
He never was like this before,
so I let it be, hoping it's just a phase.

True enough, after he learned to roll in his crib,
he would not let me cuddle him or rock him to sleep.
Nuh-uh.
Now, all we can do is put him in his crib and let him work his way to sleep.
One of us has to sit next to him while he tries to sleep.
And to prevent him from throwing up all his milk because he can't stop rolling over,
he have to hold him down.
While he protests.
Or thinks we're playing with him.
So he tries to act cute and babble at us and looks at his with his puppy dog eyes.
Hah.
But he's stuck there till he falls asleep.
Cos goodness knows it's a freakin' nightmare if he doesn't sleep when he's supposed to.
The overtired monster rears its ugly head.

Past 2 nights, we've had to readjust his sleep schedule for night time because he was going crazy every night from overtiredness.
Not sure why.
I'm just assuming he's going through a phase where he needs more sleep.
So bedtime routine starts at 4.30pm and he's in bed by 5plus after a last feed.
He fusses for about 2 hours during the evening, finally dropping off for the night at about 9plus.
Waaayyy better than screaming his little head off for 3 hours and not sleeping at night much when we put him down later.
Last 2 nights were good nights.
Lots of restful sleep.
And now he has mastered rolling onto his side and sleeping on his side,
so that helps him get comfy when he wakes in the night.
Enough to go back to sleep without needing me to settle him back down.
I like ;)

Because of this new and improved night sleep,
I'm dreading that trip back to SG and what it would do to it.
But I guess if nothing else,
he has proven to us that things change all the time with him and we just have to roll with the punches.
Ultimately, it'll get better again.

I'm stressing about the packing now.
Lots of things to pack.
Such a long trip away from home for the little one calls for lots of stuff.
Still thinking about the checklist.
I'll get there.
Time to start!


I'm a bundle of nerves right now.
A mixture of fear and apprehension,
excitement and anticipation.
Regarding our trip to SG.
I'm not sure how it'll turn out.
There'll have to be lots of downtime and home-time for the little one to rest,
but there are lots of people who wanna meet us too.
I hope I don't disappoint too many people.
I keep telling myself,
my little one comes first.
Always.



Oh and I need a checklist of foods to eat too.
Make sure I don't miss out on anything this time ;)



I'm thinking about celebrating Xander's half-birthday together with my birthday when we're back.
But I'm lacking ideas.
Any ideas anyone?

In the spirit of making it easy for anyone who wants to buy me birthday gifts,
I don't need anything but cash.
Donate to the 'Cleo's University Tuition Fees' fund ;)
Every dollar counts.
Minimum donation: $1.
TYVM.