what's happening this week..

Hi readers..
you may have read my monday incident posting..about caleb's ear infection..
some friends have asked me how he's doing now..
Oh after the antibiotics given..he is well til today he's never cried like that anymore.
and in fact, he has been a very wonderful baby this whole week.
he behaves very well..he's happy and cheerful..he let me do my household chores while he's playing alone on his mat/bed..

This week..he likes to giggle and smile alot...

This week..he seems to want to play and play and play..he refused to take his nap longer.
on wednesday he only took 30 mins nap!!!
I'm confused whether to let him wake or try to put him to sleep again.
Tracy Hogg said babies at his age still need to take a nap 3x a day..2 hours on the first and second nap and 30 mins of catnap in late afternoon..
But other mummy advised me that as babies grow up, they don't need as much sleep as when they were younger..
this is difficult to decide.
because caleb is always having transition issues in his sleep. during his sleep cycle, he always need us to pat him back to sleep. Before we will always able to help him back to sleep..but this week is super difficult..because he seems to want to play..so his drive to wake is stronger than his drive to sleep! during the transition it is important for a child to win his drive to sleep..
We did let him sleep for 30 mins only and let him play..on that day he took 4x naps (usual is 3x only) and still ended exhausted at bedtime...
so i haven't really decided on this nap issues.

milk intake
since taking solids, his milk intake dropped so much.
I knew it was going to happen. It is normal. But I didn't expect it to be this much.
he never finished his 180ml milk on feed 1, 2 and 3. but luckily he still finished his feed before sleep and his dream feed. there were days he only took 50-60ml only!!!

Night sleep
since solids too..he doesn't ask for milk at night. but he still woke up around 3 or 4 AM..i think this is just waking up for a habit. But Last night he didn't wake up anymore til morning. I guess solids really help to full his little tummy..