my little miracle is already 2 week old...how time flies...he still love to sleep a lot, but when he is awake he likes to look around at colorful objects and moves his hands and legs actively...he drinks mama's milk quite a lot nowadays and his poo has already turned to mustard yellow, alhamdulillah..his jaundice was still there but from our observation it's not worsening...all my 3 children had mild jaundice during their 1st 2 weeks of life and we monitored ourselves...we didn't bring them for blood taking because we were confident that they were only mild physiological jaundice that would resolve by 2 weeks...but for parents out there, if you are not medically trained, and your baby is jaundice, i advise you to bring your baby to the nearest health clinic to check the bilirubin level...apart from the yellowish discoloration of the skin, sclera and mucous membrane, there are few other things that the doctor will check to determine that the jaundice is not serious and the bilirubin level need to be monitored...
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| sleeping peacefully, still a bit jaundice |
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| loves colors |
i finally got my proper postnatal massage by my tukang urut cik ton after 9 days post partum...i had 3 days massage and tungku with her and she also massaged my breasts to ensure smooth milk flow...the engorgement subsided and the milk production and flow was a lot better and now baby iyad managed to breastfeed efficiently...alhamdulilah, i was thankful that after 3 children, baby iyad is the expert of breastfeeding of the 3...his sucking is amazingly perfect, he latches on correctly from the 1st time i breastfed him and i did not have any nipple pain or cracked nipple like i had in the previous 2 babies...i still express my milk in between feeding to relieve the breast engorgement and had a few stocks of fresh expressed breast milk in the fridge..
baby iyad loves to be bathe..he does not cry but occasionally scream when the cold water flows onto him...so we must make sure that the bath water is warm enough and he simply loves it...
he loves to sleep in his rocker..he will sleep there for hours even when imtiaz was singing out loud maher zain's song...he had a few episodes of reflux after breastfeeding and it was better when we put him on the rocker for a few minutes before putting him lying flat on the bed...he also likes to be nursed on our favorite, comfortable nurturing chair (which i usually ended up dozing off while breastfeeding him)...
alhamdulillah, taking care of little baby iyad is such a breeze...he loves being surrounded by his noisy elder brother and sister and his masterchef aunt, ezani who loves to wake him up when he sleeps...he is such a lovable baby and all of us love him so much...we are truly blessed with his presence in our life...he is indeed our miracle of life...
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| in his favorite rocker |
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