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wee bit of sanity installed.

i was going crazy a couple of days back. the baby has been giving regular bouts of crankiness at specific intervals and timing and i figured, he’s colicky.

but while i have tried the usual ways to soothe a colicky baby (warm baths, massage, colic hold, and eventually, letting the baby cry out loud), my mother has been given me the stare for letting the baby cry and she cannot stand it but to come and carry (read: snatch) the baby up.

mad frustrating. like it helped matters, the baby still cried on anyway.

does not help that the husband decided not to do anything and went with the flow (i think he feels better with the baby OFF our hands and someone else decides to ‘relieve’ us of the baby) and just prepared to head off to slumber land.

it just didnt sit well with me. but no one stood on my side. everyone was giving me crap excuse like.. maybe he hungry (ello! he just drank), maybe he is not drinking enough (this shit again when the pd said he is overfed), maybe the pd the wrong and he needs more milk (great, people here all can be doctors already).

i think its sorta pushes me INTO DEPRESSION. i wanted to just die there and then.. and pack my bags and LEAVE THE HOUSE and dont give a damn f*ck to everyone and everything.

it was also upsetting to know.. when everyone else out there is not understanding, the husband isnt on my side. *sob* i could pardon everyone else who is not educated about babies, and pardon them because they were not at the pd visits… but the husband??! kill me please.

i was sobbing into the pillows and wondering why the hell is so hard, like i had to fight a lost battle myself and everyone else doesn’t seemed to bother or the least concerned.

the hubby eventually tried to soothe me because the wife was crying non stop, and yesterday, we popped out for a movie!

pirates of the caribbean. ooohhhh.. the mermaids!

wah. its been a long time.. i cannot even remember the last movie i watched. and guess what? i really appreciate the joys of bottle feeding. so free to get around and about without worrying about feeding the baby! hah!

i slept the entire day away today, and woke only to express my milk and crawl back to sleep. OMG. why am i soooooo tired?!



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Hi there! Thanks for popping by. I'm Cherie, a ftwm (full-time working mum) to 3 lovely kids (2 boys & a princess) and my motto in life is to BE HAPPY. Sure, life isn't all that smooth but it's the mentality that counts, no? This blog documents my life. Or rather, snippets of my life that has passed me by. I love capturing life memories in the blog and being able to read back and laugh at myself (or anyone). I love to eat (A LOT), travel and paint my own nails so the blog is mostly about that. Is that considered lifestyle? Of cos, the family is also very much an integral part of me so there would be loads of memories about the husband and my kids - Jerry (9yo), Jerome (7yo) and Leia (2.5yo) and everyone else that's close to me. I like documenting the kids' milestones, their growing up years, their achievements (and sometimes, mine), and my struggles and battles with motherhood. It sure ain't easy. I love seeking out good food and travelling, is trigger-happy, love new gadgets, love exploring new places and strives to live life to the fullest. I aspire to travel the world as much as I can, to soak in the different sights across the various continents and visit all the Disneylands in the world (almost there!). Have fun reading and do drop me a comment to say hi! Love, Cherie Lim Find me on Instagram.

6 Comments

  • missustay

    if he’s colicky, try not to let him cry because he’ll take in more air. that’s a vicious cycle cos it’s going to make his colic worse. i let T sit in the pouch the whole day with me cos it made him feel better and didn’t cry as much. a reader of my blog dropped me an email to share she did the same for her colic baby then and it helped too.

    hope the same for you!

    • cherieladieblogs

      well, when i started him on the bottle in week 1, quite a few friends gave me grief about how i should latch him instead. :/

      movie was nice, but there were parts where i can’t really make out what the actors were saying. not sure if they were mumbling or that i wasnt concentrating hard enough. and i didn’t watch the 3D version!

      there are so many more movies i want to watch!

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