Poor Gabe was the victim of the spider. I just saw the bites this morning and let out a stream of "oooh u poor baby", coz it looks really bad. And yes I am quite sure that those are spider bites coz i got them before myself and actually saw those disgusting small spiders and put two n two together. Gabe's bites were exactly like mine....and from experience i can tell you, it itches like crazy, no joke.
But of all places his landed on the face..2 of them and 1 on his hand. My poor baby. So this morning, i vacuumed and mopped like crazy, every single corner. Took all the bedsheets, ours and his, and washed it. All shoes were overturned. His soft toys didn't escape the vacuum too. Sigh, i just hope i got rid of the damned spider if it was there.
And, also i think due to him eating watermelons for the first time 2 days ago, he developed a rash on his cheeks. His skin is very sensitive to start off with, so well, there goes....But i did read it maybe is not an allergic reaction, rather melons may cause rashes in some cases...poor Gabe again...Ok, here goes....poor thing right?
Yesterday we went for a long walk, by long meaning i think about 3km? And ended up at our park where it was packed. Told you, Japanese love sun, in Malaysia or Singapore people would be headed for the mall instead at 1pm. He ate his bread there, then on our way back home, i decided he was old enough to sit on the swing, and he would enjoy it....err....nope. The moment i lifted him from his stroller and hadn't even put him into the swing, he held on for life on my shirt and started crying. I thought maybe he needed some encouragement, so i sorta forced him in...wrong move...baby screamed and cried crazy....sigh...there goes the swing for now..maybe in another month...and because we needed to top up on groceries i had to drop by the supermarket. Unfortunately Gabe became fussy and kept reaching out his hands for me to carry...so thank goodness i brought the carrier...in the end, i was all sweaty, had blisters on my feet (bad slippers), but a happy baby
For now it's just gonna be pics with the swing, not in the swing :(
Yes, this was the best shot i could muster up...
And updates:
Gabe's Feeding
Much better last 2 days. Let him watch TV while i fed him. Finished his meals without force. I think the trick here is water...after 2 mouths, on the 3rd i tell him "after this Momma give water" he will eat the 3rd and happily sip his water. If you don't do that, nope that 3rd or 4th mouth ain't gonna happen...So i'm hoping it's a start to some solid solid food eating.
Gabe's Sleeping:
Bad to worse to bad to worse...still waking up between 3am-5am to play. Last night i got so frustrated. He woke at 4.45am...yes...to play. I hadn't had anywhere near 4 hours sleep straight for the past month i think...coupled with my insomnia problems, u can imagine i was about to scream the roof down. He doesn't want to feed, so I'm not sure why. I just know if it doesn't end soon, i'm gonna need to see a shrink.
We are counting down the days till we get home to Singapore....yay!!! And see Mei Mei...
Wait for us...
The bites n rashes looks bad! Cleaning n vacuuming won't help bcos spiders can climb walls n swing by webs! Jus constantly look out for them. I told you b4 tt I can catch five or six of them in a day! It can crawl into nostrils n ears, don play play hor! You mean he can eat pieces of dry bread now. Means yr porridge no need blend?
ReplyDeleteHi Mum, yah look sbad huh, but abit better now coz i keep applying the face cream...it's the bite tts bad. yes i did try kp lookout so far no see spidey. i looked ceiling as well, no cob webs. i will see how if not get spray special for spider, but didnt want to coz toxic mah. But if got more bites no choice.
ReplyDeleteYah he can eat small bite size pieces of bread which he quite likes. doesnt eat alot, but he will eat it n ask for more.by which if u dun get it he will pull ur hands holding the bread to his mouth. Porridge i gave up, he eats cereal or brown rice cereal with either fruit veg of meat tt i pureed. But still need puree abit coz he is damned lazy to chew, just wants to swallow, so if too solid he wun eat it...