3 Months Old

Time really flies. My maternity leave is up and Janine turns exactly 3 months old today! Somehow, when you have a baby, you realise how fast time flies because the change in time is so evidently seen by baby's size and developments.

Janine is now 6.1 kg and about 60cm long. She seems heavy, almost doubling her birth weight at only 3 months when babies usually double their birth weight by 6 months. In any case, I am thankful that she's growing well :)

Juggling between work and family, I am so thankful for how God has answered prayers just within the first week (ie. last week) of returning to work! Somehow, when I bring Janine for meetings and all, she's been very well-behaved and literally sleeps through them all. This is somehow not very true when she's at home! I see it as an answered prayer :)

Having 2 kids, I now understand what some mothers mean when they say they feel bad because they cannot spend the same amount of time with both kids as they did for their no.1. Especially when Janelle is still at a very cute age, and Janine is also very cute, I can't help but feel that I can't fully enjoy both my kids' cuteness because my attention is divided between them both!! Yet on the other hand, you can say that we are doubly blessed with 2 cute kids. :)

Simple Joys

Last night, Janine broke her record in terms of sleep! After her last feed at 9pm or so, she didn't wake up till 5:45am for a feed! That's more than 8 hours of blissful rest (not just for her but for me!!). Am amazed that at 9 weeks old, she can clock such a long stretch of night-time sleep. I can only hope she continues on that way! Perhaps she's trying to make up to me after being such a difficult baby in terms of sleep since she was born. Heh heh. Nowadays, for daytime naps, she can also sleep on the bed for up to 1 hour 15 mins! It's a record for her considering she always wakes up within 15 mins of being put on the bed to sleep!

Janine's also getting very responsive and simply loves to 'talk' to people. She'll reward us with a big wide grin or a sweet smile too, whenever we talk to her.

Such are the simple joys of motherhood.