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Baby Updates and The Pursuit of Good Night Sleep

In case you miss Baby Brennan because the last air time I gave to him in this blog was back in September, heres a little update on this fella and his latest baby photo spam.

Brennan is going to be 6 months old in less than two weeks. Hard to believe indeed but yes, I nearly made it halfway through his first year - all by myself!

*pat-my-own-back*



This month, Brennan has completed two of his 5-month vaccinations - one from the government clinic and another from his private doctor.


At 5.5 months old, Baby Brennan is very sensitive to loud noises and constantly puts things into his mouth. He can even take his socks off his feet with his mouth. He drools (hence my hair loss), smiles and babbles a lot but has yet to show me his raspberries blowing skill.

Brennans muscles are stronger now. He likes to lift his bottoms into the air and roll about from one end to another end to grab something that entices him. Also, getting Brennan dressed or cleaned after a poopnami is like a wrestling match now because he always rolls over and wont lie still on his back when I try to change his diaper. Lately, he tries to master his sitting up without support ability but he still looks like the leaning Tower of Pisa when he does this.

Nowadays, Brennan can recognize people very well. Already he is a clingy baby since his infancy and he has now successfully grown into an even clingier baby than ever. He cries whenever other people but his Dad and me carry him. He even gets very anxious when he is surrounded by a lot of people. Often times, his stranger anxiety amazes and stresses me at the same time. People say, all this happened because I seldom bring him out. I beg to differ, Sirs and Madams. My husband and I bring him out every time we go out because nobody can take care of him given his clingy personality. As such this baby follows us wherever we go. The only possible reason why he is incredibly clingy to me now is because I am his only care taker and the adults that Brennan sees the most on daily basis are his Dad and me.


I still breastfeed Brennan and thus far he is not dependent to spring cot to help him fall asleep and doesnt use pacifier at all. I tried to give him formula milk in a bid to make him sleep a longer stretch at night. However, this attempts success was short lived. A couple weeks ago, Brennan was so into formula milk and could down 2oz of formula milk top up two to three times a day - owing to a growth spurt I suppose. This week, he totally refuses formula milk and only wants breast milk so I am back to my full time cow duty.

These three days, I have started introducing Brennan a bit of his first solids because I think hes ready. Ive given him a bit of banana puree, steamed apple puree and infant rice cereal mixed with formula milk.


He loves his infant cereal and sometimes gets very angry when theres no more cereal left on his bowl. Sorry boy, one table spoon of runny cereal a day for now, OK.


According to Baby Center, usually babies sleep through the night by 6 months but I guess this is not the case for my baby. Instead of showing progress on his night sleep stretch, Brennan has shown regression in this area.


His prolonged broken sleep is wearing me out and had caused me headaches and lack of focus during the day. His night sleeping schedule this week was so terrible I felt like I was taking care of a newborn all over again. Brennan woke up 2-3x at night for feeding and it took him 20-30 mins to make him fall back asleep again before the next feeding.


Speaking of sleep deprivation, Brennan suddenly developed cough on Thursday evening. I thought his cough was not serious or just a fluke, because nobody in the house is coughing at the moment. Thus, I didnt really think about it much nor give him any medication. By night, his cough transformed into phlegmy cough and his breathing was noisy. As usual, I got very concerned and asked my husband whether we should bring him to see a doctor but my husband rolled his eyes on this suggestion. As a result, I had to wake up every two hours on Thursday night and Fridays wee hours to tend a crying and coughing baby.


Yesterday (Friday), I felt like I was being bullied by my toothless baby. His cough has not subsided and every time I fed him the cough syrup that his Doctor prescribed him a month ago, he vomited. He cried non-stop and demanded to be carried while walking around or standing up ALL DAY LONG. He whimpered every time I sat down. Brennan literally made my left arm and shoulder feel like jelly. He had trouble falling asleep and his naps could not last more than 20 minutes. By 4pm, Brennan developed a fever. After I gave him paracetamol, he felt slightly better but was still overall a fussy and noisy baby. In the evening, my unspoken fear came true. Brennan began to have runny nose on top of his cough and fever.


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