Grouchy Tuesday

As I've mentioned yesterday, my little angel has learnt how to turn to lie on her tummy and I wanted to see her "perform" after work. But when I arrived at my in-laws' place, I was told by my MIL that baby seemed to have wind in her tummy and had been rather grouchy. In addition, she had just finished her milk when I arrived, so I didn't make her perform. I just let her lie on the "rocker net" (I'm not too sure what's that called but it's the yellow net thing in the pictures shown later) and coax her.

Here she is, listening intently to what her Daddy was saying to her Grandma (with one of her favourite items, the hanky, no less).

And here, taking in Grandma's replies to her Daddy.

Notice how the hanky didn't leave her hands? She now has the habit of putting hankies(or any other fabrics for that matter) in her mouth and "nom-ing" them, getting her saliva all over it. Whenever I wipe her drool with a hanky, she will smile and try to lick the hanky. And whenever we carry her in the "stand-up" style, she will also go "nom-ing" at our clothes at the shoulders. And recently she has learnt to grab her own clothes(if they are big and loose enough) at the chest and bring it to her mouth for a "nom-ing" session.

More pictures to follow below:

Chuckling when I "talked" and played with her

After playing with her for just a little while, she poo-ed big time(with the usual louds poopoo sounds and smell) and I lifted her from the rocker, wanting to change her diapers. Just when I was about to carry her in my arms cradle-style, I thought I saw poo stains on the hanky that was left on the rocker. My hubs then exclaimed, "There's poo on her clothes!!" Woah! My immediate reaction was to retract my body from her and carried her to my in-laws' bedroom with my arms outstretched. When I put her down on the diaper changing mat, I tried to shift her around, trying to see where the leak was from. Turns out the poo leaked from back of the diaper and onto her back and clothes and the hanky she was playing with somehow got between her back and the rocker, and that explained the stains I saw. 4 adults(my MIL, FIL, helper and myself) then got busy just trying to clean her back and change her in order to make her feel comfortable soonest possible. Once changed, she felt so much more comfortable(evident from her expressions) and was in a better mood abeit feeling grouchy very soon after.

After changing her into her sleepwear(courtesy of my big brother when he visited me at the hospital)

A-ha! Finally managed to get pictures of her half-turned body I mentioned in the previous entry. She wasn't in the mood to do a full one as she was rather tired by then.

Did however manage to get a few laughs from her before she finally drifted off to sleep

As I wanted to spend more time with her, I stayed in the bedroom, just lying beside her, seeing her fall asleep. With the lights off, I laid beside the fidgety and sleepy princess, just hugging her, resting her hands on my face, and looking at her angelic face. Her chubby little hands rested on my face, occassionally grabbing and caressing my cheeks and ears. I can't find an apt enough word to describe that heart-warming moment, but at that point, I felt a rush of emotions and I felt like I can just lie like that forever. Even as I'm typing this now, I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy inside and I just want to smell her and cuddle her right now.

"En en, please know that although mummy is not with you during the day most of the time, my heart is with you and I miss you alot."