Say Hi to Samantha
Let this be the first good post of Samantha.
She is now 5 months old based on her age. Physically she is like a 2 months old baby except that she is still quite floppy and unable to support her head yet. Still wearing newborn sized diaper and clothing.
It has been a month since Samantha was discharged from GHKL. She is tolerating milk via the feeding tube as mentioned in my earlier post. I resumed breastfeeding so that my breast won’t be an alien to her and also to keep my BM supply going which has been decreasing. We also offer her water through bottle to stimulate her sucking reflex and in case she is able to go back to bottle feed again. Her doctor disallow us to BF and bottle feed her as afraid that she may get choke but so far she has been taking it well. (Shhh…can’t let the doc know).
She gained some weight from 3.3kg to 3.65kg within a month. Not much but this is consider a good progress despite her condition. It will be a long way for her to catch up with babies of her age. She looks chubbier now. She can sleep better and for longer hours too nowadays. On and off, she still whine and cry unconsolably which could be due to colic, reflux or soiled diaper.
Talking about soiled diaper, Samantha is really a princess! She wants to be changed IMMEDIATELY once her diaper has soiled else she will not stop crying. Sometimes, she just want you to check on her diaper eventhough the diaper is not soiled.
Her big brother Jonathan adores her so much. He likes to kiss her, smell her, carry her, hold her hand and sleep beside her. He will take her hand to caress his face. And recently, I have no idea why he feels like biting her fist…love bite? 🙂
Merryn says:
That’s so nice – the pic of Jonathan and Samantha. Ethan has yet to experience sibling love and I don’t know when he’ll ever get to experience one 😀
Samantha’s very beautiful and am glad to hear that this is a good post about her 🙂
You take care now Julie and hugz to Jonathan.. and Samantha too 🙂
Merryn says:
Oh yeah… forgot to say just now, her EYES are gorgeous! William said that she looks very sweet, a definite girl at a glance.. 😀 (some babies need some guessing to know if they are girl or boy)
Faye says:
Sam is such a beautiful bb !!
Keep up the good work- breastfeeding part!!
Gambatehh
Ann says:
Agreed….Samantha is really a beautiful baby. And I am so glad she is doing so well. Keep up your loving instincts.
Praise God.
chanelwong says:
She is a beautiful baby…soo happy she is progressing well now…
Also it is great that KorKor adores her sooo much….
doreen says:
happy to know that Samantha is doing well! take care ya. *hugs*
Adrine says:
Baby Samantha has lovely eyes! Such well formed double eye lids at such a young age.
So glad to know that she’s doing well. The last photo of big brother Jonathan and her is just sooooo sweet 🙂
anggie says:
such a beautiful baby girl … glad she is doing and progressing well 😛 & very glad that kor kor is adore of his lil sister … lovely 😛
u take k too ya 😛
Adino says:
She is really sweet and adorable!
2ma says:
Samantha has very nice double eyelids. She is so pretty! Glad to know that she is progressing well!
Mery says:
Samantha is so cute and I love to see the last pic…
prince n princess mum says:
cute and beautiful bb Sam.. Stay healthy always ya~~~
mc says:
so glad to read that she is growing and gaining weight. take care precious little one!
MieVee @ MummysReviews.com says:
Look forward to many more good posts of Princess Samantha to come. 🙂
debbie says:
Finally…. she is here to meet us.
May GOD always be with you and grow healthy…baby Sam!!!
I don’t know why but i feel like to give her a big hug… love the first photo!!!
Lynette says:
She is really a doll… an adorable one…. She will sure catch up!!! Jonathan kor kor is so so so sweet…… God bless
Dora says:
Glad to see Little Samantha is progressing well & gained some weight too! The last pic is so sweet 🙂
jacss says:
congrats for the road to recovery….way to go cutie Sam 😀
mummy moon says:
She is a beautiful baby! More and more good posts to come!
agnes says:
she is such an angel… good to hear the good news of her.. keep it up samantha!!
andrewjune says:
the photo of both jonathan & samantha is so nice…
what a heartwarming post, julie 🙂
i am truly glad she’s doing very well 🙂
rachel says:
May Sam continue to grow up beautifully 🙂
sasha says:
good to hear that she is getting better. Hope to see more happy posts about her 🙂
KittyCat says:
Nice to see a photo of her here – Samantha is really pretty! Such well-shaped eyebrows, beautiful eyes, a cute mouth and chubby cheeks 😀
LOL at the “princess” remark – yup, mine’s like that too! Girls are girls, right?