Hair color: A lovely head of brown-black
Eye color: Brown-black as well
Eyes: the shape of his eyes takes after me but just like his father, he has lovely double eye lids. He has long eyelashes, just like his daddy and mummy.
Nose: hard to tell for now but it is button-like! There were initially quite a lot of white specks on his little nose and mum says it's pretty common for newborns. I'm glad it has since cleared up! :)
Lips: Dedinitely mine! Just like mine, his lips dries and peel very easily.
Face shape: Definitely mine since its round and bun-like. Hehe
Ears: he has lovely ears that take after his daddy but he has hairs at the rims of his ears!
Other features: Ethan takes after me when it comes to the hair compartment. His amount of hair totally spells MACHO. Haha! He has a full head of soft hair when he was born and what more. Much hair is found on his back and also the rims of his ears. People usually marvel at his hair and it's a good conversation starter! Lol.
Feeding: Ethan is on total breastfeeding and we alternate between direct latching when it's more convenient to do so (when we are out, in the night or when he is crying very hard for his milk).
Alternatively, when Hubby or my mum is around to help, we would be using the bottle.
Currently, he takes about 140ml at one month. He can last for around 3 hours, but when he falls asleep when directly latching, he would then wake up every 2 hours for his feed.
He also requires us to segment his feed into 3 parts by burping him, otherwise, he would usually vomit at the end of the feed.
The best thing about feeding (whether directly or using a bottle) is that I can talk and play with him and study his facial features closely. He's changing every single day and I'm trying to grab hold of every single moment of his babyhood.
Sleep: Theres no fixed timing that we try to enforce but generally, he is able to sleep at night. The thing that we are trying to get him to learn is to go to sleep by himself rather than needing us to be there. His current favorite sleeping position is to lie on our chest on his tummy. However, he tends to fret easily in the middle of his sleep and would need us to pat or carry him before he would calm down.
Movements: Ethan is quite active for his age. At around week 1 to 2, he started to love kicking hard with his legs, especially when we were changing him, seemingly to tell us of his displeasure. He would kick so hard that we were worried might propel himself up and hit his head on the wall. There were a few times when he was kicking so hard that he was propelling himself away from us as we were trying to take his clothes off for bathing.
Needless to say, bathing him can be quite a challenge for all of us as he would struggle and kick hard when in the tub, making it hard to have a tight grip on him.
He would also kick his leg against each other or at our arms as we carry him as he's impatient about having to wait for his milk.
He would sometimes also try to push us away using his hands and arms and when i rest him on his stomach against mine when he's unwilling, he would also use his arms and push hard to move himself away.
It's also interesting to note that he is now able to use his hards to push his loosen pacifier back into his mouth.
By week 2, he was already able to lift his head off from our chests slightly and currently, he's able to to it for a longer time even though his head is still quite weak.
Pacifier: We introduced the pacifier to Ethan very early on at around his 2nd week as he was fussing quite a bit and the pacifier brought him much comfort. It was even more comforting for us to know that he isn't addicted to it! Hahaha! Yesterday, I was told that he pushed the pacifier into his mouth and that pushed it away purposefully immediately after. He also does not demand for it on normal days after and is able to sleep well without it.
Eyes: Initially, perhaps due to his developing sight as like all newborns, he would always look at things from the corner of his eyes which made him very sly-looking or very discontented. That has stopped gradually and he is now able to focus on an object and follow its movements from left to right.
He's extremely curious about the world around him and loves to be out and about. Recently, he has also taken a liking to lights. He would stare long at the ceiling lights or also the TV.
Smiles: His first smile was a day after he was born and till now he would give us smiles when he's satisfied after his feed, in his sleep or simply when he finds it ticklish when we roll the milk bottle against his lips.
He laughed for the first time on 31st January 2015. It was a short distinct chuckle that's oh so cute. Can't wait to hear more laughter from him!
Other details: The little boy seems to be able to understand our speech. While I highly doubt he understands the content, I believe he responds accordingly due to the tone used. The dad's the disciplinarian and he's the one who uses the stern tone more often and Ethan is usually more well behaved in front of him.
So what about the sounds little Ethan makes? He does not respond to us with his own words yet, but one distinctive one would he going "Aiyok Aiyok Aiyok" when he's crying. Haha!
Alright, here's his progress for his 1st month and we are already looking forward to his development in the 2nd month! :)
Ethan, daddy and mummy love you! ♡
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