He is weighing 9.5kg (yup, above 95 percentile) - this weight should be his 9th month weight in fact. He is "standing" tall at 69cm. Good, said the doctor. (which has now become our family doctor - Dr Choi from Prohealth Fernvale)
Initially we brought him to a Polyclinic for his vaccination, but after just one time, I had regretted. Even though it's heavily subsidised at polyclinics, but its not what I would want for my child. The jab was done as if Mitchell was part of a factory assembly line. It's like a Jab-n-Go thing. The doctor who was supposed to do assessment on Mitchell did it in a very "bo-chup" manner. I really don't like. Or maybe, Manfred had his vaccinations and assessments at a ptd PD - things were really different, so I was quite disappointed when I took Mitchell to a polyclinic. Ok, maybe I didn't manage my expectations well enough. I had never missed vaccinations for Manfred, as the PD's clinic would call and remind me. Yes, it wasn't cheap, but I have to say, "It's all worth it". But Mitchell, he was late for all his vaccinations. He should be half done with all his vaccinations by 7 months, but he is oh-so-late, sigh, partly also due to we had forgot about it, and no follow-up reminders from polyclinic.
So on Monday, I took Mitch and his health booklet to Prohealth Fernvale to see Dr Choi. He also commented that Mitch had missed quite a bit of vaccinations, but it's ok, we will make up for those we have missed. So he wrote me a schedule like what vaccinations and when Mitch would be taking, moving forward. At least it gives me, as a mummy some consolation and assurance. And the best thing was Dr Choi was so gentle with the jab, Mitch didn't whine a bit. Compared to the one he took at the polyclinic, he cried out loud - I know he would, when I saw how the 'missy' stabbed him. :( I remembered when Manfred had his jabs with Dr Lillian, he did NOT cry at any of his vaccinations. When he had his last dose of vaccination by 2 years old, it was done at polyclinic, he cried. :(
So, I conclude that I'm going to pump in more money for Mitch's vaccinations. He's going for jabs the in Jan and Feb to make up for those he had missed.
And for Mitch's growth update:
- He can sit for a short while before falling sideway. The doc did mention that bigger size babies tend to take a little longer for them to really sit by themselves. ;P
- He is taking cereal daily 2x a day.
- He can read our lips and make the sound we are making (sometimes)
- Not crawling, but definitely rolling and turning. He fell from our bed last night! Mike said he had placed him in the centre of the bed, and he was on the floor yelling in like 3 minutes. :( I told this incident would not happen again after Manfred's roll off the bed incident 2 years ago, I was wrong. It happened AGAIN.
- And we are putting him in the high chair when we have dinner outside, he is happier compared to sitting in the pram.
- And then I just realised that Mitch is a kangaroo baby more than a pram baby. I could go gai-gai for hours when he is in a carrier. But when he is in the pram, he whines, shouts, cries. OMG. When in the carrier, he would sleep when he is tired and just cling close to me when he is awake. :) My lil koala baby.
- He's still taking morning nap (right after his morning feed), then one more in the noon, and a short one in the early evening.
- By the way, Dr has just diagnosed him with sensitive nose, so would be better off without aircon. But coz Mitch sleeps in his zippy every night and nap, it would be too warm to sleep without aircon, so I'm still thinking how.
- He bites anything. ANYTHING AT ALL.
- Teething crankiness!
- The throw and knock anything stage is here, by the way.
As for Manfred's development (29 months):
- He is trying to speak in full sentences
- I'm trying to teach him Cantonese too, i hope he can at least learn ONE dialect.
- He is definitely in his terrible twos stage but he can be absolutely adoring sometimes. Sigh. This contradicting stage
- The hard approach doesn't work on him, the soft approach is more useful. But having said that, it means PATIENCE.
- He loves chicken rice, as much as he LOVES ANIMALS. Im pretty impressed that he knows 90% of the animals in his animal book and he LOVES the zoo of course. We could just sign up for zoo members soon~!
- Weight wise, he is 14kg.
- He loves to play with alphabets and he is learning spelling now.
- He is also picking up on chinese/mandarin.
As a parent's point of view:
- I think I can better manage the 2 boys alone. It really goes down to "Strategic Planning" and "Time Management". It can be done, with planning.
- Now then Mitch can better entertain himself with some biting toys sitting in his high chair, I can do some other chores if need to.
- Most of all, sometimes a little bit of crying is unavoidable. :)
And of course some pic to end the post.
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