Look at my bean bag

Given that Baby Bel is a colicky baby, we've tried all sorts of sitting/ lying positions to help her feel better. The bean bag that you see in the photo was actually bought to help Baby Bel's mum in the breastfeeding process. As you can see, it's now been turned into a part-time bean bag for Baby Bel!

I want more Vitamin D!

We were told to give daily doses of vitamin D to Baby Bel, to help maintain proper levels of calcium and phosphorus to help build her bones & teeth. So, we all know the scientific reason for feeding her this.




But what we're continually amused about is the pleasure that she takes in swallowing every drop of her daily dose of vitamin D. Check out how happy she is here, and how she asks for more!

1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock rock

This photo was taken quite late at night... or was it early in the morning ??... when Baby Bel was gearing up for her beauty sleep. We couldn't get the flash to give us a nice photo, so we had to use an electric torchlight.

Check out the STAR EFFECT, doesn't she look like Elvis, ready to rock?
Actually, she's more ready to rock through dreamland in this photo

Hold it!

My mother-in-law has been us in France for 3 weeks to help us with the baby and we thank God for her! She has been doing most of the night shifts, and as a result, has not been getting much sleep.



Why? Well, because Baby Bel has been crying a lot due to colic, and it's been quite challenging at times for the new mommy and daddy to keep calm first, before trying to calm Baby Bel down.



Personally, I always turn to the "colic hold" solution (illustrated in the photo attached).


Sometimes, once Baby Bel is held in that position, she stops crying immediately. At other times, she can still continue to yell her head off, and believe you me, she has very strong vocal cords already! Almost invariably, we all land up singing to her. The side effect of this is that I've actually started to hum nursery rhymes when I am at work or driving in the car!