Hyzyd's first haircut

What age do you give your baby a haircut?I think the recommended age is when the baby needs it. Hyzyd's hair is growing longer. Grandma Paa told us he needs a haircut because he's always scratching his hair and his thick hair cause him to be somewhat like irritable because he feels so hot. I'm a bit hesitant because he's still 2 months old. I don't want to cut it in case he suddenly moves and I snip an ear or it's cut it too short that he won't look like my lil chunky baby anymore.

Good for us that his daddy is expert in hair cutting. I hold him with his face in front of me. His dad can't do it well because he's wriggling. His dad let him sleep and do the snipping while he's snoozing. I was able to take a picture for mementos but I forgot to keep his hair! I'll add an image next time.

Sunday School lesson 101

My sister-in-law and I started to conduct Sunday school to Thai youngsters. Our lesson is about "The Creation". We first played Hangman. The words were about God's creation. We let them read the Genesis chapter 1 and picked randomly the students to draw on the board the things created from the 1st-6th day. We really had lots of fun. The worksheet we used is found below:

Lesson 1 Test - The Creation
God made our beautiful world. What did He make on:

Day 1 ________________
Day 2 ________________
Day 3 ________________
Day 4 ________________
Day 5 ________________
Day 6 ________________
Day 7 ________________
sun, moon, stars
sky
God rested
birds and fish
dry land, flowers, trees
animals and man
light

1. Who was the first man? _________________
2. Who was the first woman? _______________
3. What was their home called ? _____________
4. Who told the woman that she should eat the fruit? _______________
5. She then gave the fruit to _________________.
6. They had to ______their garden home because of their ____________.

Garden of Eden
serpent
Adam
clean
Eve
sin
leave
Paradise
her husband
Noah

Owner's Generosity

I just want to write in here how I appreciated the generousity of the owner of the house we rented. This new year she gave us a dinner set and a can of cookies. Last October, she gave baby Hyzyd 1,000 baht worth of baby items. We're blessed to have them in our lives. If we need anything from them like lighting repair, cable connection, sink and faucet repair they readily comply the needs of their clients.

Swaddling helps Hyzyd's enjoy better sleeps

Becoming a parent for the first time, I feel the most fabulous and terrifying thing! Fabulous because I have a beautiful new baby, and terrifying because he doesn’t come with a handbook (or a volume control!) I haven't been prepared for the first night at home with our baby. Baby hyzyd started crying and there are times he didn't fall asleep for hours!


This week Grandma Paa taught us about swaddling a baby as a means of helping the baby settle more easily, sleep longer and sleep through the night sooner. She added that a baby who gets plenty of sleep generally cries a lot less too. We just need to recognize Hyzyd's tired sign. He is ready to sleep when he is jerking jis legs, grizzling, eye rubbing and facial grimacing. We swaddle him and put him back into bed as soon as we see ANY tired sign.

Swaddling is the ancient art of baby wrapping. It replicates the snugness and warmth baby was used to in the womb and ensures that her ‘moro’ reflex (flailing arms) doesn’t wake her up. Swaddled babies generally enjoy an extra hour or two sleep per sleep. The majority of babies love being swaddled but they like it done right – a wrap that is too loose or comes undone easily will not improve sleep.

Last month Hyzyd slept at 12:00pm-1:00 am whether he gets enough rest for the whole day or not. I'm really praying this will change as Joseph and I both work. The moment Grandma introduced us about swaddling, we tried it and it worked! Actually, we tried it to Hyzyd when he's a month old but he cried and we felt pity for him. Initially Hyzyd protested at first and started crying and wriggling but after few minutes he started to sleep and sleep through the night. I can happily say he is a happy boy who reliably sleeps 9 hours .He sleeps easily as we follow his evening bath and bottle bed routine. We also get enough rest and alive, awake and enthusiastic in going to school.


Here are some benefits of swaddling your baby as I've googled:

1. Swaddling enables you to quickly soothe uncontrollable crying from colic.
2. Swaddled babies generally sleep an extra hour to two per sleep.
3. Swaddled babies stop crying quickly and settle down to sleep easily.
4. Swaddled babies often learn to sleep through the night earlier, from as early as six weeks.
Other settling and sleep techniques, such as rocking, hammocks and pacifiers, are far more effective when combined with swaddling

Why is swaddling so effective?
1. Swaddling prevents babies waking themself up (from their startle reflex)
2. Swaddling reminds babies of the warm, snug environment they enjoyed for nine months.
3. Swaddling gets your baby ready for other calming techniques to work, such as rocking, ssssshing and sucking.

We really experience the benefits of swaddling a baby.