after that rocky patch of 430am wake ups, amani's been an absolute angel when it comes to sleeping. a good 10-hour sleep at night, with a bit of kicking and shoving of her blanket, a good hour nap late in the morning and a solid two-hour nap in the afternoon. that's not including the short naps she takes while in the car ferrying abangs to school. all in all, she probably gets around 14 hours of sleep a day, which is just nice according to babycentre.
i'm absolutely all for babies and children and even teenagers who get a good amount of sleep. other than the selfish me getting my me-time, its also because the grow and regain their energy while sleeping. my boys would take afternoon naps when they were younger. now that they're grown, the afternoon naps are non-existent but they have an early bedtime and weekends are for them to have a good lie in, if they have no activities.
while amani's sleeping habits are just awesome, her eating was not on the same level. i mean, yes, she eats and she eats a lot and is on the chunky side but i'm not all that happy with it. because of the rocky patch she had when she turned 7 months, i was on a mission to feed her and feed her food. i gave her porridge and porridge and porridge. twice a day, full bowl. complemented by full bottles. its good, she was full, she slept, she slept a lot in fact. but no, i was wrong. it made her weak and inactive. the fault was all mine. i pumped too much heavy food into her to get her to sleep through the night that it took away her activeness and her learning and i feel, slowed down her development a bit.
when she started solids, it was carrots and sweet potatoes and potatoes and broccoli and apples and bananas and avocado and all the beautiful fruits and veggies and it turned to bowls of chicken porridge last month. so i flipped the page back to fruits and veggies. i stopped the rice and gave her sweet potatoes as a substitute. i made sweet potatoes, carrots, chicken and peas for her dinner and gave her oatmeal with either banana or apple for her breakfast. i was a bit scared initially, thinking she wont be full but the sweet potatoes was a good substitute for the rice and she's well fed. in fact, she loves her fruit and veggies more as they have more taste than the plain porridge.
although its only been 3 days but the change in her is magnificent. she seemed more active, she looks more lean, she moves around more, she sleeps on her side (which is super because after her porridge she would usually just lie down on her back, unmoving and sleep). she's more active in her bath when previously she could just sleep through her bath time. she laughs and babbles a lot in the car. she calls out to people. she's happy with longer tummy time. yes, only 3 days but its been an active 3 days. i'm not against porridge or anything but my reason for changing her diet was wrong and i wanted to make amends for that. she was happy with fruits and veggies and there was no reason to change her diet in the first place.
let's hope there'll be more positive changes as the month progresses and then there'll be more for me to update in her monthly entries.
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