Lucas is in his 12th week now. Weighing at 4.75kg. We're quite pleased by his slow but steady improvements day by day.

The only thing that worries us is his eczema on his face. It has become worse despite us applying the mositurising cream for him; his skin is now dry, brownish and flaky, with a hard rough layer on top.

Today we consulted the Head Peditrician Dr Bush, abt his condition. Dr Bush was the ped who was in the OT when Lucas was borned, so he has seen Lucas since birth, thus we trust him more as he gives us very detailed explainations abt Lucas' condition. He strongly recommended us to change Lucas' milk powder to Soy, as the eczema could be an allergy to cow's milk. He mentioned he has seen alot of babies with this facial ezcema and changing to soy formula usually cures that. So finally, we are convinced we will have to try Soy formula to see if it will cure his ezcema, because we have exhuasted all other options except using steriod cream on his face, which will be the last resort.

It is quite heartpain to see the eczema on his face.. in the middle of the night, he would moan and rub and rub his face with his mittens when his eczema flares up and becomes very red and itchy for him.. =( we really wanna cure it for him so he won't feel so uncomfortable..

On a happier note, its really fun to see him being able to do little things bit by bit, day by day.. its quite a delight!

Milestones we have seen in him so far:-
1) Able to sleep for 6hrs straight on certain nights without waking up for milk.. (baby sleeps more = parents get more sleep too!)

2) Able to smile in respond to my smile (but must see his mood de), able to turn his head in the direction of my voice, his eyes able to follow me as I walk across the room

3) Being able to lift his head up 90degrees when carried or on tummy, but still doesn't really like tummy time.

4) ABle to say baby blabber like "Ooh" and "Ahh"

5) Still hasn't wasted a single bottle of milk .. he's quite the milk guzzler.. Im surprised he hasn't reached 5kg yet!

6) Able to stretch day milk timings to abt 4hs interval

7) ABle to reach up and touch Mr Hippo and Mr Lion when in the car seat

8) Able to flip one direction tummy-to-back (with a little bit of assistance..)

Some improvements we would like to see happen soon:
1) Stop crying during bath time and diaper changing time! YES! It's still a battle for us during bath time!!!! The bathroom is a total battlefield, and the Papa always loses...

2) Sit quietly in his car seat.. he used to be able to do this, but now that he's bigger, he hates being strapped down. Grrr....

3)Flip from back-to-tummy

4) Start playing with all the hanging stuff on his baby gym mat. He cries after 5 mins on the gym mat.

5) Laugh or squeal. He has yet to do it.