5 Days Challenge With A 9 Months Old

This post is few weeks late (Rayner is 10 months old on the 15th this month) but I would still like to share it with you…

Being a work from home daddy although gives me the flexibility of time, however without proper time management, it will kill whatever ventures I’m in…

On normal days, I have the luxury of my mother help taking care of Rayner while I work in front of my laptop. However, with my parents off to China for the week, I’m tasked to be alone with my 9 months old baby for 5 days from 7am till 7pm when my wife comes back from work. No help from anyone at all.

Just to clarify that I do take care of my baby on normal days as well

During this 5 days period, Rayner and I got closer. Every day, I carried him out for morning and afternoon walks right before I patted him down for his naps, fed him bottled milk and porridge, changed his diaper, played with him and so on…

Here are some of my personal experiences with Rayner that I would like to share with you as a work from home dad:

• Take care of your the back. Carrying a 10kg baby is no joke, especially when you need to pick up or put him down frequently
• Leaverage on baby’s yawning to know when it’s time for him to take a nap
• Make sure the baby is fully asleep before putting him down, else you will have to re-do the routine of getting him to sleep (My baby is a light-sleeper in the day time).
• Don’t get frustrated when the baby cries, there is always a reason. Hungry? Poo-poo? Over-tired?
• Work or rest in between when baby is sleeping

There are more to parenting and I’m still learning as a first time parent. One very important thing I picked up is patience and not get frustrated with the baby, as they will pick up the negative energy and probably cry, worst situation is when it submerges into their subconsicous mind, resulting in negative behavior in the future.

Even after the 5 days challenge, I still enjoy carrying Rayner out for my morning and afternoon walk, sing to him and explore the world with him. 

If you’re a parent yourself, I would love to hear how you take care of your baby. Simply leave your comment below.

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