Mum called up excitedly while I was at work and gave me a fright. She told me that my son has flipped over. Did he drop onto the floor and hurt himself? No, but it is the first time he flipped over all by himself while lying on his back, and she wanted me to know ASAP. Yeah she's so proud of him because he is not yet 3 months old and he is already able to flip onto his chest. She had to help him pull out his arm which was trapped under his body, but he could lift his head and breathe.
Well I'm happy for him, but I'm not surprised. He is already 6.79kg and 63 cm long at 12 weeks and his head is 42 cm in diameter. He kicks quite hard when he's hot and upset so I know that he is strong. But we will all have to be more careful these few days until we can be sure that he will not suffocate if he flips over at night while everyone is sleeping. I wonder how we can prevent him from flipping over when nobody is watching.
On another note, we had to bring him to the paediatrician on Saturday because he had been coughing the whole week. And coughing pretty loud for someone his size, but that's our boy. It was heartbreaking seeing how he cried when the tube was inserted into his nostrils and mouth to suck out his phlegm. He cried so hard that he had flecks of redness in his eyelids and foreheard. Sort of like burst blood vessels from trauma? The red flecks did clear up within a day or two as the doc said they would. But they are a testament to his trauma. What has to be done has to be done and I kept telling him that it was for his own good while I held his head steady during the suction. I know he won't understand what I'm saying, but I hope my presense will soothe and comfort him while all these strange things are happening to him. He took surprisingly well to the medicine I fed him using the syringe (0.8 ml ??) and I hope he will recover before we bring him back for followup.
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