Wendy

Just saw a post on FB by my friend Wendy who is in Sydney now... She has 2 kiddos and a newborn... 3 kids and she is on her own most of the time thru the day and i will be like her handling 2 soon on my own... My dear sweet friend gave me a long distance call on the day Alicia was discharged from her hospital stay due to Jaudice... it was comforting to hear her voice and comforting me from all the way from down under! Can't wait to see her when she is back in late November! So want to give her hugs and receive hugs from her too! Thanks so much for calling... reading your post reminds me how busy you were, you took time to call me... i appreciate and lets stand strong for our kids!

face off

FB last week - This week was chaotic... baby A's KK visit that wasnt over till mn and sponging baby R till the next morning... it was sure a Black Tuesday/Wednesday! something said will never be able to erase it was hurtful and i was glad i was strong enough to pull thru... lucky me, still have support from hubby and my family. i am fine and i want to keep smiling! sure hope better things come my way soon... thankful to hear from frens too! thanks for checking how i am, me appreciate!


This week i am still in a daze... handling 2 isnt easy on my own... kinda scared when my help is going away in 2 weeks time...  in the meantime i dun rest as much as i should... and i think i need to train myself to cope with it...


I so need to be bless with better luck, endurance level... for better or worse for now till end of the year and hopefully better news to start of next year... i need to bear with it, grite on it cos i was showered with encouragement from my hubby and mum and my aunts... and my sis who esp called on me and gave me moral support... i feel listless and less energy than before and i become afraid but i need to stay the way i am to be who i am ... i need to get my energy back!

poses and hiccups

baby R loves being very close to baby A... too close for comfort sometimes 

cos baby R doesnt know her strength very well...

do other babies do thinker pose?

mine, both my gals sure love the thinker pose! 

and having one leg out of the cover or blankeys!

same for both my gals!

when it got alittle glaring, baby R raised one hand to block her eyes

how do you cure hiccups?

Paed says no need water jus leave baby alone the hiccups will go away....

New Method introduce but this is actually a very old method

wet a small square pc of tissue paper and place in the mid of the forehead!

less than a few minutes... baby A's hiccups stops!

first morning with help

10th Oct11, Monday. Today is 10/10. One of the dates i was looking at for baby A's birth date... Our help arrived late on Sunday nite and everything seems fine when we chatted... She's rather talkative... but kind in nature and till now she has been a major help with her experience in taking care of confinement mummy and newborn! 1st meal she did was planta (brand of butter) bread, she spread the toast on both side and pan fried it till brown... simple and nice... she cut the slice of bread into mini squares before serving. baby R and gx had some too!

oops! this pic should be cropped but i am rushing! 

Its about the thinker pose! 

also if you notice, the belly button is extremely long! 

2 things i noticed when baby was carried to me... lots of hair and long belly button! 

PaeD say will shrink... fingers X! 

glad GX took another day to be home with me and the kids... 

we were shown how baby is massaged with the oil she brought along to ease the wind in baby's tummy... 

baby R loves being around when meimei showers... she loves to watch 

and also meddle with the water in the tub!

Confinement

the things mum helped me get for confinement food!

sesame oil, packets of different herbs for purifying blood to enhance heart, womb, lungs(qi), red date drink and a whole box of ginger! 

also thanks to Aunt M for helping me get these covered container to house double the number of bottles i have for my 2 gals! These are great to prevent any damn lizard which i spotted a couple weeks ago from "polluting" my gal's bottles cos the other box is too small and lid is not tight! Confining the bottles gives me a piece of mind... anyone got good ideas to catch lizards, i really want to get rid of them!

28 mths old vs 8 days old

9th Oct11, Sunday

sweet big sis checking on lit'sis but sadly, baby R is alit unsettled with baby A around at times... baby R do "stunts" to get attention and she do the opp of what gx and i says... we tried to be patient with her, talking to her nicely but she can be really stubborn! baby A managed to sleep early and gx and i put baby R to bed together and she was prob more settled... she didnt grit her teeth as much and less shouts and cry thru the nite.... poor baby R but i sure hope we work things out before pils return to work!

8 days old baby A 

simply loves to wiggle under her wrap when she is awake... cos 

she loves her hands out of the warm wrap!

baby A is very responsive... she keeps making AaaAaa noises and her mouth is always moving as thou she wants to talk! baby R loves when baby A ":talks"! baby A is pretty alert and loves to turn if possible to see who's talking! Aunty says she has alittle pearl on her upper lips and she sure can talk very well!

see how alert she got when her hands had freedom! 

if you know baby R... baby A did the signature "thinker pose"! 

i love both my gals!

warm n cheery

8th Oct11, Saturday

it was a warm feeling to capture this moment...

baby A was warmly received by jiejie...

everyone was relief to have baby A back home...

rewarded my gal saying baby A gave it to her...

baby R was so thrilled she let off a scream in excitement

got baby R her long favourite item that she's been wanting!

i love this pair very much n baby R too liked it n she can't stop smiling!

Getting better....

Haven updated since drama on Saturday nite.... Gx came home almost 2-3am... His fren is going back to work in China, thus he really need to meet up... but really mean me hopes his fren doesnt pop by too soon... haiz bad terrible me... but i am sure he lent my hubby a listening ear... anyway, Gx came home that wee morning, he took some time before he came into the room, he spoke to mil and told her i wanted to feed as much as i can breastmilk... also my mil told gx that she was jus very worried about the baby... and also she was worried i am too stressed out by the progress... i was relieved to hear that and gx helped me massage to make the engorgement go away and it helped... 

Sunday was a busy day. We received a call from the hospital that baby A was down to 5.2... she can come home! Gx and i went to get her and she opened both her eyes wide to look at us! then the little one got herself comfortable and slept in our arms thru the car ride and my shopping spree at KK. Yes, after tmc, wee head to KK. i came here mainly to shop! jus before gx came home, i called TMC 24hours hotline and the nurse advised me to put cabbage over the breast to ease the sore nipple... then apply cream which i haven gotten. TMC shops doesnt open on the Sundays, so i woke up asked on FB advise on breastfeeding and i appreciate the milkmaids that gave me precious advices and encouragements! 

From The First Few Years, i got a new brand Lansinoh cream for the sore nipple, got Nipple Nurture cleansing pads which smells so good and i feel cleaner after wipes before pumping... (till now, i haven shower for the last 11days! tomolo i will get my good cleanup finally!) Also i got another padded bra from Mothercare cos the recommended OIO, angie recommended wasnt opened... at the cashier i got baby R a gift i know that she would be very thrilled to get... got to sis' place to pick up the mattress and i was out almost for a couple of hours!

It was a relief feeling to have baby A home! Thru the afternoon, i sat up to clear all the clothings into where it goes cos i am the only one who can arrange it and we set up the bathing station with all the things needed and i love the bathing station providing us space for keeping things needed for baby's clothing and bathing changes... got all the baby cot fittings all into the cupboard... got myself organised how i wanted my breastfeeding stuff like wipes, med, disposable nursing pads, pumps... then jus in time when i was done, help arrived! 

me... hurt

how come i can have so many entries done up? baby A is in hospital. baby R didnt napped at all since morning after class, super excited with her new smurf gift, she slept really early today, dosing off by 9pm... i pumped and loaded photos and becos Gx  went out to meet his buddy, i tend to be nervous about their meetup cos they drink... and somehow this never changed since we knew each other... gx never makes it back on time when he states a time... which i hate since the day i know him... so i can't rest cos my mind can't stop worrying and i can't stop feeling upset... so i decided to do my updates to keep myself busy... i have lots of baby clothings to fold but i am in no mood to clear them right now!

My mood is so down and i can't stop crying even when i type how happy my baby R was with her surprised gifts today...i was grateful she was made so happy thru the day! Now to make things worse... my left breast hurts and i can't pump now... damn worried i tear any tissue in my breast... its really painful! i need to think positive... i need to stay positive...

Called my mum earlier to cry and i was told off and mum was upset i still can't take things easy.... i wished i didnt have to call her but i was really upset and gx wasnt gog to listen to me.... now all i want is the pain to go away.... so i can continue to pump... why must it hurt now! 

line on the line

first time when i went back to gynae after giving birth to baby R.. i went with my aunt K... Gx had to be back at work and couldnt accompany me... this time he came, after the nurse removed the bandage, i got home to help me take a pic of the line before the doctor came in... according to my gynae, its jus a line on top of my 1st cut... it sure is a line! so thin a line he had sewn my cut back! Gynae jus snipped the ends of the thread and told me he do the plastic surgery way, leave the thread there so the wound can heal thinly if not removing it, it will be a thicker line... he said its safe and will leave as a thin line on my belly.... 

Children's Day Gift...gifts

I texted Baby R's teacher to just inform her about the birth of baby A and apologised that i haven had time to write her a nice appraisal to her boss! i had asked for an email i could send it to but i didnt get a chance to work on it cos i had asked Gx to draft the letter cos his written english is definitely much better than mine! Thou Gx took leave, he did return to work for half a day and even went to entertained clients from overseas last nite and came home at 3am... but he made it with baby R to class and her nice 1st shichida teacher left baby R a children's day gift! She came home thrilled to show me what she got and so nice of teacher Lela to prep a gift for baby R's newborn sister too! baby R say she wants to give baby A when she comes home...

in the afternoon, received a call from aunt O and she asked if she could drop by and she arrived before i returned from tmc and when i stepped into the house, baby R was very excited to show me what she had received! Uncle L had asked GrandAunt O to get this for baby R. My dear cousin L was so sweet to dote his niece! 6 years old Uncle buying with help of his mummy to cheer my gal! aunt O said its Children's Day gift esp for baby R! Baby R was super excited and i got daddy to start the project with our happy kid! baby R said she wants to thank L'fufu for the present! i was happy she knew she had to do that when we see him!

after aunt O and K left, mum popped with bro and sil C and bro sat down to join in the fun!

while daddy went to buy home dinner, i managed to fix from where he had stopped

baby R's very own smurf land! 

love the windmill! love the little mushrooms!

smufette sure slide down super fast! 

jus put her at the top of the slide and wee she comes down!

the other cool feature was the leafy rotating feris wheel!

a happy baby Rwith her 1st built up mega bloks smurf toy!

there were variations to how the smurf land can be built!

at least 3 different ways shown 

after letting baby R meddle and play with it, we dismantled the whole thing and decided to keep it... cos of the small parts and also compared to Lego, this set comes off easily and baby R toppled the house a few times, not knowing her strength, parts comes off here and there... will prob still bring it out some day to make her happy building it another way... still its a veyr pretty set to have! Lucky baby R!