It's been a long while since i write this blog. But i have been really busy. B4 i go into that, let me talk abt the massage lesson that we had last sat.
Did i mention in my blog that we paid good $$ to learn massage from TMC, hopefully can pacify my gal when she's cranky? To be frank, till now, still not very successful.. hahaaaa.. anyway, i digress. The second lesson was supposed to be 29 Sept. But i received a call last thurs asking me whether i am interested to have the class in AMK hub last sat. After discussing with hubby, we tot that will b good since it's much nearer to our place.
I didnt know that, tat 2 days happen to be the opening bash in AMK hub. TMC's Parentcraft opened a shopfront in AMK hub. So knowing that as part of the celebration, the MPs will be coming, TMC is keen to showoff their baby's massage class. Our babies become exhibits!! Surprisingly, Athena was very well-behaved that day. This mummy is so proud. After the lesson, she fell asleep. Prob too shiok after the massage.
After lesson, i went up to my teacher who happened to be also my prenatal teacher and enquired abt Athena's drinking habits. Based on her recommendation in her books, bbs at 3 mths are supposed to be drinking abt 150ml - 180ml. But my precious is only taking 90ml. When i told her tt, she outright tell me this is not right. I have to bring her back (of cos must pay lah) and let her train bb to drink more. She say or else, baby's stomach will shrink!!! This really scared me. After discussing with Fabian, we decided not to cos we felt tt Athena is growing fine. She poos quite frequently and seems to be gaining some healthy weight. So she must be absorbing the nutrients. Anyway, when i met my frens recently and told them abt this, a gal offered her opinion. She said Ms Wong is not wrong. Baby's stomach need to expand so that they are able to take in more food during the day and are able to sleep thru the nite. Bbs like Athena will require frequent small meals which will tire out we, the parents. Sounds logical. No wonder she can sometime wake up every 2 hours in the nite and wants to drink. Wah, almost killed me then. Nevertheless, hubby and i decided to monitor her and see whether there's a need. Mayb next time she will thank me for this so tt she can maintain her slim figure. haahahaaa.....
Some pp may wonder wat i am doing at 1015pm at nite. Well, work has been really busy. i got a conf call at 11pm with US and Europe. Thus the bad timing. Have been really stressed this week. I was pulled to help in a consulting proj again. And this time, the VP came to me personally and asked me to help. I cant say no rite? Anyway, i sort of agree to help till 5th OCt with the help of a partner. But to my dismay, the partner has some prob with his work permit and he cant come till next week. Mon, i hope.
So now, i have to balance my finance job plus tis consulting work. It doesnt help tt i have to make time to pump milk and sterilized the pump twice a day in office and still trying to leave on the dot or early so that can be back home to see Athena. U can imagine how my time flies in office... :( dun even have time to take bio-breaks or drink water. :(
I know... jus endure, one more week and things will be better. I hope..... pray for me... :(
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Back to work Officially
Phew, it has been a busy week last week. I went back to work.. Hurray, hurray!!! Hahaha.. i am prob one of the weirdos tt loves to go back to work.
Beside the hussle of bring my pumping stuff and laptop to office, i really looked forward to working. I guess i wasnt as maternal as i thot i would be. And to me, it's really a good break from the crying and changing of diapers.
My birthday happened to be the week b4 i went back to work. Alot of well-wishes that day and many asked me how i was going to celebrate my birthday. To be frank, i am glad just to be out of the house without Athena. Mean rite? Anyway, we decided to drop Athena off at my mum place and hubby and i have a quiet dinner that nite. Even so, we chose to go Compass Pt when we can go kiddy palace and buy those VA storage cups for the breastmilk and diapers. So it's all abt her too...
Not sure whether others have my problem but i have difficulty finding good S-sized diapers for her. We quite like Fitti comfy but NTUC dun sell them in S-sized. And we've been looking around but except JL and Kiddy Palace, we really cant get them anywhere. My frens recommend Nepia. But they dun come in S-sized too in NTUC stock. We are still searching for the best value-for-$ brand :( I am sure most mothers have faced this b4, the baby tends to poo after you jus changed them into new diapers. Cos' of that, our usage is very high. Really, having a kid in singapore is not cheap :(
When i went back to work last week, i was really excited. Cant wait to be back in action. First day was just catching up with wat's happening and wat i intend to be working on for the next q. I was also busy catching up with other colleagues of mine and sharing babies' stories.
Last Fri was my mum's birthday. She has always asked for ang bao instead of presents. After thinking for a while, i thot the next best thing tt i can give her in addition to $$ is time. Time for her to go out and "kai-kai" or play mahjong. So i bravely took leave that day and asked both my sisters to drop their kids to my place. I declare off for my mum tt day :P Boy, do i regret it. When Athena threw a big fuss tt early morning, i was so tempted to pack everything and walked to my mum's place. But i "ren"!! Guess, i need to learn how to pacify her when she's in one of her moods. My elder sister came to pick up her 2 gals in the afternoon while my younger sis will come by after tt. So effectively, i need not be running after them.
K, time to work now... will try to write more.. :)
Beside the hussle of bring my pumping stuff and laptop to office, i really looked forward to working. I guess i wasnt as maternal as i thot i would be. And to me, it's really a good break from the crying and changing of diapers.
My birthday happened to be the week b4 i went back to work. Alot of well-wishes that day and many asked me how i was going to celebrate my birthday. To be frank, i am glad just to be out of the house without Athena. Mean rite? Anyway, we decided to drop Athena off at my mum place and hubby and i have a quiet dinner that nite. Even so, we chose to go Compass Pt when we can go kiddy palace and buy those VA storage cups for the breastmilk and diapers. So it's all abt her too...
Not sure whether others have my problem but i have difficulty finding good S-sized diapers for her. We quite like Fitti comfy but NTUC dun sell them in S-sized. And we've been looking around but except JL and Kiddy Palace, we really cant get them anywhere. My frens recommend Nepia. But they dun come in S-sized too in NTUC stock. We are still searching for the best value-for-$ brand :( I am sure most mothers have faced this b4, the baby tends to poo after you jus changed them into new diapers. Cos' of that, our usage is very high. Really, having a kid in singapore is not cheap :(
When i went back to work last week, i was really excited. Cant wait to be back in action. First day was just catching up with wat's happening and wat i intend to be working on for the next q. I was also busy catching up with other colleagues of mine and sharing babies' stories.
Last Fri was my mum's birthday. She has always asked for ang bao instead of presents. After thinking for a while, i thot the next best thing tt i can give her in addition to $$ is time. Time for her to go out and "kai-kai" or play mahjong. So i bravely took leave that day and asked both my sisters to drop their kids to my place. I declare off for my mum tt day :P Boy, do i regret it. When Athena threw a big fuss tt early morning, i was so tempted to pack everything and walked to my mum's place. But i "ren"!! Guess, i need to learn how to pacify her when she's in one of her moods. My elder sister came to pick up her 2 gals in the afternoon while my younger sis will come by after tt. So effectively, i need not be running after them.
K, time to work now... will try to write more.. :)
Monday, September 3, 2007
Going back to work....
Apologized for not updating this blog as frequently as i would like. But my days are occupied with my little tyrant :(
Went back to office for meeting last week for 2 days. I treated it as a trial-run b4 i officially go back to work the coming week. Boy was it fast.. 10 weeks are going to pass just like tt...
First and foremost, i need to go shopping and beautified myself again. As most mothers would know, you will not be able to fit into ut pre-pregnancy clothes. It's really depressing. Went shopping and got even more depressed when i cant fit into a L-sized pants. FYI, i used to be a M.... :( this is really depressing. Need to buy some new blouses too cos' now i got bigger boobs... :P Then i went to do rebonding. Finally!!! After more than one yr of enduring bad hair days, i went to do it
Next, i need to worry abt the logistics of pumping milk in the office. I had a headache trying to think how to bring the pump, the ice-bag (fyi, we bought the 'Fridge-on-the-go' so that hubby can use it for his drinks after my bf session is over), the sterilizing stuff and my laptop on my first day back. There are so many things and so heavy. No choice but hubby has to drive me back to work and i had to take a cab back the next day cos need to bring back the laptop.
One thing i need to mention here is tt hubby has been really supportive, the nite b4 i start work, he brought Athena to sleep in the other room so tt she wont disturb me and only brought her to me when she woke up for her milk. I was so touched!!! I didnt know abt it till i woke up and surprised to see both of them not in the room. To be frank, he's a much better care-taker than i am. I cant appease her when she's in one of her crying fits due to her colic. Hubby usually can calm her down.. Good grief :P
Anyway, pumping milk in my office is a challenge as there's no nursing room and all meeting rooms have frosted glass doors or panels. :( After much deliberation and suggestions from colleagues, they advised me to use the HR room and hide behind the door. The HR lady was very nice to be agreeable. However, she has to move out of the room once her boss is here in Nov. Then i will need to find ano room :( The 2 days were a challenge. Nevertheless, i was thinking of starting my work with 3-day week first so as to clear up my remaining 9 days of maternity leave. Need to discuss with hubby abt it. Partly so tt i can get used to working life after such a long break :(
Will think abt it......
Went back to office for meeting last week for 2 days. I treated it as a trial-run b4 i officially go back to work the coming week. Boy was it fast.. 10 weeks are going to pass just like tt...
First and foremost, i need to go shopping and beautified myself again. As most mothers would know, you will not be able to fit into ut pre-pregnancy clothes. It's really depressing. Went shopping and got even more depressed when i cant fit into a L-sized pants. FYI, i used to be a M.... :( this is really depressing. Need to buy some new blouses too cos' now i got bigger boobs... :P Then i went to do rebonding. Finally!!! After more than one yr of enduring bad hair days, i went to do it
Next, i need to worry abt the logistics of pumping milk in the office. I had a headache trying to think how to bring the pump, the ice-bag (fyi, we bought the 'Fridge-on-the-go' so that hubby can use it for his drinks after my bf session is over), the sterilizing stuff and my laptop on my first day back. There are so many things and so heavy. No choice but hubby has to drive me back to work and i had to take a cab back the next day cos need to bring back the laptop.
One thing i need to mention here is tt hubby has been really supportive, the nite b4 i start work, he brought Athena to sleep in the other room so tt she wont disturb me and only brought her to me when she woke up for her milk. I was so touched!!! I didnt know abt it till i woke up and surprised to see both of them not in the room. To be frank, he's a much better care-taker than i am. I cant appease her when she's in one of her crying fits due to her colic. Hubby usually can calm her down.. Good grief :P
Anyway, pumping milk in my office is a challenge as there's no nursing room and all meeting rooms have frosted glass doors or panels. :( After much deliberation and suggestions from colleagues, they advised me to use the HR room and hide behind the door. The HR lady was very nice to be agreeable. However, she has to move out of the room once her boss is here in Nov. Then i will need to find ano room :( The 2 days were a challenge. Nevertheless, i was thinking of starting my work with 3-day week first so as to clear up my remaining 9 days of maternity leave. Need to discuss with hubby abt it. Partly so tt i can get used to working life after such a long break :(
Will think abt it......
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