24 Mar 2011 (Thu) - Orchard

I used to be afraid to bring bb Lucas out by myself.. Will I be able to cope if he starts crying loudly in the cab or mrt.. How am I going to carry him and lug the bb bag around all by myself.. And there are also logistic issues such as how to manage going to washroom and juggling to eat while carrying him.. That's why I really hesitated about bringing him out other than the nearby malls where I will usually shop for awhile and tapao food to eat at home..

But being at home from Monday to Friday is soooooo super boring.. I either end up watching too much TV or exhausted myself by doing too much cleaning.. The nearby malls are equally boring too.. so i set my fears aside and found the courage to bring him out to town today! Somemore by bus! Just me and him.. No mum or hubby to help me.. Haha! I have had help from the maid the last time I brought him to town so that doesn't count.. So today is really a "1st time" leh!

Overall he did well.. He did cry abit on the bus rides to and fro because he got restless as the journey is rather long.. Other than that.. He is quite cooperative as he finished his milk very quickly.. Plus never poo poo while we are out..

To lessen the bulk that I have to carry.. I travelled light.. The Long Champ bag
Is really handy.. Spacious and light... I only brought with me the necessities.. And yes, i did manage to use the washroom and have a quick lunch.. The toilet part was a little tricky.. But lucky I have the Ergo bb carrier which was useful since i can only strapped him on me. Just take a little practice to move him around.. Heehee! TMI - too much info right!

Im now trying to wean his night feedings.. He sleeps 11hrs every night and I have managed to cut his feeding to once per night.. Im trying to drag the hours in between his feedings.. so that I can move the last night feed to 10pm before I go to bed and we sleep through the night.. Good luck to me!

Night!

19 Mar 2011 (sat) - iPad!

I'm blogging from my new toy..... iPad!!

Wooooohoooooo!

Previously, I couldn't upload photos to my blog using the iPhone.. So was I abit let down when I attempted to do it with my iPad but failed again this morning.. Done some research and found that I can do so with an app.. Blogpress!

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18 Mar 2011 (Fri) - Bb Lucas 5th Month

We went to my mum's place on Wed and took some pictures of Bb Lucas.. he is 5.5 months old now.. really mature looking for his age!

17 Mar 2011 (Thu) - To Blog or Not

I was introduced to blogging about 3 years ago by my sis and bro when they set up their blogs... I remembered how cool can it gets.. what better way to share pictures with cousins/ friends than emailing them.. attaching photos in emails suck with the kind of internet connection speed back then. And so I too set up a simple blog with their help and have never look back.

I enjoyed writing although I am not very good at it - penning down my happiness, sadness, adventures (if any) and special moments in my life so that I can look back every now and then. I used to have mini-organisers where I would be writing down my daily activities but have scrapped it since I have a blog.

But at times, I wonder if I did the right thing by sharing the blog with family and friends.. Should I be keeping such details hidden just for myself?

There have been cases of people getting upset because they assumed the order of things after reading my blog... and in other instances, there are people getting all "righteous" after reading about my vacations and bags/ watch that I have bought.
 
I don't know how to avoid these incidents... but if you are someone close to me and there is something that is bothering you on my blog.. pls don't read and jump to conclusion - I appreciate if you clarify it with me.

As for those who have concerns on how I should spend my money, may I also suggest that you come to me direct with your ideas... but I am guessing that you probably won't do so. Pls don't let my problem be your concern (if you get what I mean).


Writing is therapeutic for me and I don't wish to end the blog. I can only ask for those who read my blog to do so with an open mind.

14 Mar 2011 (Mon)

3 weeks have passed and I am slowly but surely.. coping with caring for Lucas without the Maid. It has been tough.. both mentally and physically but I am settling well in the role. There is a lot of adjustments to make and through this experience, I can seriously think about the kind of life I want to lead. As for now, I am looking forward to joining back the workforce when Lucas is old enough to go childcare. I miss interaction with peers, financial independence and personal time away from the baby and the house.

Any regrets to date?

No lah! Just last week, Lucas flipped over for the first time. It was also that day when I realised that my boy has grown 2 tiny teeth at the age of 5 months! He is also learning to hold his milk bottles... I guess it's little things like these that make it worth while for me.. Being there and seeing him grow and learn is such an amazing and rewarding experience!

01 Mar 2011 (Tue) - No Time lah!

When I was pregnant, I remembered thinking how bored I was going to be during my 18 weeks of maternity leaves... After all, I was used to waking up early and spending the entire day at work, followed by minor cleaning of the house and doing laundry the the evenings... So the idea of staying at home all the time and having nothing to do was both new and scary to me then... A couple of months before I was due to deliver, I bought books and a sewing machine, planning to occupy myself with these during the 4 long months..

Fast forward to 5 months later, the books remain unread and the sewing machine has been put aside in the storeroom - simply because there is never a moment of free time for these things loh!

Contradicting my and others' thinking, being a stay-home-mum is really a 24/7 job! Here's how a day being in my shoe is like;

6am - 9am: Lucas is like a rooster and he wakes up before 7am everyday! Guess he is a morning person like me :-P... I start the day with feeding Poppy, washing/ sterilising Luca's milk bottles, feeding him milk, making the bed, bathing him, followed by me taking a bathe before I let him take his morning nap.

9am - 1pm: While he is asleep, I will have my breakfast quickly and do some cleaning. I was used to the house being very neat and clean when the maid was around, so I was trying to upkeep the tidiness initially. Kept cleaning and washing in between his naps/ feeds and I ended up being terribly exhausted everyday. Very "shiong" ok! So now I will only do bits of cleaning everyday.. e.g. wash one toilet a day, wash the other toilet the next day.. or I will clean the furniture this week and keep other tasks (such as changing of bedsheets) to another week. Lucky Melvin is helping me with the vacuuming and mopping of the floor on weekends. By 10 - 11am, Lucas will wake up for his cereal so I will have to stop what I'm doing to feed him and play with him for awhile before I will have to prepare/ buy my own lunch.

1pm - 5pm: After lunch, I have to feed him his milk and let him take his afternoon nap.. after which, I will try to take a short nap or surf the net before he wakes up. Then I will have to do the laundry and prepare/ cook dinner... it is hard to be carrying a baby to go buy food twice a day as the nearest kopitiam is 15min away so I will cook simple 1 or 2 dishes for dinner and keep any leftover for lunch the next day. Of course, I will have to start/ stop whatever I'm doing many times as he will want my attention when he is awake.

5pm - 9pm: Usually by this time of the day, he will get restless and my energy will get low... my patience is wearing thin because he will want me to keep carrying him as I try to eat, feed poppy.. it will then be time for me to clear the dishes, wash his milk bottles and go to bed early because he will want to be fed around 11pm and 3am..

Everyday is more or less the same.. unless I go out.. It's already quite tedious caring for one baby full time so I can only imagine those mums who have to take care of 2 or more babies by themselves without the maids. By weekends, I can't wait to get out of the house and hit the malls! A second baby? Guess I will have to think twice... ah, maybe thrice!

P.S. Replying to the comments in my Shoutbox - I miss chor dai di and blogging on regular basis but No Time lah!