Finally, finally, a silent moment at home and a time for myself...! Why ? coz there is a new born baby boy (we name him Michael) at home since 9 Feb 2011 (Chinese New Year Day 7). With this new little member at home, ... my life (so is my household) is never the same!
While I truly don't wanna miss a moment to look after my baby boy, I yearn for some personal time to jot down a few lines from time to time about this special stage of life as the "new mom". A good summary is taken from my email written to my dear sisters who gave me tremendous support via phone calls, sms, emails and visits at home. I am most blessed with these angels.
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Dear sisters,
Hello! The past 3 weeks were such a rollercoaster ride... ! I got new challenges every week. To sum up:
week 1 - difficulty in BF as BB cannot take milk from my breast, and I don't have that much milk, so I need to pump while feeding him formula. James fell sick (serious coughing) on the day I gave birth, so he couldn't be near me or BB at home and slept at his mom's place at night after running around places shopping for missing needed items for BB or me. I was quite down and stressed but good that the 24 hour pui yuet is very experienced and helpful, so at least i got good sleep at night.
week 2 - new maid finally arrived, need to show her the rope at home with basic cleaning. Feeling a little better though I'm still searching and adjusting my new daily routine.
week 3 - shocking news ! my 24 hour pui yuet's next booking (next mom) just gave birth this Monday, which was 2 weeks earlier than due date...! So she's been asked to go over asap. I'm so unfortunate that my baby was late and her next one is early. But pui yeut has been kind enough to stay til this Sat. Yet, I'm thankful that I was able to quickly hire a day time pui yeut (come for 7 hours during the day) for next 2 weeks til after BB's "full moon". whew....! This gives me some sort of comfort during the day and buy more time to learn BB care, as neither me nor the new Indonesian maid is capable of taking care of the daily routine of bb and my 3 meals diet yet.
I know there will be ups and downs, however, i didn't expect these would be so intense. I really wish I could move around more easily and get hold of BB care myself sooner but my wounds seems to still hurts from the inside infrequently. I cannot bend down or carry BB for too long or if he struggle with his legs on my stomach, or take bath for him....and my pumping milk time seems often clash with BB's feeding hours, so I don't get to feed him very often...*sign*...Then the new Indonesian maid is not too confident in infant care and is taking a steep learning curve this week...! I don't know how things will be when pui yuet is gone... but I'm trying to keep a positive attitude and look at the bright side.
Hope everyone is doing well with your loved ones at home.
the new mom,
Wynne
3 March 2011
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February passed by so quickly...by today, little Michael has turned 1 month old!
Rejoice and thanks be to God for watching over him!! Please enjoy some photos of the past few weeks:
https://picasaweb.google.com/james.wynne2009/1stMonthHighlightsOfBabyMichael?authkey=Gv1sRgCOeEgrjPuKXqggE&feat=directlink
May God grant me wisdom and strength to be a good and godly parent to this child.
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