Phoebe goes to school

We had Phoebe placed in infant care since this monday..half days at first and full day for thu and fri.. 

It's a 15min walk away from where we stay so we use the pram to push her back and forth.

I couldnt bear the thought of leaving my little gal.. but i have no choice..work starts next week.

So it will be back to the corporate world for me while juggling mummy duties.. thankfully for my mil who will pick up phoebe from sch and also cook dinner for the family. 

Hubby and I will definitely not make it back on time to pick the little gal

The little gal seems to be doing well there, babbling alot in her baby talk to the teachers. The place is spacious and the teachers seem to be handling her well and that put my mind at ease.

Felt guilty that i had to place phoebe in infant care at such tender age.. she's not even 4 mths but due to work we had no choice and my mum's too far to help babysit her.

Hope she adapts well and grow up healthy and cheerful

My Birthday 2013

Hubby and his family treated me to high tea at Shangri la last weekend.. first time there haha and phoebe's first time at high tea too :D
luckily she's quite well behaved that day :)

my family came on the actual day itself to wish me happy birthday.. so sweet and touched by them. They had to travel all the way here which took 1.5 hrs
the second sis even baked me cupcakes hahah
they stayed till evening before making their way back again.

Dinner was with the hubby at Crab in Da Bag! Its a seafood place but the concept's new here
Its seafood served with western style sauces and its eaten off the table~
We had 3 crabs and clams hahahah
They had 4-5 different types of sauces and we tried 3 of it.. really good! its different from the usual crab sauces served in restaurants.. and we gotten bored with the usual so this is something interesting for us

 flower crabs

 clams.. spicy! with chili padi!

 Sri lankan crab..corn soaked in the sauce.. finger licking good lol

My birthday in a snapshot, spent with family

AND Phoebe's 3 mths today
My little girl.. mummy loves you...

 my Birthday's on 31 oct which is halloween too lol

phoebe turned 3 mths on 1 nov :D

Tummy Time

Phoebe's control of her neck is improving.. she can hold her head up longer when she has her "tummy time"

Keep up it my little gal :)

My aunt gave me a inflatable pool, shall test out soon!

2+ mths progress

Phoebe loves... to talk :D and laughs alot

I think it might be due to me singing and talking to her all day lol
She loves it when ppl talk to her and she will babble in her baby talk
She will also throw tantrum when ppl ignore her hahah

The three of us spent most of last weekend at home watching movies and Phoebe was "demanding" attention while we watched the shows.. lol MIL went for a short trip so it was just me and hubby and the little talkative gal

Went to City Square Mall on Sat evening, it was so big and spacious and family friendly too.
There are various shops selling baby merchandise, will definitely go there again

It was stay home Sunday and we went supermarket with Phoebe to grab ingredients for steamboat dinner.

i just find her making this sound so adorable hahaha

Phoebe's first time in the mrt.. a week ago

Quite a challenge but we managed to do it with the pram to my parents' place

Our 1st Wedding Anniversary

07 Oct 2013 was our 1st wedding anniversary.

We celebrated earlier on 06 Oct which was a sunday. 

We asked MIL to look after Phoebe while we went out in the afternoon. Went to a cafe to sit down for coffee.. a luxury to just do nothing and laze with some lava cake and newspapers~

We then proceeded to Holland Village as we were not keen to go town area.. 

Strolled around before we had Korean bbq for dinner.

Simple celebration but its the company that matters. Its been some time since we had "alone" time as our lives are mostly revolving around Phoebe..especially mine as I'm the one taking care of her most of the time.

I never take much photos of the celebration hahha, most of the photos in my phone are of Phoebe's 

Those eyes

Phoebe is now 7 weeks old :)

A day in the life of a SAHM

I'm currently taking care of my little gal by myself.. its been tough but it taught me to be independent and also to train my multi-tasking skills.

Somehow i feel more tired taking care of my gal than when i was at work.. maybe my body's not tuned back to pre-pregnancy stamina yet...

my schedule goes somewhat like this

7am-9am: wakes Phoebe up for milk, burp and coaxing her to sleep
9am-11am: takes my breakfast, do laundry, pump milk
11am-1pm: wakes Phoebe for milk, burp and coaxing her to sleep
1pm-2pm: mops the place, makes my lunch, pump milk
2pm-3pm: wakes Phoebe up for bath, milk and some exercise
3pm-5pm:  packs the place, power nap, laundry again
5pm-7pm: wakes Phoebe up for milk and some exercise
7pm-9pm: Playtime, usually she's wide awake at this timing, dinner by MIL
9pm-11pm: change of clothes, cleanup, pump milk
11pm-12am: final feed, coax her to sleep

its like clockwork almost everyday
most activities are repetitive but time-consuming, like pumping milk which takes half hr or more and coaxing her to sleep can take half hr to more than an hr.. depending on her mood.

Phoebe is currently drinking every 3-4 hrs.. and she has been sleeping through the night after the 11pm night feed.

hopefully Phoebe grows up healthy and strong~ :)
breastfeeding is a tedious and sometimes discouraging process.. but i will hang in there!
staying at home and taking care of her by myself can sometimes be so lonely as everyone's out, either working or they have their own activities..but looking at her face with her animated expressions takes the loneliness away