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

Phoebe's First Month Celebration

We shifted back to my in law's place on sat and had the Full Month Celebration on Sun, 1st of September..
There were so much things to shift for our 1 mth stay that we had to use a lorry and a car.

Photos from the celebration, we were so busy that we did not take a proper family photo. Most photos were sent to us by friends.
And surprising, Phoebe slept throughout hahah even though it was so noisy and she was being passed around my various relatives.

Thanks to all who came again :)

and so i will be home looking after our little gal by myself.
I can do it!
So far, my activities all scheduled around her feeding and sleeping times
the moment she's asleep, i will rush to wash her stuff, clean the room etc
now my room smells of Phoebe and Phoebe smells of milk ><

KKH Class A1 Delivery suite

I'll do a little review for the Class A1 suite that I stayed in during my delivery.

It's big and spacious, bigger than some of the hotel room that i have seen, with a bed for me, 2 side tables, 1 cupboard and a sofa for the hubby or anyone who wants to sleep overnight. The attached toilet was spacious too with shower facilities and shower essentials.

It also came with extra bedsheet and blanket, some toiletries and essential stuff for the mother ( maternity pad and extra dressing gown etc). There's also pampers and wet wipes for Phoebe from the nursery. Phoebe was dressed in KKH's clothes and swaddle cloth. The only thing that she wore from home was the mittens. Another plus point, the view from my window was great! we could see the national day rehearsal fireworks.

There's also water dispenser (hot and cold) along the corridor and the nursery was on the same level as the wards. Mothers can request to room in with their babies, if tired, can request to send to nursery.

For us, we requested for Phoebe to room in with us. We only send back to nursery for supplementary feeding as my breastmilk wasnt established during the first few days. The nurses said it will usually take around 3 days before there's letdown of milk. We also had Phoebe with us through the night unless we were too tired. It really takes lots of determination to feed Phoebe in the night and she usually took around 30-45 min for latching (not including the supplementary feeding) and her feeding interval was around 2-3 hrs.

Service wise, there was a lady who came everyday to ask for my meal preference. For traditional mothers like me, there's confinement food on the menu.

The nurses were very knowledgeable and friendly and whenever they changed shift, they will go around to introduce to each of the wards. They also taught me how to latch Phoebe the proper way.

KKH had very good tagging system for identification. I had two tags on me, one is the normal plastic tag with name and IC, the other is a musical tag that will have music when Phoebe is near.

So me, Phoebe and the cot had the same synchronized music tag. When Phoebe was placed near me, there would be music, when Phoebe was placed back in the cot, there would also be music. This was like double assurance.

Medicine wise, for each round, the nurse ask for your name and IC, to prevent medication mix-up.

On the overall, for the comfort and privacy, the bill was worth it.

We had visitors everyday so it was a good choice to go for single bedded.

Cost wise, for my case as it was c sect, my bill came to 7+K, Phoebe's bill came to 1+K (mother and baby are billed separately)

Luckily, I could use around 3K of my medisave to offset.

PreNatal consultation wise, it cost around 100+ for each visit, excluding medicine as I was with The Private Suite.

And now I am in the final week of my confinement.. cant wait to wash my hair! I will definitely miss my family when I shift back to my in-laws place.

Over here, my parents dot on the little one, carrying her when I was busy with other chores. My two sisters will also play with her when they are back from work. My dad even comes home every afternoon during lunch to look at Phoebe.

Hopefully Phoebe will be less fussy when she's back to my in-laws place as I will be handling her myself most of the time.

But I believe, I will be more independent and able to care for her better as time goes by :)