7 mths 2 weeks old..

This is such a long overdue post..Boy had since started on solids at 5 mths 2 weeks old (22nd Sept 2011)..It is such an exciting phase especially when a new food is introduced to him...Only a couple of days ago, we started him on porridge and oats..had tried to work out a schedule for him and so far, he had been quite happy with the amt of food and milk...Daryl is now only drinking 3 milk feeds/day..and i m still expressing every 3-4 hrly..so there is suddenly an abundance of milk in the fridge (which hardly happened) in my 7.5 mth old moo moo career..

Maybe this is really an indication that I can start to gradually end this very fulfulling but tiring career...Tiring is really an underestatement!! Especially when i had been exclusively expressing..but i can proudly say i really did my best when i look back at the times where i cried/fret/pumped till my arms ached to provide for my baobei...

Hope i can do better at latching for no. 2..

But, i am still battling with the idea of stopping now cos i feel its such a waste and i cannot help feel guilty about it.. Hmm..then again, my holiday in dec would be a good start lah..since i dont think i want to pump every 3 hrs!! I need a real break and holiday !!

Anyway, at 7 mths 2 weeks old, Daryl boy is learning how to sit up and is babbling all the time!!

His first taste of food - rice cereal

Milestone

Daryl had finally learned to flip to his tummy at 4 months 2 weeks old! Cutie pie achieved his first flip in the morning before Mummy and Daddy went to work! :)

Time flies! I will need to return to work in 4 weeks time..had requested to work on a part time basis for at least a couple of months. Hope the management will accede to my request!

Have yet to bring Daryl out on my own..but its such a coincidence that Kavi had asked us out for lunch next week and she too will bring Sid out..so excited!!

Never knew looking after Daryl on my own could be so much fun! Though it takes some getting used to hurried meals and visits to the toilet, I am still enjoying this new experience totally!
I m glad I encouraged mum to go for her holidays in Sydney, cause if not for this, chances like this for me to look after bb on my own would be so rare!! Then again, its not like I am totally left on my own lah, cos I still have a helper to prepare meals and do the housework haha..and hubby to take over some feeds and diaper change.
Babies grow up so quickly! Daryl just turned 2 months old!!

Talking about time, I am looking forward to the day where i can fit into my old jeans!!! My SIL and friends keep telling me they regained their old figure 3 months after giving birth..and reassured me i would to..hur hur..How to when i cant do any exercise till Aug?!! Chams lah..

4 weeks old!

Daryl turned 4 weeks old last thursday! And i must say he has grown tremedously esp when i look back at the pics we took of him when he just came home.
We will be bringing him for his Hep B jab later..hope the doc at the polyclinic will let us know if he is developing well! And also some remedy to Daryl's phlegm, the poor boy seems to be in discomfort everytime after he drinks his milk!

Though I thought bringing him to the PD would be better, after hearing how Carol would bring her girl to the PD once a month to check on her growth and development. But dont know why hubs dont seem too keen about it..

Anyway, my first Mothers Day came and went..how sad..haha..was a little disappointed that hubs didnt really bother abt it too..oh well!

3rd day of my massage..and i really do hope it works! Cannot stand the sight of the loose bulge at my lower abdomen!!

The massage is not too bad, if only it was for 2 hours instead of 1 haha..greedy! Well, at least its time for me to relax without having to attend to Daryl for awhile..But it felt a little painful esp when she massage lady massaged my lower abdomen..
The binding with the cloth is the one that really needs sheer tolerance! Its super tight and restrictive that you will be forced to sit and stand up straight, it felt so uncomfortable as i wasnt used to it and even my breathing seemed restricted!! But i endured till 12 hours before releasing my bounded body! haha..

2nd day, better, i think i tolerated till 14 - 15 hours..Massage lady bounded the cloth a bit lower compared to the first day so that it restricted even my thighs..the cloth was tightening onto my thighs so much that it was too painful to bear..esp when i sat down..And since i had to move around much more at night to attend to bb, i surrendered..

3rd day today, feedback to massage lady about the pain around the thighs and it felt so much better today cos she adjusted the cloth..hope i can keep it on till tomorrow morning!!

It had been a totally new experience for me and Jeff for these few weeks..I will call this heavy duty on the job training! From trying to get bb to latch on, to figuring out how to use the bottles (Yes, no one told me you even had to learn to position the bottles at an angle for bb to suck properly!!), from working out how much to feed bb..and the list goes on..

I dont know how i can still survive with intermittent sleep time..Daryl wakes up almost every 3 hours for feeds..and sometimes it goes on more than that, he will cry for milk, feed him, change nappy, refuses to be put down and finally after carrying him for an hour, he falls asleep, then its time for me to express milk..after everything is over, i realise its an hour to his next feed!!

Am still adapting to all these challenges and i was definitely feeling the blues for the first couple of weeks, cried alot too..Am still feeling down at times now esp with my very inadequate milk production and esp when i hear friends around me doing total breast feeding or able to produce enough milk for their bb at each feed even with expressing..I know its silly to compare but somehow i feel so guilty for not being able to provide for my bb..

Another first time for me is to undergo the op, or rather the c-section. We had opted for bb to be out on the 5th April after consulting Stephen and before that, i was so worried that Daryl might decide to surprise us with an earlier labour, thank gdness he didnt but strange enough,i felt contractions the night before i went for the c! They were not the usual Braxton Hicks but they were painful and they came at regular intervals..

Experience at the operating theatre was scary!! The numbness waist down felt queer too..but given a choice, i would still have opted for the same..It was such a great relief when i first saw bb..Cos at least i didnt have to wait till i was awake to see him..Am glad hubby was with me throughout the entire op, would have felt so alone and helpless..

Next stage, is to get back in shape too! Hopefully i can start on my massage next week without my wound hurting too much..

Till then, will blog again when Daryl allows me to..