(2nd) MaTeRniTy In SummaRy

ok, 3, or rather 2 more days before the end of my maternity leaves.

haii. 

几无奈, but I guess I'm less emo about starting work this time round than the 1st time. ha. 

ok, some points on the maternity this time round: 

1) I guess it's less tiring? during rayous's time, I still had to do the laundry, tidy the house, cook etc. so whenever he goes to sleep, I had to quickly get to work. but now, w a helper around, I can rest w a peace of mind, knowing that the household chores will still run while I sleep w raythorous.

2) yeah, there were days when we can sleep till afternoon, 2pm, 3pm, and even 4pm! but they were all 'intermittent' sleep la as raythorous (just like rayous) rarely sleeps for long hours w/o waking up. so they were all interrupted hours of sleep, but still, better than no sleep right. 

3) the happiest time of the day will be at 5.30pm when I sit down to watch tv (usually channel 8 replay of drama series - 复仇女王，来自水星的男人 etc) and have my favourite white coffee and snack (either Nutella on soda pia or Nutella on sweeheng banana cake, yummmm) 

4) remb I mentioned I wanna do more during this maternity? exercising was 1 of the thing that I wanna do and I did! in fact, when I was pregnant, I was already planning on the execution, what swim la, jog la etc. but, 想就很简单，做就很难. who to take care of raythorous and I also don't know where the nearest swimming pool is. also, I had wanted to start by the 2nd month, but later realized that the body actually needs about 6wks to recover, so it's not practical to start at 2nd month.

usually hubb will bring rayous to MIL's place when he goes to work in the morning. so I only need to take care of raythorous. but there was 1 morning somewhere in mid-july when rayous said he did not want to go to MIL's place. so I told MIL that I will bring rayous to school instead. and that was also the day I started to google on where the jurong east swimming pool is located and how to get there. 

since MIL did not have to take care of rayous in the morning, it's quite fair to ask her take care of raythorous for that 3hrs while rayous is in school right? so, that was how I managed to find time to swim! 

I will bring rayous and raythorous to school and meet MIL at the school. once rayous is in school, MIL will bring raythorous back home w her, while I go to swim. after swimming, I will then fetch rayous back to MIL's place and wait for hubb to be back from work.

perfect arrangement but I can tell u, it was really not easy keeping both boys w me. it was really stressful la, especially having to make sure rayous gets to eat and nap before he goes to school. mad rush most of the time. and bringing both boys to take bus is also no fun stuff. sling-carry raythorous and hand-held rayous. woohoo! power!

but it was still worth it la. I will never forget how shiok it was to bask in the sun at 4pm while thinking what my colleagues would be doing at work.

had wanted such arrangement to carry on all the way till maternity ends, but unfortunately, the swimming had to stop when I fell sick. subsequently also cannot swim, cuz rayous did not go to school due to the HFMD cases at his school. not so nice to ask MIL to take care of both boys (though eventually she will have to), so that period I also din go swim liao. then these few days the weather had not been good. siannn. 

the last time I went swimming was last wed. if the weather for the next 2 days continues to be bad, then last wed will probably be the last time I swam liao. will really miss the swimming days. really so shiok la, to be enjoying the sun while everyone else is stuck working. kekkekeke. 

5) jogging on the threadmill was also something I had contemplated to do. but it's not easy la, cuz like I mentioned, raythorous is not a sound sleeper. when he sleeps in the day, it's usually for very short while before he needs attention again. I don't want to have interrupted jogging session and how to attend to him when I'm all sweaty and breathless? 

6) glad to have used this maternity to spend more time w rayous. brought him out, and also brought him to school and fetched him back from school.  something which I had always wanted to do and finally able to do. happy.

7) also sent out some stuff, but as usual, no response. or rather, someone responded, but eventually, also no news. also good la, probably not a bad thing to maintain status quo for now......

8) during the 1st maternity, we were very scare to bring rayous out. but now, we bring raythorous out to dine and do grocery shopping quite frequently - at least once per week, not counting sat and sun. maybe 2nd time liao, more confident. haa.

yep, so, it has been a very fruitful maternity. ahh, 4months, just like that! so fast la!

cant believe it's ending... 

back to work... it's really siann. but.. no choice lor, what to do.

hopefully, back to work, will not be as terrible as I had expected it to be ba. 

will sure miss these nua-ing days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm really one suay pot. 

Go dye one hair also can go wrong! 

MIL took care of raythorous while rayous was in school. So I'm free for 3hrs before I have to fetch rayous.

Wanted to go swimming, but decided not to, since there was not much sunlight. So quickly took this chance to go cut dye and treatment my hair.

Unfortunately, the dye color did not come out well! Almost like no color and no difference from before. 

Maybe it was my fault.  Cuz I told them I need to rush off by 5.15pm, so maybe they also chop chop help me do. 

Anyway, I think they also agree that the color did not come out. So, the hairdresser and the supervisor suggested redoing, or they can do some highlights for me.

But either way, it will mean at least another hour to be spent.

And either way, I will have to fetch rayous first, cuz it was already almost 5.30pm!!

And lucky for me,  rayous was kind enough to accompany me redo my hair, much to my surprise!

Haha!

He really guai guai sat on my lap while I go through the whole process of re-coloring and treatment. 

Tada!

And so, the whole thing took almost 5hrs! From 3pm to almost 8pm ok! OK la, hubb came to the rescue halfway, but I'm quite sure rayous will still remain cooperative, even if hubb did not come.

Really waste of my time leh!!

Lucky the end result turned out ok. 

Grrrrr..

New Car!!

Upgraded to the all new 2-seater convertible!

Haha.

Hopefully with this, parents in law can continue with their daily outings.

Though I really don't know if this whole thing can board the bus. 

But at least they can easily ferry the 2 boys out right.

And that will solve what happens when MIL send rayous to school and didi left at home w FIL (whom we r not sure is fully capable of taking care of didi or not, even for that short while). Now MIL can bring both of them out together. Yeah.

They should really invent something that can join or be taken apart. ie, I can separate the pram into 2 individual pram. And when need be, join the 2 individual pram into a single big pram again.

Or maybe market already has it, just that I didn't know. 

Yep. Hopefully this won't become a white elephant ba.

TouGh NighTs

haiz, tough nights with raythorous..

yesterday night fed him at 10.20pm before putting him to rest for the night.

then he woke up and fed him again at 1.35am.

and then at 4.30am, fed him again.

alamak, y is he back on a 3hr schedule?????? tot there were times when he slept straight for 4-5hrs liao??

jialek la..

i had expected at least 4hrs... but.... he is really 'punctual' la...

every 3hrs sure come...

and it really doesnt help that im those kind who cannot immediately fall back to sleep after kenna awaken up (unlike hubb!!)

so if he woke up at 1.35am, by the time i fed him and i go back to sleep, it will be around 2.30am liao. then 2hrs later, he will come looking for me again.

so effectively, i only get intervals of 2hrs sleep!

omg lah

going back to work soon leh.... how??

can MIL cope?

if MIL not enough rest at night, day time how to cope with 2 boys wor?

haiz super worrying.

but if i bring raythorous home every night, then how can i cope at work wor??? sure become zombie..

read online that babies are capable of sleeping through only by 6months, though some babies can do it earlier. and based on raythorous's weight now, he should be drinking 33oz over 24hrs. so if each time i give him 4oz, each day he will need about 8 feeds, which translate to 1 feed per 3 hours.

so, cant blame raythorous.

he's normal and on track.

but why so many other babies i heard can sleep through much earlier leh?

maybe i should feed him more each time? but this early morning i tried giving him 5oz in one go and he only managed to finish 4oz, as usual. dont dare to force the last oz down, in case he vomits out and all gone to waste!!

and.. dont know why... my milk supply seemed to slow down leh. unable to keep up with his 3hrs need leh. currently tapping on the reserves liao.. grrr.. stress..

day time he seems to be able to sleep longer when placed on the rocker chair or on his pram. but night time, he's waking up regularly every 3hrs.

haiyoh. hopefully this is only the growth spurt period. or the period whereby he's achieving some milestones. yeah, he looks like he's going to roll over anytime soon! 

really hope he can do better than rayous la. rayous was also a nightmare when it comes to sleeping through at night..

i really am expecting raythorous to do better, cuz intially, he could sleep for quite long.

raythorous must jiayou jiayou ok!!

十年，你还好吗？

ahh, 13 aug 2017. 

today marks the 10yrs of my working life. 

yeah, 13 aug 2007 was a monday. and that was also the official joined date, though that day was at orientation instead of being in office. haha. 

一晃就十年。

也是最prime的十年。

from toa payoh to cecil street and now to raffles place.

也算是越走越upclass吧 (遇到的人当然也越来越复杂...)

十年promote两次.

换成以前的我，会觉得自己很神气。但现在的我，觉得自己还是慢了人家一大节。

but well, 人比人气死人，要学会知足。现在的我，也算不错了啦。至少比我当初预计的快。

其实要怪就只能怪一开始就错了。

but then again, 当初找上门的都是一些sales的job. 如果不是当初的那个部门肯收我，给我打开了门, 我也不知道现在会是在做什么。


but then again, if i had really started off with sales, perhaps, i might be much higher rank than where i am now. 

haha. 

well. 人生无take 2. 也只能往前看, 希望未来会更好。

a decade in the same old company. i guess it really runs in the blood. dad, sis, bro, me and even hubb.... all are the 'loyal' employees.. pa si bo cao (打死不走).. LOL

from fresh grad, to wed, to birth of 1st child, and birth of 2nd child. 一切都在这间公司发生。说没有感情，绝对是假的。有一天如果真的要离开，一定会舍不得。正正也许也是因为太熟悉了, 所以不敢擅自离开。。

一開始是初生之犢, bubbly, innocent, positive, energetic, anyohow shoot off the mouth.. 

now.. 人生经验多一点了，遇过的人也多了, 知道少说少做才是妙。

未来的十年，不知道会是怎样。i got a gut feel.... very likely i will still be in the same company!!! hahahha

ok, 展望.

很快又要回到工作岗位了。

一定会更好。

加油!! 

Happy National Day!

Happy National Day!

Blogging from Fullerton Hotel where we r staycationing, but without didi. Bit sad to leave him out, but don't think he's suitable for the loud firework.

Waiting for in room dining now.  Haha.

Well expected that hotel stuff are expensive. But $10 for a nissin cup noodle is really way too crappy. 

Since expensive liao, might as well go for something more worth it.

Ribeye steak and pork rib! 

Hungry liao.

Can't wait! 

Yummm!

i want to go for facial treatment. 

i want to go for hair treatment. 

i want to dye my hair. 

i want to perm my hair. 

i want to get some new clothes. 

i want to get some new shoes. 

i want to eat steamboat. 

i want to (continue to) get some good tan. 

anyone can help me take care of raythorous, please?

yes, MIL could probably help. 

but i really dont know if she can handle 2 kids at the same time..

though in 2 wks and 2 days time, we will just force it down her throat. 

haha. 

evil.

ok, usually, there will be 3hrs of 'free' time, when rayous goes to school. that's when i can 'pass' raythorous to MIL to take care while i go swimming. 

but this week, we r keeping rayous away from school due to the HFMD cases found at his school. 

so...... no 'free' time liao. 

haii. 

when can i do the sooooo many things that i want to do, before work starts???

haiiiiiiiii

Seriously balding.

Expected this, post birth. 

But still....

It's depressing.

Haii..

August is here! 

Owwwww.

Officially counting down to back to work. 

Owwwwwwwwwwwwee.

Why is time passing so so fast???

Why??!

Whyyyyyyyy????!

Trip... NexT YeaR!

ok, i know this is super kiasu. 

but we just booked a flight to taiwan. 

in...... april next year!!!

ahahahahah. 

well, hubb has got krisflyers points expiring in aug. so if want, gotta book now. 

and, yep, we just did! 

will be travelling with the 2 boys and mum and dad! 

woohoo! 

had always wanted to bring mum to taiwan cuz she always said she wanna go taiwan. 

finally. 

the plan now is to book a driver in taiwan, so our transport will be fully taken care of. no rush, no need to walk like mad shit, no need to sqz in public transport. 

lotsa planning and logistics to do liao.

last yr HK/Macau was 1 kiddo with 2 folks. 

next yr will be 2 kiddos with 2 folks! 

challenging! 

ok, looking forward! 

darn hell.. down with a bad cough! 

few weeks back already coughing. seen doc, and recovered. 

now came back again, stronger!

coughed till tears, mucous, saliva all came out. 

and even coughed till vomited. 

my sushi dinner yesterday and my chocolate bun breakfast just now, all gone!!! 

not to mention my digestive juices and gut juices and stomach juices and whatsnot.

that itch in the throat.... is simply killing!!!!!!!!!!!

and i even came down w a fever on wed!! literally slept through the whole of wed. lucky raythorous was cooperative and he guai guai slept w me after b-feeding on the bed. 

wed fever was so bad that my head was all dizzy and i was aching all over. i din even dare to bath raythorous, in case i fell him. i only changed his diaper and then continued to sleep w him. 

38.9d when i consulted doc that night. grrrr. 

and i was told antibiotics to be given next, if i still do not recover. but with antibiotics, i cannot breastfeed!!! 

NO WAY!!

now i only hope i dont spread it to the rest, especially the 2 boys. 

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

and i seriously suspect i caught it from my helper. 

she was the one who started clearing her throat and coughing a bit. 

very very mild only. 

but soon after, i will kenna... BIG TIME. 

the first time it was like that. but i din really notice who started coughing first, so we tot maybe it was i who spread to her, since my condition was much worse off than hers. 

but this time round, im freaking sure she was the one who started clearing throat first. 

then i kenna liao. 

honestly, if there's going to be a 3rd time, i will seriously consider changing her. 

definitely do not need an outsider who is here to spread germs. 

dammit. 

婆婆

grandma's gone. 

享年95。

11子女 - 4男7女。

2媳妇, 6女婿, 15孙, 6孙婿/媳, 6曾孙。

人生也就这样了。

although i still cannot comprehend how pple in the olden days can give birth to so many children. 

11 pregnancy and birth............and...... without epidural......

huhhh????!!

and how to take care of sooooo many kids???????

now 2 kids only and need maid, need car, need this need that... 

and i dont suppose they use a breast pump back then. so how to survive through the breastfeeding period??

seriously, how did the pple in olden times survive? 

they must have been so much more resilient and strong than us now. 

RIP granny. 

must 保佑 all your descendants ok. 

Rayous's 2nD BirThDay

my little boy is officially into the terrible 2 stage! ahahahahahah

left didi at MIL's place and then brought him all the way to this indoor water playground at punggol safra. apparently, it's the one and only indoor water playground in sg wor... 

tada

as usual, he was quite apprehensive with the big playground and was quite contented playing with the kiddish water sprays.. hahaa. 

but i must say the big slides are really quite scary la. pitch dark all inside. i guess must at least 6yrs and above then can take it.. 

and weekday really very few pple nia.. so good to go out on weekdays.. dont have to sqz and q like mad shit.. 

wad could be better than a cool ice-cream after working out in the pool? hahah

after that we went to swensens at imm.  they will give this complimentary bday ice-cream on yr bday =) 

and then back to MIL's place to cut his bday cake..

police car cake from prima deli. this little boy is kidda into police cars these days, so bought him this cake with this design. customised w durian fillings inside. darn shioook. 

with ah ma and yeye

and with papa and mama =)

and with didi, of cuz

happy birthday little boy!!!

ok, and then.. i had been prepping him for sooooo long..... that we will have a 'throw-away-tutu' ceremony after cake-cutting. but.........that never happened!!!!

ahhhh! im weak! 

but seriously, tutu (aka pacificer la) really does create wonders. it really reeaally reeeaaaalllllyyyyy can calm a kid down. or at least it works for rayous la. 

honestly i hate him sucking on pacifier but i also succumbed to it after seeing the 'wonders' that it can do. 

then i kept telling myself and rayous that we will throw all the tutu away once he reaches 2yo. 

but, ytd.. still did not throw... cuz... really scare of the 'aftermath' of really not having tutu anymore.  

actually now, he will only ask for it when he wants to sleep or when he's in distress. other than that, he never suck de. then once he's asleep, we will remove it. but sometimes, in the middle of the night, he will make noise and ask for the tutu.. so if we really go cold turkey, i really worry that he will not fall back to sleep and continue being cranky and then wake didi up... and then all of us no need to sleep liaooo.. 

hiaz... 

since he only sucks on it during sleeping time and when he's in distress, so not that bad la right? not as if he's sucking on it day and night and all the time....... right?????????

but i really hope to wean him off soon. but without this comfort item, what will happen when he's distress? what can calm him down?? grrrrr

read before that we can actually poke hole on the pacifier or apply some nasty tasting stuff on the pacifier so that the kid will stop 'loving' it. 

will probably try that soon. hopefully with that, he will stop asking for it.... 

grrrrrr

ok, anyway, happy birthday again boy! 

wean off yr tutu soon ok! 

mummy wishes u to be a happy and healthy boy ok!!

love u!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Happy birthday boy!!!

Lovvvveee youuuuu!!!!

HairCuT

i guess sometimes in life, one really doesnt have to worry too much. 

remb yesterday i was still complaining that rayous doesnt want a haircut and it's really bothering me?

today, it's all solved! 

we decided to take things in our own hands! 

hahahahahah

before, long and unkempt..

after, mr little toot head!!!

hahahahaha! 

very happy that he allowed us to cut his hair. not bad looking right??! so much neater, cleaner and cuter than before! im really quite proud of ourselves! LOLLL

my little man

see? matter solved. worry for nothing. haha. 

and saved us some money! 

in future we'll just cut for him. 

yay!