
Feb 17th, 2010 by blurgirl
Now that things get more or less settled down, it’s time to sit down and take stock of myself.
Here’s a vague list:
I’ve gained a whopping 20 kg for the whole pregnancy. I’ve lost 10kg in the past 4 weeks and still 10 kg more to go. I couldn’t fit into my old clothes and now i gonna make do with over-sized maternity clothes.
My external C-sect wound is almost healed, but I still can’t do massage until the gynae gives me the green light one month later. I can’t do abdominal exercises till 6 months (heard internal wound takes at least 6 months to heal) later too. So i still look 4 months pregnant now. >_< So perhaps instead of focusing on loosing weight, I shall focus on how to build muscles instead. Maybe i can walk more,make more trips back to my own house etc
There are still some prenatal vitamins and fish oil that are leftover. Shall I finish them too?
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Feb 16th, 2010 by blurgirl
We are finally one month today. Today marks the end of my formal confinement and it’s also Brian’s one month birthday. That means I can officially bathe tomorrow, how glad I am! As for confinement food wise, I still need to eat it till this weekend to make up for lost time in the hospital during the first week.
It’s been real tough staying with the in-laws so far and we had some disputes over many issues including the issue on taking care of Brian. Well, in the first place, the MIL is the one who chases us to give her a grandson (chases us for 4 years already!), but there she is complaining of having to take care of him especially during the night. My hubby has already made it clear that we are not OK to care for a kid and she had volunteered to take care for us a year ago. Oh well. Sometime it might be good to have some black and white.
My mind has been flying away towards short trips to places like the Outer Banks vacation rental. Some places where I can hide from the real world. It’s been a long time since i last went for trips!
Now my only wish is for Brian to grow up fast and healthy, so that I can bring him along to many future trips.
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Feb 15th, 2010 by blurgirl
Today’s the first day Brian laugh so much when I play the tickle-oh-tickle game. The game was played by placing my two fingers on his two cheeks and pat gently. Then i move my two fingers down his chest and ‘walk’ down all the way to his belly button where i gently poke it.
There’s nothing much one can play with a newborn as they can get cranky at times. Especially Brian, who is cranky most of the time. So these are some of the rare moments with him.
I think I am better at entertaining kids rather than taking care of them.


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Feb 15th, 2010 by blurgirl
For people who are rather picky over food like myself, it’s good to supplement a pregnancy’s diet with a prenatal vitamin. The bad part of this is, I hate to swallow pills.But because of the baby, guess I have no choice but to take those sickening pink pills.
After 10 months of pill swallowing, I’ve grown accustomed to taking pills. But i still find them yucky and did not wish to take them in my life. For daily vitamins, I rather go for those chewy kinds or those that can dissolve in water- the effervescent kind.
Though I’ve missed the chance of breast-feeding, I did not feel too remorseful as I could be doing greater harm to my baby if I do. With my overly picky diet and the need to take strong anti-biotics for my wound after C-sect, i still think it’s safer for my baby to take formula milk.
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Feb 13th, 2010 by blurgirl
It seems I am one of the few lucky ones to escape painful piles during pregnancy. Piles usually appears or recur in the third trimester where the baby’s head added heavy load to the bottom. I have a history of piles way before the pregnancy and miraculously, it seemed to behave itself throughout the whole of 10 months.
Recently, there was a relapse due to some constipation from the heaty confinement food. Most of the time, it’s completely bearable, but the sight of blood can be rather scary at times. In worst cases, a hemorrhoid cream may be used to the piles to soothe the swelling. Piles are troublesome as they stay with you throughout your life, giving you some discomfort in passing daily motion. I wish they can disappear by itself!
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Feb 11th, 2010 by blurgirl
No amount of chinese kungfu, karate, taekwondo etc can help you defend against the lethal weapon wielded by a baby — CRYING
Nothing can be more fearful than that, not even an experienced motorcycle accident attorney can handle the little one if i were to bring Brian to court. I am surprised that I can still keep myself sane, and not spiral deep into depression through the weeks; though i admit there are little episodes of outburst now and then.
If I were to give Brian a nickname, I will name him after my favourite care bear – Mr Grumpy. Look at his tummy, apparently he cries a lot too. ^_^ He really takes after me when i was a baby. A challenge from heaven? Or a little punishment for me after how much I’ve ‘tortured’ my mum when i was young. Oh nooo please…. i am sorry mum
I guess years of being amongst difficult and out-of-the-world students does help to cultivate some sort of patience that kept me in check faster.
For the past few days, I had been trying to decipher what his cries means. I even resort to reading books on it.
When a baby cries, it could be he is:
- in pain, sick
- hungry
- bored in his cot
- just want a cuddle
- wet his nappy
- feel hot or cold
- uncomfortable
What a challenge!
P.S : now i wonder why child/infant care teachers are so lowly paid. They should be paid more than engineers! Looking after ONE grumpy kid like mine is equivalent to handling several #### bosses!
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Feb 11th, 2010 by blurgirl
Get this from other people’s blog.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Dunno. Perhaps yes.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? One week ago. Bad hormones.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Er.. can’t remember when i last written since i worked in a paperless environment.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? anything that spelt C.H.I.C.K.E.N
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Yes.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Perhaps, but gonna thread on thin lines properly for i may explode unknowingly
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? Plenty of time, especially to my students
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Cornflakes with frosted sugar
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? For what? Already tied already
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Choc and Chips
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? The way they carry themselves
15. RED OR PINK? Pink
16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I am too stubborn to listen to anyone
17. WHOM DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My mum
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Feb 9th, 2010 by blurgirl
I am given two days off from “night duty” and tonight, will be my turn again. Actually, night duties are not a bad thing if Brian is not fussy. On normal peaceful days, you will only need to feed him twice in the night. I guess it depends on one’s luck.
After 3 weeks of c-sect wound site pain, I can now finally turn in bed and get out of bed without assistance this week. It’s such a torture that i would discourage people with low pain threshold to take up c-sect if they can help it. For the past 3 weeks, I had been going back to the gynae every single week to the point that he can even call my name without referring to the patient card. I’ve heard comments that he has too many patients to get personal with them or even remember their names.
As the role of motherhood gets sunk in deeper this week, i started to realize that I am carrying a huge responsibility on my shoulders. Even though Brian is barely one month old, many things are revolving around him. The number of different kind of vaccinations, life/hospital insurance etc are driving me to the wall.
The only thing that still haunt me are his cries. I had great difficulties deciphering what he wants when he suddenly wails out loud while minutes earlier he is asleep peacefully. Is it hungry? Is it a nightmare, or is it just purely boredom? There was one day where he cries every 5-10 minutes. Wow, really a GREAT test of my patience which usually doesn’t last more than 5 minutes. At times, the pacifier doesnt work and I have to resort to picking him up now and then. *perspire* – some newborns requires really great maintenance.
Now i know why some people like kids when those kids are not their own. It’s so different if that little kid belongs to you. There are nightmares which outsiders can’t see when it comes to taking care of them.
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Feb 7th, 2010 by blurgirl
Yesterday, the in-laws moved the cot into my room and they told me to look after Brian tonight. This is the first time since I came back from the hospital that I get to look after him at night myself.
For the past 2 weeks, the in-laws had been taking turns to watch over the baby at night. Should i feel excited? NO. First of all, I had not been sleeping for more than 3 hours every night since I am back from the hospital.
The pain from the wound had been keeping me awake. Now that the wound had finally closed up and the dressing removed by the gynae, the pain still decides to linger on. Whenever the top of the panties slides down onto the wound, it will cause me to bite my teeth.
As I type this post this morning, all I can update is, I simply NEVER sleep last night. When i finally able to fall into a slumber, Brian decides to get my attention. I pulled myself up from bed with a make-shift string constructed by my in-laws to help myself up at night (i can’t use my abdominal muscles) and that’s the end of my sleep - a task which has never started anyway. After the first feed which lasted till 2.30am, I dragged Hubbie up to take over me from there.
I think they realized that it’s a bad decision as I ended up being all grouchy whole night/morning. I snapped at or ignore everyone that tries to strike a conversation with me.
A thought came into my mind. What have i gotten myself into? I realized I like kids, but not newborns. Crying is something not cheerful to one’s sleep and ears.
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Feb 6th, 2010 by blurgirl
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