Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Apart from the baby necessities (e.g. cot, baby car seat, clothes, diapers, formula milk) we shared about previously, there were also other types of expenditure as well. 1) Cord Blood Banking We decided to collect and keep Hannah’s cord blood
During my pregnancy, I was telling Yang things like “I want to breastfeed our baby”, “I think I can tahan without epidural” (judging from my pain threshold), “I think it would be better that I take care of Hannah full-time”,
It’s also one of those unique things about being in Singapore – that grandparents are typically ‘roped’ in to help look after the next next generation. My parents for certain joke about it a lot when they’re asked what their
One perk of being in the public service is childcare leave where I can be at home and help Ling with Hannah, plus take more pictures of our growing daughter. It’s semester break for me now, so also the perfect
Ling is less adverse to the idea of having home helpers. I’m on the other hand dead-set against it and want to only consider it as a last resort when we absolutely cannot manage at all. Many reasons. Reason #1.
One of the discussion points that has been cropping up semi-frequently in the last fortnight is whether we should be getting home helper i.e. a ‘maid’ for the chores. We’re managing that and Hannah fine at the moment, but Ling
Hannah only really started to get attracted to mobiles from 1 month plus onwards. Now that she’s more aware of the surroundings, she can really get excited over mobiles when the music is played and the items moved. The one
I write this blog for the benefit of a visitor who asked a question about our pram. :) I only realised that raising a child these days can be so costly when we looked into the various items required for
Here’s a short video we took of Hannah on her Maclaren rocker. We’d just taken one with minutes earlier, but that didn’t turn out too well – so here was attempt 2.:)
Our cousin Ying Jia bought Hannah a Maclaren baby rocker (this one I think from the Maclaren web site), and Hannah loves it. It’s pretty light weight yet sturdily constructed, and feels pretty comfortable with loads of cushioning and padding.
Hannah is usually the most cheerful at the early start of the day when she just wakes up, or when Ling is putting her to bed. Here’s a couple of pictures just after Hannah been breast fed at 7:30 am-ish
We haven’t weighed Hannah since her last appointment with the pediatrician 4 weeks ago, but she sure feels heavier than ever! I’m guessing she’s about 4.5 kg now at least judging from how quickly my arms ache when carrying her.:)
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