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I\u2019ve got three colleagues in my department who all also had newborns within the space of 6 months from Hannah\u2019s birth. It\u2019s quite evenly spread out: two of my colleagues had boys, and the third colleague had a baby girl too.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve got three colleagues in my department who all also had newborns within the space of 6 months from Hannah\u2019s birth. It\u2019s quite evenly spread out: two of my colleagues had boys, and the third colleague had a baby girl too.<\/p>\n
One colleague and I were chatting about our wives returning to work the other day (his wife is also a teacher), and he said that it was only a few months after his wife gave birth that that she was asking to return back to work. I\u2019m guessing she was feeling too listless at home.<\/p>\n
Truth to tell, Ling has started remarking the same for the last few weeks now. As fun as Hannah can be when she isn\u2019t wailing, Ling\u2019s mused a few times that she sometimes feel rather caged up at home. Ways to help alleviate going gila<\/em><\/a> (that\u2019s \u201cgoing stir crazy\u201d in Malay for you, Matt!) is for her to read newspapers at home, watch TV, take Hannah out for walks etc.<\/p>\n One thing though I\u2019ve been telling Ling to be grateful for since Hannah\u2019s birth is that Hannah has been sleeping soundly through the night after the first month. I\u2019m not sure if Ling fully understood the significance of that until yesterday morning\u2019s Tea with Parents<\/a>. My mum said wryly that we should be very grateful as many kids bawl at night. Cousin Ying Jia also chirped in to say that her own 1 year old son needs a lot of feeds, and when Ling asked how often, she said it could be \u201cevery hour\u201d, even at night LOL.<\/p>\n So, as tiring as Hannah can be \u2013 she\u2019s now at the age where she bawls when she doesn\u2019t get attention (i.e. \u201ccarry me!\u201d) \u2013 at least her grumbling only happens during the day time. Ling has got a routine from the Internet and with input from Jasmine too about setting babies down for the night. The nightly routine of wiping down, changing Hannah into jammies, a final carry before sleeping, then laying her down and pulling the mosquito net has been very successful in letting Hannah know it\u2019s bed time at about 10 PM every night. Hannah will typically coo a little, do her angelic smile, blow raspberries, sneeze (maybe), then go to sleep \u2013 and the both of us can either watch a bit of TV or zonk right into bed.<\/p>\n Now, if only our luck will hold!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve got three colleagues in my department who all also had newborns within the space of 6 months from Hannah\u2019s birth. It\u2019s quite evenly spread out: two of my colleagues had boys, and the third colleague had a baby girl<\/p>\n