Life postnatal
Sorry for the neglect!!!! Life's been a blur of lack of sleep, feeding, breastpumping, rushing to work.
The arrangement since I started work had been to leave Alexis at my mum's place. The hub had changed job to somewhere in the far west, having to leave home much earlier than I had to. My parents had been really helpful in picking up the gal n I, sending me to work which is just round the corner from home. After work, we congregate at my mum's place for dinner, before hurrying home for family time.
After spending 4 months 24/7 with the baby gal, there were some withdrawal symptoms. On some days, when the gal does not wake till it's time for me to leave for work, and when we bring her back home to feed her and she drifts off straight to sleep, it felt like the day was wasted having not spent much waking hour with her. She is so fun to be with now, has a character of her own, an independent little kpo gal who's curious about all her surroundings. She loves watching people talk, she's not afraid of strangers or new stuff. Loves cooing at her toys, playing with the towel/ muslin cloth. I'm very proud of her ability to fall asleep by herself. During the day, she could sleep on her playgym mat. At night we just have to put her in her cot and leave the room. She doesn't need patting or carrying to fall asleep. Even when we had a house party, she was able sleep in her portable carseat, witgh all the noise, mahjong, tv and all!
Life's not just ALL about her. Almost every month, the in-laws had been visiting, and that's our cue to spend some couple time at the movies/ theatres. The movies is one place we could not bring the gal to, for fear of disturbing other patrons. Other than that, we had brought her everywhere we go. Shopping, meals, friend's gatherings. Oh... the other things we had not tried was travelling. The hub was not for the idea of bringing the gal on the ferry even to Batam/Bintan, much less the plane. I was also deterred by the logistics needed as I'm still breastfeeding. Sigh, I so so so miss travelling! The last trip was more than a year back, before we got pregnant...
And I've been taking half days to hangout with friends, going for high teas, mahjong, shopping, manicure sessions. Only difference is, I try to rush back home by dinner time to fetch my little gal.
For our anniversary in May, we dropped off the gal at my mum's and revisited My Humble House for lunch. The food was oh-so-good!!!! It brought back beautiful memories, and we never ever regretted our wedding lunch choice. After lunch, we chiong 2 movies after much deprivation. Hehehe!
Such a difference in my choice of celebration compared to a year back, where i would definitely be out of Sg. Life throws you a curveball when you least expect it, even though it was something we were working towards. But nothing can prepare you for parenthood. You just gotta go with the flow. Our life had completely been turned upside down.. but then you realise, it's not all that bad :)
The arrangement since I started work had been to leave Alexis at my mum's place. The hub had changed job to somewhere in the far west, having to leave home much earlier than I had to. My parents had been really helpful in picking up the gal n I, sending me to work which is just round the corner from home. After work, we congregate at my mum's place for dinner, before hurrying home for family time.
After spending 4 months 24/7 with the baby gal, there were some withdrawal symptoms. On some days, when the gal does not wake till it's time for me to leave for work, and when we bring her back home to feed her and she drifts off straight to sleep, it felt like the day was wasted having not spent much waking hour with her. She is so fun to be with now, has a character of her own, an independent little kpo gal who's curious about all her surroundings. She loves watching people talk, she's not afraid of strangers or new stuff. Loves cooing at her toys, playing with the towel/ muslin cloth. I'm very proud of her ability to fall asleep by herself. During the day, she could sleep on her playgym mat. At night we just have to put her in her cot and leave the room. She doesn't need patting or carrying to fall asleep. Even when we had a house party, she was able sleep in her portable carseat, witgh all the noise, mahjong, tv and all!
Life's not just ALL about her. Almost every month, the in-laws had been visiting, and that's our cue to spend some couple time at the movies/ theatres. The movies is one place we could not bring the gal to, for fear of disturbing other patrons. Other than that, we had brought her everywhere we go. Shopping, meals, friend's gatherings. Oh... the other things we had not tried was travelling. The hub was not for the idea of bringing the gal on the ferry even to Batam/Bintan, much less the plane. I was also deterred by the logistics needed as I'm still breastfeeding. Sigh, I so so so miss travelling! The last trip was more than a year back, before we got pregnant...
And I've been taking half days to hangout with friends, going for high teas, mahjong, shopping, manicure sessions. Only difference is, I try to rush back home by dinner time to fetch my little gal.
For our anniversary in May, we dropped off the gal at my mum's and revisited My Humble House for lunch. The food was oh-so-good!!!! It brought back beautiful memories, and we never ever regretted our wedding lunch choice. After lunch, we chiong 2 movies after much deprivation. Hehehe!
Such a difference in my choice of celebration compared to a year back, where i would definitely be out of Sg. Life throws you a curveball when you least expect it, even though it was something we were working towards. But nothing can prepare you for parenthood. You just gotta go with the flow. Our life had completely been turned upside down.. but then you realise, it's not all that bad :)
