Shaldon YanJun Thae...

lil'shaldon no longer an 'alien'...
hahhaa...
got him registered at the national registration department opposite KDU college in town... quite fast their service... in time to pick up big cry baby from playschool... gone mad, crying about her easter egg...
we actually forgotten about it this morning... last minute, just b4 lil'princess is to go out of the door... machi boiled egg and glued some roses for the hair and the crafty things for face...
veria-honggo and new m itti on diaperasia...
contemplating dream-eze... between aio and fitted... one each? dunno la... broke nia...
bengkung lilit... rm 35 free shipping...
wanna try simple cloth to help with the bulging tummy... water retention... ankle swollen and the rings are tighten again... why???
the cervix feels as if it had 'dropped'... oppsss....

birthday party...

barbie princess b'day cake...
haircut...
dominos...
breastfeeding lil'shaldon... aunty jane suggested xhaldon... but x is a pig, where baby need a horse in the name ...
finally uploading pictures of the baby to facebook...

driving again ....

after so many months not behind the wheels - at least more than 9 months... it felt weird to be driving again today...
pmc and rosalind...
seen her this afternoon to finalize the post for public health... officially gonna start on the 1st april for half-time for 1 months period for adaptation and readjustment...
diaper snappi...
got 1 pair, only rm 7.50... pink and green snappi from the baby shop beside pizza hut in farlim on t way home... quite cute on the lampin... other cd will be needed for nights and outings then... wonder why grobaby cannot tahan and leaked... sigh, got so much high hope for grobaby... trytry again...
perineal pain/discomfort... wonder why there is a lump on the right labial region... the stitches had been dissolved already and not seen any gaping wound seen... wonder if its my imagination or the pussy smells odd... scary... frequent washing and hygiene...
so annoying... it was better a few days ago, now its back...
lil'sheldon sleeps...
he's slightly with stuffy nose lately... gotta sleep outside, might be the aircon that is causing the nose stuffiness...
st patrick's day...
lil'princess have a celebration today in conjunction of this irish holiday in playschool! 1st time mie ever heard a kindy in malaysia that celebrates it... hahahha....
delayed letdown reflex...
mie suspects the chocolate drink more than the dome... maybe both... hmmm...

headache...

mie am having a headache...
from lack of sleep overnight...
lil'sheldon was bright awake from 4-6am... just wanna be held, little milk intake... little cooperation at the breast too...
sigh...
had another choco drink cham with dome and on the the rocks... trying to get a deep slumber till next expression less than 2 hours later...
baby's on lampin today... no covers... soaked thru grobaby early last night... hmmm...
machi cooked pasta and mushroom soup... delicious...

mattel-dome on the rocks...

pengsan potion...
wheeee....
1/2 a birthday cake still sitting on the fridge... daddy brought from janis cakehouse... choco cheese, yummy... also booked barbie cake for lil'princess already...
lil'yanjun is still in his afternoon slumber...

sat...

time flies...
especially with strict 3 hourly milk espression and trying to breastfeed lil'tiger whenever he's awake...
baby can breastfeed well, but he's sleepy most of the time and those time he's really awake, he have no patience pula... today tried twice so far... once b4 his bath, shower funny face then cried for help...second time, after his bath with better success and longer staying period and suck on the right breast... but then, needed more stimulation from the artificial nipple soon after to get another 2 oz to fill him to bed...
what a challenge...
lumimi's bodysuit gonna burst and split... but mie can fit into it today compared to last week...can't even pass up the thunder thigh level...

friday already...

last day urut... till once a week every week till end of confinement...
pmc...
spoke to rosalind from hr regarding starting from the beginning of april and also to have halftime for the 1st month to readjust and adapt to pmc... will see her on monday to handover the offer letter and to arrange timetable with prof rashid...
good to have a permanent paycheck soon...
yanjun's english name.... hmmmm, dilemma.... not decided yet...
joyce and jane...
came over to lepak this afternoon... took lil'princess over to bw...

vit k injection...

lil'tiger's chinese name is yan jun...
english name.... hmmm, harder to decide...
3.2kg at dr hwang's clinic weighing today... vit k injection was given as the baby's cord seemed to be slightlu oozy with blood... due to breastmilk... cry la lil'yanjun...

urut re-start....

had shima urut at 10am today...
feels great...
deep sleep after lunch today... relaxed from the massage in the morning till quite engorged with milk... had to wake up to pump... lil'tiger is taking in more milk... had to take him in the room last night as the living romm is just too warm... daddy was the happiest to be back in the air0con bedroom...

chills...

infected perineal wound... sad...
pain...
sweating and chills in the air-con room... had to start on augmentin bd and pcm tds... only to see karen on thursday together with baby to see hwang... feel a little bit better after the medications... how did i not take better care ler!!!
sigh...
autumz's milk storage bag...
the zip lock seemed dodgy... wonder if it will spill, but the bottom can be opened and support standing up in the fridge... just have to make sure its upright... try... 2 packs rm 51.10... 100 pieces, sturdy and harder plastic than the avent's liners...
machi mistakenly went to gladys' house instead of angie's at century park... oppss...
no urut today as feeling unwell this morning...
poor daddy... so busy layan all of us... poor thing...
so hot the weather...
aunty jane came up to see baby again...

urut day 3...

sick urut lady...
fever pula...mie must be very toxic to make her sick after 2 days of urut...
hmmmm...
grobaby giveaway on the cloth whisperer... the things is i've got grobaby shells ready for the lil'tiger, but yet to have the soakers prepped for wearing... he was only 3.02kg ie 6pounds10 when born... all the cloth diapers looks so huge on him... mil had resorted to muslin squares from pureen before lil'tiger was admitted for jaundice, in order to monitor his urine output...impossible to do with dispo... so had used grobaby as a outer shell over those muslin...
reckon its a good start to cd-ing...
autumz's milk storage bag - 50 pieces at rm26+ from angie's shop... gonna try to get it tomorrow as she is now on vacation... running out of storage containers now... had lil'rpincess taking more than 20oz/day t help clear up the stock on the fridge...as the lil'tiger is still a small eater... wanna more ikea's glass bottles - raftan, but no one is going there today.help to get and post it to mie... avent's via cups are just too expansive... hmmm...
wonder if cheche will put on weight with all the breastmilk???
she had demanded to suckle at the breast as well like her brother... did let her do so with machi looking on... she was saying how fortunate lil'princess is to be able to get so much breastmilk and still do so now her brother is out...
lil'girl been having loose stool since taking mummy's breastmilk... de-tox...
we're getting better at breastfeeding now...
less painful on the lactch-on too...
lil'tiger tend to mess his cheeks with milk and also leaks onto the bed... so had to have a hanky on the surface... at least he was fast asleep after this 4 pm feeding session and no need top-up of bm by the bottle...lets see how long he'll last with the milk he took from the breast...

urut/tungku day 2...

pain over lower limbs...
too much walking during pregnancy?
got the bengkung too... not too tight, but itchy from all this sweating... sigh...
how long to be all wrapped up like this?
lil'tiger's asleep... again...
he had got the community nurse visited him this morning... weighed at 3.4kg, but at dr hwang's he's only 3.1kg... slow increase, but at least increase... good...
machi and bapak too him to island, leaving lil'princess at home with mie...
now machi's out to mr goh's place for lil'tiger's readings...
mie am aching all over from the massage... find it hard to fall asleep as feeling stiff and the pain over the limbs...shima reckon its from the big preggy belly as well as much walking about during pregnancy...
graveyard shift babysitter...
daddy had become nightshift babysitter... he had to sleep on the sofabed with baby crib in the living room, as lil'tiger was complaining of the cold air-con room few days ago... daddy slept thru the night instead!!!
lil'tiger was fed by aunty jane, machi fed him in her room, mie fed in after expression at 5am, then yaya fed him at 7am plus after he started crying... hmmmm...

urut/tungku day 1...

lil'tiger was sleepy thru the night... worry... again...
had daddy buy the 'batang kunyit/oui kee' from the chinese medical store for lil'tiger to bath in order to reduce his jaundice level further... lucky after his bath, seemed way more alert for longer period already... whew...
shima is a distant cousin of ana... 3 days total for urut/7 days if affordable...
adviced to cover up legs with long pants/sarong and long sleeved tops to reduce body 'wind'...
feel so nice after the session...
ahhhh....
pain at certain parts of the body with stiffness...
jane and joyce came... jane staying over for weekend as have work in bayan lepas this weekend...
they are now out to macd with lil'princess...
lil'tiger had stayed awake for couple of hours to play with aunty jane... very good that he is no longer as sleepy as b4...
mothercare's nursing bra is heaven-send for its support... will wanna get another pair - hopefully ina smaller size after full moon later this month...
avent's nursing pad did not go out of shape...whew...
76kg by home scale...
milk expression 3 hours... will have baby nurse whenever possible, then top-up when he falls asleep...

lil'tiger's home...

sb level at 118 this morning... home now but sleepy still...

day 2 phototherapy...

did not manage to see lil'tiger in the afternoon visit... just fed/slept and under the photo... will try to see him later this evening again...
told more alert now...
told his intake is 3-4oz by spoon feed... good news...
feeling really tired now...
fm nursing pads had all gone disfigured after one washing... the cotton surface stick to the nipples... ouch ouch...
drop by gurney to purchase avent's nursing pad to try...
fos... 2 newborn rompers for lil'tiger and 2 banana republic white spaghetti for mie...
milk production going on schedule... now onto mature milk with 2-3 hourly expression... nipples junctions are sore from the pump also saw a lesion each on nipple damage from shallow latch... likely from engorged areolar complex region when tiger was trying to feed earlier b4 admitted...

day 5 post partum!!!....and lil'tiger's admitted for NNJ....

lil'tiger was born on 26th march 2010 at 12.25pm in island hospital!!!
been busy with him... milking milking milking.... every 2-3 hrs...
sleepy baby...
not much interest in milk/play that much compared to lil'princess...
seemed so small and fragile...
jaundices... wonder how bad?
put baby into the new black and yellow indian sari ring sling on the way to island... lots of stare and compliments for the comfy looking baby inside...
island hospital for sb now... sb level 298!!!
admit for the next 48 hours for phototherapy...
poor thing... sad...
did not room-in/lodger in the nursery ward...will cost rm150/night for twin sharing...
decided on traveling a few times/day to breastfeed him there and bring along ebm...
triple phototherapy...
going over later with daddy to see him again...
sigh... sigh... sigh...
so much for 'confinement'...
hahaa... out to island by 10.30am... admitted... pumped bm in nursery using medela hosp-grade pump... great... picked up lil'princess... gone home to pick up remainding ebm... went back to island's nursing room... went for porridge in town... looked to coleman's... stop at giant... stop at pancake's shop...
new coleman's insulated box... rm 50 from chinatown's fishing shop... the one ordered from rita is still sitting in kl - her staff forgot! sending only today...nanee... sigh...
major breastmilk leaking at 2pm and 5pm - shortly b4 arriving at doorsteps... drenched the nursing pad and the dress twice badly...lucky the dress is not plain!
love the mothercare's nursing bra... worth the money, good support and coverage over engorged breast... thinking getting another pair in beige/black... maybe ina smaller size too... must wait for 3 months for sizing again...
lots washing machi did...
had machi put him on traditional lampin... covered with the covers i have in stash, so far only used the 2 grobaby's, 1 red mmk - quite nice...
too bad ...he's in hospital now... missing him already!

CNY D12...

machi and bapak happening lar...
got back only at 7am this morning from i-linkage 'haram' business in safira...hhahaaa.... gamble, drink and be merry... once a year with the big boss... tonight is ipoh cny open house pula, machi gonna take lil'princess along to socialize... she pengsan even b4 reaching the bridge's toll yesterday evening daddy said.... so tired entertaining all the uncles and aunties at the office ya...
feels as if lil'tiger has descended lower still into the pelvic rim today... tummy seemed lowered and backache slightly more... lots of tightening over last night, but after poopoo its better now... battle for space in there now... 6 more days to go till 3rd...
chinese horoscope allies and secret friends...
for horse : allies are the dog and tiger... secret friend : sheep
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maybank transactions came in... aunty eyeeye's cimb transaction no.1 ...

CNY D11...

unable to sleep the whole night... itch everywhere...
maybe bedbug or the red wine mie had just b4 sleeping?
i'linkage cny dinner...
machi gonna go over early this evening with lil'girl... daddy also might attend depending on mie's condition...
mie need rest again after 2 days to qb mall in a row...
started wearing nursing bra today... machi mention mie breast gonna touch the floor d... huhuhu... have total of 5 pieces for now... should be able to last a few months... did feel breast got heavier and 'shelf' at the top edges like being full with milk already... body getting ready for the baby now...
can start packing the hospital bag/luggage... sterilize the new avent pump and the cd inserts to be prep... grobaby had arrived, maybe friday evening only can be collected from angie as tonight and tomorrow night, machi'll be buzy with linkage meeting and dinner...
the drape cardigan arrived by skynet... looked just like the one mie tried in forever 21, but lighter cooler material... buzz ivy for colours - available in purple, black, grey,blue... itchy for another piece... wonder if machi and mum like one?
erm.... daddy not keen on getting carseat yet... wanna get bigger shoes for lil'princess... sigh, i reckon both are just so very important...
mother and joyce dropped by after their tarot card readings in queensbay mall... bising two of them... baby girl and machi also already preparing to go out to dinner in butterworth when they arrived... so home alone... lazy to pack the hospital bag still...

CNY D10... gold rush...

so fast cny is on the 10th day already...
one more weeks lil'tiger will get 'gu-jam' from yaya and machi liao lor... hahhaa...
love the lil'tiger pendant... but feels that the shorter gold chain that mie selected is rather thick... hmmmm... dunno when to collect the leopard pula...
today's prayers is for 'teh chu kong'...
lil'princess will be going back to playschool today... bright awake upon reaching home... very chatty... teacher jenny was telling machi that teacher chris told her that lil'princess is rather cheeky once one get to know her better... hmmm...
might give trudy a call today... prof amir just got back from holiday as busy as a bee...
everyone having an afternoon nap now...
going over to pmc - see may loong, postlaju pickup from lebuh victoria, mothercare to try out their nursing bra then poh kong for the leopard... machi have an eye for the other tiger? hahhaaa.... i just love the chubby lil'tiger...
now the forum was talking about gbw and kiwipie for night nappy... pening and broke...
waiting for princess to be awaken from her slumber... took her up to meet may loong in her office on the top floor... itti chocolate et all is so very cute, so fluffy... even lil'princess like to touch them...
gurney plaza...
some selection of nursing bra in mothercare is on 40% off, but mostly is the support bra... feels good though a bit big cup... got the 40b only...the 38c kinda uncomfortable with the chest strip... i know mie will loose weight and the 40b will be loose, maybe by then can get the tailor to sew the back up a little to make the band shorter... wait and see... purchase the 2 pack, original price rm195 for black and white... only paid rm 113 for both... ok la, make me happy...
postlaju from fabulous mum came and missed mie at lunchtime, should be in the shower that time... so had to drive to lebuh victoria to pick up the parcel... very happy again with the rm 15 bra... can fit and the nursing tank in pink, nice lycra material... might be big very soon as can still pull over mie tummy area for l size... maybe later order m size to wear at home with nursing pads...
queensbay poh kong...
trade-in a few gold pieces that was given as wedding present and girl's birth...also worth rm1k, but the took 20% commission so left rm 800+... cover for the leopard and also got a better 'c' pendant for cassandra... top up another rm 93 only... happy...

CNY D9...

everyone still 'artok' at 10am today...
very late night after the prayers in 126... yaya and daddy still watching broken arrow on dvd at 4am... think daddy did not come to bed till daybreak...
36 weeks today...
itti nz arrived... may loong have the cd as prof is back to work now...
not heard from trudy yet...
daddy still 'artok' at 2.20pm... and lil'princess is bright awake... wanna make a trip to queensbay for baby stuff shopping...
baby finally slept at 3 plus...
queensbay mall...
scarlet maternity bra is in a mess... still got 2 pieces to have in hand till can get something else better... make do, wear and chuck... sigh, so poor selection and designs... no support what-so-ever... sigh sigh sigh... got some baby stuffs from mum's care... pillow and bolster, socks and hooded bath towel... might change the sock as had gotten the girl design ones... looks like it, mary jane shoe tip... all depends on how's lil'tiger's condition this week...
yaya joined us from butterworth for early meal... sat in dave's deli... had beef lasagna and takeover taiwan bull hot bowl for yaya...
walk over to guardian for sanitary towels... i cannot remember if need the maternity looped ones or not... got 2 packs of laurier's safeguard series for day and heavy flow... blur in this after sometime of absence... hahhaaa... scratch head...
forever 21...
no... not shopping the usual dose... looking for drape cardigan... they have one in black, long sleeved... very nice material, but rm 99 and rather short in the back.... got a rm 5 feather hairband for 'barbie girl' lil'princess... nice...
poh kong...
the bracelet from ku kong was taken there for repair, but cannot repair... so, exchanged for a tiger pendant... machi and mie spend like 2 hours there after yaya had gone back... mr ang there can layan us so long... had a love-at-1st-sight at the lil chubby tiger pendant with a pot of gold... rm 500+... the bracelet trade in for rm 690 also le, not bad a price as gold value increased... had another larger leopard pendant on-hold as have some balance... nice and elegant piece, something looked like the cartier's leopard... gonna have other gold gift pieces trade-in for that... another rm 700 plus... happy...
coleman's insulater bag from rita rm 64... pain online to her...
waiting for ivy's reply on the long black drape cardigan... rm 44 inc postage...