My thoughts @ Jadelle's 5th week plus..

Jadelle is slowly establishing her own pattern n timing for feeding.. 12mn, 4am, 6am, 8am, 10am, 12 noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm.. and during the day, she can nap ~ 3-4 hrs in total..

i have been showing her black, white and red flash cards since 2 weeks onwards and she can really focus on things liaoz, so i start her on GD red dots program yesterday, since she starts to stay awake more in afternoons. she does enjoy it! so happy to see her interested expression and her strong focus on the cards.

Expressing breast milk: hmm.. that is a tough one lah.. i can't seem to fit in a regular expressing timing, since i prefer to latch her on.. and the IQ Uno electric pump don't work so well on me leh.. now, i own an iq uno and an iq duo and it both comes with manual pump function too. am getting ~60ml if my breasts are full like every 2-3 hrs.. if i feed her FM, she takes between 60ml - 90ml now.. so, i hope i can soon express enough to match her demand.

Have introduced the bottle to her, both Avent and Pigeon bottle teats.. NUK.. sigh.. forget it lah.. she gets nipple confusion from it. Now, slowly replacing her day feeds with bottle, while i still latch her on in the night until 8am and relatch her back on from 7pm onwards..

Taking things easy seems to work.. i no longer am concerned about how much i express if i get 20ml per session, so be it... supplement with FM at most.

I am also learning to put her down when she is awake and let her play by herself until she calls for me..instead of carrying her all the time.. no joke, when she is now 4.5kg and approaching the weight of a bag of rice!

I have been out a couple of times with her.. to vivio city, to city link/ raffles city/ orchard road/ polyclinic.. and only 1 time, have i been able to go out with her alone. NOT EASY! lots of stuff to carry, plus a wriggly baby who may cry! i can't bring out the stroller with her in it cos i scared she cries and asked to be carried and how to cope with the stroller?? keke..

7 weeks more to go back to work.. i must plan fast now..my career..

time is moving forward fast..

Wow, been a while since i last posted.. Jadelle's first month came and went with great success.. been a while since i met so many friends.. especially after being cooped up in the house with the baby..

So happy to finally dress up a little and stop feeling so "auntie".. My confinement lady finally left on monday.. and wow.. really missed her.. she also cried when going back home.. my tears can't help dropping lor..

Its been a week, me and baby @ home.. and its been a great bonding session.. yes, sometimes, feel so tired.. especially in the evenings when she fusses and cries non-stop. Still, i think i take her crying more then my PIL, my hubby.. haha..

Am so glad that i have help and company in morning from my mum's maid. Otherwise, i dunno how to go toilet etc when bb is awake! And thanks to my PIL also for coming over to help with baby when i need an extra pair of hands.. and thanks also to my dear lao gong.. who, though super tired from work, still will jump out of bed to help me with baby..

My birthday ah.. finally turned 28.. haha.. AK and I deposit baby with my PIL and went ot eat sakae sushi.. wow.. really miss the sashimi.. but, my appetite like dropped leh.. since the confinement..

Regarding breastfeeding and bottle feeding and formula feeding.. my milk isn't that fantastic.between 50-70ml now expressed out? I tried the avent isis, avent uno, and now the avent duo.. but quantity stays the same, though the time taken to pump is so much shorter for the dual pump. I really dunno how to input pumping sessions into my latching on.. plus, my girl is so fussy at the bottle, she insists on being latch on after a bottle feed, especially in the evening!

I do give my girl FM, but she never take more then 90ml at one time? and sometimes, only 60ml! but of cos, most of the time, i do latch her on for a while before i give her FM, cos i can feel that my breast isn't very soft and she cries after a while of being latched on, especially in evenings. I count myself lucky that though i bottle feed her, she still latches on well on my breast. now, i only hope i can increase my milk supply even more. Thinking of buying a avent duo and hope it will help me to stimulate my breasts to increase milk production..

Went out a couple of times with baby, in a sling, stroller and nursed her in public everytime, cos she fusses and insists on the breast especially in evening.. so far, ok lah. i dun care what others think leh.. since, my priority is to feed my girl! but i do have nursing tops lah.

I brought Jadelle for her hep. B jab myself and phew.. it is tough going out with her alone manz! I do wish i have enough milk to feed her outside without bottle feeding, cos, going out shopping will be much less barang barang.. btw, she weighs 4.17kg at the weigh in.. gained 1kg from her birth weight and more then 1 kg from her discharged weight.. am so glad.. even if my milk flow dropped later on, at least i BF her for 1 month..

realised that i am back to work next month end! ouch! hope i can get another job ASAP!

My weight? hm, still got to lose 2kg more.. can wear all my tops, but my bottoms.. sigh.. and my tummy.. SIGH...... my brand new bikini.. sob sob.. think i can't wear it for a while liaoz..