Today - 3 months 1 week 3 days
Oli woke up 630am crying for milk and hubby fed her and changed her diaper before getting ready for his first day of work. Oli slept almost right away. I followed the same. Both of us woke up at 11am and I was past due my express and Oli was still in daze state. Just when I started to pump she was wide awake and cried! Haven had this feeling for the longest time. Since hubby was around to help 5 weeks ago, he would be warming the milk and feed her asap.

By the time I fed her, it was already 1145 and I bathe her an hour later. So late! I then had my first meal of the day at 1pm was dead famished. I then put Oli to sleep and she slept for less than an hour and woke up crying. Slept for a while again and woke up crying again. Fed her and she can't finish her milk. She slept for 90 mins and I placed her in her bouncer. While she was sleeping, I managed to sent my photos for printing via Pixa app. When she was self entertaining herself at her bjorn bouncer, I was packing the hands me down and sent most of them for washing and those smaller sizes were packed for Gwen. That sums up to be 3 items done from my to-do list! All done in the baby's room and I can't imagine I coop myself in the room with baby for 5 hours today.

Since the haze is getting worse and the fact that I'll be heading back work soon, I decided I should stay indoor most of the time and hopefully by end wk, most to-do list should have been I-off. Next wk should be running errands outside if the haze is gone.




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Yesterday - 3 months 1 week 2 days

We sent 2nd batch of 23 packets of frozen milk to my bro in law's freezer for storage yesterday. I think we should be able to send another 2 more batches if the current supply continues. I believe it should because we are currently clearing April stocks. Still, as of today feeling skeptical of the freshness and we are still mixing the frozen supplies with freshly expressed milk. Also, one of the feeds we are giving total fresh for Olivia. Therefore, the stocks are moving slow also. We are still stuck with 10 April supplies.

For lunch (we are not celebrating Father's Day) we called many restaurants and all are fully booked. Hence we decided to try out the nearest dim sum place as walk in and we got a place at St Regis's Yan Ting. I liked the cushioned seats they assigned us to. I can place Olivia beside me :)

We came home right after lunch and it was almost 4! I expressed my milk while both Oli and daddy take their nap.

We had such a full lunch and we started late at 230 that even hubby couldn't take dinner. Since my mum prepared lots, hubby ate a little but I could tell he was having a hard time swallowing the food. Myself, I wasn't that bad since most of it had gone to my output - breastmilk.

We spent a few hours to feed Olivia at my mum's place last night. That bottle of milk was left with 60ml and we had to throw it away. Also, left another 70ml of thawed milk with my mum and since it has to be used within a day, we threw it away. She was fussing around and I latched her for her final feed and still couldn't sleep. It was almost 930 when we left. When we came home she was fussing again. Then we realized she wanted her cot mobile friends and we left her at her cot bed. Mood changed completely and she slept on her own after playing for 30mins.

My sis took pics of her while she was in good mood.







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Yesterday - 3 months 1 week 1 day

We had Oli's hair shaved as she has been balding. Hopefully this shaving is for better hair ahead.

Frankly speaking, we have always not been in the favor of having her as botak because she's a gal. We are also not sure if its true that shaving is for better hair ahead too. I guess it was the constant pressure from my parents also. However, largely due to the fact her hair has been dropping significantly these days.

Hubby said he cried a little when she saw her bald and me too la, kind of upset that she has no hair.

Before haircut







Botak gal:







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Yesterday - 3 months 1 week

Heartache was the word best describe yesterday. Oli followed me to meet my friends at night and because she didn't nap the whole afternoon, she was so grumpy that she cried the mall down. She refused my breast as well, therefore when she had the next feed, it had stretched 5 hours. A crying baby indeed breaks my heart, especially when Oli seldom cry these days, so if she does, I can sense the gan chiong spider in me. We guess Oli is now big enough to recognize her bed and no longer wants to sleep in her car seat anymore. This is what we want, isn't it?

While I was out, hubby I-off one of the items in my to-do list by updating my long abandoned iPad's iOS. One item out! Thanks so much.

Yesterday also saw us throwing a good amount of frozen milk and fresh milk as well since they have been mixed together. Sigh, really heartache to see milk down the drain. Plus my milk supply have not been increasing as well.

Hubby did lots of research and stayed up till almost 2am. Breastfeeding is a science, lots of theories to learn as part of parenting. Why? Because we want our babies to have the best nutrients they can.

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Yesterday - 3 months 6 days

We went Robinsons to stock up baby supplies with the sale going on and have our car washed as well! Hubby counting down his days back work. I guess without hubby, I would not have bothered to stock up supplies at their cheapest price and probably the car will be left dirty as well.

Last night was spent coaxing Oli to sleep. These days were tougher, not sure why. She takes a long time to fall asleep, if not she will wake up in less than an hour.

With my supply dropping which I don't know where went wrong, I do not even dare to sleep before my next 1am session. Hence, trying to keep myself awake with things to do. So I drew up a to-do list for the coming 2 weeks before heading back to work.

This is what I came up with:

Clear study table
Clear toy cabinet top
Clear unused toys
Clear baby's room side table

Read CPA magazines
Read office emails
Read ICPAS letter

Update iPad iOS

Purchase stuck on labels for Oli

Reorganize Oli's wardrobe

Pack hands me down from friends
Pack hands me down for Gwen

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Yesterday - 3 months 5 days

Guess Oli is going through growth spurt? Very sudden from a day where she was feeding on only 120ml at 3.5 hours and at times she stretched beyond that to asking for milk at every 3 hours or less. Also waking up earlier for first feed of the day as well, making us very tired.

Hubby is soon going back to work and I will be doing all these by myself. When hubby was around for the past 5 weeks he was doing 95% of the bottle feeds and now I wonder if Oli will accept me or not. Hubby will go through the first separation anxiety next Monday when he goes back to work since he has been very hands on with taking care of Oli and he will definitely miss her for sure.

He will also miss the times where we were usually out in the afternoon for coffee and snacks. I think going out helps especially when Oli loves to explores outdoor while we always make use of the time to do some reading.

We went home just in time for her next feeding and she gave us a mega poo job which leaked from her diapers!

We explored Toby's estate yesterday.






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Today - 3 months 4 days

Afternoon nap - Oli usually needs much coaxing, patting and rocking when comes to it. It can take very long and usually by then time she managed to sleep she is only 30 to 40 mins away from her next feeding. As a result her feeding time got stretched.

Today, no exception and in fact it's worse because she didn't sleep at all. When it was her feeding time, we fed her the frozen supplies. She rejected and we replaced with fresh supply which was expressed earlier. She rejected again and showed signs of exhaustion. We then put her to sleep and when she woke up 30 mins later, I latched her and she went back to sleep. So this was the mess and upset her routine.

We left home for dinner at 7 plus, which was originally planned at 5 plus 6. We tried to feed her at the restaurant and she took very long to drink her milk and it was only 20ml. Finally at 10 plus she was hungry and demanded for milk but only 90ml. Sigh, meaning she drank little today.

As for the frozen milk, I will try again tmr and if she doesn't like it, I guess I have to throw the April supplies. Omg, so sad..

My sis came by in the noon to pass my rice dumplings and she took a pic of Olivia:




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Yesterday - 3 months 3 days

These days when Oli wakes early for first feed its pretty impossible to start the day by bathing her after her feed coz its only 6plus am. So we all went back to sleep and I will set my alarm to the next express session. Yesterday, I slept till 11plus and baby was already waiting for me to bathe her. Hubby was playing with her using the props we brought back from Jay Chou's concert.

We didn't plan for anything so we decided to nua at home. However, again, hubby made an impromptu suggestion to The Star Vista to have this Taiwanese dessert so as to beat weekend crowd. Also, the shop is very s to fit a pram when its crowded.




I would say its delicious on its own but still pretty much pale in comparison to the one we had in Taipei.

We also made another errand to get the laundry basket from Howard Storage. Like finally.. I have considered this for almost 6 months! Aiya, expensive mah!

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Yesterday - 3 months 2 days

We had plan to nua at home for the day before leaving home for family dinner. However, we ended up hanging out at Greenwood having super late lunch at 2 plus (315 to be exact when food was served on our table) and coffee & mag reading @ Baker & cook. By the time we finish hanging out its already 430pm. 5pm feeding & express and I totally knocked out during express and the pump machine disconnected on me. We then rushed out 6plus for dinner.

Oli gave a total 3 poo jobs for us to clear yesterday. One of which her stools were olive green in color. Old people referred this as baby had a shock! Haha. Scientifically, it meant too much foremilk during let down which is pretty laxative.

Last night my mum again trying to tell me her theory of night feed. Her view was to feed when baby wakes up and cries for milk while we prefer to give last feed around 11 plus and let her sleep through the night. I don't deny my mum is right but me as a working mum would prefer baby to sleep through with last feed at a timing that we have yet to sleep. The feeding pattern that hb and me have set have been pretty comfortable so far and I do not want Oli to be confused with when the caregiver is different. That's one of the downside when you have help from own mums or in-laws and you can't demand YOUR way only.



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