~*angie's lil reverie*~

Last day of 2017

It's the last day of 2017. 2017 seems to pass by extremely fast this year. Especially when I started to be on long leave since October. And this reminds me that my maternity leave is also going to end soon.

2017 has been a special year for Jianhui and me from the moment we found out that I was pregnant. It's must be the best thing that has happened this year. I'm glad that we made it to Guan and Luxembourg before I was too big to travel to anywhere. It was a great trip despite my morning sickness. For this year, we have been going for gynae visits and shopping for baby stuff. We were definitely excited for the arrival of Lexuan after 39 weeks of "marathon" with her.

Since she was born, we have been busy feeding her, burping her, washing milk bottles, changing diapers, washing her clothes, singing random songs to her to make her sleep and the list goes on. And yes, not to forget about cleaning up the mess whenever she vomits milk. She did it a couple of times when we were outside. Maybe we should also bring spare clothes for ourselves. Haha. Waking up a couple of times in the middle of the night is common for her feeding session or just because she is fidgeting on her bed. I guess both Jianhui and I have not been sleeping well since she came to this world. I almost forgot how is it like to sleep through the night till morning. But then again, I didn't sleep well when I was pregnant too.

For 2018, it is definitely going to be a challenging year ahead with me going back to work. We have no idea how things will turn out to be, but I believe we will make it work. Also, we are looking forward to travel with Lexuan. It's not going to be easy to travel with a baby, but I am sure we can do it together!

Cheers to a fabulous 2018!

Happy New Year!

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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Everything goes haywire from week 6 onwards...

The only easy day was yesterday. This phrase is very common in army and somehow, I feel that it is very appropriate to me right now as a mummy. Haha. I'm so glad to survive each day.

From week 6 onwards, Lexuan started to vomit milk more often than often. Every feeding becomes a gamble as in whether she will vomit a not. ''>_< She vomited once at Bukit Timah Food Centre while we were having breakfast. All of us were so dirty with vomit. It was very messy. Luckily, there is a changing station at the newly renovated toilet so I could still help her to change into clean clothes. I think we should start bringing clothes for Jianhui and me too. Haha. By the way, it's strange that most toilets have changing station in the female toilet only. Stereotype? How about those daddies that need to help their kids to change diapers when mummy is not around?

We notice that she gets very cranky whenever she doesn't get enough sleep. And when she does not have enough sleep, it's hell for us. She will cry like there's no tomorrow and when we try to feed her, she will have high tendency to vomit. Also, she will keep fidgeting until we cannot help her to burp. End result = Vomit. No wonder they say once your have a baby, you will have a lot of laundry to do. It's true. I am forever washing clothes. haha.

Jianhui has been on leave for quite a number of days in December so I feel more "relaxed" with him around. At least I have time to do housework, rest or other things. We could also still go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner. When January comes, it's will be me and Lexuan. I hope we can survive (or rather I can survive). Haha.

Oh ya, we went for the final review with Dr Lim May Ling. I'm officially discharged with my stitches all healed. =p Time to start exercising and lose weight!

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

First run

Since I got pregnant this year, I have stopped running. Today I decided to go for my first run after resting for about 45 weeks.

I started slow and only ran 1.8km today. However, 1.8km feels like 18km to me. It took me 13 minutes and 51 seconds to run 1.8km, an average pace of 7.42 minute/km. I used to be able to do 6 minutes+ per km for the same route. Super unfit and shag. And it doesn't help that my sports bra doesn't seem to support my boobs. Hmm... Maybe it's time to get new supportive sports bra.

Whatever it is, I am glad to step out of my comfort zone and went for my first run!

*Special thanks to Jianhui for taking care of Lexuan so that I can go for my run. =p

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Monday, December 18, 2017

Yeah! We survived for a week without confinement lady!

It's really tiring, physically and mentally with the feeding session every 3 hours and my pumping session every 5 hours. On top of this, there's laundry to be done and bottles to be washed. Endless of household chores to do. Luckily, I have Jianhui who has been helping me a lot. Thanks goodness he is clearing leave in December so I have him to help me. My mum and sis also came to my house to help me with housework and lunch.

So, I am still alive. Though I must say it's really tiring. Anyway, I believe things will get better! Jia You!

It was an eventful weekend as we brought Lexuan to many places! For Saturday, we brought her to ECP's McD's for breakfast. Adventurous right? And to end off her first trip to ECP, she also poo just when we were about to go home. ''>_< So, we changed her diapers at Coffee Bean before taking cab home. For dinner, we went to Bukit Plaza's Jack's Place for dinner! After so long, I finally got to eat my favourite steak! It's so yummy!

On Sunday, it was our longest day trip as we went to Teck Whye and from Teck Whye, we went to Plaza Singapura. I was supposed to pump milk for her to drink at Teck Whye. But you know what? Smart me forgot to bring the pumping equipment. In the end, I has to manually pump my milk out. I managed to get 110ml just enough for her. Haha. We took public transport to Plaza Sing. And after this trip, I realized it's so troublesome to take lift in MRT. There's only one lift for the whole station, so most of the time, it's so full that you cannot squeeze in. If we were to take escalator, it would be so much easier. Whatever it is, I'm glad that we made it to town by public transport. By the end of the day, I was so tired that we decided to take cab home.

Lexuan went for her 2nd dosage of Hep B injection at CCK Polyclinic today. She cried a bit after the injection and then she fell asleep. Haha. She must be thinking that she had an injection in her dreams. She's such a brave girl.

Looking forward to more adventures with Lexuan! hehe

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Angeline winks
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Getting back to fitness

Now that my confinement is over, it’s time to face the reality.

I am still fat and look at least 5 months pregnant. Even my daddy says that I am fat. Ah!

I really miss running. But, I know that I have to be realistic as well. I have not been exercising for 10 months, so I definitely got to build up my stamina slowly. Especially now that my boobs are much bigger, it’s not easy to run with the resistance. Haha. Anyway, I will start with slow walk, followed by slow jog. In fact, I have just started my 28 Days Abs challenge (x number of Sit ups, crunches, leg raises and plank per day). I did this Abs challenge before and it was so easy to me back then. Now it just seems so difficult even for day 1. Sigh.

Anyway, I received a surprise email today! My application for Chicago Marathon was successful! I guess this Is a sign that I need to start running and get fit again! This is definitely not a marathon to miss and I hope that I can show Lexuan that mummy Yong can do it. Angie, Jia You!

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Angeline winks
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Happy 1 month birthday to Lexuan!

Yeah! We have survived for a month! Haha. This also means that it's the end of my confinement. (Yeah! I can finally BATHE with body wash and my nice smelling shampoo!) Our confinement lady left about 11am+ on Sunday. I am so going to miss her cooking and her helping us to take care of Lexuan during the night. Anyway, being a confinement lady is really not easy. Salute to all confinement ladies and I must say it's money well spent to get confinement lady, especially a good one. =p

For the first night without confinement lady, both Jianhui and I were so tired. We are just thankful when Lexuan finally feel asleep around 1am. The good thing was, she was so tired she didn't wake up in the middle of the night for milk. She only woke up about 5am and Jianhui helped to feed her. It's good to have such a supportive husband as Jianhui has been feeding Lexuan, helps to bathe her, change diapers and carry Lexuan. Most importantly, we survived the first night without confinement lady.

To celebrate Lexuan's 1 month birthday, Jianhui bought Strawberry Shortcake and 2 Ang Ku Kueh for Lexuan. =p We brought her to Hillion's McD's too. So far, she's pretty okay when we go out except that we constantly need to change her diapers and feed her since she gets hungry every 3 hours. And when we wanted to bring her to Paulaner, there is no lift due to power shutdown. I had to carry to her, walking down 15 floors down. Super shag for somebody who has not been exercising for so long.

We made it to Paulaner and I must say she has been a good girl. However, we didn't bring stroller so by the end of the day, both Jianhui and I are so tired from carrying her. I could feel muscles ache on my arms when we got home.

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Angeline winks
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Saturday, December 09, 2017

Last day to end of Confinement

Yeah! One more day to end of confinement!

Oh well, after 27 days of confinement, I have eaten a lot (really x2 of what I usually eat during pregnancy) of food and drank a lot of tonic soup. I am so going to miss home-cooked food so much. Everyday, I will have chicken essence with DOM. While most recent celebrity mummies (Jamie, Janet, Kewei, etc) would have lost weight after 1 month, my weight remains at 53kg+. Haha. I guess I really need to start exercising soon. I simply can't wait to start running. =p

I have been waking up in the middle of the night that I don't even need alarm clock. Somehow, I will just wake up to pump milk. Then I will go back to sleep. When I wake up, it's time to pump milk again. I feel like a cow, pumping milk all day long. So that's how a cow feel.

Lexuan is 4 weeks old today. She's getting heavier each day and she has outgrown her newborn clothes. As she vomited quite a lot lately, we nearly don't have new clean set of clothes for her to change today. Luckily, I have also washed some 3 months to 9 months old rompers for standby. Anyway, the sizing for baby's clothes is crap. It is so inconsistent that my girl can wear 9 months rompers when she is only 1 month old. No wonder they always say don't buy too many clothes for baby as they grow way too fast. But, the thing is, the sizing is not accurate in the first place. How can a romper for 3 months old is about the same size as a romper for 9 months? Seriously.

We also brought Lexuan to Kiddy Palace to try Ergo Omni 360 baby carrier to have a feel of the baby carrier. However, Lexuan is too small and her neck is too weak, so she is not too comfortable inside the baby carrier. It's okay. We will try again when she is much bigger. Maybe 1 month later? :)

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Angeline winks
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Wednesday, December 06, 2017

My first time

Mummy Yong bathed Lexuan for the first time today! Lexuan has been very supportive because she didn't cry though I was very clumsy. Haha.Whatever it is, at least, I did it. Haha. Though I know I seriously need to practise more to make it more shun. If not, Lexuan's happy shower time becomes a nightmare for her. =p

As we are approaching the 4th week, Lexuan nowadays doesn't sleep that well in the afternoon. I have to "battle" with her for very long in the afternoon before she falls asleep. At times, she doesn't even sleep and it's her feeding time. When this happens, it is shit, coz I have no time to rest and pump milk. Just like yesterday, I had to split my pumping session into 2 as she started to cry when I was halfway done. Times like this I really wish Jianhui is around to cover me. Haha. Papa should be given more paternity leave too for bonding and family time.

As for mummy, I am feeling much better but my weight seems to be the same. :( I guess it's hard to lose weight with all the good food that my confinement lady is cooking for me. And from next week onwards, I have to cook my own food. Maybe that's when I will really slim down because I cannot really cook or rather I have no time to cook with Lexuan around. In fact, I have so many things I wanna do but I am not sure if I can do it before my maternity leave ends.

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Angeline winks
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Saturday, December 02, 2017

Still surviving after 3 weeks

3rd week into confinement and I am surprised I am still alive and kicking. Haha.

The thing about confinement is, you really can go into depression as you cannot go out and you have no social life. Lucky we still got phone and social media nowadays, so I can still whatsapp my friends to stay alive. I can also check instagram or facebook for updates, if not I really feel like a mountain tortoise.

But then again, time seems to pass by very quickly with a baby around. She cries a lot, poo a lot and drinks a lot of milk (okay la, she drinks about 90ml only. But she drinks every 2-3 hours! So that's like 8 times in 24 hours?). I can so imagine I cannot even bathe when I am alone taking care of her. Haha. No wonder they say mummy has to bathe and shit very fast. I can so understand this now. And when she cries at night, I am quite sure my neighbours can hear her loud and clear. She's really loud.

This also means that Lexuan is 3 weeks old today! She has grown quite a lot as she is 4kg now. (By the way, mummy is still not losing any weight... Ah! I am about 53kg now. Still got to lose 8kg at least.) We brought her to Yakun for breakfast today. I would say she's quite a good girl. Just sleeping and not much fuss. We shall let her try her stroller for our next outing. Soon, we will need to get baby carrier which will make it easier for me to bring her out when I am alone.

I started to feed Lexuan myself. It may seems like an easy task, but it is not that easy also. Sometimes Lexuan will fall asleep while drinking so you got to keep talking to her to keep her awake. And it can be frustrating when she falls asleep and doesn't drink at all. Also, you need to tilt the bottle in a certain angle to ensure that there are not too many bubbles. And burping her is a skill which I have yet to master. Everything is a learning experience. Mummy Yong will Jia You!

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Angeline winks
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