wtan,
Don't think i will ask for further no pay leave after giving birth. That will be pushing my luck too far, not fair for those who has been covering my work so far. My work has been redistributed away so when i go back to work, i'll be taking on different things.
coral,
wah, true blue chef! next time must get ideas from you.
As for the whitish thing, i got it during the later stage of the pregnancy. i think it's the colostrum that has dried up.
aspialle,
i look after him myself in the 1st 6 mths. As for marketing, we do it on weekends or if i really need anything, i will ask hubby to buy on his way back. i don't cook dinner cos we tingkat. For lunch, i either batch-cook pasta sauce over the weekend or cook some stew or soup early in the morning. Not easy but if our mothers can do it the last time, we can also
i got a maid now and will be shifting closer to my parents and sis so that i can have some help when i go back to work.
Cars are cheap now but as jenny has pointed out, maintenance is a killer. but i can't live without a car. in fact we have been thinking of getting a 2nd car when i go back to work cos hb and i work far away from each other. but figured it'll still be cheaper if i take cab after factoring in petrol, road tax, erp and parking.
crystallized,
Actually i bo-chup the 1st mth celebration. Too much of a hassle to have a big do. My mum thinks the same way as me and my MIL after so many years know our pattern liao so she didn't insist although hubby is the only boy in the family. In the end, we just let her have a celebration for her relatives (which is not a lot). She cook and prepare the stuff and we show face at the time that she tells us and we stayed for about an hour plus. After that say bb tired, must go back and sleep liao. Hubby just pay her for the expenses incurred. Easy peasy
For the rest, we gave out cake vouchers.
We made up to close family members a few months later when my son was baptised. Had dinner for a few tables at a restaurant. Again, not much of a hassle