Hi hi girls, long time no post! How's everyone?
At 18 months, my daughter's about 82cm, whilst my son is only about 78cm. Gosh! Hope he will eventually catch up and surpass his MeiMei in terms of height and weight. Shannen's about 9.8kg and Jayden's 9.5kg thereabouts tho' he eats almost anything and everything. Dunno what else I can do to bulk them up.
Ava, when the twins were in the tummy, the movements were still pretty vigorous up to the 36th week, but it was my daughter who was very active, cos my son was squashed into a side corner by her. Hence, it was a constant worry as I could only feel one twin moving then. But yes, there's increasingly a space crunch as the babies grow in your tummy, so movements are kinda restricted. Your twins are both girls? Identical? If I'm not wrong, you've a son now? How old is he? It's so delightful to have a pair of twins girls!
Mine's a Prince this time round but during my recent 3D scan at 29 weeks, we stil couldnt really make out his features, who he resembles. Hope that he will be more fleshed out on the screen during the growth scan at my 33rd week for us to have a good look!
Lyricist, where else did you recce for childcare? I was initially thinking of putting them at TalentPLus, this ptely-run playgroup )2hrs) which can be found in some CCs. But I'm now re-thinking my options cos with my #3 along the way (late Sep), I think it's better for my kiddos to enrol in hald-day childcare so that my maid and dad at least have the AM slot to devote their time to the baby. There'a nearby YMCA (or is it YWCA) childcare but I'm not sure if it's any good. ANyone has any exp with that? Was thinking of sitting through one of the sessions during my maternity leave to gauge. HOw about Twinkle Montessori (hope I got the sp right)? Anyone knows the charges and is it good? There are many others around my Katong area but I don't wish for them to even have to take a short bus ride, not to mention that the fees are exorbitant.
Fri was a hectic day on which I finally did the 'deed'. Yes, I finally sent my maid away! Hurray!!!! Was deliberating a long time and after I selected a replacement maid, in the span of 1 week, I got the agent to arrange for her airfare (was initially thinking of transferring her cos she stil has 4 months left b4 her 2-yr contract's up but her old agent didn't want such a problematic maid back and moreovor, I was afarid that before she gets herself a new employer while still in singapore, she may run away with her bf which will spell big trouble for us, since legally, she's still our responsibility) and work permit cancellation plus new maid's papers all done up. Surprisngly, on Fri morning, when the agent came to inform her (she was feeding my kiddos breakfast) to pack up, she was kinda calm and did as she was told w/o asking any questions (maybe her ex-employer also did that to her or maybe she saw it coming *shrug*). Before leaving, we gave her her full month's salary (tho it shd have been pro-rated), as well as an ang pow of 1 month's pay. And oh, I even gave her some packs of chocolates and candies bought from the States to give to her daughters back home. I mean, well, tho' she was such a disappointment, we'd felt bad curtailing her prospects here when she could have earned another 4 months' of pay before returning home. While my hubby was sending her off, as a gesture of goodwill, he passed her his HP no. saying that he could offer a testimonial to her next employer, and that she should just head back home to celebrate hari raya pusa with her family before returning to SG to work at the end of the year. But guess what?! She said, oh no, she's not keen to celebrate back in Jakarta, but is looking forward to coming back to SG in 2 weeks' time, which she already told her sis (huh? didn't know she had sufficient time to text her sis abt. her send-off). SHe said she will spend some time back here before heading off to HK or TWN where the $'s better!! Reckon that she can't wait to fly back here to meet her bf, more likely! Hmph! Now, I feel kinda silly being guilt-stricken for the past week and giving her the ang pow. Sounds petty of me, but I really think that she's very hard-hearted, not missing her daughters, but just wanting to have fun. What also shocked me was that as she left our place, she didn't even ask to hug the kids or cry when she said bye to them. And all along we were imagining the scenario of her tearing uncontrollably with the kids, esp. my boy, since she usually sayang him so much. Perhaps she was putting up an act all this while....Anywayz, my priority now is to get the new maid up to speed asap, and also think of a way to divert the calls from my home, cos the agent did warn us that a good proportion of the maids who are booted off unceremoniously, tend to call back to talk to the new maids....Sigh, what a saga!
