(2007/10) October 2007 MTB

morning mummies!!

hapi_fifi: jia you! hope u will hve a smooth delivery! update us on the arrival of keagan ok!!

cherie_bear: yup indeed time flies.. i dread the 1st 3mths the most, and now 2 mths have already passed and im still surviving the lack of sleep! heheh. think i will miss yr when i go back to work..
 


Hapi Fifi,
Jia You !!! Update us with picture
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morning all
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hapififi.. wow..u managed to bathe again..good good..can 香香美美 welcome keagan =D .. dun walk too fast ya... so ur hb can tk leave to accompany u le? good luck to ur waiting game =)

ecookie... thks.. tink aft few days of nebilising.. the thick phlegm did loosen up abit.. now at least can see coming out fm nose.. if not can oni hear the phlegm but nothing comes out..

hippo... enjoy ur leave w adri today =)

jovial.. hi hi .. u coming bk soon le.. ur hb, caelen & doggie must b v happi =)
 
hapififi,
jia you!!! all the best!!! wish u a v smooth delivery wi only a lil bit of pain! so excited for u! keagan will arrive healthy & strong!
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jovialz,
congrats!!! rest well at the moment ya..
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junnie,
glad to hear that lance is better now.. the haze so terrible huh? drink plenty of water too, think can loosen up/ dissolve the phlegm..
 
Junnie,
Hehe… sure.. I learn how to handle my maid from a gf of mine..

Jas,
That sounded ok lah, 2 times per year is not too much though of course we prefer no day off at all. yes, better to have a happy than sulky maid..

Hapififi,
All the best! Jia you! You did it!!

Chris,
Poor brig. He confirmed kena HFMD the 2nd time? But from what you told us, seems like this time round it’s not that bad. Guess he got some kind of immunity to HFMD.
 
Mummies,
I’m so zombified today.. hubby on reservist this week till next Wednesday and he didn’t come home yesterday and tonight not coming home also.. I hardly slept yesterday night.. Naia woke up for milk at 12 plus aria at 2 plus and naia again at 4plus and aria woke up at 6 asking milk again! And making hell lots of noise.. So angry.. quickly bring Naia out to sleep in living room.. Recently she’s really getting out of hand…V v demanding.. She was throwing tantrum and I scolded her and that’s it, she asked for daddy and demanded to call him. I said no and she cry and cry and cry. I ignore her and kept insisting NO. So, on and off she cried for 1 hour!!! BTH man…In the end I showed her you tube video of her favourite song “ I don’t know much but I know I love you” from my iPhone and she calmed down.. I really find it funny how engross she can be watching this MTV..haha.. it’s such an adult song but she really like it a lot! Even can sing a few sentences here and there..haha… Anyway, tonight another nightmare for me.. arrhh….

Really envy dodo with such a gwai ZQ ah!
 
aria,
poor thing.. u must be very sleepy and tired now! hope ur hubby back home from reservist soon! i dread when hubby need to go outstation, one-man show is no joke!
oh gal, u dun have to envy me.. zq is quite a bad temper boy at times.. same like aria, when he woke up at midnight, the 1st person he look for definately papa.. when he came to our bedroom and couldnt see his papa, he would cry v loudly and wake up YA! he keep saying 不要妈妈， 要爸爸， 妈妈回家吃饭 （which i think implies me to get lost), so hurting right? i used "soft" and “hard“ approach all no use.. so i gonna keep singing all his favourite songs with funny tunes & actions to calm him down..

hope aria will be guai guai tonight!
 
ecookie,
press on! now i got another set of prob, the boys like to snatch toys! i got 30+ different size/ texture/ colours ball balls in the basket but they wana snatch the same one and always end up shouting and screaming.. BTH..
who will take care of yr when u back to work?
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jovialz,
haa! dun wan! waste my money if buy the same toy.. :p
can make use of this opportunity to teach them to share and take turns.. so i taught them how to throw and roll THAT ball to each other, and my expression very kua zhang like they are playing in a soccer game.. only then they get excited instead of grouchy of THAT ball!

mummy of 2,
do u find that it's v challenging to achieve the total fairness treatment btw the 2 kids? esp when 1 of them still so young and may not understand our reasonings.. i usually ask them to take turns if they wan the same thing and start snatching, whoever got it 1st play 1st, then the other one got to wait.. but YA is too young to understand this so i always distract him wi other toys.. and when i did so, zq saw didi playing wi that toy he also wana play that, so another round of snatchin starts again.. im forever doing my role as mediator... so tiring!
 
dodo: i always see u as an inspiration! hahah i really think u are already handling the 2 boys very well! if its me, think i will scream n shout everyday! when i go back to work, the childcare arrangemt for yr also very funny like his gor gor last time one. but i changed abit here n there to my advantage..hehe.

MIL will come up 2 days instead of 3 days now, namely monday and friday. so NO NEED to stay overnight LOL. then inbetween tue-thurs, will tabao yr n let him stay overnight at my mum's place for 3D2N like wat we did for yz last time..
somemore i got 4w ML left, so will take mondays off every other week. so MIL only come up 1 day for these weeks.
hah im so scheming.

but needed to preserve my sanity lah.

aria_jo: hope aria will be guai guai today. can ur maid help to prepare milk for aria instead of urself?

aria_jo/dodo: yah very sad to hear when yz wants papa instead of me. normally, hb and i will take 1 kid each and try to settle them in different rms ard 9pm so both can sleep at same time and we'll have peace in the house. so at times, when im trying to make yz sleep, he will throw tantrums and say he wants papa and not me. very sad to hear that.
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though overall, yz still prefers me to hb ...
 
Dodo/ecookie,
I’m sort of relief to hear that at times ZQ also like aria. actually, aria look for me most of the time at night and when it’s her bed time. Not really a very good thing..Just that sometimes when I scolded her, she will want daddy because daddy never say no to her… she knows that daddy give in to her almost everything!!! But mummy is not so easy..hehe… Actually I really feel very bad now because I made her cried so much this morning..in between her crying episodes, she apologized to me (knowing that I was really angry with her) because she wanted me to sayang her back but the pattern repeat again when I softened.. then when I was preparing to go to work, she was telling my maid, baby (her favourite doll) very notti, dun want to sleep and cry a lot. My maid ask her whom the doll resembles and she said “like me lah”… haha…. How innocent right? Really hope tonight she will be guai guai man…

Ecookie, yeah I did asked my maid to warm the milk for Aria. She also didn’t have good sleep yesterday cos I was carrying Naia in out my room :p Actually really thank god I have a maid to rely on. Else, I really don’t know how to survive the night man..
 
ecookie,
i also scream and shout everyday! esp towards zq, sometimes i feel v bad that i think my patience towards him running low..:p
well planning! kudos to u! such arrangement is good i think, everyone get some break from taking care of the lil one, not that tiring.. and when u/ hubby need to go for holiday/ away from him for a few days, yr also familiarise wi both grandmas and u can fangxin to entrust the bb with them
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and same here, hubby and me settle them in different room for sleep at nights.. usually i will settle zq while hubby settle ya.. coz hubby drives zq to n fro sch everyday so they have some bondings, so he can bond wi ya when near bedtime.. zq prefers me to settle him to bed coz he wans me to read bedtime story and it's always the same book for half a year liao!!! daddy lousy at reading stories.. :p
but i duno why if he woke up in the middle of night, he definately look for his papa.. and push me away if i go over and attend to him..
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aria,
haa.. she knows she behaves like her doll :p
then maybe u can tell her "tell baby to be guai guai, cannot wake up at night and keep crying, mei mei will wake up because of this.. promise not to cry ok and just tell mama what u wan, no more crying.." sometimes i very long winded, keep repeating the same thing to zq over n over again.. duno helps or not but i just keep chanting loh :p
ya man.. a good helper at night indeed help lots esp when u have small bb to attend to..

hapi fifi,
how are u now? hope everythg goes well!!! very excited for u!!!
 
hello mummies!!!

back from genting and have no time finish reading archive yet.

first thing i checked was update from dodo, keep thinking of u while i was in genting. glad that everything's fine now.

has hapi fifi delivered?

hope everyone is well
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dodo.. u r sooo patient w the kids.. i'm practically 'shouting' @ them everynite esp when hb outstation! really bth.. they 4ever fight over toys!! i'll always ask zann to give in cos knwing lance's jus '3min hot' on the toy nia.. not really want to play w it.. if tis dont work, i'll confiscate the toy.. making both of them to knw they'll hv nothing if dun learn how to share.

ecookie.. wow.. u r a good planner indeed! at least can 'contro' ur MIL not to come over so often.. keke.. taking care of two is not difficult, is when the kids 'dun co-operate' then got 'headache'!

ariajo.. heng u still hv a maid.. i'm jus like 'siao cha boh' tis wk again cos hb outstation... everyday aft work, rch home must tk my dinner v fast.. settle zann to shower b4 my turn.. lance will usually come & 'gar-jiao'.. by then alr 8/9+pm.. then must nag @ her to do homework if not they'll b pouring toys all over the plc.... they'll skype w daddy b4 bedtime, then alr 11+pm.. drink milk, tuck them to sleep.. i then can do housechores...cant slp till 12+/1+..

mummies w two.. LET'S JIA YOU together.. we can make it one..
 
hapi fifi, you pop already???

dodo, junnie, ariajo, agree looking after 2 kids is really not easy. i'm blessed that hannah likes her mei mei, and likes playing with her. BUT she doesn't like deb's saliva on her or her things. she can also be quite rough, cos dunno her own strength. i am trying not to use the words "no" and "don't" when she's with deb, cos i don't want her to resent deb. but it's tough trying to phrase things positively. :p hannah seems to be regressing tho. she now likes sucking her fingers, after seeing deb doing it. sigh...
 
zhenzhen: so cute of hannah to follow deb sucking fingers
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For my case,whenever Shanice sees Javen suck fingers,she will pull away his fingers & said Javen cannot suck thumb thumb. The next moment,u will see her sucking her own thumb. When we pull away hers & said Shanice oso cannot suck thumb,she will smile & continue.
 
Hi mummies!
My most dreaded nightmare really came true. Started contractions around 4am & was about 2cm dilated. Was vomiting & shivering terribly around 4pm & was given epidural. But after 12hrs, still 2cm dilated. Keagan's heartbeat dipped low & was in distress. Ended up with emergency caesaren (GA). Thankully Keagan was born safely at 2.08kg (very tiny) & sent to NICU. Till now I still had no chance to see or carry him. Feeling rather miserable.

Can mummies who went thru caesaren share with me how to take care of my wound? What are the to-dos & not-to-dos?
Am I supposed to buy a binder to protect my wound? Thanks

By the way, I really wanna thank all of u fabulous mummies who went thru this 4 weeks of ordeal with me. U ladies gave me a lot of encouragement & strength to pull thru this! Big hugs to all. Muacks!
 
Hapi fifi ,

Congrats !

If you Gynae apply those water proof dressing, you may bath (subject to your beliefs). Do rest more and cannot carry heavy stuff or walk too much. When you need to get up from bed, turn to your side and use your hand to push your self up (minimise using tummy muscle). These should help to prevent. The wound from opening.

My Gynae, massage lady both advised me not to do any massage during the 1st Two months as they say we'd cut thru 7 layers of flesh during delivery. Even if you avoid tummy area, any movement could still affect since flesh are all connected. There are some mummies who still went ahead thou.

I didn't buy any binder thou it might be helpful.
 
hapi fifi, congrats on the safe arrival of keagan. good to know that he's more than 2kg! and don't feel upset about the emergency c-sect ok. most important is the well-being of mummy and baby.

the things jovial mentioned are impt. you've basically gone thru an operation, so you need to take the necessary precautions to let the wound heal properly. guess you also have to be careful when handling aidan, as our kids can get quite rough.

also, a binder is helpful, as the pressure reduces the pain. do you want? i can just pass you mine since i won't need it anymore. i could drop it off tmr, if you want.
 
Hapififi: Congrats on the safe arrival of baby keagan. Glad to hear that both you & baby are well. Yes,like wat Zhenzhen & jovialz said,a binder helps. Have a gd confinement. Btw,baby Keagan share the same bday as my sil
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zhenzhen,
really?! Thanks so much! Why dun u sell it to me? Paiseh to take from u..

In the end, Hubby upgrade me to single ward (actually it's double converted to single cos not enuff single wards)! He must be super heartpain to see me go thru so much sufferings! Wahaha. So now quite happy that I have peace!!
 
hapi fifi,

Congrats my dear! glad to know that both mummy & baby are safe!

gal, i understand that feeling as i went thru emergency c-sect before as well... but dun dwell on this ya, u see i was kena "cut" twice but im still doing great! haa.. it's just a method really, and u had done your best till date, u are a brave mummy! how are u feeling now? any side effect of the epi?

as for taking care of the wound, totally agree wi jovialz on the getting up from bed part, u gonna try to position yourself and minimise using tummy muscle as it can be very hurtful and prolong recovering period.. use ur hands muscles instead.. try not to walk upright initially if it hurts, bend ur body abit forward and walk slowly... and yes, binder is GOOD! wrap it tight so the pressure can reduce the pain.. ask the nurse to put it on for u so u know how to put on properly..

as for diet, many told me to avoid chicken but i ate that most coz my favourite during confinement is chicken wi rice wine!

as for breastfeeding, it's good if u put some cushions to support and as a barrier so Keagan will not press on the wound directly, or u can try the rugby method..

hugs to mummy & Keagan, both of u are brave warriors!
 
hapififi, i logged in specially now to check on ur progress! <font color="aa00aa">CONGRATS on the arrival of keagan!!!</font>

do take the advice of the mummies here.. biggest hugs and have a great &amp; speedy recovery! u &amp; keagan have both done very well.. *pats on the back* i m so happy for u! rest well dearie..
 
hapi_fifi: congrats on the arrival of keagan!
you;ve done great for the past weeks right up to now! dun feel upset over the emergency c-sect. as dodo said, its just another method to deliver the baby. most imptly is both keagan n u are safe and sound now!
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im sure he will be out of NIUC very fast. see, he is really more than 2kgs as all of us predicted. ur past weeks of bedrest have not gone in vain!
and ur hb is so sweet to upgrade you, you deserve it. i've heard from many that a binder really helps tons so remember to use it and also try to rest more so the wound can heal fast and well.
 
zhenzhen: oh dear, i always use NO! and dont! with yz when it comes to dealing w didi. must learn to phrase my words positively from now on. :p
yz regressed abit previously asking us to make milk whenever he saw us making milk for didi. and he wanted to bring his smelly pillow everywhere when we didnt do so for outings! luckily now he reverted back to his normal self.. but i guess its quite common for tods to do so when there's a baby in the house.

chintz: welcome back! got huat anot? hehe
 
woohooo, congrats hapi fifi..
so great to see ur updates, and yes, u are as cheerful and positive as always. you'll do great
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spent some time to read the archive liao..

congrats jovialz!

all preggie mummies must take care and jia you okie?

all mummies with 2 kiddos also must jiayou jiayou!!

chloe loves bosco, but recently she's been careless towards him, like pressing on his head while she walks (OMG!), or grabbing his chubby cheeks unintentionally... i hope she will be more careful towards him.

ecookie, no huat leh. 'diao mao' hehe

this trip sucks, genting was sooooo crowded due to school holiday.
 
hapififi.. u hv made it!! so happy 4u &amp; keagan.. hv a good rest/confinement.. both of u will b home soon =)

chintz... yahor.. schl holiday.. nvm... can always go again off peak since chloe &amp; bosco hvnt go to schl yet...

zhenzhen, ecookie.. i everyday also say 'no' to them.. *sigh*... how can dun get 'angry'.. knw wat lance did earlier? when i was mopping the floor, zann asked me to watch something on tv.. i jus leave the pile less than 2sec, he threw his pillow inside! then later, i saw him playing my mum's pkt of rice (1kg) (she 4got to keep), duno wat he used to poke &amp; the rice all over the floor... nxt he pour zann's cup of herbal tea (she drank halfway) all over the dining table!! agggggrr.. i really gv him a 'good one' &amp; he gotta stand notti corner for almost half hr, he weeping for my mum to 'rescue' him.. heng i'm at home not IL plc... still able to 'control' him... my mum dare not go near cos she knw i wud punished him more if any1 help him.. but really no peace at home tonight loh! hiaz...
 
CONGRATS Hapi Fifi! Your perseverance over the past few weeks is all worth it! Welcome little Keagan!

Congrats Jovialz! Have you shifted house?? If you have not, make sure you dun move heavy things ya? Get your HB to pack things for you also..

Wow.. chintz went Genting again ah? no huat ah? nvm, try again at our IR! haha..
 
Hi Mummies

Sorry did not log in coz my nb no battery ,just managed to get my nb charge.

Hopefully i can "tong" for another few weeks . Hope can discharge tomorrow , suppose to discharge today but i got mucus plug again
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Thks mummies for all the concerns &amp; well wishes .

Hapififi
You notti girl , "bao tow" me , &amp; somemore ask the other mummies to spank me lol.
Must hand over some impt stuffs to my colleague just in case i go into labor ma.

Jas
I dun carry LG products but i can check for you.
Let me ask my dealer ,i'll let you know tomorrow.


Happififi
Had a great time chatting with you , you'd been a great companion .
Congrats , i sneak into the delivery suites just now in the evening to ask a nurse abt you &amp; she said you delivered .
haha , kanna caught by my ward nurse again for getting out of bed .

Chris
yup , nothing is more important than my baby , i'll ask my gynae to cover me hospitalization leave till i deliver .
I'm gg to put everything aside.

Tiffany
i gg to name my baby Lucas too .

I'm tired now , will log in &amp; chat again tomorrow . gd nite .
 
Twinkle stars ... U are warded too ??? take care ok ...


Hapififi ... see U have done it ... bb is more den 2kg .. .clap clap ... good job
Take care of yrself now ok ... eat well U will be able to see bb soon
 
twinkle star, rest well!
hope bb lucas guai guai stay til ur EDD okie?

and please, no loggin in to your office email account while you are warded!! :p
 
<font size="+2">WELCOME OUR LITTLE WARRIOR, KAEGAN &amp; KUDOS TO OUR SUPER MUMMY, HAPI FIFI!</font>
You both make it! I am so happy &amp; touched by both of your determination. Good job, dear!!! Have you get to carry kaegan yet?
Oh ya, please get the binder. It does helps not only the protection of the wounds &amp; also the back too. And also rem not to watch comedies or laugh, cos it will also hurt your wounds. hahahaha! That time when i had my 1st c-sect, i was watching a comedy, wau lau..really funny lor..then it was so painful but yet cannot stop laughing. Torturing man!


Twinkle star,
Dun bother to find out my LG thingy lah. You must must rest well k? Let go your work, be at rest..enjoy the remaining weeks of pregnancy! U deserve a break liao.

Junnie,
I can't stop giggling with Lance's mischieavous acts. These kids always like to perform multiple silly antics together in order to make us crazy isn't it?? hahaha
 
Thanks everyone for your well wishes!

Jas,
still no chance to see or carry Keagan yet. Couldn't sleep well cos the PD came around 11pm to inform me that Keagan is having some lungs infection. Did x-ray &amp; needed some tubing to provide oxygen. He's also on some drip &amp; can't take milk yet. He might have to stay in nicu for a week or so, depending on his progress. Feeling very emo now. Can't help but feel very sad. Hopefully I can get off my bed soon &amp; take a peek at my poor lil boy :-(
 
Hapi fifi,
Sayang sayang! Big big hug to you k? I think if by afternoon you should be off the bed. But very very slowly k? ask the nurse to wheel you over to see kaegan?

We'll be all here praying for kaegan's speedy recovery k? Rem? Kaegan is a fighter. He will conquer all difficulties bcos of the LOVE &amp; Power he receives. Hey! Start your positive chanting on him. Hold his lil hand when you see him. Tell him all the aunties here will support him all the way!!

Maybe later in the evening or tmr am will come over to visit both of you. u take care k? Dun think so much!
 
Gd morning mummies...

hapififi, CONGRATS to the arrival of Keagan. Glad to noe he is over 2kg
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Dun dwell on the fact dat u had e-caesarean. I had it too wif travis. I noe u will feel terrible but juz shrug it off ok? U r doing great. As for the wound, I did hav a binder previously. It helps wif the pain. U will hav to b on bed rest for 1st 1-2 days den nurse will ask u to try walkin for awhile. Dun walk for too long also. Agree wif Jovialz on the way to sit up. Try not to exert ur ab muscle. Might "trigger" the wound somehow. And of coz heavy things is a no no.
Like the rest of the mummies said, Keagan is a FIGHTER. He will b out of nicu in no time.
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junnie, wah seh...hearin wat happened realli makes me 佩服 all mummies wif 2 kiddos. Its realli not ez to handle both at the same time.
 
twinkle stars, hahaha...u notti notti gal. Always sneakin out to go find hapififi. :p
Try to quickly hand over ur work den u can rest peacefully liao.
 
hi mummies~!!!

I have been keeping track of the posts to monitor hapififi's progress. CONGRATS TO MUMMY AND KEAGAN!! You made it! Sorry can't help much on the binder but do get lots of rets.

who is next now? hippo?

I just realized something, all tiger babies are BOYS? Any Tiger gal so far?
 
mummies,

I have a question. J developed a red swell under his eyelid and it has been around for a week. it looks like a swell with the eyebag but when I stretch his eye, it looks more like a rash.

any cream or lotion to apply that helps to relief the rash? J is not feeling any pain or discomfort but the 'swell' is disturbing me.
 
bbwow, muahahaha...hey dun say dat. Sekali later u r the one dat left me behind leh... :p
re: swell
if its been ard for a wk, better to bring him c doc. It might b an eye infection though it doesn't bother him much. Doc might give eye drops to reduce swelling.
 


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