shannon/yen
wow! your schedules look really tiring. *hugz*
michelle
my gal also cant sleep long during the day. thankfully at night she will sleep a longer stretch. During daytime, we got to rely on yao lan to let her sleep. Or i have to nurse her to sleep. Equally bad. But i tell myself cannot care so much liao. Desperate mommy call for desperate measures. Watever routines also out the window liao. We will jus do wat we can and pray for the best.
verene/yen/kitsune
wahhhh, u all so FAST planning #2???
*faint* I'm also in my thirties liao, this year 34 le, so age also not on my side, ideally of cos good to have #2 so #1 wont be too lonely BUT im also worried if i chop-chop have #2 so soon, #1 is not going to get the attention and love from us if i preggie with #2 now. Imagine #1 hardly even reach 1yr old, and u're preggie, cant carry her, cant cuddle, dealing with morning sickness in the 1st trimester, etc, #1 will be quite pitiful. Hubby also agree so we think better to have 2-3 yrs gap, if by then im not so fertile anymore, then so be it lo.
godsent
we jiayou la...tell ourselves this is normal (milk ss drop to fit baby's needs) Think of the upside, no more engorgement.
wendy
i jus ordered from the Milk Factory website the Adiri bottle. Just have to pay delivery charge of HKD25 which i think is ok cos if i take cab to Mongkok also about there liao. Will let u know if it's good. If u like, i can buy for u next time and pass to your fren or whoever who is in HK and can pass to u.
mcfluffy/michelle
on the naps during daytime, i second AhCapp's suggestion. try swaddling baby. Yes, they may dislike it at first and may even fight and struggle with u. But it really works. Cos right now, their hands and feet are always flying around, if u dont swaddle them, they will hit themselves, even during sleeping time, so they wake themselves up by their own movements. Swaddling also give them a sense of security. Initially when i swaddle my gal, she also struggle and sometimes she even does a "david copperfield" ie freeing herself! But even put in yaolan, i swaddle, she will sleep longer.
I have also read somewhere before that babies who cant sleep long have very active brain and that chances are, they are highly intelligent babies. haha....so if and when all things fail, jus comfort yourself with the tots that your bb may be a gifted child
Sigh...Today i'm alone with bb again. My mom yday gave us all a scare, after swaddling bb, she suddenly said her left arm numb and cant even lift a plate. Her right side of the head was in pain. All symptoms of minor stroke. My hubby quickly rush her to hospital but HK hospital really damn jialat one. Looooong story, in the end my mom said she wans to go home to sleep. But i scared she will kena stroke in her sleep and...... so i called 999 and they came to check on her. At least she gets some medic attention this way. Now she's warded for further checkup. And me alone with bb and doggie. Doggie also got stomach ulcers lately and have been vomiting...it's like taking care of 1 kid and 1 baby. I hardly have time to eat.