(2008/05) May 2008

muzicgal, you're such an understanding daughter-in-law. if it's me i'll ignore my MIL and show her black face! yea tomrrow got school, but just gone through the day calling all the parents of my class on top of rushing some planning work for tomorrow's meeting, and now furiously doing lesson plans for tomorrow's lesson. teaching in secondary school, tat's why no chance of sitting down and teaching, else those teenagers will climb all over me hahaha.. dunno how to get through tomorrow with at least 5 hours of standing and running abt. today even sitting at my table all day and making phone calls and typing gave me backache, tomorrow dunno how to survive
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moony, cos my mum and MIL are all raised in the period when most gave us formula milk. cos it was thought it was nutritionally complete and all, and could only be given by mothers who could afford it lor. my mum is still ok, guess she was scolded by my elder sis already, but my MIL tried to discourage me from BF,saying tat it's very painful blah blah balh, ask me why dun wan formula milk. luckily my hubby told her breastmilk is best, but can tell she's not convinced lor. she'd better keep her comments to herself when baby arrives or else i totally won't entertain her!

having a baby reminds me of the conflicts we've had over holding a wedding dinner, the wedding day and dinner arrangements etc.. got married 3 years ago so more or less forgot abt those alreay since we not live together. but now it brings back all those memories and seems like i can look forward to more conflicts when baby arrives
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somemore hubby is the type dun dare to tell his parents off even if they're in the wrong kind, not like my family where we can express ourselves freely (within reason of course).
 


ya i agree wif choc's saying.. wah lau c-sect need $$ leh.. more ex den natural birth leh.. is she goin to pay??!! afterall, after c-sect u r the miserable person cos u gt to bear wif the pain for a few weeks nt her leh..
 
lynn.. but i feel u shld go ahead to feed ur bb wif breastmilk.. cos its ur bb nt hers.. hehe.. im oso v 'tee kee' one.. my MIL wans us to use bb's 'ba zhi' to go calculate name but i against it.. i dun like to get things involve wif 'ba zi' one.. last time our name oso nv calculate wif 'ba zi' oso like dat.. so i dun care.. i told my hubby cannot means cannot.. he oso noe my temper.. hehe.. so he says juz lie to her will do.. ;P
 
hehee... we are the "rebellious" DIL....

i heard before C section take longer time to heal and longer time to slim down...

if given a choice i would hope for a natural birth lor..else.. hard to slim down.. given my big bone body structure...
hai... MILs... we are like reviving the days when we plan to hold our weddings hor.. then alot of "suggestions" to be followed... hahaa

i recently see my MIL shaking my SIL baby very vigourously..the more they ask her to be more gentle..the harder she rock.. OMG...and she get angry when pple tell her new born baby skull is very fragile..dun rock so hard

i wonder what will happen to my when he is out...
 
moony, yea i'm going to try breastfeeding even though MIL 'discourages' it. just dun wan to hear any remarks from her when the time comes. i'm also the stubborn kind, dun wan to take any of her nonsense 'suggestions' heehee
 
wow lynn, u wake up so early?

Anyway, I didn't know nowadays still got ppl have so many problems with PIL, I mean even trivial things they also want to control. I guess my hubby and I are the lucky ones then.

Anyway, I feel that since we are the one giving birth and it's our own baby, we should be the one deciding on how we want to do it and how to take care of the baby. I mean of cos we may be inexperienced but we woman have the instinct of being a mother and stuff like breastfeeding is definitely good mah. So muzicgal and Lynn, both of you should be firm in your decisions, must get your husbands to agree with you also.
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Suddenly, I got pain at the naval area again. Gosh.
 
I guess, for us, the daughter-in-laws, to go against our PIL. We need support from our husbands. If our husbands stood at their parents' side, it'll be terrible for us.

My MIL was against me hiring confinement nanny. She claimed that it's expensive, troublesome and stuff. Initially, she volunteered to help us out, then she declined and she discouraged us form hiring confinement nanny. I was so fumed that I started calling up the nannies to discuss on the fees and stuff.

On the other hand, my husband called to pressure my MIL and saying that I'm going to hire confinement nanny at all cost. In the end, my MIL gave in and sticked to the original plan. But I think there will be more coming. I told my husband should more of these come, I'll rent an apartment and live all by myself with my girl.
 
wah, looks like i missed out so much during the wkends wor!

Ok, here is updated table list... 24 princes and 12 princesses!

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</TD></TR><TR><TD>9</TD><TD>bluelips</TD><TD>4th</TD><TD>Dr Paul Tseng</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>- </TD></TR><TR><TD>10</TD><TD>sugar</TD><TD>4th</TD><TD>Dr Sim LN</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>11</TD><TD>xavpris</TD><TD>4th</TD><TD>Dr SC Quek </TD><TD>KKH</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>12</TD><TD>bonjon</TD><TD>5th</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>13</TD><TD>kab</TD><TD>5th</TD><TD>Dr Yeap ML</TD><TD>KKH</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>14</TD><TD>snoopie</TD><TD>5th</TD><TD>Dr W.K Tan</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>- </TD></TR><TR><TD>15</TD><TD>choc</TD><TD>7th</TD><TD>Dr Kek</TD><TD>Mt E</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>16</TD><TD>dewdrops</TD><TD>7th</TD><TD>Dr Chin </TD><TD>Gleneagles</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>- </TD></TR><TR><TD>17</TD><TD>liszt</TD><TD>7th</TD><TD>Delivering in Msia</TD><TD></TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>18</TD><TD>smurferoos</TD><TD>7th</TD><TD>A/Prof John Tee</TD><TD>KKH</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>19</TD><TD>courage</TD><TD>8th</TD><TD>Dr HK Ho </TD><TD>Mt A</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>20</TD><TD>piggy mummy</TD><TD>8th</TD><TD>Dr Lawrence Ang</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>21</TD><TD>twinkle star</TD><TD>8th</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>22</TD><TD>xiuxiu</TD><TD>8th</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>- </TD></TR><TR><TD>23</TD><TD>cherimoya</TD><TD>10th</TD><TD>A/Prof John Tee</TD><TD>KKH</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>24</TD><TD>diana</TD><TD>10th</TD><TD>Dr Beh</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>25</TD><TD>jen</TD><TD>10th</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>- </TD></TR><TR><TD>26</TD><TD>poko</TD><TD>11th</TD><TD>Dr HK Ho </TD><TD>Mt A</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>27</TD><TD>sunshine</TD><TD>11th</TD><TD>Prof Mary Rauff</TD><TD>NUH</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>28</TD><TD>littlebaby</TD><TD>12th</TD><TD>Dr Loh SF</TD><TD>KKH</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>29</TD><TD>dolly23</TD><TD>11th</TD><TD>Dr C Khi </TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Blue </TD></TR><TR><TD>30</TD><TD>juin</TD><TD>13th</TD><TD>Dr Yeah ML</TD><TD>KKH</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>31</TD><TD>missymouse</TD><TD>13th</TD><TD>Dr TC Chang</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>32</TD><TD>ylyn</TD><TD>13th</TD><TD>Dr Joycelyn Wong</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>33</TD><TD>Gina Loh</TD><TD>14th</TD><TD>Dr. Vincent Lee</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>34</TD><TD>lynn</TD><TD>15th</TD><TD>Dr Lawrence Ang</TD><TD>TMC</TD><TD>1st</TD><TD>Baby Pink </TD></TR><TR><TD>35</TD><TD>melc</TD><TD>15th</TD><TD>Dr Paul 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Lynn n muzicgal, i also facin the same prb of bf with my mil. All the while, she always says that young ppl, hv their own minds, let them do thing their ways. In the end, dosent really appear so. First time goin out "shopping" with mil n hubby the other day. Was lookin at the breast pumps n such. Mil then say dun use bf. says it troublesome. but i voiced out that i wish to bf since it more beneficial to bb. then she goes on to other reasons, like burping, etc.... when i juz kept quiet, think she can c that i stil intend on bf, she says nxt time no breast milk also cant feed bb. that when i get pissed off... Shld that b the case, i willingly accept the fact that i hv to use formula. but i dun think it neccesary to "predict" that i wont b able to hv breast milk.... originally intendin to let mil take care off bb when i back to work... now reconsiderin liao... =( there other things happens in that shoppin makes me realise mil not as "chin chai" as i tot previously....
 
haha...of coz lor..since when is MIL so nice and innocent...

i have an advice for all of u who intend to let ur MIL help out in ur confinement.. please reconsider... imagine ur temper and ur tolerance level may be not as good at the confinement period...

and imagine u shoot of ur mouth when ur MIL do something that pisses u off..wah... war world III will break out man...

i kn