Wish and Moony,
u both so bad to your mum ah! For me, I used to find her loh-soh, actually I still do. Some times she can really repeat and repeat, nag and nag. Things I already knew, she still insist of telling me again. I felt it's more like she wants to clear her thots than anything else, but can get on my nerves at times. While my dad is a quieter man. he'll just immediately leave me alone when i said "ok, I know", although he can also whine and whine abt certain things. Now I'm gonna be a mummy and at times get paranoid and bug my hb over the pregnancy, like bb not moving enough or too much BH, or backache while sleeping, etc, I felt mum just need to repeat, becoz' she's paranoid too. No matter how old I am, in her eyes, she thinks I'm still her little gal. So, now I tend to exercise more patience. Imagine, when she rings me, she could be the one talking for almost half an hour, and I'm more patient / willing to entertain and respond "ork", "ok, can", "ok ok", "done already", "have", "dun have", "tomorrow", "next week", etc. You know, the limited syllabus words. Then sometimes when she asked me "if bb active today?" wow, I machem get so excited and a chance to speak, I'll tell her what I experience, and what I learnt. So you can see, the heart of mothers, we should be nicer to them.
Someone recently told me, when your kid is young is the time u spent most with them, watching them grow, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. When they see something or experience something new, they come home and tell u non stop, such that sometimes the parents tell them to "shut up." But when they grow up, they have their own life and don't share as much with you. You got to ask them questions-s-s-s, and all they give you is often "yes", "no", "ok". When I hear that, I felt guilty.
Lynn,
Re packing and the nursery. My house is not very big. It didn't used to be 100% neat, but at least manageable and acceptable for just hb and I. Now with increased bb things, my house is quite messy. The storeroom is quite full, sometimes i didn't want to go in, just in case something drop on my head! Imagine, in the bb's room, there are also things stack on top of the cupboard.. heh heh, I've already close 1 eyes, now gonna close both eyes, just don't want to look ah! After bb 1 month old, we'll then have a mini renovation, that's when I'll be having maternity leave and more mobile / energetic. So for now, I think we should just relax, I don't wanna freak.