Good morning mummies!
Shopping... I agreed that it is best to shop during 2nd trim. By 3rd trim, somehow our engery level will drop and plus a much bigger tummy, movement isn't that swift and easy lor.
Wish I can start shopping for my baby though I do not have much to buy this round. :S
I'm still researching which brand of milk bottles to buy due to the BPA free issues.
Lili_fc, I'm also facing this little issue. My parents and PIL are not able to help me to take care of my kids also. So I'm considering if I should hire maid or put my elder gal in cc. (My baby will be taken care by my gal's current nanny and she won't be able to take care of both)
With the increasing cases of HFMD, I'm very hesitiate to put my gal in cc. And this HFMD is a "on going" thing which means it will just come back again. But to hire a maid at home, I need someone at home to monitor the maid. I don't really have help for this. So I'm still in dismay also.
But personally, I prefer to put my gal at home and send her to a 3 hrs school as compare to spending whole day at cc because afterall my gal is not those type who like to be bound by routine. She like the current "happy go lucky" style to do whatever she likes.
I guess she already used to it.
If you hire a maid, do you have anyone to help you to monitor the maid? Infant care is good in the sense that babies seems to develop faster and they have more exposure. However, they tend to get sick more often (though it will be resolved later on) and you also need to send your baby back and fro. And you must fetch your baby on time everyday. So there are quite a few restriction.
With a maid, your maid can still help you to do a bit of housework when you go back home. However, maid won't be able to teach your baby much and a lot of feedback that babies who are taken care by maids are very spoilt and difficult to manage.
This is what I had find out so far from experienced mummies.
Icylemon, please take care ya.
Bbgoh, congrats on your baby gal!