lydia
from wat i see abt ur schedule, u need to do some reshuffling like wat famela mentioned so u can really hv decent rest and not worrying abt chores or waking up to pump/feed baby later.
personally i prefer to finish everything then go to sleep than to go to bed without a nagging thot tt i gotta wake up later to pump. i won't b able to sleep in peace this way for sure.
poor u, wake up at 5am to pump and sterilise aft tt? its v early considering tt u only go to bed at 12MN. why do u go to bed so late? and since ur hb is giving baby the btl, y not u go to sleep earlier? do u find it hard to sleep at 10pm then wake up at 11pm to pump? i find it distracting. why not u adjust ur last pump to 10ish and then finish up everything and go to bed? i agree wif famela, skip the less impt chores. i do tt.
i do not get uninterrupted sleep but tts fine coz i am so used to it ever since i got pregnant wif my son. on the average i get up twice a nite for toilet visits even now tt i am not pregnant. so i got used to it alrdy.
Poor E! he sleeps little at the nanny? did u ask the nanny how much E naps? coz naps r oso v impt for their growth & development. if this nanny cannot make it, muz fire her liao. so fast she raise white flag liao?! u'll b better off w/o such a caregiver! any chance u can get help fr relatives 4 time being?
Famela
same like u, one day sometime 3 wks ago, i had to feed RN via btl coz i had expressed and there wasn't anyone in the hse to give ebm. so i prop her on a pillow and fed her. she actually almost finish everything. i was so pleased!
since then whenever i had to give her the btl, i will prop her on a pilllow. at times i ask my hb to do the same esp when the weather's so hot; she gets irritated when she's carried to be fed. it works for RN.
talkg abt baby biting during latching. my sis actually scolded and lightly slap her son when he bite her repeatedly a few times after warnings. this boy went on a nursing strike for several days whenenver my sis wanted to latch him and he was so persistant tt he wld rather go hungry than latch. my sis was so upset wif me coz i was the one tt taught her how to stop him fr biting her but i said tts the way i read abt! i asked her to b patient and stay off latching for a few days for him to gradually forget abt the incident. luckily it did work and now he's back to latching.
Tien
i used to take for granted tt all hubbies will wash pump parts for their wives until i talked to my frens & colleagues and realised tt my hb is the only one tt consistently does tt. i really do appreciate this gesture and i think he knows i am tired out by all the night feeds and i still gotta wake up early to pump, then go ready to work so he has been doing tt all these while since my son came along. but pls dun compare my hb to urs. afterall u both r new parents so ur hb is still trying to get the hang of things so give him more time. and MEN! dun assume tt they know. juz tell them outright the things u wan him to do for u. it beats hvg to do guess work and u get mad at him.
u still hv abt 1+ mth b4 u head back to work so u can start ur pumping schedule alrdy. but my pumping schedule during wkends is all haywired coz depends on when RN feeds. u gg back to work full force at once issit? i find tt its harder to transit back. 4 me, i started back work on half day basis for 2 wks then slowly i resume full gear. its easier 4 me to ease back to work.
Same for RN, her attn span is short nowadays lah. she likes to b carried and DEMANDS for it. this chilli padi!!!
xoxolight
6.18kg and still considered feather weight? i am thinking RN might not even b 6kg yet. i'll find out during her vaccination next wk but i stop being so stressed abt her weight alrdy.
so u did a pregnancy test alrsy? u skip protection issit? i dun dare to skip at all, not even when tbfg.