ivy, u can always look for me if u need someone to talk to or just some encouragement cos i always very pro-IFC.. n i understand how u feel.. cos when my #1 was sent to IFC at ard 5 mths, i received alot of negative feedback.. my MIL even suggest that i shd just let my aunt-in-law take care of my gal (n subject to all the verbal abuse n all her request/nonsense) cos she takes good care of her (from 3mths till 5 mths)... she even says that IFC give babies sleeping pills cos they only eat n sleep.. but i insisted... from then every time they see my girl, they always says "aiyo, she loss weight" but i will remind them that she did not n her last check-up, she's on the 95 percentile.. this went on till abt she went childcare...
wat really matters is wat u r comfortable with... n i believe u also get the support from terence, rite?
i'm happy that my 2 gals are at IFC n cc.. cos unknown to lotsa of pp, there's really alot of activities in the IFC n they really learn n socialise well.. i dun even need to send my gal to play gym cos there's a mini playgym at my gal IFC.
yes, i do see alot of babies fall sick when they r at IFC but i tink tat's part of growing up... either they fall sick now or they fall sick when they go cc... N also when they go cc at a later stage, there are usually more tears cos they are not used to it.. so i always tink y not now?
I'm quite lucky my gals (touch wood) din fall sick often even though both r in IFC n cc n i attribute it to bf.. my #1 now is on FBM except the 1 feed at cc where they will use formula cos FBM is very ma fan since ard feb.. since then she also has not fallen sick.. so if u can, pls try to bf, i tink it really helps.. ur milk is definitely not lousy. i know tat pp always says that u haf to eat well but i also eat alot of junk food n fast food... i tink it's still ok, the most impt thing is u must feel good n then ur baby will feel good...
IFC is something new to alot of pp, none of us grow up in IFC but i think in time to come, IFC will be very common..
ivy, y not join us for lunch this thursday? i can also share some super easy receipe for u to cook n we can talk abt IFC... but i not a very good cook hor..
sorry for the very long post....