Being pregnant at this covid pandemic period was quite challenging.. especially hiring confinement lady(CL) as we were having under demand due to the restriction on getting them in from Malaysia as most of them are Malaysians.
I am quite fortunate to get Aunty Lian to help me for the past 28 days to take care of my no.2 so that my helper could handle my no.1 while I am recovering. As this time we had to secure the CL earlier, I managed to get her contact from 1 of my neighbours way before my 3 months pregnancy was stable as our area had a few moo babies came out at that time too...
Despite being a second-time mum, I am glad that Aunty Lian had helped me to refresh my skill on handling a baby ever since no 1 was born 3 yrs+ back. We were quite clickable as we were able to chat a lot of things other than just sharing some tips and advice for taking the baby to me.
As this will be my last pregnancy, I wanted to have more breastfeeding this time. Aunty Lian would never want me to stop being dehydrated. She would cook soup in every single meal. I love the soup with DOM especially at night as it made me zz well. She would keep reminding me to drink more red date water so that I would have sufficient water inside my body to pump out or latch... She would even also prepare dessert for me to eat during teatime especially after my pump/latch session.
For my little one, she was quite caring and adored to him... She ensured that he was well fed every time, and changed his diaper and clothes regularly. Although he might not like to bathe, she would have ways to calm him down to get him enjoying the bath. So within the past 28 days, he had managed to gain 2 extra kg with chubby cheeks.
Thank you Aunty Lian for the help. Let's hope we still can stay in touch and meet up again more especially when the situation is better. Pls contact me if u keen to know more about her.