Back to work soon....

Oct is ending soon and the end of my maternity leave is drawing near too. Recently, I've been rather stressed up on the arrangements on who's going to take care of Sophie when I return to work in Dec. One of our plans was to put her at the infant care centre which is near our offices or the next viable option would be to leave her at my in laws place.

I was rather hesitant as that would mean a daily commute of about an hour to and fro as they live in Tampines. Not to mention having to buy an extra set of stuffs to leave there. But this arrangement would be better for our parents who have agreed to take care of Sophie. After all, it's not fair to ask our folks to travel daily to our place... So I'm slowly at peace with it. Guess it's all the anxiety of the new mom.

Gosh I really cant bear to go back to work so soon. I was still kidding with Alexis if I can stay home to take care of Sophie for about a year before we send her to child care. Guess that has to take the back seat for now... Maybe when we have two kids then more worth while to be a SAHM :) But for now still a FTWM, else no $$ for shopping.

Home alone

It's Friday night and I'm home alone with baby Sophie while her Daddy is out. I'll get my turn soon too and leave her in his care when I go for my company D&D in Nov. How I miss my office colleagues in office.

Thank God Sophie's sleeping now giving me some much needed ME time for this entry.

Ever since being a mother, my life just revolves around this little princess. More so because of the fact that I'm breastfeeding her so I've to be on "stand by" for her milk. Being a mother really changes your life in so many ways.

I was commenting the other day that having a baby is like a daily lucky draw coz you don't know when she'll have a good day, bad day, whiny day, colicky day, when she'll wake up, sleep, etc... So look who's the boss now?

Shall update another time and check on my little tow kay now.

2 months and counting..

Into my new role as a mummy for 2 months and I can really appreciate what my mom went through to bring me up. One word, tough, tough, tough!

The first month with the confinement lady was a breeze with someone to bathe baby, change baby's dirty diapers, wash her clothes especially soiled nappies, feed her in the middle of the night. After the confinement lady left, Sophie started to get more colicky and difficult in the nights, which means less sleep for me and Alexis for sure. We have to take turns to carry her, soothe her by rocking her, feed her in the wee hours of the morning.

Recently, it has been more difficult getting her to sleep as she'll cry. And boy, does she have powerful lungs! Alexis says that his ears will ring when she turns up the volume when crying. And frankly sometimes her cries are so shrill, I get so scared of her. Good thing Alexis also tries his best to take care of her before he sleeps as he knows that I will have to wake up to feed her.

Understand from other parents that this is a phase for babies and they will outgrow it in another 1 to 2 months time. So we're really praying it happens soon before it threatens our sanity. But in the morning when I wake up, seeing her greet me with a smile makes me melt with love for her all over again. If only she can be so nice to mummy all the time. But I know she's only a baby and wants our attention.