Poor Alan has to lie with his head raised on a big pillow so he can breathe easier while he sleeps.
And he becomes super-manja during the daytime too because he wasn't feeling too grand.
So then I can slide (not squeeze) into my jeans once again. By the way, thanks for the picture Mr Google!
Yikes. The 60's.
So while I fed Alan, my husband and Mia disappeared amongst the crowd in the playground area.
The sun was about to set to make way for the night. We saw a group of elders doing taichi with the sunset as their backdrop. It was magical. I love watching sunsets like this so much so, my sun looks like the sunset now - so red! LOL!
As I turned to my right, I saw the Sabah State Library building. It looks beautiful. I never knew that the building work has completed.
Here's a closer look of the Sabah State Library building. Its nice I must say. The Louvre looking glass pyramid thing looks interesting too. I have to visit the library one of these days.
That wall thing is not for rock climbing yo! I admit that when they were constructing this monument, I was hoping it would be a rock climbing facility. However, it is the known as Tugu Pahlawan-pahlawan (Warriors' Monument) to commemorate the sacrifices made by warriors of Sabah.
He now weighs 6kg. He drinks 4oz of milk every 3 hours and screams out loud if I'm a little slow in making his milk. And yes, he had his 2-month vaccination done. See his thigh?!
From the time he was a week old, Alan has had neonatal acne (baby acne), pretty much like pimples on a teenager going through puberty. It was really bad during his first month but is getting better now.
First "hellos"
They both are very Chinese-lookin' boys!
Here's Mia wondering how come there are suddenly 2 babies now
Of course, she didn't want to miss out on photo ops. She went to sit next to Alan herself and see her left foot and where its heading? Ayoyoyoooooo! Like a big brother, Nathan seems to be keeping an eye out for Alan.
Nah. Bonus picture! The mom's got curious (and competitive)... wanted to check something. LOL!
She seems to be quite at home here - rearranging furniture already.
Inspecting her new place
Washing her hands because she went to touch a potty
Not an early riser!
While still sleepy, she reaches for her schoolbag
Must bring along her towel ("security blanket") and binky
She cried a bit when we left. But other than that she was OK.
Day 2: I drove her to Daycare myself. She held my hand all the way to school.
Once we arrived, she didn't cry at all. In fact she was smiling all the way to her class. She checked out the play area, ran back to me and gave me a big hug, then went to another teacher sitting at the "feeding area", pulled out a chair and starts climbing onto the table. Alamak. Well, at least she's settled in and so I quickly and quietly slipped away.How are we to handle 2 kids under the age of 2? Even though I'm a SAHM, it'll be scary. No maid. My life was already chaotic even with 1 baby... what with the housework to be done, and me taking care of the very needy Mia at the same time.
Let me paint a picture of just how bad it was.
Here's how I decide when to do laundry. I look into the closet and see if my husband still has shirts to wear to work. If it’s down to 1... time to do laundry and ironing! Yes, only when he is left with 1 shirt! Even when I've done the laundry, most times they don't get folded/ironed for many many days, unless of course we have to wear the clothes.
Dinner = tapau (take away). I rarely cooked. Most days, my husband goes to eat at his parents place which always makes me feel bad because I feel that this gives the impression to his family that I fail as a wife, ie can't even cook dinner for the husband.
So a Domestic Goddess I was NOT! But on most days I did manage to keep the house clean on the surface, just not so organised. I managed to keep Mia entertained even though she drives me up the wall.
1 kid, yes, maybe I could survive. 2 kids and housework, NO WAY! I needed help and we finally managed to get a full-time domestic help in mid-February this year. Young she may be but she's a really big help with the housework and the kids.
Nonetheless, I still have a lot to do first like, organising things in the manner I like and then she can just maintain it as such. I wasn't able to do this earlier because of my big belly situation late in my pregnancy, and then came the confinement.
Now that my confinement period is over, it is still a bit of a challenge because Mia likes to climb on furniture, take things out of the closet and throw them everywhere. I can't leave her alone because she pose a threat to herself and her little brother. Who knows, she might go poke his eyes, or worse still, sit on him!
I really need at least a couple of hours a day to be able to get started on organising the house and myself. The solution.... Daycare.
Unless you're living under a huge rock for the past 5 - 6 months, I'm sure you would have known of the recent Royal "I Do's".
We had chicken wings and sandwiches. See those mini Brit crocs... they're keychains I got from our honeymoon in England two years ago.
Of course there was wine and sparkling juice to toast to the royal newlyweds. There were also lots of Donashi for dessert. Thanks Rosie & Flo for the Swiss roll. That was great with coffee the next morning.
I also asked our maid to join the fun
Alan was sure glad Aunty Flo is around to play with him
My, what huge arms I have. It sort of jiggles now. That's just part of the baby weight I have to get rid of. My thighs are so huge now that they rub against each other when I walk. I'm afraid that if I don't do anything about it, one day smoke may appear from all that rubbin' with the thighs.
