Rainbow Baby

You may wonder how I still find time to blog.  I don't.  I lost count on how many hours I sleep per day.  Sleep deprived and yet still alert.   I am only mother for barely 3 weeks.  How I wish someone have advise me on how to get along or live my life for the first few weeks of baby's life.  Here's what people don't tell you.  Hopefully, those who are going to be a new mother (like first child), can use these tips in the future. 1. Time factor I am sure many said you won't have time to pamper yourself.  For me, since I am looking after baby 24/7 for now, with no helper except when my husband is around or my parents to help carry her, this time factor thing is so important. What do I mean by that? First, if you have a normal delivery, you will be expected to do the sitz bath treatment 4 times a day for 10 minutes each time.   Second, a newborn feeds every 2 hour.  Every feeding duration depends on baby.  Mine takes like 2 hours for 1 breast as

We survived 11 days of parenthood.  When they said, you will be sleep deprived, they were not joking. Sleep deprivation is real and can't be avoided.  And this is especially true for us who struggled to get baby back at the breasts. It would have been easier if we have just given the breasts from Day 1 and not supplemented with any formula.  It was my biggest regret and something that I wished I can turn back time to rectify.  But I believed everything happened for a reason.  The lesson is never listen to anyone who tells you that you have no milk and that your baby is crying because she is hungry.  Even your husband needs to understand you. After struggling for 9 days, trying to direct latch and still supplement with formula and paid consultancy to help me to get baby back at breasts, she managed to direct latch without supplementing, without lactation aid and was back at my breasts completely on Day 10.  We were so relieved.  I can stop pumping for now and just get her to direct