Rainbow Baby

My first day of work.  So back to normalizing the routine to pump and work and go back and look after baby and all that.  Phew.  Tough. Today I am gonna share the things that were very useful right from the start.  Some moms may not agree with me, but it's OK. 1.   Pureen baby jumpsuit with attached booties and mittens cuff This was one of the best one-piece suit that is really easy to wear and you don't need to look for matching booties and mittens and wash those tiny stuff.   Pureen has it and it's reasonably cheap.  Babyland in SS2 sells them. 2. Booties and mittens with fantastic elastic If you can't buy the above or can't find, then go for really good elastic booties and mittens.  My baby is small and those tiny hands are too small for any mittens and same goes for the tiny feet.   Buy those with elastic that are like an inch instead of those thread elastic.  These things keep coming off and it's quite annoy...

My maternity leave is coming to an end soon.  And what have I learned in the past 2 months was really incredible.  In the end, I have only 1 answer to all the problems and obstacles that I have faced in the past 2 months, and that is in the end, believe in God, for He is the only one who can help us. Let me just round up all the snags and obstacles that I have faced.  I believe all new moms faced the same issues, but I have an extra thing that happened.  It's gonna be a long story, so please sit down, take some food or drink.   I am sure you have read my birth story.  If not, please go here and read it.  Because what I am about to write is all connected, right from the beginning.   1. Difficult labour I didn't know that a difficult labour could spell difficult breastfeeding journey.  I only know to try as natural as possible and reduce as much medication as possible.  Next time, if I know birth is gonna be this difficult,...

I never thought getting through the 1 month can be so difficult, but we made it.  What was difficult was confinement, eating all those heaty food while struggling with breastfeeding. Don't ever think that just because God gave us ladies a pair of boobies that we are supposed to know how to use them when it comes to breastfeeding.  It's not automatic knowledge.  Just like God gave us arms and legs and we have to learn how to use them as we go along this journey of life.  I would say we have to train our breasts and baby how to feed.  It's like a mutual agreement and both must come to terms in order to have a smooth breastfeeding journey. I won't say I am a pro now, but at least breastfeeding has been established.  But just as I feel we are good at it, it's time for me to train her for bottle feeding and not latch so much during the day, so that when I get back to work, it's easy for her grandparents and baby and me. I believe I went through post-partum depre...