Revolving stars

Being a new mum, I was very anxious to give a headstart for H. I went online to search for all the different activities that I can do with him when he is 0-3 months old. After so many trials and errors, I realised something: he just wants to eat and sleep unless he is very awake The activities that we did for H when he was: 0 month old - sing and to him - cuddle him as much as possible - breastfeed  I did my confinement at one of the confinement centres in JB and it was one of the most awesome experience that I had. There was no worry about confinement nannies going AWOL and the horror stories that have been going around recently. But that is another story to share next time :) 1 month old - sing and talk to him - get other family to carry and talk him so that he would not be clingy to just one person - feed him via bottle 2 month old - play the mobile singing toy - run fingers along his arms and tummy to stimulate touch - sing and talk to him - feed him via bottle

As a first time mum (FTM), I was very nervous when it comes down to the D-day. This was especially so as H had been turning around non-stop during the last few weeks of the 3rd trimester. It was a roller coaster ride in the literal sense, to the extent that a C-section was scheduled and cancelled. So, in the end, the D-day came about because the doctor (Dr Tan) decided that we couldn't wait anymore and H has to be induced out. This was contrary to the initial worry that he would come out early. So, on a Friday night, we checked in to TMC and I spent the night in the waiting room for the induction of the delivery. (I asked the Hubby to go back home as it was going to take a long time.) I even brought a book along to chill as the Dr Tan told us that he expected the delivery to take place around Sat afternoon. So, I was sharing the room with another person and it was honestly pretty scary, with some others moaning in their pain. In addition, the room was damn cold. The nurses were pre...