We hired a helper!

Me and mum went to bukit timah shopping centre and found a transfer maid. She'll be here either tmr or the day after tmr after everything has been approved and the insurance also. ^^ Less work for the family! So bed is moved downstairs for her and there is only 1 bed left in my room...my room now looks like a co sleeping bedroom cum playroom. heh

I AM GOING TO WORK!!!!!

YES! I am going to work! Going to earn $$$$$$$$$$$$$. Can start providing for my baby girl. Although the pay is not as high as when i was teaching private..but BETTER DEN NOTHING RIGHT?! Little girl just finished her milk and is in her light sleep zone...going to wait for her to fall into deep sleep den move her to the room and go to sleep with her. Its a long long day!

My cute little munchkin taking her nap

Michaela went out with friends!

I bought toys for Michaela!

I bot toys for Michaela...links and a sleeping toy--->cookie monster that squeaks.

Oh I'm going for job interview tmr so hope that I can get the job so I can support Michaela!

Michaela's growing fast!

She has outgrown her 1st swaddle me swaddle. Moved on to the next size! I saw the swaddle pod, its so cute (and cheaper)..but only for newborn..or rather newborn till 5.5kgs....sucks....

I'm going for lessons at orchard tmr so i'll go walk around and see wad is there to get from the babies section....^^

Michaela's first time to Suntec with her friend!

Morning exercise!

Michaela slept from 1230am till 730am today! She woke up and did her morning exercise and there she is!:

Michaela and I went grocery shopping and we had a good day!

She doesn't wanna drink milk..she wanna sleep only...

My dad tried to give her milk.....she cried even louder..i went up and told them..she just wanna suck on smt...and turned out....I WAS RIGHT! Gave her the pacifier and she fell asleep very soon. ^^

Michaela Having fun in the playgym!

As you can see...she's more interested in the elephant...cos it has the ding dong sound when she touches it

No fussy baby tonight!

I put Michaela to sleep earlier den she's supposed to so she wun be too tired to sleep and fuss like nobody's biz...and she's sleeping literally like a baby! I have prepared the water and the milk powder for any night feeding..i think there would be one around 1am and 7am..

A few rules I set for Michaela.

1) Michaela can fuss all she want but I WON'T respond to her immediately...reason? To let her know that fussing will get her nowhere. I'll just respond to her by saying " cannot fuss".

2)She has to be burped every 5 mins between feedings if not she'll spit up the milk like nobody's business. And I dun care if she cries for her milk when I'm burping...ITS FOR HER OWN GOOD. At the end of the feeding she's always a satisfied baby with no spit ups and finishes everything cos all the air is out and there's space for milk!

3)She has to bathe 2 times a day. One in the afternoon and one before she sleeps to wind her down.

4) Butt must be washed during diaper change to prevent diaper rash. Wet wipes are not enough and too much chemicals. She hasn't gotten any diaper rash till now! ^^

5) We go on evening walk everyday at 5pm or if the sun is still strong 6pm for 1 hour. I'll show her the flowers and leaves and the neighbourhood.

6) She hates tummy time to the max but I put her on my chest and she's ok. So her tummy time is on my tummy. Most of the time she'll fall asleep tho...lol.

That's all for now...lol

goal of the week: Take photo of michaela and do a day in a life description

Going to try to take 'studio' pics for Michaela and also do a day in a life of a young single mummy!

We showered tgt!

Michaela and me showered together..or rather she bathed i showered. We smell exactly the same cos I used her shampoo and body wash...lol..i smell like a baby! So I put her in the 'sarong' and she's starting to fall asleep while i rock her..great! Then i can do my own stuff since its us at home only....

Updates: 

Michaela can now hold her head 45 degrees for about 10 secs on her belly. Guess her neck is growing stronger! Soon she'll be able to support her own neck. She's getting so big...waiting for her 3 month vaccinations....

Happy 2 month old Michaela!!

Michaela is 2 months old now! Not much changes...only the sleeping overnight change...she wakes up around 5am for a morning feed and will go back to sleep till 8 or 9am. Can't wait for her to learn how to sit and start solids...

T.T Heat rash!

Michaela has heat rash....have to cool her down lo....

YES! And she's asleep...

Michaela's a bit insecure today..i dunno why..I can't leave her alone to do my things cos she'll cry. And its not becos she's hungry or what..she's just insecure..so i gave her the pacifier and let her sleep alone on the sofa.but whenever the pacifier drops out she'll cry and i will have to push it back in again..

update on Michaela

She's almost 2 months now! Fussiness has decreased A LOT. But she still fusses a little just before her long sleep at night. Ok...so she's drinking 130ml every 3 hours in the day time. And I try to feed her as much as I can to store up for the night so she wun have to wake up to drink so many times. She wakes up at 9am every morning and sleeps at 12am every night. I wake her up at 9am and wipe her body with a wet towel and change her out of her pyjamas and feed her 130ml of milk. She'll den be awake and will be beside me while I watch some shows online and I'll talk and play with her also. Then She'll be awake till her 2nd feed which is about 1pm. After the feed she'll have her nap. I let her nap between 1-3 hours..depending on how tired she is but I'll not let her nap for more den 3 hours if not she'll fuss at night. So she'll wake up around 4-5pm for her next feed. she'll be awake for a while and go to nap for around 1-2 hours until 7pm. And while I have the free time, I do my cooking for dinner. She'll wake up at 7pm and I will feed her and she'll chill with my mum when she's back from work while i watch tv and do things on my laptop. And around 10pm I bath her in warm water as a bedtime routine and put either baby oil or lotion all over her and put her into her sleeper and swaddle her and give her the last feeding and she'll go to sleep by 12am or 11 and wake up 5-6 hours later for the next feed and the whole thing repeats!

And she's pooping!

Michaela's pooping..lol...and she takes forever to poop...gosh...she squeezes for I dunno how long..and sometimes when i tot she has finished..she poops again WHILE I'M CHANGING HER DIAPERS! =.=