~ 3 months!! ~

* whew *

time really flies... isaac is 3 months now as of yesterday. so much has happened over the course of this 3 months. let see what i can remember over this past 3 months:

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i remember isaac's birth

i remember the delivery room

i remember his first few days in the hospital

i remember the first night we were on our own in my mother in law's house

i remember my first argument with lili over isaac

i remember the queue to register his birth

i remember the confinement lady... yes that damn old lady.....

i remember the visitations by friends and families during lili's confinement

i remember isaac first smile.. =)

i remember the full moon party. thanks to all that attend... and the gifts too!!! isaac must have loved it all

i remember taking lots and lots and lots and lots of pics

i remember isaac's first day in church

i remember all the stares and attention that he got in church

i remember witnessing isaac's taking his injection

i remember all the advises from concerned family members on dos and don'ts. funny that some of them actually

.............. contradict each other!! =)

i remember isaac's first talk with me

i remember reading the bible to isaac

i remember going we went shopping in Pavillion for chirstmas

i remember spending our first christmas with isaac

i remember spending our first new year with isaac... at home... he sleeps, we watched tv. hehehehe

i remember losing sleep over the course of these 3 months

i remember at times when i almost lost my sanity because not knowing why he cries

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and a lot more other stuff which i don't remember or choose to forget... =)

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whew... so much has happened in 3 months time and i bet there will be much more coming over the years. guess what, i looking forward to it!!!!!!

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I MISS MY SLEEP!!!

~ routine these days ~

wakes up

isaac

work

isaac

sleep

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what a life... but i enjoyed it =)

~ a very demanding time ~

it's a very tiring 2 weeks since i last wrote. well, all this can be explained by one person... ying che!!! for those really considering hiring a confinement lady, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a VERY VERY VERY VERY thorough interview. checked through all job experiences and ask for all the referrals... trust me, it's all worth it. if you came across someone called ying che from kepong.....

STOP!!!

don't even bother to call her. too bad i don't have a pic of her, otherwise it would be all over this post....

initially we thought that hiring a confinement lady will actually help in all the chores in and around the house. well, it was for the first 2 days. then all the worms start coming out of the can. won't want to get into details. i already killed her a few times over this past weeks... =)
to justify my decision, the last straw... the final nail on the coffin was when she allowed lili to swipe the floor (she sits on the couch and just watch) and let her wash the kitchen hood. what kind of service is this??!! i would expect her to help out but no... apart from all the other things that she didn't do for us, this is the climax of it all la... i don't pay her RM 100 a day for watching astro AEC.

#$%&@*&%$^@

~ 1st milestone ~

the progress of a baby was measured by milestones. since the day the baby was born, he will be subjected to some milestones e.g. loudness of cry, movement of limbs etc etc... even after birth, there are milestones for every important period in the baby's development....

here is isaac's.........

it's a smile!!! ok ok ok ..... you'll probably can't tell from this pic because that's the closest i can get to his smile. (can't be holding my camera phone each time i look at him right?) anyway, this is somewhat a smile la... but what actually happens is that this smile later evolves to a cry... hahahaha..... he wants his 2 hourly fix...

~ something missing ~

how would you feel if someone tells you that something on your son is missing?

how would you feel if someone tells you that something on your son has dropped off?

how would you feel if that something was like a life tube to your son?

how would you feel if someone shows you what is it?

well, the first thing i said was yucks... then i looked in amazement because i don't remember mine looked like that. in fact, i don't even remember what mine looked like. all i know is that my mom kept it in her safe box for whatever reasons. there're no health properties, there's no good luck charm what-so-ever, it's not something that smells nice, it's just like a piece of fingernail that you just cut. no reason why you should keep a cut fingernail right?

my mom asked me to keep it and she don't know what it is for. "just keep it for the sake of nostalgia", probably something for you to pass on to your child when he's old. anyway, i'm still wondering if i should keep it or just throw it away. it's actually a remnant of what's left from the umbilical cord that i cut when isaac was born. yours looked like this? maybe you can asked your mom to show you yours. perhaps she's still keeping it for whatever reasons.
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perhaps you all can tell me why should i keep it?

~ home sweet home ~

we went back to our own home today. we stayed in lili mom's house over the weekend because that is the initial plan. however, it is quite taxing for the family as they take turns to care for Isaac at night which is very tiring. the first night, i took care of him till 4 am. the second night, aunty lisa took care of him the entire night and finally the third night, aunty liling took care of him whole night as well. all of us got knocked out the next day...

i finally decided to get a confinement lady and thank God, she's available. so far so good... =)

anyway after decided to hire a confinement lady (her name is "ying che"), i need to make sure that everything in our home is in place like Isaac's baby cot, clean place (not that it's not clean...) and stuff like that. i took the whole on sunday afternoon to get it all done and i must say that i'm quite proud of my achievements. here's one of it...

tadaa..........

how's that? i fix that all by myself and mind you fathers to be... please get someone to help you. you'll save at least 1 hour from it.

the evening was good since we had ying che taking care of all the baby chores and that allows us to have some rest. i was really exhausted and need a good rest urgently. we decided to let the Isaac sleeps with ying che but only after i manage to convince lili that this is the best option. i would love to have Isaac with us but since lili is still recovering, it is best that she gets all the rest she can get (especially at night!) and once she's well, we will let Isaac sleeps with us.

looking at him sleeping is just soooooooooooo wonderful. no words can describe the feeling. if you want to know, be a parent.. =)