Confinement food

  Have wanted to post these photos of my confinement food, but didn't have the chance to until now. I wouldn't say that they are fantatic but they are certainly for nourishing.
  Red dates and black bean soup for replenishment of lost blood.
  Organic spinach for the added fibre....
and my favourite ginger chicken ! Helps to get rid of the bloatedness due to the excess wind.   It was a total relief to have Aunty Ann around during the confinement. In fact, I called and booked her immediately when I knew I was pregnant. Have heard horrible stories about those fake confinement aunties...u know, those who have no experiences, but yet claimed that they have.   I didn't want to suffer the agony of getting one of those, so it was a relief when Aunty Ann told me she would put me on the reserved list since she has done confinement for me before.We kind of click well during the first confinement.   I find her very easy-going and trustworthy. Feel safe to hand BB in her hands.   Of course, the issue on cleanliness is rather subjective, so I am willing to compromise on that as long as the bottles are sterilsed properly. But so far, I find her standard of hygience satisfactpry.   Do not expect any beauty queen cz' Aunty Ann is far from it. In fact, she is big sized and doesn't look attractive at all. But her nice personality makes up for the lack of appearance.   In fact, for the 1 week after she left, I kind of miss her a lot. Life was so relax with her around, and I was able to rest well.   For those who are keen to get her service, she can be contacted at   9814 8919 ( Singapore HP), or   016-355 1160 ( Malaysia HP)

My life

Well, ever since Aunty Ann left on the 4th July.... my life has been on a roller coaster ride. Really, it's no joke and no fun to take care of an infant 24/7. I can't complain much cz' I have been very thankful to have abundant help and attention showered upon. CC, Aunty Ann, my maid, my parents and CC's family. Everyone is all so eager to help and it kind of give me the warmth and encouragement which I needed at this moment.

Seriously, even with the much needed attention from my loved ones, I still feel a tint of hormonal blue now and then. Why hormonal blue? Cz' it's something we cannot control as it's from the pregnancy hormones. The feeling is analogous to one taking a roller coaster ride.... u know, the " sinking" feeling when the ride is going down hill.

Luckily, I have kind of gain some control over how I feel each time the hormones strike. I tell myself I am feeling this way not cz' I am unhappy, but cz' I am at the mercy of the hormones still. My gaene told me it will take around 3-6 months for the hormones to clear. I am counting down.

Well, on the whole, life is pretty back to normal after 1.5 months. I am getting used to the night routine of waking up every 2 hours for Jelly Bean night feed.Though I am still looking forward to the time when she would cut down on the waking hours.

On the weight loss side, things look good. For the first month, I lost a total of 8 kgs, including the water retention. Subsequent weeks, from BF, around 500g per week. I am definitely looking forward to hitting back my M-size clothes in 6 months' time, if I do not give in to my gluttony with food. Yup, for vanity and health sake, I will try not to, or rather, I will not !

Great ! Now that I am slowly adjusting to life with a second child, I am looking forward to doing things I used to enjoy.......shopping after dropping Nutty Gal off school, drinking tea at Ikano Ikea, book scraping and of course, blogging.