The Apple's Diary!

Finally baby Jonathan is discharged after being warded for 2 days to treat his jaundice. Everyone was happy. And I spotted him smiling several times when I talked to him. I'm just glad that Jonathan is home with us now. Praise the Lord!

After we got discharged on Friday, my emotion took a nose-dive. First, I discovered I hadn't had any milk at all. My poor boy was crying so hungrily at midnight that papa had to rush out to buy a tin of Similac for him. Think of it, I still feel the heartache. I couldn't do much except to keep crying. Sigh! It's really heartbreaking to hear your baby cries non stop. But luckily my confinement lady was experienced. She managed to pacify Jonathan until papa was back with the formula milk. However, my lousy mood didn't just picked up. When I woke up on Saturday morning, my tears flowed again. It was really a very stressful period for me even though I kept reminding myself that formula milk was just as good. But somehow, I just couldn't managed my emotion. This was the first time I cried until my eyes were so swollen that I couldn't even recognise myself. It really took me 3 days to calm myself down and my mood got lifted abit. On Monday ...

We were discharged on Friday 26 Aug 2011. Papa went back home the night before to get the house and baby cot ready for our lil prince. I still remember it was raining heavily in the morning and so papa got the shrek towel to wrap Jonathan around. Doesn't Jonathan looked cute with his shrek hooded towel? It was a good thing Gleneagles provided complimentary limousine service so we made use of that to go home. Back at home, suddenly baby Jonathan looked so small in his baby cot. Being just 1-2 days old, he's sleeping most of the times and I tried to wake him up for feeding before he got really cranky and frustrated from hunger. But here, no matter how much I budged him or tickled him, he's still so soundly asleep and even covered his ears as to tell me to stop bugging him. He's really such a lil darling! Daddy's and mummy's most precious : )

It has been barely a week and I experienced plenty of emotions output, to put it simply. My emotion is running on a roller coastor mode. Starting from 23 Aug 2011, 9pm. We were told to admit to the hospital around 7-8pm but being so ill prepared, we only managed to leave our house at 7.45pm without dinner. So we went to the nearby mall for dinner which I could only think of Mac Donald for a quick dinner. But Darren thought it wasn't memorable so we went to this new Thai restaurant. By the time we were done with dinner and cabbed to the hospital, it was already past 9pm. We wanted a single bedded room but was told it isn't available. So I sulked all the way up to the ward until a nurse discovered there was a single bedded room available. My mood went up a little, though I wasn't completely satisfied. I think back then, I was expecting some sort of a nice hotel room. So here's me looking grumpy in the surgery robe and waiting for the prostaglandin tablet to be i...

Today is really the most drama day for me. What I thought was a routine check at gynae's, turned out to be so drama mama for me and Darren. First warning came the low amniotic fluid, Dr Tan decided to send me for CTG to monitor Xiao Poh's heartbeat pattern even though I didn't find him moving lesser than before. After being strapped to the CTG for an hour, Dr Tan scanned me and checked my cervix dilation again. He decided I am to be admitted to hospital tonight to induce birth. His explanation was low amniotic fluid means placenta is aging and not functioning well. There's no benefit of keeping baby inside and runs the risk of not having enough oxygen to baby. Shock to the MAX! The plan is to admit tonight to hospital, the nurses will place a tablet to prime the cervix. Next morning at 7am, Dr Tan will come and burst my waterbag and labour will begin. OMG! I can't believe it, neither does Darren. We were so stunned. For once in my pregnancy, my hands t...

Today's task - Trial run of sterilizer and washing of milk bottles Dismantle all the accessories of Avent Sterilizer and learning to re-assemble them to suit our needs. Test run of sterilizer began. 1st batch of successful sterilized bottles. Avent series in different make and sizes. 2 x 125mL of anti-colic bottles, 2 x 260mL of anti-colic bottles, 3 pacifiers, 1 x 125mL of normal bottle n 260mL bottle that need adapter rings. 2 extra teats. Mendela series from Freestyle breasts pump. 4 of them with an extra received during one of the baby expo fair. 1 teat included. 3 glass milk bottles meant for storage. Enough?

*Jonathan Poh* Papa Poh chose this name for Xiao Poh. Jonathan is of Hebrew origin, meaning "gift of God". In biblical context, Jonathan was the eldest son of King Saul and the best friend of future King David. He saved David's life when Saul wanted to kill him. Jonathan was also noted for his manliness, generosity and unselfishness. The same quality as his papa, Darren Poh. Our prayer for Xiao Poh is to grow up healthily and be a man after God's heart. *Cheering for Jonathan* We are day dreaming about Xiao Poh's entering primary school. We will be at side bench cheering him on as he participates in the track and field event. *Make way for the little Prince* Papa Poh ensures that nothing harms his beloved son. Greets his son, "Jonathan Jonathan" before acknowledging mummy's presence. If not, calls out adoringly "Jonathan Baby"... seldom hear him calling me "Darling" now... Life has d...