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Thursday, April 09, 2009

A Day in the Life of Baby Faith and Mummy Moo

We have almost reached 3 weeks of Baby Faith's life... no doubt the chores are getting easier to deal with... but our bodies are still trying to get used to the timing... after all, Baby Faith needs to feed every 2-3 hours... and in between, there's all the other things to be done... we're also trying to figure out what makes her tick, for there are times that she is simply grouchy and wants to be carried... I guess parenting is truly learning every single day of your life!!!

I have to say that it does get frustrating once in a while, especially when we can't figure out what is wrong with her... after all, I'm taking care of her by myself pretty much most of the day! Until my mum is done with her chores in church, and Darling comes home... otherwise, Faith is more or less reliant on me to take care of her every need...

Confinement really does suck... and i'm more than thankful that my mum, though old-fashioned, yet is understanding to my needs and the way i am... the food is bad enough, since there's only so many things i can eat!!! But it's worse, coz even the things I can drink are limited! And bathing too.... sigh... this whole month with Faith would be so much easier if i didn't have so many rules to follow... But it's all passing.... just another 10+ more days to go, and my own life would be back to normal.. if not more sane than it is right now!!

In between though, Darling has got 2 duties.... i just hope i manage to cope with Faith for those days that he's not around!!!

Anyway, i was thinking, since most, if not all of you who read my blog are nowhere near being parents yet... here's an insight into a day of my life with Baby Faith.... hehe...

0900hrs - Mummy gets up to eat breakfast... Baby Faith is starting to fidget in bed and will
wake up very soon...

0915 hrs - Granny gets Baby's bath water ready, Mummy gets Baby's clothes ready, and warms
the milk up...
It's Bathtime for Baby Faith!

0930hrs - Baby Faith is nice and clean now.... it's now time for milk...

1000hrs - Baby Faith is burped, and has fallen asleep.
Mummy rushes to put Baby's clothes in the washing machine, and to wash Baby's
bottles and sterilize them.

1015hrs - Mummy finds Baby's nails very long, and decides to trim them...

1030hrs - Mummy expresses milk for Baby Faith.

1045hrs - Baby Faith awakens coz her nappy is wet...
Mummy changes her then rinses out her nappy...

1100hrs - Baby mealtime is brought forward coz she pooped just now.... so Mummy has to make
milk whilst soothing her.....

1110hrs - Baby is fed.

1125hrs - Baby poops and pees again... so diaper has to be changed....

1130hrs - Mummy puts Baby to rest, and washes and sterilizes the bottles yet again.

1145hrs - Baby hates to be left alone, so Mummy has to soothe her once more...

1200hrs - Finally Mummy has time to hang out the clothes to dry.

1210hrs - Mummy takes a powernap with Baby.

1230hrs - Mummy wakes up, turns on her laptop....

1245 hrs - Baby awakens... she's hungry again...

1300hrs - Mummy warms the milk up.

1310hrs - Baby is fed.

1330hrs - Time for another nappy change!

1340hrs - Baby lies down, but is grouchy...

1350hrs - Granny comes home and helps to lay out Mummy's food.

1410hrs - Granny takes over and makes Baby sleep while Mummy has lunch.

1440hrs - Mummy expresses milk for Baby again.

1515hrs - Nappy change!

1550hrs - Baby is hungry again, so Mummy warms the milk up.

1600hrs - Baby is fed.

1610hrs - Baby goes back to sleep, Mummy washes and sterilizes bottles.

1630hrs - Mummy gets some time to check her mail and do her things....

1700hrs - Granny asks Mummy to take her bath.

1715hrs - Mummy expresses milk for Baby again.

1730hrs - Mummy has her dinner.

1800hrs - Time for another nappy change.
Daddy comes home!

1830hrs - Mummy warms the milk.

1840 hrs - Baby is fed...

1900hrs - Bottles are washed and sterilized again.

1930hrs - Mummy takes in the laundry and prepares to fold them.

2000 hrs - Yet another nappy change.
Daddy and Mummy decides to sponge Baby.
Daddy soothes Baby whilst Mummy gets the clothes readt.

2015hrs - Baby is sponged.

2045hrs - Time for another feed. Milk is warmed.

2100hrs - Baby gets her milk.

2115hrs - Baby gets some play time with Daddy/Grandpa/Grandma

2200hrs - Yet another nappy changing time!

2215hrs - Mummy expresses milk for Baby.

2245hrs - Mummy and Daddy prepare to put Baby to sleep.

2300hrs - It's time for bed...

haha... does it sound exhausting? =)
It's worse when you are going through it for real.. =)
But I guess that's part and parcel of having a child.... seeing her smile makes it all feel better...

The many faces of my little darling.....

4:03 PM