What to pack for kids when flying

playing with Logico in the airport whilst the father.......... 

pack some books to distract them in the cabin

he loves dinosaurs

he does not like colouring activity which i reckon would be good to bring on plane.

cardigan is the best warmer.

cools when it's warm.

warms when it's cold.

luckily he loves wearing my cardigan.

pulling his own luggage

6 months pregnant

apr 30

Thermomix curry

i craved for spicy food when i had Matty.

i had a lot of eating problems.

very fussy and picky. appetite changes like a tornado.

so it was a little difficult cooking at home at times.

i'd request for a dish and once it is ready to be served, i'd change my mind by then.

sad right? :)

this was what hubs cooked for me.

who says thermomix only cooks for a small family?

this pot of curry could serve up to 8 people i think!

the chef insisted he cooks from scratch instead of cheating using curry paste.

Dec 2012

 cheeky face

he thinks he looks cute so he was excited over this to-chang

at this age,

he says cater peter instead of caterpillar.

2 months pregnant

with a subchorionic hematoma.

could possibly be a twin.

layman : i had 2 sacs in my uterus and one of the sac collapse.

everything went well. the other sac survived.

the first trimester was AWFUL!

puked a total of...say 10 times in total.

first pregnancy, only ONCE. n that was because i had too much petai :p

well ive always encouraged him to be independent.

i thought when kids reach a certain age, they would begged for independence?

they would want to do things on their own, we cant help them?

not for him.

he always says he cant do it.

he doesnt know how to do it.

i cannot mummy. i cannot.

-__________-

until now, he cannot wear shirts on his own.
he can put on his own pants, but they will be crooked.
given a chance, he will allow us to wear pants for him.
spoilt by aunty definitely.
he knows it so he bullies her.
O.O

Dec 2012

perineal massage how-to

YOUTUBE PERINEAL MASSAGE


perineal massage is not only useful for delivery, it also helps to strengthen the muscles for those intimate moments.

so do it mommies!

this stretching exercise can be carried out for mommies like me, who have had their first vagina birth.no harm done, more to gain ;)

read the techniques here on how to do it.


as for episiotomy, some mothers shared that an episiotomy done is better than a natural tear. some said otherwise.


EPISIOTOMY video

i almost had one (episiotomy), but my midwife suggested not to as we (the baby and i) could cope. phew.

i did not checked on the wound though. neither did i enquire which grade of tear i had (grade 2 tear, grade 3 tear) but according to hubs, he said it should be a very minor grade. 

however, i remembered i was in pain, and also maybe i was just afraid of the wound hence i was particularly careful. i walked around the ward and behaved like i had a c-sect. pretty embarrassed when i was questioned.
the other veterans could sit cross-legged on their bed, wolfing down on their meals right after delivery. *gasped*

it took me almost 3 weeks to a month to completely heal and not feel any strange sensation at the bottom. 

life is like that. there will always be contradicting stories so the decision is yours. my good friend shared that she was given salt bath to speed up the vagina wound. Means u sit in a pail of salt water, daily.

Meanwhile my nurses in SWACH (Sabah Women and Children Hospital) advised that salt water is not recommended. it would instead promote infection and delay healing.

i guess i would put in episiotomy in my birth plan  in future.


updated apr 2013: this is a new link which explains more about episiotomy. ive changed my mind! NO episiotomy this time around please! never! :D