Day 23

After breaking a glass milk bottle the other day without saying sorry, Jenny told me that she broke the glass cover of my wok on Monday, the day we went out to arrange birth certificate. 

I was so upset because she is not a honest person, and blamed Tin Tin for doing this. She is asking Tin Tin not to tell us as well. 

In the evening, we brought this subject to Tin Tin and she burst into tears because she felt she's wrong too. We calmed her down and felt glad that she got a pure heart. 

Baby Megan is sleeping and eating well. Though the weather is getting much cooler, we still have to have air conditioning for Megan because she's a hot baby and the neighbourhood is a bit dusty. 

Day 22

Its a chaotic day because tintin broke my lovely ceramic bowl I got from Zara Home in Dubai a few years ago. This happened after lunch. 

At around 6pm, Jenny broke a milk bottle while she's feeding Megan! Wow! Is it too much for one day? 

In the evening, we started to put Megan in the stokke new born set because she did not want to sleep. But she fell asleep quickly after we put her down! The chair is supposed for wake-up babies!! Wake up, Megan. 

Cute toes! 

Day 21

Officially, Megan is 3 weeks old on 27 October. On Day 21, we went to the birth registry to arrange a birth certificate for Megan. Since she was born in Union hospital, we had to visit the birth registry office in Shatin. The office was a small one and filled with people speaking in Mandarin. It's like I visited Shenzhen!! 

Anyway, the certificate can be done in 30mins. So easy and quick. We also took time to visit Ikea and we also made a stop at pacific coffee. On the way back, we visited maritime square too. Ah Lun said we even missed visiting Maritime Square (the nearest mall to our house), that's really hilarious.  

$140 for one birth certificate. We got two copies, because the officer says the certificate will be used many many times before Megan reaches 11year old, eg school applications, etc. We may not want to see the creases (similar to our own birth certificates) after so many parties use the birth certificate. 

Day 20

It's Sunday, and my family is coming to visit baby Megan again. We have to time our visit very accurately so that they are not visiting the baby while she's busy in taking a bath or feeding. 

Jenny is also on leave on Sunday which means Ah Lun is taking Megan for a bath on his own. Finally he made it. 

Actually Kailan does not harm baby when she is calmed. I love this shot! Tse's family is finally sitting all together on the sofa. 

Sister loves this picture. 

Megan is lack of security likes some other babies. We have to use pacifier to calm her sometimes, though we don't want to rely on this too much. 

Photo Caption: iBaby by Apple

I also need to thank Ah Lun taking the night shifts (12am and 4am) for me so I can take a rest after two long days. I am full of energy now. 

Day 19

Nothing special happened today, and life gets really busy as Ah Lun had long working days recently. Sometimes, I think it's not about physical help, but the mental support which is more important. Therefore, these last two days passed too slowly and looked more difficult without him. 

The good news is he will be home on Sunday most of the time! At least he can help to hold Megan after feeding. He also needs some bonding time with baby after  disappearing for two days. 

This is the only photo I took on Day 19. She's got chubby cheeks! But her arms and legs are not chubby at all because they are rather long...no Michelin effect on her so far. 

Day 18

We visited the maternal and child health centre again for a regular check-up. Megan weighed 4.01kg on Day 18, she's  getting heavier slowly and gradually. 

She looks quite different everyday! Here you go the look of Day 18:

By the way, Ah Lun started to give nick name to Megan. She is called 禿鷹 because of her natural but standing hair. 

禿鷹is trying to push the pacifier into her mouth by her little hands. 

Day 17

2 weeks after I have discharged from hospital, I was required to do a medical check up on my wound. I just look forward to this appointment because I wanted to know how much weight I have lost after child birth. 

Surprisingly, I lost all the baby weight I have gained. 

38 weeks pregnant = up 7.6kg

Megan's weight at birth time = 3.8kg

2 weeks postpartum = down "exactly" 7.6kg (how funny!)

It really made me happy because I lost all the weight gain in such a short period of time. But anyway, I was a bit overweight before my pregnancy, so it's the best time to reduce some weight in the next couple of weeks. 

By feeding Megan with breast milk, I actually eat a lot. The amount of rice and soup I take is amazing!! With this amount of food intake, I can produce milk for baby. Theoretically, I will need 500 calories more everyday. 

Kailan and the Safety Gate

Megan has been back to home for two weeks, and Kailan is getting used to the existence of Megan. 

We ordered a safety gate to seperate Kailan from baby last week. After we purchased the gate, Kailan actually becomes more calmed and she wants to stick with baby now. If I sit in the living room, she will pull her pillow to stay close to us. 

But if I go back to the nursery room, Kailan will stay close to the gate. So funny!! 

Inspiration

http://www.buzzhand.com/post_175001.html

Kailan you are not forgotten

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