My last week of maternity leave

I'm gonna miss……

1) Missy Caydence's big, wide grin when I greet her "good morning, Caydence!".

2) Waking up (late) together with her. By late, I mean seeing the sun.

3) Taking my own sweet time to sleep at 11.30pm after coaxing her to sleep, expressing my milk and not having to worry I have to wake up early in the morning.

Though my darling girl drives me crazy at times, I still want to spend all my time with her.

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Grandma's first birthday with Missy Caydence

It's grandma's 56th birthday, the first time for Missy Caydence to celebrate with us.

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The 3 month old Caydence

As she enters into her third month on Earth, she is now able to sleep for 5-6 hours at night without waking up for milk. This is good news for me as I will get to sleep too, though I run the risk of engorgement.

She has also been salivating a lot, to the extent that everyone thought she's teething soon. Well, we don't know if it's in the process as there are babies who teeths as early as 4 month old.

She hasn't been drinking much either. In the day, she could drag up to 4-5 hours without milk and yet she only managed to down about 90ml. To think that before this, she is drinking 140ml. The feeding session always starts with her struggling, we are trying to pinpoint what could be the reason for her struggle, but to no avail.

We bought a playmat for her, and we are encouraging her to turn over everyday. She can only turn from her tummy to back currently.


I hope Caydence will continue to be strong, healthy and most importantly, happy!

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The third 24 hours with Missy Caydence

4.30am: Missy Caydence woke up for her milk. Initial thought is to sleep with her till 5.30am before I get up to pump but she refused to sleep after milk. Got hubby to pat her to sleep while I go moo moo at 5.15am.
6am: Breakfast.
6.45am: Folded the cloth diapers. Clear cat cat's litter.
7am:Moo moo time (pump my milk though it's only 2 hrs interval so that I can sleep with Missy after that.)
7.30am: Went back to bed with Missy.
8.30am: Missy woke up, tried dream feeding her and yes! She drinks her milk with only a little struggle.
9am: Missy woke up.
9.15am: Bathing time!
9.30am: Playtime on her new playmat.
10am-12nn: Nap time!(Express my milk when she slept)
12.15pm: Milk time…didn't finish again.
12.30pm: Moo moo time
1pm: Shopping!
3pm: Back home. Missy was asleep throughout the shopping trip. =_=" Missy woke up when we reached home (great timing huh).
3-3.30pm: Playtime with Missy.
3.30pm: Missy started to cry hysterically. Thought she is hungry but no. Tried pacifying her until she fell asleep briefly in my arms. Put her in the rocker while I pump my milk.
4pm: After some coaxing, she finally drink her milk.
4.45-6.pm: Nap time.
5.30pm: Moo moo time…
6.45pm: Missy's nap time!
8pm: Missy's bathing time!
8.15pm: Feeding time (with the struggle again, sigh).
9pm: Daddy is home! Missy Caydence loves to play with her dad,she will always chuckle.
9.45pm: Missy started to get cranky as she is tired. Patted her and she fell asleep.
10pm: Change Missy into her pj. Went to bed with the dad while the mummy is still waiting for the laundry to be done and not forgetting the moo moo time.
11.15pm: Hang the laundry plus Moo moo time.

These 3 days have not been easy for me, taking care of Missy Caydence alone. It can be too much to handle at times, especially when she cries for no reason (ok, there's a reason, just that I took a while to figure it out) or when she refused to sleep or has problem falling asleep. But the good part of it is I became more familiar with her routine. Just like today, I know she will need a nap around 10+ in the morning, so I tried to engage her in play as much as possible before she shows signs of tiredness. She fell asleep without much fussing. I knew she is not going to take her milk at 3hr interval, hence I let her have her nap and when she is slightly awakened at 12.15pm, she drank her milk with minimal fussing too.
I bet my mum will have a tough time too, taking care of Caydence alone when I return to work (but at least no moo moo time for her, haha). A mental note to myself that I will try to be home in the evening to take care of the Missy as well as taking care of her at night so that my mum can have a good rest.

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2nd 24 hrs with Missy Caydence

3.15am: Missy Caydence woke up for her milk.
3.30am: Moo moo time…
6am: Breakfast.
6.45am: Moo moo time (thought I could do it before the Missy wakes up for her milk.)
7am: Missy cried for milk, no choice, gotta stop the pump and feed her. Missy went back to la-la land after milk.
7.15am: Pumping continues.
7.30am: Folded the cloth diapers & clear cat cat's litter.
8am: Went back to bed with Missy Caydence.
9am: Missy woke up.
9.15am: Bathing time!
9.30am: Playtime on her new playmat.
10am: Milk time with the struggle again. Didn't finish her milk.
10.15am-1pm: Nap time!(Express my milk when she slept. I'm so thankful that she napped quite a while, I get to rest a little too! The time today passed pretty fast due to the long nap.)
1-2pm: Story time!
2pm: Missy dozed off. (Moo moo time)
3pm: Missy woke up. Brought her to the playground. She can't play yet but we tried the rocking horse. She enjoyed it.
3.45pm: Back home and she dozes off after a while.
5pm: Missy is supposed to drink her milk at 4pm but well an hour later but at least no struggle this time.
5.30pm: Moo moo time…
6.45pm: Missy's nap time!
7.30pm: Missy's bathing time!
8pm: Feeding time (with the struggle again, sigh).
9pm: Fell.asleep on Daddy's lap.
9.45pm: Woke up from her nap.
10pm: Change Missy into her pj.
11pm: Milk time. Daddy coaxing her to sleep.
11.15pm: Hang the laundry plus Moo moo time.

I change my pumping schedule today. Instead of following the 3 hrs interval strictly, I let Missy Caydence took the lead, i.e. I only express my milk when she falls asleep. Find that it is less stressful. Just 1 more day! Gambatte!!

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The first 24 hrs with Missy Caydence

Thought I will just jot down the happenings for these 3 days of 24 hrs with Missy Caydence.
4.30am: Missy Caydence woke up for her milk.
5am: My turn to express bm.
5.30am: Couldn't get to sleep due to hunger. Decided to have an early breakfast.
6am: Folded the cloth diapers as I'm afraid I might not have the time to do it after Missy Caydence wakes up.
6.30am: Went back to bed with Missy Caydence.
7.30am: Woke up to warm milk for her. But she didn't wake up until 9am.
8.30am: Moo moo time…
9-10.30am: Playtime!
10.30-12.00: Nap time!
1pm: Milk time (her timing for milk has not been regular lately)
1.30pm: Missy dozed off after her feed.
1.45pm: Moo moo time…
2.30pm: Missy woke up and started to be a little cranky. Only want to be carried.
3.30pm: Recognise her cries for milk. Fed her. She couldn't get to sleep due to her tummy discomfort. Carried her for a while. Finally slept at 4.30pm.
5pm: Moo moo time…
6.45pm: Missy woke up but recently her feeding session always start with a struggle. She will just refuse to eat, only after a few rounds of coaxing then will she drink her milk. Tired!
7.15pm: Missy's bathing time!
7.30pm: Moo moo time…while she fell asleep.
8pm: Grandpa & grandma came to entertain missy (finally a breather).
8.45pm: Daddy came home!
9.45pm: Feeding time (with the struggle again, sigh). Fell asleep after milk.
10pm: Change Missy into her pj.
The day has ended for the missy but not the momma.
10.30pm: Moo moo time
11pm: Drying the laundry.

I would usually hang the laundry before I express my milk as I want to ensure that the breasts are empty when I head to bed to minimise risk of engorgement but that would mean I will have 30min less of sleep.

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24/7 with the Missy

Momma is going to Genting for 3 days. This means I will be alone with baby Caydence 24/7 for the next 3 days. Despite the experience of weekend super mom, I'm still a little apprehensive. But well, I'm a Mummy now, I should and I know I can do it. :)

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July sigifies the end of ML

When Caydence was born, I was thinking that 16 weeks of maternity leave seems long, but in another 3 weeks plus, I will be heading back to work and it seems like I gave birth to her yesterday.
Human beings are always self-contradicting. When I first started my ML, I couldn't get used to being cooped up in the house, taking care of a baby. I couldn't wait to go back to work.
Now my ML is ending, I just want to spend more time with my baby, witnessing every little milestone she embarked on. I'm beginning to feel a little sad that I won't be able to.spend as much time with her as I had for the first 16 weeks of her life.
Due to a few reasons, I could not afford to take no pay leave. If not, I will take an additional 2 months of no pay leave so that I can be with Caydence for at least 6 months, fully breastfeeding her.
Well, life goes on. I supposed I will have to squeeze time out to accompany her.

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