I have started to work from home since this past Wed (27/1) as my obgyn gave me 3 days MC prior to my planned induce-labour early next week. Will still need to see him coming Sun to have a final check on me to confirm the best course of action to proceed with things. Thought this 3 days (Wed-Fri) would be a good time to catch up on sleep.. rest..other final preparations. But out of sudden Scot started coughing & fever soon developed too. He had a fall in school the other day & got his knee quite badly injured. And i think it must have been the infection on the knee that caused the fever. Anyway, it wasn’t a very bad episode. All he needed was some rest at home as he looked weak & tired. So we kept him away from school for 2 days. And it means instead of resting, i’m babysitting him at home…. bleah !! Thank god, Sean kor-kor did not put up any resistance going to school himself on the first day. But guess i breathed my sigh of relief too early as he was already whining & refused to change into his uniform the next morning…. am surprised that my 8 years old BIG boys still displayed separation anxiety between themselves ….i mean despite fighting a lot But after failing with all the sweet talk & persuasion, i ended up having to tempt him with his favourite INSTANT NOODLE for his breakfast……..adoi !! So there i rushed down to the kitchen to cook that bowl of ‘poison’ noodle for him & in few minutes time, this little monster actually ran down happily with wide smiles & ate his bowl of noodles…..off he went to school…..pheww. Since i kinda pity him & knew that he missed his di-di, i convinced dady to pick him up right after school & spared him from going to the tuition centre  for all 3 days i was at home. All in all I think it was the guilt feeling in me that i should spend more time with the boys for the remaining these few days before the baby greets us!!

Here’s the sick big baby scot

Anyway, with the boys around i still managed to finish a few tasks on my minds like:  washed the basic feeding bottles & the pumping accessories, read the manual & operated my sterilizer, sterilized all the feeding tools (for testing) ….just to name a few.

Anyway, as promised here is the Avent sterilizer given to me by these bunch of wonderful

…   L A D I E S …

love it so much….thks

thks elaine for this fan (i’ve started using it myself since i sweat a lot, haha) & the baby suit has goes into my hospital bag, thanks

Finally I think my mama must have been as excited as me too. Here are what she has got for me in welcoming my confinement months.

3 bottles of DOM

1 bottle of Henessy Liquor

15 bottles of RICE Wine

i just can’t believe i’m expected to swallow all these alcohol during my 2 months confinement…. scary ehh

2 bottles of SESAME OIL

1 bottle of BLACK VINEGAR

that big bottle (i’ve no idea what was it)

big bag of GINGERS

RED & BLACK DATES

some ginseng-family HERBS (i think)

Herbal BATHs for baby & I

Isn’t our mama the most wonderful lady on earth? I certainly believe confinement will never be the same for myself without mama around

Last weekend, my MIL was here to attend her brother’s son wedding. And again my boys were needed for the service as the page boy & ring bearer at the wedding mass…. haha (an uncle even said i can set up a bis for their service, LOL)

geeee….. see the little girl holding my Sean’s arm…..hahaha, the silly mummy was beaming in smile inside

Congrats Keat & his wonderful wife, May you have a Love & Beautiful Marriage!

Actually, i DID NOT attend any of the events to this wedding (pre-wed dinner, matrimonial service at the church, wed reception) as i believe it would be very tiring for me…. plus due to the withdrawal symptoms too lar. So i felt extremely bad as i got along quite well with this aunty of huby….simply bcoz we r both chatty & the fact that she speaks my dialect added to the spark, haha….. I must pay her a visit one day after my confinement as the last i spoke to her, she was tremendously elated over this wedding !! Anyway, my parents were also invited to the wedding reception so i guess at least i had a good representation there!!

And here are what my MIL got me:

SO HUP pills (to remove wind)

Some oil & pearl powder for baby

I end this post with some interesting photos for you

Have you seen of ” CHUE GEOK ” / pig feet before ?????

“Chue Geok vinegar” is very delicious isn’t it??

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here u go

Not enough of CHUE GEOK??

Nah, one more look of the Chue Geok

Aren’t they BAD….i don’t even want to take a 2nd look at my elephant feet. And I really hope that it’s a sign of something coz i really couldn’t tolerate all these nonsense anymore

Till then, we shall catch up again