My Confinement …
Posted in Baby Stuart, Cooking, Food, Pregnancy, Twins on Mar 2nd, 2010
… has finally ended on Chap Goh May 
- no more peaceful hiding in the air-cond room for milk-pumping
- no more peaceful afternoon nap alone in the air-cond room
- no more ignoring baby’s loud cries day or nite
- no more long hiding in the bathroom for a slow & calm bathing/hair-wash
- no more breakfast, lunch & dinner served on the dining table like for a queen
- no more peaceful midnight sleep
which simply signify the beginning of the ‘REAL FUN’ !!
I’m kinda nervous yet excited of what to anticipate accepting this challenge again. Obviously the skills that i may have mastered many years ago handling my infant twins would have vanished by now so i’m doubting myself if i could easily pick them up again. For sure i know practice made perfect….so….wish me luck !! Anyway like the old chinese saying :
“ jue dou mai lei chao sik lar “
This CL’s cooking wasn’t as creative & yummy as my previous CL. But thank god i’m such an easy eater. I just whacked anything that she cooked but kept reminding her to reduce the rice portion….for obvious reason la. Out of the 16 bottles of rice & ginger wines, i actually finished 10 bottles….. boy, isn’t that rediculous? But some were used to cook for others who like tasting confinement food during their visit like my siblings, family & friends.
Here are some of my confinement dishes that i managed to snap during the month:
drunken chicken (cooked with rice wine, ginger & ‘muk yee’)
drunken pork soup, veggies & pork patties
no-rice-day, mee sua fish & mixed veggies
Apart from her daily cooking, the CL also double boiled various type of soup/drinks/essence for the queen.
Here is the Hennessy liquor chicken essence
Since i don’t have the special type of double-boil pot, the CL used the conventional method to do it. Small bowl in big bowl simmer in a big pot with a whole kampung chicken for the essence…. both my mom & I learnt a good lesson this time 
This is the fish soup that i personally requested to increase the milk production. Cooked with lots of ginger & tomatoes, the hot & sour taste was superb
Overall, i reckon that i am truly blessed with a hassle-free confinement month & an angel sent confinement lady. Words had it that she’s very patient & good in baby handling and it has been proven now. She’s such a good-hearted person & gets along well with people esp my mom. Apart from certain ‘taboos’ & practices that i might not like to adopt, generally i have no major complaint about her service. If you could just ‘close one eye’ like me on those practices that u might not like, believe me….your baby is still gonna be absolutely fine :)
During the 1st week of CNY, my parents went for vacation & she cooked dinners for all of us (hub, twins & maid). Having the grandmotherly nature, she even cares to mind my 2 monkeys when they were around at home….. like kept advising them not to fight, dont eat too much of heaty cookies, eat their dinner etc etc. She even boiled herbal tea n barley for them.
Here’s a photo of her with my 3s on her last day
On a side note, since the kor-kor were in their uniform i’ll do a quick update on them too. The boys had started their taekwando lesson few weeks before Stuart’s arrival. It was such a bliss to get them up on the early Sunday morning for the lesson bcoz they looked forward to it so much. Since it was lesson conducted at their school, they had their buddies to minggle around. Like to see them in these uniform…..so gaya, haha
The only complaint was….haiya, say no complaint but still….hehe
She started on 4/2 so her last day supposingly should be around 3/3 but she requested to go off on Chap Goh May 28/2 which was way shorter than her 1 month service. Since she said it was still CNY & she could go back to celebrate with her family & etc……i don’t have a heart to reject her (me being such a nice person) Hence, my initial plan of giving her a bigger angpow was cancelled…i’ve no choice but to chop down on my angpow to her lor. I ‘rugi’ besar u know. Lesson learnt, agreed on the last day of work & don’t give birth on February, LOL !!!
welcome back to the real world!! ha ha….good to know everyone was well taken care of
No wonder I never had enuf milk for my little ethan last time. During my confinement, all I had was red bean tong sui, milo and pork knuckles in wine.. i think.. coz i did not hire CL.. my mom took care of me.. and i was not fond of confinement food
at least she did her job well for almost 4 weeks and pull a fast one on you on the last days. at least you had a beautiful and peaceful confinement. You are blessed coz deep down inside, you are also a very easy going person.
wah..the previous CL’s cooking lagi best?? makes me so itchy wanna have another confinement now!!!
Glad u r doing well during ur CL …..
thinking back..i miss my confinement food.
i think yr CL left earlier is ok gua considered that she worked for u during CNY!!!
i remembered my time, i even ask the CL to cook more n store in freezer…
yr CL very nice lor. and thank GOD she is isnt it? hehehe…
You managed twins before, which must have been even more challenging. Hope Stuart would be as easy-going as you too, then you’d have a more relaxed time. All the best!
Getting a good CL these days is all abt luck, unless u’ve engaged her b4. U’re vy lucky she’s vy capable n not calculative — to care for the older boys n cook for the whole family sometimes. That’s y u’re oso not calculative with her.
Wah… the boys so gaya in their taekwondo uniform. It’s good that they look fwd to their lessons. XY’s sch oso has taekwondo. But I prefer karate. A bit biased coz I took up karate b4. :p
I know what you mean about confinement during the CNY. Your CL is so nice, ok alsolah she goes back for Chap Goh Meh. If she’s such a family-oriented person, I guess she really misses her own family when she sees how happy yours is!
Your boys look really handsome in the tae kwon do suits! Does the instructor emphasize that tae kwon do is for self-defence and not fighting with each other???
You’re lucky to have her and you seem to like your confinement. That’s great! I love mine too but I was not the queen, got to keep the clothes when it rained and got to do payroll. Hahaha…..
Bergaya betul anak you tu. Next shot would be the “Taekwondo side kick”?
Hi Jaclyn,
Congrats on the arrival of Baby Stuart and your blissful confinement
I love reading your blog and have been following it quite a while…:)
May I know where does your confinement lady from? I may want to consider her for my next child as I didn’t get a proper confinement during the first birth of my daughter. Not sure whether she would come to Singapore as I am based here.
Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers,
KY
waah..looking at yr confinement food makes my mouth water
so how’s lil stuart doing? i see the kor-kors are really into martial arts eh?
Hope you’re coping well with your new routine.
You’re so lucky, got a nice CL, even cook for your family during chinese new year and mind your twins kor kor. I had a bad experience on CL.
Your confinement food look yummylicious!!!
Take care and get enough rest when you can.
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such a good CL…and you hav such a good nourishing month…
keep her contact for other mummies who need her service…
Hi, first time visiting your blog. Congrats on your newest addition! And your CL seems so good…..mine was terrible! Anyway my friend’s looking for a good CL. Do you mind giving her contact no. and what are her charges?
YAY! finally confinement is over (i know i am so so so late) And looking at the food makes me wanna……attend ppl’s cnfinement and sapu the food! haha but not my own confinement.
Hi,
I am looking for a confinement lady. And incidentally I saw your blog.
Would you recommend me your CL?
Could I have your CL contact no??
Thanks.
Janet
0124205913
hello?? no update for so long? now, don’t give “busy” as excuse ahh…
hi, can i have the contact of your CL please? am looking for one desperately as am due in oct’10.
thank you in advance!!
pris
pris, send me yr email for the contact.
HI! Great to know that you have a great CL. I am desperately looking for one as am due in Nov/Dec 2010.
Thanks
Wei
hi,
great to hear that you have an experienced CL. can you pls email her contact no to me. my email address is chan_abe_88@yahoo.com
thanks in advance.
hi,
glad to hear that u had an experienced CL. may i have her contact no.? thx a lot.
My email is chan_abe_88@yahoo.com
Hi, that will be very lucky to you to found an experienced CL.
can you pls email her contact no to me.
my email address is kllee1981@live.com
thanks in advance.
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