Another Shopping for Both ...

mommy called to tell me that dr@co didn't poo since 9am. She was worried. But shortly after her call, she called again because dr@co had poo. Sigh...

Mommy also ordered to buy the Dentinox infant colic drop for dr@co (on top of the gripe water) as he was suspected to had that problem ... I got it at Guardian off the selves.

Also replenished dr@co milk powder... my big eater ...

We tried to give him 120ml milk (breast+formula) at night because he seemed to be able to take more in his last feed. But he only finished about 80ml...

Grip Water

Bought the famous Woodwards gripe water for dr@co. Hope it helps.

I also got a uBaby Fever Band from Osim. Just in case he needs it.

Shopping for Both

Had a shopping list to replenish for both.

For mommy, some kiwi, a tin of milk and some Chinese herbs.
For dr@co, another pack of NB size pampers. seemed like he was pooing a lot.

Dr@co Two Weeks Old!!!

Yeh, Two Weeks Old!!

But seemed like we had a LONGGGG week ...

Three Bottles = One Feed !?!

Without realised, today was already Sunday.

I found that following up with Dr@co's routine was really tiring. Just the feeding itself took three bottles for one feed, and the frequency was about every 2-3hours average. One for the expressed breast milk, one for formulae milk and one for plain water. Dr@co's every feed now required about 60-80ml, as mommy's milk was generally less than 70ml, so, it is necessary to supplement with some formulae.

I was not not sure if the water was necessary, but that's whey the mommy and grandma wanted, so be it ...

Today was also the last day for mommy's malay massage session ... err ... the tummy still there, but smaller.

Express - > IQ Warmer

It was the second weekend for Dr@co. No office today, but still have to wake up early for help here and there ...

Before noon, I headed to Philips with the newly bought warmer. After clarifications with the sales personnel there, I dicided to top up for the Avent IQ warmer as the express model did not serve me as the way I wanted. Hope Avent IQ does.

Cordless!!

Mommy called. The cord dropped, without me witnessing it ...sigh...

So now Dr@co was cordless.

Name Finalized!!!

it is a usual day for daddy. 6pm, I went back home for Dr@co. We had two visitors today, Serene and Ching Xia.

Then I picked up the name report and trying to finalise the name. In fact, it was more or less chosen. I called up Dr@co's grand-daddy to seek for his opinion. The name we chosen was 轩宇 (Xuan Yu). We all agreed that it was a nice name, 叶轩宇 - Yap Xuan Yu. I like the initials specifically, when they were placed together: YXY. Seemed like this handsome boy will be sandwich by the opposite sex ... :p

Anyway, it was finalised. and here you are, Dr@co, from now on, this will be your official name.

p.s. apparently, I found out that my friend's nephew is named 宇轩 ... after all, this name is not that unique. But Dr@co is.

ONE WEEK OLD!!!

Dr@co was already one week old. Another Hurray... Having said that, we didn't really celebrate. But....

Had to tell mommy to cut down food with alcohol...

But so far, we were sooooo exhausted to take care of him. Keep wanting milk.... His frequency is as short as half hour and the longest is only short 2.5 hours...

Luckily, milk powder is readily available for Dr@co's demand. Anyway, I have checked, the milk powder is made in the Netherlands, not China, and definitely not "san lu" brand one.

Anyway, I just found a slot for this.... not sure when I will be back again to update this ...

Dr@co New "Ferarri"

We received a new gift. It is Dr@co's new "Ferarri". That pram was full of interesting features and it was definitely a good pram. The only con was that it was too heavy for mommy, and not so portable. Need quite a bit or car space. But we appreciated it.

"Haha, just in time for ht upcoming F1! VROM, VROOMMMMMmmmmm.." - Dr@co

One Week Checkup

Finally, I was back to my office. Lot of things to clear. But I only have until 2pm for that. Then, I need to be back home because Mommy and Dr@co had their one week checkup to do. One at Mt. E and another at Paragon.

Before that mommy started her first malay massage session. This is basically a 7 sessions massage. Hope could see result after that.

Moon Festival

Today was the moon festival. Since Dr@co can't eat moon cake yet, I had to get him something at this special day. I went around the Toa Payoh Central to search for an electric lantern.

Oh man, I can't believe that I can't find a single one.... luckily, I was able to get one at the neighborhood shop near our home. The lantern was the creature featured in "CJ7 (movie by Steven Chow)"...

the two grandma said this daddy was crazy. but I said it was a memorable act ...

Dr@co Chinese Name

I went to Master Lim and collected Dr@co's naming report. There were quite a number of characters for us to mix and match from to form Dr@co's name. Master Lim also inform me about Dr@co's general characteristics based on his "eight characters (八字)" which equivalent to his birth date and time. He also told me some of the things that Dr@co should avoid.

"Make sure I have a powderful name ah!!" - Dr@co

Dr@co's (Scheduled) Due Date

Today was Dr@co scheduled due date and it was his second day home. We were still stressful that he kept crying.

We called in my mother-in-law from Yong Peng to help up too. In the afternoon, she reached, and I hoped everything will be better.

now I had two grandmas to help, I went to fix my viper and did some shopping. In my shopping list, I included a tin of milk powder, just in case. When I was back home, the two doesn't seems to be able to handle Dr@co too. So, I decided to let go. Let go of what the doctor said. I brought out all the milk bottle, soother bla bla bla.... sigh....

soon after I allowed the two grandmas to handle it thier ways, Dr@co seemed to settle a bit (of course) ...

Cordblood Stored

StemCord just SMSed to inform me that Dr@co cord blood was enough for storage. It will be stored in two different bags (not the tube, hehe) at two locations.

Back to HomeSweetHome

Mommy decided to discharge from the 5* "hotel" as the bed is not exactly comfortable to sleep, and it was quite expensive ward.

We packed up eveything and settle all the bills for mommy and Dr@co. Around 11am, Dr@co aunties and grandma came to visit us at the hospital.

I headed out to pick up my ride. WHAT!! the pair of front vipers of my car were stolen!?!? make a short report to the car-park management, and what the heck, Dr@co is more important.

mommy no milk to supply ....
at night, I notice that Dr@co had the jaundice problem. We did not know what to do.... I was panic and I messaged couple of friends for help....

Dr@co Candid Shots

Dr@co One Day Old

Dr@co one day old already. Hurray!!

Many more days to come ...

before this, mommy's colleague informed us that she bought 4D on our room number and got a starter price!!! Dr@co is a lucky star for everyone.

Dr@co's First day

I wasn't around at night because no companion allowed for double room. Early in the morning, I woke up and prepared for mommy's need. Then I headed to hospital to see Dr@co and mommy.

here is the shot. He has the feature of two of us (of course!!) Big eyes belongs to momy and the big earlobe belongs to dad. the rest, mixture of both. I hope he has my brain quality...

"Mammy's brain also not bad lah ... " - Dr@co

At noon, we moved to a Delux room. Oh man, it was like a 5* hotel with a price to pay. Room number 331. Seems like Dr@co was full of "3", i.e. weighted 3.330kg, born at 2303...

The Arrival

It was a long day. Full house in the delivery suite. We were quite lucky to be slightly earlier to grab the last room available...

0000hr - we were put into Delivery Suite 9 (DS9);

0100hr - registration for admission completed. Back in DS9. Mommy was "equiped" with a monitoring system for baby's heart beat and contraction. Baby was shown VERY ACTIVE.

0145hr - mommy took a break with bread we bought from bread talk. Soon after, mommy was inserted with a pill to soften the cervix. According to our last visit, it was still rather "hard". My concern that it won't work well ...

0300hr - Ik Chian (mommy's sister) called to check if Dr@co arrived yet. Of course not, still far from that.

0541hr - Nurse gave mommy an examination, the cervis remained unchanged ... sigh ...

0805hr - breakfast time;

0900hr - Dr. Ong came to assess mommy. True enough, after 8 hours of waiting, the cervix remained unripe, at all. Dr decided to start contraction through dripping;

0910hr - Mommy was furher "equiped" with a tube for the dripping Dr ordered;

0930hr -

.... to be completed.....

1100hr - urine bag administred.

Final Countdown

I woke up earlier to get breakfast for mommy. Mommy started her maternity leave from today and to get ready for the arrival.

Six pm, get my A ready and back home. We had KFC for our dinner at Toa Payoh and we did our final shapping before the arrival. We bought some pearl powder for baby and some ginseng for mommy ... I bought a musical toy for Dr@co from Kiddy Palace.

Around 11:30, we loaded our luggage on car, and headed to hospital. There we were: Mt Alvernia - for our baby arrival. We headed to the delivery suite, we were putted to Delivery Suite 9.