Claire Delivery on the 30th of Dec 2012

On 30th Dec 2012, 12am, I began to feel a short intervals of pain. Being a first time pregnant women, I really wonder is this real? or a BX? Though I had taken those pre-natal courses but I wasn't sure. Thus, I decided to wait and try to go to sleep. However, I COULDN'T.

Between 12a.m to 4a.m, I was feel really uncomfortable, wondering is it coming? I googled *Gosh, google became my support* and try to find out whether am i in it now? However, pain became pretty unbearable and I kicked my husband, who was sleeping on the bed below. "Cannot, cannot, think it might be real". Justin was in shock, maybe because I kicked him damn hard. Or perhaps, he was too sleepy to accept this sudden news.

We immediately changed our clothes and brought our maternity bag. Fortunately we prepared this bag last weekend. This came too suddenly and 2 weeks early. I actually followed most of the guide at Babycenter website. I even had a birth plan too :P

When I reached the hospital, I was 4cm dilated. I was immediately given the epidural, and the pain became slowly manageable, and was injected something to help to speed the process however, i heard this might make the baby become less active. Time to time, a nurse will come in and check and adjust the dosage.

Less than 4 hours, I was ready to push! In the begnining, I pushed and pushed but hubby said, "Hey, you are doing the wrong way!, Don't use your throat to push, use your diagram!". Cos I was making a lot of noise through my throat, thus I focused my strength on the wrong place. After his enlightenment, I did the right way, and at 9.19a.m, Baby Claire was born :)




We were so so happy and that mommie did well.

Actually, we were hoping that she will arrive in 2013, but i guess she must be anxious to get out especially her umbilical cord got wrapped around her neck. I'm so glad she made it.

Overall, it was a pretty smooth delivery. Bear Bear (that's my hubby) booked me a single-bed room so I can peacefully try breastfeeding. So sweet :)

Cheers,
Deariebear Mommie

I believe in play for my child.

I chanced upon this video about believing in Play, which is important for our child's development in their mental and physical well-being. This video is by KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit organization that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. I wonder is there such organization in Singapore since our children are so super stressed up!

I remembered that when I was young, I had lots of freedom to play at the playground near my house, playing hide and seek with my friends and sprained my ankle twice. Playing under the rain with my brother, splashing through the water when we were on our swings. I still remember the taste and smell of the mud water. Eeee! Making sand dolphins. Sadly, I did not have the luxury of having barbie dolls or I don't even remember I had much toys during my age, but was given the freedom to play outside.

Looking back, I really treasured those childhood moments though I did not exactly have a happy family back then. Faced with uncertainties and fear, freedom to play gives me to confidence to explore the world, courage to face the world and its challenges.

Cheers,
Deariebear Mommie

Claire is suffering from Yan Zhen

Hello everyone :)

This blog was lifeless for about 2 years plus. I guess life was kinda stagnant for us after a big milestone passed, our wedding honeymoon at Europe.On 30th Dec 2012, life changed after our baby Claire came into our life. I will talk more about it in another post. :)

For this very first post, it will be good to update my friends about little Claire's eye condition.About 2 weeks ago, I spotted a very very tiny red dot at her left eye lid. I even asked my father-in-law, who is one of the main carer, "Ah Pa, did u see something red here?" He replied "no leh, where got"? After a few days,  her eye became swollen, (pic). My mother-in-law said something must have bitten her, or was she allergic to egg? Immediately, we stopped feeding her egg, and rushed to see a pediatrician.

Our pediatrician said, "oh, she has a 眼针 (Yan Zhen), or our saying Zhen Yan." It was due to blocked sweat duct which caused bacteria infection. I then recalled we don't really clean her eye lids. Being first time parents, we are pretty anxious and kinda guilty too.

The doc gave us a antibiotic cream to apply on her eyelid. We will need to use a warm damp cloth to dap her eyelid first before application so the pores will be open and absorb the cream.

After a week, we noticed that there's a pus in her eye but overall her eye has reduced its swell. But this still kept us worried so Justin Papa and father-in-law brought her to see another pediatrician and gave another cream which will stay longer after application.

Today, the pus seems gone but there's still a tiny swollen thingy which I wonder is the pus still there? Let's see whether it will disappear. Now we are sure to clean her eye lids during her baths. We leant the hard way :( Poor Claire, Mama and papa are still learning.

 By the way, this is the cream that she is using for those who are interested to know :)

Cheers,

Deariebear Mommie