Wellness & Vitality
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Adiri Natural Nurser
Before delivery, I simply bought milk bottles at Anakku. After delivery, I felt I needed a better bottle for Josiah in order that he doesn’t choose bottle over breast. So, around 4 weeks of his life outside the womb, I started scouting for that perfect bottle. Ok call me crazy. Before we had a bottle, we used a syringe as taught by the hospital to feed Josiah with supplemental formula milk, coz at the time, milk production was really low. After 1 month old, he began to recognise the syringe and hates it so much, it became a chore just getting some milk into his mouth. That was why I…
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Breastfeeding and Working
Thanks to encouragement from Christine and Karen from their blogs, I had decided I would continue breastfeeding even after returning to work. It would mean having to express during working hours. For that, I made a huge purchase with my breast pump. After researching a lot during my confinement, I settled for the Ameda Lactaline Personal double pump, putting aside the initial Spectra 3 I was considering. I’m not one of those lucky women who find it so easy to pump even with a manual pump, for me, I really needed a good one in order get anything out. At the time, I wanted to buy this from UK, but…
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At 2 months…
Yesterday we brought Josiah to the clinic for his 2nd month’s checkup and immunisation. We went early in the morning, but the place is already full of people. I wonder always how early these people came. So we waited and waited, in total of 3 hours. Just for a weigh in and an injection. I knew Josiah had put on quite a lot of weight and fat, judging from his chubbiness…. but little did I know he had grown to a whooping 6.23 kg. That’s like a 1.9kg increase in one month, an average of 62gm a day! It was tiring to wait, but I guess it saves a lot…
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Breastfeeding Gear
I didn’t buy a lot of breastfeeding gear until I was actually doing it, and realised there are so many things I needed to make breastfeeding more relaxing and comfortable. So here’s a list of things that I found essential to achieve that especially for mums who want to breastfeed on the long term. 1) Bumblebee nursing pillow I breastfeed for a month without using this, and by that time, I had aching arms, back and backside! I tried all kinds of pillows and chairs around my house, and different positions but couldn’t get one that’s actually confortable. It’s no fun to to holding a baby that gets heavier each…
