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Parenting is definitely not just about motherhood, but fatherhood too. I thank God for my husband who has played a huge role in parenting thus far… 1) The father does the morning baths Bathing a new born baby is not easy. Although we had the CL to bath Josiah for one month, after that we had to do it on our own. Well, since Josiah is a boy, I leave my husband to do the bathing as part of a bonding process as well…he’s getting totally pro at it. He bathes Josiah every morning before leaving for work, causing him to be a little late nowadays. Well, he says he…

Certainly there are thousands of things I couldn’t have known until I face motherhood in the face myself, however, there are just some things I thought were impossible to have known through reading online etc. Mostly, I was flabbergasted when when I found these out. 1) Babies store milk in their nipples. I was shocked when my CL showed me, she even squeezed my baby’s nipples and milk squirted out. Later, I found out you should be squeezing them, and they are also caused my hormones from the mother while in the final stages of pregnancy. They eventually will not have it anymore… 2) Breastfed babies don’t poo daily In…

Josiah is now 5 weeks old, and as at a few days ago, I think he had a growth spurt…he suddenly need to be nursed too constantly in the day and napping less. My day starts around 5am sometimes as early at 4am, and after nursing, I would do pumping for about half and hour. By that time, I may or may not have time to sleep again, as Josiah takes his bath by 8.30pm. John usually gives the bath, time for daddy son bonding and time for me to take my breakie. Then, he would continue nursing and sleeping in my arms until about 4pm when he would be…