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Beauty
This morning, looking out my window, I can’t help but praise God for the beautiful, totally clear blue sky. The Lord quickly took away my tiredness and replace it with new strength and new hope. Look around you, for the little things He uses to speak to us….
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Confinement so far
I praise God that my confinement lady is a great cook. That does make a big difference whether your confinement month is a torture or a bliss. Okay, so far, I won’t say that my confinement time is like paradise, mainly because of the exhaustion and sleepless nights, which will have no end. However, I really like my CL, called Mandy. I got her through the agency, SN-nanny, and she’s from Setiawan. The first time I met her, I was surprised that she is very young. Anyways, she’s quite the modern type, although she has her own beliefs in do’s and don’ts, but she doesn’t force it on me. She…
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Jaundice down finally
This morning, Josiah had his 3rd visit to the Klinik Kesihatan at 14 days old to do a blood test. Previously, the bilirubin level was 10.8 on the first test, and then 11.3 on the 2nd test. The doctor then asked me to cut off all intake of herbs, especially Chinese herbs, and only breastfeed at least 1-2 hours after meals, since there are ginger in the meals. However, I don’t take the ginger directly, the doctor at Kajang hospital said if fried with vegetables and meat, it is still ok, just don’t eat them directly. So, today, if the level has not dropped, meaning above 10, Josiah might need…
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Things I couldn’t have lived 14 days without
For some mothers, the confinement time is traumatic and horrifying, aka imprisonment in your own room with your new baby that cries and poops non stop. Thank God for me, today being day 14 and it’s going great. I owed it a lot to a very nice confinement lady. But that’s for another post. Today, I want to talk about some of the products I bought that really helped me through the pain and the supposed torture. 1) No-Rinse Shampoo and Body Wash I bought these from Thebabyloft.com. Most women, me included, cannot go more than 2 days without washing their hair. So imagine when in confinement we are not…
