need to go to beijing from 1-12 dec 2008 ...
i was so worried -would my milk supply stop (afterall it's demand n supply), where and when and how to express, should i bring the milk back, would caleb have enough milk to drink when i am away, can daddy take care of him ... etc
worries aside, i came back and everyone survived! =)
I tried to express whenever possible. i did not bring back the milk as it's too troublesome ... funny thing is, even though i tried not to drink too much water, and i didn pump as often, my supply increased which i dunno why ...
how did i manage?
before boarding - expressed in the comfort of T3 nursing room
before breakfast was served - pumped in the SIA plane toilet ... still not too smelly ...
after checking out from airport - wanted to express in the comfort of BCIA T3 nursing room but it was locked so i had to do it in the toilet ... i am surprised that the toilet is soo clean
reached office - no choice, had to do it in the toilet ... found a toilet with a chair (used by the cleaner - i reckon that's where she will take her rest) BUT there is a window near the toilet. Being winter, it's cold to be sitting in that cubicle expressing milk ... during the afternoon shift, i expressed in that cubicle again, but this time, i brought my scarf along ... and when washing bottles, i make sure my hands dun touch the tap water - it's super cold ...
knocked off - reached hotel, expressed again .... before i go to sleep, expressed on more time ... and sleep till the next day .... about 5am plus, i would be awake... so expressed again and before i left for my breakfast, i would do it again ...
day 2 in office ... used cubicle 1 again. but this time, there was a kaypo cleaner, who despite seeing me in the cub, still opened the door to get her stuff (yea, it's weird. ... )
day 3 in office ... decided to use the other cubicle (cub 2) and bring in the chair from cub 1 to cub 2 ... cub 2 is a toilet with squat bowl ... so imagine, me hugging my bag, the pumps and trying not to fall into the toilet bowl ... i was kind enough to return the chair after each session ... BUT ...
day 4 in office ... the chair went missing!!! it disappeared on day 4 and 5 ... so, no choice, i got to do it standing up ... actually, it's better .... i just hang my bag on the hook on the door and just do it ... ha ha ha
day 5 ... did it one last time at the office toilet ... and then at the nursing room at bcia .... and did one more time on board the plane ... before landing in singapore
hmmm i survived the challenge!
EBM Adventure ...
Caleb @ 5 months
I missed bringing him to the PD this time as I was working in Beijing... but from what I understood, he did not cry a lot or really loud this time ...
weight and height wise, I am not too sure coz daddy kwee told me he weighs 7.5kg BUT now that I checked back to this blog, 7.5kg was his weight when he was 4 mths old .... *DUH*
Caleb has now learnt to do flip-overs ... he can flip from left to right, right to left ...
Caleb has got two new toys - a mickey mouse and a play gym from IKEA ...
Mickey Mouse - while waiting for me at the airport, my mum and cousin showed him some toys and they said that he was laughing loudly when MM was shown to him... tests on subsequent ocasion shows that he likes MM ... so, we bought a MM for him ...
Play Gym ... mummy was attracted to the colourful playgym while shopping @ IKEA ... we brought him towards the toy and he was excited ... so, we got that for him and yes. it's a good toy to get for him as that kept him entertained for hours...
next toy we are getting - jumperoo ... but it is super expensive - $299. with a bit of discount, it's $239 ... and we just missed the warehouse sale ....
Food
PD said we can start letting him try some of the semi-solid food .... so far, we had let him tried mashed potato (without gravy) ... still thinking when I should stop my breastmilk ... but he doesn't seem ready to move on and also, what kind of milk powder should I give him?
Sleep
He needs the yao lan to rock him to sleep or get him drowsy ... so I am wondering how to get him to sleep without the yao lan when we go overseas ...
He still wakes up at night ... :(
Some days (esp on weekends), he will be awake at 6 plus ... entertained himself for a while before making noise to wake us up ...