Dec 10, 2011
It's our first time to bring Olivia out to get a little sun. It was just in front of our room where our (not yet finished) garden is. Well, it was actually just me coz Bernice was feeling under the weather the whole day. I sang tons of songs good for 30 minutes like some Pearl Jam, and other 90s songs backwards to the 80s hehe But before that sun-drenched morning of singing, I was up all night after my gig at the Techy Romantics digital launch so the photo above was me taking over everything when I got home. Everyone was asleep now and it was my turn to look after Olivia. I guess it's pretty obvious I got bored a bit and was trying to find something to do hehe
And so I went straight til the sun came out to get her out and I did try to sleep after but there were so many things to attend to that Bernice couldn't do yet, that I really had to be on my feet on zombie mode hehe I think I got 2 hours of sleep before I was up again ripping through the day.
i rushed to SM coz Berns asked me to get her a breast pump cuz since she wasn't feeling well, there were times she really couldn't get herself up to nurse so she wanted something for backup. I also needed to get a few things for her so I rushed to SM (which is 5 mins away from our house thank God!).
But her sister texted me while I was wrapping up everything that Bernice couldn't breathe. So I rushed back home to find everyone in a certain level of panic and Berns having a really hard time breathing. She was cold as ice and her eyes looked like they were about to freeze. We immediately decided to rush her to the hospital but upon preparing, she sat down a bit with her mom rubbing her back, she suddenly started burping. Since we were all preparing her stuff, it took a little time and later on, she started to feel a bit better... it turned out to be gas pain.
Now a little note to the Husbands and new dads. New moms tend to get gas pains but these pains, as we've experienced at home, aren't the tolerable kind. It's really painful as we found out through other moms as well. Best to avoid food and drinks that can cause gas to build up inside her tummy. Remember, she just gave birth so there really is some room inside for it to build up. In Bernice's case, she had cold milk. Our doctor said it kinda was a double whammy where it was milk and it was cold. So remember that as well. No cold drinks first while recovering.
Long story short, she felt better and better later on and we didn't push thru to the hospital. I was really glad and relieved.
So our long day ended at night continuing to do our duties as new parents. This time, her family headed home so it was just us three. It was the moment of truth. Honestly, I somehow felt like, this is it. It's been hard even with all the help, now it'll just be us 2 with no help at all. But surprisingly, it was light and easy. It of course will take a bit of adjustment for sure but we'll get there. I'm having fun so far. I just wish I had time to do some work since I've been round the clock all baby and Bernice for now :)
OLIVIA NOTES: We still haven't noticed a pattern with her yet in terms of sleeping and waking up so let's see.
REALIZATION: The problem is not the sleeping late but the short hours of sleep you get since we have to wake up from time to time and for people like me who have a hard time getting back to sleep once we're up, it's a real challenge.
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