Day 20!

Yes, 10 more days till end of my 30 day confinement~
Am I looking forward? Of course!
But I will miss my confinement lady once she leaves..*sob*
Shall leave you with Kylie's photo of the day~
All naturale~ no makeup..heheh...

Project Overhaul Part 1.

Not a very innovative name I know...

Overhaul-ing my clothes for part 1 cause

1. my room is super messy

2. the need to take stock of what I have and clothes (yes, this includes intimates) I need to throw/donate

3. pack some to move to my MIL's house

4. clean up my wardrobe

I did not take any before photos but do note that it took me close to 4 hours to get it all done~

This includes folding Mr Look's tees too~

1 big bag to bring to MIL house.

This doesn't include all I want to bring over though~

Only part of it.

2 bags to zip and keep.

The other huge bag is for donating/throwing. =)

Taking the chance to reduce the bulk of clothings I have.

Yes, this is also only part of it.

My neatly folded wardrobe.

Little clothes?

This is also only part of it.

I have 3 big zipped bags in the top compartment.

Those are all new clothes =P

Next, on to my skincare and makeup.

Till next week~

1 more reason to visit KL!

Well, I read on Makeupstash's FB that Inglot has opened a store in KL!!
I went to do a quick yahoo search and found this blog post.
Inglot will be opened in Sunway Pyramid.
Hopefully, they will stay open for a long time~
Looking at the prices on the blog, it looks like it's so much cheaper than in Australia and USA.


Mr Look, can we plan a drive there? =P

Day 15!

Kylie turned 2 weeks old yesterday~

Her features have really changed since day 1.

Thanks for all the well wishes for her and myself.

We are doing well.

Time to 'engage' each other more before the confinement lady leaves in less than 20 days.

I'll be sure to miss her once she's gone~

Inglot Palette #2!

Yes, after my first Inglot Palette from Poland in March, I managed to do another custom purchase with a lady in Australia for my second palette.
This palette combination was supposed to be my first palette but due to some mix up, I didn't get it as my first.

Emotional Overdrive.

The past 2 weeks have been tough on me but I believe it was tougher on Mr Look.
I've experienced 2 emotional breakdowns within a span of 4 days after coming home.
However, other than Mr Look standing by me all the time and looking out for post natal blues, I had a very supportive group of mummies from my office giving me their full support! *Not to mention other friends*.
Emails, FB messages, calls, SMSes came pouring in once the above 'Emotional Overdrive' status went out.
I'm really and truly grateful for all the care and concern.
I'm truly blessed.

My first breakdown was due to not being able to latch Kylie on without having her wail for 45 minutes.
There were successful latches with the help of a nipple shield to elongate my flat/short nipple.
However, most of the time, she was too eager or unable to get the flow which resulted in more crying.
To add to this, my over-zealous ambitious plan to build up my moo-moo supply also took it's toll on me.
Seeing that I pumped 1 bottle and the confinement lady (CL) take out 1 bottle was devastating.
Yes, I did hope that I had enough milk for Kylie.

Second breakdown was due to the CL.
Well, let's just say we were getting to know each other.
She teaches me some stuff and I teach her some stuff.
2-way learning process.

Now I know the hormonal changes are horrible!!
Tough to manage and you won't know when it will hit you.
Husband's support is paramount as well.
Regardless, if it's running around, emotionally/physically being there or helping out.
Every little bit counts!!

Once again, I want to thank everyone who has reached out to me the past 2 weeks to help me get back on track on feeding Kylie breastmilk.
Although I'm not latching but pumping still enables her to get the goodness from me.
That's probably what matters most now~

New Project~

A little something I went out to get to start on my first project for Kylie.

You'll get a glimpse of this as we get closer to her full month.

With a heavy heart~

Not about Kylie this time round. She's doing well and drinking lots of milk from mummy.
This time, I say goodbye to some colleagues that I deem as family which made life at work so much easier and bearable for me for the past years.
It's gone a full circle and we are back at where we started.
The only difference, it's time now to trim the 'fats'.
It's inevitable in the competitive corporate world but it still saddens me.

Nonetheless, I do hope that social media will allow for connectivity with these friends of mine.

Feel Good Treat~

My family came to visit me at the hospital after my surgery and Michelle bought me a feel good treat~

Strawberry cake~

Had only 2 mouth but it felt good nonetheless.

Thanks Michelle~



Skinny Pizza~

Just before my final gynae checkup, Mr Look and I headed to City Hall to grab a quick bite and get some other stuff done.

Headed to Skinny Pizza for what was to be my final outing before confinement starts.

I would say that the pizzas are pretty good.

There's a tea special which consists of 1 drink and 1 dessert at S$9.50++.

4am~

Posting this super short post at 4am in the morning.
Reason?
I'm up pumping my milk to regulate and increase the flow.
These days, I usually sleep ard 11pm and wake up another 2-3 times in the night for a duration of 50-80 minutes to either latch on Kylie or pump.
Sleep deprived?
Definitely!
But this is for the better of Kylie's health and I shall persevere and press on.
I always thought it can't be that tough to let a child go on full Breastmilk but I now know how wrong that was.

I had an emotional breakdown just 2 days ago.
It was frustrating to build the supply, deal with the lack of sleep and with a crying child.
However, I had lots of mummies in office who sent me smses asking after my wellbeing and to tell me to hang in there and not stress myself out.
I'm really thankful for these bunch of mummies and the support they gave me.
Of course there's also the unwavering support of mr look!
He has been by my side sInce the birth of Kylie.
Took leave to be by my side supporting me through the moo moo career as well my confinement.
It's really not as easy as it seems and strongental determination is required.

Kylie on the other hand is already a blessing.
Her character is a little like me and mr look mixed together.
Loves to sleep quite a bit and feedings can be missed but not sleeping - that's pretty me.
I feel that she kinda follows a time-table and her actions can be guaged sometimes - that's like mr look.

Kylie turns one week today.
Mr look told me the next thing I know she will be telling us she's getting married soon~ hehe.

OSIA ~ Mothers' Day Lunch at RWS.

Before I went to deliver Kylie, we arranged for a family lunch at RWS to celebrate Mothers' Day.

Headed down the week before Mothers' Day and we chose OSIA for lunch.

Photos of the day.

A little water retention on the face - mine, not my sisters.

My 2 great sisters.

My family.

Michelle and her bf.

Mr Look and me.

We waited a good 15 minutes for these fresh bread.

They were D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!~

Well worthed the wait.

Infused Mushroom soup.

Yummy too.

We took set lunch and they were pretty affordable.

S$28++ for 2 course and I think S$36++ for 3.

Main courses.

Beef.

Fish.

Chicken.

Dessert!

Vanilla ice-cream with chocolate fudge.

Overall, the food were really good and it's pretty affordable.

Will head back for lunch again with Kylie in tow.

I was craving for popcorn so we walked over to Garrett's to get some.

After that, we spotted Candylicious.

Had a fruitful gathering before Kylie came.

Next time, we'll have a new party to the gang!

Arrival of Kylie Look~

The date was set - 10 May 2011.

Headed into the hospital during the wee hours of the morning.

Kylie was 38 weeks + 5 days old.

It was time to come out.

Took close to 2 hours to complete all the paperwork and briefing.

I was rolled into the theatre at around 9am.

Kylie was in breech position so an elective C-section was chosen.

We chose to go under epidural instead of GA so that I can see Kylie once she's taken out.

Kylie was born 0920am on 10 May 2011.

She weighed 3.07kg and was 50cm in length.

Back at the room with Kylie after she was cleaned.

Trying to get her to know mummy.

Day 1 of Kylie Look.

Day 3 of Kylie Look.

This was taken at around 8am.

She was crying in the nursery so the nurse brought her in to see me.

Daddy went home to 'rest'.

Eyes wide open for a while than she went back to sleep.

Currently, she has a show of jaundice so she's under phototherapy.

Haven't seen her the whole afternoon after lunch.

Yes, I kinda miss her and I still talk to myself as though she was in my tummy still.

Now, I understand why mummies miss being pregnant.

Heading to take a nap.

Will update once we are all safely home.

Thanks Everyone for the well wishes!

It's the start of my moo moo career~

Maternity Photoshoot - Part 1.

Thanks to Amos!!!

If you've followed my blog, Amos was our engaged photographer for our wedding back in 2009.

Yes, we've been friends ever since although we seldom meet up but we do chat on MSN and FB.

He's a pro with wedding photography and has passion for photography.

Knowing that I wanted to take some Maternity shots for Kylie to see in future, he readily offered his services to us.

Thank you so, so much Amos~

We greatly appreciate the time *and sweat* for these photos!!
Taken on the day Kylie turned 36 weeks in my tummy.

Cya when I pop!!

Here are some of the photos and I'm loving it.

Last but not least~

Cath Kidston + Uniqlo collaboration.

Probably my final shopping trip/outing before I go into confinement.

Headed to Vivo on Sunday to get out of the heat at home and to grab some lunch.

Shopped around a little and realised that Uniqlo replaced River Island in Vivo.

It was so bright and the shop front was filled with promo items.

Cath Kidston's collaboration with Uniqlo!

I love floral prints and the tees are of pretty good quality.

As a special, they were going at S$19.90 each.

I had to grab a couple of tops.

Mr Look did too as most of the tees were all S$19.90.

We basically bought one top for each of Mr Look's family member.

My buy~

2 tops.

1 in round/boat neck and the other was V-neck.

Some of the popular designs have already sold out in S sizes.

At the payment counter, I picked up the 2011 brochure.

Guess what?

More collaborations of course!

Carebears!

Barbie!

I must get that polka dot with pink Barbie tee!!

Outcome of 2011 General Elections~

It's over.

The election that happens once every 5 years is over.

People's Action Party (PAP) lost 1 Group Representative Constituency and some really good Ministers.

Kudos to Mr George Yeo and his team.

I also thank Mr/Mrs Chiam for their contribution to Singapore.

I won't say that I'm not upset by the loss of a good team.

However, since Singaporeans ask for more voices in the Parliament and Workers' Party (WP) offered to do that and thus won more seats.

I hope they make good their word.

Singaporeans, please DO NOT discount the WP team of 6 in the parliament because they are the minority.

They asked for the chance and they are given the chance to speak and represent us.

Regardless, 6 representative is MORE THAN the previous 2.

DO NOT DISCOUNT THEIR PROMISES OR THEIR ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING!!!

THEY WON THE VOTES AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO SOMETHING!

With regards to the remaining PAP team, I hope with the outcome of this election has brought them back to Earth that changes need to be made.

Transformational changes may not be necessary but changes are still required.

To the youths of Singapore.

Do think carefully if the issues raised are a global issue or something that only Singapore is affected due to the existing government?

HDB, rising costs of living, income gap, foreign labour etc - think the bigger picture.

Singapore needs to be an open market (agreed by most) but people are complaining of rising costs - please balance that for me.

Please remember that Singapore has NO natural resources.

I will monitor the opposition for the next 5 years.

Regardless what it can do for Aljunied or what it raises in the Parliament.

*I do have my fair share of dislikes of certain representatives from both the PAP and WP parties like everyone else. But I'll give them the chance to prove themselves in Parliament. Especially those who have not lived in Singapore the past 30 years.

Early Fathers' Day Pressie~

Met Jenn for lunch and catchup yesterday.

She had to rush off for tea after lunch and I had time to walk around Bugis before getting my dinner.

Headed to BHG to grab some stuff for myself and the house.

After that, I went down to get Mr Look a 'Thank You' and early Fathers' Day gift!

Here's what I got for Mr Look~

From Topman.

He's been wanting to go clothes shopping but because of my mid-heavy condition I wasn't able to shop/walk around much.

My feet will swell and my back will hurt.

So, it was out to get what was needed and time to head home.

Thus, I decided to get him some new wear~

Berms and Polo!

Nothing much else to buy for men but these are relatively new colors in his black dominated wardrobe.

Being picky, he has been looking for tailored shorts instead of the usual cargo shorts.

So this was a nice change~

Happy Fathers' Day in advance Mr Look!