Category Archives: Breastfeeding
Look how he’s grown!
September 2009: Titus arrived on 24 Sep 09 at 1907H, weighing 3.695kg and measuring 53cm at birth. October 2009: Ate well and slept well in the first month of his life, and was generally easy to care for. November 2009: … Continue reading
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Internet connection is up!
Yeah, our Internet connection is finally up! The past month has been the longest stretch in the past ten years of my life that I’ve gone without an Internet connection. But surprisingly, it wasn’t such a bad experience. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Preparations for the trip …
… or the lack thereof. We’re flying off this Saturday, but I don’t have a clear idea of what I’ll be doing in Japan yet. I’ve been so caught up with packing, unpacking, and waking up to tend to Titus … Continue reading
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Introduction of formula milk
I’ve finally done it. I’ve been cutting down on my pumping since two weeks back (which explains the engorgement episode). This morning, I told the teachers to offer Titus one FM feed in school at 10am instead of his usual … Continue reading
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Breast massage for $20/hour
My right breast was engorged over the weekend because a couple of milk ducts were blocked. Titus failed to clear them despite 3 days of non-stop nursing, so I had no choice but to visit a lactation consultation at the … Continue reading
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Pecan nut allergy
Titus had an allergic reaction last Saturday evening. I had a big bowl of cereal with pecan nuts for dinner, and then I breastfed him. He was extremely fussy thereafter but I brushed it off and put him to sleep … Continue reading
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… and we’re back!
KL was quite boring. We shopped a little, walked around a little, ate a little and spent majority of our time in our nice hotel room at Hilton KL. I managed to nap in the middle of the day (how … Continue reading
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Short getaway
We’re off for a short getaway! This time round, we’re just bringing Kaizer along. Titus will be camping over at his por por’s house with about 2litres of EBM (both chilled and frozen). I hope the stash in the freezer … Continue reading
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Nursing shawl
My nursing shawl usually doubles as Titus’ blanket when we are at the mall. He likes this new shawl that I just received last week. Don’t recall him being so interested in the previous two shawls that I owned.
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Lesson in expressing milk
We were all ready to start reading on Friday morning, but when I whipped the breast pump out (so that I could express and read at the same time) … … Kaizer snatched it away so that he could show … Continue reading
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First taste of solids
Titus had his first taste of solids on Sunday. I wasn’t intending to start him on solids this early, as he’s 4.5 months old only, but it was between hearing him wail for 10 minutes while I hurriedly expressed his 5pm feed … Continue reading
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Rashes on the face
Titus broke out in rashes this morning. This is either the start of his journey with eczema or a one-off allergic reaction. I’m hoping that it’s the latter. Cause of the rashes is most likely the two big pieces of … Continue reading
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New milestone in feeding
If you can recall, I introduced the bottle to Titus a week ago. He now takes about three small feeds through the bottle in the daytime to get him used to the idea that breastmilk could come through the bottle … Continue reading
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First experience with the bottle
Today, 37-day-old Titus experienced being bottle fed for the first time in his life! Well, Kok Loon had stated quite confidently in the afternoon that I can leave the both of them alone with a bottle of EBM and they’ll … Continue reading
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Dinner at Holland Village
The nurses at the clinic gave Kaizer some stickers and a little NUH bunny, so now he has a very good impression of the hospital (as opposed to a month ago when we were prepping him for my hospital stay). … Continue reading
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60ml of EBM
Dug out my pump on Tuesday evening after Titus failed to empty the breast before he went to sleep. It took me 8 minutes to express about 60ml from the right side. Didn’t want to fill up the entire bottle … Continue reading
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Pouch versus sling
I have been carrying Titus with my chocolate Pupsik pouch for the past month. Over the weekend, I dug out my purple MIM sling and tried it on him. He’s fine with feeding and sleeping in both. As for me, … Continue reading
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Roarrr!
Titus took a bath at Bukit Batok on Sunday. His tummy is always impossibly bloated after every milk feed. He’s only 3 weeks old, but is wearing a 3 month romper from Brayven in this picture. He has some space … Continue reading
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No more oatmeal
Suffered from a bout of engorgement last night. Felt some body aches in the afternoon, but brushed it off as I thought it could be due to fatigue. At about 8 plus in the evening, I found a big bruised … Continue reading
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Savouring the moment
It’s 4.30pm and I’ve barely woken up from a 2 hour nap with Titus. Breastfed him and he decided to go back to sleep again. I’m eating a bowl of cornflakes while typing this and waiting for him to wake … Continue reading
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Nice nursing room
Kok Loon’s finally well enough to get close to Titus! He’s been coughing like crazy for the past two weeks, and yesterday’s the first time he carried Titus since our discharge from the hospital =) Brought Mr Sleepyhead to Tiong … Continue reading
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Orange bib
Titus is quite messy to feed because (1) when he’s awake, he’ll fuss to be carried in a certain way to latch on, and while fussing, the milk will be spraying/leaking onto his clothes; (2) when he’s half awake, he’ll feed … Continue reading
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Milk residue
This is such a cute picture! Titus looks like this whenever he falls asleep halfway through his milk feed.
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Birth story
22 Sep 09 0900H: Visited the clinic. Gyn detected that I was 2cm dilated. Made arrangements to check myself into hospital the next morning for induction as the eczema (aggravated by the pregnancy) was getting unbearable. 23 Sep 09 0700H: … Continue reading
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Wong Titus
Wong Titus has finally arrived on 24 Sep 09 at 1907H! He weighed 3.695kg and measured 53cm at birth. I will be back with more posts about the labour process when I’m not too busy with my breastfeeding, changing and … Continue reading
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Breastfeeding
This is it. We’ve come to the end of our breastfeeding journey, a couple of days short of my second birthday. Some of the significant milestones in our two year journey … April 2007: First time latching on for milk … Continue reading
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Whiney weekend
I was down with a fever on Saturday. Supposedly had a throat infection according to the GP downstairs. Was super whiney, and wanted to do nothing but latch on to drink BM once every 1/2 hour. Mama was a little … Continue reading
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Day 3: Sluggish in bed
Day 3 started off with me having a fever in the morning. Gong gong spent the day with great grandma again while por por, mama and papa stayed behind in the room with me. Looking flushed here since my temperature … Continue reading
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New milestone
New milestone for papa and me! As mama made plans to be out yesterday evening, papa gets to try out the whole works for the first time – fetching me from school, feeding me dinner, bathing me, feeding me milk, … Continue reading
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Comex 2008
As mama was feeling a lot better by noon time, we decided to make a trip to Comex 2008. As usual, I’m excited to be going out! Papa, check out the ______________ ?!? (fill in the blanks) New milestone for … Continue reading
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