Didi was born on 17th January 2020 evening. Just like her sister, I went to the fengshui master to chose an auspicious date & time for his arrival, so when he popped, he is exactly 38weeks old. He is much smaller in size compare to Marilyn as this is really a tough pregnancy for me as mention in the previous post.
So, let me officially introduce you to my 2nd born, our son, Martyn Su.
This time round, since we are already staying at my in laws' place, I might as well do my confinement there. This confinement is easier compared to the first one with the help of my MIL & my helper. But when come to handling didi, I still very much preferred to do it myself. Confinement fall on CNY period, so this year CNY, I really missed out alot of goodies.
Initially I was pretty worry still as didi was really very small in size when born, but now after the 3months mark, I had put all my worry aside after seeing his double chin. Just like the daddy & mummy, both our kids is of bigger build compared to the average baby.
One of my biggest worry is about how Marilyn adjusted to the arrival of Martyn and finally I can put this worry away as well. At the start, Marilyn did not reject Martyn, but just refused to approach him. After sometime, she did a good job in protecting her little brother, she will ask for her little brother as and when he went out of sight.
I planned a holiday trip for Marilyn's birthday this year before I go back to work from maternity leave. But who knows, Covid19 strike and affected every single person, my resort payment and air ticket payment cannot be refund, so the whole trip was postpone to an open date, till April 2021, if not my 3K will go on a waste. So we just have a short staycation at Carlton hotel & a mini celebration at home this year.
Because of Covid19, my trip is cancelled, so I decide to end my maternity leave early and start work. God knows, I went back to office for 1 day only, all the non-essential services will required to ceased their operation or fully work from home (WFH), we are one of them.
WFH is really a challenge for us. First of all, we do not have a house of our own, so basically we only have a room to ourselves, 4 of us plus 1 dog to a room, how are we suppose to set-up our work station in the room, I don't know how. Moreover, there a total of 9 adults, 4 kids, 3 cats & 1 dog under the same household, everyone will need to WFH & home-based learning (HBL), staying sane in a confined area with so many people is kinda IMPOSSIBLE, I can't even find a place to hide when I just need a 5 minutes of peace, away from everything.
2 days back the news on the extension of the circuit breaker is a total nightmare to me, I'm trying very hard to stay sane and the news is like a triggering point to drive me crazy instantly.
I seriously don't how everyone out there coping with this circuit breaker, but there are too many grey areas and loop holes here and there. I would rather the country do a complete lockdown to contain the situation once and for all, it is impossible to juggle work & kids at home at the same time without any help as we can't drop kids at the grandparents place for us to concentrate on our work. Leaving my kids with her grandmother throughout the whole circuit breaker period is also impossible, how you expect an elder to have the energy to juggle a 3years old toddler and a newborn at the same time and my kids need me.
Enough of ranting, I know no matter how much I rant, nothing gonna change, but I just need to let some steam out of me.
Just keep my fingers crossed, and everyone out there, please stop being stubborn and be a covidiots, just stay home during this period of time. I know is tough, it tough for everyone, but let just get over it once and for all and thing will definitely get better eventually if each of us do our part. I want to get under the sun with my kids again.
So, let me officially introduce you to my 2nd born, our son, Martyn Su.
This time round, since we are already staying at my in laws' place, I might as well do my confinement there. This confinement is easier compared to the first one with the help of my MIL & my helper. But when come to handling didi, I still very much preferred to do it myself. Confinement fall on CNY period, so this year CNY, I really missed out alot of goodies.
Initially I was pretty worry still as didi was really very small in size when born, but now after the 3months mark, I had put all my worry aside after seeing his double chin. Just like the daddy & mummy, both our kids is of bigger build compared to the average baby.
One of my biggest worry is about how Marilyn adjusted to the arrival of Martyn and finally I can put this worry away as well. At the start, Marilyn did not reject Martyn, but just refused to approach him. After sometime, she did a good job in protecting her little brother, she will ask for her little brother as and when he went out of sight.
I planned a holiday trip for Marilyn's birthday this year before I go back to work from maternity leave. But who knows, Covid19 strike and affected every single person, my resort payment and air ticket payment cannot be refund, so the whole trip was postpone to an open date, till April 2021, if not my 3K will go on a waste. So we just have a short staycation at Carlton hotel & a mini celebration at home this year.
Because of Covid19, my trip is cancelled, so I decide to end my maternity leave early and start work. God knows, I went back to office for 1 day only, all the non-essential services will required to ceased their operation or fully work from home (WFH), we are one of them.
WFH is really a challenge for us. First of all, we do not have a house of our own, so basically we only have a room to ourselves, 4 of us plus 1 dog to a room, how are we suppose to set-up our work station in the room, I don't know how. Moreover, there a total of 9 adults, 4 kids, 3 cats & 1 dog under the same household, everyone will need to WFH & home-based learning (HBL), staying sane in a confined area with so many people is kinda IMPOSSIBLE, I can't even find a place to hide when I just need a 5 minutes of peace, away from everything.
2 days back the news on the extension of the circuit breaker is a total nightmare to me, I'm trying very hard to stay sane and the news is like a triggering point to drive me crazy instantly.
I seriously don't how everyone out there coping with this circuit breaker, but there are too many grey areas and loop holes here and there. I would rather the country do a complete lockdown to contain the situation once and for all, it is impossible to juggle work & kids at home at the same time without any help as we can't drop kids at the grandparents place for us to concentrate on our work. Leaving my kids with her grandmother throughout the whole circuit breaker period is also impossible, how you expect an elder to have the energy to juggle a 3years old toddler and a newborn at the same time and my kids need me.
Enough of ranting, I know no matter how much I rant, nothing gonna change, but I just need to let some steam out of me.
Just keep my fingers crossed, and everyone out there, please stop being stubborn and be a covidiots, just stay home during this period of time. I know is tough, it tough for everyone, but let just get over it once and for all and thing will definitely get better eventually if each of us do our part. I want to get under the sun with my kids again.