2 months and 2 weeks old.... Marcus Lee

Phew...It's been an exciting and tiring 2 months... :)

Marcus is now 2 months and 2 weeks old and he's growing beautifully!!

Our typical starts off with me waking up at about 6am...

This is what I do...

6.00am

wake up...freshen up and start to wash and sterilise all Marcus' milk bottles and pacifier

make myself a steaming cup of coffee and if there's enough load, put Marcu's clothes and nappies in the wash

6.30ish am

Marcus starts to stretch and sighs and grunts...

I'd usually be by his side watching him...wanting him to see me first thing in the morning...

When he finally finishes his stretching routine and slowly open his eyes.. I'd smile at him and wish him a good morning and promptly kiss him all over his face :)

I'm blessed that Marcus is such a morning baby... He'd look at me and gives me one of his many cute little toothless grins :)

I would then pick him up and cuddle him while telling him how much I love him :)

If he's in the mood, then he'd answer me with his little coos and goos... If not, then half a smile would do just fine...

7.00ish am

Mom's up by this time usually... so I would pass Marcus over to her while I wash up and get ready for work... Meanwhile, Marcus gets his second dosage of hugs and kisses from AhMah :)

7.45am

Just before I leave for work, its another round of hugs and kisses for my baby tiger :)

By this time, he would have had his diaper changed, peed in his pee-pee cup and happily snuggling in mom's arms :)

With a heavy heart I leave for work....

Hubby then wakes up and he starts to prepare Marcus' bath water then heads out to buy breakfast for mom and himself...

8.45am

I start work

Hubby starts to get ready for work

12.45-1.00pm

Right after my lunch, I would then call home and mom puts me on speakerphone if Marcus is awake...We then "talk"... He recognises my voice now and he smiles and gurgles when I call him :)

Just hearing him coo and goo keeps me going...helps me gets thru the day :)

By lunchtime Marcus would have poo-ed in his potty (if he has poo!)

He can go for 2 days without poo-ing and doc says its normal for babies....

5.45pm

Time's up... I get off work and make my way home...

6.20pm

Damn jam.... I am finally home!!
I rush into my room and start takingn off my trinklets (earrings...watch...etc)

Then I wash my hands and pick up my baby...

He would have had his evening bath by then...

Smells so good.... :)

Why is it that babies smell good most of the time?? They definitely don't need Chanel No.5!!!

I next spend about an hour just talking to him, playing with him and just loving him...
Hubby comes home and joins us...

Our little family of 3 spend some quality time together while grandma takes a break :)

7.30ishpm

Marcus would usually have had his milk and he would power-nap...catch 40 winks...

We then hurry with our dinner and I wash up

8.00ishpm

ready the room for Marcus - aircond...bring in his milk bottles, water and flask...

Marcus would be awake and already changed into his PJs...thanks to grandma

We "talk" a little bit

9.00ish pm

Marcus' last feed for the day... After drinking his mlik and after I burp him, I would then cradle him in my arms and sing to him... I realised he loves Baa Baa Black Sheep :)

Nowadays he seems to have an addiction to sucking on his pacifier... no wonder they call it a soother...

It sooths him as he struggles to stay awake....

When he finally closses his eyes to sleep, I'd try to take his pacifier out (don't want him to sleep with it)....

After that, I'd still cradle him so that he gets really warm and comfy

Then I put him into his cot

I would then stay in the room... keeping him "company" as he sleeps...

11.00ish pm - 12.00ish am

Time for me to say goodnite...

Before that, I turn Marcus over so that he sleeps on his belly... He loves it like this and it keeps his chest warm too...

Then I slowly drft off to dreamland as I watch my little bundle of joy sleep......

That is a typical day in my life with Marcus around :)

Welcome Marcus Lee Guan Ze

March 5th 2010 

12.15am

- admitted at Loh Guan Lye Specialist Centre

2.00am 

- induced labour by tablet

7.30am

- contractions are rather faint...

- doc came round about an hour later and i was only about 2 cm dilated.. doc says to induce by drip... *shiver*

2.00pm

- contractions are becoming stronger and frequent

- doc tried to administer the epidural...took about an hour to get the damn needle in...

3.45pm

- epidural finally kicked in just as the contractions became more intense... 

5ish pm... 

- nurses checked and am fully dilated... 

- epidural is a wonder... couldn't feel my abs and my thighs.... couldn't even feel the contractions

6pm

- started pushing... nurses were coaxing me and coaching me how to push

- hubby was amazing..stood by me...so brave and so strong...he too was coaxing me to push

- nurses showed hubby the crowning of our son

- i was beginning to feel exhausted...

- doc finally decided to 'help' me by vacumn

6.56 pm

- Marcus Lee Guan Ze was born

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Sigh.... what an experience... 

If I had to do it all over again, I would...

The feeling I felt when I first laid eyes on Marcus just seconds after he was delivered, was so intense.. I could feel the fierce power of love I had for him...

Marcus completes us... He is our prince...our precious...

Gong XI Fa Cai!!

The Year of the Tiger...
A very special year for hubby and I...
Duh...that's coz we're expecting our very own little tiger!!!
We're one month away... or so...

We made a trip to the doc for our routine check up and was told that baby is rather low and that my fluids are at a borderline..which means.... baby could come early!
How early, we do not know....could be a week early...or two weeks... we just have to wait and see...
Baby is resting in a pretty funny position...he has his head downwards in my pelvis and his bum and back are towards the right of my tummy.. his legs pula are stretched out towards the left of my tummy.. He has very little room to move about now that he has grown a considerable amount....So, he takes out his frustration by kicking the shits out of his mommy... NOT that I'm complaining... just that sometimes I feel a little sore and its not very pleasant being rudely waken up in the middle of the night by a kick in the side! :)

Hubby loves "playing" with baby.. He'd apply a little pressure to my tummy and keep asking baby to kick...sometimes, he'd be rewarded with a little jab here and there... You should see hubby's face... instant glow!! :)

It's so very exciting yet scary to think that we're gonna be parents soon....
The thought of delivering is enough to make my knees go weak... but the thought of holding our baby in my arms keeps me going... it gives me the courage and the strength....

I think the next time I update this blog, I'd be doing it while breastfeeding or cradling baby Marcus :) That's how busy hubby and I have been...
Marcus' room is almost spruced up... Last nite, hubby started to paste those little glow in the dark stars all over the wall... said that it reminded him of his room in SP when he was a child...
The stars are still there till today :)

So if you don't hear from us for a while, you'd know that Marcus has finally made his debut into this world and that his mommy and daddy are up to the elbows in dirty diapers!!

Kicks and Jabs

feeling the baby's movements and kicks are FANTASTIC...

sometimes i just wonder in amzement... there's a little human being in me...it just sees so out of this world...so unreal....
and then he kicks or jabs me... as if to say "mommy, i'm as real as can be...feel me kick!!!"

i have come to establish a little game i'd play with baby...
i'd sit up in bed, propped up by tons of pillows... pull up my top to expose my belly and start talking to him...
I'd asked him to "show" me where he is.. at which side of my belly and he sometimes complies with either a jab, a kick or a little movement...
seeing baby move in my belly is like watching an alien movie...you know the part where the alien baby moves in the belly.... it feels like a tiny wave....awesome!

i think we have more or less gotten baby's stuff ready.... we've got almost everything...just need to clear up his room and deco a bit... its starting to look like a store room... hehehe...

i'm now 6 months along, rolling into 7 months....now you can definitely tell that i am expecting..
i now get "wah...you're pregnant" or "how far along are you?" instead of "are you expecting ar?"

Messages to Marcus :
oon baby...soon you will see the world...
soon you will be in mommy and daddy's arms...
soon you will be surrounded by everyone... all showering you with love and affection.....

R.I.P AhKong

31Oct09

Whilst many are celebrating Halloween....I just received news from mom that AhKong (Grandpa) passed away at 6pm just now...

I tried holding back the tears as I spoke to mom....but in the end...my tears started to flow non-stop....

I suddenly had this feeling of regret...I regret not seeing him yesterday, I regret not being able to see him today....

Many, especially my family, told me that it is ok not to visit grandpa that often at the ICU, especially in my condition...too much germs and viruses and I had the baby to think about....

I hope Ahkong understands... I hope he understands and forgives me for not being able to be there for him....

I am just glad that we managed to celebrate his 88th birthday with him last week... that was the main event that he was looking forward to... 

I feel so sad...

Yes, he may not be my grandpa by blood but he sure is the grandpa I never had....

Last week, after his birthday, mom asked him to help us think of a Chinese name for our unborn baby boy...a few days ago, mom told us that Ahkong has got a really good name for us....

You'd have to wait for the arrival of Marcus Lee to know his Chinese name... 

Thank you AhKong... Thank you for everything...

I hope you are at peace now...

I hope you are no longer in pain...

I hope you know that you have nothing to worry about now..

I hope you know even though you are gone, you will always be remembered...

Thump thump thump....

As I lay in bed last nite.... I suddenly remembered... I better apply the Palmer's Stretch Mark lotion all over my belly...have been forgetting to do that the past few days....gotta go all out to avoid those dreaded stretch marks....

Hubby was facebooking on the floor so I asked him to pass me the lotion since I was already too comfy :p.... propped up with pillows, watching episodes of CSI :)

As I lightly massage my belly I suddenly felt some light tapping on the lower left of my belly....
Could it be our little baby?? Or was it just my imagination??

I quickly asked hubby to place his hands on my belly and asked him if he felt that....
At first he said no... then a short while later, hands still on my tummy, keeping real quiet, he said...it feels like a heartbeat...thump thump thump....

I told him that we definitely cannot feel baby's heartbeat and my heart ain't in my belly so the only possible reason for the tapping is baby!!! :)

Hubby's face lit up in amazement... :) It was OUR moment :) feeling our baby move.... :)

I just can't wait for it to be more prominent :)

Whooopiedooooooo..........

Ladies and Gents....we're having ourselves a little boy!!!

Doc did the scan on 20Oct09 and we saw the little pee-pee :)

Hubby and I are just over the moon :) 

Tomorrow (23Oct09) we'll be going for our first AnteNatal class :) wish us luck... :)

Btw...what do you think of the name Marcus Lee? :)