Sunday, October 5, 2008
New Life!
Today is the last day of having help from a second person after Adrian was born. The first 2 weeks was both my mother-in-law and my husband, Steven. The third week was my mother. The fourth week was my father and the fifth week, this week, was my husband, Steven again. Tomorrow, Steven is going back to work. It will be my first day alone with two of them! Cassandra has a field trip and I also scheduled an event to go to pumpkin patch with the mom's group in the afternoon. This week I have 3 different doctor's appointments and so I will certainly get a good feel on how it is being a stay-home-mom with a 4-year old and a newborn. All I know is I have to quickly get a routine set up to make all 3 of our lives easier! ^_^ This will also be my last entry on this blog. This blog was dedicated to my pregnancy, to my 2nd miracle. Unless there's another miracle (I doubt it!), this blog will be close for good. For those of you who are pregnant or are getting pregnant and like to compare my stories to yours, you are more than welcome to come and visit from time-to-time! So, from now on, just come and visit me at http://tinapei.blogspot.com. And, don't forget to leave me comments. I love to read them! See you!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Celebrating the end of my Sitting Month
After writing all the things that I did for the past month, I want to share with you what I did these past few days to celebrate!!
On Saturday, we went out the door at 12 noon. We were going to leave earlier, but since it was our first time going out with Adrian, we had to make sure we brought everything we needed with us. We first went to Toys R Us and got Cassandra Leap Frog's toys. Her early birthday present since there was a sale. We then went to Babies R Us and got some necessities for Adrian. After that, it was already 3pm. We started driving down south to Chestnut Hill area to The Melting Pot for dinner. When we got there at 4pm, we strolled around the town on Germantown Avenue and went in to the restaurant at 5:30pm. After we finished our dinner at 8pm, we decided to hit to Target after we got back to Lehigh Valley. By the time we got home, it was exactly at 10pm. What did Adrian do the whole day? Guess because it was his first time out and that he had really enjoyed the car's movement, he slept the whole time! Yeap, he slept all day...which means, he slept very little that night.
On Sunday, with only 3 hours of sleep, we got up at 8:30am and started to get ready to leave to go to NJ and NY. We went to Buy Buy Baby first and returned some merchandise and bought some clothing for Adrian. We then went to Mitsuwa for lunch and met up with Monica, Jeff, Steve and my mom. We also bumped into my mom's friends, Paula and James. They were all over Adrian during lunch! After that, we drove to Flushing to the salon. I had my facial appointment and Steven had his haircut appointment. When we left the salon, it was almost 7pm and we walked to the restaurant where we were meeting our friends. It was a shabu shabu restaurant with Taiwnese ice as dessert. There were total 16 of us. I had a great time catching up with friends and was especially glad to see Johnny and Helene whose wedding we missed 2 weeks before.
On Monday, after picking up Cassandra from her school, we went to Lehigh Valley Mall to do more shopping and drove over to Hellertown to this buffet restaurant that my mom's group recommended. The food was good. It wasn't gourmet, but pretty delicious. The best part is it was cheap. $6 per person only on Mondays and Tuesdays and kids under 5 are free! We went with Tiffany, her mom, and Michael. With the kids free, we only paid $30 for all 5 adults! Can't beat that!
On Tuesday, we drove down south to Assi for grocery shopping after picked up Cassandra from her school. And, we went to the Korean BBQ restaurant right next to the supermarket for the first time. I guess because there are not that much competition, there weren't many side dishes, but the meat was pretty good. We had a nice dinner. It was good enough to kill our craving for Korean BBQ.
Today, we finally rest. We had dinner at home. Steven finally got to cook 'real and normal' food! I took Cassandra to The Little Gym in the morning and to her dance class in the afternoon. It was the first time I got behind the wheel since Adrian was born. He was home with his daddy. It felt good to spend time alone with Cassandra to her classes, just like the old days. From next week and on, after Steven gets back to work, both Cassandra and I will have to start to live our new life with Adrian!
On Saturday, we went out the door at 12 noon. We were going to leave earlier, but since it was our first time going out with Adrian, we had to make sure we brought everything we needed with us. We first went to Toys R Us and got Cassandra Leap Frog's toys. Her early birthday present since there was a sale. We then went to Babies R Us and got some necessities for Adrian. After that, it was already 3pm. We started driving down south to Chestnut Hill area to The Melting Pot for dinner. When we got there at 4pm, we strolled around the town on Germantown Avenue and went in to the restaurant at 5:30pm. After we finished our dinner at 8pm, we decided to hit to Target after we got back to Lehigh Valley. By the time we got home, it was exactly at 10pm. What did Adrian do the whole day? Guess because it was his first time out and that he had really enjoyed the car's movement, he slept the whole time! Yeap, he slept all day...which means, he slept very little that night.
On Sunday, with only 3 hours of sleep, we got up at 8:30am and started to get ready to leave to go to NJ and NY. We went to Buy Buy Baby first and returned some merchandise and bought some clothing for Adrian. We then went to Mitsuwa for lunch and met up with Monica, Jeff, Steve and my mom. We also bumped into my mom's friends, Paula and James. They were all over Adrian during lunch! After that, we drove to Flushing to the salon. I had my facial appointment and Steven had his haircut appointment. When we left the salon, it was almost 7pm and we walked to the restaurant where we were meeting our friends. It was a shabu shabu restaurant with Taiwnese ice as dessert. There were total 16 of us. I had a great time catching up with friends and was especially glad to see Johnny and Helene whose wedding we missed 2 weeks before.
On Monday, after picking up Cassandra from her school, we went to Lehigh Valley Mall to do more shopping and drove over to Hellertown to this buffet restaurant that my mom's group recommended. The food was good. It wasn't gourmet, but pretty delicious. The best part is it was cheap. $6 per person only on Mondays and Tuesdays and kids under 5 are free! We went with Tiffany, her mom, and Michael. With the kids free, we only paid $30 for all 5 adults! Can't beat that!
On Tuesday, we drove down south to Assi for grocery shopping after picked up Cassandra from her school. And, we went to the Korean BBQ restaurant right next to the supermarket for the first time. I guess because there are not that much competition, there weren't many side dishes, but the meat was pretty good. We had a nice dinner. It was good enough to kill our craving for Korean BBQ.
Today, we finally rest. We had dinner at home. Steven finally got to cook 'real and normal' food! I took Cassandra to The Little Gym in the morning and to her dance class in the afternoon. It was the first time I got behind the wheel since Adrian was born. He was home with his daddy. It felt good to spend time alone with Cassandra to her classes, just like the old days. From next week and on, after Steven gets back to work, both Cassandra and I will have to start to live our new life with Adrian!
The end of my Sitting Month
I planned to write this on Saturday, 9/27, but I was just WAY TOO busy that I didn't get a chance until now.
My 2nd Sitting Month is finally over. After looking back this past month, I actually broke a lot of rules. Things I shouldn't done. Thou, I do feel I recover better this time than the first time. I don't know if it's because that I was having a boy that I didn't gain much weight that my tummy went down much faster than last time. Besides the fact that I had skin problem, I tried my best to wear a girdle (I think that's how you call it). It not only helped me to try to keep my tummy down, it also helped my pain from my uterus and the incision. And, this time, because both Steven and I have a third person to help out that I could take naps in the afternoon and after I stopped breastfeeding, I get to sleep through the nights which helped me to recover my energy.
The things that I did which I shouldn't. Hmmm....
1. No shower, no washing hair. There's no way I could of follow that! I took shower twice in the hospital and I showered everyday after that. Because of my skin problem, constant itching feeling especially after sweat, I washed my hair twice a day! Ha..not only I shouldn't do it, I did it twice a day...hee hee...
2. Do not drink water, should drink this Chinese herb medicine instead. Well, with the pain medication, the vitamins, the stool softener that the nurse gave me in the hospital, I had to take them with water. I didn't feel right to take western medication with Chinese herb drink...kind of weird mix. And, during the month, I sweat a lot and I sweat even more after drinking these Chinese herb drink (they were hot). How could I not drink water to calm me down?!
3. Drink and eat all warm food and beverages, nothing cold! Well, the end of August and the month of September is still pretty hot. It's too hard to eat and drink everything hot. By the end of the first week, my mood had gotten pretty bad, so I asked Steven to let me eat ice cream for dessert after dinner. He finally gave in and said he was going to give me a treat. Hee hee...and I did feel better after that treat! Did I have ice cream after that? Sure, I did. It wasn't everyday, but every 'few' days. I also drank my goji juice out of refrigerator every morning. By the 3rd week, Steven also let me have some sips of soda here and there.
4. Do not eat food that will make my body cold internally. This means that there were vegetables and fruits that I had to stay away from...like, lettuce, orange, watermelon, etc. These vegetables and fruits are meant to cool down your body. During the summer, when the weather is hot, you will want to eat lettuce and/or watermelon to cool down your body and these were the types of food that I was forbidden to eat.
5. Stay home for 30 days. Ha, I followed this rule pretty well...better than last time. I did go out once thou. And, that was because I had to go see my dermatologist. And, thank goodness I went, otherwise, I can't imagine how I would survive for the last week of my sitting month.
6. Stay in my bedroom, rest, rest and rest. For those of you who know me should know that this is impossible. When I got up every morning, after I cleaned myself and changed to 'home clothes', I would go downstairs and stayed downstairs. I only went upstairs if I had to get on my computer or change baby's diaper. I pretty much stayed downstairs the whole day. I even napped on my couch. I don't know why, I am just not use to lying in my bed during the day with my PJ, and just sleep, sleep, and sleep. I think I am too active for that.
7. No TV, no Internet, let eyes rest. Okay, with this, I totally wanted to follow. With the first time, I had watched too much TV during the month that my eyes get tiring very easily during the day ever since after my first delivery. It is also very very hard to follow. First of all, we only have one TV in the house and it's right in the middle of our family room with open-style kitchen. Since we did have our parents came and help, it's hard not to let them watch TV. So, whenever the TV is on, I, of course, will ended up watching it. With Internet, well, if you are reading this blog, you will know that I had been on the Internet during the month. I just couldn't help it. It definitely helped me a lot to kill my time. There are at least 3 screen I opened everyday, one, of course, was my email. Second one was my Facebook. I was so glad that I had signed up for it during the summer. It was pretty interesting to go through it everyday to see what my friends were up to. The last one was my mom's group's website. Our group's Message Board had been very active that it certainly entertained me by reading and responding all the messages. So, this no TV, no Internet, no MONITOR rule was impossible for me to follow!
8. Need to wear long sleeves and pants, no shorts! I wanted to follow this too. I even went to the King of Prussia Mall just 2 weekends before the baby was born to look for long sleeves/pants PJ with very thin cotton material. And, I finally found it in Nordstrom and was so happy about it. It turned out that when I wore it at night, I sweat. And, of course, after that I just keep scratching myself. So, I ended up wearing my normal summer PJ at night time and put only a think blanket on to keep me cool, to keep me from scratching. During the day, I suppose to wear long sleeves and pants too. Well, because of my skin problem, I ended wearing short sleeves t-shirt with pants or capris. Now, since my Sitting Month is over, with breaking of this rule, I did feel something different. For the past few days, I felt my shoulder and my back got chill very easily...sometime, even my arms and my knees. It's not a cold feeling, it's chill. I not only had to wear long sleeve t-shirt when I went out, I also had to bring some kind of vest...to at least cover my back and my shoulders. Hmmm....I feel like my mom...wonder if this is what's going to happen from now on...
9. No crying, no tearing. They said if you cry during this month, your eyes will be tearing very easily from now on. Well, with the post-partum depression coming from the stress with the baby, the breastfeeding, and the change of hormone, it was pretty normal to shed some tears. I cried by the end of the first week because of these stress and missing my mom. I then cried again by the end of 2nd week because of my mom coming to my house a day later. I cried again during the 3rd week because missing of my cats. Yeah, my cats, who lived at my mom's house after we moved out 4 years ago, who were already 15 1/2 years old, who we all had decided to put them to sleep after seeing how we were all having bad allergy when we went to my mom's house to visit. I cried total of 4 times...guess I will just have tiring eyes (by watching TV and PC), and have tearing eyes. Haha...just messed up eyes!!
I think this is it. 9 rules that I broke. I think that was enough! You see all these DONTs? This is the reason why I always say if you think 9 months pregnancy was hard and couldn't wait to get it over with, the first 30-day after delivery is even harder!!
My 2nd Sitting Month is finally over. After looking back this past month, I actually broke a lot of rules. Things I shouldn't done. Thou, I do feel I recover better this time than the first time. I don't know if it's because that I was having a boy that I didn't gain much weight that my tummy went down much faster than last time. Besides the fact that I had skin problem, I tried my best to wear a girdle (I think that's how you call it). It not only helped me to try to keep my tummy down, it also helped my pain from my uterus and the incision. And, this time, because both Steven and I have a third person to help out that I could take naps in the afternoon and after I stopped breastfeeding, I get to sleep through the nights which helped me to recover my energy.
The things that I did which I shouldn't. Hmmm....
1. No shower, no washing hair. There's no way I could of follow that! I took shower twice in the hospital and I showered everyday after that. Because of my skin problem, constant itching feeling especially after sweat, I washed my hair twice a day! Ha..not only I shouldn't do it, I did it twice a day...hee hee...
2. Do not drink water, should drink this Chinese herb medicine instead. Well, with the pain medication, the vitamins, the stool softener that the nurse gave me in the hospital, I had to take them with water. I didn't feel right to take western medication with Chinese herb drink...kind of weird mix. And, during the month, I sweat a lot and I sweat even more after drinking these Chinese herb drink (they were hot). How could I not drink water to calm me down?!
3. Drink and eat all warm food and beverages, nothing cold! Well, the end of August and the month of September is still pretty hot. It's too hard to eat and drink everything hot. By the end of the first week, my mood had gotten pretty bad, so I asked Steven to let me eat ice cream for dessert after dinner. He finally gave in and said he was going to give me a treat. Hee hee...and I did feel better after that treat! Did I have ice cream after that? Sure, I did. It wasn't everyday, but every 'few' days. I also drank my goji juice out of refrigerator every morning. By the 3rd week, Steven also let me have some sips of soda here and there.
4. Do not eat food that will make my body cold internally. This means that there were vegetables and fruits that I had to stay away from...like, lettuce, orange, watermelon, etc. These vegetables and fruits are meant to cool down your body. During the summer, when the weather is hot, you will want to eat lettuce and/or watermelon to cool down your body and these were the types of food that I was forbidden to eat.
5. Stay home for 30 days. Ha, I followed this rule pretty well...better than last time. I did go out once thou. And, that was because I had to go see my dermatologist. And, thank goodness I went, otherwise, I can't imagine how I would survive for the last week of my sitting month.
6. Stay in my bedroom, rest, rest and rest. For those of you who know me should know that this is impossible. When I got up every morning, after I cleaned myself and changed to 'home clothes', I would go downstairs and stayed downstairs. I only went upstairs if I had to get on my computer or change baby's diaper. I pretty much stayed downstairs the whole day. I even napped on my couch. I don't know why, I am just not use to lying in my bed during the day with my PJ, and just sleep, sleep, and sleep. I think I am too active for that.
7. No TV, no Internet, let eyes rest. Okay, with this, I totally wanted to follow. With the first time, I had watched too much TV during the month that my eyes get tiring very easily during the day ever since after my first delivery. It is also very very hard to follow. First of all, we only have one TV in the house and it's right in the middle of our family room with open-style kitchen. Since we did have our parents came and help, it's hard not to let them watch TV. So, whenever the TV is on, I, of course, will ended up watching it. With Internet, well, if you are reading this blog, you will know that I had been on the Internet during the month. I just couldn't help it. It definitely helped me a lot to kill my time. There are at least 3 screen I opened everyday, one, of course, was my email. Second one was my Facebook. I was so glad that I had signed up for it during the summer. It was pretty interesting to go through it everyday to see what my friends were up to. The last one was my mom's group's website. Our group's Message Board had been very active that it certainly entertained me by reading and responding all the messages. So, this no TV, no Internet, no MONITOR rule was impossible for me to follow!
8. Need to wear long sleeves and pants, no shorts! I wanted to follow this too. I even went to the King of Prussia Mall just 2 weekends before the baby was born to look for long sleeves/pants PJ with very thin cotton material. And, I finally found it in Nordstrom and was so happy about it. It turned out that when I wore it at night, I sweat. And, of course, after that I just keep scratching myself. So, I ended up wearing my normal summer PJ at night time and put only a think blanket on to keep me cool, to keep me from scratching. During the day, I suppose to wear long sleeves and pants too. Well, because of my skin problem, I ended wearing short sleeves t-shirt with pants or capris. Now, since my Sitting Month is over, with breaking of this rule, I did feel something different. For the past few days, I felt my shoulder and my back got chill very easily...sometime, even my arms and my knees. It's not a cold feeling, it's chill. I not only had to wear long sleeve t-shirt when I went out, I also had to bring some kind of vest...to at least cover my back and my shoulders. Hmmm....I feel like my mom...wonder if this is what's going to happen from now on...
9. No crying, no tearing. They said if you cry during this month, your eyes will be tearing very easily from now on. Well, with the post-partum depression coming from the stress with the baby, the breastfeeding, and the change of hormone, it was pretty normal to shed some tears. I cried by the end of the first week because of these stress and missing my mom. I then cried again by the end of 2nd week because of my mom coming to my house a day later. I cried again during the 3rd week because missing of my cats. Yeah, my cats, who lived at my mom's house after we moved out 4 years ago, who were already 15 1/2 years old, who we all had decided to put them to sleep after seeing how we were all having bad allergy when we went to my mom's house to visit. I cried total of 4 times...guess I will just have tiring eyes (by watching TV and PC), and have tearing eyes. Haha...just messed up eyes!!
I think this is it. 9 rules that I broke. I think that was enough! You see all these DONTs? This is the reason why I always say if you think 9 months pregnancy was hard and couldn't wait to get it over with, the first 30-day after delivery is even harder!!
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