My title says it all.
So the confinement auntie went home. I was actually quite sad cos I quite liked her! Contemplated kidnapping her but too much work wtf.
She was really quite good la! If I had to go out, I didn’t worry at all. She was awesome at calming Fighter down and taking care of him in general, and did even tiny things that could easily have been done by our maid like wash and sterilize milk bottles, tidy Fighter’s drawer of clothes and even washed the bathroom we bathed him in.
I learned a lot about caring for babies from her! Learned how to bathe him, different ways of burping him, to apply powder to the folds of his neck so there’d be no friction on his skin there, even how to clear his nose with a Q-tip.
And she wasn’t bossy or overly traditional. She’d gently suggest I not do certain things (like swim so soon to avoid a chill) but wouldn’t press it. Best of all, she was an amazing cook. And she cooked for the entire family, not just for me.
Can’t tell if Fighter is missing her or not though. Most of the time he got poker face wtf.
Now that she’s gone though, I finally know what it’s really like to be a mom. *trembling knees
We have a maid so it’s not like I have no help whatsoever. But it’s a job to her after all, however much she likes Fighter, so I prefer to do the bulk of it myself (washing bottles etc not counted la wtf). I’m not even working full time and if those full time job supermoms can do it, by god! So can I!
I do however have a part time job which enables me to work from home (in addition to blogging).
So lemme tell you about my day.
Woke up to a wailing Fighter, fed him for like an hour, then only brushed my teeth wtf. Went downstairs, bolted down some breakfast and sent the confinement auntie off to the bus station.
Then it was time for Fighter’s lunch. Fed him again, ate lunch myself, then changed his diaper. Then realized I disgustingly hadn’t washed my face or showered since morning. And I was still in my pajamas wtf.
Washed my face and did my skincare. Then settled down at my computer with Fighter next to me in the Moses basket to do some work. Fighter suddenly woke up and started groaning and getting himself worked up so I had to pick him up wtf. Then realized he wanted to be fed again so I had to abandon my computer and feed him again.
After feeding he was still grumpy and it was because his diaper was dirty. So ok I changed his diaper (cleverly avoiding the pee this time)… then realized fuck it’s time for his evening bath already wtf change diaper for nothing because I have to take it off again.
Gave him the fastest bath in the world while ignoring his screaming bloody murder (his bath behavior depends on the mood he’s in. Today’s mood is bad. fml). Got him dressed and avoided his pee again, but only because he aimed for the carpet instead of me.
Finally put him down for a nap, and did a bit of work… then it was time for dinner. Wash, rinse, repeat.
And that was how I ended up rushing to finish my deck at 1.30am this morning.
All the pretty photos I post on Instagram? All fake one! Most of the time I look like dog shit wtf.
Most of the time I’m wearing milk/spitup stained tshirt, pee stained shorts (NOT MY PEE LA FIGHTER’S), hair in ponytail, bangs plastered to forehead, with dark eye circles and eyebags big enough to check in as oversized baggage.
FAKE.
(as vegetarian pork)
(actually only 50% fake this one cos that’s a milk stained tshirt right there lolol. Came back from a shoot and straightaway changed into a tshirt to feed Fighter.)
Comments (15)
yer, i realised that you didn’t wash face or shower and you were still in pajamas when you sent the confinement auntie off to the bus station..LOL…GOTCHA~nnIt’s a bless for you and Fighter to have such good confinement auntie, because I always heard people complaint about their confinement auntie or can’t get along with the confinement auntie. 🙂 nnIn your last post about Fighter’s pee, I saying about Fighter serve you tea right? In Chinese, if the baby pee on adult, they would say the baby serve tea to the person..hahaa..so Fighter served you twice..maybe unlimited counts in future..hahaaa, CHOI..nnp/s : You really look pretty lor in your instagram picture!!
Hello pretty mama! Don’t complaint you’re ugly again ah! haha
Hi momma Audrey! Would you mind sharing the contact of this awesome confinement lady? She sounds heaven-sent.
Hi aud, I’m juggling between taking care of my newborn and career too. Do u leave Jude with ur maid without any family member around when u off to somewhere? Sometimes I do but I always am very worried … I always worry after I gave birth.
Same goes for me. I not sure if you remembered that I’ve once pm-ed you on fb, telling you that our end is pretty near to each other. My bb is slightly preemie, hence, I’m a mum for a month plus. I’m a total wreak as well. It’s really hard to plan anything and get it work out accordingly with bb in the picture. But, you still looks good. 🙂
Hi babes , can u introduce your confinement Auntie ? I’m giving birth soon and I’m new in kl coz I’m from Penang.. Would be so grateful if u could intro her to me 🙂 thank you !
Taking care of baby is a challenge, hardly have time for ourselves. Once baby start makan solid, lagi worst, i even have no time to shit…Huhuhuhu 😛 All the best mommy Audrey. You can do it!
You have been really busy after having Fighter. Do you still have time to read like you used to before this? 🙂
Yea! One hand hold book one hand hold him breastfeeding
She’s actually from alor setar! She can travel to kl one. Email me, I don’t want to post her details in public
Hi Audrey, sorry to be bothering you here on your blog. Am just wondering if you’ve managed to receive my email relating to the interview. thanks and I hope to hear from you!
my daughter hated baths too like a vengeance until she was probably 3 months old??
Over in the US we don’t have confinement aunties, but I was lucky to have my mother in law and my mom look over me which is both good and bad. Good because I was comfortable with them, but bad because they felt that I had to listen to what they said all the time. The first couple of months are super tiring and hard. Try to get as much rest whenever possible because soon will come the teething and moving around. You may or may not like taking naps but it really is true, sleep when baby does cuz that will help you regain strength. I would not have survived the first months without those power naps.n
Yes I want to take naps! But at the same time whenever he sleeps I’m like ok time to get work done. T___T
sound like a tough life to be a mom!!! ugh! could you please share with me on your confinement aunty’s contact? Im looking for one.