First Week with 2 Kids

I survived the first week with 2 kids very well. That is because I have plenty of help. Dominic is on leave and is taking care of Lucas most of the time, the confinement lady is taking care of Chloe and the family's meals, the maid is doing the housework and cleaning. That leaves me time for breastfeeding and rest. The real challenge will be when Dominic has to return to work and the confinement lady is no longer around. I can imagine myself trying to breastfeed Chloe and putting Lucas to sleep at the same time - won't be easy until I established a routine and both kids cooperate.

Chloe escaped the photo-therapy for jaundice. We had to take her to the hospital twice to check her jaundice level. Her jaundice is not serious enough to be admitted and she should have passed the peak point which is the third day to the eighth day. Apparently, if the either the mother or baby has blood type 0 positive, the chances of jaundice is very high. Blood type O positive is not compatible with any blood type except itself. Otherwise, she is doing very well. Sleeping all the time and have to wake her up for feeding.

Breastfeeding is more successful this time round. Chloe can latch and suck well. The only problem is she barely can keep herself awake during the feeding. So, she suck for 10 mins and fall asleep. 10 mins later, when she is awake, she will cry for milk. This will go on for 2 hours!! After the second hour, I have enough myself. I will just expressed the milk and feed her from the bottle. She will gulp the milk down and happily go to sleep for the next few hours. I am telling myself that feeding from bottle will have to stop after she recovers from her jaundice. She has to work for her food. My back also hurts after 2 hours for each meal. I will need to check this breastfeeding pillow which is highly recommended by a few friends.

Meanwhile, Lucas is starting to feel the attention split. He started to become whinny since Saturday. If I said no or raised my voice a little bit, he will start to frown and wanted to cry. I guess the baby sister's presence finally sinked in. Dominic and myself are trying very hard to make sure he is not left behind. He is so bored at home and always asked, 'What are we going to do now?'. We get him busy by asking him to help the maid to wash the car and water the plant. On top of that, he has his cycling later in the afternoon. We have to come out with more ideas on how to keep him occupied.

Dominic is on leave until this month-end. It is nice to have him around after he has been weekend husband/father for almost a year. I think he enjoys spending more time at home too.