She left the house at 8am this morning and I felt a tinge of sadness as I know it would not be easy taking care of Caleb alone without her as Caleb is a very fussy baby. He chooses very wisely as to who can put him to sleep, who can feed him, who can carry him etc etc. Do you know when we feed him, we can't make any noise? When we feed him, he has to be placed lying down on the bed? He has a lot of idiosyncrasies-a very peculiar temperament that up to now, I cannot fathom.
Though he smiles more now, but he would still cry when he is very tired or very hungry...and only Vicky can put him to sleep. So, I was rather worried that he would not be able to sleep today because she is not around.
Somemore tonight, Vicky would not be joining us for dinner with my family. So, CT and I have to take care of Caleb all by ourselves.. I know most of you would think,"What's the big deal? Isnt it a parent's responsibility to do that?" Well, it is and I am definitely not running away from it. Its just how fussy my boy can be.
In church this morning, he did cry so I had to carry him out to pacify him to sleep as he was tired.
After church, went to my mother-in-law's place for lunch and he was crying so badly that no one could stop him. And we finally tried our last resort, that is to let daddy carry. So CT carried him and he stopped. Haha..its strange because CT is usually the first one to make him cry.
At night, went to Changi Airport Terminal 3- the new one, for dinner with my family to celebrate CT's birthday as well as Janine's birthday.
Went to Crystal Jade Shanghai Restaurant for dinner. It is just situated at this UFO looking disc.
Here's Caleb in his pram..
I was very tired already as I have been taking care of him the whole day and even for dinner, I couldnt eat properly as I was carrying him and eating my dinner. Tough tough.
Thank God I have CT to help me as well. So we took turns to hold him while eating our dinner. I gave him a cracker to keep him quiet. ha!
The food was quite disappointing. The food was too salty. The best dish was the pork rib as we each had an individual serving. Though its fried, it is moist and tender.
We also had this dish for dessert that was quite interesting. It is actually red bean and banana inside this cream puff looking ball.Warm and nice.
Ok, I know this doesnt look exactly very nice since I took a bite off from it..but it is purely to show you what's inside..
This is the view from the restaurant..
After dessert, we brought out ice cream to celebrate with the birthday babies. Here's Janine all excited to blow the candles..
Here's the ice cream cake
Here is a family photo..
By the time we reached home, it was 9pm plus already and I was glad the day is over because it is really not easy taking care of Caleb. I have to admit...Kudos to Vicky for being able to take care of him alone...on top of keeping the house clean as well as cooking!
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Hi Dawn,
What a nice celebration!
Btw, hope you don't mind me offering a comment but since Caleb feeds lying down, you or Vicky will need to be extra careful that he doesn't choke. Quite dangerous. Sorry - hope you aren't offended.
my baby sister was born when i was 12. we have never had a maid at home. what we always did during mealtimes outside, when with my baby sister, was take turns carrying her in one arm while eating. my mum raised FOUR of us this way :) i'm sure that in time, you'll find 'days without Vicky' easier.
Dawn, the days of having to carry caleb and eat at the same time will pass and before you know it, he'll be feeding himself... hang in there!
happy birthday janine and ct!!! and doing without vicky, u go, girl! u made it! hope vicky enjoyed her day out.
Thanks for all your encouragement! Its really great to see the support I get. I will def hang in there and take care of Caleb more often.
Yes, I do worry about whether he will get choked or not as I have read of babies getting choked when feeding lying down. I will try to break that habit in him..but right now, he just like to drink his milk in that position. Sigh
Hi Dawn... it's indeed not easy when you have a fussy baby to take care of... Joyce is also a very fussy baby... and I think I'm in the same boat as you... cos it's usually my helper who carry/feed/pacify Joyce throughout the day... and I can just imagine how tired I'll be when my helper starts going on her off days from Mar onwards... but thanks for your sharing... we shall encourage each other in this aspect as we go along... God Bless!
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