Since mummy is busy with meimei Kaith nowadays and rarely have time to play with Dillon, he has now developed new interest in PlayStation. Look how focus he is when he has the controller in his hands. Judging from the way he hold the controller, he might become a good game player in future. LOL
P/S: Actually the father is playing PS2 while we give a spoiled PS1 controller to Dillon so that he can literally “play together” with his dad.

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We’ve celebrated Kaith’s full moon in advance on yesterday (Saturday) where we had casual dinner with family & close relatives in Jalan Ampang.
Kaith’s 1st car ride

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A non profit organisation “Protect & Save the Children” (P.S. The Children) are raising funds to support their operations. The organisation primarily focusing on educating children on how to protect themselves in the prevention of child sexual abuse.

They need funds to pay for administrative and daily operational expenses. As such they are organising a Charity Movie Screening of the Disney animated movie – RATATOUILLE.

It will be on Sunday, 12th August 2007 at 10:30AM. For public, cost per ticket is RM30.00. Corporate organisations can sponsor RM1,000 for 10 tickets. A tax-exempted receipt will be issued. Please pass the words around.

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Time flies and Kaith is already here for 3 weeks and we will be celebrating her full moon this Saturday. There will not be a party and we are just gonna have a casual dinner with family & close relatives, a very simple way to celebrate.

Kaith has been fine, except that she had colic in the past few days but she’s already ok now. She is still on breast milk exclusively and has been drinking 4 oz since Week 2, on 3-4 hours interval.

My little lamb at week 3.

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Pre-pregnancy weight = 52kg
At 40th week pregnancy = 67kg
After delivered Kaith = 62kg
Hence, total kgs to shed off = 10kg

Frankly speaking I did not have any solid plan on how to shed off the extra 10kg, plus I’ve been eating like a horse! But I do wear bengkung during day time, hoping that it’ll help me to get back in good shape. I’ve also been breastfeeding Kaith exclusively since day 8 and I believe this helps to burn off some calories as well.

Anyway, I’m glad that I’ve lost 3kg in the past 2 weeks. I know it’s easier to lose the first 5kg perhaps but to lose the other 5kg would be tougher but I hope I can make it.

Stay tuned for part II (** in the event where I didn’t manage to lose anymore weight or I’ve put on more in worse case, there will not be any part II…. )

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Ingredients:
Kampung chicken, sesame oil, yellow wine, ginger wine, bentong ginger & wood ear.

Method:
1. Blanch the shredded wood ear, drained & put aside.
2. Stir fry the shredded ginger with sesame oil until fragrant, add in wood ear.
3. Add in chicken pieces & stir fry for a little while, add some water, covered & cook well.
4. When the chicken is cooked, add in yellow wine & ginger wine (the proportion I used is 1 bottle of yellow wine with 1/3 bottle of ginger wine)
5. Add in some castor sugar (or just fine sugar) to taste if necessary.
6. If you prefer, add in a little bit of hard liquor (eg. brandy) to the dish.

**This is the yellow wine I used, bought from a chinese medical hall, not those home made ones as I find this is sweeter & tastier.

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Ingredients:
Pig trotter, vinegar, bentong ginger, gula melaka

Method:
1. Boil the bentong ginger with vinegar for about 15 – 20 minutes.
2. Blanch the pig trotter, drained & put aside.
3. When the ginger & vinegar is ready, put in the pig trotter, covered & cook well.
4. Add in gula melaka to taste.

**The black vinegar we used here are bought from Singapore, my aunt said can’t find it here. Using other brands will not taste as good.

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As I’ve said, pig trotter in vinegar is one of my favourite dish & I’ve been looking forward to have it. Therefore I insisted my aunt to cook more and I’ve been eating it for lunch & dinner in the past 2 days (Saturday & Sunday).

Today when I receive the food delivered from SN Nanny, guess what? It’s pig trotter in vinegar!! Oh gosh 3 days in a row, I can’t imagine how much fat I’ve taken in……

But it is so yummy that I still finished it all by myself, LOL…. well, let’s worry about weight loss later la.

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Last Saturday was the 12th day of my confinement and Ive gone to the saloon to get my hair washed & blow, I felt really really great. (well you’ll know what I mean if you have had your hair not washed for 12 days…..)

My friends & colleagues arrived around 2 – 3pm and then the lunch session started. Among the dishes served are pig trotter in vinegar, chicken in yellow wine, omelette with ginger, stir-fried spinach & oyster mushroom. Everyone seems satisfied with the food and we had a good time chatting as well.

Here are some pictures of Kaith taken on the day.

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What is so special about the 12th day? Well, I’m not sure about others but in my family custom (I’m a cantonese & husband is a hakka), the 12th day in confinement has the following significance:

1. I can wash my hair on this day, and thereafter I can wash hair every 3-4 days. (hooray!)
2. Relatives & friends will come to visit me & baby on this day.
3. I’ll serve pig trotter in vinegar & chicken in yellow wine to the guests & my family.

I very much look forward to this day, as I can wash my hair finally & get freshen up. Most importantly, I get to eat my favourite pig trotter in vinegar (without worrying about the weight I’m gonna put on, hahaha)……..yummy!!! My aunt, who was my confinement nanny last time, will be cooking the pig trotter & I myself will cook the chicken in yellow wine.

I’ll post pictures & share the recipes with all in my other blog afterwards.

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The nurse came by this morning to check on baby & mummy again, both are doing fine.

Baby Kaith now weighs 3.2kg, an increase of about 0.4kg since birth. She is still taking 3oz of milk every 3-4 hours, but more on breast milk now as mummy is more frequent in nursing & expressing milk.

On the other hand, Dillon still very much fascinated by his lil’ sister and he even wanted to carry Kaith. LOL

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Dillon seems cool with his sister so far and has not shown any jealousy or unhappiness (maybe he is too young for that?)

Whenever I bring Kaith to the living hall, he will pull the bouncinet to me & “ask” me to put Kaith there. (well, he is basically pointing at Kaith & the bouncinet). He likes touching Kaith & kissing her cheeks too; we praise him for being a good brother when he does it.

I actually do feel a bit gulity that I did not have much time to spend with Dillon as I had before. Now he is sleeping with maid at night while Kaith sleeps with me & hubby. After next week, I’m planning to try rooming in with both Dillon & Kaith at night and hopefully it works well. My only concern is when Kaith wakes up for her mid night feed, Dillon might get awake as well.

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It’s been almost a week since I delivered Kaith and I’m glad that everything went on smoothly to date.

Nurses has came to check on Kaith & myself on Day 3 & today, they said Kaith has no jaundice at all & she is healthy, and of course they encourage me to keep breastfeeding Kaith, which I’m already doing anyway. They will come again on Day 10 to measure her weight. Kaith is currently on breast milk & formula milk alternately (poor mummy has not establish her milk supply yet :<), taking 3oz each feed on 3-4 hours interval.

Confinement has been pleasant so far, I’ve been taking herbal hot bath everyday, and I’ve also gone for Malay post natal massage on Day 4, which actually has made me feel more energetic & healthier, I shall be going for another round sometime this week.

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