UPDATES ! UPDATES! UPDATES!

Ater much urging and request from friends and relatives, I have finally managed to get together some pictures of myself or rather my tummy…hhehehe…

Here’s just two precious one…the 1st taken i think while Lil’ One is just 5 weeks old in my tummy, the 2nd is the most latest..taken just awhile ago. Currently, our Lil’ Prince is about 26 weeks n 1 day old.

Hmm…still looking ’small’ for a ‘6 monthner’…a lot of people have commented..and only until now..then they knew that I am pregnant and came up front to congratulate me! Hahaha….maybe I can consider being a magician..? Well, I am not really bothered by that…so long as our Lil’ Prince is growing well and healthy..that is what matter most to me or rather to us ! :o )

Besides having to cope with the slowly growing tummy, I have been really busy with my new job assignments. Biangz…aye..thought the major reshuffling of duties in the office would do me some good..since I don’t have to do field work anymore…my life will be more relaxed doing desk-bound work..I was so wrong! I was more stressful for me…cos of the nature of those duties..it became more demanding on me…WORST Still…now plus the new working scheme that was offered to us by our HR…most of our workload increased so as to ‘justify’ for the $$$ they are paying us (mind u we are not getting much ok…so only a few cents diff. while so…got short change! I am luckier…but not much either!) ….this whole re-structuring is reallll crappy and disappointing…! I am really tempted to just quit after my maternity leave and stay at home to look after our Lil’ Prince whole-heartedly…Ok enough of lamenting….hehehe life still have to go on…I just hope for the better…if not just ‘change ship’ lor…what’s the big deal?? Right???

Buy, buy …and buy…but clueless…cos dunoe..what else we will need to buy for our Lil’ Prince..I mean his daily necessities..I had prepared a list of ‘what to buy’ items..but somehow..I can’t remember where I have placed it…forgetful…typical pregnancy traits..haha. As I am too lazy to draft the list again…so I just have to make more trips to Kiddy Palace, Mothercare and supermarkets more often..so as to trigger my memory..lor.

Ok…the most ‘disturbing’ n ‘mind-boggling’ matter now…on hand…is who is going to take care of our Lil’ Prince after my maternity leave? We or rather more of I have been thinking about this matter since the day I am pregnant. Easy-peasy…some might have said…but says who..? I dun have the luxury of parents or in-laws looking after him…cos all of them are working…shucks..so what’s next?

A few options came to my mind, in order of preference, nanny (I knew of one trusted one). infant care, those ‘come-to-my-house’ nanny and a domestic helper. Due to the circumstances that I am in now, and I will not want to elaborate further…the 1st option is out! cos, that nanny is staying too far away from us..and it would be a chore to fetch Lil’ one to n fro every morning…alternatively, we can’t leave him there from Mon to Fri..either and only comes home during the weekend..we can’t bear to do that..and my in-laws are not in favour of that! Domestic helper is the last thing on my…no matter how gd they are…I just simply can’t trust them…pardon me…but..I have no prejudice against them…and I know there are some gd helpers out there…who are dedicated to their work n the families they are working for..but not everyone is that lucky. Just imagine…being a 1st time parent, already having to cope and worry for the Lil’ one…and there u are having a new dosmetic helper…n having to take care of her..train her …n worst off…social problem…alamak I dun want to go any further! So domestic helpers…option, out! I am now left with the ‘come-to-my-house’ nanny and infant care lor…each has their own set of pros n cons…I just have to weigh them assertively…lor and see which one best suits us…HEADACHE ahhh….

Enough of all the lamentings…I am hoping to post more pics..next week of myself with my lil’ cutie pie – Eva who is back in town with her mummy (my paternal cousin). Eva has grown so much….the last I saw her in Singapore was when she is about 9 mths old…and now she is going to be 2 already..! How time flies…I can’t wait to see her..next week :o )