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| Suddenly remembered that we had a blog donkey years ago and took some time to try to recall the password and finally managed to log in.. Had a good laugh looking at some of Amos old (or younger) photos.. Sharing with our friends our journey again.. | | |
| Our second son Joash arrived smoothly on 8th November 2009 at 5.15pm. He is a week early but we were expecting him to come anytime as Angie had been having contractions at different points in the week. Even on Saturday night, she was having regular contractions when she went to bed. I was supposed to go for Real run on Sunday morning and was hesitant about it. But since she was feeling ok when I woke up, I went ahead for the run.
First thing I did when I finished the race was to give her a call. She was still ok and laughing over the phone. An hour later, while waiting for the race organisers to open the road for us drivers to leave, she called to say that her contractions are starting again and this time, it was more regular and stronger.
Rushed home and dropped Amos with my auntie before going to the hospital. We checked in and the battle began after the gynae broke her waterbag. Angie started having more painful contractions regularly and the gynae returned at 5pm to start the delivery. Within a few pushes, Joash was out! Thank God!... it was like one push, one cut, and I could see his head emerging already! amazing... he is heavier than Amos at 3.28kg and also cried more than his elder bro... can forsee he will be noisier...
Angie looked much better as compared to the time she delivered Amos. She recovered faster and could at least eat something before going to sleep. Her mum made some powerful soup for her which energised her hahaaa... Joash was also able to latch on well for breastfeeding.
Thank God for the whole process...
1. Joash arrived smoothly and he is healthy and normal. Remember Angie had chicken pox and H1N1 while carrying him? We thank God these did not affect him.
2. Our actual gynae was actually away for a seminar during this period so the person who delivered Joash was a different guy whom we only saw for the first time today. Thank God he was able to do his job as well as our original gynae who delivered Amos.
3. Our confinement lady called a few days ago to inform us that she may not be able to make it as she is still on another assignment now because this particular mother delivered 10days late. She said her friend will take over the job. Thank God this did not affect us and we were peaceful about it. Pray that the new lady will be just as good.
4. We really want to thank God that His peace and comfort was with us throughout the entire process. We accepted each event as it comes and trusted that God will help us through, which He did faithfully. Our God is a good God.
Will be bringing Amos to visit his brother tomorrow. Can't wait to see his reactions and this is one big area of concern. How to adjust Amos to accept one more new member in the family who will take away some attention from him. Pray that we will have the wisdom and discernment to handle this sensitively. Pray that family and friends around us will also be sensitive towards Amos too and be careful with words and actions to him. Do not stroke the fires of jealousy and cause unnecessary hostile feelings.
Lord You are good, You are Good.
And your mercies forever endures... | | |
| We got Amos his first battery-operated lantern in time for Mid Autumn festival. The choice was between Doraemon and Ultraman and we decided on the friendlier and less violent Doraemon. Poor chap... once the lantern gets into Amos' hands, it's swinging time! He swings it round and round and slams it on the floor. It gets dragged around on the floor before it gets slammed again. It was 2 weeks from the actual MAF and we wonder if this made-in-china product can last till then...
The first time we brought it out again was AHS MAF last friday. The bulb was the first to go and it was blinking at random intervals which means LIGHT... no light, no light, no light, LIGHT, no light no light no light no light no light, LIGHT, no light, LIGHT, no light no no no no no no no... so there Amos' was... with a lantern that has loud music... but no light most of the time..
We tried to rescue Doraemon when we got home and it was ok for a while. We kept doraemon out of the demon's reach and let it rest for a week.
Last night we were supposed to be out again for MAF with our cousins and their children (ie. Amos' cousins). Doreamon was once again left in the hands of Amos and before we left the house, the wire attached to the bulb came off. So there Amos was... with the plastic stick and music in his hands, wires hanging out ... and doraemon on the floor.
So we proceeded to the party with the wires tied around doraemon's nose..
when the lantern procession started, we walked the kids around the park with their lanterns. All hell broke loose when we came to a playground. Amos was the first to dump doraemon on me and proceeded to his new found toy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkwl2cIv5OM
I had to pull him away from the playground when it's time to return for tea and mooncakes...
so that's Amos' first celebration of MAF (did not do it last year as he was still too small). As my sister-in-law says, they should do it every year now before they start school and need to study for their exams during MAF.
and that's the end of doraemon. Thanks for being part of our family. You've fought the fight, you've finished the race.
I should've chosen Ultraman.
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| this is the 30th week of angie's pregnancy... and we finally managed to decide on his name.. this is so very late as compared to when we had amos.. we decided amos being amos in the 15th or 16th week and had began making preparations for his arrival..
i read an article on parenting long ago when we were preparing for amos' arrival... it stated the differences between preparing for the first child's arrival and subsequent child(ren)'s arrival...it talks about how uptight first time parents are and how much they try to be 'super very prepared' for the big day to arrive.. that's exactly how we were then...
the article then talks about how 'super very bo-chup' second time parents are and how they take things easy in a relaxed manner, knowing that u can never be always prepared, and yet can still be prepared for almost anby situation... that's exactly how we felt now...
we just started clearing the room and started THINKING of how we are going to place 2 boys in the same room without them disturbing each other...should we let amos have a taste of his own medicine ie. getting disturbed by baby cries in the middle of the night, or switch him to another room and let his younger brother take his room, which may lead to him feeling left out... so many considerations and we haven settled yet... only began thinking.. no action yet...
if he decides to come out early, we will be totally unprepared now... please dun... enjoy ur stay in mummy's tummy.. for the moment.. there is no hurry to check out... busy parents are lazy parents...
and the name for the second one? Joash : ) | | |
| this is the umpteenth time we are saying this.... busy parents are lazy parents... with a convenient feature like facebook, it's become troublesome to blog... but looking back, i think we belong more to the age of keeping blogs than facebook entries that disappear from your main screen overnight..
trying to revive this blog so we can update our family and friends about what's happening to the yeow family.. we've lost regular contact with so many people now that people are surprised at times at what's happening to us... chicken pox, H1N1, the second child is a SON (again)... dun wanna come to a siutation when i send out the invites for the baby shower of our second child and i get replies like, "Angie's PREGNANT???" hahhaa... so here it is... project blog revival part one... since i have this little bit of free time before the Sec 4 History prelim papers come in about 2hours' time..
Our second son is due to arrive on 16th November 2009... we only had one prior experience of going through the whole process of pregnancy, delivery and confinement, but we behave currently as if we had done this many times... wonder if this is normal.. we are not as excited.. we are not as nervous.. to the extent that i think we are a bit ill-prepared... we haven even decided on his name yet! ... before amos came, we had already decided on amos being amos in the first 3 months of pregnancy... tsk tsk tsk... over confident parents... We did think about his name... but are just too fickle-minded to decide on one.. in chronological order.. 1. Amer 2. Almer 3. Arthur 4. Alfie 5. Axel (fierce name) 6. Ajay
Anyone has any recommendations? it's no joke... | | |
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