Pregnancy

Friday, 19 September 2014

給寶寶的日記第二十八篇

親愛的寶寶,

昨天爸爸吃你的醋了。他說我愛你比愛他還多。可是寶寶,你們兩個我都一樣愛!手心、手背都是肉啊!

寶寶,其實我希望你愛爸爸多一點。我也希望爸爸愛你多一點。

再多幾個星期,我們就能夠看到你了!你也可以看到我們了。你興奮嗎?我們很期待你的到來喔!

寶寶,你的表現很好喲!要繼續努力、加油!要和媽媽一起合作喔!我們一起撐到至少三十八周才讓媽媽分娩,好不好?媽媽在分娩的時候,要和媽媽一起努力、一起加油喔!這樣才能順順利利、平平安安地把你生下來呀,讓你好好的看看這個世界!:)

寶寶,媽媽非常愛你!

29 Weeks: More Items for Baby Darling

This week, we went shopping for baby darling's stuff again. We heard that Baby Hyperstore would be having sales over the weekends. We made a trip down and the objective was to get a car seat and stroller for baby darling. 

We asked the staff for recommendations and she recommended 2 brands: Maxi Cosi and Inglesina. Initially we wanted to save costs and that was to buy a car seat that could accommodate baby from 0 to 4 years old. Then I saw a Maxi Cosi bassinet and stroller set and thought it looked very compact and convenient. After enquiring the price which was $800, it was way too expensive in our opinion. Then I started asking the staff if they have similar combination but at a lower price. She told us that currently they were having this sale and that was if we buy a stroller, we can buy a bassinet at $200. 

B loves the Quinny strollers. He always has. So we asked if there is any Quinny stroller that allows front and back facing and the staff recommended Quinny Zapp Xtra. It is a very light weight stroller and for the first time, I thought it looks nice. Before this, I have always loved Capella strollers. What's more, the price of this Quinny stroller is only at $399. Definitely a steal! As long as we don't choose a design/colour that is this year's collection, we do not need to pay a premium for it. :) We chose rocking black colour (last year's collection) as this is the nicest colour out of the available colours.

As for the bassinet, I personally prefer the Maxi Cosi ones. According to the staff, Maxi Cosi and Quinny are actually from the same company. So any Maxi Cosi bassinet can be attached to any Quinny stroller as long as there is adapter. Well, Quinny Zapp Xtra comes with the adapter so we need not buy separately. As the name suggests, a bassinet generally can only accommodate baby from 0 to 9 months or 12 months (maximum), depending how fast our baby darling grows. By then, we will need to scout for another car seat for her. I asked B if it's too troublesome and we have to spend again for another car seat. His reply came as a surprise. He said actually for those car seats that can accommodate from 0 to 4 years old, the design itself has been compromised. So he thinks that by buying car seat that accommodates to the different stages of baby darling, it's safer and design wise is not compromised. So we chose a red coloured (last year's collections) bassinet for baby darling and I think it matches the rocking black coloured Quinny stroller perfectly. 

Very proud of myself for finding such a good deal. This whole ala carte mix & match combination only costs us $599.

Also we bought 2 bed linen sets for baby darling at $99 each. Each set comes with 2 pillows, 2 bolsters, 1 blanket, 1 bedsheet and 1 bumper. 

I started swimming as I got heavier. Swimming really does help to relieve some of the weight gained. They say regular exercising can help to have a smooth delivery and keep my weight in check.

We also had our routine check up with Dr Tan at KKH on 9th September 2014. We always feel at ease with Dr Tan each time we see him. He always makes us feel very comfortable. On that day, he awarded B to be the most well dressed husband among all his patients' husbands. He's so funny, right? 

After our routine check up, we went to IMM at Jurong East just to shop around. Guess what? Gelare is having 50% off on any waffle every Tuesday! 

We also bought a few story books for baby darling. :)

Praying hard everyday to God that He will give us His blessings for me to carry baby darling to full term at least 38 weeks before I deliver her. Praying for the whole delivery process to be the most natural, most safe, most smooth and most painless one for us. Thank you, Lord! Hallelujah!

28 Weeks: Eventful Week

We went to see Dr Ang for our routine check up on 29th August 2014. Baby was weighing 1.285 kg. According to Dr Ang, baby should weigh around 1 to 1.3 kg at week 28. I seemed to lose 1 kg from my last measurement. 

Dr Ang also briefed us on the costings for the various methods of delivery. We haven't really decided where to deliver.

On 30th August, I met up with 2 BFFs at Marche at Somerset 313. We had a nice catch-up with one another and enjoyed the delicious food offered there. 

Other than those, this week I also bought quite a number of things for baby darling online via Qoo10, especially scarf bibs. I bought a total of 27 scarf bibs for baby. I love scarf bibs as I think it can double up as an accessory. Hope baby darling likes it too! :)

Baby darling, daddy and mummy are really prepping ourselves to welcome your arrival! :) Everything that we had bought for you is always bought with lots of ♡.  We hope you will love every little gift that we had bought for you. God bless and love you! :)