My first week at home in confinement.

We came home from the hospital on the 3rd day that was a Wednesday. Immediately the day after, my 7 day ritual starts:

7.00 - 8.30 : wake up - try to make sure that Zaim is changed and fed and goes to a deep deep slumber, at least until my mother arrives - I have a quick bath, for this week, it is still with some tea bag from Nona Roguy, then after my makcik urut had brought some leaves, that were washed and boiled, and the water is then also added to my bath water - then it is breakfast, just a quick one, normally a mug of hot milo and two pieces of toasts

8.30 - 10.00 : around this time, Jack would have fetched my makcik urut, so it is bertungku first ( hot stone theraphy thingy) then massage, oooh! lovely jubilee!

10.00 - 11.30: for the 1st 3 days at home, the home nursing staff from Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital comes over to check on baby, gives him a bath and checks on me. Then onwards, she comes in another 4 days but on alternate days so that by the time it is the last (7th day), Zaim would already be exactly 2 weeks old and hopefully like Zarif before, by then his cord would have come off and his circumsicion wound would have healed too

11.30 - 11.45: quick lunch and feed the baby again

12 ish - 4.30: feed baby, try to nap a little, feed baby again, change if he needs changing, watch a bit of day time tv, try to nap again if I could, and all this while also entertaining/ attending to any questions/squabbles from the other two kids.

4.30 - 6.00 : depending on whether, Zaim's diapers is highly soiled, then I will give him a change, a quick top and tail bath, freshen him up a bit, to prepare him for night time - feed him again and try to get him to fall into another solid at least half an hour deep sleep so that I too could freshen up and change

6.00-6.30 : dinner time for me

7.00-7.30: quite time with baby while tuning on channel 106 for some spiritual moment

7.30 onwards: if there is anything worth watching on tv, I'd watch otherwise, I'd try to sleep early as soon as Zaim sleeps just in case he wakes up for regular night time feedings

and the whole cycle begins again the next morning.

except for today at this instant that I am updating this entry it is 2.30 p.m just had mu lunch about an hour ago, and Zaim thank goodness is sleeping soundly, so I managed to update this very quickly.I better stop now and update some pictures before he wakes up and demands to be fed.

bath time

Zaim hates to be exposed - loves being swaddled

all done!