First night with Jayden

We decided to let Jayden sleep with us last night to practise how to take care of him at night before the confinement lady leaves. It was the first night with Jayden, and we had everything ready... pampers, cotton buds, warm water...

At 9:30pm, I fed him with breast milk. This could last him for two hours. Next feeding time was around 11:30pm and I decided to feed him with formula milk so that he could sleep longer, so do Jo and I. Jayden was good last night and went straight to sleep after I fed him.

Later, he woke up around 3am and I fed him breast milk with lying position so that he could fall asleep immediately after he feels full. With breast milk, I need to feed him every two hours. Next feeding time was 5am and 7am.

I have no problem with the every two hours feeding session. But Jayden isn't a quiet sleeper. He always looks grumpy and makes a lot of noise while sleeping. And this made Jo a difficult night and both of us look like panda this morning. Ha...

We will have many more nights with Jayden and I hope his 'grumpy sleeping style' will improve later so that all of us will have a quiet night.

Bathing Jayden

I learned how to bath Jayden this morning and I thought I did it quite well with the help from my mum and confinement lady. I was a bit nervous at the beginning because I was worried that I couldn't hold him well. But I slowly got the pace and completed the entire session.

Jayden always enjoy his bathing session. I was quite relieved that he didn't cry when I bathe him. I kept talking to him and let him know that mummy is still under learning stage. He seems understand and let me do whatever I have to do on him. But he didn't look satisfied with my performance, ha!

Jayden: Give mummy some time and I'm sure we both will enjoy the bathing session very much soon!

Jayden experiencing lying prone

A lot of articles mentioned that baby feels more secure lying prone compares to lying supine. Jayden is still too small but we would like him to experience that with our attention.

He was a bit grumpy that night after I burped him. I cradled him for a while but he started making noise soon after I put him back on bed. We decided maybe we should let him experience lying prone.


Jo let Jayden lying prone and he went quiet immediately. I wondered how long he could stay in that position because he always stretches his hands and legs. Look at his face, he must be wondering what is going on...


See! He started lifting up his head and was trying to turn his head to the other side!


The next thing he did was to place his hands in front to lift up his head. He must have tried too hard because his legs also lifted. Haha...


He managed to turn his head to the other side! I wonder whether all babies do the same thing like him? He is only less than 3 weeks old!


Jayden looked so tired when we turned him around.

Jayden in the baby cot

Just breastfed Jayden and left him in his baby cot. He looked very energetic after having a very good sleep the whole afternoon. He looked up at me when I called his name for photo shooting.


I think he doesn't enjoy photo shooting. I guess he feels bored in the baby cot.


I started talking to him to attract his attention. He looked at me again, but I was not very sure what kind of expression that was. Maybe he was trying to say 'Mum, can you stop disturbing me? I need some personal time'. Haha...


He started feeling sleepy.


Big yawning~


He looked back at me after a big yawning. I got the message and he should fall asleep within few minutes. I decided to leave him alone...

Experimenting lying position

I have been adopting cradle hold position for breastfeeding all these while and I find it tiring. I am having shoulder pain and backache. Also, Jayden does not enjoy this positioning because he always sweats a lot after every breastfeeding.

After getting some tips from Jo's friend and my piano teacher, I started breastfeeding Jayden by lying position. It is quite challenging at the beginning as Jayden always couldn't latch well. But after a few tries, he slowly gets use to it and we both enjoy it. I can take a nap while feeding him, and he can fall asleep after a good meal, how nice! And I find him sleeps longer too.

Breastfeeding is challenging but this is what I am going to do. This would be the first precious gift I gave to Jayden.

老虎上树

子乐在不久前经历了腹绞痛，看到他哭不停和一幅很痛苦的样子，我真的很心痛！初为人母，我也忍不住和他一起哭了起来。过了几小时后，他终于平静入睡了，我就开始寻找有关腹绞痛的资料。其中一个安抚宝宝的方法就是“老虎上树”。

昨晚，子乐喝了奶很安静要入睡时，他的爸爸就学习如何抱“老虎上树”。



子乐一幅很陶醉的样子，嘴角还微微上扬着偷笑呢！真可爱！他看上去真的很像一只趴在树上的又顽皮又贪睡的小老虎。

Breastfeeding

It is really an amazing experience to me! Breastfeeding is really like doing Economics - Demand vs Supply!

I tried my first breastfeeding the evening after I delivered Jayden. I didn't have much milk to feed him, but I knew my body had received the signal and started the production. 4 days after delivery, I experienced breast engorgement! It was not very pleasant because it was very painful. My breast became as hard as rock, and every little body movements made me feel the pain!

Jo bought me a breast pump later on and both of us tried out our first 'breast milk pumping' experience that night. It was not as easy as we thought. I was experiencing breast engorgement but very little breast milk came out after we tried pumping for about half an hour. We only managed to pump out less than 1oz of breast milk. I was quite disappointed with the result.

It is now 2 weeks after my delivery. Demand vs Supply theory kicks in and everything gets so much easier for me. Breast milk pumping is not an issue anymore. I just need to pump for few times and my breast milk will flow out, just like water coming out from water tap. Indeed, I get some satisfaction from doing this 'job'!


My breast milk I pumped out one of the afternoon...

And when I am feeding Jayden directly, I feel myself so 'mother' when I see Jayden with a mouthful of my breast milk!

我的小王子 ~ 张子乐

终于确定了宝宝的名字，那是老公和我都很喜欢的名字 ~ 张子乐。

我们希望宝宝快快乐乐的长大，希望给他一个很开心的成长环境，所以让他叫子乐。

子乐，爸爸妈妈希望你做个快乐的人，希望你生性豁达！你要乖乖的，健康长大！你是爸爸的小英雄，妈妈的小王子！但不要因为这样而变得娇纵哦！爸爸妈妈爱你！


我们家的小英雄、小王子 ～

Arrival of Jayden on 26 July 2009

It was about 4am+ on Sunday morning, 3 days before Jayden's pre-determined delivery date. Jo was still sleeping. I was awake by a serious contraction and I felt something 'flew out' from vaginal. I quickly rushed to washroom, and found myself bleeding. It was quite similar to my previous experience, but my six sense told me that I may deliver soon.

I was sitting on the WC and called for Jo. He was quite worried when he saw the amount of bleeding I had. I waited for a while, until the bleeding 'stopped', then I went lying on the bed. Until 6am+, another round of bleeding. I was very convinced that I have to deliver earlier. Again, I was sitting on the WC and asked Jo to get ready to hospital.

It was a rainy morning. We reached the hospital around 7am+. My doctor was on leave and my case was passed to another female doctor who was on call. Similar to last time, I was sent to labour room and asked to change. This time, I was asked to wear the operation theatre's dress. Doctor came in half an hour later and told me I have to go for C-section in a short while. I was rolled into the operation theatre at about 8am+ and anaesthetist arrived 15 minutes later. He decided to put me in total unconsciousness (general anaesthesia).

I didn't know what happened after that. The first thing came into my mind when I was back to conscious was: is Jayden fine? I cried when the assistant told me he is very fine and healthy. I was sent to normal ward and was so happy when I saw Jo was waiting for me. Jo showed me Jayden's photo and I was so touched when I saw this little prince I gave birth to.

Jo gave me a good hug and I cried again. The feeling was unexplainable and kind of complex. My husband was just sitting besides me, the man who supported me and helped me went through the entire pregnancy experience. My baby was in the nursery, very healthy and cute. For a simple woman like me, what else shall I demand?


Jo quickly took a photo of his little hero when doctor brought him out.


Jayden, after his first bath.


Jo's little hero, my little prince~