Today was another day out with baby G. Seriously this is one baby that goes out so often! Haha but I enjoy bringing her out plus she's pretty easy when she's out. Just that the amount of things I have to bring out is madness!!
Her baby bag:
-1 milk bottle of express breast milk (ebm)
-bottle warmer
-flask of hot water
-her water bottle
-pacifier
-diapers n wipes
-change of clothes
-cooler bag wif ice pack n extra bottle of milk
-my breast pump
-baby carrier
So just yesterday i actually nursed her in a nursing room!! Trying this new way where I only bring one bottle of milk out and the next time she needs to feed I will breast feed her directly. Pretty happy to report it was successful!! Because I nursed at Taka's nursing room which is super clean n comfy! Big plus points for me. My next achievement is to nurse her in public with a nursing cover! GO ME!
Anyways today headed for lunch with my mum and her friends. Then dropped her off to have tea and then I took the car with baby G behind and met fellow preemie mummy phyllis. Funny story how I got to know her. I was randomly surfing Instagram when I came across her profile and saw pictures of her baby boy in an sgh swaddle. Browsed further and found out she gave birth at 30weeks! So another fellow preemie mummy and she is also my age! So I reached out to her (hoping I didn't freak her out haha) and found out we have so many things in common and bam we clicked instantly!
Today was my first time taking baby G out without my mum or husband for a short while (okay I cheated I had help from phyllis too) but hey it's an achievement okay! I think baby G knew I was alone so she was so well behave that she slept through as I drove and while we were out having llaollao.
Then we headed to pick my mum and headed to the hospital to visit baby K! Baby G and I are probably the only ones who get to see baby K up close since we are allowed to go in being ex patients. All the nurses always get so happy when they see baby G. I guess they feel so proud of them. Like their hardwork of looking after them during the first few weeks/months of their life has paid off when they see them grow so big and strong. Everyone praised her and said she's super talkative. Baby G was busy talking to everyone and even met her physiotherapist upstairs which did an informal assessment for her and said she's hitting her milestones way before her corrected age! So yay (shall do her milestone update in another post).
Baby G got a lil fussy so the nurses handed her back to me. And then she decided to do a poop explosion all over my leg and shorts!!!! OMG her poop stained her Burberry shoes and luckily I managed to move my leg in time if not she would have pooped on my Ash pony hair shoe!
So I was in such a mess just now. Thankful that Phyllis helped dress baby G up while I cleaned the poop mess on the floor. And in the midst of cleaning another mummy who's going through the nicu journey spoke to me. And then another mummy who gave birth over the weekend to a pair of twins also came to speak to me and Phyllis. They were so upset and helpless so we just shared our stories. This is why I named baby G Hope too. She gave me hope when I found out I was pregnant and I hope through her nicu journey she can give other families hope too.
The other mummy told me it's very heartening to see baby G striving so well despite what she has went through. It gave them some form of encouragement.
Here's baby K! He's so tiny and cuteeeee!! Can't believe baby G used to be this tiny too!! Ahhhhh
Possibly her boyfriend in the future? Heehee! K we shall start with playdates and see how. Plus there's another baby boy to choose from. Hahahahaha #crazymothers
But it's also because of the amazing medical team and nurses who helped us get through the nicu journey. They love these babies so much and the amount of love, care and attention they give to them is so heartening. I'm always so grateful to them because they really took such great care of her and guided us through our journey. And they are the nicest and friendliest bunch of nurses I have ever met!
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