Confinement rules...and more...

27th June 2008

For once, I was glad that I did not engaged any confinement lady as it will definitely be a waste of money. There seems to be endless rules for a new mother to abide by. Must eat food laced with ginger....food cooked with wine.....eat liver and kidney(NO WAY!!)....no showering....etc etc etc....and I followed NONE of them....But there were moments when I wished I have additional help as I do not wish to tire my mum out too much...especially someone to help Xavier bathe. He still hates bathing and hearing him crying his lungs out hurt me so much. I thought babies are supposed to love water..since they were living in a bag of water for practically 10 months...or did I use the wrong technique and made him uncomfortable?

Tried breastfeeding again but again was rendered unsucessful John suggested that I signed up for the post-nantal class tomorrow at the polyclinic when we bring Xavier for his second jaundice check up..Maybe I should just give it a try.