Happy Mother's Day?

12 May 2013

As a mum to an almost 5-month old baby (C) and 3 year old toddler (J), this is how I spent Mother's Day today.

1:30am  Missed my 12:30am alarm and overslept. Fed J milk (because he did not take his afternoon nap, fell asleep while having dinner, and missed his milk feed just before bedtime). My son decided he wanted to sleep with Daddy who was asleep with C in the other room and he went off.

2:30am 1st pumping session of the day. Kept myself awake via online shopping :)

3:30am J walked back into the room smiling cheekily. It was obvious he wasn't sleepy at 3:30am in the morning! I ended my pump session and persuaded J to brush his teeth by promising him a YouTube video on tooth extraction.

4am Brushed J's teeth.  Wanted to show J the agreed YouTube video, but he decided they all seemed too scary. I took the opportunity to remind J that he should brush his teeth everyday otherwise his teeth could decay just like those in the YouTube videos. Switched off the lights and we finally went to bed.

8:20am Overslept again! My alarm was supposed to ring at 7:30am. J woke up when I moved him from my bed to his. Spent a few minutes pacifying him as J is usually whiny when he is sleepy.

8:30am 2nd pump session of the day. Read news on my iPad at the same time.

9:30am Rushed to wash up and pack stuff. As I was brushing my teeth, A got J to wish me Happy Mother's Day and give him the gift he made in school.  Cheeky J insisted on giving me the present my colleague gave him instead.

10:30am Brought J to my aunt's country club for a swim.

11am Finally had breakfast - I am famished! After breakfast, spent some time chatting with my aunt and entertaining C while A & J had fun at the water playground. Managed to read some news while C napped in my arms. 

12:15pm Fed C milk. Changed diapers for C as she pooped while drinking milk.

1pm Lunchtime. Reprimanded J because he did not want to eat his fried rice. He was only interested in the chicken wings and orange juice. Managed to feed J a few mouthfuls of rice. J became sleepy and fell asleep in A's arms.

2pm Headed home. J woke up just when I was about to help him wear his diapers. 

3:20pm 3rd pump session of the day. Played candy crush to keep myself awake. 

4:20pm Decided to cook dinner for J as he did not have a proper meal the entire day. Prepared J's dinner after my pump session.

5pm A was exhausted and taking a nap.  I deliberated between tabao-ing or cooking dinner - decided to cook a simple meal since I had ready ingredients and it didn't require more effort than heading out to tabao.  Instructed the maid to wash and chop up the ingredients for dinner.

5:45pm Printed a family photo that J's teacher had requested. Photo colour was horrendous but I had no time to resolve the issue as I smelt a burnt smell emitting from J's porridge!! Thankfully I managed to salvage most of the porridge. It is during such moments when I really appreciate having a maid - in her absence, I will have to spend the next hour scrubbing the burnt pot.

6pm Caught J peeling the cork coaster and reprimanded him. Fed J dinner and got him to apologise. Happy that J was eating much better than he was at lunchtime. 

6:40pm Cooked fried bee hoon and had dinner thereafter. In the meantime, A showered J.

7:30pm After a short chat with my mum and giving C my bedtime kisses, I took a shower.

8:20pm 4th pump session of the day. Blogged this entry at the same time. C is sound asleep but surprisingly, J is still very energetic even though he hardly napped today. J kept asking A to read him storybooks - I am glad that J is oblivious to the iPhone in my hand. Not once did he ask me for my phone!

10pm J wanted to drink milk and finally, he is starting to yawn. But all signs of exhaustion dissipated when he saw 爷爷 and 奶奶 who were just back from a holiday. 

10:30pm J showed off his "doctor equipment" in a role play as a doctor. He would squeal in delight as we pretended to revolt when he tried to feed us medicine that was too bitter. I also packed Joshua's schoolbag.

11:30pm 爷爷 and 奶奶 heads home. I brushed J's teeth and then washed up. 

12am Finally put J to bed

One word to describe Mother's Day? Exhausting.  I don't need breakfast in bed or a luxurious spa treat. All I really really need is sleep. I know I should be more positive, but I am really really tired.  Tired Me = Grumpy Me. It will get better though...I can't wait.