Back to Normal Life...

Hooray! Finally.... We are both back to normal shift. No more night shift is needed at last!
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After the confinement nanny had left during baby 4th week, I had a record of no sleeping for 36 hours. That was terrible. Then, Lewis wanted to help me for the night feeding and hence, he went into night shift as BB Pier need feeding every 1.5-2 hours. Pier eat extremely slow, one feeding of 2.5Oz can took up to 45 minutes... Lewis's sleeping hours was then changed to 2pm-10pm, and by 10pm, he woke up, took over baby care & I go to sleep till next morning. But this type of shift running wasn't practical because sometime BB can be fussy and need 100% attention. Both of us only had ONE complete meal a day, be it breakfast or lunch. then snack for the rest of the day. With that, I had been losing weight in a fast pace (I got back my pre-pregnancy weight by week 7! ^.^)

We desperately wanted to train Pier to sleep thru the night. I was sourcing information from the internet. & many of them recommended warm bath before sleep. We do notice that Pier sleep for longer interval in the afternoon after his bath. So, we decided to give it a try. At first, we bathe him at 6pm, & each time after bath, he will cry for food. we feed him and he slept. the interval was longer than other normal time (about 3-4 hrs). It works!

Again, I moved his bathing time to late evening, around 8.30pm (before the 9pm feeding). But at this time, the environment is cooler, so, water must be warm (but not HOT!) & Pier seems to enjoy the warm bath... After 9pm feed, he play & coos at himself for a while & slept.... The next feeding was around 1am....

A week later, he slept for longer hour. After 9pm feed, he wakes up at 2am, few days later, 3am..... Slowly, after 4 weeks, he now sleep thru the night... Last feeding at 9-10pm, and the next feeding at 6-7am in the morning.

Finally, we no longer need night shift. & the most important, we are back to our normal life (3 meals a day & with some nice snacks in between), and I managed to stop myself from loosing weight further. I was 48kg before pregnant, 63kg before labor and now, maintained at 46kg... I had lost about 15kg in 10weeks... which is a good news for me! ^.^