I bought the latest issue of Mother and Baby just because I wanted to see other mother's blogs and this issue had an article on blogging moms. Anyways, there are plenty of blogging moms now a days. It is definitely catching on in Singapore. Even my friend JT has started a blog for her own darling daughter which she updates with more pictures than words. The other day, RH, my husband asked me whether I would create a separate blog for Bakong when he is born or would i just continue to update his progress on my blog. It got me wondering.
My own blog is only visited by my sister and husband and I like to keep it that way actually because then I do not have to worry about what to put down in my blog. Imagine having hundreds of people viewing your blog. They will know all about you and your boo boos. I guess I am still a scaredy cat and introvert at heart. (I hope Bakong will be more of an extrovert than me)
Maintaining a blog is not as easy as it seems. Many people start blogs because they are excited about a certain event in their life and so they want to write in down in a "diary" and show it to people. But what people do not realize is that there are far less "interesting" things happening in our lives than we actually think we do. This results in abandoned blogs where the author just writes a few times and do not bother updating it ever again. Even some really disciplined bloggers have to take a hiatus to rest and get more inspiration, I suspect. Even I have fallen into the trap. When I started my first blog, it went flat. I only had a post in there for the longest time. Now, I try to blog more often, even if I do not have interesting pictures to show.
That is another thing about blogging. A blog without pictures are kinda boring (unless you are an absolutely humourous writer). A blog with no specific topic, just updates on your life in boring. A blog which is not informative is boring and a blog that does not have good writing is boring. So you see, it is rather difficult to maintain a blog unless you do not care whether you have any readers. Fortunately for me, my two precious readers read my blog because of the updates on OUR family. :-)
Anyways, I saw a blog in the "Mother and Baby" magazine of a SAHM (Stay at home mom) who does a wonderful job of making her children's meal appetizing. She really takes an effort to decorate her kids' meals. Man, I am soooo inspired by her and will strive to decorate Bakong's future meals in interesting Japnaese Bento style. Only thing about her food is that she uses a lot of fried stuff, hams, sausages, imitation crab meats which I feel are not healthy foods for kids. Will try to substitute with something else if I can. You can visit her blog here.
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We went to our first antaenatal class yesterday. There were I think 25 couples with 2 poor ladies who had to come wthout their husbands due to some reason or another. RH and me brought comfortable clothes to change into after being advised by the nurse when we signed up for the class but there were many people who came in their work clothes. It was so interesting to see so many pregnant ladies in a room (I was busy looking around the room comparing tummies):P. Yes, many people who walked past the room could not help but take a peek into the roomful of pregnant couples doing exercises. Hahahaha, it was a funny sight.
Our instructor, Mrs Wong, from TMC has all the credentials needed to be the most sought after antaenatal care expert in Singapore. First thing she did was to brief us on her credentials and how she is often featured in tv programmes and radios. At first, she did seem kinda fierce or even haughty but later on, we found her to be quite humourous and REALLY REALLY knowledgable. Another plus point is that she makes all the husbands do all the menial tasks while wives were suppose to just relax, listen and follow the exercises.
Yes, our first lesson, she taught us about nutrition and exercise during pregnancy. What to eat and not eat, what is safe and she also touches on the local Asian myths about pineapples and birds nest which was really useful cos you would not find it in any other baby books. Who would have though sweet potatoes aided digestion. Hahaha.
We did exercises to strengthen our backs, how to get out of bed and lift objects from the floor without hurting yourself. How husbands can massage their wives (I loved this part best). She also taught husbands how to communicate with baby in the womb by tapping on teh mother's tummy and talking gently to the baby. Loads and loads of information. Looking forward to the next class........
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Just been to the gynae.......hurray, Bakong is 1.23kg. He is finally getting bigger. So happy, especially since I only gained 2 kg from my last gynae appt. So it means that 1/4 of teh weight gain belongs to Bakong. He is getting bigger now and is already in a head down position for delivery which is good news. I hope he stays that way as babies can still turn and turn at 7 months. Gotta continue my natal vitamins and drink more calcium because Bakong is apparently growing and stregthening all his skeletal bones. We saw babyribs (human not pork)today during the scan.
Also, I need to drink some Red Raspberry Tea Leaf.....to prepare for delivery. I read somewhere that it helps to reduce lochia (bloody discharge after delivery)
