During our first trip with Baby E, she was 16 months and already couldn’t sit still. I followed some baby advice that I found online and packed a bag of toys and stickers in my carry on bag. The flight there was smooth-sailing, but the flight back was filled with horror because there was turbulence…
Category: Know Hows
Guide: Travelling with the kid 101 – Pack list
After three posts that are numbers heavy, the next few posts will be on travelling, because yay we are going on a holiday! This is Baby E’s 4th overseas trip… and it gets easier in terms of the number of items we have to pack, but harder in terms of keeping her close to us…
Stage 4 Milk Powder Comparison
This is a continuation of my previous post, which compared Stage 3 milk powder of major brands. In this post, I publish my comparison of Stage 4 formula milk of the following brands: Similac Gain Kid 4, Enfagrow A+ Stage 4, Nan Kid 4, S26 Promise Gold, Friso Gold Stage 4, Aptamil Junior Gold+ Stage…
Stage 3 Milk Powder Comparison
So our decision to feed Baby E Similac Gain IQ was based on the fact that it was the first formula that she was willing to take. We tried Karihome Goat’s Milk, Aptamil and Nan before that and they were all rejected. We did have some luck with Aptamil but she rejected it after a…
Guide: Financials 101 – How much will I save if I were to opt for breastfeeding?
The following was a simple exercise that I did in the spur of the moment when the husband kept complaining about breastfeeding and wanting to switch to formula. As with all investment professionals (yes, occupational hazard), I did it to estimate my “value” contributed to the family. The following was what I calculated back in…
Guide: Medical Care 101 – Hospital A&Es and Pediatricians
This is a short post on medical care. Unfortunately, while Baby E is only 2+ years old, she has already visited 3 hospital A&Es. The following is what we learnt about A&Es: 1. Pediatricians: Not all hospital has pediatricians on site at their A&Es. Mount Alvernia only has a GP while KKH and NUH have…
Musings: Reflection on mistakes made since the arrival of Baby E
Just a short post on some of the things that I’ve regretted since the arrival of Baby E. While I’m unable to turn back time and undo these things, I hope this post can be of some help to new parents out there. Regarding confinement Not hiring a confinement lady: My initial thought was that…
Guide: Nursing Master Class – Weaning off to formula
We started attempting to wean after Baby E turned 13 months. The journey was a long one which was to be expected since she took 6 months to take to a bottle. We tried Aptamil, Karihome Goat’s Milk and Nan, before we took a break for 2-3 months because I felt heartbroken seeing her heave…
Guide: Nursing 301 – Going back to work
I recall feeling lost at about 12 weeks postpartum as I contemplated on what my “nursing standard operating procedure” should be upon going back to work. My “workflow” evolved over time so the purpose of this post is to share my “SOP” with you. Good to knows: 1. You will need to pump in 3-4…
Guide: Nursing 101 – Good to Knows and Essentials
So you intend to nurse… Good on you! Nursing is very effort intensive and contrary to what some daddies may think (Oh you just lie around doing nothing!), it’s actually very tiring to breast feed and it saps away all your time. This post includes some good to knows that I gathered over my 18-month…
The Crazy Mummy 