Just thanking lucky stars (and my mother) for my gem of a helper. I'd give her 8.5/10 and if she wanna work on I definitely will recontract her. As of now she's really been a great help and I feel very much at ease to leave leah home with her.
But, leah is currently a spoilt brat who has to latch to sleep. Mummy's fault.. 慈母多败儿。I started off letting her latch. She fell asleep a few times.. then it became a habit. Then she started co-sleeping a couple hours a night, esp during the mid of night feed. Then it became a habit.
Then we went to BKK and all forms of control went haywire. She was attached to me and TSO 24/7 for 5 days. Full days of baby-wearing. (Bkk not very stroller friendly)
Took helper whole day to get leah to acknowledge her. Sped things up cos I had to work the very next day.
Helper could try to coax her to sleep b4B if I had to go out late. Now it's almost impossible. The one time we tried, helper said Leah basically cried herself to sleep. How liddat?
But.. at leah grows, today (29 weeks and 2 days) she has learnt to pull herself up from a sitting position. Fast development, but not good in a way. As of now, she has been sleeping in our room with a bassinet that I could dump her in on good nights. With her newfound skill, the bassinet is gonna be history.
My hope now lies in the playpen/cot Michelle gave me. Otherwise she will have to move out of my room to bunk with helper. That will be a few tough weeks (I can't really bear it tbh).
She's only a baby once. Is it really bad if I let her sleep with me? It affects our nightlife 😈 la.. but... she's only a baby once... dilemma.
Speaking of development, Leah is advancing slightly faster than other babies her age with regards to motor skills n stuff.. like she can seat on her own with no support shortly before she turned 6 months, which I hear some babies still not able to even after 6 months. She has also learnt to scoot off sofa and stand before she was 6 months. Recently started to leopard crawl (but major motivation required). She enjoys standing, now she practicing to bring herself from lying down to a sitting position.
It's really enjoyable watching and encouraging her progress. But with each achievement it's a feeling that she's growing up a little more. Kind of wishes it's not so fast.
I'm luckier than most mummies in that I do get to spend alot of time with her thiscpast 6 months. But 生活 is starting creep up and my bank acc is reminding me that it's time to get back to the grind of real world soon. Unfortunately it's not an option for me to be SHM.
Can't bear the thought of missing out on her firsts. Gotta tell helper if she sees anything Leah does for the first time, don't tell me.. I gotta see it for myself for her 'first times'.. lol
