On our own for the first time!

Today marks the very 1st day we're on our own taking care of Darrell without mom in law's help. She has an appointment with the hairdresser near her house and father in law has wedding dinner at night so they left our place very early in the morning to go back to their Serangoon home.

I am feeling very excited that we'll be spending time together truly as a family of 3 which we had never done so before. Excited at the prospect of being a "full time" mom for the weekend and also looking forward to using the "motherhood" skills that i have picked up from both grand mothers during the last 3 months.

Darrell woke up around 8am which is about his usual timing and i played with him till about 10am....carry him to our room for him to execute his mission of waking hubby up......hehehe..coz its bathing time!!! I am still not very confident bathing Darrell all by myself so hubby is there to help and also make use of this time to have some bonding session with Darrell since usually by the time hubby is back from work Darrell is already in dreamland.

All went quite well for the day with Darrell only fussing for his feed and diaper change. I must say its can be quite tough having to entertain him for a few hours nonstop....being not a very creative and imaginative mom..i usually find myself runnin out of ideas..and energy!

Darrell is getting quite playful and not wanting to sleep..maybe we have been playing with him for too long. Anyway hubby decided to take a nap on the mattress we put in the living room and i decided to leave Darrell with him on the mattress while i went to go the household chores. A short while later, i found that Darrell has fallen asleep beside hubby. Its such a warmth feeling looking at father & son that i cant help but smile from within.

We realise that the fridge had nothing much left and decided maybe we can leave Darrell at my parents place while we go and handle the groceries. We reached my parents place at about 2pm and everyone is looking foward to meeting Darrell again. But unfortunately he started to cry after my mom carried him over from me at the door step. We tried to pacifiy him but to no valid. Dad suggested maybe Darrell can start to recognize places and people and wanted Mom to "hand over" Darrell to me..but mom tried once more to pacify him but couldnt pacify him. When i took him over to pacify him, he is still sobbing and clinging to me...poor boy...i carried him around the house and telling him not to be scare and its grandparents house...it took awhile to calm him down but he doesnt seems to relax. We brought him back around 5pm and decided that we'll bring him for lunch and dinner at my parents place again the next day for him to familarize himself with my parents house.

Dinner is packet food from nearby food centre - hokkien mee, char kway teow, fried carrot cake & Indian rojak! Manage to finish everything except hokkien mee which we decided to save it for tomorrow.

Darrell is quite cranky during the night and we have a hard time trying to pacify him as well as smoothing him to sleep. Maybe its the "drama" in the afternoon that makes him very insecure. He cries everytime we try to carry him or put him down onto the playpen or rocker. We decided to let him sleep on our bed for the night with me sleeping beside him to make him feel secure while hubby sleeps on the mattress on the floor. Its my 1st time sharing bed with Darrell..i must say its a very wonderful feeling!

He started fidgeting in his sleep around 6am so i knew its diaper change time. Got ready the new diaper but before i could even slip it under him, he decided to relieve himself like the Niagara Falls! I couldnt even react fast enough..just had to grab whatever was available to block "the splish & the splash"! When i switched on the lights to change him, was wondering why are there wet spots on the bed beside his head...and i took a closer look...OMG! He had urinated onto his face! He was smiling at me when i carried him back to the cot to change him..and refuse to sleep anymore! What's hubby doing during the whole episode? He slept through it! Hahaha!