… coz my mil will be going to Hong Kong and New Zealand for an indefinite period of time. She will leave tomorrow. So when she’s gone, I will have to ‘kee kee koo kee kee’ (take care of myself!)….. kau tim the cooking part myself. Previously, I can rely on my former maid who is very independant and smart. My current maid is hopeless in her cooking. I just don’t know how I am going to cope when my mil’s gone. Baby C is just too clingy to me and I am spending a lot of time everyday feeding her meds, feeding her meals, feeding her supplements (thrice a day), collecting her pee to send for tests, making trips to the hospital, coaching Alycia in her reading and Math and I wish I still had more time to spend with Alycia and Sherilyn. They have been so neglected by me as most of my time has been spent caring for my high-needs and high-maintenance Baby C.
Sigh….. I guess I will have to cook very simple dishes everyday… mostly steamed and microwaved dishes. Less time for blogging and sacrifice some sleep too.
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Oh no, Microwaved food is not good! You’ll burn out and then who’ll take care of everybody? Since assistance from your MIL and own mum is sporadic and inconsistent, get another maid.
Get a Filipino one, experienced with babies or toddlers. Long term this is more cost-effective than endless medical bills due to the whole family’s compromised health bcoz of too much microwaved meals, tapau food, supplements replacing natural goodness etc not to mention tremendous stress all around. Imagine the chaos and havoc your poor exhausted hubby returns to everyday after a hard and stressful day bring home the bacon. Filipino maid can also keep the 2 older sisters out of your hair. Leave the household chores to the Indon or cambo maid.
You are one super mommy!
Must be tiring & hard on you to handle 3 kiddos. Take care 🙂
How about “tap sek”? At least you don’t have to worry about cooking. Not as healthy lah of course but you won’t have to pull your hair out lor.
since ur hub in catering, maybe can go for catered food first?
Try making stew in the oven. It is the simplest. Sometimes you just have to let Baby C learn to be indept.
This is really tough on you. What bout your mom? Will she be able to help you out a bit?
your mil can’t stay longer to help? poor you shireen. you are already sacrificing your sleep 🙁 hope baby C will recover fast and you won’t need to feed her so much meds.
supermom, gambate 🙂
Ya..I was just going to suggest tap-sek. It’s just a temporary solution..at least, you have one less thing on your mind.
I mean, seriously, with Baby C’s high needs..it’s going to be quite hard for you to manage. Take care k…
you one strong mommy…
supermummy… just do the fast cooking like porridge or noodles. dont blog so much lor, take care
ai yah daddy in catering bznes..ask him to kau tim the food part lah. u just nid to cook simple solid for Baby C. Microwaving too much is not good.
Get ur maid to play with the 2 cheh chehs while u go catch some sleep with Baby C left to play byherself in her cot.
With less help n limited time, hv to prioritise ur to-do stuff. In certain things, open 1 eye n close 1 eye loh. U take care ya!