August 29, 2012
When I posted “The one with pumped milk is about to retire…”, I guess I was myopic. It should have been a sabbatical instead. For a start, I didn’t think that my pumping career would make a comeback this quick!
But it has, and my
Medela Freestyle® Breastpump has been dusted, cleaned, sterilized, assembled and has now been put up to speed for its efficient pumping job.
My pumping memories were bittersweet – as much as I hated the hassle of pumping and cleaning it – and I still do – I can’t help but feel overwhelmingly satisfied whenever I see the volume of milk I yield after each pumping session. The very fact that my child is thriving on nothing but my breast milk and that is all he ever needs in his first 6 months is again, truly amazing.
My super power is back after a 2-year sabbatical. The milk machine is running at full speed, and now that we have introduced the bottle to Spud, it feels a little liberating that other people will be able to feed him as well.
Pumping is indeed something which requires a very high discipline and commitment. In my head, I am still struggling to figure out how I would be able to cope with pumping full-time and tending to two kids when I am back at work.
With my unnatural personal biasness against formula, I know there is no other way out except to pump when Squirt does not get any access to the boobs. In doing so, I certainly am hoping to be able to provide Squirt with breast milk for about the same length of time, as did his sister.
Wish me luck!
August 28, 2012
This is one of the most bizarre, but cool looking fish I have ever seen in my entire life. I was so intrigued by their features that I just had to get a few snapshots of them while on a Mommy-time with excursion with Spud to Siam Ocean World recently.
Their bodies are flat, very leaf-like and quite transparent. Quite hard to make them out until you spot their eyes – which makes them look rather bizarre!
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| Leaf Scorpion Fish |
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| Weedy Scorpion Fish |
Also known as the Paper Fish, the Leaf Scopion Fish is one of the smallest members of the Scorpion fish family. They come in lots of colours and often have blotches, which enhance their camouflage.
They have venomous stinging spines. They are known to be a master of disguise as they imitate a leaf or seaweed moving in the water current by rocking themselves from side-to-side. They also shed their skin and are known to change colours.
They were so fascinating to watch that I could stare at them for ages!
My inner child thought that this was an interesting find. It was quite cool to share this with Spud and telling her all about it.
August 27, 2012
Black forest chocolate. Hmmmmmm.
Quite a huge bar of chocolate too. Hmmmmm.
I should have known that it will be nowhere near the taste of a desirable Black Forest Cake.
To be fair, the taste wasn’t at all bad. It was…okay. I actually quite like the cookie bits in it. But what spoiled it in my opinion, were the cherry jellies in it. They were so absurdly chewy that it was impossible to even enjoy a small piece of chocolate properly. I felt like my molars were all going to be falling off as the jellies got stuck pretty bad between the bottom and top molars, making it very hard to chew. Those cherry bits also tasted kind of weird. I ended up taking out every single cherry bits from every square as I don;t really want to eat them
I know for a fact that Cadbury has got some awesome chocolates, but unfortunately, this one is not one of my favorites. Certainly not at all like the black forest I know.
This black forest chocolate is quite disappointing.A waste of space in my tummy.
