28 July 2010
Back to school
This Daddy must really be more consistent with his blogging… taking forever to draft a post. Aidan must not take this procrastinating trait of his father. But Daddy is working towards shaking off this undesirable trait… by writing this post of course!
The past few weekends had been very busy for us. Beside the prenantal classes with TMC, we also signed up for breastfeeding courses with the Breastfeeding Mothers’ Support Group at SCWO. The former consists of 5 lessons on Sundays leading to a doctor’s talk on a Tuesday at Singapore Chinese Girls School. Come to think of it, we had never been punctual for most of the Sunday class, no thanks to the long carpark queue at Ang Mo Kio Hub (Why do everyone want to go there at that time anyway??) Despite the trouble in getting there, we did learn much from Mrs Wong Boi Boi’s lessons, and reading her books subsequently helped to reinforce these lessons. We learn more about the childbirth process, some basic exercises, how to bathe the baby, and messages etc. In particular, we are given baby dolls to make the training more realistic.
The doctor’s talk was not so useful, partly because of a last minute change in programme to have a doctor talk about Cordlife in stead of traditional chinese medicine. We had learnt what we need about Cordlife when we signed up so the information shared was somewhat redundant to us. The other doctor presented lots of medical terms that doesn’t make much sense to us. But the visual aids did what the words couldn’t. Not that the pictures of meconium, forceps marks, a bump on the head due to the use of vacuum were pleasing to the eye, but yeah, we get the point. Took the opportunity to drop by Evan’s Lodge nearby after that to try the roti prata that I had always wanted to try. Nice 
The breastfeeding course at SCWO was conducted by this (overly) bubbly lady who had actually breastfed her three kids for eight years! Really had to give it to her for being able to persist for so long. But it was great to see someone who had successfully breastfed, and so keen to share her experiences with mothers-to-be. There was so much info being shared at the sessions that it took awhile to absorb. Subsequently, when I read Wong Boi Boi’s Guide to Breastfeeding, I realised that most of the info are the same. If nothing, it helped to make me more confident that breastfeeding is the way to go for Aidan, barring any issues which makes it difficult for Mummy to do so.
By now, we had completed all the courses (except for the weaning course, which we will attend after Aidan is a few months old). So once again, weekends belongs to us. There are not many left though, as Mummy is into the 34th week already. Before we know it, weekends will belong to three of us – Daddy, Mummy and baby Aidan. Hope to see you soon Aidan!
