How is your confinement?

Confinement, what a scary word :) especially to me since i dun really follow all the traditional confinement practices.

Today is my 29th day of my 3rd confinement, alhamdulillah, everything goes fine, just a little bit tired since i have 2 other kids to look after.

I did follow the do's and dont's during my 1st confinement in 2007 as i  stayed at my sister's and my mother's house. But during my 2nd and now, my 3rd, i didn't really follow that anymore. The reason? obviously there is no one around to tell me "you cannot do that" or whatsoever as i chose to observe my pantang here at KL, alone. The other reason...sometime i find it hard to follow esp when it comes to food. So i ate most of the food (lapar maa, cant help myself to be too choosy:)).

In my opinion, some restrictions are ok to follow but some are too ridiculous e.g. certain veggies or fruits that cannot be taken as they were labelled as 'cold'. I think the general rule of everything is Moderation. This can be apply not only during our confinement period, but in our daily life. I am sure 2 slices of cucumber or 2 slices of watermelon would not make you sick :D.

Maryam also on confinement - wearing socks

w@nn

In Dilemma

I am planning to buy a new breastpump-the double pump, but cannot decide whether to buy Avent or Medela.  The later have a very good review from the users. But my interest was more to Avent as i used many of their products including their manual breast pump,  the sterilizer, the bottle warmer and also the milk bottle.

my other dilemma is whether to buy the tandem stroller-Baby Jogger City Select or Britax B-Dual for my new born. As now i have 3 kids and the first two like to ride in their stroller, this tandem stroller will benefit me and my husband as we only need to carry only 2 strollers for 3 of them. But the price tag for this tandem stroller is very expensive. The Britax B-Dual cost RM2,800++. As for BJCS, the model not yet in M'sia, but if bought thru Amazon.com, it cost almost the same as Britax B-Dual excluding the shipping cost. According to the Baby Jogger dealer, that model might be in M'sia after CNY next year.

gosh...what a dilemma and some more cost a lot of money:). or is this some kind of postpartum blues? (wanting for an expensive things hehehe)

w@nn