Gosh it’s been a month since I last blogged. I just wish I have more time in a day! How time flies since I started working and Cameron is already 9 months old…3 more months and he’ll be 1..and that means I’m getting older too boohoohooo Anyway, some little updates about my little darling.

I’ve officially stopped BF and Cameron has been successfully weaned off and he’s beginning to like solids only after 3 months of introduction! Phew. Even with the variety of food he is eating – avocado, pork porridge, millet, lentil, cod, salmon, parsley, etc, he still fusses around. How spoilt! Fortunately he is good with people and even strangers, otherwise it will be a nightmare for him to be with the childminder. This is the third week since he’s with the childminder and he is adapting well. Now I feel bad for not spending enough time with him ever since I started working. 10 hours a day away from us seems like an utter shocking figure. Maybe if we were living in KL, situation would be better as we would have our parents and maids at our disposal but then again it might not be as easy as it seems. Going through the stress of getting stuck in traffic and high living expenses especially when the little one is consuming 1 can of milk powder a week are not something I would look forward to. Although means of transportation and public welfare are of an advantage over here, it’s hard to find extra help due to costs reasons.  Forget about the suggestion about hiring a maid as it would most likely blow the entire month’s budget, well unless you are wealthy of course. Even though you are willing to pay for others to work according to your hours, you might still not get what you want as they are not suppose to work for more than 10 hours a day, according to the law. So you do not have much choice but to workaround all these constraints. That’s why people over here leave the office on time due to commitments. I guess people will learn how to persevere in every situation, just at various degrees of independence and intensity.

On the sleep matter, he only started sleeping through the night after 8 months! Now , he sleeps from 8pm-7am without night feeds. Now that he is on bottle and doesn’t wake up at night, I suddenly feel so free. When I was breastfeeding, I found it challenging and was desperately hoping that he would sleep through the night. Now that I’ve gotten over it, I just wished I haven’t.  Life is odd, although that moment might seem difficult and testing, but I was happy and content. Btw, he has started crawling and now he is trying to stand with support. And we are trying to keep up with him by making the house child proof. He sure does keep us busy…..