Arrival of Mei Mei...

Ok... this is a really overdue post. My 2nd baby has arrived and since then, the entire family schedule has turned topsy turvy. Anyway, not too late to start posting on my 2nd bundle of joy....

Baby Vivienne Chen Wei Yein is born on 27th Feb 2012, weighed at 3.1kg. Slightly heavier and longer than Valerie. I have opted for elective C-sec this time. No more trying to go natural first, if cannot then only c-sec. I find this really a waste of time and energy.. not to mention more $$$...

Same as previous time, I chose partial conscious so that I could hear my baby being born. When Vivienne is born, she cried very loudly and non-stop. I guess she sounded like how babies should cry when they are born. Unlike Valerie, only cry two times and then went to sleep. This is a first sign of how different both my babies are.

Hours later, she was wheeled in to be breastfed. As I latched her on, she sucked very very hard and I have to say it's very painful. I asked the nurses a few times, and they said she latched on correctly, just that she has a very strong suck and I'm feeling the pain.

Later on, I've also discovered she cannot suck any milk out from the Avent bottle. And then latch on to me wrongly. This baby has problem with nipple confusion, something that her big sister didn't have. Valerie knew how to breastfeed and drink from bottle from day 1. So I had to spend the first 3 weeks to breastfeed her fulltime before introducing the bottle. And yes, I've suffered through the pain of her sucking only on my nipple till the skin chaffed off... Luckily I went to Dr Koe for help and she showed me how to get the correct latch. Funny I have to relearn all this with the 2nd baby...

Vivienne is also very impatient when changing clothes. After taking a bath, she will not give you that few minutes to put lotion on and wear clothes. She will just cry and cry until you pick her up. Again, different from Valerie. Valerie would give you the time in the world to pat her dry, put lotion and do anything you want. With Vivienne, you have to be fast... and super fast....

Another thing is Vivienne accepts pacifier. Although a bit relunctant, this is nanny's requirement to taking care of her.  Last time, despite training Valerie, she refuse to suck the dummy :) So nanny has no choice but to give up. But with Vivienne, she takes on the pacifier naturally and sucks happily. But I have to say, babies who suck pacifier seem to be better napper and thus she is gaining weight faster than her elder sister. So, I'll just let it be, only worry about weaning her from the dummy a year later.

All in all, just when you think you have learned everything to be a mommy, a new baby sets you back off to square one, relearning everything again. Simply because, "Every baby is different". Now I know how true this phrase is.