Mummy’s entry – Off to the daycare

It was Haye Li’s first time to the daycare yesterday. She is so different from Rye Li and I guess I knew this from the time she was in my tummy with the way she moves. And the last 7 weeks has proved me right with her feisty character. She is one demanding baby this one.

This girl doesn’t like to sit in her car seat. And the thing is, she has been trained since she was born. Those times during my confinement when I had to take Rye Li to and fro from the daycare, Haye Li was already tagging along. In the first week, she was alright, sleeping most of the time. But after that, she became restless and will be crying (more like screaming) throughout the journey. It is as if she is being tortured sitting down in the car seat. Because of this, when we’re out and if hubby is driving, she gets to sit on me most of the times unless she’s dead asleep in which I would put her back into the car seat. But the most she can sleep for (and this is the same at home) is for half an hour before she wakes up crying, wanting to be carried.

So yesterday morning (and the same for this morning), she was already crying halfway throughout the journey there. The maid was sitting behind with her while I was driving. I would not allow the maid to bring her out but the maid was entertaining her with her toys which at times it worked.

When we reached the daycare, I passed her to one of the caretakers who brought her into the baby’s room. And I was talking to Aunty Ng on how to handle Haye Li’s bottles (since it’s our first time using Dr. Brown’s) and so on when I could hear Haye Li wailing at the background already. I knew that she was already put into the baby cot which she would protest since she wants attention all the time. When I was walking out to my car which was parked outside the gate, I could still hear her cries! I only felt sorry for the other babies. LOL.

Her first day is so different from Rye Li’s. Rye Li slept most of the time in the car seat. We love taking Rye Li out since she was easy to handle and didn’t have to be carried most of the time. She only cries when she’s hungry or during that few months at nights when she was colicky. Rye Li slept throughout the journey to Aunty Ng’s. Only at times in the evenings, on the way back, she would cry. And I remember putting Rye Li in her cot at the daycare and she didn’t cry at all.

And when I dropped off Rye Li for the first time, I was really heartsick and wanted to cry after leaving the daycare. At that time, I didn’t really know Aunty Ng, she was only recommended by a friend. But this time with Haye Li, I didn’t have this feeling since we have known Aunty Ng pretty well now and I was looking forward to my 5 days off before I go back to office. Of course, I do miss her but my short break from being a full time mom outweighs that for sure. LOL. But I was worried whether the caretakers could handle this difficult baby or not.

Hubby and I went to pick the girls up in the evening. I was eager to know how Haye Li was the whole day. Weeks before sending Haye Li in, I already warned Aunty Ng about her but Aunty Ng said that we told her the same for Rye Li but Rye Li was easy to handle. This Aunty Ng is one amazing woman, nothing can be too difficult for her to handle. With nearly 40 kids to manage at the daycare, she even finds the time to cook, bake, read, teach and make her jelly cakes. She also ferries some of the kids to and fro from schools, extra classes and tuitions.

So when we got there and asked how was the baby, she said “Ok, not too bad” and then she said she knows why Haye Li cries a lot. It seems every times Haye Li cries, it’s either she has poo-ed or peed. And that she has some rashes at her bottom. I wasn’t too sure of this but we said that we will see how it goes the next few days. Haye Li didn’t sleep much there and I don’t blame her coz she is also one busybody baby. She wakes up to loud noises (which Rye Li can sleep through) even though we have trained her to sleep to the radio or tv on. Something we did with Rye Li and it proved to us that it worked. But Haye Li is just so curious with her surroundings.

I’m lucky that at nights, she can sleep on her own even with noises around her. She only cries for milk. And because she doesn’t sleep much throughout the day, the first time she sleeps at nights, she can sleep for a longer time, the longest so far, for 4 hours or so. She still wakes up 3-5 times through the nights but after milk, she will go back to sleep so it’s not too bad on me. During the daytime, she will only sleep half an hour the most on her own and more when she is being carried.

I will be posting up some pics of her after this…this girl has been going places at such a young age, earlier than her sister! And I was bold enough to bring her out on my own, something I didn’t dare do with Rye Li till she was much older and easier to handle. I’m so immune to her cries already in the car which is why I dare to bring her out alone. :)