The boys cooked spaghetti

Betutu Porridge

We went to paeds again to check angeline's weight. The scale showed a reading of  3.22kg.  Wife was happy with the weight increase.

I asked my boys to pose in front of the camera. My usual camera-shy Jacob was pretending crying at the back while Gogo Darrien was willingly showing his best for the picture. Angeline is 7 weeks old. Fair complexion with no sign of sepetness as her daddy.

Day 7 continued with my cooking of Betutu porridge.  A simple yet nourishing meal. After scaling the fish, I chopped it into several portions and put them into boiling water. As the fish is known to have fine bones, I scooped out the fish, deboned them,

 I carefully separated the unwanted bones.

Finally,  I put the fish meat with rice into the fish soup. And that was our dinner of the day

Christmas party at Church of Mater Dei

Day 6 of holiday started well. I had great family bond with everyone at home. Wife told me how difficult it was to take care of the two boys and baby alone without my presence at home.  It's downright frustrating and sad to know her disappointment and stressful confinement period.  Probably it caused the lack of milk production.  which in turned cause the weight reduction of our baby.  Wife decided to give angeline formula milk, partially in hope to increase her weight. I managed to feed some 8 ounces of the formula milk yesterday. Her weight needs to be increased 25gramme everyday.

Water filter cleaning day

As agreed upon last year during the purchase of water filter, the technician came and did his works. he used water jet to clean the interior part of the canister before splashing water over the filter.

TGIF

I started Day 3 in good mood. my family members woke up much earlier than I did. We planned to go Boulevard Hypermarket. Angeline slept throughout the whole morning.

Random thoughts went through my mind today as I had some disagreement with Wife as she saw me, being on the phone the whole morning, dealing with work matters.

Flash of memories when Darrien spontaneously jumped two stories down using a rope.



Lack of activity from me forced my boys to idle their time away in front of idiot box.

It was raining cats and dogs on Day 2. I managed to coax Wife to sleep for a couple of hours.  It must be really difficult for mothers to have lack of sleep, full of anxiety,  and even worry about the well being of the family.  I have friends who have sibling born early of the year and another born at the end of the year. I have no idea where the romance comes in. trust me, I hardly can open my eyes this morning after Wife asked me to burp angeline at 1 a.m. and I instructed her to have a quick nap.  I passed my girl to Wife at around 2a.m. And boy, I ''collapsed" straight away.

Day 1

I decided to take a 100-day off to help Wife with the children. Part of it, is that I am tired of waking up early in the morning to take the 5am transport to Marudi to work. Another part of it, is that I have some problems communicating with my superior who really gets on my nerves all the time. Part of it, is I am disappointed with the system. But most importantly, my presence at home is very much needed. I reached home late last after the usual 3-hour ride from workplace. I literally laid onto the bed, much to Wife's displeasure as I did not switch on the house alarm and bring the house keys into the room. The boys were still running about, shouting and fighting.

Day 1.  We went to visit our regular paediatrician as Angeline's weight seemed to be light at 3.175kg. Her skin was a bit dry and red spots all over her face. He suggested milk powder to supplement the breastmilk. We went to the gynae's office for wife's post natal review. I called the alarm people to install another two CCTV cameras and outdoor alarm to reinforce house's security.

At the end of the day, I felt bad. I did not prepare any lunch or dinner. Wife was extremely sad as her milk production was low. The boys seem neglected. I did not carry out my responsibilities well.

I plan the lunch and dinner meal now. And list out things to do tomorrow. I pray that Wife will feel better tomorrow. I know that she is not sleeping well for many weeks. We always pray to God that I can be transferred back soon. I want to be a better husband and father in these coming 99 days.