Coming Monday is CNY already. CNY comes way too fast this year. I still have not got over our family gathering and Christmas. The CNY mood has not set in yet. Anyway, I have done a few preparation for CNY though. New clothing has been bought except Hats for Men. My hubby is not a hat person. Baked 3 types of cookies and bought some Nyonya pineapple tarts from my mom and stocked up some basic needs for cooking. The only thing that I have not do is complete the minor spring cleaning. I am doing it bit by bit coz of my backache and now tummy cramp and my “help” from my lil ones. Hope to complete them by Friday.
Look! Hubby even cook Sweet and Sour Fish for dinner.
I just sat on the chair beside him and tell him the ingredients, how to prepare them and how to cook the dish. All because he made me more sick. 
It is all still very clear to me. The green hospital nurse uniform, the pink lady’s patient uniform and the handsome doctors in their doctor lab coat which I think they bought it from here:
http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Men/. The heartbeats, the feeling of the warm liquid from rupturing of waterbag, the labor pain, the urge to push and the crowning, the baby’s cry, the leg cramp and the tummy cramp. That was 10 months ago. Hey, I can still vividly remember all my birth experiences before the 10 months ago. And soon, I’ll have another one to brave through. This shall be my last time lying in the labor room welcoming a new life into this world.
I dislike hearing complaints from maid especially when I am being too lenient with them. If I give you lots of work and no rest, always scold you and didn’t compensate for your hard-work then you go complaint about me I don’t mind.
Ini, I only give a few chores like sweep and mop the floor, wash toilets and bathrooms, wash my children’s school shoes and iron their school uniforms, she started “hinting” to my mom that I should employ a maid (you want to pay for me arh?), my children made the floor dirty again after she just mopped (kan dah nama children), why I must have so many children (my children does not call her for help when she’s around, so why bother) and if possible she does not want to come help me anymore (lazy mah, my mom’s house smaller).
Itupun, I did not open my mouth to her about how she sweeps the floor; she only sweeps the open area, under the cupboard and cushion chairs not swept at all. She did not do dusting at all; lizard shit on the chairs, under the window panes and tv cabinet untouched. She mopped very lightly, dried lizard shit and stain on the floor did not go away. She used too much Clorox and toilet cleaner; 2 times came, almost one bottle finished! Never put back the things that she used back to it’s place. Did not scrub the school shoes sole clean. Missed a few window panes when wiping them clean and did not wipe all of them clean; sure got some part tak kena wipe. That was the first time, when she came again the 2nd time, I did not ask her to wipe the windows.
Why I still want her to come help me for the 2nd time? Well, at that time, better than no help at all coz I have no energy to do all those.
Now that I have gained back my energy, she will not step foot in my house again. I penat tak apa, asalkan kuping gua tak sakit dengeh her complaints to my mom.
…and No.7 if God blessed us with a set of twin. Happy now? 
As of when will he/she/they will join our family of 7, only God knows. We will surely announce to the www when the time comes. 
As for now, we are busy living our simple life. I still have not gotten used to not having a helper around especially when hubby is at work which is very frequent long hours of work like from the moment the children woke up to the moment they go to bed. But I MUST get use to this because next year life will be more hectic.
I wonder whether I can cope. I am NOT a Supermom you know. As I am typing this, my eyes are almost closing. I better go take cold shower now. Got to send food to my girls before their after school activities. Till then…be good ya. 
Two days ago I was completely knock-out. All I wanted to do was sleep. All I did was lying down in bed sleeping. That morning, I woke up with a funny feeling. I felt that something is going to happen to my body. I shove of the feeling because I have my daily chores to do. I sent my children to school, I wash and I cook. Once I am done with the basic chores, I vomited the fried bee hoon I ate for breakfast. After that, I felt so sleepy. Fortunately, my eldest was off from school on that day and she helped me to look after the babies while I take a quick nap. Then I drove all of them to my mom’s and I continued sleeping. I got a headache too. Hubby said that it must be food poisoning. I have no appetite to eat so I did not eat rice/noodle except 2 slices of guava and water that whole day.
The next day, I can’t even get up to send my children to school or do any house chores. Thank God that my parents live nearby. My dad fetched my children from school and they stayed with him till evening. I only have to mind my youngest with the help of MIL when she is awake and I need to sleep some more. It was like I was jabbed with a sleeping potion.
Praise God that the day after, I woke up like nothing had happened the past 2 days. I quickly do my daily chores and after I am done with them, I started to feel the left-overs from yesterday. So I rested.
Well, I guessed that is the only way my body can get some rest.
After more than a month living without a helper, I am exhausted. Even with hubby’s help, I get tired easily doing housechores and minding my children. Lack of sleep could be the main reason of my being lethargy.
I have to find a way to pump in more nutrition inside my system. Eating more is NOT an option for me. So, I am depending on USANA essential to keep me kicking.
I am also surrendering to God and asking Him to keep me healthy all the time since He has put me in this situation.
I hardly have time to FB and even update my blogs regularly. 
MIL is back from her eldest son home after living with them for about 3 weeks. The family maid is schedule to return tomorrow. If I did not receive any sms from her to inform that she has board the plane to KL by tomorrow afternoon, I’ll assume that she won’t be back. Adakah when I sms-ed her requesting her to sms me once she board the plane so that we can arrange for someone to pick her up from the airport, I did not received even an “Ok” or “Baik Mem or Baik Sir” from her. Instead, I received a reply asking me to send her money coz her family is in need of money. I also need money leh. Who can give me?! I ignored the sms. You think I chop note here kah?
Anyway, if she did not return, I would be glad to take care of my MIL. My children would be happy to share the responsibility with me. With a pair of eyes to watch over my babies, I can do more things in the house. Maybe I can start baking or sewing again.
My 4th child is now 27 months old. Recently I got tired of breastfeeding 2 babies (my body can’t take it anymore – am listening to my body) and decided to wean my toddler. He wakes up 2-3 a night to nurse unlike his baby sister who wakes up only once after 6-8 hours of sleep. Due to it, I have been sleep deprived for more than 2 years.
How do I wean my toddler from breastfeeding? Well, I don’t like the old fashion way of weaning like putting ointment, spicy or bitter stuff on the nipples. I don’t like the idea of physically “torturing” my child. I want it to be as natural as possible and with lots of love. So I wean my Baby (I still call him Baby!) gradually. It takes time. Hey! I am not rushing to go anywhere, anyway.
So this is what I did and still doing. I try to distract him with food, toys and activities. When he is occupied with those stuff, he doesn’t think about mommy’s milk. At night, before bedtime, I normally give him 6oz of formula milk and sometimes, we ate supper together. When his tummy is full, he can sleep through the night.
He does wake up in the middle of the night, looking for mommy’s milk. Sometimes, I sternly tell him to go back to sleep. Sometimes, I tell him that his baby sister wants to drink at that time (you see, he loves his baby sister and always give in to her) and sometimes, I just let him nurse for comfort.
Now it is down to once a day, maximum. Last week, he didn’t even look for my milk for 3 days in a row. He was too occupied playing with his cousins for morning till night.
Last Sunday, when he sees another toddler his age drinking her mommy’s milk, he asked for his too! Even though I tell him “No”, he insisted because he sees that I am not busy with his baby sister. We were in the Mother’s Room in church you see. So, I gave.
I will still nurse him from time to time. Just to lepaskan gian.
I am so blessed. I may not be blessed financially but I am blessed with things that money can’t buy.
I am blessed with a very loving, God-fearing, patience, soft-spoken, and good looking husband.
I am blessed with 5 beautiful and perfect children. They are very obedient too. I thank God that their temperament is more like their daddy’s. 
This is main reason taking care of 5 children is kinda easy for me.
I am blessed with soft-spoken, caring and gentle MIL. The hubby sure got this good quality from his mom.
I am blessed to be able to stay near my parent’s place. They are always there when I needed them. Even when they are not there, I have a younger sister who will come to the rescue. In one of the coming weekends, I won’t have hubby, my mom and sister around to help me but my sister will bring her kindy’s maid to come stay with me and my dad at my parent’s place. I am truly blessed.
Even when I do not have anyone to help me. God personally helps me. He will give me extra strength and patience to go through the weeks when I have no helper at all. Even when I was in my early days of pregnancy, I can carry heavy stuff and do mopping. I am truly blessed.
