Day O

This is hilarious :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euc9MMRtuSg

I know what I'm doing

Comparisons are inevitable. Sihuai seems more self-determined where feeding is concerned. When she had enough, she would push herself away and no amount of coaxing would get her to drink more. She had spat milk back at me (yes, at 3 weeks!). Siyuan seems more accomodating. That maybe also why Siyuan seemed to have had more wind problem. Or so my faded memory tells me.
Maybe too early anyway since we're just about to step into the second month, when normally the biological development means a baby gets more stomach-related issue.

Still Small

Yes, this is in the second week.

Useless doctor

So, Sihuai had spots, which i reckoned was just allergy. Was afraid she got the chicken pox virus, so brought her to see the doctor.
``Not chicken pox,'' the doctor said. He then proceeded to tell me I need to bring her to a hospital's A&E and get blood tests done.
I stared at him like he was an idiot. Skin allergy right? I asked. He said yes.
I left. We changed her muslin wrap cloth and her allergy cleared.
Talk about scaremongering.

Here's a pic of Sihuai's peeling skin,which isn't the same as the red dots she had earlier. Her skin is beautiful right now.

Baby Baby

Siyuan is all excited about his sister. Waking up, he will clamber onto a chair to look at his sister in her cot. Or he may point at her and say baby baby while we're feeding Sihuai. He likes to tickle her toes, hold her fingers and stroke her hair.

We're home

We're home! We checked out in the evening of day three, much earlier than when we had Siyuan in Melbourne. Lux was in much better shape as this was an easier delivery - Siyuan's birth was a 12 hours ordeal. We were glad to be out of the hospital because of the HK practices, such as keeping babies in a nursery and restricting parental access.
The quality of the nurses was very uneven. Almost all didn't know about proper breastfeeding. Some didn't follow instructions or requests from mothers where feeding was concerned. A mother in our ward had to wander up and down the corridor looking for her baby because the nurse took it to the wrong room. I chased a nurse to the nursery and had an argument because she took Sihuai back while Lux was still breastfeeding.
I've heard similar complaints from folks who used private hospitals in HK. A local father I know only managed to hold his son once in the five days the family were at the hospital. Ridiculous. Bad treatment and food while paying handsomely!

Lux's experiences at the government hospitals and clinics though are generally good. Staff were professional and practices were similar to Australia. You have to wonder about the divide.

Picture on Day 2

Day 2 :)

Baby 思怀 or 思懷

Baby 思怀 (Si Huai) was born June 1 at about 1 p.m. She weighs 3.45 kg, and has a louder cry than her brother. Both mom and baby are fine, according to the doctor. Was a smooth delivery :)