Reads

As the word spreads, more friends, colleagues and family members got news of my pregnancy.

My in-laws are just so excited, from my mother-in-law, to sisters-in-law to my 3 little nieces and nephew. My 4 year old nephew even gave me his favourite numeric booklet saying "Jiu Mu, this book is for your baby."

My mother-in-law will fuss over food. She makes sure my meals are "not cooling", adding dashes of "heatiness" here and there.

My eldest sis-in-law will be concerned about my morning sickness, offering my preserved plums, aromatherapy.

My 2nd sis-in-law is the most classic, having 3 kids and taking care of them by herself. She packed all her maternity clothes, provided a list of baby "equipments" she can pass down. Basically, she had everything from baby cot to playpen, to car seats. This really saves us a lot of money!! But also kills the enjoyment in getting the nursery ready.

Then, I also choose a stack of books from my 2nd SIL, basically on Parenting. I only took a couple on pregnancy. Pregnancy is only 9 months. Parenting is probably a lifetime. My thought is "As long as I treat myself well, be happy, eat healthy, beware of the complications, the rest lies with the doctor. There's nothing much I can do either. The doctor will take good care of me and the baby!!"

Parenting is a whole different story. It is more liquid. No fix and fast rules, depending on the baby. And how the baby is going to grow up depends largely on the parents and their parenting skills. Look at the books!!

I have just finished "Jools Oliver - The diary of an honest mum". If anyone doesn't know her, you must have known her husband..........Jamie Oliver AKA The Naked Chef!! This book offers some factual, real life experiences from conceiving all the way to parenting and of course.....recipes for the kids!! How can they leave without sumptuous and healthy food tips!!

After reading the book, I was so excited that I am secretly hoping to care for my baby full time. Well.....just a thought!! Frankly, I don't know whether to work full time, part time or just stay at home. Don't want to jump into any decision that I'm not ready yet.

Anyway, back to books. I find that it is such a tedious job for my "Ang" to read up every step of my pregnancy. Those books can be real thick!! So, there is this book that is designed like a Table Calender. Every page is 1 week and it describes the baby's development, the size, what has formed, what the mother is going through, etc. It summarises everything in 1 page and when the next week comes, just flip it over and it will tell us what happen the next week. I thought this was perfect for my "Ang". So, I place it on the dining table. And before I knew it, I realised that my "Ang" had flipped the calender himself!!

Very GOOD!!!



Anyway.....I'm so overdosed with pregnancy books now that .....I'm re-reading Sun Tzu Art of War!!