Post-natal Craving: Sleep?? — Fat Chicken Meal

I was prepared to be a sleep-deprived new mom. Everyone who knows me knows that I love to eat, sleep and travel. Having a baby had seemed to be something that would kill them all at once. Having a date night at a nice restaurant? Sleeping for 18 hours straight? (Yes, I have the talent of doing that) Getting out of Singapore almost every month?

So...Even before getting pregnant I already worried about the sacrifice that I would have to make.

During the pregnancy, I became less concerned about those things. No matter what I was doing, there's always a part of me wondering whether the baby was well and healthy. That was my number one concern...I wanted to be a happy mama in the hope that our baby would be a happy girl.

Apart from that, Nils assured me that we would still go out and go on vacation as a family. As for sleep, hmmm...I didn't get much sleep when I was pregnant, especially in the third trimester...Only 2-3 hours every night...so it's nothing I can't deal with.

After the delivery, I didn't sleep much at the hospital. I thought that would be my life for a few years to come, and I was mentally preparing myself. Although I was exhausted and my body was weak and in pain, I was in high spirits, for the obvious reason. 😊

Still at the hospital....Both mama and baby were sleeping

We consider ourselves very lucky (so far). Olivia has been treating us very well! I hope she'll keep it up! The first two weeks after coming home, she woke up every 3-4 hours. Slept up to 18 hours a day. That gave us time to rest and adjust our lives.

When she's one week old. Smiling when she's sleeping

Haha, at this angle she looks a bit like me

Now, two and a half months old, she can tell day and night. She almost doesn't sleep in the afternoon, but I usually only get up once or twice to feed her at night. Not bad.

Several times she slept through the night! 😉 At the moment, her record is 10 hours! Ironically, I didn't sleep well during those nights. I woke up a couple times and was worried. Then I got up and checked on her. Yup...I did the typical crazy mom thing - I checked if she's still breathing! Hahaha!

It's true that I only have broken sleep nowadays, but I'm soooo happy that we can still get a reasonable amount of rest! Both of us are surprised but grateful.

I know, wait and see when she's not well or during one of the growth spurts or teething time right? We'll deal with it when it comes, like we always have.

For now, sleep tight! Gute Nacht 😴