個人主義-雙重國籍-多樣人格

There are only two words to describe our life recently, busy and tiring.

The trips to Taiwan and Australia are fast approaching. There are plenty of things and prior engagements that require our attention, documents to sign, things to do and people to see but all is well. Besides Mr T is still home due to the long holiday; I barely have any spare time writing but most of all, lately our once model child has turned our life upside down. She brings the joy to our life and also a few drops of tears on our faces now and then.

Abby seems to do things a bit faster then anybody else that we know of. She can hold her head up high when she was under a couple of months old; started to roll from side to side and tummy to back when other babies were still quite stationary. Once she turned 4 months old, she not only figured out where her feet are but also knew how to put them ALL in her mouth. Rolling a few metres away from where she was supposed to be and from back to tummy or shuffle forwards with her bum high in the air are just a few additional tricks she mastered quite well so far.

Other moms are often amazed at her advanced motor developments. We are also very proud of her but there is a small prize to pay, that she gets hungry faster so requires more feeds, which means waking up more at nights but also because she is only 5 months old, it is not yet time for introducing solids. Being her parents, we have been put back into more sleep-deprived nights. That light at the end of the tunnel seems to be a bit distant at moment.

Of course we could start solids now but we choose to hold on for anther month until she turns 6 months old. We choose not to rush into things so her digestive system has more time to mature properly. The formula-fed babies do sleep through the nights earlier than breast-fed ones. Of course we could swap the breast milk with formula. The idea of one uninterrupted night sounds tempting but not good enough for me to give up breast-feeding. I want to do all I can to give my baby the best possible care, since I have been breast feeding her since birth, why settled for second best half way through?

So in the other hand, that's our decisions that lead us into more sleepless nights. There are no right or wrong answers in this situation. We just simply follow our hearts and choose to do whatever we feel most comfortable with. Even thought it means that we need to give up our sleeps, then so be it.

We still believe that we will be out of this situation in a not very distant future. After a bad night, when we walked into her room in the early morning and find the most heart-warming smile on her face towards us; we know deep down all is worth it. Things like this make the parenthood a bit extra special. We would not have changed it for the world.