1. DW has been breastfeeding so well that the baby redeemed her birth weight in a week and her jaundice went away without any need to follow up medically! This surprised doctors and nurses in the Public Maternal and Child Health Centre a lot because they had insisted us to send the baby to the hospital for phototherapy (this would result in mother-baby seperaton - this is another example showing that professionals in HK are not supportive of breastfeeding ( see Jack Newman, M.D., and Teresa Pitman [2006], The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers.NY: Three Rivers Press.)
2. When the baby's jaundice was still worrying DS suddenly developed a high fever and we were hesitated whether to send him to the private hospital (it was on the weekend). Then we made a wise decision - bringing him to a good Chinese doctor. DS completely recovered after only two days (he can drink Chinese herbs better than many adults). Unlike many children of his age, he still hasn't "tasted" any antibiotics since birth. I hope he never has to suffer the side-effects of antibiotics!
3. Compared to DS, DD is a very good sleeper - she can sleep on my arms without my moving them. And no wake up even putting on the bed then. Because DS has taught us too much :-) how to deal with sleep problems of babies, taking care of DD is (a little bit) easier than we expected - at least during these few weeks - though I hope DW can have a few hours personal time every week later - she is attending to the baby almost 21.5 hours a day (the other 2.5 hours are for DS).
4. DS adjusts very well - we can't demand him more! He has begun to exhibit very loving and caring behaviors to his sister. We have taken some interesting pictures showing the interactons between the two. Hope each day has 26 hours so I can upload them asap!
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