Eggs??
Tomatoes! [Levi babbling]
Wow!
(laughing)
Okay, it's ready!
How can you eat? [TOM - Yeah, with this baby]
- You just hold him to the side and you eat
Watch, watch me do it with two babies [- No way, babe]
- Yeah!
I can even pee with him
I can do everything
[- Babe!]
Mmm!
Okay!
Breakfast is done!
(hold music playing on phone speaker)
[(in Cantonese) Hi, West Villa, how can I help you?]
Hello, I was wondering if I could make a reservation for today please?
Thank you!
Okay, bye! [- Bye-bye!] - Thank you, bye!
Whew! Making a dimsum reservation last minute
on a Sunday is really rare in Hong Kong
Luck is on our side today!
[(intercom) OK, lady, do you need the baby room?]
Yes, please!
[Okay, I'll open it right now]
Thank you!
[Just remind you to lock it]
Okay!
Wow! This is the baby changing room at Lee Garden
[TOM - Wow, it's like a VIP room]
- Oh my gosh, there's a bottle warmer in here!
Wipes, sanitiser...
Look at that, to dispose of the diapers
Yeah? You like it?
Yeah? Are you already driving?
Just picked up Rosie, look how cute!
And you got a necklace!
My goodness!
Look how cute! Good girl!
Photo of the day, look at that setup! Wow!
Look at you, puppy!
Today, I have something I've been putting off a bit
Levi's four month vaccinations
He's four and a half months right now
so we're a little bit behind on that
I can't believe he's already four and a half months
like if you want to see time go fast, have a kid
It's crazy how much they change and develop just week to week
That's why when you talk to parents
they'll say they're like 21 weeks instead of five months
because the difference between 20 weeks and 21 weeks
could be really huge
I didn't really understand that before I had a baby
I'm just getting ready to head out
I'm wearing a really simple, comfy outfit today I'm just getting ready to head out
I'm wearing a really simple, comfy outfit today
Actually, wait
This is the look of today!
If I'm doing things around the city
where I need to pop in and out very quickly
I find this a lot easier
Wah, why are the clouds so pretty?!
I don't know what's going on here, but...
Barney was my favorite show growing up
and I feel so nostalgic seeing him here
all the way in Hong Kong with my son!
(singing Barney theme song)
I have to say it gets a little bit harder
each time as they get older
They're a little bit more afraid of strangers
so he started crying pretty much right away
and then they know what's going on as soon as they enter
We have to do these vaccinations every two months in Hong Kong and then they know what's going on as soon as they enter
We have to do these vaccinations every two months in Hong Kong
[babbling] - Yeah?
You feeling okay? [babble] My goodness!
Good job today!
[TOM - Who's laughing?]
[Let's do it together]
[I'll do this side, you do that side] - Okay!
(together) One, two, three!
(laughing)
(babbling) Yeah? You like that?
[One more?] One, two, three!
(Levi laughing)
I just ordered this Skip Hop chair thing on Carousell
At the shop it was like 1495HKD I believe
On Carousell I found it for $150
It's a little bit old, it's a year old but it's working perfectly fine
and the people are just moving houses so they want to get rid of it
but whew, what a deal!
So I got that
That's where I also got his Mamaroo chair over there too
Can't beat the prices!
Look at you!
They have a lot of cute shops
We're at the Mills!
We've come to Fleur which is very dog friendly
They even put down this
so that Rosie can comfortably sit next to me
and they have a dog menu!
[TOM - I'll hide behind you] (laughing)
- Gooooood morning!
How are you?
Hello!
[I'm here too!!]
Good morning, I scratched my eye a bit!
I just put some breast milk on it
and it's gonna heal really fast
because breast milk is magical!
[Babe!] Okay, I'll block you
I just had my first run!
Four and a half months postpartum
I have been putting it off, I've been scared to do it
I haven't felt ready until this point
I've been working on my pelvic floor, strengthening everything
because my doctor told me
to make sure that feels really strong
or else I can make it worse for later
I've been doing a lot of walking, but I haven't run
I've had like little runs after Rosie
and then I was like, Oh, I don't feel quite ready before
This was my first run
And oh my god, it feels amazing
I have to say now that I've pretty much got mo-
No, I don't have motherhood down
I'm always learning but like
I kind of know what I'm doing now a little bit more
I'm slowly picking up pieces of myself
It was like month by month
and then week by week
and now I'm like kind of doing things almost day by day
And I like it!
I'm a new mom, but I'm like finding those old pieces of me
and sticking them back on
And I'm like kind of this new, like...
stronger statue!
If that makes sense
That's what I feel like
Anyways, that run was great!
I feel rejuvenated, I had a good sweat
I'm, like, ready to start my day
We're going for a walk to pick up some old toys
from our friends-slash-neighbours
This is what we do!
Every day, we go for a walk
And we look at trees and touch them
The other day, we put him down on some grass for the first time
and he wasn't really sure about it
[He's crying...]
[Are you scared?]
So we're making it a point to get him to touch all the things
we gotta bring them to the beach to touch sand and stuff
Got it!
This is the mother I am, finding things secondhand
and getting my husband to go pick them up
[It's like brand new!]
- Yeah, perfect!
Becoming a mom has made me much more resourceful
I lean on people a lot more whether it's for advice
or emotional and mental things, or physical things
And I think that's great to share all the resources
the moms that I've met in my community
and just online through whatever
have been so supportive and made such a huge difference
like mom groups are the best!
And then there's also the fact that sharing resources
is better for the planet
I'm just hyperaware of everything I do now
I can tell Levi is already watching me all the time
even though he's so young
He does this... I do this laugh, like, kekekekeke
and now he does this coughing laugh too
And... I just, I just want to set a good example in everything I do
Let's do a body update now that I'm wearing something
a little bit more form fitting
I'm almost five months postpartum
And...
This is what I look like!
I just started going back to the gym regularly
Like you saw, I recently just started running again
I would say I aim for three days a week
but realistically, it's more like two
and maybe the odd home workout
where it's just some like stretching and very light things
I try to do quite a bit of walking
I walk with Levi and Rosie pretty much every day
but it's been raining lately, but most of the time
I still have a faint linea negra
that is taking a while to go away
My boobs have also decreased in size this past month
when I first gave birth and was starting to breastfeed
they were crazy, they grew so much
They grew during pregnancy and then even more when my milk came in
and now they're like... they've settled down
I'm not my pre-pregnancy size, but it's just a lot...
not what they were anyways
Diet-wise, I'm not on any particular diet
I'm just trying to eat really healthy whole foods
I need a lot of nutrition for breastfeeding
And I've noticed just like my hair and skin is dry all the time
So a lot of the nutrients that I consume go into making breast milk
and then just recovering and all of that
So just like my confinement mentality I've taken that into now
I'm trying to eat very nutrient-dense foods So just like my confinement mentality I've taken that into now
I'm trying to eat very nutrient-dense foods
because I know if I... if I fill my stomach with...
foods that aren't that nutritional, it's just not going to help me
because a lot goes to the baby through breast milk
A lot goes to recovery and then I'm just becoming depleted
more and more depleted
So for breakfast you saw on this vlog
this is what I have pretty much 90% of the time I would say
Lunch is usually either a salad, I eat a lot of brown rice
The bowl, if I order delivery, I like to order this Japanese bowl
with chicken or salmon on top
I eat a lot of stews, a lot of soups
I do eat junk food sometimes
I love a bag of chips while watching TV at night
but, um... I'm just
I'm trying to be very mindful of my foods