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Today 19 July

Life is too short to worry many stupid things

Ngala Session 10 - deep sleep

one deep sleep cycle for baby is 30 - 40 minutes. why baby seems like able to sleep through few hours? this is because they are able to join their sleep cycle together. normally, baby wakes up after 30 - 40 minutes, open their eyes, look around, make sure they are in safe environment. some babies expect to see their mum and dad, exactly like before they fall into sleep, patting them to sleep. Some babies maybe a good sleeper, they wake up after 30 - 40 minutes, look around, no harm, then they can self-thought to go back to sleep. This is different from baby to baby. normally babies' first 10 minutes is deep sleep cycle, known as NON  REM sleep. REM= Rapid Eye Movement Sleep. That is shallow sleep. this will happen just before they wake. If you notice they are in REM sleep, you can wait beside them and to comfort them just before they wake up.

Today 6 of July

Yesterday, I was told by Corey, my weakness is can't making that decision by myself. And I know it, I am trying my best to change this. This is something to do with my personality, or maybe how I grow up, I just weak on this. It doesn't matter, as I am trying my best to be better in this. 3 happy things today. Ball and seat A matching lapping results, blue test result was really good. I have never seen such a good results till today. Thinner solvent test + air gun blowing, no leakage was seen. I myself really very confident about this, and hopefully the god will help me /us. That was the first happy thing. Then I decided to write an email to Chevron people. I wrote in very detail and apologise to them I couldn't deliver on time. Happy thing was , after 5 minutes I sent the email, corey sent an email to praise me. He said well done, great communication. That was the second happy thing. Third thing was to quickly point out a simple thing, to bhp client. Their spe...

Ngala session 8 and 9

Babies cry because hungry, tired, pain or discomfort. When curve like a ball, they feel windy in stomach. Stretch out cry for some reason, but I missed this part. After try all possible methods, try to hold them in hand, to comfort them. Take baby out for walk,  help to sooth baby and mother. Prepare a list of people you can call, day and night. If really distress when baby crying, put baby in cot to let them cry for 5 minutes, do not harm them. Normally new born cry for 3 to 4 months. Newborn need to sleep 16 to 20 hours. 8 weeks to 24 weeks, sleep for 12 to 14 hours. Baby doesn't have sleeping routine. When baby is at 6 to 8 weeks mark, they start to cry more. We can let them learn to sleep in different environment but some babies cannot and dont need to force to. When baby 6 months onwards, they will touch themselves to sooth themselves and prepare to sleep. This is to mimic mothers movement. They will look away to see something boring, to prepare them to sleep. M...

Ngala session 6 and 7

5 to 6 diapers a day One cupful of stool Pale yellow urine meaning baby eats enough. Cluster feed, don't know what is that. Sucking releases hormone for mother producing milk. Baby sucks when hungry and not hungry. Baby sucks actively with eye open meaning they are hungry. Have to help mother to cut food in small pieces for easy eating. Mother's nipple might crack and pain if feeding posture is not correct. Massage near baby's ear, on the cheek to activate yawning can lead to open the mouth bigger, and better latching. Check breast after feeding, no excess milk, no lump. Massage gently. Baby cry will stimulate hormone to produce milk. Pat on mothers back and say do a good job. Partner support is very important. Two new words about baby, tongue tie and lip tie. Some syndrome causing baby can't feed well.

Ngala session 1 to 5

Prepare a bag to hospital Prepare food in freezer for returning home after having baby. No people want to prepare food as tired. Prepare different plan A B C what if baby born on night time, day time etc. Research hospital route. Prepare doctor contact our whoever involve. If there is a child already, reassure them. Research pain relieve option. Discuss with wife beforehand to know the intention. Research labor positions. Lookup breast feeding info. ABA association. Don't need to publish in social media immediately after baby born. Take time to enjoy the attachment and bonding. Mummy will feel hungry after giving birth. Skin to skin contact. Visitors need to be careful if their germs, hand wash, cold sore not to transmit to baby. Feeding baby, about 10 times a day. Every time can only rest 10 minutes and baby wake up again. Every feed for new born is only about 5 to 10ml. Mother might feel emotional when no milk, this is not depression. Just talk to mother, reassure...

Today 4 of July

Yesterday night, I couldn't sleep. I think I woke for about 3 to 4 hours. Imagine a full sleep is 8 hours, I have already spent half of it awake. I don't know how to put the stress down. I have read the literature, trying to be able to relieve myself from stressing out. At the end of the day, this is just a job, just a fucking metal seated ball valve not sealing. Machined shop has been asked to lap the ball by machine. Technician has tried to have lap it. Blue tests have been done. Still not working. I am really stress to find a way forward.