After nearly one month in the “confinement center” – a glorified hotel stay with 24×7 nursing staff to take care of the baby, all meals and clothing prepared for mom – Ethan and Pei heads home. Pei was not too lazy to let the nursing staff take care of Ethan all the time, but it was nice to get a full night of sleep on those days to recover and also being free to leave to run some important errands. Most moms here don’t leave the center at all unless for doctor’s visits (for tradition and/or being in a weakened state), but Pei went out for a few walks and runs since the weather was so nice in November. Confinement centers are really popular now in Taiwan, but we considered really hard before deciding to do it. We liked the fact that it gave Pei an opportunity to recover and having a chance to learn from professionals on how to take care of Ethan.

Grandma Lim timed her arrival all the way from Malaysia to help with our adjustment to the 2nd month. We are very lucky indeed!!

Grandpa Jack and Grandma Mei came over to celebrate his ‘full month’ – traditionally a measure of healthy baby. Grandpa Jack finally got a chance to hold Ethan, although he was still a bit timid so we didn’t even get a picture of him holding Ethan.

佩雲跟Ethan住在林口做月子中心大約一個月。雖然它們會24×7照顧Ethan，佩雲還是盡量在白天自己照顧。