Well, sleeping through the night for my wife might be short-lived with the baby’s milk consumption going up to 80 ml per feed. Solely using the Haakaa Manual Pump to express and store the milk in the fridge during the day is no longer sufficient for overnight feeding. She has to start utilising the Spectra Electric Pump now to increase the supply of stored milk in the fridge.
My wife will also have to sleep later and wake up earlier to get more feeds in and increase the supply of stored milk in the fridge. However, we are going to try and ensure she gets at least 6 to 7 hours of continuous sleep every night at least for these few months when she needs it most. Intermittent sleep and consequently insufficient rest are going to affect her recovery. Something we need to continue being mindful of as the baby caregiving demands increase.
We are also aware things are going to keep changing. The confinement nanny will eventually leave in Jan 2020 with the helper coming in then. While we expect the helper to learn from the confinement nanny, we should be taking over most of the baby caregiving responsibilities. Even if my wife could do the overnight feedings for those few months, what would happen if she goes back to work in Apr 2020. Who should care for the baby in the day after that if we are both working? Our parents with helpers or infant care at day care centre?
Interesting questions and challenges that surface for us to consider as the baby just turned 3 weeks old today. While my wife is focused on her immediate responsibilities and short term issues, I’m more focused on the mid to long term issues we will have to address. She has an execution style of thinking while I have a strategic style of thinking. This has worked for us as a couple when we face problems together to try and solve them.
Anyway, back to the topic of investments since it’s good to mix up the stuff I write about in my posts. My wife has received her $300 deposit back from Smartly. Even though we understand they are going through a platform update, the entire process has not been managed well. Especially the customer engagement part whereby we should have been informed of such a major change to the platform that it actually affects Smartly’s ability to invest our deposits funding.
However, we have decided to stick with Smartly for now. It’s about going through good and bad times together as service provider and customer. We want to see how the upgraded platform looks and feels like. After all, Smartly still provides a robo advisory service that we appreciate and we were one of their earliest customers. Talk about customer loyalty. Hopefully Smartly deserves it and goes on a path of service improvement from now on. We will continue to provide updates here on Smartly to keep them accountable.