SHEILA SIM (Actress)
8 hrs of uninterrupted snooze. The imagined of shedding that – at least for the future five many years, in accordance to her mates – anxious actress Sheila Sim when she was striving for a newborn.
“I seriously require a whole lot of sleep,” she suggests. “So it truly amazed me that I could continue to be energetic with only two to a few hours of slumber in the initial thirty day period.”
Sim, 36, and her bank govt-spouse Deon Woo, 39, welcomed their very first baby, Layla, on Sept 22 final calendar year. “When I see her smile in the morning, I’ll be 200 for every cent recharged,” Sim adds.
Absent are the nerve-racking times when the new child Layla would cry hysterically. Sim now understands her minimal one’s desires and feelings improved, and can not hold out to listen to her to start with word.
Sim, whoobtained a beneficial psychology diploma from The Faculty Of Optimistic Psychology in Singapore last July, hopes to be a aware and mindful dad or mum.
“From time to time, we have our very own issues and unfulfilled demands that we place on our little ones. It must be about them and what they want it’s the lifetime that they should have, not the daily life that we want them to have,” she claims.
TAY KEWEI & ALFRED SIM (Singers)
Singer and athletics mentor Alfred Sim, 39, is generally amazed at how his two sons search so unique from every other.
Both of them were being “the identical size and height at start”, but his 2nd boy or girl appears to be to improve speedier.
Born on June 28 very last year, he is now ” a great deal bigger” than the firstborn when he was six months aged.
“Oh sure, he has considerably less hair, even bigger eyes, much too,” adds Sim, who is married to fellow singer Tay Kewei, 37.
The pair have by no means revealed their children’s serious names and contact them by their nicknames.
Momo, now 3, nicknamed his minor brother Xiao Pian Pian.
Currently being 2nd-time mothers and fathers, Tay says they are extra self-assured in their roles and conscious of child improvement milestones.
Tay adds: “I hope to expose Xiao Pian Pian to as a lot of new experiences as Momo.”
NATASHA FAISAL (Radio DJ)
Natasha Faisal usually takes a glimpse at her cellular phone’s picture album and exclaims: “It can be all Luna, all 40,000 of them.”
The 987FM DJ is clearly infatuated with her very first infant, Luna Iqmal, who was born on June 11 very last yr, and embraces motherhood.
From waking up late to turning out to be a morning man or woman, Natasha, 25, is amazed by how a great deal she has altered.
“It can be embarrassing, but my mum can attest to how I needed her support receiving up due to the fact, most times, the alarm was not trusted at all,” she states.
“But given that getting to be a mother, I truly get pleasure from preparing breakfast.
“The slightest motion or a minor sneeze from my infant can wake me up and I normally start out my day as early as 5am.”
She simply cannot wait around to check out recipes and start off cooking for Luna, who has a short while ago started off on solid food items.
“I adore getting in the kitchen area and making ready foods. I can only hope that she turns out to be a major foodie like her mothers and fathers,” says Natasha, who is married to Iqmal Jumaat, 30, a business enterprise manager.
For now, she is reminding herself to go simple on taking video clips and photographs of Luna.
“Like very seriously, I do not need 500 pics of her sleeping with her mouth open up,” she states with a chuckle.
“But on a a lot more significant observe, I would like to overcome my reluctance to check with for enable and also to come to feel less mum-guilt. I hope to reclaim myself so that I can be the best variation of me for my spouse and children,” she provides.
JILLIAN KIMBERLY LIM (Radio DJ)
Hardly 3 months into motherhood, Jillian Kimberly Lim is plagued by mum-guilt.
“It’s a actual issue gals spot upon by themselves,” says the Kiss92 FM DJ, who gave beginning to her to start with child, Lily Indie Meals, on Oct 29 previous year.
Lim, 30, knew that breastfeeding was the far better preference for her infant, but came to the unpleasant conclusion to quit that.
“I was frequently acquiring ill from breastfeeding and was unable to get care of the child.”
It was also challenging coping with her new child when she had colic.
“The inconsolable crying for hours was terrifying and exhausting,” she recollects.
It made her confident that she wants a village to raise a little one and that it is all right to find support, she suggests.
“My neighbours presented to help with her and I gladly approved.”
Requested about her New Year’s resolution, Lim suggests: “To be less difficult on my companion. He’s a pretty hands-on father, but his way of accomplishing matters just isn’t my initially alternative.”
Lim is married to Kenneth Christopher Meals, 31, who owns a barber store.
“I have to have to action back and allow him do it his way. At the end of the working day, if it will work and the baby is pleased, who cares how it is really accomplished. Ideal?”
LEE XINYING (Radio DJ)
With the Covid-19 travel limits, it has been pretty much a yr given that UFM100.3 DJ Lee Xinying’s parents saw their new granddaughter.
Her Malaysian mother and father live across the Causeway and have been in get hold of through online video phone calls.
Lee, 36, and her income manager-husband Robin Leow, 35, welcomed their daughter, YC, on Jan 22 final 12 months.
Individuals early days when YC was usually “building a substantial fuss and crying” are long gone and she is now a satisfied, curious and distracted little one.
“I want to spend additional time reading through with her, but she would be grabbing the publications, resulting in a lot of unfinished tales,” Lee states with a laugh.
The 1st-time mum claims she has not totally recovered from childbirth and is continue to suffering from postpartum pelvic girdle ache.
“In advance of I had my kid, I was told that the day following a natural birth, I would be equipped to stroll freely as regular, but that was not the case for me,” she claims.
For months, transferring her legs was complicated and distressing, affecting her daily actions. Until now, it nevertheless hurts when she can take lengthy walks or carries YC for extended durations. But the suffering is truly worth it.
She suggests: “The minute I held her in my arms, my existence was adjusted eternally as this youngster has turn out to be a piece of my heart.”
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HUANG JINGLUN (Singer-actor-host)
Huang Jinglun, who is centered in Taiwan, welcomed his first little one on Sept 24 previous calendar year. On his 37th birthday in July, he declared on social media that the “finest existing” was that he had tied the knot and would be a father shortly. He is extremely non-public about his loved ones and has not exposed their names.
VERNON ANTHONISZ (Radio DJ)
Class 95 DJ Vernon A, 48, is now a very pleased father of a few boys. He and his wife Jayne Tham, 31, welcomed their next child Niall on Nov 23 very last year. They also have a two-yr-aged son, Liam. Vernon has a 17-12 months-outdated son, Ethan, from a previous marriage.
LIM PEIFEN (Radio DJ)
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Yes 933 DJ Lim Peifen delivered her next boy or girl, named Jude, on Oct 1 past calendar year. She and her solution manager-partner Lie Wei Xiang, the two 38, have a further son, Luke, five.
Lim shared on Instagram previous week that Jude is her rainbow infant, owning experienced a miscarriage in 2019.