Catch Up

Well as I have posted several weeks ago, Ahmie was in labor and the birth of the baby was imminent. As I have posted before birth of a child is a life event and well ... the baby was not born within 24 hours of that post instead it was more like almost 3 days before the baby was born.

I have reflected on this birth experience that we had at home. We had many people over sunday night: Serena, Clare, Sabrnia, Cindy (Ahmie's Mom) and the person who helped us with the Homebirth. As nice as that was to have so many people present it was hard to have so many people there.

It was also hard to have a sense of intimacy because there were so many people around. Ahmie and I have discussed this and have decided that as nice as it was that so many people showed up at Ahmie's call perhaps it might have been better if there were fewer friends attending at a time but have people rotate and take a shift. This is because, Ahmie felt that she needed to give birth sooner because everyone had an emotional investment with Ahmie and wanted to see the birth. However the side effect of this is that life goes on we don't go into our own pocket universe when a child is in the process of being birthed. Life outside of the birth was seeping in and Ahmie sensed tension this prolonged labor is causing in her friends.

However I cannot express in words the gratitude I feel for all the people who were present for the birth. Even though it was a long and tiring experience it was wonderful to catch my second son in the intimacy of home.



At 7:17am on Wednesday June 27th 2007 Delano Cheuk-Sing Yeung was born. His weight was 7lbs 12oz, 19 inches long. Now Delano's name comes from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is one of Ahmie's favorite Presidents.

I have to say that Delano is a very different he sleeps so much. it seems that Delano is closer to what is a normal activity level for a baby. He will nurse and sleep for 2-4 hours without waking up. This is much different from Liam who would nurse every hour or so and sleep for 45 minutes to a little over an hour.


Liam is adjusting well to having a younger brother. I is incredibly endearing that LIam is so attached to Delano. Liam tries to be helpful and help take care of his younger brother which when directed was helping bring diapers and wipes and other things. When not guided meant trying to pick Delano up or poking at Delano's umbilical stump. The first night Delano was crying and Liam was crying hysterically thinking that it was his fault that Delano was crying.
Liam said to Delano:

Liam broke Jiue Jie(Piglet in Cantonese) tummy.

Ahmie explained to him that Delano is crying because he does not like his diaper being changed. I think we told Liam that he could help comfort the baby by saying Jiue Jie all safe. He still does this when Delano is crying.

Delano's two weeks old today!