Confinement

Mommy's confinement month is going to be ended tomorrow, 21/5/2011, mommy seems like taken well rest because she can now moving here & there (even faster than me haha)
During the confinement month, mommy has done few things to make sure she is taking well care, for example:
Malay traditional massage - where a malay lady will come to our house, the massage will be done in closed room, malays believe that traditional massage could help in uterus contraction, therefore mommy could recover faster & well (even our gynae doesn't believe this, in the other words, mommy's health condition is good enough for her to get recover so fast, cos mommy already can walk here & there few days after delivery), but there is one thing that I impressed the most, once the massage has been done, the breast milk will keep flowing unstoppable cos once the blood circulation flows well, the breast milk will be easier to flow out
Drinking water - no plain water in the confinement month (chinese believe that plain water is "wind" or cold, hehe I also can't understand this), therefore we got to cook "red dates water" everyday to replace the drinking water, luckily the red dates water not so sweet, otherwise I might disagree such tradition cos too sweet not good for health ma, it's well known
Dish - no cooking oil could be used in the cooking, therefore "sesame oil" is the best to replace it, reason?? I don't know also, from what I know is sesame oil could remove the "wind" in the body .... aih, all these I never learn in science, I don't even teach my students about this, so I really don't know how to explain all these so called traditions hehe
Dessert - organic soya bean, banana milk shake & papaya milk shake, all these substances believe to help mommy to produce more breast milk & prevent constipation, constipation is a common problem for mommy who just deliver, so daddy should prepare those drinks which easier for absorption to mommy everyday (at least once every 3 days lo)
Entertainment - the only entertainment at home is .... dang dang dang dang, one man show by our boy boy, cos he will dance or do something funny, then mommy will keep laughing & forget all the tireness she has ... happy is the best way to mommy in mental recovery, it helps to prevent any "mental sickness" after deliver, family plays a very important role in recovering mommy's mental, as a daddy, try to make sure mommy doesn't have any headache or too tired during the confinement, be aware
erm ... what else I miss? will update again if I found anything missing here, enjoy being daddy & mommy!