A typical day of Mr. C (without a maid)

6.30 am - Wakes up Supposed to wake up

7.00 am - Still trying to wake up

7.15 am - Wakes up (if not disturbed by Miss C at 2 am or 3 am or 4 am)

7.30 am - Normal wake up time

7.45 am - Rushes to get out of the flat, usually involve hurrying pacifying a grouchy Master C to hurry up.

8.00 am - Will reach Mrs. C's workplace & Master C's childcare centre if we can succeed in waking up at 7.00 am and leaving the house at 7.30 am

8.30 am - Reach Mrs. C's workplace & Master C's childcare centre

8.45 am - Reach my office (official start work time is 8.00 am) late again

8.45 am - 5.30 pm - Work, smoke-break, work, lunch (includes shopping for biscuits, milk powder, diapers, baby wipes), work, smoke-break, work

6.00 pm - Pick up Master C (& sometimes Mrs. C) from the childcare centre

6.15 pm - Still trying to get Master C to stop playing and get out of the childcare centre

7.00 pm - Reach home

7.15 pm - Feeding Master C (& sometimes Miss C together) dinner packed from foodcourt/hawker centre

8.00 pm - Finish feeding. Master C will have his daily routine "poot-poot"ritual, not before he request to put on diapers. He still can't shit into a potty yet.

8.15 pm - Shout at Master C to go and have his backside wash

8.30 pm - Bath myself and eat dinner

9.00 pm - Play with Master C and Miss C/Carry Miss C around and occasionally shout at Master C to stop jumping up and down. Tried to sneak some time to read the newspaper or watch some TV programmes in between

10.00 pm - Pack them off to bed

10.30 pm - Still trying to get Master C to go to bed

11.00 pm - Finally Master C is asleep. Now got to pat Miss C to sleep.

11.30 pm - Finally Miss C is asleep too. Now got to wash their plates/cutlery/pacifiers/milk bottles/cups. After washing, got to pack away their toys that are lying around all over the house

12.00 midnight - Sleep

2.00 am - Wakes up to pacify a crying Miss C and feed her milk

3.00 am - Wakes up to pacify a crying Miss C and feed her milk, if she has not already wakes up at 2.00 am

4.00 am - Wakes up to pacify a crying Miss C and feed her milk, if she have not already wakes up at 2.00 am or 3.00 am

6.30 am - Supposed to wake up again