When you try, you learn something

I’ve started introduce solid food for the little cutie pie. I make my own homemade baby food. It was a very satisfying moment. But Mawaddah seems to eat very tiny amount. Rasanya tak lebih 5 kali sudu kecil. Tragik lagi, yang keluar dari mulut lagi banyak dari yang ditelan rasanya. Maybe she’s in the learning process. And as usual, the mummy needs to finish the balance. Oherwise: pembaziran!!

This is the menu already listed in my mind:
Last week menu: Brown rice porridge
This week menu: Apple puree
Next week menu: Potato puree

I’m gonna have dating with hubby this coming Wednesday. Sorry my dear kids. Mama cannot bring you all along. Mama nak shopping ngan Ayah sambil berpegangan tangan. Ihiks ;) This is the first time dating (only 2 of us) after having Mawaddah.

Our flight tickets and hotel booking to Kuching already in place. Harap semuanya berjalan lancar.  

:)

Alhamdulillah semua tips tersebut working. Milk supply increased. So, I have enough stock for daily and emergency use.

The past few days, I actually tried finding Fenugreek capsule. Few pharmacies didn’t sell it. But finally, only GNC sell it. But they said, kene order dulu & they can send to our doorstep. The price is RM59. Mahal jugak eh!? Kat Malaysia memang tak banyak jual coz no demand for that.
So irony, the Milkmaid tea (sejenis minuman herba) that I use to drink everyday actually has that item in its ingredients. Tapi biasalah, bila sibuk kita selalu lupa nak minum. Now, I’ve disciplined myself to drink it at least twice per day. Personally, I think the taste is not really good. Together of it, I use to drink Horlicks everyday as substitute to Milo. Dr said Milo could increase my sugar level in blood. I know this when I did the blood test last week.

Mawaddah berumur 4 bulan semalam. Happy birthday dear! I’ve not started any solid food actually. Instead, I give air kanji. Aku baru tahu pasal air kanji ni benornya from my officemate. Memang air kanji ni menambah kekenyangannya dan tidur pertamanya agak lama dari biasa. Jadi bila tidur lama, dapat lagi satu perahan setiap malam sebelum melelapkan mata.

Bila Mama gembira, susu cukup..bila susu cukup, anak gembira..bila anak gembira, Mama puas hati & dapat memberi penuh konsentrasi pada kerja ;)

Happy working dude!!

Xperiment

I’ve canceled the plan to upgrade my BP. I think my current Avent Isis is enough after reading view reviews and opinions from my friends.

Lately, I could realize that my milk supply slightly drop than before. Stock at home also becomes lesser. Maybe because I was too stress with jam and lot of housework matters!

Other mom comment:
Or are you too stressful? Babies
are smart. They can sense your feeling. So, when you feed her, try to relax,
enjoy your bundle of joy.

I should try not to be so stressful. Now I read other moms experiences from few useful websites to get useful tips to increase the milk supply.

Here are the tips!

• Eat Fenugreek seeds capsule from Nature Farm – will find it by today


• Drinks lot of lukewarm water


• Drink hot milk half hour before pumping


• Do a good massage before expressing to clear any blocked ducts


• Drink soup made with papaya or threadfin fish. -> apa benda ni? Any idea?


• Eat more fish, in sum: eat fish like a cat!! ( sat gi nak makan 2 ekor ikan bleh tak?


• Pump every 2-3 hourly for about a week everyday( seem cannot be done at office (

Wish me luck!!

In addition, we are still looking for a babysitter/maid as my outstation schedule has been finalized. DH and Mawaddah insyallah will accompany me to Kuching next month.

This is pic of threadfin fish that I found just now. In malay, ikan ape ek?

Review AvSpMe

Now, I’m considering of upgrading my breast pump. I want to give the best for my princess Mawaddah. So, exactly I need to forget about my dream Oven. Sob..sob. Sedeynyerrr. Few friends asked about which breast pump to buy. This is my review based on my experience and my own study via Internet & Interview. Hope it can also be useful guidance for other friends.

Avent Isis manual pump
Currently, I’m using Avent ISIS breast pump.
Aku rasa ini kelebihan dia.
Murah
Ringan
Senyap
Memang senang nak guna dimana sahaja..sebut aje dimana. Bilik server boleh, Tandas boleh, dalam kereta tengah jem pon boleh. Bilik meeting jangan buat ok! Rasanya tak perlu describe sangat coz ramai sangat kengkawan yang guna Avent ISIS.

Kekurangan:
Single pumping function – so masa kita pump sebelah, sebelah lagi dah start meleleh & membazir la susu tu. Setuju tak pengguna lain?

Avent have introduced double pumping for the model Avent Isis IQ Duo. Aku perasan model ni dalam iklan kat majalah Pa&Ma. Dah hampir 3 tahun la aku jadi pembaca setia Pa&Ma. J From the Avent.com, aku da tengok demo dia. Look OK. I’ve contacted the sole distributor kat Malaysia (kinderjik) yesterday, they said tade sorang pon penjual yang nak amik coz the price is too expensive: RM1800. Kalau nak beli boleh dapatkan terus dr ofis depa kat Sri Hartamas.
Sket review psl kinderjik tu, customer service dia langsung tak bagus. Macam takmo layan je & langsung tak friendly.

Spectra 3
Kelebihan:
Can choose either single or double pumping function – for double, tiada pembaziran & stimulate lebih banyak milk supply
Boleh guna utk wide neck bottle (ie:Avent bottle) or normal neck botol – so, sesuai dengan semua jenis botol susu bayi
Harga sangat berpatutan if compare with Medela. M520 boleh dapat all accessories (pump, beg, ice brite & bottle).
Senyap

Kekurangan:
Tidak boleh operate secara manual & battery. We must have power supply. So, susah la kalau:
- nak guna dalam kereta kalau tersekat di kesesakan lalulintas
- nak guna gi meeting kat luar kalau kat tempat tu susah nak cari power supply. Kalau Avent manual, kalau kita tak jumpa tempat sesuai dalam tandas pon boleh belasah. Orang kat tandas sebelah pon tak dengar kita buat apa. Tapi kalau ada yg perasan sure depa terfikir lama gila minah sorang ni dok dlm tandas?? Buat ape ekk ehehe

I’ve confirmed the specs with Rita yesterday. But to date, yet to find current users so that I can gain lot of info before deciding which one to buy.

Medela pump in style traveler
Kelebihan: ada semua kelebihan ie: double pumping function, very efficient, effortless, looking good bag (cam bawak laptop) etc . Pendek kata mmg sesuai sangat ngan busy mom. Very value for money. In fact, I’ve interviewed one friend that used this pump for her 2nd child.

Kekurangan: Tak jumpa lagi. Most users say it’s really value for money. And price is not a matter. Kuang kuang. Aku masih belum terfikir lagi nak beli this brand. Berkira jugak yer??!! Tapi kalau fikir balik, kalau nak anak lagi 2 3 orang atau lebih ( erkk???) baik beli yang ini la.

Baru nak post dalam blog, Rita called me just now. I did asked few questions yang asyik bermain kat kapla ni psl double pump tu ie:
1) Cemana cara nak handle?
2) Baju apa yang sesuai nak pakai ke ofis?
3) Boleh tak guna adapter in car to operate it?
4) Memang efficient ker?
5) Boleh dapat banyk susu tak?

Alhamdulillah semuanya Rita dah explain. Now I’m so clear & tak teragak to upgrade my single BP to double BP. Dia pon memula beli single pump masa anak pertama. But then bila anak kedua terus upgrade double pumping. Dia kata few friends of her pon cenggitu jugak. In summary, double pump memang very efficient & very useful especially to bz working Moms like us. Huhu Bzkah aku?

FIFA Italia

Last week we did survey at few electrical shops to buy the oven. But end up, we bought new fridge. Yeah right, we don’t have that item in our wish list actually. Coincidently, the fridge breakdown when we were aiming for an oven. We spent RM1250 for a 390L Toshiba fridge. Other than fridge, another preparation for Mawaddah is the baby food container. I have bought new Moms collection from MomsLittleOnes. Other item bought were 2 books, one of them is “Menyusu si permata hati”, babyfood container & milkmaid tea.

I’ve finished reading this book “Menyusu si permata hati”. Very informative & became my motivator to continue breastfed Mawaddah exclusively. All mums & mums to be should read it. Sesiapa nak pinjam, bagitau ok.

Last Sunday, I was too emotional. Agaknya sebab penat sangat.Stress melihat terlalu banyak kerja-kerja rumah yg masih terbengkalai. Malam macam biasa tidur tak sesempurna dulu. Badan asyik bergerak aktif. Sabtu & Ahad memang tak berehat. Ayik membuat kerja-kerja rumah dan seringkali juga terganggu sedikit agenda kerja kerana menyusukan si permata hati. Si permata hati nampaknya makin kuat minum. Yelah makin membesar. In between, terpaksa juga curi masa untuk mengumpul stok susu agar cukup one week supply. Dek penat sangat, aku tak tahan sampai terus mengalirkan air mata. Lepas menangis lega rasanya. Aku dah bagitau emak, kalau ade orang boleh tolong kemas rumah hujun minggu, aku rasa nak upah. Bolehla upah kerja-kerja yang agak berat seperti mop lantai atas bawah & cuci semua bilik air.

Lepas membaca buku “Menyusu si permata hati” & stress dengan kerja-kerja rumah, aku terfikir macam nak beli breast pump yang lebih efficient. Boleh dapat banyak stok dalam tempoh masa yang singkat. Aku rasa macam nak guna pump yang ada function double pumping. Seorang kenalan recommend Medela pump in style traveler. Dia kata memang efficient. Tapi the price is too high. Dia kata senang la untuk bawak ke hulu ke hilir sebab beg dia ok. Lagipun, aku dah nak start round2 Malaysia tak lama lagi. Kalau sesapa yang nak let go breast pump, boleh la jual kat aku eh.

Oven VS Peti Sejuk

Semalam, masa jemput Mawaddah di rumah pengasuh, dia kata Mawaddah menangis hampir 2 jam sebelah petang. Me & hubby suspect yg dia sakit perut dek susu aku tu. Sebab bila kami sampai umah, peti sejuk belah bawah tak berapa sejuk. So, mesti susu tu dah rosak. Kesian Mawaddah. At the moment, we used the freezer part to store the milk.

So, sekarang ni nak beli yang mana dulu ek? Peti sejuk OR Oven?
For me both are equally important. But seem the Refrigerator is very urgent! We need it to store many items including the breast milk. In addition, next month I’ll start to introduce early solid food to Mawaddah. So that, we need good refrigerator to store my homemade baby food. Yelah, kali ni berazam nak kasi only homemade baby food. (berjaya ke idok yek?) So sume tools must get ready le. Emmm..kene sacrifice my dream oven ker niii? (

Pk btoi2 Farra! Selamat membuat pilihan. Adios

Last 2 days spent with information gathering on my dream oven. Both babies came along with us. Alhamdulillah, all of them behave very well. Mus’ab seem so curious and he has been discovering all types of electrical appliances. In total, we went to 8 shops!! Banyak beb. But yet to buy within this week.

Now, still doing the info gathering. But already have one in my mind. Brand Elba. From Internet, the price is RM2k, but yesterday the shop offered us RM1.5k only. Meaning that, need to top up another 500 + my $durian runtuh$ received last week. The sales man asked me “ cik mau guna untuk business ke untuk sendiri saja?” For me I want the oven to serve both purposes. Manela tahu nak buat part time business jual kek kan. Alah membeli, menang memakai. So we must find the best and good in quality for long term use. At least after survey has been made, I’ll satisfy.

Specifations from Elba:
• 4-Function Electric Oven
· Light
· Bottom Element Only
· Conventional (Top + Bottom Element)
· Grill + Rotisserie

• Temperature Control
• Safety Termostat
• Mechanic Control Panel• Stainless Steel Control Panel With Finger-Proof Treatment
• Dimension (mm): 591 (H) x 597 (W) x 525 (D)
• Built-in Dimension (mm): 583 (H) x 560 (W) x 550 (D)

Inilah bezanya aku dan suami. Bila dapat sket excess $$ from whatever means, what I have in my mind always goes to cooking tools!! Like oven, mixer, breadmaker, tart mould, pizza pan & etc. But hubby always looking forward for 1) Car! 2) Car! And Car!! Haha..everyweek he will study the car section in paper. For me, as long as the car can drive me to office & kg kulim. It’s ok. Kawan-kawan sume dah kete baru yer dok? But we still maintain our classic car. I love it because tak sakit kepala nak pikir hutang bulanan. So we can maximize savings. Target nak pi Haji secepat mungkin.

About the baby Mawaddah, she already turned 3 months 1.5 week ago. Now, she can rolls over from front to back. She also likes to babble whenever we were talking with her. She also likes to smile!