testing out the patapum...front carry..
I reaally want to love it....
i really want an SSC (soft structured carrier)



but.... I feel tightness at the perut.. the level where amir's butt is..
cam butt amir tu besar and menyempitkan ruang situ...
aku try adjust bahu straps and chest straps...
but couldnt find out how to only loosen that area..
kalau loosen chest and bahu.. then bahagian leher die pulak tak ketat....
kinda uncomfy laa ketat kat perut/butt baby... amir can feel it too I think...

last2 jalan kat OU, die merengek-rengek... had to take him out..
that would not happen with ringsling lah..
he'd already be asleep in the RS aa....
i was kicking myself for not bringing my RS as a backup...
rafiq had to carry him... for like 10-15 mins..
and die complain lenguh biceps/tri muscle..
time nak pusing stereng keter terasa...
mesti korang cakap.. alah bukan berat sangat pun...
if amir wasnt twisting around... i think okay la nak carry
but with all the twisting and leaning sana sini.. rengek2 ... u can feel the weight and force everywhere..
penat la kalau dukung... not babywearing....




back to patapum...
the weightlessness ... is something else laa.. all weight on the waist..
not bahu or back.... I can carry him all day... takdak hal punye...

if only
1. the perut area is looser..
2. the back body is higher... (amir asik nak melentik aje... hard to prevent with low body)

then I would definately want this carrier...
the sleeping hood is soooo freaking awesome lah... jaring-jaring and stretchy...
tak put force.. but prevents head from swaying here and there bila baby tido..
amir tido kejap in the patapum masa gi carrefour pagi tadik..
I think I need to tweek the straps aaa... maybe lower the chest straps.. i dunno..
i love these rubbers yg lipat kasik pendek all the extra steps..

I temp trade my SB RS and PB RS with Patapum and MomsinMind RS... with a mom on MBW
next month, we trade back.. hehehe.. syiok syiok..
hoping to do more back carry..
abaikan muka tak mandi aku nih... amir dah mandi..

apsal aku rase takyah study pun.... dah leh rase dalam instinct...
yang babies stress bila dibiarkan dalam stroller...
tengok byk stimulations around.. tapi tak nampak mak/bapak/safe person die...
kalau aku pakai stroller... aku akan sentiasa jengah and kacau2 amir supaya die tau im around... or walk tepi, depan sikit supaya die nampak aku...

bila die dah besar... and tau yang parents die takkan tinggalkan die sensorang... no abandonment issues la...... boleh aa naik stroller tanpa perlu "org teman"...


http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/11/21/baby.buggies/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

ni baru die bandingkan front facing strollers.. with mom facing strollers..
cuba die bandingkan ngn babywearing babies...
dah tentu babies worn, more talkative and tak stress...
aku dah banyak kali sangat nampak bukti2.....
selalu sgt tengok babies lain dalam strollers stress nangeh...
amir pun dulu asik nangeh dalam stroller.... 3-4 jam terkapai2 dalam strollers tanak tido... sedangkan baru 1 bulan lebeh je.. die patut tido every 1-2 hours...

bila die dah ade trust... and caya yg parents die takkan tinggalkan die...
boleh aaa use the stroller more and more...

p/s: thanks mye for the link..

mak shinchan pakai Mei Tai...
kat time 0:46 ngn 6:18...
ni la keje aku time org pi smayang jumaat hehehe

my solidfood check list.. have to put this up somewhere... nanti lupa..
also, input is appreciated

1. no instant food... kedai-kedai nestum, rusk.....tangguhkan dulu...
for first 2 mths, all will be homecooked and homeprepared... frozen and thawed...
sebabnye.. I dunno what in the packaged food.. ade gula? garam? pengawet..?

lagi satu reason
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Why bother with making homemade baby food? What’s wrong with baby food from a jar, anyway? Take one of these jars and look carefully at the expiration date. The substance inside has been designed to last for two years past the date of purchase. That’s not exactly the fresh that you intended to feed your baby.

The ingredients of most commercial baby foods have been heated to a very high temperature and then cooled, in order to sterilise them. This gives them a very long shelf life but destroys a lot of the flavour and some of the nutrients in the process. Also if you bring up a baby on bland processed purees such as these it can make the transition to family food difficult as they are not used to the natural taste of fruits and veg and they can become quite fussy eaters.

There is nothing wrong with giving babies prepared foods for the sake of convenience, but don’t believe these preparations are a healthier option. The healthiest baby foods are the ones you make yourself– you can be sure of using the best quality ingredients with no thickeners or additives, its cheaper than using jars and homemade purees taste so much better



. best first food
- fruits: Apple, pear, banana papaya and avocado.
- vege/fruit: Carrot, potato, swede, parsnip, pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potato.
- BABY RICE


3. When can they have?....

• Gluten (wheat, rye, barley and oats) - 6 months.
• Citrus fruits - 6 months.
• Well-cooked eggs - 6 to 9 months.
• Soft eggs e.g. scrambled eggs - from 1 year.
• Added salt - limited amount from 1 year.
• Sugar - limited amount from 1 year.
• Whole cow’s milk as a main drink - 1 year.
• Honey - 1 year.
• Shellfish - 1 year.
• Pate - 1 year.
• Soft or Blue cheeses - 1 year.
• Whole or chopped nuts - 5 years

to note:
-feed samething for 4 days... to detect any allergies
-add in breastmilk to rice, pureed fruit etc...
-taste first, ensure flavor sedap
-Salt may harm your baby’s kidneys and sugar will encourage a sweet tooth. A baby is not used to these tastes so will not miss them

i miss them already... weekends, just not enough timee..... :(
when i think about it.. im starting to feel depressed..
macam not enough time in life to what I want to do...quarter/mid life crisis?

i know im not skinny... and my weight still hovers around 63-64kg....
but i feel gooooood....
everytime I walk out of the shower... in front of that full length mirror... I'll go.. "not badd..".. im sorry, but I do...
not bad for just giving birth 5 mths ago... no exercising... and eating non stop...
I am the only one (and rafiq kot) that knows how crazy I eat.. how I stuff everything down my throat...
orang lain taktau and probably wont believe if I told them how I eat...
considering all the eating.... I think I look awesomee....!!I still have some belly... but who cares... I had a baby!!
im not where I was pre-pregnancy... but I feel good... takyah sebok nak join marathon macam j.lo....
maybe I'll start gym back when he starts solid.... when he's not totally dependent on me for food...

oh yeah.... I got no stretch mark on my belly at all... except on my sides.. got some.. negligible
maybe the cocoa butter lotion aaa.. aku sapu kat perut je masa preggy.. didnt think to sapu on the sides...
so I am convinced that is the reason......


p/s: I must have distorted body image syndrome....
u know when people think they are so fat.....and ugly.. when they are actually very normal
but in my case... I think im fine, when Im actually fat..??? kwang kwang kwang...
just like masa aku form 1-3... I thought I look fine...
but now looking back.... uish gemuknye aku.....


oh yeah... we bought the bodywater bodyfat tanita weighing scale..
rafiq's idea... hahaha dulu I was so into fitness....calculating bodyfat and all
i guess ade impact jugak kat die...sebab sanggup nak beli scale memahal
good to know he's watching his weight and all...
seriusly not a lot of people can say they got a fit, hot hubby!!... we're all going into the belly phase of life... go hot daddy!!!!
(hmmm..... oooorrr it culd be because im not feeding him enough hahahha)




anyways.. masa preggy..35% fat.... and after preggy 30%......
and today (tonight....after chillis dinner)... for the first time was under 30%
29.5%..... huhuhu!!! (sebelum preggy .. im 23-24% fat...)...
seriusly..babywearing requires energy!!!
and seriusly producing milk which is full of fat .... reduces fat from you!!!!

huhhh.. adventure sungguh nak outing with babies and eat...
me, and twin cousins (baby gabby) and jirah and matde (baby aiman)....
me and amir only.. no papa....
eating is crazy@!!*@!(^@&.....
but we (i mean, Ida) did get her 2 kids meal... macaroni&cheese and cheezy pizza...
and 2 vanilla cokes ... (actually meant for the 2 kids..)
unhealthynyee!!! (for kids la).... but we downed it... nyummmy...



next time.. eat at home and go window shopping (if with babies) only...
if I move... amir okay... and i think gabby pun... bila stroller gerak, shes fine..
cant wait till he can sit in a baby chair.... penat den nak memegangnyaa...


anyways... again I hear comments on how..
kesiannye baby dalam sling.... diikat gitu....
well.. do u see him flapping around trying to get out?? do u see him crying..??
he always end up sleeping in it...
aku sebnanye lagi kesian kat baby yang dalam stroller
meronta2 trying to get their parent's attention... yang tido senyap2 tu okay la..
ni yg parents shopping, tapi anak terpusing2 nak attention dalam stroller... dibiarkan je.. hmmm...apsal orang tak kesian kat babies yg tu..?
apsal nak kesian kat baby aku yang cukup kasih sayang.. yang kalau nak didukung, aku sanggup dukung..(some parents tak sanggup nak dukung anak....berat tau).... why..? people are weird.......if u know amir... (which I do)..... and if he could talk...
he'd say... he prefers being carried than be strapped in a stroller... dlm stroller die asik nangeh and tak keruan..
so im just doing what he likes... why feel sorry for him...?


people are forgetting the simpler way of doing things...
breastfeeding, carrying your baby...
apsal org (org putih la).. lagi sanggup carry baby dalam car seat... dari carry the baby itself..?? car seat tu dah la 3-4 kg... pastu cara ko carry car seat tu, is straight down tangan kau.. lagi sakit bahu tu...
pastu apsal kesian kat baby dalam sling tapi tak kesian kat baby yg didukung oleh bapaknye dengan barehands? ape bezanye? bezanye tangan bapaknye kang sakit aa esok...


if I have a bigger car.... i would bring my stroller .. and sling ...
cuba ko fikir.. how many times u see parents with empty strollers and carrying their baby...?jimat tenaga kalau ko pakai sling.... then bila baby dah calm down.. boh la balik dlm stroller...tak sape suruh pilih one over the other... u can have the best of both world...

cuma aku ni pakai kelisa....and I am strong enough to carry him around.... exercise... and aku tak sanggup tunggu lift....
kalau die berat gile kang... aku carik la stroller ku.... yg now held hostage @ klang umah inlaws aku..coz they use it for morning and everning walk with amir at the park...at least its getting some use hahahha..

Next gathering is set!! is so excited.. topic is SPOC -simple piece of cloth... with covers kain batik lepas... wraps...
I really want to learn to do back carry...
rafiq, clear your schedule please hahahah.....


Dear all (as written by Rayhana),
Okay! Next gathering for KL has been set! I think we're gonna bring the house down hehe.
Info as follows:-

Date: Saturday, December 20th 2008
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Persatuan Darul Fitrah Malaysia (Damansara Perdana
Street: 9-5 (Floor 3A) Jalan PJU 8/5I, Damansara Perdana
City/Town: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Topic: "Eyes on SPOCs"
RSVP here!
Food - potluck, can? List what you are bringing here, so we don't end up getting pisang goreng enough for an army :p
See you all there, God willing!

Note: SPOCs - simple pieces of cloth

stockpiling result for 3 weeks...
keep in mind, this is on top of fully BF the baby everyday....

BEFORE


AFTER


hopefully supply wont dip and can continue to stockpile...
mama wants to go to phuket !!!! hahahaha... babai amirr!!

ohh and I also got new office PC....
17" flat panel, DELL.... but i find it fuzzy and tube is much more sharper....

fuh... i am blessed with good luck this week... KARMA??
Alhamdulillah... Stay POSITIVE!!....

Now that I know better…. And have seen some result …I would like to say..
There is a big difference aa giving breastmilk and formula…..
I knew there was, but did not think it was a huge difference….

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1. Healthier baby – well, cannot prove la amir ni sehat sebab ape…..mungkin kah kalau minum formula he’d be this healthy? Mungkin… but I personally don’t think so… I feel like this healthy baby is due to God's willing, my OBIMIN while preggy and Breastmilk…. Seriously, even aku demam lagi kerap dari dia….Rafiq toksah citer laa…. Kalau rafiq deman 12 kali, aku akan deman 3 kali… amir deman 1 kali…. Itula ratio die…. Die punye temperature kenkadang naik aa lepas cucuk or kalau org deman dok pegang2 die… tapi then it goes away…. Aku recall only 1 time aa die demam macam org demam, with snot and all… even then he’s still okay enough to play and laugh… Aku gi cucuk DTP die hari jumaat lepas, pastu sabtu bawak gi workshop, ahad gi babywearing walk…. he was fine… didn’t feel any temperature… mintak2 berterusan camni, InsyaAllah...

2. Healthier digestive system - Taik yang suci murni…. Don’t have to worry about sembelit…. Which u always have to, if ur using formula…. Always have to keep track bape kali die berak etc…… Dulu penah gak sampai 8-10 days tak berak….(okay, selalu sebnanye berak once a week)... But if u go to paed, they’ll ask… 100% breastfeeding..? yes…. then No worries, its normal if babies act normal… which memang pun.. no crankiness (cam sakit perut ke), no perut keras.. everything feels normal except die dah 10 hari tak berak…. Pastu die berak aaa, banyak gile… but soft and yellow…. Soooo… as long as I feed breastmilk, I don’t even give a crap about his crapping…. Orang lain je give me crap bout his crap…… stress aku kenkadang … people keep saying, ‘camne kalau kita tak berak seminggu, sure something wrong, rase sakit etc etc’… 'we should feed him prune jus, orang jus, grape jus'....

Understanding breastmilk and not pooping often... well for one, we don’t drink 100% breastmilk… so don’t compare…… breastmilk is 88% (more) water… so mostly keluar as pee… and balance tu, diserap…. Little waste… make sense right?

and also awal2 digestive system babies tak fully developed.... so slow la die nak process... pastu bagi pulak nestum baby less than 2 mths (i know a guy who told me his wife buat kat anak die camtu).... entahla, i dont want to judge.. but kesiannye.... even yg 6 month exclusively breastfeeding pun I read might not be enough time for digestive system to develop.... 6 mths tu paling awal aa (bukan 4-6 mths seperti saranan before this)... boleh lagi go beyond that... people should consider delaying solid..... as per this:
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/delay-solids.html

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Hmmm well… this 2 main reason jelah…. But those are 2 huge reasons… lifelong effect okay!….. cam aku yang lifelong sembelit…. It’s a pain in the ass (literally)… so, i really take this digestive thing seriusly...

banyak lagi reason... kurangkan berat (dulu aku tak caya, but it works eventhough i should be fat gile rite now tgk gaya aku makan skang...), jimat duit, bonding blablablaaa..... but pada aku yg paling penting, the 2 reasons above... kalau ikut duit, dah dapat pulangan dah balik beli 2 pam nih.... tapi kalaulah aku beli pam yang mahal cam PISA/freestyle and tak dapat pulangan.. would be worth it, if it helps me breastfeed for as long as God is willing... (ni kira intro for 'im looking for Freestyle when I go to states!!' or when my sis goes there... or tumpang when someone from illinois comes back to malaysia.. *hinthint* hahahah... pricetag RM2100+ in malaysia and USD 300+ in US....)

So basically…. Try to BF if you can…. Try your darnest… because it will be worth it I read somewhere, adalah hak baby tu to be feed right with breastmilk…..and when I think about it, I kinda agree…… tapi kalau takde rezeki, takleh aa nak tolong…

we are so gatal to buy the Bumbo seat....
eventhough in 1-2 months more amir should be able to sit on his own
tapi peha drumstick amir susah nak kuar/masuk sket...
rafiq kata this month we still got money leftover from budget... (underbudget)
so I figured.. buy this and put our budget back on track hahahah
well, its a sought after commodity....
if we dont like it, im sure it will sell off....
movie..


the last pic, looks like he got caught red-handed.... hahah fuuny..

Due to sucky connections to upload pics onto blogger... (asik2 timeout)...
So just refer to my facebook IBW08 album......
Happy International Babywearing Week 2008!!!

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A few favret pics









At Teeny Tiny Tapir for BW workshop...

susah aa nak amek gamba... video je lah of the gigi
bising betul..

dulu aku deciding between vatanai and ellaroo...
tengok balik ellaroo ni... tergoda balik....
pattern : christiane
the thing that i dont like, is the fringes... but I can just cut it off later...



u can never have enough blue wrap

huh...saturday is usually parent's indulgenze day...
me going to my class, petang... rafiq and his football in the morning..
sunday is family day... pick a venue... and out we go.... 3 of us..
today....one utama....
as usual aku nak fish and co...
no strollers... coz its not with us...
and babywearing is what i'd choose even if i has my stroller...
but if I had my stroller, I think i'd still bring the stroller even if i was babywearing...
to tolak groceries... to put baby down when eating.... etc etc..
but kat fish and co ade sofa cushy..and kusyen.. so put amir there..

and tak nangis pulak die... so we had our meal.. gamba ni fish and chips aku tak sampai lagi..
but we love the kola tonic and choco junkie shake..


as usual.. cannot resist going to baby section.... ade je idea nak beli..
but we usually almsost never buy clothes.. unless its RM10 and below..
so we bought 3 evenflow BPA free bottles.... tambah lagi botols...



and must have 1 babywearing pics..
I am holding medela susu botol and puting and bubble tea drink in 1 hand...
and 1 box of IKO cookies in the other hand...
huh... exercise sungguh.... trolley jusco dah habis, licin.takde...

Lama dah tak update citer susu....
when I last wrote about susu.. I has a stockful of milk..
no worriess...



bila PMS (premenstrual)...susu merudum cam gile...
cam pam angin ajer.... see this results... huh, nothing.....
masa ni segala macam mende aku makan... milkmaid tea, oatmeal, soya, longan, red dates etc.. etc.... penat aa makan.... seriusly... forcing to eat
and aku rase bukan aku takde susu..
cuma susah bangat nak dapatkan let down...
bayangkan aku pam cam nak mati for 10 mins nothing....
then relaxx.. and watch amir movie... baru susu nak gushing out...
both sides (walaupun guna single pump)....
tadi pump setitik pun tanak kuar... pastu kuar cam hujan... sakit tul hati aku..
cakap senang.. but soo susah nak relax when ur stressed, pms and stress coz no milk...



all my stock digunakan.... and left only with these measly 3 packs...
aku pun to blame coz complacent.. and pumped every 6 hours je selama ni...
gilaa kaaa... takde stock, dah la pam angin... howw?


but then, period.. susu naik balik...
so now aku merajinkan diri pam every 3 hours...
(lecehnye hidupku jadiknye, tido pun max 3 hrs la..)
dari pam sekali kat opis.. aku pam 3 kali...
dari guna single pump... aku heret double pump ku ke opis everyday...
stock dah bertambah sket... but im sure will be dipped into bila period nanti...
must work hard!!!


ganbatte!!


a pics showing my tools.... huh..
there was once a time where all the bottles were utilized..
aku tak cukup bottles to pump into....


and by the way.... when amir was 3 mths+... I changed his bottles to all BPA-free bottles.... NO MORE AVENT!! avent tu sungguh showy je.... but contains BPA.... I know byk gak ibu2 yg tau mende tu ade BPA tapi tanak tuka coz of the brand.... aku lambat tuka coz takut nipple confusion... die dah biasa ngn wide neck teats.... boobs nipple aku pun die tanak dulu2.... tambah lagi ngn macam2 size soothers diberi oleh pihak yg berlainan.... sabar jelah aku .... aku carik BPA free bottles yg wideneck, takdak... tapi took precautions gak aa... ensure no boiling, no scratch, no cracks..

tapi bila 3 mths tu, die cam tanak wide neck nipples pun... wants more of booby nipple and so took the chance to change to normal teats and BPA free bottles, botol murahan je (mom's little ones, spectra, medela, pureen BPA free bottles.. yg selama ni aku ade tapi guna untuk pump and storage je)..

aku guna botol avent now for storage .... coz the bottles are dangerous when it is exposed to heat... it will leach BPA into milk... so no sense of throwing stuff away... cam over la pulak... coz only dangerous when heated....

percubaan menangkap gamba gigi.... payahnye... tak dapt pun gambo gigi.. dapat gamba muka sepenuh kamera nih..

I love my vatanai kipawa ..




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Babywearing Workshop at Teeny Tiny Tapir, Kuala Lumpur (Ampang)
15th November 2008

10.00 am to 1.00 pm ~
1000 - Registration of guests
1010 - Talk on Msian babywearing society and its role (by Jess)
1020 - Babywearing show (by MBW)
1050 - Talk on pouches (by Littlepods)
1100 - Talk on ring slings (by Babyloft)
1110 - Talk on meitai/SSC (by Tiny Tapir/ Littlepods)
1120 - Talk on wraps (by Peekaroobaby)
1130 - 1230 Break & Buying time

There will only be 4 vendors
Littlepods: Pouches
Tiny Tapir: Kozy, Kangaroo Korner and Scootababy
The Baby Loft: Ring Slig
Peekaroobaby: Pouches and Wrap


Admission:
RM20 (fully redeemable on any carriers purchased on the day -dapat balik duit aa dlm bentuk voucher).
Refreshments and Goodie bag provided.
Lucky draw. 2 pouches and a mystery gift up for grab.

Limited places available. RSVP by emailing malaysianbabywearers@gmail.com


seriusly, grab a seat while stock last.... jarang2 ade workshop kat mesia nih..

Look out for babywearing in magazine Parenthood & Mama&Baby ...

I won a Nikon coolpix.. L16.. 7.1 Megapixels.. masa annual dinner office ku...
its the 8th prize... not bad, as I was just complaining to rafiq that we dont have a camera and needed to buy one (we went to halloween party with rafiq's frens and all I have is my handphone cam.... damedesu!!)... even before that aku komplen coz nak amek gamba amir pun tak puas... but I didnt buy one, for fear of winning one kat annual dinner tu...which I did!! masa die sebut, "next prize is a nikon digital camera".. I practically willed my number to be called... rafiq said he did too..

so expect to see more of amiru-kun.... even pics of us doinn the most mundane of things like groceries shopping..

International BabyWearing week has kicked off in Penang...(awal sket)
and MBW (Malaysian Babywearers has been getting a lot of press..)
hopefully it got some people's attention....