nampak cam melahap...



tapi kuar balik...



i got this body purely from mama's milk okay.... not food



anyways, our ittibitti from aussie yg beli masa sale aritu dah sampai.. excuse the sucky henfon pics..... aku punye yg biru cair and lilac (purple cair)...



ni gamba lawa sket.. nampak kegebuan nye... mmm sofft!!

no rubber ducky.... so aku bagi cawan plastik... hahah cheap skate mama...
also saje nak tunjuk ability to sit in tub..... (sitting die lambat sket)
ringan sket tangan nak mandikan die..
(although nowadays its usually the heated shower using bumbo seat..)

and thats not my hairy leg okay!! hahahah




geramnye nak lipatan peha KFC die...nyamnyamm

i like co sleeping... senang nak BF...
but its getting so sempit with him nak guling sana sini...
so ingeniusly slow baru terfikir nak buat camni..
lapang sket aku nak tido peluk 3 bantal...

before:
(excuse the no cadar bed, laundry day.. oh and its also queen size bed tapi belaha ku je ade lapik mattress... amir tido tengah... takkan aku boh die tido at bed's edge)


after:

Disposable saved this week... disebabkan guna cloth diapers...
also berjaya fully CD for 4 days.. sebab aku cuti 4 hari... 3 hari lagi part time.. malam and pagi...

so total disposable equivalent (saved not filling into landfills) =33 keping

By the way: total disposable saved to date: 126 keping..... not bad, baru sebulan lebeh aku part time cloth diapering... since 16 December 2008...

ni untuk ANAS... yang tanye pasal pam..

aku nak kuar ni... tapi nak tulis review of pumps..
(based on reading kat forum.. coz aku tak try semua pam)

spectra 3-
cons: berat (tapi berat yg manageable coz 1 kilo).. takde battery option.. so kena carik power outlet....
pro: boleh double pump.. murah (rm350+)

medela swing- (single pump)
cons: mahal (RM600+ for single pump.... yg double pump is RM1600)
pros: ade battery option, ade 2-phase exppression... berat aku tak sure

medela PISA (pump in style advance)
cons: berat (3-4kg), mahal RM1600...
pro: ade battery option, ade 2 phase expression.... double pump

medela freestyle
cons: mahal (RM1700-2100), tak masuk officially kat mesia, so warranty tu masih waswas, ringan, double pump...
pro: the ultimate pump, 2 phase expression, boleh guna battery... boleh handsfree

medela mini electric (single pump)
cons: bising!... single pump Rm400, single pump only... (ade yg double, tapi baik beli swing).. takde 2-phase expression..
pros: lightweight, takde tube, boleh pakai battery....


spectra-i
ni baru... tapi aku tengok semalam.. kecik, lightweight,aku rase boleh pakai bateri... tapi only single pumping... so lebeh kurang cam medela mini-e jerr....


okeh aku nak gi jalan.. scroll down lagi (entry jan 20) utk citer lagi pasal pam ape yang aku guna.... atas ni aku list isu paling penting la... pada aku isu terpenting is ability to double pump..... kalau avent tu, aku benci sebab tak BPA free.. and also banyak spare parts nak kena pasang and cuci.. mane de masa aku nak cuci/pasang valve cinonet yg asik ilang je tu... tensen aku pam avent... kalau pam jarang2 and nak buat back up..boleh la pakai avent... tapi sedap pakai pam tu...

the end of review ..


anyways aku pun dah kena susu berdarah.... aku rase sebab kena gigit sebelum tu.... so ade la mende bleeding dalam tu...
bila pam kuar aa darah..... aritu sanaa pun kena....
rafiq tanye nak bagi ke minum.. kang amir kuar gigi taring hahaha cam raja bersiung...

amir at 7 months.... ditangkap sewaktu aku cuti 2 hari semalam..
dah makin kurang penat aku dok rumah.. coz die nak main ngn toys and tengok tv...
rehat la aku gak...

gamba gigi atas.... makin lama makin kurang jarangnye hahaha..
tolongla tutup abis gap tu...


gamba cloth wipes: flannel/terry/minky


gamba booty cubes 7g... tahan 2 bulan

Booty cubes and cloth wipes aku dah sampai!!..



even before this, aku kurangkan guna wipes.. just use face cloth biasa je...
tapi saje nak beli a few cutesy flannel/terry cloth wipe...
(yela bulan ni tak beli CD, beli cloth wipes murah2 okay la tuu..ilang gian shopping)
esok aku post gamba....
aku share shipping ngn sanaa... die pun addicted to CD skang heheheh...
best betul ade geng... topik borak mesti include cloth diapering...
shipping pun leh split.... jimat jimat...
haritu ittibitti buat 1 day sale ... so kitorang share (3 org, sorang lagi forumer join gak, kitorang beli pack of 6, so sorang dapat 2 bijik..)... so jimat shipping dari Aussie ke melsia... skang kitorang tengah tunggu pampers tu sampai.. tak sabaunye aku.... aku beli lilac ngan rockmellon (oren tu)... tapi lime pun nampak yummy!!.. in my stash, already have red and purple...



back topic.. kitorang beli Booty cubes gak...
aku beli pink mandarin grapefruit....
sanaa beli carrot cake (pelik nye choice hahah)
nanti aku nak mintak exchange 1-2 cube.. nak try perisa lain lain...
(macam makanan plak)


ni info about bootyCubes http://www.bootycubes.com/

starbunz nampak plush!!

disposable saved last week (sebab guna cloth diapers - CD) = 27

this week dijangka bertambah kurang penggunaa pampers.. sebab aku cuti 2 hari... so 4days can fully CD...

ENTRY for: SURIA.... sila bace..
papehal email aku kat couette@gmail.com
penat la nak sms...

aku pun busy.. so takleh nak elaborate panjang2..
so alkisahnye...

awal2 aku pun malasnye nak BF.. aku nak tido, suh la laki bagi susu ke ape..
hajat nak BF memang ade... tapi sentiasa jumpa halangan..
flat nipples aa, baby tanak latch... breast berdarah.. mastitis...engorgement...
pastu dulu aku pakai pam manual avent.. penatnye nak mengepam.. tangan ku sakit.. dah la tido pun tak cukup..

disebabkan aku malas nak deal dengan masalah latching/flat nipple tu...
memula aku decide nak jadik exclusively pumping mom je...
tapi slow2 skang dah boleh direct BF......
malam aku direct breastfeeding sambil baring and tido..
siang aku keje pam masuk botol utk dibawa ke babysitter next day..
so mende ni memang leceh... semua org pun kena usaha gigih utk BF....
tapi akan berbaloi... insyaAllah

START CERAMAH

awal-awal... susu memang akan banyak gile time pantang..
kena amek kesempatan.. pam je... every 3 hours... (kalau tak direct BF)...
kalau baby minum sikit, lepas tu terasa nak pam... pun boleh jugak..
yang ni simpan dalam fridge... buat la bekal for 3-4 hari...
susu dalam fridge tahan seminggu
kalau ade lebeh... simpan buat bekal freezer (tahan 3 bulan)... ikat elok2 dalam plasti sterile..
yang penting kena sentiasa empty your breast....
then the brain will know to produce more milk...
kalau tak kosong, brain akan ingat susu cukup.. so die tak suruh produce..

and kalau boleh guna dual pumping....
sebab kalau letdown, and pam 1 boobs je... yg seblah lagi sayang kalau tak terpam time letdown..
so kalau double pam... usually Rm1600++
aku ni takde modal.. so aku beli je pam spectra 3...
comfortwise kurang lembut...
tapi die banyak gile membantu aku...
aku rase kalau nak harap pam manual.. lama dah aku give up...



Specktra 3
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kelemahan - berat 1 kilo, kena guna letrik (kalau takde letrik, takleh guna battery)
bagusnye - murah, double pumping,


website untuk beli (byk choice, ko pilih yg mane deal paling bagus lah
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http://www.momschoice.com.my
http://www.fabulousmom.com/ (yg ni ade jual spectra 7, hospital grade)
http://www.littlewhiz.com
http://www.babyparadise.com.my/
http://www.mylovelycloset.com/
http://www.susuibu.com/product

ada byk lagi website.. ko google la spectra 3.


CARA HANDSFREE (boleh pam sambil surf internet and husband jaga baby - rehat jap)
cara aku pam is... duduk atas kerusi... boh bantal atas peha aku..
Lekapkan corong kat boobs and boh atas bantal atas peha...
so ala-ala handsfree lah...
so aku boleh main internet sambil pam...
tapi ade jual bra handsfree.. die ade lubang kat tengah.. utk masukkan corong... tapi tak berbaloi ut kbeli aku rase..


UP-KAN SUSU
paling susah is time minggu sebelum aku nak period... susu memang jadik low....
kalau biasa boleh pam 7-8oz sekali pam..... masa seblum period... leh dapat 4-5 oz je (itu pun banyak... biasa 3-4 oz je)..
aku dah la period lepas 2 bulan.... hanco stock susu frozen aku kena guna....

nak kasik senang keluar.. seblum pam, tuam ngn towel panas.. or take hot shower...
jangan boh cold compress or ice (kalau engorgement pun)
and dont pun kobis utk ilangkan engorgement....
masa pam pun boleh urut2 sket...

pastu makan banyak oats, soya and longan.. and red dates..
pastu pam selalu walaupun kuar setitik dua...


and better pam kejap tapi selalu.. dari pam lelama tapi jarang.....
and kalau susah nak letdown masa pam... tengok la gamba/video anak kau....(kalau berjauhan)..
or tengok muka anak kau (kalau same room)...
or boleh buat breathing technique.. tutup mata and imagine susu nak keluar... (berkesan utk aku)

cara-cara aku simpan is...
yangnak guna for the next few days... aku boh dalam botol susu...bagila stock 3-4 hari...
yang lama punye aku boh depan sekali dalam fridge...
then yg 2nd lama... blakang yang lama tu... so nanti bila nak guna, akan guna susu yg paling lama dulu lah..
sebabnye aku malas nak label letak tarikh semua...



kalau ade susu extra pulak... masukkan dalam freezer...
the most economical way is... using playtex liner...
ade jual kat website atas tu...mende ni pakai buang.... ikat ngn getah, tapi aku guna zip tie (mende yg pak guard ikat beg masa nak masuk carrefour ke ape)



panaskan susu..... boh dalam air panas...
so disebabkan ini.. kau gunala botol susu yang BPA free... Avent tak BPA free...
botol yg BPA free ni, usually yg botol lembek2 or kaca.... botol keras and lutsinar cam avent tu tak BPA free...


Backup plan
aku punye backup pam is medela mini-eletrik.. sebab kecik and boleh pakai battery.. tapi die single pum je...
sayang je kalau letdown, susu meleleh kat breast yg tak dipump...
tapi sesuai bawak gi travel.. gi phuket aku bawak ni je.. coz plug thailand pun lain ngn mesia....


Future plan
tapi next time.. aku nak beli MEDELA freestyle...(kat mesia RM2199 kat first few years kat curve.. Rm1699 kat dalam forum.cari.com.my)
coz ringan, ade option for batteri, boleh melekat kat breast (boleh pump dalam keter time jam)...
and yang paling penting.. 2-phase expression.....yang boleh stimulate 2nd letdown..
so production susu akan bertambah...




Financial utk beli pam
lepas tu, kalau ko takde duit.. boleh main kutu utk beli pam....
selalunye main masa pregnant lah.....
ni web utk main kutu breastpump and info pasal BF.
takde la terasa berat sangat keluar duit....
http://forum.cari.com.my/forumdisplay.php?fid=262

kat sini pun banyak info pasal breastfeeding
http://www.susuibu.com

lagi satu aku nak bagi kau semangat...
MEMANG BOLEH KURUS KALAU BREASTFEEDING.....
aku makan cam gile pun berat surut... surut slowly lah...
sebab aku produce susu macam gile jugak..

setakat ni aku dah menghasut cousin aku, si eila tu beli... and also ofismate aku si sanaa tu beli.. tapi si eila tu dah start campo ngn formula lepas die gi oversea trip... sebab takde stock.... die beli pam ni masa baby umur dah 3-4 bulan kot....backup pam... pam guna garfu (jgn memain tektik ni hhahahhaa org terer je boleh buat)

sanaa... still fully BF.. die masih lagi ade engorgement, bloody milk, blocked duct... tapi still gigih berusaha lagi ngn bantuan pam spectra.. pon dah start period.. so mengalami masalah susu kurang bila nakperiod... baby 3 bulan... backup pam die medela harmony... tapi teringin nak beli swing..

its been a busy weekend for amir....
jumpa bebudak umich... jumpa baby anas... ronggeng sana sini...
all in the week before gaji....
bagus la gak, mama dah kopak to spend time shopping..
at least boleh waste time with friends and people...
(P/S: ahad baru discover gaji dah masuk jumaat)


TTSE 3rd Anniversary @ Fish n Co.

started off with anniversary dinner opis malam jumaat (as soon as
weekend started... aduhhh)
amir yg lama tak tido.. usually tido malam at 8pm.... berjaga till 10.30
huh cranky.... but I discovered something... die nangeh bila pass kat org ...
usually aku pass je kat sesapa... okay je... siap kalau aku gi tgk
wayang tinggalkan die ngn sesapa pun die tak kisah... semua pun
happy... so aku selama ni cam tak sure and worry whether die
"recognize" aku ke tak... as in "cam" lah... oo ini mama die...

coz aku pun kejap pakai tudung, kejap tak pakai..kejap rambut
panjang.. kejap ikat rambut..
kejap pakai spec.. kejap tak pakai.. kejap bermekap... kejap cam hantu......
so can he recognize the face and know that all these are one person...
the mother?
ke die layan je semua org yg layan die...belasah jer laaa labuuu katanye...
so masa die tanak kat semua org except aku.. hahahah best gak rase..
makes me feel special..
konfem la boleh recognize...
tapi cam biasa aku start worry mende lain... camne aku nak start anta
gi nursery which is this next week.... ade jelah mende nak
diworrykan...


.....

UMICH GATHERING @ GARDEN MIDVALLEY

konon nak jumpa sharance... tapi cam biasa.... hampaas..
hakam pun sebok gi buat duit (uptrend crap).. tak cukup lagi ke duit kau tu..?
tapi dapat gak jumpa dirah...(hotbod) and ijat and baby nuha...
alahai keciknye nuha yang dah 4.5 bulan...ngn ring sling rangginye...

experiment kali ini mendapati.. yang amir hanye nangeh ngn laki...
pompuan die okay... so boleh la nak hantar nursery...
mane tah datang gatal pompuan nih hahahahha..

p/s: masa aku gi klass jepun, rafiq kata die cranky gile... unconsolable and cried himself to sleep (amir la, not rafiq)

.......

OUTING WITH SISTERS & COUSIN (AND GABBY)@ SAKAE SUSHI & CURVE

yeap, too early for sushi.. habis terburai sushi rice tu...
but best lah jalan... rafiq tak ikut... so amir join gals day out...
also dapat gak satu gamba yg nampak gigi atas yg tak lawa tu hahahah (coz tak rapat)...3rd last pic...

terjumpa lak ngn si farid... pakai osnaberg RS.... die kata hanim pun kat curve gak.. tak terjumpa plak hanim..

gamba last kelakar... amir makan bunga gabby, gabby nangeehh.... funny funny

p/s: petang lepas balik rumah and rafiq gi main bola, die cranky gile lagi... apsal ek... nak tumbuh lagi gigi ke.... but I think it's something thats been done routinely kat rumah caretaker.. yang kitorang tak buat... maybe diorang dah biasa tido meniarap.. aku tak reti nak tiarapkan... i think its something along that line...

..........

ANAS'S BABY - ALYA

budak ni memang nak kena belasah.... tak reti nak bersosial dah lepas kawin...
tau2 je dah berbaby... bila pregnant.....
dah tu pulak sms aku.. bukan rafiq... supposedly best friends ngn rafiq...
rafiq 2-3 kali tanye.. apsal die sms kau, apsal die tak sms aku...
mane laahh aku nak tau kan hahahhaa... tu yg rafiq nak belasah tu....

dah memang trend skang baby bagi nama ada A ngn Y nih....
tak penah aku merasa baby sekecik itu.. amir lahir dah agak besar...

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Just to show how easy it is to wear a ring sling, if dah setup all the fabric before putting in baby … takes only a minute…….

p/s: excuse the disposable diapers…. Just came back from babysitter…. I figured if I threw it out before it it soiled… lagi membazir… so tunggu soiled dulu..

the ugly crawl at 6.5 months

Disposables saved this week:

23 keping

Note: (1 malam tu tido away from home, so that nite no CDing)

there's not a day passed by that I dont wish that I'm not working .. and be a SAHM...

but then 2 mins after that i'll be like, ... I can't quit...
I'll regret it later in life...


Being a mother is not good enough reason for me to go on and live life ....
I can't do it... I've imagined my life since aku kecik and not working is not in the picture.... its just not me.... if I was a millionaire, I'd still be working (and I'm not talking bout being a WAHM... aku nak jadik cam Kimora-Lee hahaha)...


but how can u not wish to stay at home when u see this face.... hmmmm




dah la jadik wallpaper plak... demotivasi tul buat keje hahahah

I got my GAD diaper ... uiyoo... so far its my fav!!.. so plush and trim....
i think ittibitti kalau aku pilih size M pun trim gak kot.. tapi aku beli L..
but this one aku beli husky medium - for chubby babies with belly and fat thighs hahahah...
i wanter another color, but didnt get that one.. so substitute with this...
but i still love it...! trimness is the main factor la..

but it is pocket sized....
usually aku beli pocket OS (one-size.. can wear from newborn to toddlerhood)
so kalau die besar dah takleh pakai.. bagi kat adik.. or sell it off...
(yep,there's a huge market for selling second hand CD...)







have to see in real life to appreciate the plushness of the fabric...

oh and I also bought a bummis diaper cover..
to use with fitted. for night time diapering..
org sume kata can last 12 hours with toddler..
but amir still small.. pee only a bit.. yg lain semua die serap jadik lemak..
so i can still get away with using pocket diapers for night time...
no need for fitted yet....
so far aku baru ade 1 fitted... Babybeehinds Hemp Fitted but im so in love with the MPB fitted (scroll 2 posts down.. the yummy pink purple one)