my new baby ...
the one that I will tandem-babywear with amir...

Selling my CROCS LYDIA Size 8 (RESERVED - PENDING PAYMENT)
Used 2 times to office... I think I'm actually a size 8.5...
tapi size 9 longgar sgt plak for me...
whatever it is.. the fit is not perfect for me...

http://ellywirda.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-heart-this-new-shoes.html




email me: couette @ gmail.com

amir talk...

aku rase agak amazed.. coz aku ajar mende lain..
aku ajar cat, dogs.... banana... peas
guna the baby einstein flashcards and i got kitty books..
aku just focused on these 3-4 coz gamba die senang nak recognize...
unlike the truck picture.. so complicated IMHO..
how to recognize its a truck.. wheel pun kecik je..
tapi amir tak pernah ikut ape aku cakap..
cam kalau aku cakap.. "wuff wuff" die senyap je...
so aku ingat die tak paham so I stick to the same cards till he gets it..


tetiba je haritu.. he picks up the truck card and says.. vroom vroom (broom broom)
i thought it was a fluke.. biarkan je..
then pegi rumah adriana.. got this hot wheels... he picked it up and says vroom vroom..
kagum gak aa.. coz aku tak penah tunjuk kad tu.. and aku tak pernah cakap vroom vroom..
mane tah blajar... nursery kot....
so now bila tunjuk anything car/trucks.. broom broom la jawabnye...


also... mcD... excited gile bila nampak symbol McD tu...
kitorang tak selalu gi pon... paling kerap once every 2 weeks..
amir bukan makan ape pun.. we give 2-3 sticks of fries
I dunno bout his time at his grandparents house lah..
i've heard them say he likes the bubur... i think its tooo salty for his age..
but once in a while tak kisah lah kot...
but... sukanye die tgk McD... mamam mamam!!...




kunci.. main kunci and mangga is his favret toy... suka nak figure out how to bukak mangga.
his first consistent word is for keys la...

me: amir.. KUUUN-CI...
amir: gun-dak !
me: KUUUN CHII...
amir.. gun-dak...

so gundak tu kunci la...

latestly... yang aku notice just semalam... kucing...
he has been consistenly saying "ga ga ga" bila nampak kucing...
bila tunjuk dogs, or truck tak ckp "gagagaga"..




also amir pandai menari pulak dah skarang bila ade iklan yg ade lagu lagu..
sape ajar pun taktau...
always amazes me (kagum) when he picks up things I dont teach...
although I dont see why... coz banyak masa aku gi kerje pun..
so of course he's gonna learn stuff I dont teach.. (good thing ke bad thing eh..?)


ni just voice recording, no video of pagi tadi..
borak2 dalam gelap sambil tunjuk flashcards on my ipod...

amir gi befday party bertemakan ben10 weekend yg lalu..
befday noah and isaac....
seksanye aku nak carik baju ben10 utk amir...
kat booth RM29 gitu
kat carrefour (official merchandise).. RM45..
hahahah sorry lah....

last minit kitorang jumpa gak la..
design hampeh.. tapi ben10 lah..
kat gedung pakaian hari-hari .. dekat taman permata..
RM 8.90.. sepasang ngn seluar kau...
tapi size terkecik sudah... buncit amir terobvious plak..
takpelah.. pakai buang.. boleh buat kain buruk...
kain buruk pun RM5 skang... goodmorning towel itu..


aku pakai kamera henfon jek.. lupa bawak kamera plaks..




sian amir kena ikat ngn belon.... seb baik berat.. dan boncit...
nak kena beli kasut la rafiq.. masuk cacing baru tau....
something easy to slip on..?? (**crocs kah?? ** hahahha)







gempak celebrity sungguh party ini..
stress plak aku nak menganjurkan party utk amir for 2nd befday..
siap ade magician, sesi tari menari.. sesi pukul pinata...
aku plan simple je... acara potong kek and buka hadiah sekian terima kasih hahaha
takde hiburan utk kanak2... ade ke org nak dtg..?
bebudak kecik okay aa kan.. bukan paham pon kan..
mainly for adults...
malasnye fikir.. dah terbayang keje nak kena mengemas tu dah..

anyways... ben10 !!!

went to Babywearing Meet last saturday...
I didnt try much... tapi saje mengisik masa lapang..
also amir pun bosan kot dok umah...
die masih baru okay dari sakit muntah/diarhea..
so dia gian nak makan, sebab lapau la tu...
and asik nak berkepit ngn aku.. aku layankan je semua...
so aku tak dpt try sangat aa these luvliess..
tolongla, banyak gile okeh carrierss!!!! geramm aku..
tu pon, masih byk lagi yg kat dalam beg/guni...




banyak toys utk kids... best lah..













ade gak org tertangkap gambau aku..... masa ni aku nak balik..
so i was wearing my own carrier...




ni gamba malam ni.. amir sebuk nak ikut aku pi sidai baju...
malas nak cuci kaki die ... nak pakaikan kasut lagi malas..
my interest to wrap is renewed selepas gi babywearing meet itu..
so capaila wrap....







thanks to adriana for hosting!!

Need to night wean amir due to his deteriorating front teeth..
aku berus setiap malam... except bila die tertido...
maybe time to up the ubat gigi dosage? tapi amir still doesnt know how to spit...
sungguh la tak best bila baby tumbuh gigi awal gile ni...
from 4 months okay!... some babies start after 1 year old...
so amir ni lotsa time for the teeth to rot..
we physically hold him down and brush his teeth.. nangis ke ape biar..
but still rotting slowly...
dah gi dentist.. dentist kata kalau formula... dah hitam dah gigi amir...

ni amir tangkap gamba die sendiri.. pun lagi lawa dari maknyah die tangkap gamba..

sharing healthy but delicious recipee..
gotten from my SIL but amended to make it low fat and healthier..

1. use olive oil or virgin olive oil...
(i heard sumwhere Extra virgin olive oil is better eaten uncooked... i dunno)...
2. tumis bawang merah kecik (shallots)



3. Put in cubed chicken breast...(pepandai la budget bape banyak... it doesnt really matter, sama cam masak spegetti... belasah jer)



4. Put in 1 fresh tomato diced..
5. Put in black pepper.. boh air sket if rase kering



6. Put in sehiris bellpepper kaler oren yg diced... (saje tambah perisa, with less fat u need more spice to make it delicious)
7. Put in italian herbs
8. Cook until soft... aku masak habis sebab rafiq tak suka tengokk vege in food..





9. Toast 4 keping bread... if u want to be more healthy use wholegrain.... but I love whitebread.. soo... cannot live without my whitebread..
10. Lepas toast tu.. sapu sket with low fat, low salt marjerin ... (takde marjerin aku rase tak sedap.... aku nye taste la).. pastu 1keping roti, gunting to 4 bahagian



11. Letak sket bahan2 yg digoreng tadi....



12. amek 1 keping cheese low fat... lipat kepada 16 bahagian... and ceraikan.. i like mother's choice extra low fat sliced cheese...



13. letak atas bahan2 tadik..



14. bake till cheese cair.... (takde plak gamba)
15. Balance for tomorrow, ade 1/2 lagi hehehe..



sedapp.. caya lah cakap aku...

lawak tgk gamba grad adik aku..
teruknye qualiti gambau... ade hati nak blame kamera aku tuh...
tgk aa 2 posts back.. gamba amir yg super clear tu.. kamera yg sama gak..
kamera man tu yg hampehs...

anyways.. aku dah agak dah.. mesti mak aku nak buat stunt pinjam baju graduation..



masa aku grad pun die pinjam gaks...



adik aku grad highschool pun die nak nyebuk gaks..
tapi yang ni aku pun nyebok skali... sebat robe kepunyaan kawan-kawan adik aku hahah... beriya je aku pegang bunga ngn piala...

1 year and 6 months of fully breastfeeding....
kene celebrate gaya Sanaa..
I WANT TO EAT CAKE.... !!! Reward myself...

Status:
Pumping twice a day at work...
10am = 7-9 oz
3pm = 6-8 oz
Supply sent to nursery: ~ 15oz

Status chilled:



Status frozen:



going back again to that controversial topic of breastfeeding vs bottle feeding...
ramai org kata BF mom ni ramai saiko and obsess... and pandang rendah org yg bottle feeding..

aku rase mmg ade.. tapi aku rase most are not...
sebab org salah ertikan our defensiveness as pandang rendah...
I dont care ape org lain buat... their choices kan.. org yg kalau boleh BF tapi choose nak formula.. sukati kau la labu.. wa tatak kisah pon....


but yang membengangkan breastfeeding mom ni is...
bila orang bagi komen...


"ala, ko boleh la breastfeed... susu kau banyak.. susu aku dah kering"


macamla magically je susu aku tu banyak...
hello!! org cam nak mati berusaha siang malam nak mantain supply susu tau...
banyak mende sacrifice tau...
suka hati je buat komen...
so aku rase komen-komen yang ignorant camni la yang membengangkan BF moms...
we just want to hear the truth....


"aku tak bf sebab aku malas nak pam.. leceh..."
"aku tak leh nak Bf fully coz keje aku susah nak pam"


senang citer kan...?
cara diorang ckp komen yg first tu ..
camla magik je susu banyak and easy je nak bagi 100% BF..
mane la BF moms yg macam nak bersusah payah tu tak bengang...
lagi pulak bila kita tau that person yg ckp tu tak berusaha pon ...
or memang amek ringan je.. malas nak pam....skip session sana sini..
malas nak direct feed.... senang je capai formula....
pastu ade hati nak bagi komen camtu...???
INI LA SEBAB UTAMA YANG PALING MEMBENGANGKAN...
cam buat2 tak paham lak kenapa susu ko sikit..



Sacrifices:
1. Tido malam... masa baby less than 4 months... memalam pun perlu bangun and pump/feed every 3 hours..
Imagine cannot sleep more than 3 hours straight..? taxing tau..


2. waktu bekerja... masa baby kecik and dah pi keje... tapi susu tak stabilize.. also pam every 3 hours.. kalau ade meeting..? heret la beg pam and botol2 and ice pack and cooler sana sini...kalau kat KLIA dulu... jalan sketnye jauh semata2 nak gi pam every 3 hours.. dahla surau baru tu, ade one time tu takde lampu.. pamla dalam gelap sorang2, and hangar plak mostly guys... horror jek..gi memana kena carik tempat nak pam and store.. buat la muka tak malu kat opis org lain..


3.nak gi sana sini leceh... nak gi gym lepas balik keje?
cannot unless gi carik ais sumwhere...
ade one time tu nak kuar ngn bebudak maahad...
kena heret susu ku and tupperware and setiap jam topup ice cubes..
nak gi tengok wayang ngn rafiq lepas klass jepun... pam dalam keter..
and bawak susu masuk wayang and mintak ais kat gsc...
nak gi jalan lebeh dari 4-6 jam... kena bawak pam and botol and the works...


4. makan minum nak kena jaga.. demam takleh makan antibiotik...
tahan jela sakit... unless kalau dah sakit sgt...
pastu kalau tak suka soya, ade moms yg paksa diri makan soya..
masakla lobak, longan etc etc... semua utk upkan susu balik...
kopi kena kurangkan.... ice blended mocha kena sacrifice..
air kena ingat nak minum sentiasa... paksa diri untuk minum... makan pun time2 takde selera, kena paksa diri makan (tp usually mesti selera nak mampus je)


5. sacrifice duit sket la beli pam bagus...
ni beli pam pureen rm50 nak expect buat frozen stock deep freeze scale??....
(tapi ade moms yg boleh, coz diorang sesuai ngn pureen pump)
duit nak beli pam pun tanak sacrifice.... pastu heran/komplen kenapa susu sikit..?
heran aku.. especially bila strollers/cots semua beli memahal and branded...



so point aku is (God willing)... you'll get what u reaped...
kalau tak buat keje/sacrifices, lagi nak harap susu melimpah ruah??....
think again.. orang yg layak nak komplen is orang yang dah berusaha...
aku pun kekadang skip session and kenkadang malas...
so bila susu sket.. kena salahkan diri sendiri aaa..
takde org lain lagi yg boleh disalahkan...


p/s: ni posting meluahkan perasaan tensen kat org2 yg tanak berusaha tapi lepas tu komplen....
ni kes sama la cam org beli ringsling murahan RM30 cap ayam.. pastu komplen tak selesa, slipping, susah nak adjust, sakit bahu etc etc...
lepas tu nak kondem babywearing (baik aku pakai stroller je, slings sucks... look at my expensive strollers.. anak I suka barang2 branded je).....
bengong tul org org camni....

My mission right now.. to launch my reusable bag project..
bukan aku nak buat.. nak kumpul.. and finally nak put to use...
one day I will be plastic bag free... slowly bina stock.. (macam CD gak la...)

btw: I got my gift from Tinytapir... and I hate the Rume Bag.. so hard and keras and takes so much space when folded.. baby baggu feels so soft compared to it... seb baik rume tu free..

By the way kat depan Jusco pyramid ade booth jual reusable bags like I want kat bawah nih.. tapi aku masih berkira2 fulus lagi... so pretty.. also got roo tote...

I am looking for these types... comes in own bags, folds tiny... and have cangkuk..
so that I will always bring 1 reusable bag... cangkuked to my purse....
so for unplanned purchases, tak perlu pakai plastic bags... tetiba terbeli barang ke.. usually jumaat time lunch memang aku bawak baby baggu... ade je terbeli sana sini...


tapi kalau groceries... tu nak kena plan bape byk bags nak bawak.. and how to bawak... sebab ade amir.. so have to bring all his crap (baby bags, bw carrier)...








and kat pyramid tempat asian walk tu ade kedai beg... pastu ade gak beg nihs..




bila unfold, ade corner yg tak lawa... itu je aku tak suka nak tengok..

MomBloggersPlanet Cutest Baby Smiling Contest




Easiest contest to enter... photo contest...
Even more easier... smiling photo contest...

I didnt know momsblogger planet got contest every month..
like this.. i wanna enter every month !!




Name: Amir Ridhwan Bin Rafiq Hidayat
Currently: 1 year 6 month (in 2 more days!)




Why i love to see him smile: I believe that what we are right now, was shaped and wired when we were kids/babies... therefore to raise a happy, thriving, caring and self sufficient person, happiness is key... (yes, I watch too any criminal minds, oprah... so I really believe that all the bad people in the world became bad due to bad childhood experience).... so everytime amir smiles, i know i am doing something good...

let's enter here: http://www.mombloggersplanet.com/2162/cutest-baby-photo-contest-december-09/

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i kinda like the RM20 pin consolation prize sponsored by them :

My PDF reader for ipodTouch... loving it! Check this link out..
Siap ade movie tau... tapi ade background bunyik medela freestyle plak hehehe..

http://ellywirda.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-am-so-jakun-with-my-ebook-reader-on.html

Imagine free download book vs. hardcover RM99 kat kedai buku..

not to mention can reduce paper waste :D

okeh sambung kesimpulan citer NIP smalam...
manager aku masuk semalam kacau aku menaip (dah lepas kul 5.30 pon, kaco tul)

kesimpulannye:
100% direct nursing is really easy on the mom and the baby...
senangnye MasyaAllah.... no bottles to clean, EBM to handle, heat...pumps, brush...
amir happy, mama happy (albeit a bit tired, with nightfeeding and babywearing lagi)..
but to have a no fuss baby while travelling is PRICELESS !!!!...

ni gamba semalam... gatal nak berhigh-heel and RS-ing...
GAMBA KAMERA HENFON sebab bapak aku cilok pinjam kamera aku...
stressnye tgk gamba tak clear nihs...

Lama dah tak mengarut dekat blog nih.. so time for another long entry..
this time about NIP....a familiar term for BF moms..
NURSING IN PUBLIC....


aku ni jarang gile NIP...
tak penah train pon amir for NIP...
everyweekend mesti ronggeng bersama suami tersayang...
tapi sejak amir kecik aku tak penah NIP...
no nursing tops, no nursing covers....
I will go to nursing room and nurse..
or usually aku dah ready 1 small bottle of warm EBM for amir...
so tgh2 shopping, kalau die lapar, aku guna EBM jer..


so nak gi UK ni.. macam mane mau handle EBM?
mane ade fridge? botol takkan nak bawak? bottle cleanser? berus...?
dah la setiap every day tukar hotel...kesana sini..
so plannya direct nursing...
aku beli dah nursing tops from fab mom... my lovely closet..
aku test power kat mesia, tapi bengong betul aaa..
sekali selak, terkeluar semua boobs..
rafiq kata baik takyah pakai nursing top je terus...
i tried a few times, kot la aku yang tak reti selak..
but still all of me was hanging out...
so aku bawak scarf, as a nursing cover la konon2...


also aku sebnanye tanak bawak pump..
tapi aku bawak gak.. with corong for single pumping..
incase la amir takde mood nak nyusu and aku engorged...
then takut turun produksi kalau engorged but tak dikeluarkan..


anyways naik kapal terbang.. melekat la parasit sorang tu kat boobs aku..
takde masalah sangat la interms of nangeh etc etc... due to nursing...
but aku susah nak tido lah...kebas sana sini... kaki tangan etc nak tampung budak debab ni..
pastu bila lampu aircraft dah tutup.. memang lantak aa boobs accident terkeluar sana sini hahaha..
tak dpt nak dibendung dah...


sampai-sampai ke UK...
first day naik keter...
we rented a car seat too.. but sungguh la tak digunakan..
amir on my lap all the time, feeding at the back seat... (baru baik sakit at that time kan)
"disclaimer" jangan ikut ... always use car seat, blablablaa....

2nd day... kat london...
malas nak guna baju my lovely closet yang bangang itu
so aku layer my clothes.. sleeveless yg longgar kat dalam and baju kain relaxing fit kat luar..
senang je, selak and tak obvious..
tetiba aku jadik pakar NIP..
memana pun boleh nyusu if amir wants...
cuma kalau dalam subway and naik for 1-2 stops je, aku tak bagila..
tapi ade gak time2 kronik die nak gak susu.. so aku susukan gakla dlm subway yg singkat tu...
masa dah sampai stop.. aku craddle carry aa die sambil die nyusu ke luar subway..
dokk kat seat stesen and abiskan nursing ..

oh by the way, I dont nurse while babywearing...
tak penah pakar... tapi kalau aku pakai ringsling boleh gak la cuba...
senang nak cuci...
ni pakai SSC.. SSC kesayangan lak tu... jangan la harap...
sana sini kena pancutan susu... nangeh aku kang...
setiap kali SSC aku kena air (liur, air minuman), aku dah stress hahahah....


but mmg takde hal nak stop and nurse pun... soo no need for me to bw and nurse..


so anyways, aku ade 2 relax fit top je... so setiap hari pun recyle baju yg sama
(tgh2 tu ade la buat laundry 4 euro ..cehss!)


a few NIP pics...











adekah aku akan continue NIP balik mesia...
tak kot... panas nak layerkan baju 2 lapis..
pastu kat sini, bukan aku berjalan sampai berjam jam jam.... amir can drink water/juice kalau kat mall.. naik keter can get BF...
and semua baju nursing aku bodoh... (geram aku tau tak geram.....!!!)
and amir tak biasa ngn nursing covers...

Next baby kena train pakai topi and nursing covers...

coincidentally, another great entry about NIP here. tHE qUEEN OF nip! :D


STRESSNYE KEJE HARI INI !!!