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Oct 31, 2013

Bila Ilan Aydeen mula berbunyi..



 
 
Ingat tak, masa mula2 baby lahir and i think sampai dia sebulan lebih to 2 bulan, dia menangis je keje. Being a new mom, i fear that that crying will lasts forever. Tapi... he soon discovered coo-ing. Then non stop membebel. Heheehe. Cair tau hati ni. Meleleh air mata.. My son graduated from crying to constant bersembang...
Bk gak dapat video Ilan bersembang. One of which is the one below. Slalu, time dia paling kuat bersembang is bila bgn pagi lepas dapat susu..
Enjoy... My little Ilan Talk talk. Time ni umur dia baru masuk 2 bulan.

Oct 30, 2013

Ilan at work! INI BUKAN PENDERAAN KANAK2

*sorry, ni post kedua for today. Rase ada mcm2 plak nak bgtau*

We start 'em young.. Biar susah2 dulu, bersenang-senang kemudian.. Eceh! So hari ahad haritu was a family day. Ajak mama, ayah, adik, abang and his fiance gi Setia Mall makan kat Manhattan Fish Market. Ada rezeki lebih kate nyer bulan ni. Alhamdulillah...

Pas makan tu Kiki kata kene gi studio nk settlekan one more song before outstation on Monday. :( Since its family day, kita main2 lah tanye, "I ngan Ilan teman u kat studio leh?" "Boleh je, tapi kalau bosan jgn dok tanya kul brapa nak abis.." 

Hoh! Kite main2 dia ingat betul2 plak. Eh! Betul lah! Dia ajak lah!! Hahahaa.

Almaklum, studio TERAMAT SEJUK! Macam masuk dalam igloo (not that i've ever been in one lah, just imagine it might feel that way). Nasib baik i came prepared. Blankie - checked! Long pants - checked!

At first risau. Boleh ke Ilan nk ke studio ni? Hahaha. Redaah.... See gambar2 kat bawah :)

"Papa, kureng sikit lah vocal tu. Piano level kasik up sikit lagi k"
"Mama, Ilan shleepy lah.. Lagu Papa ni buat Ilan nak tido... Mama nyanyikan lagu 10 budak hitam boleh?"
Nyenyak pulak assistant Papa ni tido.. The music was blasting super loud!

Kahkahkah. Character betul lah si budak betuah bolat bolat ni. 

Tuesday, sumthing urgent came up kat umah and look who decides to tag along to work...

Ma, I want outta this seat!! I wanna play with your PC!
Ilan's makeshift crib. A chair. He adapts so well..!

Tapi kali ni tak lama sgt lah, lunch time cabuit pasal Ilan tak nak diletak. Nak dilayan je, tak nangis langsung, but won't let me take my attention away frm him. Aiyayai nak.. Mama nak kene work niii....

Memang kelas anak cik sheena sorang ni, start je kete terus tido. Hmm.. Slalu dalam kete tamau tido. Gi PD sepanjang jalan pegi-balik tamau tido. Tadi pagi pun tak tido, bz sembang dalam jam. Hahahaa.. Penat eh keje? Baru awak tau mama penat kat keje. Learn baby.. 

Okaylah.. all in all, both occasions, Ilan was well-behaved and im a proud momma.. You go son!! Hi-five!!

psst.. Actually kan, cuak tau mase bwk Ilan gi keje on tuesday tu coz tu FIRST time bawak Ilan gi memane 100% on my own. Alhamdulillah.. Now i look forward to many more Mama & Ilan trips.


Duh! Bad boobie day

Aiyak! Dush dush! Slalu kalau gi keje and balik keje, dalam jam tu kita pump, but since Kiki outstation since Monday, takdelah kita pump coz kene drive sendrik. Hari ni, lunch ke, pegi balik keje ke, jam and butter, langsung tak dapat pump!!

Pagi ni baru dapat news yang my departure from the office will be a week earlier. So instead of last day on the 8th, it'll be this Friday. 2 more days! So kalut lah nk handover kan! And time lunch tu, kita decide nak gi lunch ngan my assistant. Kesian die, dari the day i return to office mmg tak langsung dapat lunch ngan die ke or betul2 sembang2 ngan die. So lepas lunch mmg tak dapat langsung lah kan nak pump.

Harini adik hantar me to work and amik balik keje, so lega skit bila tau leh pump masa balik nanti. Tup tup, bukak pump carrier, tgk 'ALAMAK! BATTERY TAK BAWAK!!' Macam mane nak pump? Tahan jelah kan.. Boobs dah start sakit n membatu. Jam gegile plak tu!! Sampai rumah an hour later. NAK NANGIS!

Sampai2 umah tgk Ilan tgh main2 ngan ayah. Ayah n mama kate "Kak, u ade pump kan? Susu dah fridge dah abis. Ni yg last Ilan br minum." 

Owh owh owh.. Shoot. Bawak Ilan naik bilik then skejap je sembang2 nagn die then die start merengek mintak susu. So bagilah.. 

Lift baju, yucks! Basah!! Dush dush dush!! Tolol gak Sheena nih!! Lupa nk pakai breast pads. Boleeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh??! Basah n lekit. Eeee.. Ingat nk lari rush siram badan then bg Ilan, tapi dia dah start melalak. So terpaksa lah bg gak. Tempel pad kat sebelah kanan (takut let-down masa tgh feed ngan the other side) and feed kat kiri.

Ilan boleh plak  genggam bra kita yg basah tu. Alih tgn die, kat situ gak die nak tarik. Takpelah... Bagi jelah..
Pas minum tu kelam kabut arr shoot terus gi mandi, pastu pump. SAKIT! <-- pasal dah bengkak sgt. Urat2 dah macam nak letup pun ada. 

Alhamdulillah dapat 11oz, tapi mmg tak cukup lah kan. Am expecting a loooooooooooooooong nite. If tak cukup gak, nampak nyer esok pagi before gi keje kenelah pump lagi. 

"Ya Allah, permudahkanlah urusanku dan permurahkanlah rezeki anakku Ilan Aydeen"


Risau + sedih + marah kat diri sendiri psl sengal sgt arini! DUSH!

Oct 28, 2013

3 & 4 - Pumping

Breast feeding is the hippie thing to do. Au naturel~

Okaylah, number 3 ngan number 4 tu actually ada kaitan. Kita start ngan pumping. Almaklum, mmg berhajat nak breastfeed Ilan exclusively ngan boobie milk at least sampai umur dia genap 6 bulan. Alhamdulillah, susu mencukupi for me to do so. 

Masa pantang aritu, semua org sowh pump and stock up for keje nanti. Kita ni amik sambil lewa je. Sumtimes pump, sumtimes idak. Nak seminggu nak start keje baru kalut takut susu tak cukup. 

Pumping
Mase memula tu guna Spectra3 Electric pump. Agak gedabak, but it does the work. Masa time pantang tu, i pump-and-use. Konon nyer Kiki tolong feed baby time malam coz kita dah seharian menyusukan baby and need the rest. Skang menyesal pasal nyer.... Nanti kita bgtau apa pasalnyer hokay. Continue reading pls.. :)

Mase memula pump, dapatlah dalam 2oz. Takut hokay!! Cukup ke? Banyak ni je ke Ilan dapat?? Pastu watlah research ngan Cik Google. Rupa nyer, mmg pun. We produce only what is needed. The laws of 'demand and supply' strictly applies here. Owh.. So barulah tau, mase baby brape hari ke beberapa minggu, mmg die perlukan sikit je. Perut diorg pun alahai.. kacipot! Okay... lega sikit.. Continue je pump, gradually supply pun increase... Jgn give-up and selalu berdoa untuk murahkan rezeki anak, niat pun kene betul.. Insyallah.

Alhamdulillah gak Ilan takde nipple confusion coz i started to let him have a taste of the bottle dari awal lagi. I think it was when he was only a few days old. Ni psl my boob engorgement yg teruk and bleeding nipples. So no nipple confusion for him. :) Cuma we changed from just using a newborn nipple on his milk storage bottles to Avent Natural (4oz) because of the newborn flow. Tommie Tippie does the same too, so it boils down to preference and $$.

We bought Ilan's at peekaboo shah alam for a good deal!

Start Keje + Pumping
Ark! Sehari lagi nak stat keje! Stock leh last sampai beberapa lama je!! Cammane ni??! Mmg risau and while at work risau tu tambah and plus lagi ni first time separated from baby for more than an hour. Gila lah rase dia. Sikit2 rasa nk call rumah. Nasib baik first day tu keje mmg melambak and email pun dah burst. Second day, bila dah settle back to the office barulah rindu tu melampaui batas. Siap meleleh lah air mae bila teringat Ilan kat umah.

Okay.. My workplace is not a workplace yg breast-feeding friendly. First day tu time lunch gi pump kat surau. Boleh plak lupa yg surau tu mix lelaki-pompuan, sambil pump bila dgr cam footseps jadik kelam-kabut. Hasil - 3oz! Owh dear.. owh no.. Kul 4 lari plak gi toilet pump. Used the dry toilet, tapi yelah kan.. aura2 and suasana toilet, nk pump pun tak selesa. Dapat lah dalam 2oz lebih. Makin hari tgk stock berpacket2 tu start to reduce.. Dari takleh nk close freezer drawers sampailah dah leh kira ngan sebelah tangan je brape packets tinggal. This needs drastic changes! Buat power-pumping lah, makan ni tu. Akhirnya, sampai skang none left in freezer, whatever i pump, i pump for next day usage. 

Tapi yang paling ketara - jangan pump bila tengah stress coz u tgk the result and it'll stress u more and lesser the production. Serious ni, tak main2.

Lepas hari ketiga, give-up toilet pumping and decide to use the meeting room time lunch. Kunci dari dalam, on ac. Selesa banyak :) ! Nak kata becoz of this change my production increase, tak gak. Sampai skang ada hari banyak, ada hari kurang and along the way, banyak gak hari yg risau gila susu tak cukup for the next day.

Choice of pump: Medela Swing
On good days..

Tapi kan Alhamdulillah, walaupun ada beberape hari tak cukup 24oz (Ilan drinks 4-5oz per feeding), bila sampai rumah, eh, mama kata susu cukup. Sumtimes ada terlebih plak satu packet.

Pumping on the road
Because of the dwindling supply (time pantang, leh gak dapat 16oz skali pump), i have resorted to extra pumping sessions during the day and the only time i have is during the journey to and from work. Yes.. Saya pump dalam kete.   

Tahu tak, lebih kurang kita bagi direct kat baby, supply kita pun makin kurang even kalau kita pump slalu. So makin hari my production makin kurang. Mana tak nye, Ilan menyusu time malam pun skejap je. Macam just nak basah tekak. Then die sambung tido lik. So malam dalam kul 3am kita buat gak pumping session.

Pumping dalam kreta ni mmg uncomfortable, lagi2lah atas jalanraya Malaysia yg sopak sana sini kan! Tapi demi Ilan, redha... Sarung je nursing cover, then pump.

Tipulah kalau ada org kata breastfeeding ni senang je.. Memang senang if you are a FTHW or a dedicated SAHM. Tapi for working ladies, ni sumthing yang sangat challenging. Penat cammane pun kene pump tengah2 malam, slalu sorg2 jelah bgn coz encik somi tgh berdengkor. Ngorok kate orang Boyan.

1. Mane nak pump?
2. Brape kali nak kene pump in a day?
3. Cukup ke susu ni untuk esok?
4. Seharian bekerja then balik kene bgn 2 - 3 times for feedings than pump gak at least once time malam.
5. Engorgement/leaking at work
6. Badan penat and dehydrated

List kat atas tu are some of the challenges for breastfeeding working mums. Walaupun nampak macam banyak, tapi tu bukan keluhan. Just listing down what we (bfeeding moms) worry about. Tapi pros dia lagiiii banyak. Kita tak lah kata kita anti formulas or nak meng-critisize mums yg tak bfeed, (Rezeki masing2 lain. Ni tak payah nak persoalkan.) tapi i pray that i get to provide at least the basic best for Ilan.

Satu lagi, janganlah jadi sombong or rase yang kita nyer susu akan kekal banyak je. So kalau og lain bg pendapat on macam mana nak increase milk supply ke, introduce milk boosters ke, try lah. No harm in trying kan? :) Even if tak nak try pun, decline cara elok, mesti niat org tu baik nak tolong kita coz sure dia tau what it feels like to be in our shoes if not takkan die nak menyibuk. Ye ke idak...??

Ni, my friend Adura from Temptations by Tiara (click here) ada bake and sell lactation cookies. Sedap woo.. Sugar-free cookies with oats, wholemeal wheat germs, brewers yeast, Hersheys choc chips, etc. Bagus gak for those yg not bfeeding but health-conscious and/or diabetic etc.  Try gak, now i cant stop! Sedap and addictive and it does help for me lah. Mahal skit dari cookies biasa, but its becoz of the ingredients hokayyyy.....

Insyallah, planning nak breast feed Ilan Aydeen sampai at least 6 bulan. If rezeki dia masih murah, extend ke 1 year.. Then tgk lagi, if masih murah, till 2 years.. Insyallah..

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the pump - Medela Swing
the bottle - Avent Natural 
lactation cookies - Supercookies by Temptations by Tiara (click here)










Oct 14, 2013

Coz a picture says a thousand words... and i have 7!

2 months... Hush little baby don't you cry...
5 days short to 3 months... At PD Waterfront
3 months 2 days.. How we spent our Sunday mornings.. 
The beginning of the traveling baby - his first passport!


Oct 3, 2013

8. Jalan2 in Moby (baby wearing) - Moby Wrap Review

Apa tu baby wearing? Pakai baby?? MMkay. actually tatau lah siape yg came up with this term, but "Babywearing" is a term to describe carrying your baby on your body with a cloth baby carrier.
 
Babywearing has actually been around for centuries. Dari zamn tok nek kite. Before its being commercialised, slalu nampak bibik-bibik gendong baby dalam kain batik. Heheheee. Skang ni dah macam-macam dah baby carriers in the market. Antara yg femes: Moby Wrap, Mei-tai, K-Tan dan banyak lah lagik. Kita pilih je yg mane sesuai ngan kita and our baby.
 
Ni cara orang2 dolu yg masih dipractice today esp in rural areas. SANGAT PRACTICAL!
So dari cara diatas, org2 innovative came up with nicer, user friendly (for some) and definitely more expensive versions. Two of which:
 
Mei-Tai
 
Moby Wrap

 
And i chose:
 
Ilan tido teramat nyenyak hokayyy.... SUKE!
Ilan bfeeding dalam Moby @Wondermilk Publika :)
 
Review:
 
Memula bila nak start guna Moby ni, terase macam nak give-up pun ada. Kain die panjang ya amat!! And rase macam leceh je nak berbelit2, but once dah terror, fuh! Sekelip mate je pun.
 
Ilan sangat lah nyenyak and selesa bila letak dalam Moby. Even leh senyap bila die mengamuk nangis. Die leh tido lma gile. Bgn pun nak susu je. And yg best nyer, kita rase macam time kite preggy dulu.. Best.. Brings back fond memories of the tummy.
 
Bila tak guna, Moby can be used as Ilan's selimut or lipat2 n jadik bantal sementara or alas untuk die tido or nursing cover (as the above pic).
 
Material stretchy cotton.
 
Weight baby pun distributed evenly, so tak bite into our shoulders. And angkat lama pun tak rase penat or berat. Dalam kete pun kita pakai gak pasal tgk Ilan dah nyenyak sangat, kesian nak kejut. Heheheee..
 
Placement baby rase macam die tgh peluk kita <3 Best kan. And PALING IMPORTANT! baby's hips tak tergantung. Prolonged effect of hips/legs tergantung is hips dysplasia.
 
 
Satu lagi, now that we dah jatuh chenta with the Moby, stroller pun dah jarang pakai. Or if kluar bawak stroller, Moby pun bawak jugak (untuk time2 yg die merengek or taknak tido). Hehheee..
 
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Yeay! 1 post done!! Strike #8 from the list!!
 
 
 

Oct 1, 2013

Setelah 2 bulan

Whoa! Time flies!! Cepat kan dah dah dua bulan! opps sorry, dah nak masuk 3 bulan dah my Ilan Aydeen dilahirkan.

Macam2 nak cerita, tapi in-between breast feeding, playing with baby (tak byk sgt pun), nappy changing, trying to get whatever rest/sleep possible, blogging memang dah last in the list. Mintak maap ye. Tapi kan.. Takde pun yg rindu blog ni. Hahahaa.

Okay.. Kite list down ape yg kite leh pikir skang ni. Not in any particular order:

1. Cluster feeding
2. Growth spurts
3. Pumping in the office - DONE
4. Pumping while in the car pergi n balik keje - DONE
5. Milk dapat 16oz (skali je dapat 16oz ni) in one session!! WHOA!
6. Milk dapat 2oz je in one session
7. Pooplosion
8. Jalan2 in Moby (baby wearing) - DONE!
9. Ilan first time jalan2
10. First time Ilan jalan2 and die sgt behave and that whole day sgt sgt sgt bermakna
11. Ilan first and second shots
12. First day at work
13. First time seperated ngan Ilan for more than an hour
14. Sawan nangis
15. Ilan dah pandai bercerita and banyak senyum and gelak
16. Rindu being pregnant again
17. No sex yet
18. Ilan's KLCC experience

Hmm.. Leh wat 18 topic berasingan tuuuu!! Should i?? Boleh lah kott. Okay, okay, i will. One topic at least once a week sampai habis 18. Fuhh! Brape bulan baru nak abis!

Ape2 pun.... Feast ur eyes on this first!

in tumtum, fresh frm oven, two weeks, now





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