Few more weeks to go for Sofia the first

I might just jot down this before my memory loss  strikes again. Lol

Sofia is turning One soon. 

And so far she is the opposite side of HM. 

She is a lil bit quiet and only open to talk if she knows that person or familiar with the surroundings. Even when we were in my mom's house she can played by herself and only showed her smiles and other gestures but with no sound haha

The moment  we stepped into the car she'll start talking

At 9mo she started to show her first teeth. Its the same time as HM and now she still having only two teeth below. 

I hope by the time she turns One she'll be start walking as of now she amateured standing and walking with supports. She even know how to go down from the sofa now, by herself! Where did they learn that? 

I'm glad that HM and her has no problem on bonding issues, as of now.( we never know when she's bigger and how are they gonna behave later- i hope not so frequent arguments otherwise i'll be headache 🙆) they're ok playing together tho the little one talk in her own languange. 

Another milestone that im proud of is that i am still breastfeeding her now. I hope dimurahkan rezeki for sofia and me to achieve the year Two ☺️

The homemade food for Sofia

OK since takde cerita apa sangat nak di update
mehla share lagi cerita baby food sofia
gotta admit that at times, i'm trying hard to find any other menu for her so she won't feel bored with the current one. It seems like it's easy to eat but to plan a menu, even for a baby/toddler is not an easy task tau
even dah ada apps Annabel Karamel pun agak blur gak nak plan the menu
nak tengok jugak bahan2 yang ada sesuai ke tak
if not kene adjust mana yang perlu

While in FB, i do joined quote few groups on babyfood 
ie : Solid/Semi solid food for baby, home made baby food for baby and toddler
Home made baby food recipes etc

It's all because of Sofia. To get the ideas of getting the menu and to know what are the do's and don't on some ingredients

So moving forward, here is some of the food i did for Sofia
Oh btw, i had introduced minced meat for Sofia and apparently i need to intro by stages since she had minor constipation after having that -_-

Bf - sofia beef delight
Sc- creamy pasta chic with spinach

BF - sofia beef delight

minced meat, sweet potato, half slice of orange pepper/capsicum, 

unsalted butter

chicken stock

parsley *

onion

sauteed onion with unsalted butter, add in the rest except the *.

 simmer for 10mins and towards the end put in parsley

once cool down, blend all together

SC- creamy pasta chicken w spinach

This is one of Annabel Karamel's recipe. But i adjusted it bit

abc pasta for kids

chicken breast

spinach, corn

grated cheese, chicken stock

unsalted butter

milk

boil the pasta with milk until it cooked

put in unsalted butter and chicken (diced)

add in corn and spinach and bit of chicken stock

cook for 10mins and lastly put grated cheese

once cooked and cool down, blend it

Y- butternut chic
X - butternut carrot w spinach

direct preps : apple, dried apricot and pears together
all steamed, and blend together

Sofia fav's so far beside butternut chic
steamed all sweet potato and pumpkin with bit of chicken & chicken stock and put grated cheese.
then blend all together

I also prepared some that were not in the pictures
ie : beef quinoa with sweet potato and pears & 
bubur nasi with raisins and pumpkin

It's all about the creativity for your kids mommies :D

Sofia reached 8mo

Bila terbaca this article kat page Dr Zubaidi, terus teringat Sofia
Cepatnye Sofia dah reached 8months
day by day i'm missing her more. penangan anak kalini lain macamla than HM, maybe coz i still bf her and i prep her food weekly (yes homemade!)

That article says a mom worried that her 8mo son tak reti meniarap and merangkak
Sofia plak, meniarap reti, duduk pun baru je last week reti dok sendiri. merangkak? 3-4 kedepan then dah. more to mengesot yelah. berat bont or malas dia ni?
According to MIL, sofia ni macam ada potential ikut the ayah. no crawling tetiba dah duduk. Then tetiba dah berdiri then walk. Which ever pun, i hope she still healthy la. lambat or cepat i still will monitor and only pray that's minor prob je. Different baby different milestone. It takes time. So parents kene be alert of all this. If lambat sangat then you'll need to see the paed to get their opinions/concern. 

Every weekend now i am packed cracking my head to prep Sofia's food. I did share on my instagram and Fb too. reason being is to share with other mommies and also as a record for future,  milestone i did for Sofia hence can refresh my memory on that. Tak kiralah bila anak dah berapa pun, sure akan ada memory loss on parenting/weaning/baby..hahah trust me. Such never ending journey

SP - sweet potato w dried apricots
PC - potato w green veges (celery, broccoli, peas) and fish (ikan merah)

with mek esah - 8mo

alhamdulillah such a healthy 8mo 2wks baby

Now sofia love to clap her hands. bangun tido nampak muka kita senyum, no wining crying whatsoever. Then clap hand.  Alhamdulillah both my daughters macam tu, such a happy babies. Senang to handle. Not so fussy eaters pun. HM je start 3yo onwards ni a bit choosy on food. Tu yang badan sekeping je. But look at the parents too la, jenis sekeping gak. So the gene runs in the family i guess. As long she's eating, drinking and healthy i have no reason to be worried

Sofia at 7month

Sofia oh Sofia the first!
she really seized my day everyday. with her laughter, cheekiness etc
with all her new milestone and everyday updates from Wan (my MIL)
i am so proud to be your mom and to have you around us

Every baby is different, that's for sure
those similar between HM and Sofia are :

• an easy baby to handle. no fussy. only crying for milk, sleeps, attention  (who doesn't. lol )more to cheerful, smart, friendly baby
• has long eyelashes. but no curles like HM. Super melentik
• i think both suka jalan2. hahaha obviously tiru mak dia ni

Here are some of Sofia milestone from 6mo onwards :

• i have started giving purees to sofia. Towards the daily menus, i noticed she had bit of constipation problem. So i gave more on fruits/veges  to ease that ie : papaya, peaches,  apples, pumpkins, sweet potato etc. But she also has her picky eater habits to certain food ie : broccoli and sweet potato (japanese one yang kaler purple but i so love it, end up to my mouth instead haha).
•  at 7mo i intro her cauliflower (she take it 50-50), banana, blueberries (she has show her rejection also), potato. My routines are every weekend to preps for her 1 week consumption. 
• now she is into crawling. No sign of nak duduk on her own but she can seat (paham dak ayat aku ni?) so now dah into four while goyangkan her body..so cuteeeeee
• her separation anxiety starts at 7mo especially towards me. If in my room, put her on bed and i keluar sekejap je dah merengek. Also pandai nak suruh kita dukung dia whenever she see me
• Alhamdulillah tho i mix FM +BM, my BM supply still kick in and i am still pumping at work. counting for more and hopefully reach 1 year
• She is good on choosing her toys now. Takmau the norm and ordinary toys but the adults one like remote astro, handphone or anything that is colorful that's beyond her daily toys
• it's good to know that she has this sleeping time ( not that i fully trained her but as her guideline) which normally she sleeps between 8-930pm. The latest she 's been is at 11pm! ni jenis kes tahan mata. lately memang selalu tido sendiri coz dok tahan matalah! Tapi on positive side its good so she can be independent sket ( to a 7mo baby? memang aku kiasu -___-)

while at Cherating

starts with pumpkins from BEBJ

7mo 

Other than that i have nothing to complaint. I am so grateful and bless her t=in my life. Obviously she has put her weight, the last one at 5mo was 8kg yang penting she is sihat. Tho sometimes ada sign of flu, so i cepat2 buat garlic oil/socks. Yup dengan sofia ni i have learnt so much that i want only the best and natural for her (every mom wants that obviously). 

VCO (virgin coconut oil) - i use for almost anything on her. i put 2/3 drops in her puree, sapu her kulit for any rashes/allergy/bekas nyamuk gigit and as her moisturize. even if she have nappy rashes i apply that. InsyaAllah in 2 days dah hilang

Purees - i use organic and fresh fruits/veges. and normally beli kat cold storage/jusco or any kedai buah. from her peaches, avocado, banana, papaya. for pumpkins and orange sweet potato and sometimes apple i bought from Babyeatsjustbylixa. A friend that sell homemade food for baby and toddler . They have their own menu and packages. 

Babies pun nak pegi spa

Assalammualaikum dunia!!
sangat suka dengar lagu Faizal Tahir tu now. love loved him

2015, starting with an entry about my pau Sofia

twas upon our jalan-jalan cari makan at Wangsa Walk recently that we find out about this Baby E Spa
Now ni, baby spa sort of a bit in lah. The good/benefits of this was :

• to introduce babies to water, as early as possible. to avoid fear of water. So ada this one mother bawa her anak  yang just 38days for this spa session.

• to let the baby to overcome the fear of water. Since they also agak bit fresh in memory of swimming in the womb, so they tend to have this natural ability of floating

• to let the baby exercise all the muscle, not only both legs but entire body

• some said after baby did this spa,  they will have a relax mind and body to rest. maybe agak sama macam adults kot after pi swimming, body a bit relax and easy to sleep

So, this spa is actually good for the babies. Lagi early we introduce them to this, it might help them to love the water.

This baby E spa that i went at Wangsa Walk just open recently, about a month back. So they were having a promotion of RM68 out of normal fee RM80+. We grab the opportunity for Sofia. Too bad HM bit older (its open to newborn - 3yo kid). 

Things to bring :

• Baby (obviously- duhh -____-)
• changing clothes and diapers

This spa session will take approx 1 hour (30 mins in the water ; 30 mins of massage)

First stage in the water 

baby will be put dalam float and water stage time tu is slow

Stage 2 - water will have a bit/mild of flows and waves

Stage 3 - water flows level will be increased into fast mode (dah macam dalam washing machine punye air yang dok pusing2 tuh) baby pun adelah terpusing skali but takdela macam dalam washing machine yg real, macam je

After habis all 3 stages, baby will be changed into their dry diapers and get massage by masseurs 

The masseurs also will teach us on some techniques on how to reduce/hilangkan kembung angin on baby and if baby ada masalah sembelit, they taught us also the massage techniques.
Such a good info for us, the parents

Once they dressed, its time for feeding them. in 10mins time, Sofia dah tido pun. Must be all the hard work during swimming time and so she fast asleep. 

so to those who are interested nak neraby this Baby E Spa pls click here for more info baby E spa

Sofia and Aila had their first spa date