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

Birthday dan swimming pool

Both combinations yang sangat menarik perhatian bebudak 

kalini birthday zara. cucu kepada anak kakza (sariza)
heh mudanya dah title cucu ye. heheh nanny muda yang masih lagi jadi crew

location wise was good coz nearby pool haha. and the pool ain't the normal pool ye
it has slides, air hujan bagai and lotsa trees so redup sket and animals figures
(it was in my IG)


meantime, it also a mini SCFM gath hahahah coz yang datang byk from geng scfm je. anyway we enjoyed ourself. food was yums
Sofia the first as usual in a center of attention where everyone geram with her chunky thigh
and siap one of my friend really bite her till nangis, geram sangat katanye. lol

the birthday girl and cake

ni geng madlopa

i so love this pic. nak frame it

geng scfm

SCFM sisterhood movie day outing

and sooooooooo we're back to reality
kerja kerja sampai lebammmmmmm. kerja 3 days more and weekend again

i wish to be a SAHM la..perhaps soon? *ok cut off the daydreaming for now*

we decided to watch abam aaron and lisa by watching Suamiku, Perfect 10
ya sounds sooo poyo kan *like what my husband said when he saw i forwarded him the poster*
hahha yeah we do have our own poster for this time outing

they chose GSC at Midvalley. Gosh its been ages since my last movie. now all so canggih, purchased tickets online, to redeem just scan the bar code upon entrance and voila!
this supposed to be a mommies outing je but end up each of us brings our own toddler
its 5 moms and only najua bring over her double A girls
i doubt all of them understand about this movie hahah but who cares? as long mommies fulfilled their needs.
As expected, my HM can't even sit for 15mins. by that time, she was restless and started to kacau me.
End up she played with Iman at the side stairs. As long korang bahagia la anak

The movie? ratings 3/5
reason being : too complicated. Hanged. i can't understand the story plots
also, too much makeups for the actresses beside than Lisa. She had a natural bare face which i like


Next stop, to maaakannnnn.
we just choose Delicious at the main entrance. Kids had bit of spaces to play and make noise -__-
chit chat, eat eat, gossip here and there and its about 5pm
wah, we really had loong day at MV. crowds are everywhere which mostly are chinese as they need to shop for their upcoming CNY
i see red everywhere. but NOT red money *sigh* haha

Sofia dah 3 bulan

hamboi, cepatnye masa passing by
and my little pau already turned 3mo..and yet to get her injection (kes ayah yang bz benau,, )

I am so bless and thankful for having sofia tho through c-sect
Sofia ni bijak. When she have one week to turn 3, she already trying to lifted her head
padehal awak tu kecik lagi, dah sibuk nak angkat kepala, nak tengok tv and nak kepochi
Tho i'm a bit concerned but i believed that she has her own capabilities
at 2mo plus pun she started to cooing/talking. part of her development as per babycenter
dok gelak sakan and bercakap as if paham what we talk to her

Menyembur air liur tu jangan cakapla . Dengan 2 penumpuk hand masuk mulut, kelecup kelocop bunyi everytime she sucks her hand. But whenever there's a times that i need to cut her fingernails, i treat her like her sister HM, she sit on my lap, bagi tengok tv as distraction and i will hold her fingers and do the nail clipping. sangat bijak bagi kerjasama :)

I think she's passed 7kg now. Alhamdulillah such a chubby pau
She gets everyone attention especially my friends/relative who gets her update via my FB
memang pipi pau sungguh. Growing beautifully and healthier from my 90% ebm. 
Moga Allah melimpahkan lagi rezeki for her to continue breastfeeding and i will happily feeding her

2mo plus

3months

2mo plus when i was a temp SAHM, w her gedik sister HM

Birth story of Sofia #1

it is almost 10days to go before raya which falls on 28-29 July 2014
and i am still have no sign of beranak beside that too much discharge

10th July 2014
check up with my Dr. Roslan..still no sign. No VE done. All ok
air ketuban cukup, baby dah engaged (actually since 30th week), balik rumah and doc said tunggu if air ketuban pecah/bleeding/contractions
so continue la minum RTL (raspberry tea leave), makan VCO, did perineum massage


17th July 2014
since mlm semalam dah rasa sakit kat ari2. This morning the pain still there, tapi lagi menyucuk, discharge byk as usual. So told amir lets go hospital, sakit macam lain sket (but not contractions tho perut dah selalu sgt mengeras)

About 3pm dah sampai Selayang, went direct to PAC at 5th flr, while waited to be assessed.
Then came a junior doc do the cheking coz Dr Roslan as usual busy with others.
Contractions were mild je, tak sakit pun. So after jwb soklan itu ini, then a senior doc came with the junior tadi. She did a VE and said i have opened 5cm. WOW!
masa dgr tu rasa mcm unbelievable, lagi half way nak go 10cm..semoga dipermudahkan la
So doctor said have to admit coz normally 2nd baby cepat sket

 Bag memang dah packed dlm keta so tell amir its the day.

After he arranged registration bla bla, i opted for twin bedding at FPP since single full
Banyak jugak mom's yang nak deliver dekat nak raya ni

Then dah dingdong everything about almost 9pm masuk LR. Sempat lagi teman amir buka puasa kat canteen bawah and chit chatting (sambil pakai kain batik time ni)


17th July, 9pm
stay la dalam LR. so far i can say whatever i planned for in my birth plan was adhered.
i was on intermittent ctg (means not 24/7 strap on ctg)..so kekdg tu every one hour or 30mins i was strap on to check baby's heartbeat and my contractions
Sad to say my contractions rate tak cantik lagi..very mild je
While waiting, banyakla i heard other mom's from other LR room screaming, nangis, ranting etc. Their experiences on delivering their baby.

Ada satu mom tu, very kesian i heard. She was crying like helplessly for almost 3 jam. menangis and berdoa yang Allah permudahkan her birthing, sambil repeating cakap "sakitnya Ya Allah" then continued mengucap and berzikir. Sedih and kesian dengar..then sampai i tertido kejap..and i heard her no more. Bila tanye nurse, she said that mom kene c-sect coz dah dilated 9cm for 3hours with no progress so doc opt c-sect.
Ada pulak yang mom jenis senang je melahirkan..but the best moment was bila dah dengar the mom screaming and pushing like hell, then here it comes the newborn baby crying
Ahhh, so priceless moment

Ok back to my story, another VE done after 4-5 hours, i am into 6cm dilation. Contractions? Nadaaaa...mild je. sangat boring kat dalam LR..dah boleh tido sampai ke esok pagi pun. Dalam LR tak boleh makan but i sempat eat kurma and drink water to keep me energized


18th July, 8am
After more than 8hrs passed, i was 7cm dilated.  Very slow progress
So they asked me to wait for Dr Roslan for the next stage.

And about close to 10am, Dr Roslan came and briefed me the scenario.
Basically my water bag still intact and my contractions were poor.
Options are break the water bag and wait for the real surges and hope for opening (they give me 4hrs for full dilation) OR be induced OR opt for c-sect

After discussed with hubs and my self i opt for c-sect
Tho all this while i wanted a gentle birth, tapi i have my own reason opting c-sect
So  please respect my decision.
I have well informed and decide this, so itu rezeki saya dalam melahirkan anak
Janganla be so judgemental. Either ways pun memang ada sakit, there's no such thing as normal delivery lagi sakit dari c-sect

Since i kena puasa before the c-sect (at least 4hrs prior), so my operation is after Friday prayers.
But by 4pm je i was been prepared for the ope coz before that bilik full
Urine bag dimasukkan kat miss V, a bit pedih the process tuh.
and nurse briefed me about the process. Before masuk ope room pun again diorg explained to me again the process

Dalam operation room tu sangatla sejuk.  Shivering like mad!
Again, before they started toreh2 my perut, the anesthesia doctor explained to me that:
-i will be on half bius, from perut to kaki
-i akan sedar so know what they did and say. to ensure that the bius really work, kaki kita akan terasa sgt berat and cannot move at all. Even when they poke us pun takkan terasa

Bismillahhirrahmannirrahim!
bermula episod c-sect. After doc godek2 and goyang perutku here and there, finally i can hear the baby is crying. Alhamdulillah. I also heard Dr Roslan bagi salam to her
Then i asked him what is her weight, he said 3.2kg. 



Continue

The breastfeeding journey

Alhamdulillah this time with Sofia i was given a chance to breastfeed (BF) her again
and syukur too this time i have gained quite more knowledge on BF

and so i took some supplements to boost my milk
ekceli, it depends pada individual jugak, some will have more and some will not
rezeki masing2 Allah bagi. Overall, do not judge moms yang have less EBM (express breast milk) supply. NEVER JUDGE!

consist fenugreek from Fabulous mom

Fenugreek above is one of the supplement i took. Bought at Fabulous Mom UKelang and taste good.
Beside that, i boil dried longan +red dates too and drink it, hot or cold
It didn't give my EBM till mencurah2 oversupply but it helps to boost la
others are like : durian, milo, ovaltine, chocolate, nasi, overnite oats etc
if you google pun there's a lot of supplements, be it in natural ways (food/drink) or in tablets

As long as we have the effort rather than just give up without trying, that's a BIG L!

To complete this journey, i bought Medela swing at Fabulosmom too
SO lucky there were having sale 50% for almost 2months
The package was quite a good steal for me
RM699 - medela swing set with so many free gifts : 3 ice packs that last for 8hrs, 6 storage bottles for EBM and the cooler bag

Lets pray and doa that Allah grants me more milk supply so i can achieve my target of 6mo bf Sofia and once achieved, eventually the durations continues as long as they're supply

the baby feed guide

AMIN!

Useful FB support page for mommies

i would like to share some of the useful links/Fb page/groups that you can find and join related to pregnancy/parenting/breastfeeding/caesarean groups etc

You see, when you become a first time mommy, you wanna find more info on pregnancy. The do's and don't etc
Then you tend to find info on delivery. On what are the risk of overdue? What is the natural inducer? A good way/why it's good to have a natural birth etc
Next, when you have delivered your baby, you have a question of breastfeeding/parenting/baby sleeping pattern etc

And so the questions and curiosity continues
It's good to learn and as we are practising/becoming a good mother/parents, we must learn

So do i. While i'm still learning to feed myself with so much new info and understands jargon related to all above, i am glad that i have friends who are willing to share with me
And so, below is the groups that i have joined, which i think could benefits some of you


Secret Club for Mommies -  click here SCFM 
You can ask basically about anything, as specified in the groups pinned post. Mostly related to parenting etc

The Breastfeeding Advocates Network - click here TBAN
mostly related to breastfeeding - on what good supplements etc

The Gentle Birth Group - click here GBG
If you're planning to learn and have a gentle birth delivery and learn so many new things on delivery, they have a good group support. There are also doctors in this group

ICAN Malaysia/VBAC support - click here
Eversince my 2nd pregnancy i had a c-sect, i started to joined this group with regards VBAC (vagina birth after caesarean). Learn more about c-sect here. There's also doctors in here

Solid/Semisolid Food for your baby - click here
Starting to feed food to your child? to get more recipes? here here


The above were to name a few. They even have few groups for each. You can try search and look for it at the FB. I can say that they are actually quite a good support groups that help mommies out there.
You'll be surprisingly amazed on how advance and good those mommies in each group.
They are well informed and have such a high spirits and energy!

Get yourself well informed too!

Nesting at home and Ramadhan story

I have become a penguin mother now
resting and taking my days off from work is such a bliss
my first week off was a relieved, it's like a revenge throughout all my hardwork *cough* and for being in the office for doing nothing *well ppl there tend to ignore me, watodo*
So my routine basically, woke up in the morning, preparing HM for school, then her ayah will send her off then i'm back to sleep *or maybe breakfast dulu bagi kenyang before tido balik* hahahaaaaa

While i volunteer to fetch HM from school in the evening so at least i can have bit of exercise and out from home but it must be before the traffic started
House chores is something that i do everyday, from cleaning, vacuuming, laundry, get ready stuffs for baby etc

I also had the opportunity to join my SAHM gang/ladies for some activities. We've had a breakfast gathering together after sending off our kids to school, went for lunch that dragged to teatime at Wangsa walk (for the UK clans who stayed nearby wangsa maju/setiawangsa/ulu kelang)..catch up on pregnancy issues (since there are 3 of us in the line waiting turn, minus Amy who has popped), gossips at SCFM, parenting, family matters etc. We've shared and exchange info's together. That's the beauty of having a Mommy's club ..shheesh

Comes to the 2nd week where the fasting month is approaching, i had slow down a bit. Plus my tummy is getting heavier day by day that restricted me from walking too much. Continued fetching HM from school but then i realize with the sunny hot weather (blame the El Nino) i find it lazy to go out. I constantly need a/c 24/7 .. Plus sitting too long at one spot has given me this uncomfy feelings and i'm easily tired lately
So i am no more fetching HM ever since the Ramadhan started. I don't have  reason to go out. 
I am such a lazy bummer now -____-

For this time Ramadhan, i am trying and doing my best to puasa but being a preggy mom, i have this privileged given by Allah SWT that i can skip from puasa (it's called rukhsah). So as of today, i think we have been puasa for almost 8/9 days and i managed to achieved 5days. i find  that i easily get dehydrated and so i puasa on alternate days now. Man, twas not easy. I felt thirsty more than the hunger feeling
May Allah bless all of us in this holy month and may we pull through with our ibadah puasa in this hot weather ..Phiew

what else? i'm in anticipation to have the baby
Tho i have a difficulties to sleep now *this baby is so active when comes to midnight that i have changed my sleeping pattern too*
not complaining but i did sometimes (slap my face) when the pain is unbearable and when my BH has become more frequent now, and Oh the tightening too
these that i have to go through and trust me, your life will totally change when the baby has arrives 

temporary SAHM

hallu agaainnnnnnnnnn *wide grin*

i decided to write something when i just realize my last post was on May
man, i am that busy? haha

SAHM? mothers will know about it but to some its kinda "what's that?"
its Stay-at-home-mother 

I can officially announced that i'll be on SAHM-temporary starting from next week.
it's because i took my maternity leave early. So literally i have like 3mo maternity leave hehe
since my baby has engaged when i checked at 34weeks, so that lower part has become more un-comfy and i just don't have any mood to deal with office politics, ke-sengalan of my staffs, climbing to 4th floor everyday (yes, my ofc takdak tangga, best kan?)
and can't really tolerate with more nonsense everyday which made me to decide this way

Rezeki akan ada di mana2 saja so i don't really think about money wise, but for the sake of me and baby, this is the best choice i made :D

So baby-inside-mytummy, me and you will have more bonding time after this,
lets make the best for both of us. i am so excited this time and more relaxed about my baby, dunno why. Maybe coz it's the 2nd baby and i have more knowledge than before?
i think so :)

let's just pray that both of us are safe and healthy

Carpal Tunnel Syndrom

dugaan lagi during pregnant!
after i was tested with my skin itchiness at both of my legs (at betis precisely) now it has calmed down
my ubat are only moogoo cream during night time and applied vco at daytime
beside than taking the normal obimin pluz + vit c, tu jelah my rutin
takut nak guna or makan any benda yang pelik2 especially when ur preggy, so back to naturalist gituh

and then later on, i have this feeling of numbness on my left hand
it starts with just mild, then one day tu while eating, the berdenyut feeling getting tense
tried to urut2 and pukul2 sket  tak jalan
till on monday, i have to go to clinic, fetched by hubby as i don't feel anything. numb
i get worried due to maybe nerves prob etc
while doc didn't say anything and just prescribed me with pain killers? i dont eat it anyway as coz i tried not to take pain killers while i'm in pain, including if i'm in menstrual pain

after had a WhatsApp chat with my group of mummies, they said it could be the
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. click here according to Wiki
its also known as common for pregnant mom. To some it will gone once you delivered your baby and some it lasts. In which by that time, it's time for you to get a serious check with your doc. This can be solved

 and 4mo to go now. Phew i can do this!

15mo and counting

alhamdulillah i am reaching my 2nd trimester
time flies fast but i am so glad that i have no more sickness and reflux/gastric
i can eat what i want know, eventho its a lil bit late (but still have to fill up my tummy)
i can't miss the 3x daily meals, tho it can be a world problem on what to think what to eat

Syukur, i have my energy back to do house chores, and my kitchen is back to its operation
(tho i cook like twice a week or where mood rajin is there/ lol)

aside that, i am having this dryness on my skin and allergic or gatal2 kat kaki and betis
i'll be scratching start balik rumah after work or after my shower time
sangat nikmat dpt garu all that part yg gatal but God knows the after results
sampai merah and can be luka. so i have to stop/discipline myself and so i put my VCO from tanamera almost at any part of the body including my face

my daily make up routine to work now is no foundation/powder instead
VCO to be applied. it sounds funny coz its for daytime but trust me, this ain't gonna get ur face oily (tho i have oily face before). well, ppl says blame the hormones and yes i am
even my O&G said its hormones and let the phase gone itself -___-

Other than that, food wise i'm still cravings for western food, but a portion of rice once a day will be enough for me

i am back on social mode but not too much as i'll get tired

i need to control my anger towards one of my staff who has potentially can gimme high BP coz of his drama everyday *inhale.....exhale*

did my first check up with my confirmed O&G FPP selayang, Dr Roslan and syukur, baby has grown beautifully and well formed, insya-Allah all will be ok

praying for a smooth 9mo journey and an episode of gentle birth in labor room.

AMIN

no 2

syukur alhamdulillah

rezeki  berpihak to me again which i have found out that there's something in my womb :)

after all those words and claimed they given to me, Allah has prove that they are wrong and utterly has no rights to say that to me

this may sound so new and i have not announce it yet at any social media beside here 

coz in here, i want to make it as journal *like what i did for HM dulu*

at least there's a memories for me while reading this progress monthly 

*wide grin*

Doa yang terbaik for me as i promise to be and want a better 9mo journey for me and baby

Syukur Amin Ya Rabb ! 

Potty train is a YAY!

I had this  thinking that how would i start and end up with this potty train

at times, i sukahati get worried on when should i start this with HM

should i start now when she's 24mo or later or when exactly is the best time?

Mind you, this training need lots of sabar and hard work, both from parents and kid/s

i first started when she's 27mo kot. HM was a bit unable to recognize when she supposed to tell us that she wanna go pee/poo. but she can understand us

of course there's an incident where i screamed when she accidentally pee-ing at my sofa and carpet (bad mummy) and i just feel give up of continuing this

i just give up, especially when you're in the midst of cooking/hungry (major) etc

so we give a break. just can't do this now, yet

so there's time come where my PIL (parent in laws) off for a vacation for a week.

5 working days!

so me and hubby had to take turn babysit HM at home and was thinking this is the best time for us to start potty train exclusively with HM

so we get the potty box ( i dunno what u call it lah)

 and by this time HM was 31mo

It's just so happy when you were fetched from work by both of my darlings and the good news is "HM dah boleh kencing potty"

That's major YAY for me. what we did was :

1. as other suggested, bring HM to toilet for pee every 15mins. but for us we did every 20-30 mins. depends on the situation, if she just finish drank, 10mins after that we bring her to the toilet
2. keep on telling  numerous time and explain to her that "she have to pee/poo in the toilet/on potty box, she's a big girl that need to do that, that other friends are doing the same thing" or any other examples
3. praise and give good compliments whenever she success pee/poo
4. teach her to pakai her own panties/pant

for few days we tried her on diaper free only during daytime. But when we feel that she is able to inform us when she wants to pee/poo, then we extend it to night.

so far she's on diaper during sleeping time coz we noticed she still  heavily pee'd at night. and during daytime- before nap-finished drink-go to the toilet -then

 sleep-awake-go toilet again

for poo- either she do her business while on diaper/on potty box

but i prefer if you buy the potty sit that can be attached with adults toilet bowl and let them sit on top

there's one time when HM poo mencirit, in potty box and i suddenly nak muntah by the time i had to clean up the box (imagine that, i mau muntah ok)

so the key point is to train them continuously and not during weekend only (we did that be4 and it's not working ahha, padan muka)

and of course both parents have to involved  so the kid/s can see the participation and team work from all

and we also tried going out with HM on diaper free. We still practiced on taking her to toilet for a pee or she inform us of that. so far two occasions were double YAY!

so the good news now are;

diaper usage is less now, only nightime (less spending, phiew)

HM is able to tell us when she wants to pee/poo (which sometimes she also confused whether she nak poo or pee) haha but nevertheless she did it *clapclap*

After9th Nursing wear

and so on valentines day (takde related pun actually)

The AFter9th Nursing wear has been published on Fb

http://www.facebook.com/After9th


it's all started when Irlia decided to have this since she had difficulty to find a affordable yet nice (kira hak mampu di miliki oleh semua la ni) nursing wear. Not everyone afford to buy Dynas kan. So she venture into this
And by knowing minah ni limited access and agak busy la sgt agaknye nak buat benda2 IT ni, she asked my favor to help. Kira partner in crime la, and so i said YES

I mean this could be my part time job. I still can manage and handle it in office (nampak sgt takde keje pun) plus i am multi-tasker hokay

So with that, please help to spread around and like our FB page

Our first batch of clothing dah di upload, and that goes for trial. After this we'll customize our items based on demands jugak. Of coz la nak jual barang yg org nak kan