busy mode ON

i know i owed you on the NZ entries

but this week memang busy giler. 

Finally after all major renovation done, we are moving to our new house this saturday. Yes , this SATURDAY

my room dah tak macam bilik, a bit dusty and arrangement go haywire a bit

plus the leaking from the next door bathroom (which at one time the water flowed like there's a pipe in my room). i'll take that as a sign that it's  time that we should move out so they can rectify the piping problem

i hope HM can adapt with the changes. i'll try my best to make her playpen as comfort as it is before. 

with baby around, cleanliness is very important.

at the same time, i'm very eager to finally settling down at our own house

anyone free to lend a hand?

Short Honeymoon

Again? as in again? haha

janganla jealous ye all, this is only for a night. i have an event to attend at Langkawi, which not much things to do so hubby tagged along

We've stayed at the new hotel in Langkawi, The Danna . which owned by Tun Dr. Mahathir

Hubby has to take on different flights on AA while me on MAS, as i'm on business trip, 

sort of :)

Arrived at the hotel, we was welcomed by  having welcome drink and welcome massage (neck and shoulder) That is something new to me. i have NEVER encountered that kinda service before. Plus, i have a stiff neck last nite, so that helps me a bit

and the room, check it out below

As our previous visit, for lunch we went to Padang Matsirat to eat ikan bakar. The place was packed, and its school holiday.

perut kenyang, cuaca cloudy so we went to zzzzzzzz

Dinner was by the GM or the Danna Langkawi, Mr Aamir Khan. He's a muslim, from Dubai and has a family lives in Manhattan currently. 

The buffet was good including the BBQ menu which we supposed to have it by the beach but due to the bad weather, we just had it inside the restaurant

day 2

Breakfast is till 11am, so by 10am we went down. eat this and that, then get ready to go cycling. The curiosity to check out the nearby shops (was also looking for any bikini's since i dont bring one , blame Hubby for that as he said i will not have enuff time to swim, which ended he have to belanja a new set for me. I want to swim OK)

cycled and cycled takde kedai jual bikini. we even found a small path heading to the yacht area (yg ada Petronas station tu) and next thing i realize, my tapak kasut fall off. so masuk petronas i brought a new sandal.  

after an hour cycling and NO bikini found, so we wait for my colleague to return as we wanna use the rental car to go Pantai Cenang which finally we have found, obviously. 

with just left 30mins before my event started, i rushed, i bathed and get ready. 230pm sharp i'm at the hall

Event started at 230pm and ended 30mins earlier from the scheduled. 4pm, went for the hi-tea. makanla, i'm hungry, that's my lunch anyway. after chit chat with some of the associates, i joined hubby with my new bikini at the jacuzzi. i feeelll ggoooodddddd. swimming pool was huge and i have fun. pool for the kids was big too but the water a bit dirtyla. maybe most of the kids rather swim at the adults pool, which had 3 layered, begin with the less deep to the deep one.

and baru je swim for 20mins, it started to rain. waaaaaa, dapat satu lap je, tak puasla nak swim

but the wind was so so strong. we had a chat at the nearby restaurant (indoor) and even an ashtray (on the table) is moving, due to the strong winds, as the hotel facing directly to the South China Sea. 

While getting ready for checking out later, sempat lagi tengok Nora Elena for 30mins, jadilah. 

Hubby's flight was at 9.10pm and while us is at 9.40pm by MAS, best part was, AA flight delayed till 10.10pm. So hubby had to wait for a longer time, while we boarded first. perut lapar time ni, tapi boleh tahan lagi

Reached KLIA at 10.30pm and heading home with an empty tummy and sleepy head!

Sudah 29 tahunla !

this post is dedicated to myself

i am turning to 29th years old on 28th may, esok

so  A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOI

i'm just so thankful and happy with my life now

Gurly stuffs

gift that i have for Inas & AMA

isn't it cute?

these are mine

these are HM's

anti slip on for HM's clip

Complimentary from bribbons. TQ

you can get all these cute stuffs from Bribbons. 
it's all handmade with much of love from Mira

Sufficient BM supply

i stumbled upon Ainazatul's blog which she is one of our member in SCFM (secret club for mom) page in FB, where we mummies share our motherhood, breastfeeding, handling babies and toddlers etc.

Tho it has passed my breast-feeding moment, but this is something that i would like to practice and achieve for my 2nd baby

Rahsia Stok Susu Banyak

Assalamualaikum..all mommies...Hari ni nak kongsi tips membanyakkan stok susu dari puan Sarakids. Semoga kita dapat sama-sama manfaatkan tip-tips yang diberikan...

1. Mula memerah dari hari ke-4 selepas kelahiran.
   Ini bergantung kepada pada hari keberapa susu matangnya keluar. Semasa awal kelahiran dan susu masih dalam colostrum form, susukan bayi sekerap yang mungkin. setelah susu matang keluar, dah boleh mula memerah susu selepas bayi tidur selama 3 jam sekali. Jika bayi terjaga dalam semasa memerah, utamakan bayi. Berhenti memerah dan susukan bayi terlebih dahulu. Setelah selesai, barulah sambung semula.
2. Tidak memberikan anak susu perahan semasa tempoh berpantang dan hanya menyusukan secara terus.
   Stok susu yang disimpan hanyalah untuk kegunaan jika ada perpisahan sementara dgn bayi (bekerja, keluar sebentar dan lain2). Bayi tidak didedahkan dengan botol susu seawal 50 hari kelahiran bayi.
3. Percaya pada konsep supply and demand.
   Semakin banyak kita mengosongkan payudara, semakin banyak susu dihasilkan. Susu tidak akan dihasilkan semula jika tiada permintaan dari bayi.
4. Setiap kali memerah susu di sebelah kanan, pakai milk collecter/milk collection shell di sebelah kiri. Begitu juga sebaliknya.
   Semasa kita menyusukan bayi, atau memerah, selepas beberapa ransangan oleh bayi atau pam, hormon oksitosin (hormon yang memancutkan susu) akan dibebaskan ke dalam darah ke kelenjar susu. hormon ini akan meransang semua otot di sekeliling payudara untuk memancutkan susu secara tiba2. Ia dipanggil Let Down Reflex atau Milk Ejection Reflex.Susu yang terhasil semasa Let Down Reflex adalah lebih CAIR kerana minit2 pertama menyusukan anak, susu yang terhasil adalah FOREMILK, yang mana susu ini lebih tinggi kandungan air, rendah protein dan rendah lemak. Susu inilah AIR untuk menghilangkan dahaga bayi. Itu sebabnya, sepanjang 6 bulan pertama umur anak, mereka tidak perlukan AIR MASAK kerana dah ada air di dalam susu ibu itu di awal2 penyusuannyn.
5. Displin dalam penyusuan.
   Bila ckp pasal displin, ianya melibatkan diri sendiri. Cara mengurus penyusuan. Waktu memerah. Tidak skip waktu memerah. Memerah 3 jam sekali. Kalau tinggalkan stok susu untuk anak 12 oz (waktu siang), ibu seharusnya membawa pulang sekurang-kurangnya 12 oz atau lebih. Andaikata mmg hari tersebut terlalu sibuk, ibu seharusnya mengganti waktu memerah waktu malam (bangun malam) supaya tiada stok NEGATIF (contoh: anak minum 13 oz, ibu bawa balik 10 oz, ibu digalakkan bangun malam untuk mendapat lagi 3 oz) --------- Kunci: Jangan LEKA, jangan LALAI.
6. Pengurusan EBM yang betul
   Ini penting untuk memastikan stok susu cukup sehingga penyusuan boleh berlangsung selama 2 tahun.Saya menerima banyak kes, pengasuh/ibu/ibu mertua meminta susu lebih kerana anak tak cukup susu. Contoh: Ada yang minum sampai 18-20 oz waktu siang (ibu bekerja) sedangkan ibu hanya boleh bawa pulang 15 oz (memerah secara konsisten). Kalau begini, setiap hari negatif, stok susu 1 peti pun akan habis cepat.
   Latihan yang berterusan kepada individu yang ingin menjaga anak-anak amat penting.
   Beritahu pengasuh, ibu, pembantu rumah:
   Keperluan susu ibu untuk anak sejak 1 bulan hingga 6 bulan adalah SAMA dan TIDAK BERUBAH.

 Malah, selepas umurnya 6 bulan, keperluan susu nya makin berkurang kerana bayi perlu belajar makan 

2-3 oz sekali minum, dan dalam 5- 6 kali sepanjang siang, dan tidak lebih dari itu!

Ketahuilah, perut bayi dari 1-6 bulan adalah sebesar telur puyuh dan dia kenyang bila minum amaun yang ditinggalkan oleh ibu.

Saya faham, kadang2 sukar untuk memberitahu ibu/pengasuh tentang hal ini, kerana mereka seringkali berkata “baby mcm nak lagi, tak cukup 3 oz. dia asyik menangis mcm nak menyusu”, tetapi kita cuba pendekatan lain. Beritahu ibu, pengasuh, susu untuk bayi adalah cukup dan anak telah kenyang. Mungkin dia mahukan perhatian, dia mahu bermain dan bosan ditinggalkan seorang diri, dia mahu didukung dan lain2. Mungkin boleh provide flash cards, rattle dan toys atau dukung bayi.

Anda lebih kenal ibu/pengasuh/pembantu rumah anda. Cari cara yang terbaik untuk menyampaikan mesej ini 

6. ** Kadangkala, lebih baik menjadi sedikit ‘kedekut susu’ daripada anda beri ikut corak yang diminta oleh pengasuh – bimbang jika kita terlalu mengikut, lama kelamaan bukit yang ditarah hari kehari akan menjadi gondol dan stok susu HABIS kesemuanya dan end up terpaksa mengalah pada susu formula. Saya tak mahu itu terjadi jadi kita harus manage betul2 stok susu.
   Dan, itu antara RAHSIA bagaimana ibu berjaya menyusukan sehingga umur anak 2 tahun.
7. Makan makanan penambah susu
   Ini adalah salah satu alternatif jika ibu mahu menambah susu (provided jika anda menyusu sepenuhnya dan memerah susu mengikut jadual anda).
8. Doa yang tidak putus.
   Baca surah Hujurat dan sapukan kedua2 payudara. Surah Al-Baqarah ayat ke 60 juga membantu. Doa, semoga penyusuan kita dipermudahkan.
9. Percaya pada diri. Redha.
   Bertenang dan bersabar jika ditimpa dugaan semasa dalam tempoh menyusukan. Sentiasa berfikiran positif. Kita menyusukan anak untuk anak kita, bukan sebab terpaksa, atau trend atau hina atau untuk membandingkan dengan sesiapa. semuanya kerana Allah.
10. Berjumpalah dgn rakan2 yang menyokong penyusuan susu ibu. Supaya kita lebih bersemangat waja dalam misi kita 

Cubalah.. kita perlu berusaha dan berdoa minta Allah berikan rezeki untuk anak kita...

Selamat mencuba!!!

Sudah Sembilan Bulan

Harini HM turns to 9months, cepatkan? and 3 more months she's One

it's been 9 fun months having her abroad. Our life has been more colorful and adventurous with her around

And i'm so thankful that i'm there to watch her grow beautifully for the past 9 months and all the rezeki that pours in, we are so so blessed and grateful. Alhamdulillah

Hanna now has become one active baby (she is all this while). While reaching 9 months, she had discovered below :

• a week after she turned to 8mths, she's crawling and sitting. She macam takut2 sikit to crawl at floors so she's more on carpet/tilam. but few days later she dah terror merangkak, laju gak. But she has this moody type like me haha. sometimes she feel lazy to crawl, dapat 2-3 steps then duduk but now dah laju, 80km of speeding
• a week after 8mths, she dah start panjat2. started with her playpen, which we all so surprised coz takda sapa teach her that. tengok2 dah berdiri tercegat sengih2. so everyday she tried and polished her skills and dah upgrade sikit stands at sofa/meja/chairs and kat mana2 yang she felt that she has the support to stand, even to her mummy and ayah. bab jatuh tu dah lali now, sometimes she think that she sudah boleh stand at her own so she accidentally lepas kan tangan while standing so gedebuk jatuh. So far there's no falls kene lantai, all with tilam/carpet (touch wood)
• She has  strong emotion senses now. Whenever i scolded her, she will mencebik  and cry. there's few times she's behaving insanely like time nak tukar pampers while i'm trying to clean up her poo2, dia boleh plak golek sana sini, on my bed. if the poo2 kene tilam aku takke cari pasal. Pukul her kaki and asked to stay and diam, she cried and behaved sampailah habis hehe.
• more and more babbling now
• she has officially ate bubur, calci-yum, Scott's emulsion, baby pasta, mashed potato (since 8mths), roti, teething biscuits (since 7mths) - she even know how to bite the biscuits tho she has NO teeth at all
• i sent her to Kizsport GE mall a week before she turns to 9mths just to see how she reacts towards that environment. She's a bit afraid of being alone  but after 15mins, she can adapt with the kids around and play at her own. So far i have no intentions yet to send her in the class but insya-allah if the time and funds permits, i shall send her  to polish her PR skills and others.Kiszport do have class for babies starts at 6 months and above. Check out their KIzsport FB page
• HM also has developed few other skills using her mouth and tongue. So cute and funny. Dunno how to elaborate here
• she knows how to clap now, tapi ikut mood juga

8mths beginner

aksi memanjat playpen

2nd step - intai

walla, sudah berdiri

so manja with ayah, watching TV

feeling by teh beach, with her new hat