Time Flies...Thank God...I'm Back!

After so many years of neglecting of the BLOG, I had decided to just picked up where I left before. Thanks to my dear husband for highlighting this yesterday. When I was still blogging, he could update about the life of my eldest daughter online despite that he didn't have a smartphone back then. His job is so demanding that most of his time is spend at his workplace. While he is working, getting to read a bit about what we do at home is a relief on his part and also shows that we are doing OKAY! So here I am, again. After two years of mindless blog walking, my taste and preferences have change a lot. I am in the midst of revamping the page as well. So, stay tune peeps!

After many many months...

Fuhhh...it has been awhile. Life was and still hectic. With two toddlers on tow and hubby along. This year I'm still teaching Year 6 and 2 classes in a row. Hopefully I start blogging again! Hahaha! I wish I can...

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Aku Terima Nikahnya

Saya rasa semua orang dah baca hasil tulisan Abu Saif. Saya dari dulu lagi tergerak hati nak bali tapi asyik bertangguh-tangguh. Betul lah orang kata, nak buat baik ni memang susah. Beli majalah Marie Claire cepat aje tangan ni membayar.

Last weekend, went to Mesra Mall Popular. Dah keluar pun Bercinta Sampai Ke Syurga, sambungan dari Aku Terima Nikahnya. Bummer! I'm totally out dated. Memandangkan, for Government staff, we are required to read at least 7 buku ilmiah and do a synopsis for each one of it. Saya berkira, buku ini di ambil kira.

After I have finish reading it, I'll give a short and quick review.

Berhabuk

Well, dah lama sangat tak update blog, blog hopping. But my online shopping spree jalan as usually!!! Blog pun nampak berhabuk jer. MALUUUUU! Tengok blog orang lain yang every day update. panjang lagi entrynyer. Makes me wonders...when these mommies find their time? Yes finding the time. To confess, malas nak update because of:

1) M_A_L_A_S
2) camera kokak ku really underperformed
3) Dinky Aeisyah watch Charlie and Lola on my laptop
4) FACEBOOK

Bottom line is, I need to allocate my self at least 20 minutes on updating the blog. Even my sisters are bugging me to update the blog.

My Newest Gadget

Gadget idaman semua mommies yang breastfeed sudah menjadi MILIKKU! Finally, after been dreaming for more than a year, dah ada reason to upgrade my PISA yang actually still mantopp. Bought it from ebay because it's way lot cheaper. Mr Vediaz's friend offered to buy it at US because she's going back to her parents for Christmas. Tapi kan, can not tahan anymore :) Dapat jer kad oren dari Pos Malaysia, I asked Mr Vediaz to pick it up immediately. That very night, I charged the motor first.

This is the motor. So small and light. Not that berkenan with the hands-free option tapi ok lah. The sound quite loud but I can live with that. The suction is gentler than PISA and my pumping output is quite the same with PISA.

All parts that had been wash and air dried. Inilah kerja makcik sepanjang cuti sekolah. Wash, pump, store, wash again...Bab membasuh ni yang haru sangat. If only I have a dishwasher!


My first yield with my Freestyle a.k.a Pam GayaBebas. These are from my pumping session after feed. On the left is the new 2 oz Momsprecious bottle. Cute kan. Me like that cute bottle. Harapnya, I tak malas pump lah. Kalau tak, Mr Vediaz will kill me!

2 Months Old Dinky Alif

Dinky Alif is now 2 months old. Yesterday Mr Vediaz and I brought Dinky Alif to the nearest Klinik Kesihatan to have him jab. He was due for the second dose of his immunization. During Dinky Aeisyah time, she had her jabs at Mr Vediaz panel clinic at Kerteh. Due to the heavy rain plus the awful condition of Chukai's bridge, baik lah tak payah pegi Kerteh. Sangkut jam.

Back to Dinky Alif, he is now weight at 5.4kg. 1 kilo more than Dinky Aeisyah when she was 2 months old. Adakah kerana Dinky Alif is a boy? Right now, Dinky Alif starts to make cooing sound. Kuat sangat geliat sampai Mr Vediaz selalu terjaga tengah malam sebab ingat dia terjaga or whatsoever. He sleeps well at night. Same during the confinement. Easy peasy nak jaga Dinky Alif. Maybe he is a breastfeed baby so he is less cranky. Dinky Aeisyah pun senang cuma she wide awake at 3 am and cried. Time tu first time parents kan, so tension lah. He loves being wrapped in my Moby Wrap starting from Maghrib till 10 or 11 at night. Yang ni sebab perut kembung. Bila wrap dia, confirm tido lentuk punyer. Macam mana lah nak kurangkan kembung baby ni yer?

Look At What I Have Won

Few months back, Ajasu of Mybreastpumpshop organized this giveaway. And guess what, I won one of the giveaways. Alhamdulillah.

My prize is a set of 3 Medela feeding bottles, including teats and one Quick Clean Micro-Steam Bag. Retail jer I rasa more than RM70. Tak sabar nak guna bag tu. 20 usage per bag. But from what I read in Babycentre forum, ada mommies yang guna more than 20 times. The prize came at the utmost right time. Skarang ni tengah buat stock giler-giler. So the free bottles really add to my collection of Bumblebee and Moms Precious.

Thanks a lot Aja! Pas bersalin nanti, bolehlah organize lagi yer!

Melaram Part 2

Remember this post? Well, this one is another version of Dinky Aeisyah when she has this 'melaram' thing!

Mr Vediaz's industrial spec.

Aloha!

Ohoo...beg ini...my emak gave Dinky Aeisyah this bag after she went berserk on something. To calm the 'amok' Dinky Aeisyah, my emak bribed her with this flowery pinky bag. She even brought the bag out. Look just how she carried the bag. Hahaha! Macam budak besar tapi baru 2 tahun.

I nak pergi pasar. Sesapa nak ikut :) !

90 oz...

Last week, went back to Bangi. 4 hari jugak. While I was at my MIL's, I tried to pump after several feedings tapi takdelah jakun bebenor macam kat rumah sendiri kan ;). Dapatlah dalam 14 oz. Masa labelling each bottle with date and time, SIL and anak sedara Mr Vediaz pun ada tanya I nak buat apa tu. Kat SIL bagitau bila dah label senang tau bila susu dah expired. Kat anak sedara siap explain yang susu tu untuk stok kat nursery sebab nak BF exclusively kononnyer! Sampai Kemaman dah pukul 1 pagi. Mr Vediaz masuk rumah, switch on lampu tak nyala. Tersentap jugak lah suami sebab mengenangkan susu dalam freezer. Bila di informkan the house was tripp...I was like stone ajelah. Got nothing to say dah.

Thawed breast milk. Still ok, but cannot be frozen anymore. Everything had to go down the drain...

Washed all the bottles that very night.

This is my stock level sheet. Took it from Jazzmint site.

Right now, I start stocking up from 14 oz that I pumped at MIL's house. For the past 10 days, target orang is 8 oz to 10 oz a day. Ambitious nyer but I have to what I have to do.

Melaram

It's been a while tak update blog nih. Seen above is Dinky Aeisyah, posing with my sister's 'cheapo' sunglasses. She accidentally found the spec in my sister's Kenari and couldn't let her hands off :).

Kejap-kejap, tengok cermin, checking herself out. Masuk toilet pun pakai spec. When she was having her tea at the kitchen, she took off spec, drink tea, wear spec, took off spec, drink tea again.

My sister managed to hide her spec but Dinky Aeisyah found my emak's sunglasses pulak. Such a POSER!

Busy...

Eventhough I'm on confinement, I'm busy juggling with two kiddos and establishing milk supply. With Dinky Aeisyah, she was mixed feeding due to lack of knowledge. I thought that breastfeeding was a natural thing. Boy was I wrong! It was a bumpy road, but I managed to maintain the supply for her up till she was 8 months old.

With Dinky Alif, I'm fully prepared. The first nursing wasn't easy because I coudn't move. Few well meaning relatives suggested that I took it slow so that I could recuperate after the surgery. I buat donno jerk :). Dinky Alif is now on exclusive feeding with breastmilk. He is gaining well and his jaundice is clearing out.

Right now, I'm busy calibrating my supply. I'm pumping after few feeds including the night feeds. Letihnyer...but it's part of the plan.

Ah Naa!

Ah Naa (Mak Naa @ Kak Naa) is Dinky Aeisyah's auntie and she is is my sister, the fourth one among my siblings. She was borne normal but due to an accident, she suffered a brain trauma that makes her a special child. She is straightforward, loves shopping, sightseeing and all childish.

Me : Kak Naa, ajak Aeisyah pergi dapur amik roti.
Kak Naa : (Buat donno jer)
Me : Cakap dengan Aeisyah, jom pergi dapur amik roti.
Kak Naa : (No respon)
Dinky Aeisyah : Ah Naa! Jom apur! Oti! (excited tone)

Alahai...

Introducing My New Bundle Of Joy

• DOB : 25th of September 2009
• Time : 0910 am
• Weight : 3.2 kg
• Length : (Will update soon! haven't found my emak's measurement tape!)
• Head Circumference : (Will update soon! haven't found my emak's measurement tape!)

Hi everyone! My full name is Alif Hamzah.

Now I desperately need a new header for this blog...bilalah nak buat nih???

Under Confinement

Right now I'm having my confinement at my emak's at Kuala Terengganu. Still I have to do some paperwork done because during Raya I was too tired to concentrate on the computer screen. My 'tukang urut' will be coming next Monday because she have a 'kenduri' at KL and will be back tomorrow. I'm not taking my 'jamu' yet because Dinky Alif is having a mild jaundice. This morning, his bilirubin level drops from 201 to 180. The government nurses advise me to breastfeed more often, like half an hour or an hour interval. Mr Vediaz went back to our house this morning since he starts to work tomorrow after 2 weeks leave.

My Best Best Bestest friend!

Dinky Aeisyah has a new best friend! She is her cousin from Mr Vediaz side. They play together, eat together, blow flute together. Before Raya, both of them were not this close. For the past few days we physically need to separate them when it is bed time hours...SIGH...

Seen here, Dinky Aeisyah with her cousin, Adina.

Fooling around under the banquet table! Their play gym!

Selamat hari Raya To All!

Selamat Hari Raya yer! I arrived at Bangi, my MIL's home yesterday. Mr Vediaz, Dinky Aeisyah and I departed early in the morning. We didn't hit the bed right after sahur! Usually, departing early in the morning is something that we don't do :) This year is a record to beat!

By the time of typing, the atmosphere is filling with the sound of illegal firecrackers. Including from our resident! My MIL is finishing her rendang daging, Melaka style. I half way finished my peeling with ground nut while eating pineapple tart! Mr Vediaz had finish boiling his ketupat bawang and ketupat Adabi.

The rendang! I tak masak, I amik gambar jer!

Jangan main-main tau, Mr Vediaz pandai anyam ketupat. I pun tak pandai!

This morning, three of us went to Prince Court Medical Centre. I'm transferring my labour over there because my gynae at Kuantan Specialist Hospital has advised to stay put at Bangi right to my 38 weeks of gestation. So, my cesarean operation is schedule on the sixth day of Raya, this coming 25th. Pray for my delivery kay!

Dinky Aeisyah, slimming down for raya!

Preparation For Raya

Well, most mom bloggers are talking about their Hari Raya preparation alas for me, there is not much on Hari Raya. I definitely don't prepare any baju raya. Mr Vediaz will be wearing his last years' baju melayu except for Dinky Aeisyah, she has few sets of new clothes just for Raya. Same as last year, I don't bake any cookies. I plainly order it but this year from my next neighbour.

Few days back, Mr Vediaz said that we haven't put up any pelita like other houses. I told him, we didn't have the time to search for pelita as we don't have time to shop in weekdays. This is because Mr Vediaz reaches home around 6pm or 6.30pm. Jangan kata nak keluar lepas Terawih, nak pergi bazar pun tak sempat. By Friday we will be going back to Bangi because this year is Mr Vediaz turns. After that I will be operated on the sixth Raya due to my pregnancy complication. Then, I'll be in confinement. Well, soo much for Raya this year. During Raya, my gynae, Dr. Suraya even suggested that I'm not advised to jalan-jalan soo much on Hari Raya, like balik kampung, in case I bleed in the middle of PLUS highway or better yet, kampung road. I better be around Bangi and KL for that matter.

Starting form last Friday, my gynae has given me a 6 days medical leave. So, today I'm at home, blogging and doing some laundry. If it is up to GH, I will be warded from the last two weeks up till 38 weeks of pregnancy. Apalah makcik nak buat? However, I need to go to my school to settle some paperwoks before Raya since I'm not coming back to school up to next year! Ngeng ngeng ngeng! My maternity leave will follow suit with the school holiday. Seronok gak makcik!

For the time being I'm basically preparing for my cesarean, mentally and physically. Praying for the best!

Berbuka...Di Rumah Emak...

I went back to my hometown yesterday and it's been blissful as ever. Yesterday my emak cooked nasi tomato and kuih putat. Today, our menu is soto and roti jala with kuah durian. YUMMY! Mr Vediaz and I had this conversation yersterday when we was on our way back just after I talked with my emak over the phone, informing my whereabouts.

Mr Vediaz: "Apsal mak bersungguh sangat masak nih?"
Me: "Loer! Anak dia nak balik. Mesti lah masak sedap-sedap kan!"
Mr Vediaz: "Tapi bersungguh sangat la plak"
Me: "Itulah namanya 'emak'. Anak nak balik mesti tanya nak makan apa."
Mr Vediaz: "Emak kan. Mesti macam tu. Nanti Ibu mesti macam tu"
Me: "Taklah. Anak-anak nak makan masak sendiri!"
(We both smiled)

That is how we remember our emak. Her cookings, her affections, her attentions to details. Bebelan and ngomelan tak usah cakap lah kan! Hopefully, when our emak is much more older, we can take care of her just like the way she took care of us. Insya-Allah.

Aduhai...

Lunapads just release a new print for their summer collection. ME LIKE! It is called Magenta Mandala and it is an organic cotton. Aiyoo! Makcik dah beli print lain, print baru plak keluar!

Toddler Tantrums

This is how Dinky Aeisyah reacts whenever I make a 'poyo' look to her request. The video showed what happened on the second day of puasa. Dinky Aeisyah purposely took off her sippy cup straw. She tried to put it back but failed. So, she try to coerce me into the task however I turned my head somewhere else and said that she should do it by herself. Suddenly, she began snapping and yelling out!

I guess that is how a toddler reacts when he or her demands are not being met. Alahai...anak dara dah besar...