Alhamdulillah, Azfar is almost 11 months now. And in just 1 month we'll be celebrating his first birthday! Yeayyy!!!
I am thankful that Azfar has been healthy. He has only been sick once, two days ago, and it only lasted for 1 day. Still I wish that strangers will stop hugging/touching/kissing him. It never stop freaking me out every single time.
Only God knows where those hands had been. All the germs and bacteria. How many people don't wash their hands after visiting the toilet. I don't understand the need to touch someone (be it and adult or a baby) that you don't even know. If touching an adult could be a harassment, the same could be said about touching a baby. It could be a health hazard.
Some might not understand why I'm feeling this way. But I bet, a mother will understand.
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Monday, 18 June 2012
New phone, yeayyy!!!
Happy jimba jimba ni. Dapat phone baru hihihihi.
Sblm ni pakai iPhone 3GS. Dah dua tahun pakai phone tu pun start on off sendiri. Pastu tiap kali "updating library" berdebar je pasal album pernah emptied sendiri. Byk pictures dlm tu especially gambar Azfar masa kat hospital.
Tgh pikir2 nak beli phone baru sekali dapat sms dari Maxis, iPhone 4GS harga RM599. Of course la ade contract 24 bulan utk ivalue2 punya plan. Got no problem with that. Skrg ni pun dah sedekad dgn Maxis.
So hubby pernah tanye why stay lama2 dgn Maxis. Actually I've tried all provider. Semua ade best dgn tak bestnye. So at last Maxis serasi. Besides, hubby dah pakai Celcom, so at least mana2 tempat takde coverage Maxis boleh pakai phone dia.
So nampaknye jodoh dgn Maxis for another 2 years la nampaknye
Sblm ni pakai iPhone 3GS. Dah dua tahun pakai phone tu pun start on off sendiri. Pastu tiap kali "updating library" berdebar je pasal album pernah emptied sendiri. Byk pictures dlm tu especially gambar Azfar masa kat hospital.
Tgh pikir2 nak beli phone baru sekali dapat sms dari Maxis, iPhone 4GS harga RM599. Of course la ade contract 24 bulan utk ivalue2 punya plan. Got no problem with that. Skrg ni pun dah sedekad dgn Maxis.
So hubby pernah tanye why stay lama2 dgn Maxis. Actually I've tried all provider. Semua ade best dgn tak bestnye. So at last Maxis serasi. Besides, hubby dah pakai Celcom, so at least mana2 tempat takde coverage Maxis boleh pakai phone dia.
So nampaknye jodoh dgn Maxis for another 2 years la nampaknye
Bubbles!!!
Rugi betul x bawak phone ptg tadi. Kalau x boleh snap gambar Azfar main. Suka betul tgk Azfar nak tangkap bubbles. When I was small, I enjoyed playing with bubbles too!!!
Alhamdulillah almost tiap hari dpt spend time masa kat rumah ptg2. Priceless! Bawak Azfar dlm stroller pastu bawak jalan sambil sembang2 dgn hubby. Sambil2 tu tiup bubbles bagi Azfar tgk.
Sambil jalan2 tgk neighbor buat laman, pastu pikir, bestnye ada laman besar. Semoga rezeki bertambah murah utk kami, ada rezeki nak jugak rumah laman besar.
Selalu terbayang, ade tanah besar, buat backyard besar2 dan cantik2. For me, lg suka kalau laman blkg yg besar. Ada privacy. Tanam pokok pagar tinggi2, pastu boleh rehat2 x payah pakai tudung. Tanam a few pokok buah dgn kelapa pandan. Beli little tikes punye playground. Letak gazebo. Set lighting cantik2. Bestnyeee.
Doa supaya rezeki semakin melimpah ruah. Rezeki sihat, rezeki bahagia, rezeki berkeluarga, rezeki anak2, rezeki duit dan harta. And paling penting rezeki akhirat jugak.
Alhamdulillah almost tiap hari dpt spend time masa kat rumah ptg2. Priceless! Bawak Azfar dlm stroller pastu bawak jalan sambil sembang2 dgn hubby. Sambil2 tu tiup bubbles bagi Azfar tgk.
Sambil jalan2 tgk neighbor buat laman, pastu pikir, bestnye ada laman besar. Semoga rezeki bertambah murah utk kami, ada rezeki nak jugak rumah laman besar.
Selalu terbayang, ade tanah besar, buat backyard besar2 dan cantik2. For me, lg suka kalau laman blkg yg besar. Ada privacy. Tanam pokok pagar tinggi2, pastu boleh rehat2 x payah pakai tudung. Tanam a few pokok buah dgn kelapa pandan. Beli little tikes punye playground. Letak gazebo. Set lighting cantik2. Bestnyeee.
Doa supaya rezeki semakin melimpah ruah. Rezeki sihat, rezeki bahagia, rezeki berkeluarga, rezeki anak2, rezeki duit dan harta. And paling penting rezeki akhirat jugak.
tak tau nak letak tajuk
Nak kate kite ni suke blogging2 ni, xde la jugak. Cuma bile decide nak breastfeed Azfar ni, suddenly rasa nak share sikit2 my journey. Kot2 ada yg nak pikir2 dulu, kalau org tu terbaca blog ni, dpt la tau serba sikit journey bila you make a choice like this.
This choice I've made, truly change my life. First time breastfeed Azfar masa kat wad. Dah dekat midnight masa tu. Azfar lahir dlm 9.40am. Imagine how hungry he was then. Tapi doctor tak bagi susukan lagi, pasal I delivered through c-sect, maybe taknak ubat tu effect baby. My guess je la. Or maybe, I was having the worse headache. But the whole day, Azfar x nangis pun x menyusu. Sabar je tunggu mommy dia breastfeed.
First time breastfeeding, I was ecstatic. Happy sgt, sayu, sejuk hati. Looking at Azfar's face, lega.
Baru ni ade org tanye "kalau nak breastfeed ni, x boleh campur2 ke? Azfar dah 10 bulan, dah mmg mkn solids, xkan x boleh bagi susu formula? Sama jugak mcm you bagi dia cheese dgn yogurt, susu lembu jugak"
I x jawab sgt pun. Bukan xtau nak jawab, just xnak jawab. For me whether org tu nak exclusively breastfeed, or nak campur2, or nak bagi expressed breastmilk, or just nak bagi formula only, up to her. Mmg la doctor and government pun kempen breastfeed, but at the end of the day, both mother and father of the baby tu yg kene decide. Bile breastfeed ni, bukan mother je terlibat, father pun terlibat jugak. If the father doesn't support, it's hard to be successful at breastfeeding.
Granted, to exclusively breastfeed is not easy, especially when you are a working mother. But it's very doable. I'm a self employed mother, so I take my baby everywhere I go. But I go home early everyday. By 4-5pm I'm usually at home, so that Azfar could have playtime at home. He'll have his naps in the car, once in the morning and another in the afternoon on our way home. I schedule my appointments between his meals and naps.
Not the easiest, but definitely worth it.
This choice I've made, truly change my life. First time breastfeed Azfar masa kat wad. Dah dekat midnight masa tu. Azfar lahir dlm 9.40am. Imagine how hungry he was then. Tapi doctor tak bagi susukan lagi, pasal I delivered through c-sect, maybe taknak ubat tu effect baby. My guess je la. Or maybe, I was having the worse headache. But the whole day, Azfar x nangis pun x menyusu. Sabar je tunggu mommy dia breastfeed.
First time breastfeeding, I was ecstatic. Happy sgt, sayu, sejuk hati. Looking at Azfar's face, lega.
Baru ni ade org tanye "kalau nak breastfeed ni, x boleh campur2 ke? Azfar dah 10 bulan, dah mmg mkn solids, xkan x boleh bagi susu formula? Sama jugak mcm you bagi dia cheese dgn yogurt, susu lembu jugak"
I x jawab sgt pun. Bukan xtau nak jawab, just xnak jawab. For me whether org tu nak exclusively breastfeed, or nak campur2, or nak bagi expressed breastmilk, or just nak bagi formula only, up to her. Mmg la doctor and government pun kempen breastfeed, but at the end of the day, both mother and father of the baby tu yg kene decide. Bile breastfeed ni, bukan mother je terlibat, father pun terlibat jugak. If the father doesn't support, it's hard to be successful at breastfeeding.
Granted, to exclusively breastfeed is not easy, especially when you are a working mother. But it's very doable. I'm a self employed mother, so I take my baby everywhere I go. But I go home early everyday. By 4-5pm I'm usually at home, so that Azfar could have playtime at home. He'll have his naps in the car, once in the morning and another in the afternoon on our way home. I schedule my appointments between his meals and naps.
Not the easiest, but definitely worth it.
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Grateful
As I'm lying here beside my baby, I'm just grateful that I'm able to breastfeed him. If I have to expressed my milk, I know it would have been very hard for me, as I'm on the road daily. Where would I store my ebm? Where do I pump?
It's not exactly a friendly place for breastfeeding mothers. There are limited places that provide nursing room, and I'm not about to pump in the toilet. Just think of how dirty most toilets are anyway.
I'm just si grateful that I'm able to bring Azfar to work. I left my previous job because I want flexibility and better income. So, if I'm not allowed to breastfeed the way I'm doing it now, what's the point of being in this business in the first place.
I left my previous career because, it doesn't leave much time for everything else. I don't fancy going home late every night 10 years down the road. when I left 9 years ago, I dreamt of bringing up my kids myself, having a family, and having lots of time for them.
Now I just hope that I managed to do this until Azfar is at least 2 years old, and have a strong business too.
It's not exactly a friendly place for breastfeeding mothers. There are limited places that provide nursing room, and I'm not about to pump in the toilet. Just think of how dirty most toilets are anyway.
I'm just si grateful that I'm able to bring Azfar to work. I left my previous job because I want flexibility and better income. So, if I'm not allowed to breastfeed the way I'm doing it now, what's the point of being in this business in the first place.
I left my previous career because, it doesn't leave much time for everything else. I don't fancy going home late every night 10 years down the road. when I left 9 years ago, I dreamt of bringing up my kids myself, having a family, and having lots of time for them.
Now I just hope that I managed to do this until Azfar is at least 2 years old, and have a strong business too.
Monday, 4 June 2012
Azfar and his car seat
Hari ni pergi appointment berdua je dgn baby Azfar. Selalu Mr. Hubby yg tolong drive. So, keluar keje twice as early la nampak gaya. Appointment pukul 1pm, pukul 10.30am dah gerak ke kl. Why? Coz I'll need to make a few pit stop utk budak kecik sorang ni.
Selalunye kalau berdua je, selesa bawak kancil. Senang nak pasang infant car seat kat depan pasal kancil xde airbag (installing infant car seat at airbag enabled seat could be fatal). Kalau keta lg satu car seat azfar kene install kat seat belakang. Mau freak out budak tu. Before this dah penah try letak azfar sorang2 kat seat blkg while I'm driving. Dia ingat dia dah kene abandoned, berejam menangis.
Baru 15 min gerak, Azfar dah start nangis mintak susu. So stop kejap 20 minit. Tengah selesa2 dlm kereta, ade one guy jalan tepi kereta, alih2 die boleh lepak depan my car, sambil pegang hp, pandang2 dlm kereta kita. Bukannye boleh nampak ape2 pun... Psycho punye lelaki, I put Azfar back into his seat, drive away from that place. Meraung la Azfar, tgh sedap2 lunch kene interrupt. Tunggu kejap ye nak, mommy cari tempat lain.
After second pit stop, jam dah 11.30am, x boleh jadi, baru sampai kelana jaya, meeting kat dataran maybank. Azfar protest pun protest la. He cried All the way from kelana jaya to the meeting place. All 45 minutes of them. Sedih tgk Azfar nangis mcm tu x payah ckp laaa... Sayu je... Tapi sorry la ye sayang, mommy has got to train you... Dari balik hospital I've started putting him in his car seat. But at 6 months old he started rejecting the seat. I'm not about to let him crawl in the car while moving. So terpaksa la biar je dia nangis.
On the way balik pun macam tu. But maybe he's resigned to his fate, and realized I'm not going to pick him up while the car is moving. Slow la sikit nangisnye... Eventually he fell asleep after a good 45 minutes of screaming like a banshee with tears streaming down his cheek :(
Hopefully tomorrow will be better for him
Selalunye kalau berdua je, selesa bawak kancil. Senang nak pasang infant car seat kat depan pasal kancil xde airbag (installing infant car seat at airbag enabled seat could be fatal). Kalau keta lg satu car seat azfar kene install kat seat belakang. Mau freak out budak tu. Before this dah penah try letak azfar sorang2 kat seat blkg while I'm driving. Dia ingat dia dah kene abandoned, berejam menangis.
Baru 15 min gerak, Azfar dah start nangis mintak susu. So stop kejap 20 minit. Tengah selesa2 dlm kereta, ade one guy jalan tepi kereta, alih2 die boleh lepak depan my car, sambil pegang hp, pandang2 dlm kereta kita. Bukannye boleh nampak ape2 pun... Psycho punye lelaki, I put Azfar back into his seat, drive away from that place. Meraung la Azfar, tgh sedap2 lunch kene interrupt. Tunggu kejap ye nak, mommy cari tempat lain.
After second pit stop, jam dah 11.30am, x boleh jadi, baru sampai kelana jaya, meeting kat dataran maybank. Azfar protest pun protest la. He cried All the way from kelana jaya to the meeting place. All 45 minutes of them. Sedih tgk Azfar nangis mcm tu x payah ckp laaa... Sayu je... Tapi sorry la ye sayang, mommy has got to train you... Dari balik hospital I've started putting him in his car seat. But at 6 months old he started rejecting the seat. I'm not about to let him crawl in the car while moving. So terpaksa la biar je dia nangis.
On the way balik pun macam tu. But maybe he's resigned to his fate, and realized I'm not going to pick him up while the car is moving. Slow la sikit nangisnye... Eventually he fell asleep after a good 45 minutes of screaming like a banshee with tears streaming down his cheek :(
Hopefully tomorrow will be better for him
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