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1 Month Old

December 28, 2007 at 1:58 pm | In babyme, family | Leave a Comment

Dear Aunt Nani,

Alhamdullilah, yesterday, I turned 1 month old with a cake (any excuse really for mummy to eat cake. haha.).

I also received a present from my Uda. What else do you get from a golf addict, right?

Yes, my first pair of golf shoes, which I am wearing right now to my Bu Lija’s berbedak mandi with Nini Babu. It’s a Friday morning- everyone plays golf on a friday morning. Hehe.

I am thinking I might receive bowling shoes and soccer boots next? Hehe. Afterall, I have (almost!) outgrown my first pair of Nike sneakers!

Oooh. I went to Nyonya Restaurant, Hua Ho TB and Soon Lee the past few days. It was a pleasant experience for me because I slept right through in Nini Babu’s arms. Hehehe.

I hope this post is sufficient, Aunt Nani. Mummy wants to sleep.

Love,

Baby Ahmad Haris

Persevere!

December 19, 2007 at 1:57 pm | In breastfeeding | Leave a Comment

Yes, I haven’t been updating. Ellez has complained (am guessing she needs something to do at work besides real work. lol.), so has few other people.

Honestly, I’m more lazy than tired to post. I’ve also started typing up few posts but never got to finish them, usually because baby needs feeding.

I now have, more or less, established baby’s sleeping and feeding pattern. I think I have also recognised when baby has actually poo-ed and not just farting.

From all that, we are now getting more sleeps at night. At times, I’m the one who wakes up the baby because he’s just in deep sleep that I worry he’s hungry!

I’ve been getting tips on how to start preparing EBM for work as well. Another month before I start working again. I have also spoken to few mothers on breastfeeding on how you sometimes feel like just giving up and make formula for the baby all the time. There have been times, where my baby is given formula but I’m trying to reduce it to once a day and slowly, once every two days before phasing it out completely, insya Allah.

The keyword I’ve been getting from most mothers is PERSEVERE! It is not easy but I am planning to keep on trying, insya Allah.

Adjusting to Motherhood

December 8, 2007 at 1:57 pm | In babyme, confinement, motherhood | Leave a Comment

…is fun and exhausting.

Ahmad Haris is now almost 2 weeks old. I know I’ve been turning visitors away *ehem*James*ehem but (half) confinement is a lot of work and not-so-pretty, y’know.

Every morning, after my massage, the lady ’simpan pilis’ on my forehead, which is supposed to be there for the rest of the day (but I usually wipe it off when it has dried out) and I tell you again, it ain’t pretty. I am in my kain sarung most of the time because with all the things they put on me, I don’t want to spoil my good clothes. And when they put the bengkung on me- OH MY GOD! Oh, have I mentioned that I so do not know how to use kain sarung. It definitely gives ‘inda terkain-kain’ a new meaning.

But in my babu’s words- ‘namanya beranak’ and ‘karang nda mau kurus’.

Enough of me.

Ahmad Haris is one very hungry baby! He feeds every two hours or so and few nights ago- every hour! They said maybe my BM is not enough for him so they said to mix with formula. Unfortunately we did but Ahmad Haris doesn’t really like formula or plain water (yaaaay!). Now, I drink like 10 cups of plain milo a day and eat chicken & some sort of daun soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I try to EBM 2 or 3 times a day as well, just in case Ahmad Haris is with his nini babu and his mummy wants to sleep :p

Oh, Ahmad Haris has lost weight too. At birth, he was 3.130kg but last Wednesday he was only 2.9kg. Babu said that they call it ‘tuhus aying’ and the husband said that it happens when you breastfeed (he got it from one of the readings. i’m impressed, husband. hehe. love you!).

I am expecting Ahmad Haris to wake up for his feed soon. Hehe. My life now runs around his feeding time. Will have to slowly adjust before going back to work!

p.s. photos of Ahmad Haris are on facebook. The husband took more but he doesn’t really have the time to process ‘em yet.

And oh, people have been asking me about my labour experience. Maybe one of these days, I will write about it. It is not really something one can forget.