Grin!

October 24, 2008 at 9:55 pm | In baby AH, breastfeeding | 10 Comments

I had a busy week and a packed weekend ahead of me. Here is a rare photo of AH showing his teeth. Rest assure, I am going to look for nursing creams next. Yes, it hurts and he seems to enjoy doing it when he wants attention, i.e. when I am busy surfing the Internet or talking to other people whilst feeding him. Plus, he would look at me with his cheeky eyes before or after biting. I think he knows its wrong but he is still doing it… because he can! Haha.

Have a good weekend y’all!

Pumping Love

October 16, 2008 at 11:30 pm | In baby products, breastfeeding, travelling | 11 Comments

LOL. Now that I get to use the freestyle (ex. the handsfree kit), I am beginning to love it.

I use to dread travelling without my PISA because pumping would just take twice the usual time as I had to use my manual Avent pump.

Why I love the manual Avent pump?

1) Its fully closed when you pack ‘em in your bag, so you can use it straight away

2) You can control the rhythm- pump, pump, pump, PUMP!

3) Empties your breasts well

4) It is very convenient to take it to work and travelling.

Why I then fell in love with PISA?

1) It’s an electric/ battery operated pump- easy on the hands!

2) It’s a double pump- half the pumping time!

3) Relatively less parts to wash

4) Helped increase my production-  same time pumping and pumping is no longer a BIG chore

5) I can pump handsfree- ada skillnya ni. LOL. but since the hand is not pumping, my hands are free tia :)

Why I am now in love with the freestyle?

1) It’s an electric/ battery-operated pump

2) It’s a double pump

3) Less parts to wash/ sterilize

4) No tiny valves that can go missing while washing- BIG YAAY!

5) Should increase or at least maintain my production

6) I can still pump handsfree without the kit, using the same skill as PISA. Haha.

7) It is small enough to take with me while travelling.

I guess you can tell I am loving it so far.

In my last post, I wrote a comment on the prices.. In Singapore, it was around SGD900++ and in KL, it was around MYR2199, I think. I bought mine from ebay, and including shipping it was still cheaper. Do bear in mind that breastpumps are subject to 20% tax because apparently they are considered as medical equipment. I would think they should subsidize it (or tax free) if they want to support breastfeeding, considering we relatively dont get much ‘official’ support anyways :p

Away Again…

October 14, 2008 at 10:23 pm | In baby AH, baby products, travelling, working mother | 5 Comments
Before I left yesterday, I reminded my brother to give AH a haircut as his hair was getting longer and he is pulling and scratching his head again!
Late yesterday afternoon, I received an mms from my sister and this was what I received.
  

They shaved his head! LOL.
And then, last night I was on the phone with the hubby and I could hear AH babbling when the hubby asked him to talk to me. Tonight, I wanted to video call but b*mob refused to work! Sedih saya. And I forgot to bring my webcam some more. Sigh.
I am currently enjoying my freestyle. I have yet to test the hands free. Nantitah saja but I am noy enjoying the fact I can bring a double electric pump when I travel. Yaay!
Ooh. This just came through msn.
Somehow he looks a bit kurus. I miss my little boy! It was so weird sleeping alone and not having to wake up to feed AH that I ended up waking up every hour anyway! I guess sleeping with the tv on is not a good idea too but I alway sleep with the tv on when I’m away. Haha.
Off I go now. I have tons of work to complete before I head to bed tonight. G’nite all!

Raya, so far…

October 12, 2008 at 8:40 am | In baby AH, baby products, breastfeeding, travelling, working mother | Leave a Comment

I have been to busy to blog because:

1. We are still doing Raya rounds. Heading of to Lumut today and loads more around Bandar.

2. Last Friday, the ILs had another open house and I gave up at past 11pm.

3. Work has been crazy. Enough said.

4. Market has been crazy and I am still trying to catch up on what has been going on on top of my paperwork!

5. AH has been very mobile, zooming past everyone and everything (by crawling still and I already get backaches come evening!). I still haven’t got a maid to call my own yet.

6. AH now has 4 teeth (they all seem to come real quick in short space of time too), so I now curl my toes and pray real hard everytime he starts feeding. He has been good so far though. Once he starts biting my nips, I tell him to stop biting and he listens most of the time! Hehe.

7. I’ve been eating and drinking like no tomorrow as my milk supply is not at its best at the moment. 6-7oz per session compared to the usual 8-10oz per session. Am blaming my erratic pumping schedule during Ramadhan and early Raya. Early Raya was spent direct feeding more and because he is eating more now, he doesn’t feed as much.

8. Patiently waiting for my freestyle to arrive. It has arrived but I have yet to pick it up from the post office! Just in time for my trip tomorrow too!

9. Planning our family vacation. Crazy politics, crazy exchange rates- how can one decide?!

10. And more importantly, I am finally catching up on my series! Am looking forward to spend more time watching it from my hotel room next week.

I’m off to wash the bottles and do some laundry now. Next post will probably be from wherever I am going to be next week. Hee-hee. Although I am thinking of squeezing in some spa and massage time. We’ll see.

Eid Mubarak

October 2, 2008 at 7:13 pm | In babyme | 2 Comments

In the spirit of Eid, wishing all of my Muslim readers, family and friends a very blessed and joyful Eid. Apologies if any of my writings have offended you in any way.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

p.s. We will be in Jerudong on Friday and in Bunut on Saturday. Do pop by if you happen to be in the area (or not. Hehe.). This is an invitation (although I believe in ‘melanggar’ people’s house because IT IS RAYA! Hehe.), so don’t say I didn’t invite :p Leave a message or text me for directions :) xx

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