Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Baby boss

Nowadays kalau blog pon asek citer pasal baby je kan.
Nak buat camne, our life indeed revolve around Baby je for the time being. Hehe

I'm so happy i get to spend some extended quality time with him.
Babies grow up too fast.


This picture of Ibrahim was taken when he was only 11 days old.

Biasa la anak first, lama plak tu tunggu, harus la mak dia eksaited terlebih. Hehe.
Masuh jek pregnancy 4 bulan aku dah sibuk carik newborn photographer.
Kahkahkah.

So the 2 earliest things that i spend during my pregnancy were;
1) Booked confinement lady
2) Booked photographer utk maternity shoot and newborn shoot

Tapi manusia hanya merancang. Allah jua yg menentukan.

Punya la awal booked confinement lady tapi tgk2 terberanak awal.

Punya la kiasu nak buat maternity shoot tapi tak sempat sebab dah terberanak awal jugak.

Hahahaha.

Seb baik la Ibrahim ngam2 kuar sepital utk buat newborn session ni.
Mmg mummy dia dah lama teringin bila tgk gambar2 newborn babies yg cute2.

Anyway, i'm glad we get to do this session sbb babies grow up so fast and muka cepat bertukar2. At least i manage to capture his pictures during his first few days of life. (Or rather i paid the professional photographer to do so :p)

Puas hati ngan hasil kerja Azmir Khalid. 

Dia dtg umah sensorang je bawak semua perkakas. Aku ngan Leman byk dok bilik sbb nak kasik dia space utk bekerja.

Ibrahim plak sgt memberikan kerjasama. Tidooooo jek throughout the session. Hehe.
In between tu dia mengamok nak susu lps tu sambung tido balik.

Kelakar mengingatkan the day we brought him home from the hospital.

Mase tu dah 10 hari dia lahir. Dan percaya atau tidak sekali pon aku tak pernah tukar pampers dia apetah lagik nak tgk taik dia. Hahaha. Semua nurse buat.

Ade hikmah jugak dok sepital sampai 10 hari. By the time balik umah tali pusat dia pon dah tanggal.

Mase first sampai umah, bila dah tinggal only me + leman + ibrahim..

Bertolak tolak aku ngan leman. Hahahah. 
Aku siap tanye leman, "sekarang kita nak buat ape ni sayang."

Me: Sayang. Dia nanges. Nah la you pegang.
Leman: Ehhh.. Ape plak i. You la pegang. You kan "mak"

Hahahahah.

But Leman is a superstar. First few diapers dia yg tukar.
Asal Ibrahim berak jek aku sua kat daddy dia dulu. Hhaha.

That weekend we start our life as a family. The 3 of us. Plus Hiro, Charlie and TumTum.

Tapi isnin tu Leman dah start keja. So nak tanak terpaksa la aku buat semua sorang2.
Cuak macam nak amik SPM okay. Huhuhu.

Seb baik by Rabu confinement lady dah dtg. So ade la org tolong. But most of the time mmg aku jugak yg jaga baby. I took my confinement lady with Jenari Tradisional.

Oklah. Boss kecik dah panggil.
Laters~





Monday, September 09, 2013

Life with a baby

Conversation laki bini di suatu petang:

Husband: Sayang, nanti Ibrahim dah boleh jalan kita tambah satu lagi nak?
Wife: Whattttt? Are you kidding me? **sambil kesat peluh dingin kat dahi**

Looks like someone is pretty ambitious eh?

The thing is, I am very sure kalau lah Leman yg toreh perut 7 cm tu, mau sampai Ibrahim dah masuk darjah satu pon belom tentu dia nak tambah. Hahahah.

i still find it funny tho, dgn mata2 panda and half functioning brain due to sleep deprivation, member masih ada hati nak tambah satu lagik kan. ibrahim baru nak masuk 2 bulan youols.

T______T

Not to mentioned mak Ibrahim is still very much traumatize with the whole ordeal. Hahahah

He has a valid reason tho. 

Husband: "Ye la sayang. Nanti kita dah tua kita tak larat nak jaga baby dah. Skrg ni pon kita dah tak larat."

Kahkahah. But i have to admit tho. He's right. I couldn't imagine macamana la orang yg ade twins or triplets. Or ade anak kecik berderet2. Not to mentioned those single mums. Kehebatan berganda diorang tu ok. I wouldn't have made it without the strong support from Leman.

Nowadays, when we go out, err.. Mummy sentiasa mengambik peluang nak kuar. Hahahah. Dapat beli groceries kat village grocer pon dah abes eksaited okeh. Hehe. Ye la kan, penat beli Ibrahim punya travel system kalau tak fully utilise. 

When we go out, Leman still tersenyum2.

Bini: Kenapa yg you senyum sorang2 ni husband?
Husband: Hehe. Klakar sayang. Dulu kita kuar berdua jek. Sekarang dah bertiga. 

Sometimes it's still a bit surreal. Dulu berdua maximum one hour kitaorg dah siap bole kuar umah dah. Now with baby Ibrahim, walaupon bgn awal lepas 2 jam belom tentu kitaorg dah ready nak kuar. Not to mentioned rambut yg berserabai walaupon dah sikat (my hair fashion is now pony tail or sanggul jek sbb susah nak nursing sambil asek ketepikan rambut dari muka Ibrahim. Hahaha), make up dah cair even before kuar umah and peluh sebaldi. Kahkahkah.

But i love taking him out. And Ibrahim plak mcm suka kuar. Sgt behave most of the time dia tido jek dlm car seat dia. Senang mummy daddy nak fefeeling dating. Hehe.

Semalam malam Ibrahim mengamok takmo tido. 

Daddy: "Ibrahim. Sleep! Kang daddy bagi tido dalam car seat karang!"

Kahkahkahkah.
But i think he was serious. Hahaha.
So end up Ibrahim tido atas badan mummy semalam. Kadang2 mmg super mengada pon budak kecik ni.
Kalau siang2 tinggal berdua ngan iols, boleh la prektis teknik "jgn angkat baby nangis" time iols tgh kelam kabut buat susu.

Mummy: *putting him in the crib and winding his musical mobile* Ibrahim tunggu sini skejap. Mummy nak pegi buat susu/ kencing". Pesanan tambahan: Hiro/ TumTum, tolong jaga adik.

Kadang2 tak sampai 3 langkah dia dah merengek2.
Seminit kemudian kalau masih tak angkat dia lagik dia dah melalak mcm nak runtuh umah. Huhuhu.

Kadang2 kalau dia dah melalak tu, iols nak berak pon tak sempat.
Terpaksa plak negotiate ngan bontott sendiri. "Skejap skejap. Tahan sket lagik ok".
T______T

I think (i know) i have seperation anxiety.
Sok sok nak masuk kerja Ibrahim rilek je, mummy yg melalak mcm nak runtuh umah nanti kan.
;)


Ps: Lawak tambahan

Husband: **While cooing away at his son** Ibrahim punya pipi ni mcm pipi mummy la.

Ibrahim now has chubby cheeks with dagu lapis 3.
So.not.funny.husband!!






Thursday, September 05, 2013

Boobies-on-demand

When i was pregnant, i promised myself i would not let myself be stress over breastfeeding (or possibly the lack of :p)

I've seen one too many friends and stories about how gungho and stressful mothers are over their breastfeeding. Some are bless with bottles after bottles of expressed milk (those lucky eejits! Hehe). Some not so much.

So after my delivery, true to my words, i was so zen over the subject.

When people asked me,

"Susu dah ade?"

I would calmly answer "Belom. Biasa la kawan2 i kata selalu hari ke-3 baru keluar"

But then day 4 came. And still NO MiLK!!!

I was desperate by then.
Because my boobies look as big as a korean melon. (Make that 2)
It felt HUGE.. I'm sure their are even bigger than my newborn's head.. Huhuhu..

And the worse thing is..
Still no milk!
In my attemt to stay true to my words utk tanak stress about this topic, i purposely did not do any read up on the subject. Pandaiiii sangat kan.. Hahahah

I was assuming..
Breastfeed = sumbat jek teteks dlm mulut baby and the baby will know what to do. hahaha.
Soooooo soooo stupid and naive me.

To make matter worse, my baby is down 2 floors below sleeping soundly in the incubator and kenyang  minum susu lembu (bless em cows :))

I was desperately asking for a lactation consultant or whatever they are call, but all the nurses seem blur. And takde sorang pon nak tolong iols. Sob sob sob.

Ok takpe. Jangan panik.

Iols bawak kuar pump manual Avent (konon2 tanak beli Medela dulu sbb nak test dulu. Hahaha)

Bertemankan Leman as my lactation consultant.

Me: Husband. Camaner nak guna mende alah ni? Boleh tak kita test kat tetek husband dulu?
Leman: Eeehhhhh ape plak tetek i. Test je la terus kat tetek you.
Me: i is scareddddd T_____T

So lepas beberapa kali cuba and admit defeat, aku mintak Leman pi carik Medela (i chosed Swing je).
Mase cousin aku dtg visit, she actually taught me how to correctly use the Avent. But i just didn't have it in me to compressed my own boobs. Hahaha.

Bloody hard! Harder than amik lesen kereta. Huhu.

At least with the electric, geli ke sakit ke, i just have to endure.
First few tries, only droplets of milk comes out.
And my boobs were still very much engorged. Cryyyyy.

Seb baik Leman puasa kalau tak nak jek aku mintak tolong dia. Hahaha.

Mase tu ape je yg aku tak cuba.

Sikat. Yes, you heard right. Desperate times require desperate measures youols. And no, it don't bloody work. Uhuhuhu. Trauma tetek mak kena sikat youols. Kalau dia ade tangan dah lama dah iols kena lempang. Huhuhuh.

Lobak putih. Done.

Teknik urutan. Done.

Hot compress. Done.

Pendek kata apa saja orang rekomen iols cuba.

Sedih jek hantar EBM turun kat Ibrahim maybe dapat la 10 titik kot. 20 titik on a good day. But syukur nevertheless with that rezeki.

Masuk hari ke 6, baby Ibrahim ade tanda2 mcm nak kuning. Lagik la akak stress ngan production yg seciput itu. But i persevere. Walaupon pump 20 minit dpt 20 titik jek, jadik la daripada tak ade kan. (Plus akak dah abes beratus ni beli pump jah. Hehe)

Seb baik despite the very low production, baby Ibrahim jaundice subsided and tak payah phototherapy pon.

Syukur alhamdulillah by day 8, doctor kasik green light utk direct feeding. And my baby ibrahim latched on like a champ.

Now nearly 2 months later, I still BF my baby walaupon production still low.

Please don't lecture me about demand and supply.
I've been BF baby Ibrahim once every 2-3 hours, and in between that still pump wherever possible, but still tak cukup jugak.

How do i know tak cukup?
Sebab setelah menetek hampir 1 jam, baby still nanges lapar.
So sebab i promised myself earlier that i would not stress myself out over the matter, i will top up with formula milk. 

Personally, i did not regret my decision. My priority is to have a happy healthy baby. Not hungry crying baby. And sometimes, formula feeding works to our advantage especially bila kat luar umah. :)

And yes. I am already taking Shaklee breastfeeding set so please save me the promotion ok.

Even though baby Ibrahim is not exclusively BF, we feel so blessed he is healthy and gaining weight steadily. 2 kilo plus after 2 months is an achievement, no?

Well done Ibrahim, mummy and lembu.
:)