Aqeef Danish Turns 5 & Going to School As 6 Years Old

Alhamdulillah, aqeef danish turned 5 last 30th december and we had a little makan2 session with all of our closest relatives and friends. I started planning to have this makan2 only a week earlier cause the office was kind to give us all 1 week break to celebrate the new year. Hehe. I was on leave for a week since 27th dec and went back to work on the 6th of january. Woohoo, so we planned to have this makan2 to celebrate aqeef and adam's birthday together (i felt so guilty as adam never had any birthday party, cause i was so caught up with work and study during his actual birthday, hence the combination of the birthday parties with aqeef).

And alhamdulillah, food was prepared by my mom, maid and mother in law, together with some ordered food i found from instagram and internet. Huhu. Most of it was very delicious but one or two dishes (the polkadot apam & cupcake) were not that nice. Hmm, never going to get it from that seller again. But i came across a superb food supplier @mysugarshack, order lasagna, brownies & tartlets and the food was soo good especially the brownies and tartlets. Aih kena order lagi ni, sgt sedap kot.huhu.

And during the week's break i managed to order banner for the party and ordered bouncy castle since aqeef has been requesting to have it for his birthday.  And i found one great supplier from instagram "@kidzbouncycastle" and their service was superb! They came soo early to setup the castle and when its time to pick up they came later than the mentioned time (with notice of course) and allowed the kids to play more.Double  thumbs up and highly recommended. And the banner for their birthday complete with the kids photos printed on canvas were done by @yncreative! Also superbly done, i ordered on sunday the the 28th of dec and on the 2nd i received the beautifully done banner, alhamdulillah for all the superb service.

And of course, special extra thanks to mak ngah ana acip n adam for the decoration, mak ngah spent a lot jugak beli helium balloons and so on sbb dia cakap masa dia kecik tak pernah ada org celebrate birthday party dia. Hahahaha.

And that was that, and school started officially yesterday 14th january for aqeef's school but he has been going to fardhu ain and iqra' classes since monday the 12th. This year's school schedule hs been delayed due to the flood and hence the delayed first day of school for aqeef. So this year aqeef will go to school in the morning and in the afternoon he will go to his fardhu ain and iqra' reading class. Huhu and thankfully he's loving both of his schools :)

And everyday i will send him in the morning and maktok will pick him up and send him again to his fardhu ain class. We cut off his ipad usage and television time during weekdays, its about time kot kan? We will only allow it during the weekends and although at first he was reluctant to be separated from all those things (kept asking for the ipad), but now he's already ok and happy doing physical activity instead such as playing balls, nyorok2, lumba lari, karate maktok n atok. Eh. Haha.

So all in all, good progress for the first month of the year it seems, alhamdulillah.😁👍

Adam's First Cinema Experience & Aqeef's First in 2 Years

OK, title post takleh panjang lagi kah? hehe. So semalam adalah cuti umum untuk menyambut keputeraan Sultan Selangor tercinta. huhu. i love 11th December. Suka cuti. :) And kitorang satu family sibuk la plan berjalan2. Mula2 plan nak kemas bilik kami yg sepah2 sungguh sbb takde masa nak kemas, tapi maid nak bercuti pulak la hai. Tak delah nak kemas bilik kalau maid takde. Budak2 ni mmg tukang "kemas" sejati. Kang lagi sepah lagi ada.

Lantas, papa ajak servis kereta kat glenmarie and plan asal hantar kereta and suruh org honda tu hantar pergi subang parade, sbb diorang ada provide servis pergi dan balik subang parade sementara diorang servis kereta. Cool kan? Tapi kitorang pagi2 khamis dah tercongok pukul 8.30pagi kat honda tu, so papa dapat no 3 and diorang kata sekejap je servis ni, since da dtg awal kan, dalam sejam setengah je. Lantas, apakah kang dah sampai subang parade kejap je berjimba nak kena amik kete dah kan. So we decided to stay kat honda tu je.

And it turned out to be great sbb diorang ada play room yg best, seronok the boys main, mama pun excited sbb boleh relax and air conditioned sedap. Pastu ada tmpt tgk TV with massage chairs. Cool gile kot, seronok mama n papa the boys urut badan. hehe. Plus, the provide complimentary food. Nasi lemak kot. Nasi freaking lemak for free. haha, papa sedap makan. And roti gardenia pun byk juga diorang provide, yg butterscotch, vanilla, coklat bagai tu. Seronok la budak2 ni makan. And then, ada complementary hot drink, milo, nescafe, tea, green tea, what ever you want la. And cream cracker biscuits too! Sgt sedap cicah milo panas2.Hui, syiokla kat situ, semua ada. Patutlah papa suka pergi servis kereta. Ceh. Selama ni tak pernah ikut sbb ingatkan boring and susah nak handle budak2 kat situ, sekali mmg best gila. Haha, tahpapetah pergi tempat servis pun excited. Tapi mmg best la honda glenmarie. Dulu pergi honda kat Jalan 222 PJ tak best camni pun.

OK, so after service kereta, fikir2 nak pergi mana yg ada wayang sbb Aqeef bising dok nak tgk Baymax, so terus la pergi Sunway Pyramid, since dah pukul 10 lebey n  nak tgk early bird punya movie kan. Taknak lah pergi jauh2. Sampai Pyramid, ada movie pukul 11.15 and terus beli tiket, food n terus masuk. Alhamdulillah dapat seat tepi, beli 3 seat dapat 4 seat utk adam. huhu. Aqeef was so excited and we can't believe how well behaved he was. Good job abang Aqeef! :) Dia tengok cerita tu, duduk je diam2, tgk and gelak2, and dia cuma kena minta tlg mama or papa ambilkan air and hotdog sbb dalam tu gelap kan, dia tak nampak. Cool.

Adik adam on the other hand is not quite ready for a movie in the cinema lagi kot haha. Eh, sbnrnya ok je, compared to Aqeef's first cinema experience last time, most of the time kitorang kena bawak dia keluar. Tapi adam better sbb dia boleh disogok dgn nenen everytime dia merengek. Cuma dia too excited and skrg sibuk nak menjerit. Excited tgk Baymax keluar jerit, excited bila other kids jerit, dia jerit juga. haha. Nasib baik movie smlm byk budak2 jugak, tu yg ok je, suara dia tenggelam dgn suara budak2 lain. For the first hour, dia ok, tgk je movie, lepas tu dia ngantuk mula la nak nenen, nak gerak2 jalan, huhu. Bila bagi dia nenen dia stress sbb movie kuat sgt suara n dia takleh tido, tu dia nak jalan2, seb baik dia start struggle masa lagi 5 menit nak habis movie, papa just dukung dia diri kat bhgn atas sekali kat cinema tu and dia tido dah.

Tapi next time abang aqeef mmg boleh dibawa movie date dgn mama dgn papa lah, cool je dia. tak banyak movie and relax je. :) Lepas keluar movie terus ckp "Nak toy baymax boleh mama?" haha. Aqeef nak tgk penguins pulak lepas ni. OK la nak, cuti sekolah ni marilah kita berjimba. Huhu.The last time kitorang bawak aqeef tgk wayang was a disaster, dia muntah kat dalam wayang lepas makan popcorn. Masa tu tgk jack n jill kat MBO subang parade yg baru bukak, oh my, habis satu wayang bau muntah and kitorang kena keluar bersihkan aqeef dan tak pernah lagi tgk wayang kat subang since then. haha. malu.

 

 

Lepas wayang tu pergi makan and jalan2 sket around sunway pyramid and lepas tu pergi amik the maid kat alam sentral shah alam. Sementara tunggu the maid, the boys had their haircut kat basement area of alam sentral tu. Huhu, terkejut jugak papa agree nak kasi potong rambut adam. and so, here goes, adam danial's first haircut since majlis cukur jambul dia (Masa tu botak habis)...

 

Adam dengan rambut baru dia, :)

 

Mula2 abang aqeef potong, pastu abang aqeef muka cuak n takut jerit2, si adam ni boleh gelakkan abang dia. cheeky betul budak tu. Sekali time dia, mula2 dia gelak2 excited. Sekali rambut yg dah dipotong jatuh kena leher dia, dia geli n terus menjerit nangis dia. Kelakar sgt, pastu mestilah abang aqeef gelakkan dia. haha. kelakar sgt semalam. Ai budak2 ni, macam2 hal. Huhu. Selamatlah smlm tiga2 ketul dgn papa sekali potong rambut, semua rambut cam askar.

 

Itulah cerita smlm, adam's first cinema experience and hair cut jugak. Ada harapan nak jadi penakut gunting rambut cam abang aqeef jugak. Huhu. We had fun, and malam mama pengsan terus while the boys tgk malaysia lawan vietnam and won! woohoo. ok la, till the next entry, toodles..

 

 

 



Wishful thinking

i want to have more expressed breast milk for my baby
i want to be thinner
i want to have more time to complete things more efficiently
i want to exercise
i want to be able to go to mecca
i want to have more time away from work
i want to be able to eat without gaining weight
i want to have more babies without the need to get pregnant
i want to spend more time with my family

but, if i can't have any of the above right now, can i have the one item below? Haha

Please oh Allah, grant me this one wish. Oh man, the bag is so pretty.. It's so nice to look at, i am sure wearing it will feel even better. Uwaaa. Ehem2, syafik azrir, hope you will read this and get me the above prada for new year?

Yeah right. Keep on wishing, nordina. Keep on wishing. T-T

Little angel

I was on medical leave for the past 2 days, been vomiting with loose stool and on off feverish feeling. The worse part is, aqeef also had the same symptom. So, i was tending to his needs throughout the 2 days as he was too weak to do anything. His vomiting was the worse as he needed to throw everything out every half an hour or so. Poor little aqeef.

So, yesterday night, as he was feeling better, alhamdulillah, he came to me as he had an extra nail protruding from one of his fingers.(lebihan kuku yang rasa tak selesa and nak cabut tu). 

Aqeef : Mama, boleh awak tolong saya tak, cabut kuku saya ni?

I was lying down totally focussing on his little brother who was walking around the house. Pffft that boy is a little disaster waiting to happen. He would stumbled into anything in the house now. Sikit sikit jatuh, sikit sikit jatuh. Huhu. So, as i was saying, i pull his extra nail and poof it was gone in 1 second. Then aqeef suddenly hugged me and said "awak baiklah mama, i love you sooo much.." And gave me a kiss on the cheek. T-T.

The way i felt back then was undescribable. Awww. That kind of love and compliment is soo pure and honest, i felt like crying. Even now, i am shedding tears just thinking about it.

Ya Allah, please take good care of my children, give them all the happiness in the world and guidance (including a mom who can love them without scolding at them 24/7 ;p).

Anyway, just putting this up so that i wont ever forget that feeling of contentment. Pheww, moments like this makes you want to have more children. Eh. 

iphone 6 review

Hi all,

Latest update : i have the iphone 6 already. yea! a birthday present and i am loving it to bits. :) previously, prior to this iphone 6, i have been using samsung s4 and before s4, i have been using the iphone 4s and before that an iphone 3. So, it is safe to say that I am a fan of iphone.i have always loved iphone solely because of its sophistication. i do not know how to explain it but i feel that other phone is filmsy and at the low range in terms of reliability.

The only thing about previous iphones that i do not particularly like is the shape and size. When all of its competitors are striving to sell slim phones with bigger screen display, apple kept its boxy shape and small screen display. That was the main reason why I chose to change from iphone 4s to samsung s4 last year. I was actually curious and intrigued to use android based phone and the slim design and shape of the s4 made me jumped to the shop to purchase it last year's July.

And now after being used for one year and 3 months, the phone started to have major problems that i just could not ignore anymore. (Actually I could, but the iphone 6's too beauuutiful to not be purchased, haha). The s4's started to have symptoms such as when you change to full screen it will be upside down, when playing games, when we tilt the phone to left, it will turn right instead and vice versa. Furthermore, the cosmetic of the phones looked so worn out as if i have been using it for 10 years. boohoo to samsung for low level of cosmetic reliability. And to top it off, 2 weeks before iphone 6 was launched, the phone's camera decided to die on me. T-T. When i want to take pictures, it had to be done via apps such as instagram. That was too much of hassle, wasn't it? But still, i thought "meh, i can still live with this, why waste money to buy new phone when the phone still can be used for basic function such as calling people and whatsapping?".

OK, and then, another issue came up. My mom's birthday's coming up on the 21st of November and us sisters decided to get her the new iphone6 on the day that it was launched - 6th November - for fear that it will be sold out and won't be restocked again. So, there i was asking syafik to go get the iphone on the first day of launching at the new shopping complex - the main place in usj, as his office is just next door. So, being a good husband (I love you ki), he went and bought the phone for my mom. And, the night that he brought home the phone, i fell in love with the phone instantly. Mostly due to the phone's slim shape, but suffice to say, it is everything i ever wanted in an iphone! T-T. still, i kept my calm and convinced myself that there is no need for a new phone.

And then, we found out that the iphone 6 needs to be using nano simcard instead of the micro simcard, I need to go to maxis center to change my mom's sim card since her number is under my account. So off we go to maxis center on a saturday - 8th November - to change my mom's sim card to be used with the iphone 6. We went to the center in sunway pyramid and the center was swamped with people trying to secure the iphone6. boohoo. and then it happened - that feeling of wanting something so badly - i want that new iphone! haha. but i still kept my calm.

Went straight to the counter to change the sim card and the people at the counter asked me " Ms, do you want to upgrade to iphone 6?You can still keep your old plan (i have been paying rm100 for my phone + data plan since forever ), we will waive the rm600 advance payment and simcard change's fee,since you are a loyal customer with good payment history and you can get the phone for rm1.5k++ (cant remember)". And i fell apart. Since hubby's buying as my birthday present, i said yes! haha. why not, right?  Actually you can get the phone for much cheaper if you buy it with maxis' latest plan RM155++ monthly, but so far rm100 has been enough for me throughout the yeasr, i feel that another additional 50++ would be unnecessary and an additional burden to my monthly expenses. So, i got the iphone with my old plan and i am one happy wife. :)

Anyway, focusing back on the phone, I got the iphone 6 and not the iphone 6plus as i feel that the iphone6's size is just nice for me, nice grip feeling and the fit is just nice for my hands' size.if you like your screen bigger and dont mind using the phone with both hands especially during typing, by all means, it is better to opt for the iphone 6 plus as the picture's resolution is much higher than the normal iphone 6. but honestly, being an employee of sony specializing in high definition TV, i can say the the iphone 6's resolution is clear and sufficient for normal high definition youtube viewing. Other than that, the iphone 6 plus also has longer battery life and a better iphone with faster shutter speed or something. Other than that, everything is pretty much the same with the iphone 6. Based on that judgement, i opted for iphone 6 and still pretty much heads over heels with the phone. :) And oh, the battery life for the iphone 6 after using it for almost 2 weeks now, is marvellous! The battery can last 12 hours with heavy usage ! And by heavy i meant continous usage of safari, facebook, youtube, whatsapp & instagram. Teeheehee. that's all i do with my phone anyway. Awesome right? Previously, for samsung, i need to recharge my phone after 4 hours of the same activities ok. So, kudos to iphone for the longer battery life.

Once i got the phone and got to play around with it, i suddenly felt so relieved to be using an iphone again. i never realized how much i loved the sophistication feeling of an iphone. Albeit the fact that i will miss the free apps from android, i feel that everything about the iphone is at a slightly higher level than any samsung phones. Hmm, i do not know how to explain it further, but i bet any of the avid iphone user can understand that feeling, right? :)

So, what are you waiting for?Go get an iphone 6 now! :p

busy bee

Assalamualaikum.

Wah its been sooooo long since I've updated this blog. woohh, its been so busy, what else is new eh?
My masters class has started September and this semester I am taking 2 classes with final year project. Work is at its peak, pheww.. Saying I'm busy is an understatement. Had to balance work, class and the kids. Thankfully le hub is self managing himself. huhuhu. Not good, I know. T-T.

Apart from being swamped with work, last week Aqeef had to be admitted for an operation, and to top it off, I had vertigo attack mid week. pheww. Really a challenge. But even when I was down with vertigo I couldn't take my mind of work, study and everything. Had nightmare that I couldn't finish everything on time and my boss shot me and I died. tskkk.. Sakit pun tak senang. MC sehari pastu esoknya dah tak sanggup MC, kerja berlambak lambak.

Anyway, thankfully, despite of being super duper busy, my milk production is still OK. There is  occasional dropping of production, but somehow, managed to top it up again. Thankfully my frozen ebm is still OK, I still have around 200oz backup and since my mom bought the deep freezer, all the frozen milk can actually be stored up til 6 months. Hence, no worry there, hopefully it can help me until Adam is 2 years. 10 months to go insyaAllah. ehehe. but I still keep reminding myself, "if I can continue for another 3 months, I am more than grateful". Small steps remember?

And study point of view, now I am drafting my thesis for final year project and still in the middle of multiple assignments for current class. uwaa. but busy is good. I just have to bear with it. Major reduction of shopping mall visits, means my bonus and monthly salary is not being used. woohoo. one good point of having classes during the weekends. tsk tsk tsk. good point la sangat kan. Can you tell that I am still undecided whether I like being busy or not? huhu.

Anyhow, I am thankful sgt, nothing to complain other than this busy upcoming 2 months. But...all this can easily be done insha Allah, especially when I have a new belated birthday present.. woohoo...

 

Alhamdulillah, a new toy that can be played even when I am in the class.. haha. Til next time. Tata.

29 Ramadhan

Alhamdulillah, today is the 29th day of Ramadhan. Sad that Ramadhan is leaving us, but happy that I managed to go through it smoothly. Alhamdulillah, syukur banyak2 sgt.

Adam turned 11 months yesterday (26th of November) and he's going to be one in a month's time insyaAllah. Eeekkkk.. how time flies kan. Alhamdulillah he's still fully breastfed. Ramadhan has been nothing but a blessful month for our breastfeeding journey. Not an oz of his stock was used, in fact managed to top up and add on to his ebm stock. Syukur sgt alhamdulillah, Allah mudahkan. Sgt byk Allah tolong. Bila hari2 yg susu kurang tu - sehari dapat 15 oz je, balik rumah tgk2 adam minum pun 15oz je, ada lebih lagi 5oz utk esoknya. Syukur2. Memang banyak lah Allah tolong and mudahkan.

Anyhow, I'm going away for a short business trip on the 7th day of Syawal. Ok, another new experience of our breastfeeding journey. First time being away from each other since he was born. I am now still studying how to bring ebm back from abroad. Some say need to invest on a good cooler bag, some say, the normal cooler bag is sufficient but need a lot of dry ice and so on. Hopefully Allah will smoothen everything insha Allah.

And here's a picture of how mama celebrated Adam turning 11 months. Happy 11th month sayang, i love you, mama shall try my hardest to provide you the best, hopefully until you are 24 months. 13 months to go,:)

Ramadhan Kareem

Alhamdulillah, still get to meet Ramadhan this year. Sedar tak sedar dah 6 hari dah berpuasa hari ni. Tahun ni semua cukup tenang and relax je. No bazar ramadhan, haha. sebab tu relax. Takde selera nak pergi bazar lagi. Kalau dolu dolu rajin sungguh menyinggah bazar ramadhan, biasanya cari air sejuk dan lazat. Tahun ni, air kosong je cukup. sebab breastfeeding dari buka ke sahur kena minum at least 2liter minimum. Bunyi macam senang tapi tak senang. huhu.

So far seminggu dah berpuasa sambil menyusu dan mengepam. The verdict? Alhamdulillah, smooth sailing, Stok frozen ebm tak berusik, siap dapat tambah stok frozen ebm lagi.T-T. Nangis sbb byk dosa kat Allah, still Allah bagi rezeki melimpah ruah bila mintak.. And yes, doa goes a long way ok. Doa je byk2, bulan2 Ramadhan ni, especially time buka puasa n time azan, insyaAllah Allah tak tolak doa org berpuasa time nak buka puasa tu.

I had my doubts the day before first Ramadhan as it's my first time fasting while breastfeeding and expressing milk. Aiyoo.. of course la risau kan. Tapi tetibe google2 pasal breastfeeding dan berpuasa, keluar gambar mommy kat Africa yg kurus gila, undernourished gila gila punya, tapi dia still breastfeed anak dia dgn gigih. Ada je susu please. And muka senyum je. And from there, came my motivation and determination that insyaAllah i can do it - Fasting & breastfeeding. Bila time malas n penat tu just ingat je the African mother and i got really psyched to go on.

And with that motivational condition, I started my first day of Ramadhan on last sunday. First day was @#$%&*(). haha. super duper tired. Air tak cukup, makan tah apa apa masa sahur. Plus, i havent been fasting since the last Ramadhan ok. Last ramadhan, I was pregnant with adam and alhamdulillah managed to not skip from fasting. Hence, no puasa ganti after hari raya and since i was breastfeeding him immediately after raya, i did not fast at all during the year. *pemalas kan?i know* Selalu ada je puasa2 sunat and puasa ganti in between each Ramadhan kan. Tahun ni takde. And hence, penat gila, lapar, semua ada. huhu. And i remembered that we had our iftar in my parent in law's house and on the way back, i was so tired and kept on saying to syafik that i could not do it. cannot fast while breastfeeding that is.

But alhamdulillah, the next day, I tried to change the strategy during sahur. My strategy is to eat food that can keep supplying and releasing energy for me throughout the day. So for the past 5 days, during sahur time, I have been taking dates (minimum 7), a spoon of honey (curik syafik punya), milk story's fenugreek chocolate drink, a glass of milo & noodles/rice with chicken/fish. And for breaking fast I have been taking a glass of umma lacto, a glass of milo ice, dates (minimum 7), rice with chicken and  minimum 2 litres of plain water throughout the night. And it works for me, alhamdulillah. Susu lagi menambah and i dont feel hungry and overly lethargic during the day.Malam penat la sikit, tapi still bearable la compared to first day. hehe. And I lost 4kg after 5 days of fasting. Muahaha. Bonus. Orang obese mmg senang lose unnecessary weight kan.

Alhamdulillah. Hopefully I can sustain this condition throughout Ramadhan without any major damage to my ebm stock. And i pray that everybody will have a blessed Ramadhan and to all breastfeeding mothers out there, may the force be with you,  =)

Pumping Journey

Ok, lagi sekali lama gila tak update blog. Super duper busy juggling work, study and family. pheww. not easy man. on top of that my youngest boy has grown oh so rapidly. Laju je merayap satu rumah, kalau tinggal sekejap akan hilang tiba tiba, tengok tengok kat bawah sofa dah budak tu. huhu. Alhamdulillah nothing to complain on that department.

Breastfeeding journey pun, nothing to complain, syukur sangat sangat everything has been made easy by Allah. Walaupun tak melimpah ruah susu, tapi mmg cukup and tak pernah kurang dari apa yg Adam perlukan.Dok la mengumpul susu untuk Ramadhan ni waktu hujung minggu. Tapi bila kelas full on Saturday and Sunday mmg susah sikit nak mengumpul. Minggu ni takde kelas sebab lecturer ada conference apetah, dapatlah mengumpul susu untuk adik Adam.

Tadi kira kira frozen ebm adam, alhamdulillah macam confident sket nak berpuasa insyaAllah.

 

Kira punya kira ada 58 botol 5oz and 10 botol 2oz adding up to become 330oz. Alhamdulillah. Cukup kot for Ramadhan just in case susu drop mendadak masa puasa. Huhu. Nothing much to hope but semoga dipermudahakan semuanyalah.

 

Seriously i didnt expect to still be able to continue the journey this long. Syukur. For me, the trick is kena selalu positive, makan kena cukup and rehat kena cukup kot. And of course ada byk supplement jugak. Shaklee, fenugreek drink, milo, longan kering and so on byk membantu.Adam suka makan solid pun membantu jugak. Dalam gambar tu makanan dia utk 4 hari je kot tu. huhu. And of course support from family especially husband and maids sgt memainkan peranan penting. Alhamdulillah for my current maid, sbb sgt pandai jaga anak anak especially in terms of handling adam and his milk intake. Sebab masa mula2 dulu dia susah juga nak adapt dgn susu badan, sbb asal adam nangis je dia bagi susu. Habis semua stok. Lama lama lepas tu baru ok.

 

And oh target kena sikit2, masa mula2 dulu target nak susu sampai 3 bulan, bila sampai 3 bulan rasa seronok target sampai 6 bulan, bila lepas 6 bulan, target 9 bulan. La ni dah sampai 9 bulan, target 12 bulan pula lah. Huhu. Most people cakap kalau nak breastfeed kena target siap2 sampai 2 tahun, kalau tak mmg tak jalan. Lain org lain psikologi dia kot. haha. for me, small steps byk membantu la.

 

Ok, its way past my pumping session. Till the next time, hopefully update bila adam dah setahun nanti which is lepas raya and hopefully masa tu ada success story breastfeeding masa Ramadhan insyaAllah. Amin. :)

Defensive mother of 2 updates

Wow! It's been around 4 months since I last posted here. That's what being a mother of 2 did to me. Huhu. But not complaining though. Syukur alhamdulillah for everything I have in my life now, all the good and the bad things. Allah has designed it perfectly for us so we should trust Him wholeheartedly and go through it with smile.

Alhamdulillah, parents are healthy. Mak's health is progressing well, and abah is still going strong at 77, albeit being diagnosed with alzheimer. Kids are doing great alhamdulillah. Aqeef's just started his kindy in genius aulad this week, and adam just started eating solid food last week. :) hubby's doing ok, anxiously waiting for his annual raise and me? Hmm, just started my class for my second last semester of masters class. Took cuti khas last semester to focus on adam and focus on breastfeeding.

Alhamdulillah, he has been breastfed for 6 and a half months now. :) and still going strong insyaAllah. It has not been easy. But we survived. Alhamdulillah. Serious tak senang weh breastfeeding. Whats with the weight gain (of course la by mama), the constant worrying of not having enough supply, the continous latching & so on.

Seriously it was a totally different experience with adam compared to when aqeef was a baby, but I can say that it is a good thing kot. Initially it was soo hard especially during confinement days, when adam was diagnosed with jaundice & I was recuperating from my csecs as well. It was so hard, that I didnt sleep at night at all throughout the confinement days. Adam would want to latch through out the night and I didnt know how to feed him lying down, hence, I didnt sleep through the night,and after subuh would pass the baby to the maid and sleep then with adam having ebm when I take a rest. Phew, seriously, sgt susah kot masa tu.

Then, after pantang everything got easier, and we got better at handling adam kot. Alhamdulillah. I suddenly know how to feed him lying down and adam immediately learnt to sleep through the night at 44 days old. And I feel the one thing that is easier compared to aqeef's time is that we dont have to get up to prepare adam's milk. Jyeah!! Haha.during aqeef's time we used to take turn to get up and prepare aqeef's milk every 3 to 4 hours. But with adam, no more. We can sleep through the night. Woohoo. Thats the best part of breastfeeding him kot, no night feeds that require us to get up from the bed. Teehee. So breastfeeding mom especially yang dalam pantang tu, hang on,the best is yet to come. It will defenitely get better insyaAllah. :)

And I have been using medela freestyle to express milk for adam when I go to work, and it has been a life saver. Used to have spectra 3 during aqeef's time, but never really got to use it cause it was so painful to use, but freestyle is totally the opposite. No pain, easy to use, and comfort all the way. Though my milk supply is not as meriah as most people (urgh stress gak tgk org simpan stok dalam deep freezer bagai kan, especially org2 shaklee yg nk promote set menyusu tu kan) but at all times i managed to have at least 100 oz of frozen ebm as back up when I had to stay back in the office or when I go out for a date with hubby. Murah rezeki adam. But all in all, in the past 6 months I rarely leave the house without adam kot (except to go to work of course), he has been my valuable accesory for the past 6 months. The cutest accesory to date.

And with breastfeeding, came baby wearing. Aqeef is a stroller baby, since he was 2 months old until now. He's most comfortable in his stroller whenever we are outside. So for adam, we thought it would be the same for him, so we bought him another stroller. But, we thought wrong, he didnt like the stroller at all. At all. Kept crying when we put him inside the stroller. Kept wanting to be held when we're out. And I couldnt take it anymore (or rather, my back couldnt take it anymore, huhu). We thought about it and decided to try soft structured carrier like ergo or boba.

And when we were looking around to buy the carrier, studying online and went around baby shops looking at all the available carriers, one of my best friends, nisa gave us their ergo carrier to try out in order for us to decide whether adam is really suitable with carriers or not. And he loved it. Slept the entire time whenever we put him in the carrier.And still do til now.

Thank you nis, kasi pinjam ergo yg sgt best!:) love love you so much. Such a kind and beautiful soul. And after much research, we found out that boba & ergo somewhat has similar functions, quality and reputation - boba originated from australia and ergo from the US,and because we got a really good price during the last baby expo in midvalley, we finally bought the ergo 3g carrier! And alhamdulillah the quality, feeling is same as the ergo original. And hence, with mmour experience with the 2 kids, our theory is, bottle fed baby prefers the stroller and breastfeed baby prefers baby wearing - cause its closer to the breast kot. Hahahaha. Thats only our theory, we shall verify it with the next baby ok, haha. InsyaAllah.  And one more perks of baby wearing compared to stroller is, senangnya nak shop, haha. Takyah handle stroller yang kadang2 susah nak cilok2 dlm kedai yg sempit kan. Kalau dulu aqeef, syafik kena tunggu luar when I shop, tapi sekarang tidak lagi. Yeay to baby wearing. Hihi.

And one more perks of breastfeeding, adam susah sakit, so far sekali je dia demam sepanjang 6 bulan ni, itupun recover within sehari, syukur. Compared to aqeef, dari lahir sampai sekarang mmg selalu sgt sakit, dgn allergic nya dgn demamnya. Dulu mmg asyik2 cuti sbb nak jaga n bawa aqeef pegi clinic. Tapi time adam ni alhamdulillah, kurang emergency leave sbb he's healthier. 

Oh I so love breastfeeding, walaupun susah gila, nasib baik dpt bertahan this far.. seriously terer gila mak2 ni kan. Breastfeed bagai, I have only one breastfeed baby, dah macam2 kesusahan dah rasa, yg 4-5 anak breastfeed tu camne tah. I salute them. Pheww.. tapi seriously breastfeed moms, bertahanlah, kelebihan byk sgt mmg berbaloi dgn kesusahan tu, and insyaAllah Jannah for you, mothers. :)

Ok actually I'm tending to aqeef who is having slight temperature. Risaukan dia, dok sponging kasi sejuk badan. Kalau ikutkan hati dah bawak dia pergi hospital dah, risau yg amat. Tapi papa dia kata tunggu pagi dulu. Maka tidaklah tidur, and dptah tulis post ni. Huhu. Ok nak tukar air tuam aqeef. :)

Pantang's over!:)

Weeehooo. Alhamdulillah its officially 45th day after the delivery and my pantang's over..weehooo. woh a whole new pengalaman pantang. Different than aqeef but a good one. Dah abis pantang boleh la ckp a good one kan. Kahkah. Hmmm..apa yg saya nak sgt eh utk celebrate abis pantang? Starbucks' java chip frappucino ngan tony roma's ribs!!! Haha. Semangat je.

Actually takde la teruk sgt mengidam makan,just mengidam nak gi jalan2 je. Weehoo. And insyaAllah sabtu ni nak gi jalan2 bawa aqeef naik aeroplane sbb dia bising nak fly.kesian pulak tgk dia. Seb baik dpt tiket airasia sorang rm80. Weehoo.merasa la acip naik aeroplane. Sian dia..last skali naik plane masa dia 2 tahun kot. Tak ingat pape. Skarang dah tahu aeroplane tu apa, bawak la dia jenjalan. And cause he's been such a good sport gak tolong mama dia dlm pantang bagai. Huhu. Sayang acip. Cant wait.

Maka berakhirlah sudah kisah pantang saya dgn adik adam. And hadiah pantang dari adik adam utk mama on his 44th day, first time adik adam tido malam 4 jam straight hari ni. Dari kul 1 sampai kul 5 ni baru bgn nak menyusu ngan mama. Alhamdulillah even though mama kena bgn pump sbb bengkak susu. Selalu melekat je sepanjang malam. Hopefully esok2 dia semakin pandai tido malam,amin..

*happy mode*

Of new bag and ebm

My aunt has just returned from europe and she bought me a longchamp bag from paris!weehoo.happy day indeed. And its in my favourite color too. Purple plum. Yummy. Happy day, early birthday present,sort of.hehe. and even though I'm recovering from flu which aqeef and adam also had (sedihnya bila anak2 sakit ok..:( dah tanak ada anak dah sbb tak suka rasa risau bila anak2 sakit. Especially si kecik adam. Heartbreaking and I dont know whether I can endure such pain..), tetap happy gak bila dapat bag ni.kahkah.

And sebab sakit susu badan pun merudum gak.ces. dah la sikit.merudum lagi. Eh, tapi cukup je utk adam insyaAllah(positive konon).huhu.its been 12 days since I started to collect ebm and so far dpt la 40oz stok. I am surprised that I managed to have the stock. Alhamdulillah. Saya yg takde susu ni pun boleh kumpul. Setiap kali pump 1oz je ok. Kena pump setiap 2jam utk dptkan stok.

Its hardwork, really is. Dgn demam nya, a few days gak dok consume stok ebm utk adam sbb too weak to nurse. Seb baik boleh pump and simpan even though makan ubat flu. Tapi sangat kagum dgn org2 yg ada a full freezer of ebm. Terer2. Tapi rezeki anak masing2 kan. Ni bahagian adam, dpt mama stok susu tak berlambak, tapi enough for him insyaAllah. Stay positive nordina!:)

The photo is to encourage me to work harder. And utk memory just in case semangat berkurang and malas nak berusaha lagi. Haha. Susah siot breastfeed and pump. T-T. Mixed feeling kan. Haha. Ok adam da nangis.

Balas dendam

Skrg tgh meroyan shopping online plis
.syiok rupanya shopping online. The thrill of not knowing how the stuff will look like in actual, that sheer happiness when u hear the sound of poslaju's van honking you to come collect your purchase and the satisfaction when you receive the stuff and its just as good as what u've expected or even better. Aaaa.. so far alhamdulillah everything I've purchased online has met my satisfaction.

I bought mainly scarves from sugarscarf, radiusite, tudung people and several other online boutiques. So far alhamdulillah its been good. So I tried to purchase tops from thepoplook. Bear in mind I rarely purchase any clothes even when I go to actual shop pun, because its normally very hard to find my size and even if it fits the cutting will not be to my liking. Yada yada yada. Cerewet sket kan. Nak baju yg boleh nampak kurus je. Jahit sendiri sudeh.

But.. alhamdulillah, so far all the tops that I've purchased at the poplook met my high expectation. Suka sgt. So hari2 ada jela benda yg dishopping. Free shipping plak tu, plus they have lots of long sleeves top yang labuh suitable for us muslimah2 ni. Chewah.

But today, buat pasal plak. Terbeli dua baju jovian mandagie weh. Gatal gi klik poplook punya raya haji collection. And now I've purchased 2  of jovian's modern kurung and now I'm trying to justify my purchase. Satu, raya puasa hari tu takde beli baju pape pun for myself. Selalu byk je beli utk sendiri sampai 5,6 kan. So ni dua utk both raya kira oklah kan. And i can return the baju for store credit should I dont like it or it doesnt fit me well. Fingers crossed. Erkkk. Hopefully it fits me well.

Wah. Nervous nya tunggu barang ni sampai. Oh I bought  below dresses by the wwy.I had a hard time choosing hence terbeli 2 tuh. Kalau ikutkan semua nak. Uwaaa. Ok nak tido mimpi baju jovian.

Berpantang

Wah,baru 18 hari berpantang. T-T. Tak kelakar betul pantang lama2. I do get it, why we need to berpantang and all, mmg bagus lah berpantang utk badan, minda semua kan. But I cant stand to stay at home all the time, its driving me crazy. Huhu. Mmg best takyah keje dok umah main dgn anak2, tapi takleh kuar rumah mmg stress. Pantang makan ok lagi. Maybe its just me, org yg hari2 kalau tak berjalan mmg tak sah.i miss going out, just for the sake of going out jalan2, bukan shopping pun. Tsk.

Anyway, adam dah 18 hari, alhamdulillah jaundice dah menurun ke level yg tak dangerous, skrg cuma tak tido malam je la dia. And I chose to stay up at night with him and tido waktu siang sementara bibik2 jaga dia.huhu. lagipun siang dia tido je kan. Might as well I sleep gak kan. Breastfeeding pun so far so good. I pump once daily utk bekalan adam bila saya tido and dptlah 5-6 oz utk adam minum bila saya tido. Nantilah insyaAllah adam dah sebulan nanti gigihkan lagi usaha mengepam buat stok utk adik adam. N oh, malam2 tak tido dgn adam ni abg aqeef pun sama naik tak tido. Da la mama berkungtau dgn abang ngan adik ni malam2. Tsk. Oh pengalaman yang berharga.

Nordina, silalah appreciate masa adam baby ni, kang dah besar cam aqeef sibuk rindu n teringin nak ada baby kecik lagi. Pastu dah dpt baby nak kompelin2 plak kan. Hehe. Ok adik nangis nak susu. Toodles.

Our second prince,:)

Alhamdulillah, hari ni genap seminggu our second prince dilahirkan. Lengkap, sempurna alhamdulillah. Semoga Allah cantikkan akhlak dan budi pekerti anak2 kami sebagaimana Allah cantikkan dan lengkapkan fizikal mereka, amin..

And dah 7 hari, officially nama baby boy adalah muhammad adam danial bin mohd syafik azrir. Alhamdulillah, cukuplah 2 org ya. Haha. Standard ayat org baru bersalin dlm pantang tak cukup tido tak cukup makan sbb kena pantang.

Just information about my little baby supaya tak lupa nanti. He was born via caesarean, sbb luka lama keluarkan abang aqeef nipis n dok sakit waktu dah 36weeks adik baby dlm perut. Dgn head circumference dia yg besar n my known small pelvic bone, doktor pun tak confident nak go for normal delivery.huhu. lantas kena potong lagi. Asalkan baby selamat, I'm more than thankful.

He was born 3.1kg at 50cm of length pukul 9.50 pagi. And lepas siap mama masuk wad around after noon tu, alhamdulillah he had his first breastfeed dgn mama. Sgt pandai latch mcm abang dia dulu. I've always believed the first milk lps bersalin mesti bagi baby dulu sbb kolestrum tu. After that insyaAllah ok dah nak minum apa pun. Hehe. And alhamdulillah, even though first day lepas caesar mama takleh bgn, dia ok je latching dlm keadaan baring. Good boy.

Tali pusat dah cabut smlm, on the 6th day. Abang aqeef dulu lagi awal, 5th day. And first days ni adam ada byk jerawat kat badan n kepala yg turun naik. Mama yg paranoid sibuk jumpa doktor and alhamdulillah its common for newborns. Pheww. Haha. And he has mild jaundice 256 biluribin count and skrg tgh undergo phototheraphy treatment kat rumah. More on that later insyaAllah. Mama nak tidoq sat. Hehe.

Welcome to our life muhammad adam danial. We love you beyond words dah. :)