2011 Sungkai Outing No 2

It's our annual pot luck sungkai at the Lees!!






Nadia playing masak-masak.. This is such an awesome toy that Nadia comes back home and started playing with our pots and pans at home.. Must buy her one of these too..!






While Sofie naps peacefully..







After sungkai, having great conversation around the dinning table






Nadia and Adam







With Ayang






Sofie with Sam & Rozman






Lovely dessert!!

Cradle cap and fungal infection

.. According to Dr Yew of TK Chann are two very good friends and they are currently visiting Chubby Cheeks! I remember Dia had a similar ailment when she was about a month old but Sofie's is worse :(( we went away with Candacort so hopefully the infection goes away very quickly..

We took Cheeks out and used the baby carrier and glad to see the she seem to enjoy herself.. Unlike Missy, she cried a bucket the first time we used the carrier on her.. LOL








We went back to the ILs on Sunday.. It's always fun to look at Dia and Alya play.. The conversation they have are so funny and they are so grown up now.. We asked each of them if they wanted to go to school, both said yes and Missy can't seem to stop talking about it now.. Saw some kids at the clinic earlier and she told us 'Dia school pakai skirt kan?'





Eating marshmallow






Dunno why they were lying on the floor like this but there were slot of giggles coming from this two cheeky girls!

We are still struggling in terms of bottle training Sofiyya and mum is getting agitated.. Huhuhu I hope and pray that Cheeks get over this phase..



Bottle training with Kaka

Despite being such a big girl Missy here insists that she use the bath tub when it's her turn to mandi.. She has clearly outgrown the tub.. Huhu

2011 Sungkai Outing No 1

Was at millennium restaurant with the Zams on Saturday, 6th August 2011

Nursing and fasting

This is the third year of nursing and fasting.. I was reading up just to refresh my memories on the effects of fasting on BM and most research concludes that fasting has no effect on the macronutrients in a mothers BM content and consequently it has no effects on growth and weight in the infants who consume those BM.. For that reason and also the fact that I do not want to miss out and have to qadha at a later stage, I decided to fast 3 yrs ago.. I had concerns whether I would be producing enough BM with lack of food intake but experience has shown me that there would be a decrease in production but milk would still be enough for the infant and alhamdulillah mengenyangkan both Nadia back then and sofiyya now.. Our Bs afterall cater to the needs of each children.. Currently I am still able to make 'extras' as I continue to express at midnight and in the morning when I wake up..

How does fasting and nursing effect me? I get hungry faster!! So what I try to do these days is eat as much as I can and drink liquids as much as I can! Sahur is also known as my mengasak time where I eat eat eat! And as for liquids, I drink at least a glass glass of water after each directfeed session, at least 3 glasses during Iftar and Sahur and many many glasses in between.. I had a crazy thought last night: 'wouldn't it be great if I can just IV drip them liquids in my body?' I told you it's a crazy thought! So what I do now is drink different types of drinks so i don't get bored of just water..

This is again just my practice and other mums out there may choose to not fast and nurse. Nursing and pregnant mothers are afterall allowed to not fast, so long as they repay the fast and pay fidyah..




My darling daughters decides to wake up and accompany us during sahur..

Oh took Chubby Cheeks to her appointment yesterday and she now weighs 5.205kg, 57.5cm in height.. Big growth spurt this month!! Alhamdulillah

FS galore!!

My current FS has been very goo to me but Because I only have one breast pump, I decided to go and purchase a second pump.. This pump will act as my 'just in case' and will only be used if my current pump is starting to act up.. Thought hard and long about which pump to buy and I finally go back to my trusted Medela Freestyle!!

I, along with 3 other people placed an order and it finally arrived yesterday!! Hehee


And just in time too cause H just gave birth to a bouncing baby boy (Congrats babe!!!) and T will welcome her babies in less than 2 weeks time (can't wait!!).. Hehe



Nadia saying: waaah banyak nyaaa LOL

A million thanks to D & J for helping me ship the items here!! We an our babies are very grateful for your help!

And thank you for the baju for Dia & Sofie!! Love it!!



Nadia thought she was going to the beach! LOL

Positivity

We noticed since sunday sofiyya has been showing signs of rejecting her bottle.. This of course got us very worried cos I have less than a month left.. So we started strict bottle feeding again yesterday.. I let my Maid train her at first but after listening to 'kenapa inda mau ni?' 'dulu mau jua' 'eh inda ia mau' I took over!! I got so pissed and annoyed with her negativity!! So I decided to keep training sofiyya downstairs and let her get my dose of positivity by saying these sort of words loudly, making sure se hears me! 'c'mon sofiyya' 'pandai pakai bottle ni' 'good girl'..! These positivity nay sound annoying to some people but I believe those negative phrase mcm doa bah!! Ish!!

Oh today is day 2 and I asked my maid and she said sofiyya is well.. I just need to make sure I keep up the bottle feeding during the day constantly.. Oh it also means that I spend more time with my FS now..

So how has fasting and nursing been so far? Been ok, ebm supply remains high and good production but my tummy will start grumbling at around 10am huhuhu

Potty training Nadia is going well, less and less accidents. Key is to remind her to go to the toilet to pee.. Oh Dia developed a habit of snacking on cheese! I figure that's a good habit no?




My Cheeky Monkey and I during our sungkai run



Chubby cheeks on first of ramadhan

Happy breastfeeding week!

Selamat berpuasa everyone!!

Stock check: 720oz
I am running out of freezer space and today is day 2 of me slowing down in terms of expressing.. I normally express twice or thrice per day, expressing when I wake up especially but I now resort to expressing one side per day only and skipping the early morning session.. I'm kinda sad but slowing down is what I have to do until I finally buy another freezer huhuhu once I do then I shall revv up time spent with my FS again LOL

It got me thinking about when I shall express during ramadhan and I think I shall do it after sahur..

happy breastfeeding week to everyone!!

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