All nighter

Dia just pulled an all night-er! *Yawn* She decides to wake up and stay up from 2am to about 5am! I suppose we are to blame as we just let her sleep and wake up whenever she wants. Guess i need to do better at training her *sigh* 

With 8th June 2009 (the day i go back to work) seems to loom very close at a quick pace, i need to start thinking about.. everything, well mostly about feeding Dia while i am at work! Ok lets break it down.

1. Need to prepare BM in bottles for Dia. I figured i still maintain at 2Oz each bottle but how many bottles should i prepare? (need some mathematics here! LOL)

2. Do I Direct feed Dia before i go to work? But what if she is still sleeping?

3. Do I pump before i leave for work?

4. How many times do i pump at work? If its more than once, means that i need to be prepared to wash and dry the equipment.

5. At what time do i need to wake up in order to ensure i have enough time to do everything before i head to work?

So i guess the way to find out is to have a dry run.. I'll do that esok lah since i have already Direct fed Dia this morning after her bath.. 

I suppose all of this will be easier if i decide to mix Formula (FM) and BM, as kindly pointed out by one of my aunties! So my mum and i just smiled and kept our comments to ourselves (oh how glad i am to have a supportive mother! and one who doesn't pressure me to give FM to Dia). I am standing my ground and I shall exclusively give BM to Dia for as long as i can (where the aim is until she is 2 yrs old). Besides i know myself, i know that if i start to give FM to Dia, i will slack in the areas of BF. Jgn tah jauh, now that my container of EBM is full, i find that i slack in terms of pumping! *sigh*

Ok i better go and give myself a good pep talk! But before that, is it normal for me to still carve for food even after i have had Dia? haha I am so craving for Cake, Strawberry shortcake from Bakerlyn to be particular and also Japanese food! *sia sia pun* hahaha

Busy weekend

Elo peeps! Sorry for the lack of updates! Its been a busy weekend for Dia and her parents! hehehe 

It started with a visit to a Pediatric clinic in Kiarong. I try not to worry or panic at every corner of my journey as a new mother but for the past weeks Dia has been vomitting or rather 'muak'.. Sometimes its the amount she threw up sikit, sometimes banyak. What worries me the most is that sometimes the vomit comes out of her nose! Now even as adults, when that happens to us, padas kn rasanya? So i went and asked the Drs in Tutong Clinics and they seem to just dismiss it saying that since her weight gain is ok, its normal and advised us to just keep on burping her after every feed (which we do!). As i said before i try not to panic but i just can't stand it when i hear my baby cry so we went to visit the Dr in Kiarong and he kindly explained to us that the reason why Dia vomits is because of the air trapped in her and the reason why it comes out of her nose is because the bubble of air is to big and when it 'bursts' it comes out of Dia's nose. He prescribe 'Wind drops' which will help her to burp more and have smaller burps. So far, alhamdulilah we think that the med is working..

Then after the visit to the Dr, a trip to the computer shop in Kiulap and then Lunch with P at Nonya Serusop! Now this was an experience for us! This is the first time we have taken Dia out for a meal and we were a bit nervous.. Takut Dia mengusut.. And well she kinda did.. She was kusut kan tidur! So Anjai n I had to take turns to eat while the other cradles Dia.. hehehe P, sorry u didn't hold Dia, as u can see, we were nervous parents! We'll do better next time round hehe and hopefully the others will be able to join us then. After lunch a trip to the fabric shop and then head home as we were all pooped!

Sunday outing was a trip to Tina's place for a scheduled photoshoot for Dia. hehehe But since i haven't seen the gang in ages we decided to have lunch prior to the shoot.. Thanks Tina for having us at your place.. We had a great time and great company as usual. So anyways back to the shoot! It was amazing how Dia can cry cry cry and then when there is a camera, she quiets down and look at the lens! hahaha anyways, here is a photo posted up by Lens! Haven't seen the rest of the pics but i'm sure they are great!

Ngalih ku masih eh! ok bye! 

Oh before i forget, Thanks Mommy Sarah and Happy Mother's day to you too.. And you are indeed correct.. the first time for us.. hehehe

Dia has a new friend!

A million Congratulations to a dear friend Rani & Azlan for the birth of their baby girl! Syukur alhamdulillah, everything went well...  I am so very very happy for her! And now, Dia has a new friend! hehehe

Its 7th May today which means i have 1 month left till i have to go back to work.. *sigh* Part of me looks forward to going back to work but part of me... I can't imagine not seeing Dia for more than 8 hrs!!! Yesterday my mum said that Dia should sleep with her in the afternoon, to train her.. Mula2 ok then after about 2 hrs my mum came to my room with Dia and said that Dia inda tidur nyaman.. So we will try again later today..

One more month to Shopaholic's big day and i just realised i have no outfit for her big day.. Hoping to get some fabric over the weekend and hoping that the tailors will be able to make my baju just in time! hahaha

Meet our Little Tigger!

Trip back to Yadu & Yaki's Place

Happy Monday y'all! How's everyone?  Well anyways, Dia went on a trip yesterday and it was a trip that we have been waiting for since Dia was born.. It's a trip back to Anjai's place.. We arrived there around 9.30am and only got home at 5.30pm! Boy we were pooped! haha but it was so nice and fun cos everone was there, all of Anjai's siblings and all 3 grandchildren. 

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Dia all dressed up and ready to go

Dia: Daddy, Siapa kan pigang Dia ani?

Dia: Mummyyy! Daddy inda mau jawap Dia punya question.. Siapa kan pigang Dia ani?

Dia: Oooh.. Yantut (great grandmother) Diaa.. hehehe 

Dia & Yadu

Yadu & Abg Darwisy

Angah Eboy & Kaka Alya

Then come the photo session!!

(From left: Alya (Eldest, born in Jan); Darwisy (Middle, born early March); Nadia (Youngest, born middle March) 

Main pasing-pasing dorang..

Darwisy & Dia: Eh jgn th pigang tangan Kaka Alya, ia inda pakai sarung tangan..

Dia says: 'Hip Hip Horray!'

Calm & Serene

Screaming

Early Saturday Morning

Dia has a habbit of waking up really early and this morning she woke up at 6.30 wanting some attention.. While playing with her, we noticed that she kept on looking at her baby bouncer so we figured, its time... to let her sit in it..  She enjoyed it for a while then started to cry after 2 mins! haha anyways, here are some pics taken..

'Eh mcm siok jua duduk sini ani'

'ok ok, i'll pose for Aunty TC'

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Dear Aunty TC,

I have never met you but Mummy says that you guys have been friends for ages so i am assuming you are ok... (Jadinya my mummy kn stay friends with you if you are not ok kan? haha) And she told me you got me the bouncer all the way from from the land down under.. Thank you for the gift and although I cried after a while, i promise i will enjoy it more once i get bigger k? hehe Thank you again and see you in July..

xoxo

Dia

Compact

Sorry for the lack of updates peeps! And thank you for your support on Dia's skin conditions however i have to admit i am a bit skeptical on putting BM on Dia's face.. inda jadi Milk rash/ Kurap susu kah tu Huaida and Mommy? Please educate me.. hehehe

Anyways, we started with applying Calamine lotion on her face as advised by the Dr last Monday and this is how she looked like.. hehehe

Soon after asked for a second opinion from E13 and she said its better to use Hydrocortisone and then top of with the Aquaeous cream as it will help to moisturise Dia's skin.. Applying the creams was a challenge as she screams so had to wait until he is feeding or sleeping to do it..

This is how she looks like on Weds night, playing with her lips..

Yesterday morning after her bath and meds placed on her skin..

We also went to visit Baby Darwish over at my Aunty and Uncle's place.. and my my how bunal he is noww.. SO uber cute!

Mcm tidur, mcm inda jua Darwish ani.. Malu kana gambar kah? hehe

Darwish and his Mum(Akina), Dia and Her Nini Angah Girl.. I love this pic cos u can see Darwish smiling and waving happily! hehe

Darwish wanting to be fed!

Oh remember our outing last weekend? Well turns out there were some pics taken but only of Dia in her car seat! hahaha

Dia enjoying being changed

On other news, i have been having shooting pains on my torso area since Monday evening and we thought it was just gastric/dugal but after an urut session with my grandmother on Wednesday evening, she says that i have 'kambang uri'. Am not sure what it is (oh how i wish i can google it!) but apparently my stomach is sejuk and that my insides has expanded which explains why it was hard for me to breathe 2 nights ago.. I am now back to the hot stones treatment and grandmother dear have given water boiled in some sort of root for me to drink which i may add taste a bit funky.. haha

On pumping news, i have now max-ed out my container with EBM.. I guess its time to go out and get a new container and perhaps a new mini freezer? hehe

We have another outing this weekend, one that we have been looking forward to in ages.. its a trip back to Anjai's place! This time Dia will get to meet her great grandmother, Anjai's Yadu.. hehehe 

Have a great weekend y'all!