Saturday 3Nov2012

We took the girls for their appointment at the clinic in the morning and because Sofiyya was not feeling well we had to postpone her 2nd flu shot. After we visited my mum at the ward and sent her home for her short home leave we headed to BSB for some errands..

We headed to the mall and had a quick lunch at Pizza Hut











Because we didn't plan to go to BSB we didn't have any car seats. Both girls were happy to be playing and jumping around at the back seat with this pening mummy of course! Hahaha




Sweaty me with them girls

And while i was busy at Mothercare..














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Another viral fever ?!?

I feel like it was just yesterday when my girls recovered from their recent bout of fever, sniffles and cough and somehow its back again..!!!! This is getting to be very annoying.. Started off with Sofiyya and then as soon as Sofiyya was showing signs of improvement Nadia caught the flu and started having fever.. Grrr

My maid and grandmother was also feeling under the weather and my poor mum was hospitalised last tuesday night.. Its been 4 nights now and hopefully mum gets discharge tomorrow..



Visiting nenek girl on Wednesday




My little darling last night.. Stripped down to her diapers, kool fever and constant sponging..

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Full week

We have had a full week last week, attending family functions. It started off with Tahlil from Monday-Wednesday, took a short break on Thursday, Aidil adha visiting on Friday, went over to visit Hubs' grandmother in Limbang on Saturday and attended 7 days tahlil on Sunday in Lumut.. My long weekend didn't feel that long afterall. Despite all of that i really do feel blessed and very thankful that we got this opportunity to spend time with both side of our family, despite the circumstances being a sad one..




The girls enroute to kg btg mitus to visit hubs' cousin for aidik adha




Nadia asked me to take a photo of their shoes



With yours truly



Breakfast on Saturday before we headed to Limbang



Sofiyya enjoying a sip of water and enjoying the view



Watching the cat downstairs



With second cousin boboi



Me, enjoying the view (cars pass by) Hehehe










Alhamdulillah, Hubs' grandmother's health has improved significantly since our last visit






The only decent photo of them three and their Yantut i could get

Before heading home we stopped by at my ILs for a quick visit. Its been too long and the kids have missed their grandparents and vice versa.




We got home around 9.30 and this is a photo of Sofiyya crying mengusut.. The whole day's activities must have gotten to her..







Attending tahlil in lumut on Sunday.

my sunshines

We received sad news on Sunday evening that my cousin who we visited hours earlier passed away.. Al-fatihaha for my late Kaka Momoi.. We pray that she will be placed di antara orang-orang yang beriman.. amin amin.

Monday was a sad day and i was pretty down up until i saw these!! 

Both of us, my husband and I. feel truly blessed to have these 2 girls in my life.. They are indeed our rays of sunshine during the dark and cloudy days.. Syukur alhamdulillah..

an afternoon in KB

We headed to KB on Sunday and had an impromptu lunch with BIL and his family..

the kids being entertained by iPad of course!

Nadia and Darwisy doing the Korean poses! Nadia K-pop, Darwisy Gangam style!

With nenek boy at Suri Seri Begawan hospital where we visited my cousin

headed back home.. my bulat!

and my little clown!

Celebratinghis 36th

We had a small celebration at home, just the 4 of us..

initially I had nothing planned except for the small celebration above and maybe dinner but by 10am that morning his friends and I were in full force planning for the gathering that night at Geotrax bike shop..

his friends setting up

Our excellent cook who cooked up BBQ chicken, Lamb and Mee Jawa

Sofiyya and I

om nom nomm

surprise surprise another CAKE!!!

the four of us

happy faces enjoying the food!

low milk supply

Often we get comments from new mothers saying that their milk production is low.. This is a pretty common comment, I had it when I first had Nadia.. I even had an aunt press on my Bs and said 'its empty'.. I remember I cried my eyes out that evening and vowed that i will do all that i can to make sure 'nada isi' will never happen again.. 

I guess one of the things that needed adjustment back then was my expectation. Being new to breastfeeding and have always known the most convenient form of feeding i.e. FM, I though my Bs will immediately fill and in one sitting i will be able to get 6oz per expressing session. Little did I know that it doesn't work that way.. Our Bs are like muscles, we need to exercise and train them in order to get the produce that we want.. Through my readings and speaking to friends I found out about stimulating our Bs.. alhamdulillah it works for me..

so on most occasions when friends ask me how to increase production, i say stimulate, stimulate, STIMULATE!! Pump, pump, PUMP! 

I came across this website and i thought it would be good to share here.. Happy reading mummies!! http://www.lowmilksupply.org/