Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sitting on His Own

Assalammualaikum...

Just nak update pasal my lil boy..Another milestone of his....Sekarang umur Muammar dah 7 bulan setengah.....

Yeaaayyyyy.....sekarang Muammar debob saya sudah pandai duduk sendiri......!!! Bagus anak ibu ngan abah ni...

Alolololololo........
Ni adalah salah satu his facial expression yang selalu mencairkan hati ibu..nampak comel sangat-sangat..tapi nmpak cam sedih....pandangan merayu ..."Ibu, angkat la adik.....":)

Suka sorang-sorang duduk tepi sofa

Eehh..ada ibu la.....:P
Baru beberapa hari lepas je dia pandai dah alih tangan dia nak ampu badan bagi boleh duduk....seronok saya tengok....

Nggeee...baru pas mandi..tak mo baring dah..terus nak duduk
Tapi tu la...sesi pakai baju dan tukar pampers macam bersilat pulak...memang challenging....tak mo langsung Muammar nak baring..terus nak bangun duduk aje.. Macam lagu iklan pampers mamypoko tu....

"Suka nya adik ini..dia suka pusing-pusing....."

pakai pampers pun kadang-kadang senget  dah..kena la perbetul balik pas tu....tu pun gigih lagi jer dia golek-golek.....haaiihhh....

Eiissshhh la sayang..ibu penat kejar dah budak kecik nih....semangat nak main pun semakin tinggi dah..pantang aje dapat benda kat tangan dia..dengan mata terpejam pun masih boleh main bola lagi.....kadang-kadang jadi cam kelakar tengok perangai dia.. kadang-kadang geram pun ada gak......hehehhe

He is really one active lil guy....memang penat layan dia..tapi semua tu berbaloi-baloi bila tengok muka manis dia sambil tersenyum manja.......

Cair hati ibu tau sayang.....:))

Ibu sayang adik tau....Muammar sayang ibu???? :D

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Muammar's First Stylo Hoodie

Assalammualaikum...


Right...mummy's purse is yummy....:P

Smile baby smile...:D

It was Christmas Eve....Kami jalan-jalan pi tesco selatan. Sambil bawa anak sedara hubby, Syitoh yang baru dapat result PMR...Alhamdulillah, she got 8 A's. So, pakteh (my hubby) nak belanja makan KFC.

 As we went there it was quite late, 9.30 pm, so takleh jalan lama-lama sangat. And we didn't go to KFC, but to Old Town White Coffee instead. My hubby nak makan mee udang katanya. and we alls yang lain end up makan mee kari.

Tiga anak dara- Dayah, Syitoh ngan Maksu Hajar....
See...he can sit in the high chair..:D
Pas dah makan suma, jalan-jalan shopping pampers Muammar yang dah kehabisan. The girls pi jalan cari barang masing-masing je la. Biasa la budak teen agers nih kan....:)

Jalan punya jalan....Abah Muammar tetiba terberkenan pulak dengan sweater nih... For me it was quite expensive for a little kid sweater..RM 39.90. Tapi dek abah dia dah suka, makanya.......So ini lah hasilnya.....Muammar in his very first hoodie sweater...cam comel jek tengok dia pakai...so, meh kita layan gambor-gambor budak bam-bam nih ngan sweater baru..:D Ibu dia kasi jaja kat blog nih....


Abah & Muammar
nyum--nyum..this gurgling-sound-toy-fish looks yummy...:P



Stylo lil man of mine..hehehe



Yo..yo..yo..what's up dude???

Sekian kisah Muammar dengan sweater pertama nya....:)

Terima kasih.....




Thursday, December 22, 2011

Black Pepper Chicken ala Simple

Assalammualaikum....

Okeh yer semua..hari ni saya nak share resipi yang mudah lagi ringkas...Tapi rasa still no compromi..boleh dijamin sedap....heheehe

Bahan-bahan pun yang memang basic di dapur aja..Tak yah renyah-renyah mahal-mahal. :D

 Jom masak!!!!

Black Pepper Chicken

Bahan:

Ayam
2 labu bawang besar ( 1 1/2 biji dipotong bulat, 1/2 labu lagi dicincang)
5 ulas bawang putih (didadu)
1 inci halia (dihiris)
2 sudu besar lada hitam
Kicap
Sos Tiram
2 sb madu/1 sb gula
Sedikit bancuhan tepung jagung
Tomato

Cara-cara:

1. Potong ayam sederhana besar atau ikut suka.
2. Perap dengan sedikit sos tiram, madu (kalau takde boleh guna gula), lada hitam, kicap dan secubit garam.
3. Goreng dengan minyak yang sedikit dan api kecil supaya ayam kekal moist. Goreng agak-agak masak aje. jangan garing-garing. Simpan baki perapan ayam.
4. Bila tengok ayam, dah masak, golden-golden sikit, masuk bawang besar didadu, bawang putih dan halia. Tumis sekali dengan ayam tu sampai nampak bawang layu dan caramelized.
5. Masukkan bawang dipotong bulat. Bila layu, masukkan air perapan tadi. Nak lebih kuah, tambah air. Boleh tambah lada hitam dan sedikit garam.
6. Boleh masukkan air tepung jagung dan tomato. Tunggu tomato layu sedikit dan boleh tutup api.

Tadaaaaaa....sedia di ngap...:D


Black Pepper Chicken ala Simple :P

Senang kan??????

Sayur-sayuran terpulang la yer..nak tambah kacang peas ker, cauliflower ker, atau broccoli. Saya buat yang cukup serba serbi ringkas, sebab masak tak plan pun. Masak ikut apa bahan-bahan yang ter cekau di dapur kecik saya aja...:D

Itu aje..selamat mencuba...byeeee......

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Masuk Bakul Tak Boleh Angkat..:D

Assalammualaikum...

Saja nak story pasal Muammar yang semakin macam-macam ada nih...Kadang-kadang, saya yang tak terlarat nak layan keaktifan budak kecik nih.

Gambar nih amik masa last week kot..Saya sibuk wat keja rumah..cuci baju, kemas, mop lantai bagai-bagai.. Muammar duk main sorang-sorang. Bila time nak pi sidai baju, mula la dia pulak menanges..

Heh..heh..heh......


Meh bagi ibu....nak sidai nih..:D


Adoiyaaaiii...pantang aje ibu hilang dari mata yer..dah pandai nak mengikut aje keja nya.

Haa...padan...kan dah kena masuk dalam bakul...hahahaahah

Muammar tolong ibu yer...:))


Muammar...ohhh...Muammar...:D

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Another Share!!!

Assalammualaikum...

Isk..iskk..iskkkk........jangan marah yer. Hari ni saya nak share resipi lagi. Straight berapa post saya wat pasal makanan ek....adoiyaaaaiiii la...ampun...:D

Bukan ape, bila sekarang dah jadi SAHM ni...memang pening kepala pusing-pusing sebab kena berfikir secara kreatif, nak cari menu of the day....Just imagine, hari-hari nak menghadap dapur. Tengok bawang, ikan, ayam, cili, minyak dan sebagai-bagainya kan...Mau tak hazabbb ko pikir menu ape nak hidang untuk hubby darling.....:D

Untuk family yang sekecil saya, hubby and Muammar ( yang tak reti lagi makan memacam cam mak pak dia nih....:P) masak yang simple-simple aje udah ler dak....Sekali-sekali boleh la buat  yang susah payah tu, macam gulai lemak cili api ker, kari ker, asam pedas ker..kalau hari-hari nak berhempas pulas di dapur masak gulai kari bagai, alamat nye, segala macam silat la akan keluar.....

Sebab apa saya kata silat????? Haaa...untuk para SAHM ni, cabaran untuk menjalankan rutin urusan rumah tangga adalah sangat mencabar okehhh...

Sebab waktu nak goreng ikan tu la anak nak susu la...especially yang BF kan..memang on demand tau. Sanggup tutup api kuali dulu, pi nyusu plak....

Tu belum lagi tengah nak perah santan, baby dah nangis sebab boring main sorang2....Dah tertangguh sebab kena pi nyanyi-nyanyi dulu apa yang patut nak hilang boring si tecit....

Nak blender rempah, kalau boleh nak blender yang paling senyap di dunia...punya la tak mo baby terjaga dari tido dek kebisingan bunyi blender tersebut. Memang tunggang langgang tau.

Elok boleh masak dalam masa sejam, kadang-kadang 3-4 jam baru nak siap...tu baru wat 2 lauk jer..kalau nak masak 3-4 jenis lauk???? Mau nyer tak tergolek??? 

Tu yang duk bersilat nak juggle baby ngan dapur. Belum lagi nak lipat kain, cuci baju, kemas rumah, mop lantai....cer kira tengok cemana gayanya.... hahahahahh

Ok..back tu share. Saja nak share resipi ringkas2 nih..untuk perkongsian bersama...kut2 u olls dah takder idea nak masak...boleh try resipi saya...Sonang bai tuhhh.....

Ayam Masak Kicap Ala Paprik


Bahan-bahan:

Ayam ( 5-6 ketul )
2 labu bawang besar ( dipotong baji macam epal)
4 ulas bawang putih (dihiris)
1 inci halia (dihiris)
6 tangkai cili padi (tumbuk pecah2)
5 helai daun limau purut
1 sudu kecil tepung jagung ( dibancuh dengan segelas air)
Sos tiram
Sos cili
Kicap lemak manis

Cara-cara:

1. Ayam dipotong saiz sederhana. Gaul garam kunyit dan goreng. Jangan terlalu garing nanti hilang manis isi ayam.
2. Tumis bawang besar, bawang putih, halia dan cili padi. Tunggu sampai bawang besar layu.
3. Masukkan daun limau purut yang dikoyakkan.
4. Tumis sampai naik bau.
5. Masukkan sos cili, sos tiram dan kicap. Tambah sedikit garam ikut sedap...:D
6. Masukkan air tepung jagung ( kalau suka kuah banyak boleh lebihkan air ) dan tomato.
7. Tunggu didih kejap dan boleh dihidang.

Tadaaa...hasilnya....

Ayam masak kicap ala paprik...:D
 Rasa cam paprik ayam biasa..tapi yang ni version tak guna serai. Sebab kat rumah saya non ado...hahaha

Ini resipi yang dimasak ala-ala main campak-campak berdasarkan apa bahan yang dijumpai di dalam dapur kocik saya...:P


Selamat mencuba!!!!!!





Monday, December 12, 2011

Banana Pancake for Brekkie :)

Assalammualaikum...

Last week, my MIL kirim pisang kat my darling hubby. Tak tau pisang per nama dia, tapi sangat la montok pisang ni. Nak kata pisang montel, bukan. Sebab pisang montel kulit licin, dan besar panjang. Yang ni, kulit tak licin sangat, bulat montok dan tak berapa panjang. Tapi yang pasti, pisang ni sangat sedap okehhh...:D

My MIL bagi sesisir. Hari tu tak masak ranum lagi. So, peram je lah. Semalam, tengok pisang ni dah ranum elok kuningnya. Apalagi, otak pun ligat berfikit, sayang nye pisang cantik-cantik gini wat cekodok pisang jer...Boring gak makan cekodok pisang. So, masa tengah layan FB semalam, saya pun meng'google'  resipi pisang.

Klik sana...klik sini...last-last terberkenan ngan resipi Pancake Pisang ni. Jadinya hari ni, for breakfast, kami sefamily makan pancake ler ceritanya.......

Jom share resipi. Ianya adalah senang ..boleh try bila-bila masa...Dijamin menjadi tau...heheheheh

Banana Pancake Sedap

Bahan-bahan:

1 cawan tepung naik sendiri
2 sudu besar gula
Secubit garam
2 biji pisang ranum (dilecek)
1 cawan susu segar
2 sudu besar minyak masak/ marjerin
1 biji telur
Esen Vanila

(adunan ni boleh dapat 12-15 keping pancake. Depends pada size yang u olls nak. Penyediaan adunan tak sampai 10 minit pun. Blend aje semua. Tapi nak menggoreng adalah take time skit sebab buat sekeping-sekeping. )

Cara-cara:

1. Gaul tepung, garam dan garam.
2. Adun telur, susu, marjerin,pisang dan esen vanila. guna blender ajer sebab saya xder mixer.
3. Selepas adunan sebati ( jadi creamy) masuk campuran tepung. Blender lagi sampai halus takde lump.
4. Panaskan kuali . Oles sedikit marjerin. Api kecil. Tuang adunan dalam 3/4 senduk gulai yang biasa dalam gerakan membulat. Baru jadi bulat elok pancake tu....
5. Bila pancake dah naik bubble, boleh terbalikkan.

Nampak tak bubble kecik-kecik tu? So boleh turn over pancake pisang anda.

Tunggu masak kejap dalam seminit, dah boleh angkat.

Taadaaaaa......Banana pancake sedap boleh dihidang bersama madu, kaya, jem dan peanut butter. Jangan lupa. life partner dia satu mug nescafe atau hot milo.




Yummy...Banana Pancake with Honey + hot milo


Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sesi Gambar Hijau

Assalammualaikum...

Jangan terkejut dengan title tu ok...sesi gambar hijau bukan le maknanya saya jadi hulk ke ape..just saja nak jaja gambar saya dan Muammar dalam kebun pokok getah milik Hajah Che Piah di Kg. Kuala Lanjut...hehehe

Kejadian berlaku tanpa dirancang...cewwahhhhh..ape nye statement daaa....

Tengah tunggu Kak Dayah ngan Kak Syitoh

Yang benarnya, saya nak pi kenduri kat belakang rumah MIL. Dekat jer. Tapi kena redah kebun getah nak sampai tu, ikut shortcut kekononnya.....Kalau ikut jalan biasa, jauh gak la kena pusing. Ni jalan dalam kebun getah dalam 5-8 minit je. Itu pun jenuh nak dukung Muammar sebab dia sibuk nak pusing kiri kanan...terasa makin berat le sebab dia tak  reti duduk diam...lenguh...lenguh.....Peluh-peluh gak la ibu dia menjelang nak sampai kat umah kenduri kan....

 Rasa cam santekkk pulak suasana dalam kebun tuh...Matahari elok cerah, hijau-hijau...Ada angin pulak tuh...Cam best je nak posing-posing ngan Muammar...

Payah nye nak amik gambar Muammar....Badan nak senget jer..
Walhal nyamuk banyak jugek....Sian Muammar kena tahan perangai ibu dia yang suka amik gambar Muammar walaupun anak dia tak berapa rela...hahaha ~ sabar nak yer....~~~~~~

The best  pose yang dapat sebelum dia cranky!!!!

Okeh...dah sampai balik umah tok.... Singgah posing jap kat pelanggaq (pangkin) wan Hj.Kob nih....

Byeee...Muammar dah penat...nak tido..:D

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Sambal Ikan Tenggiri Sedap

Assalammualaikum...

Hari ini nak wat post pasal makanan lagi....sorry yer kalau cam bosan. Tapi niat saya nih, tak lain tak bukan, hanya berkongsi resipi yang ringkas-ringkas dengan u olls..... Yang baik dijadikan teladan..yang buruk dijadikan sempadan..(cewah..ni ape ke benda saya merepek plak....:D)

Ok lah, back to the main topic.

Semalam my darling beli ikan tenggiri seketul besar....hajat hatinya nak makan gulai la kut...tapi sebab saya rasa cam tak padan je nak wat gulai, saya pun merancang untuk menu yang lain....

Sepertinya, udah lama tak makan sambal..sedap gak kalau kita pekena sambal ikan tenggiri yang memang sedap daging dia nih...ada tekstur...hehehe

Oleh itu, meh la kita ber"sharing is caring" resipi secara berjemaah yerr.....

Bahan-bahan:

Ikan tenggiri (portion ikut suka yer, saya ada 3 ketul ajer)

 - dilumur garam kunyit dan sedikit tepung jagung bagi menambah kerangupan isi ikan. Goreng garing sesedap rasa.

Untuk sambal:

1. 3 ulas bawang putih
2. 4 ulas bawang merah / 1/2 labu bwang besar
3. Sedikit halia
4. 4 helai daun limau purut
5. 5 tangkai lada kering
 6. 5 biji cili padi.

(- dikisar halus dengan blender)

1 labu bawang besar dipotong bulat
2 biji tomato
Sedikit daun sup/ketumbar


Cara masak:

1. Tumis bahan yang telah dikisar sampai garing. Make sure cili adalah cukup garing dan masak, untuk mengelakkan sakit perut nanti...
2. Masuk bawang potong.
3. Tunggu layu then masuk tomato.
4. Masukkan ikan yang telah digoreng. Kacau sekejap dan boleh angkat .
5. Boleh letak daun sup untuk hiasan.

( saya tak letak tomato ngan daun sup, sebab kat dapur saya takde barang-barang tu..:D)

Tadaaaaa.....

Nyum..nyummm...
 Sedia dimakan bersama nasi panas. Saya buat nih agak pedas. So, terpulang pada u olls nak modify yer...ikut selera.

Ok..itu sajer....:D





Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Jom Breakfast!!!

Assalammualaikum....

Hari ni saya nak share resipi breakfast pulak....Simple dan cepat. My hubby memang suka ...sedap berkhasiat katanya...selalu dia yang request kalau nak makan french toast nih. This one, saya buat pagi tadi, requested selepas subuh oleh my cik abang...:D

Ok...jom kita sinsing lengan, pakai apron, masuk dapur. Ini la resipi yang tak mau kalah namanya....heheheheh

Mayonnaise French Toast

Bahan:

7 keping roti (saya guna yang wholemeal, kalau yang putih pun, ok jer...)
2 biji telur
2 sudu besar mayonaise
Secubit garam

Cara-cara:

1. Pukul telur + garam+ mayonnaise
2. Potong roti kepada 2 bahagian (supaya senang digoreng)
3. Goreng dengan api sederhana ( takut cepat hangus kalau api kuat yer...)
4. Tos dalam strainer, atau lapik pinggan dengan kitchen towel.

So, tadaaaa....
Mayonnaise French Toast + Thai sauce & mayo dip + 2 mugs of nescafe combo. PERFECTO!!!

Siap sudah. Tempoh penyediaan ialah 10-15 minit sahaja. Tak caya???? Sila cuba.

Boleh dicicah dengan Thai sauce + mayonnaise.

Jangan lupa, 2 mugs of hot chocolate/ nescafe untuk disantap bersama yang terchenta.......:))

Nyum....nyum.....dap..dap.....*ngeee*

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Rendang Ayam Ekspres :D

Assalammualaikum....

Hari ni pening kepala fikir idea nak masak apa....Tetiba terfikir sedapnya rendang yang ibu buat..huhuu. Terliur dibuatnya..tapi sekarang dah ada kat umah sendiri, mana nak cekau rendang ayam yang ibu buat kan...????

Biasanya rendang ni lauk yang sesuai masa kenduri dan hari raya saje...Itu bagi saya la..sebab rendang ni cam special skit...kalau time raya, wawee...syok nye makan ngan lemang kan.....nyummm...nyummm

Panjang pulak mukaddimah....heheheh. So, hari ni, saya telah decide nak masak rendang ayam ....:D Tapi version yang ekspres punya la...sebab guna barang-barang yang ala ada aje kt dapur saya..tapi hasilnya..dijamin tetap marvellous...:D

Sebelum saya share recipe, jom tengok hasilnya....bagi semangat skit kalau uolls nak try...resipi yang simple tapi sedap..

Rendang ayam sedap...fresh from my kitchen....nyum..nyum  :))
Bahan-bahan:

1/2 ekor ayam (potong ikut suka, kecik ker, besar)
2 sudu besar rempah kari daging/ayam
1/2 biji kelapa (ambil santan pekat sahaja)
Asam keping/air asam jawa
__________________________________________
1 labu bawang besar
4 ulas bawang putih
1 inci halia
2-3 batang serai saiz sederhana
5 tangkai lada kering
5 biji cili padi (kalau suka pedas boleh tambah)
1 sudu besar biji ketumbar
1 sudu besar jintan manis

(bahan-bahan di atas blend sampai sedap...heheheh)


Untuk tambah kewangian rendang ayam nih, sila tambah ;

5 helai daun limau purut dihiris halus
1 helai daun kunyit

Cara memasak:

1. Tumis bahan-bahan yang telah dikisar sehingga wangi.
2. Masukkan rempah kari.
3. Tambah sedikit air asam jawa/asam keping
4. Masukkan ayam. Gaul sebati dengan rempah tumisan.
5. Masukkan santan pekat. Tunggu hingga mendidih.( Ikut la, u olls nak pekat ker, nak berjuah sikit ker...kalau saya suka yang berkuah sikit..boleh wat cicah-cicah)
6. Tambah garam dan perisa secukup rasa.
7. Boleh masukkan daun kunyit/ limau purut yang dihiris. Tutup api.

Tadaaaaa...boleh dimakan dengan nasi panas-panas....Nyum-nyum.....

Resipi rendang ayam yang simple, modified resipi rendang ayam ibu. Tak sabar nak tunggu encik hubby balik, makan malam lauk rendang ayam bersama..heheheheh

Selamat mencuba u olls!!!!!! Dijamin sedap......:D


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Bila Ibu Busy di Dapur

Assalammualaikum...

Kejadian adalah berlaku di rumah Tok Hajah Che Piah, Kg. Kuala Lanjut, Pendang.

Hari Ahad lepas, we all ada family day di Pantai Merdeka, Sg.Petani. Pagi-pagi saya siapkan Muammar dulu. Bagi susu, then bagi dia mandi. Pastu biasanya dia akan tido bila pas mandi. Tapi pagi tu, tak mo tido plak. Susu pun tak mo. Jadinya, tinggalkan dia main sorang-sorang kat tengah umah, sementara saya pegi dapur nak prepare sandwich yang sebanyak tiga bundle roti.

Mula-mula dengar jugak Muammar jerit sorang-sorang main teether dia. Lama-lama, saya tak dengar dah suara dia.

Bila saya pi jenguk apa yang Muammar buat, terus cair hati tengok dia.....cam sedih pun ada gak...:(

                          
Kesiannyer....Anak sapa lah nih.....:D
Tetiba rasa bersalah kat budak kecik nih...yelah, sebab selalu sebelum dia lena, nak kena upah nenen dulu kat dia..baru dia leh lena..tapi, sebab ibu dia lebih sibuk kt dapur, Muammar tertido tak dapat upah nenen...

Ibu minta maaf yer sayang......


# Muammar terjaga selepas sejam tido meniarap macam nih......then baru dapat susu...huhuhu

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Because This is Beautiful

I post this as an entry in my blog in case i might lost the web. But you can always back link to this original site.

Source: http://theleakyboob.com/2011/08/baby-explains-normal-newborn-behavior/


Baby Explains- Normal Newborn Behavior

By Diana Cassar-Uhl, IBCLC




Dear Mommy,

Thank you so much for breastfeeding me! You probably already know that your milk is designed especially for me, and is better than anything else you could feed me. I know that right now, you feel like your friends who aren’t breastfeeding their babies seem to have an easier time of things. Those other babies sleep soundly and longer between feedings, they drink so much, and they don’t fuss to eat all the time like I do! I can tell you’re getting a little bit frustrated, and I hear all the advice you’re getting … my grandma says you weren’t breastfed and you turned out just fine, my daddy says he feels like he can’t do anything to soothe me, and that lady with the cold hands that you call “doctor” gave you a can of something that she says will help me grow faster. You’re tired and frustrated because taking care of me just seems too hard, but please mommy, before you give up this yummy breastfeeding thing, let me explain some of my behavior to you. It might help you feel better.

First, if you and I were separated after I was born, for any reason (maybe it was hospital protocol that I be left under a warmer, maybe you were recovering from surgery), I’ve got some catching up to do, because I probably lost more weight than my friends who got to stay close to their mommies. It’s OK … I’m really good at letting you know when I need some more calories, but it’s important that you let me breastfeed lots and lots, even if my grandma says “he just ate!!” In my first few days, the nurses at the hospital might tell you I’m hungry and your body can’t make enough milk for me … but mommy, that colostrum from your breasts is some awesome stuff! It’s packed with protein, which binds to any bilirubin in my body (elevated bilirubin causes jaundice in more than half of newborns) so I can poop it on out. It’s also a great laxative, which makes it easy for me to get all that black, tarry meconium out of me and we can move on to the seedy, yellow-brown poops that are much easier to clean off my sweet tushie. Now, the colostrum is really thick and sticky, and I’m so small and still figuring out how to move my tongue, and we’re both still trying to get comfortable together, so it might take me 20 minutes or longer to suck out just ONE TEASPOON (5-7 mL) of that liquid gold.


But it’s OK, mommy! You know, there is really nowhere I’d rather be than in your arms, hearing your sweet voice and smelling you — even though you haven’t had a shower since before I was born, you’re just delicious to me. And something else you should know about me … even though I have a really cute “Buddha belly” that looks all chubby, the capacity of my stomach on the day I’m born is just 5-7 milliliters – that’s the size of a small marble! You’re the smartest woman in my whole world, so I know you see the connection here! The amount of colostrum in your breast is exactly the capacity of my tummy! My stomach walls on my first day of life are very rigid and won’t stretch; this is why, if anyone tries to feed me with a bottle, I’m going to spit most of it back up again, even though I eagerly suck at it. See, mommy, I only have two ways to send and receive information from my brand-new world – I can cry, and I can suck. I can’t see much, and all these sounds are so much louder than when I was inside you, and I can use my hands to help me orient myself on your breast, but crying and sucking are pretty much how I make sense of everything.

I know it seems really confusing, mommy, that I would want to suck and suck and suck even though my tummy is full. When I suck, lots of great things happen for both of us. I keep my own digestion moving by triggering the involuntary digestive muscles in peristalsis – moving the contents of my stomach along because I’m still moving my mouth and tongue, which are the beginning of my digestive tract. When you let me do all this suckling at your breast, I can very easily regulate how I suck, depending on why I’m sucking at any given moment. You can probably feel when I’m suckling nutritively and swallowing lots of milk, and when I’m kind of relaxed about it, feeding sort of like I’m savoring a bowl of ice cream … you know how sometimes, you scrape just a tiny bit onto your spoon, because you want it to last a long time? To me, you’re better than ice cream! But on a bottle, it’s impossible for me to suck and not get whatever’s in there, and that’s confusing to me, so I might keep sucking because that’s what my instinct is telling me to do, or I might realize my tummy hurts (because even on day 10, my stomach capacity is only a ping pong ball) and I’ll cry and cry because all I really know is crying and sucking!


A word about these instincts I feel … I really can’t help it, mommy, that I want to suckle so much. It’s just how I came out, and there doesn’t seem to be much that I can do about it. Please believe me, I’m not trying to trick you! In a few weeks, this need lets up a tiny bit, but for now, suckling is my M.O. But, do you want to know something really cool? I’m not the only one who benefits! When I suckle at your breast in these early days, your body actually activates prolactin receptors! Isn’t that amazing? In my first two weeks, the higher I make your prolactin levels go (my suckling triggers a prolactin surge in your body), the more of these receptors get activated in your breasts, and the higher your potential milk production will be for as long as you choose to breastfeed me. That’s one reason your lactation consultant tells you to wait on introducing that bottle or that binky– this prolactin receptor thing only happens for the first 10-14 days. After that, the prolactin surges when I breastfeed are much smaller, so the more receptors there are to gobble up what prolactin is there, the more easily you’ll make all the milk I need.

Besides prolactin, there’s oxytocin, another hormone I activate when I am at your breast. Oxytocin is part of what makes you so addicted to me! It’s “the love hormone” and it helps you feel relaxed and content when we’re breastfeeding. Go ahead, mommy, exhale and relax! It’s OK! Oxytocin release is triggered by nipple stimulation, not necessarily milk removal (though when things are going well, my stimulation of your nipples usually means I’m removing milk!). Now, I know this might sound a little awkward coming from your baby, but I need you to know something about oxytocin. There are only three events in your life that trigger oxytocin release: nipple stimulation (like when I’m breastfeeding), labor (the oxytocin released during childbirth stimulates uterine contractions, which is why nipple stimulation might be suggested when labor stalls, and also explains why sometimes, after you breastfeed me, you feel an increased expulsion of lochia and maybe some cramping), and … orgasm!! Isn’t neat that the same hormone plays a part in making me, birthing me, and feeding me, and it’s a hormone that makes you feel GOOD to do all three?



Mommy, I know you are trying your very best for me and you’ve been worried about whether your body can satisfy my appetite. I know you’re used to being able to measure everything, and your breasts don’t have markers on them to tell you how much milk I got. Maybe you used a breast pump, and that confirmed your worries that there isn’t much milk there – but mommy, please understand that a good pump can mimic me, but your body wasn’t designed to have all these wonderful hormone surges for a cold piece of plastic with a noisy vacuum motor. You know that feeling you get when you hold my warmth and weight, smell how delicious I am, and nom nom nom on my fat cheeks? That feeling helps you make milk! That feeling is part of the whole system that was designed to make you need to be close to me, just as much as I need to be close to you. And mommy, I know you’re very busy, and important, and there’s so much you used to do before I came, and I know right now, it feels like you’ll never do those things again, and our house is getting messy, and maybe that scares you. 

But please know, every moment you spend holding me, every time you gaze lovingly at me, and every hour you spend breastfeeding me in these early days is so important to me, because you’re all I know. I love daddy and grandma and all of our friends, but I’m designed to be happiest and least stressed when I’m with you. Can you wear me in a sling or soft carrier after I’m milk-drunk? I really like listening to your heart beating while I sleep, and you are warm and soft and smell so good. That space between your breasts is perfectly sized for my head, and there’s nothing I like better than the feel of your skin against mine. Well, maybe there is something I like better … I love it when you sleep next to me after we’ve been breastfeeding. Oh, mommy, when you nurse me while lying down, you relax and your milk flows so nicely, and I feel like you’re so happy to be with me, and I’m very special to you because you don’t have to run off and do something else as soon as I’ve let your breast go.



And mommy, I have a promise to make to you. I can’t say for sure when it will happen, but there will come a day when I need you a little bit less intensely. My feedings will get more organized, my weight gain will stabilize, and sometimes, I’ll even like when my daddy or grandma or other loving person holds me. But today, I need you. You’ll always be my number one, even after we’re done breastfeeding, but I will learn, like you did, to defer my needs and to trust others to meet them once you and I get a good thing going. Thank you so much for all you’ve done for me so far. Until you start giving me an allowance, I hope my good health, sweet smiles, coos, and giggles will sustain you!

Love,

Baby

Wordless Wednesday: And It Was All Yellow....


Friday, November 25, 2011

Ibu, I'm Stuck !!!

Assalammualaikum...

As Muammar is now 6 MOS, he really one active little hero. Selagi tak tido, hobi sekarang golek-golek sambil berguling-guling. Kadang-kadang mata dah pejam pun, kalau dapat berguling meniarap, boleh lagi guling-guling 2-3  kali.... Tak kuasa saya nak tegah...bagi je dak kecik ni explore sesuka hati dia.....

Selalunya, kalau saya nak wat keja rumah, saya biar jer dia golek-golek sambil main. Sesekali saya duk perati la jugak, kut-kut tergolek ker, hape ke.....

Tapi selalunya dia akan jerit nangis sebab tersekat kat bawah sofa....Mula-mula dia golek-golek pusing 360 darjah..pastu bila dah stuck, muka susah hati. Then nangis pulak minta tolong...Kadang-kadang kelakar saya tengok perangai dia nih.....Saja biar dia lama sikit nangis....( apa la punya kejam ibu dia nih...:D)

uhuk...uhuk....

Ngeeeeeeeeee......!!!!
Huuuuu....huuuuuuu...huuuwaaaaa....!!!!!!
Tapi tak lama la pun...pas tu saya tarik dia kuar dari bawah sofa tu..

Dan tak lama pas tu gak , ini lah budak kecik nih....

Time kasih ibu..:D

Sudah boleh sengih kembali.....

Dan aksi melasak bermula sekali lagi..........

Hmmmm.....Main la Muammar ooiii....:))

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Tu Dia Gigi Sulung Muammar....!!!

Assalammualaikum....

Hai semua...hari ni saya excited terlebih....seperti tajuk entry ni, itu la penyebabnya...heheheh

Petang tadi, masa saya tengah main-main dengan Muammar, golek-golek atas katil, saja la suh dia buka mulut...

"Teeth..mana teeth...meh ibu tengok teeth sket..." raba-raba gusi dia..sebelum nih memang selalu rasa gusi dia tu...dah keras-keras, dah nampak putih-putih skit..tapi tak rasa pun lagi gigi yang  benarnya....

Tapi tadi, terkejut plus exsaited...heheheh...sudah ada gigi yang muncul di bawah gusi nya itu...ibu dia pulak yang seronok...~even dalam hati makin seriau dia geget masa BF...huhuuu

Tak caya je rasa...tapi ni la buktinya.....

Tu..dah kuar..malu-malu jer kuar nye....tp dah bergerigi bila rasa ngan jari
Hehe...anak ibu dah besar la...Rasa bangga pulak...takpe la, sapa lagi nak bangga kalau bukan ibu dia sendiri kannnn???????:D

Another great milestone for my lil' hero Muammar....getting excited day after day...what more surprise can i get from him...

Love you la sayang ibu......

Monday, November 21, 2011

Happy 2nd Anniversary!!!


Firman Allah S.W.T. yang bermaksud :
“ Dan di antara tanda-tanda yang membuktikan kekuasaanNya dan rahmatNya, bahawa Ia menciptakan untuk kamu (wahai kaum lelaki), isteri-isteri dari jenis kamu sendiri, supaya kamu bersenang hati dan hidup mesra dengannya dan dijadikanNya di antara kamu (suami-isteri) perasaan kasih sayang dan belas kasihan. Sesungguhnya yang demikian itu mengandungi keterangan-keterangan (yang menimbulkan kesedaran) bagi orang-orang yang berfikir "
- Ar-Rum : Ayat 21 


Assalammualaikum....

Alhamdulillah.....hari ini 21 November 2011, genap dua tahun usia pernikahan kami suami isteri. Syukur saya panjatkan ke hadrat Illahi, masih lagi diri kerdil ini dipinjamkan nikmat perasaan cinta kasih sayang di muka bumi ini. Subhanallah...

Terasa diri saya benar-benar bahagia...Dikurniakan suami yang sangat menyayangi dan bertanggungjawab... Terima kasih Ya Allah, menemukan daku seorang teman yang mengisi kesunyian jiwa dan melengkapi kekurangan dan menutupi kelemahan diri ini..ditambah dengan kehadiran putera kami, Muammar Rafiqi yang dah pun 6 bulan...I feel complete and content...It's a true blessing....:D

Alhamdulillah Ya Allah, daku bermohon semoga diperteguh rasa cinta ini sepanjang usia kami dan jauhkan lah kami dari persengketaan...Limpahkan kasih sayang di dalam jiwa kami...janganlah Kau sisihkan kami dari rahmah-Mu dan janganlah disisihkan kami dari pandangan cinta-Mu..




"Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku, seandainya telah kau catatkan dia milikku, tercipta buatku, dekatkanlah dia padaku, satukan hatinya dengan hatiku, titipkanlah kemesraan di antara kami 
agar kebahagiaan itu abadi.
Dan Tuhanku Yang Maha Pengasih, seiringkanlah kami dalam melayari ketepian yang sejahtera, sepertimana yang Engkau kehendaki."
Terima Kasih Ya ALLAH....:)) 
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