Thursday, June 30, 2011

Breastfeeding - terbaik dari ladang

Hari ni nak citer pasal bf sebab tetiber terperasaan my baby setakat ni dah 5 months plus and alhamdulillah, kenyang di breastfeed. Tetiber ter-reminisce perit getir, ranjau berduri masa mula-mula bf dulu. Orang kata, after selamat lahirkan baby, cepat-cepat bagi bf so that takde masalah bf bengkak la, duct tersumbat la, and macam-macam lagi. Like my case, waktu giving birth to Rizq, I had lost amount of blood yang agak banyak juga la waktu tu. Maka memang lemah longlai la sangat. Tapi gagahkan juga untuk bf dia waktu tu, atas wheelchair lagi. Masa tu time lebih kurang 9.30pm, he was born at 8.45pm. But yela, budak ni keluar kecik je, mulut pun kecik, maiden kata rahang dia pun kecik, belum kuat nak suck lagi. Jadi first attempt - fail.

Konon-konon second attempt nak bf dia dalam kul 11pm camtu. Niat besar nak gagahkan diri gi melawat dia kat NICU, tapi fail lagi sebab lost banyak blood, tak makan lepas bersalin tu, baru turun katil je terus pitam. huhu..terpaksa rehat dulu untuk restore energy balik. Pedihnye hati masa tu terfikir kalau baby lapar nangis sorang-sorang kat NICU. Sedih nangis-nangis sampai tertido. Esok pagi after breakfast, ingat nak gagahkan diri lagi, tapi masih pitam lagi. Sebelum jatuh bergolek dan menyusahkan orang lain, baik la duduk diam-diam kat katil dulu. Mintak doc iron tablet dengan harapan dapat restore energy cepat-cepat. Later that noon, berjaya melawat baby kat NICU tapi baby dah kenyang, nurse feed dengan susu formula. Kecik hati haku. Takpela, at least baby tak kelaparan. Kata orang, kalau dia dah rasa susu formula, dia tamo breast milk lagi. Oh risaunye rasa hati. Mula terfikir camne kalau dia reject breast milk?

Third attempt, cuba lagi. Masa ni kami dah kena transfer ke paed ward. Cuba punya cuba, dia tak pandai latch lagi. Sampai kul 2-3 pagi nurse datang tolong ajar dia latch, alhamdulillah berjaya juga. But masa tu dia minum sikit sangat, kemudian tertidur kepenatan. Kesian anak ibu.  Then, bila dapat discharge, kat rumah Rizq akhirnya berjaya latch but still, mulut and rahang dia yang kecik tu menjadikan sangat, sangat, sangat sakit bila latch tak betul dan bertambah-tambah sakit lagi bile luka. Mak oiii.. Bistu camne baby nak bf? Kalau bf sakit, luka tak heal lagi.  Terpaksa pump.  Masa preggy dulu dengan bijak pandai gi beli pump manual. hazzzaaaabbb! Last resort, tahan jela pedih yang amat, redha je bagi Rizq direct bf. Leleh air mata ko.  Rizq pulak waktu tu dia tidoooo je. Feeding every 4-5 hours instead of 2 hours interval.  Breast jadi engorged.  Lama-lama tak tahan, perah manual guna tangan je. Lenguh!! tapi, least sakit. berkesan! Stop bagi Rizq direct bf dulu while allowing it to heal.  Feed him EBM through bottle dulu. Risau juga, takut dah dapat bottle nanti tamo bf dah.  Tapi alhamdulillah, I used Avent bottle and Rizq relax je sampai la ni boleh je feeding from bf or bottle. 2-2 pun dia accept.

Later, bila Rizq dah masuk 2 months, tiba-tiba size dia bagai dipampam. Barulah dia boleh latch when bf tu betul-betul. Ha, time ni barula I rasa enjoy giler bf. Sebelum ni rasa trauma sikitla bila Rizq lapar time injured tu. Bila Rizq dipampam dan jadi bambam pulak, my milk suppply tak cukup. Terpaksa top up with formula milk. People ramai juga suruh feed him with baby cereal tapi nonononono..Gigih ibu bertahan sampai 6 months baru boleh mamam ye Rizq, insyaAllah.  Lalu dapatla satu solution to boost my milk supply.  Theoretically, the more baby bf, the more milk will be produced. So I thought, if Rizq tamo bf frequently, kalau pump boleh boost kot. Then jenuh la I did surveyed, blog hopped, forum to forum, and decided to invest on Medela Mini Electric.  Pastu kalau travel, camne kalau engorged? Then package la beli Medela Citystyle skali.


Medela Mini Electric Breastpump ni affordable, not as expensive as Swing. Bezanya, Swing boleh massage dulu before pump.  But for me, takyah massage massage dah kalau dah engorged tu kan.  Alhamdulillah, milk supply dah increase bit by bit and insyaAllah, soon dah boleh menampung keperluan Rizq kot. Pump ni sangatlah best ok. Rasa sangat natural baby sucking. Easy to assemble, sangatlah portable, and boleh pump sebelah tangan while driving lagi. Oppps!  Yang penting, easy to clean. Citystyle EBM storage bag ni pun sangatlah stylo ok. Penuh bergaya je I hangkut pi mekap-mekap.  The cooler boleh buat EBM tahan for 12 hours! Highly recommended uols..

Sekian saja.  Harapnya dengan investment kali ni dapatlah tunaikan hak Rizq untuk bf exclusively. Partially exclusive kot. Dan berjimat takyah beli formula sangat kot..

Ini bukan advertorial. Harap malum :))

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Play gym!

The reason of me invest for a pocket-burst play gym, is so that Rizq could have his tummy time, moga cepat-cepat belajar roll over with interesting toys and colorful mat as cool attraction for him to roll. So I bought it when Rizq was 2 months old.  But then, Rizq tak berminat pun ;(  Niat hati ibu ni nak letak kat hall, so that Rizq boleh belajar roll, boleh tengok baabyTV, boleh tummy time kat situ.  Tapi masa nak beli, terlupa pulak kat rumah ni banyak nau kucing yang suka sangat toys dia. Suka sangatlah landing kat play mat tu. Then tukar, letak kat bilik pulak to avoid the ctas. Tapi day time, kami banyak spend time kat bawah, upper level untuk tido je kot. Bila nak main play gym camtu?? Sudah nye play gym tu jadi gajah putih je.  Lalu tak tercapailah target ibu konon-konon nak Rizq super advance, boleh exercise and roll at 3 months old. Hancussss..

Tapi kini tak lagi. Rizq dah suka sangat grab apa-apa je depan mata.  Kalau takde apa sangat nak main, dia main jari dia je.  Semalam gi shopping, selamba jer Rizq grab toys kat store. Isk..sib baik tak sempat masuk mulut.  Now ibu pun rasa seronok bila Rizq dah pandai utilize play gym tu.  Ibu boleh update blog, jahit nursing cover yang tak siap-siap since preggy lagi dah mulakan usaha, ibu boleh take my own sweet time enjoying every meal..yum yum..boleh pi solat tanpa suruh nenek dia watch over him. Nenek pun lega sikit kottt..Weeee!!!


happy eh...

push it, baby..push! push! yeeaaaaaahhhh!!!

pose spiderman..he enjoys it quite well

but not for long...huhuhu

Kalau camni, takdela rasa terbakar hati ibu bila hangus pocket.  Cepatla roll ye sayang...

Monday, June 27, 2011

Schanaz Scarf Style #2 {Ocean Blue}

Picture taken recently, on Friday. 
It was after my makeup job in Kuang, and since Kuang is already close to hubby's workplace, we went for lunch together-gether. 
homaigod dah lama sangat tak lunching beruda camni ;|
Soo happy, but at the same time rindu kat Rizq..
Eh tersedongdong ngan hubby's uniform pulaks. awwww..



A closer look.
Homaigod I'm so gemoks!
Me in Ocean Blue.
Super love the colors of Schanaz.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Schanaz Scarf Style #1 {Dusted Rose}


Super love it!
Easy to style, and very very comfy too!
Fits very well for casual and formal wear asl well.
They have variety of colors that I can't resist..huhuhu
o dear, please, please, please..i just can't get enough of it!
Ami is just so creative. Salute!
Grab yours here too!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Happy belated 4th months Rizq!


wt 6.9kg, height 62.5cm

Progress so far:
dah sunat..hehe
dah pandai menjawab bila orang tua cakap
dah pandai pilih2 nak sape dukung taknak sape dukung
dah pandai bodek the highest bidder :D
dah pandai main rattle
semakin pandai pose & camera alert since 2 months lagi. weee!
dah ada 2 bantal busuk!
dah pandai suruh bukak baby tv tapi tamo tengok adik & al-quran. ishk!!
bontot berat! tak tarer roll over lagi. dah miss gantt chart ni. bajet 3 months dah tarer tapi lazy bump ini budak tau...

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Today's post

Alhamdulillah, dengan usaha yang gigih berjaya ngepos rini. Short entry saje sebab pasni konon2 nak update belog and fb Zila Ziman. D'oh..portfolio pics since ai gigih makeup taim preggy pun tak upload lagi sampai la ni ha. Hari ni Rizq tidooo saje sebab.....



Anak saye demam! Huuu kesiannye anak manja ibu ni...
Isk...get well the soonest ye, son :|

Ibunya berhati gusar..

Monday, June 6, 2011

Happy 1st anniversary to us!

We had a date. Tapi I insisted to bring Rizq along. Giler tak romantik kan. Hubby akur dan redha je. Sape tak sayang bini kottt :))

Love you with all my heart. My constant friend. My faithful partner through sickness and health, good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. Love you unconditionally, more and more each day than the day before.