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32 Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:24:32 PDT

Date : 9 May 2012

How far along : 32 weeks

Weight : 7.77kg

Height : 65cm

Sleep : -

Food : The next intro is blended White Potatoes with milk! Her first expression was so funny, as if the food is so pure disgusting that she frowned! Haha.

So far, she has tasted:
1) Ninolac Rice Cereal 4mths (no allergy)
2) Cerelac Rice Cereal 6mths (allergy)
3) Heinz Apple & Mango puree 4mths (no allergy, she doesn't like it cause sour)
4) Heinz Peas & Zucchini 4mths (no allergy, but she dislike the vege smell)
5) Heinz Farley's Rusks 6mths (no allergy, she loves it. But mommy dislikes it, because too sweet)
6) Home cooked porridge with anchovies + carrot (allergy)
7) Bellamy's Organic Baby porridge (no allergy, she loves it when added some milk)
8) Cerelac Rice + Soy (lil of allergy)
18.4.12 ~ Ninolac Wheat and milk cereal 6 mths ( no allergy, but high sugar content. Mommy dislikes it)

23.4.12 ~ Sweet potatoes puree ( no allergy, yeay. but lil girl dislikes it much, haha.)

28.4.12 ~ Rafferty's Garden Organic Baby's Banana Porridge (no allergy, she loves banana!)

5.5.12 ~ Blended potatoes puree with milk

Best moment this week: In the past few weeks, she has got the skills to move backwards. Her babysitter said that she moved backwards from the living room until kitchen. And this week, she's learning to move forward and she can grab whatever toys that she wants, just by wriggling forward, pushing herself with her elbows and knees. And if you couldn't find her anywhere on her playmat, try looking for her underneath the dining chairs or piano seat. She's definitely somewhere there.. lol. Soon, she will be crawling. Yeay! My baby girl is growing up fast! =) Besides, she's showing so much interest in my food. I had my MCD in front of her the other day and she was looking at my food, moved her mouth and she baa baa baa, her hands moved forward trying to grab my food and her whole action was like "Mom, I want a bite".. so cute!

Favorite Toy : Remote Control! Any remote control with a lot of buttons to press, she just loves it. Not to mention the desire to press all those bulging up buttons, she loves to put them into her mouth too.

Baby Vocabulary : Baa Baa Baa, Ta ta ta

Sweet Potato Puree

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:00:24 PDT

Our lil girl has just started puree few weeks ago and whenever we intro new food, it is always single food intro. No mixture with other food and this will get hold on whether this food will cause any allergy or not.

Ingredients:

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1 Sweet Potato

Steps :

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1) Peel off the skin, cut into cubes and then steam for a bout 15-20mins.

2) Blend

*Add some water for thinning out the sweet potatoes if desired. I don't add any milk because it's already sweet*

31 Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:10:10 PDT

Date : 2 May 2012

How far along : 31 weeks

Weight : 7.77kg

Height : 65cm

Sleep : She dislikes her baby cot so much because of the space constraint. She doesn't have the ample place to roll while sleeping and sometimes she knocked her head on the cot bumper, got frustrated over it, then cried and the moment you transferred her to our big bed, she rolled, found her favorite sleeping position and then she fell asleep soundly. But poor us, we do not have much space left, I can't roll, not even sideways. And sometimes I have to sleep with my armpit lifted up so that she has more space in the middle. Should we transfer the queen size bed over so that she can roll to her heart's content? *rolling eyes*

Food : Oh yes, she's not allergic to sweet potatoes. I just noticed that every time we intro a new food, her body will react towards it and on the first day, she will have rashes near the mouth. But on the 2nd try, it works well. So now, she's fine with sweet potatoes but she DISLIKES it much. Haha... poor girl had sweet potatoes for 4 days in a row until her poo looks like one blended sweet potatoes. lolx

So far, she has tasted:
1) Ninolac Rice Cereal 4mths (no allergy)
2) Cerelac Rice Cereal 6mths (allergy)
3) Heinz Apple & Mango puree 4mths (no allergy, she doesn't like it cause sour)
4) Heinz Peas & Zucchini 4mths (no allergy, but she dislike the vege smell)
5) Heinz Farley's Rusks 6mths (no allergy, she loves it. But mommy dislikes it, because too sweet)
6) Home cooked porridge with anchovies + carrot (allergy)
7) Bellamy's Organic Baby porridge (no allergy, she loves it when added some milk)

8) Cerelac Rice + Soy (lil of allergy)

18.4.12 ~ Ninolac Wheat and milk cereal 6 mths ( no allergy, but high sugar content. Mommy dislikes it)

23.4.12 ~ Sweet potatoes puree ( no allergy, yeay. but lil girl dislikes it much, haha.)

28.4.12 ~ Rafferty's Garden Organic Baby's Banana Porridge (no allergy, she loves banana!)

Best moment this week: Our baby girl is learning how to crawl! She can move forward a little and try to grab the things that she wants and she made it! *big claps* And she has the sense of ownership now. Don't ever dare to touch her toys/ don't grab her toys away when she's playing with them.. otherwise, she will break all the glasses/windows at home! Haha.... and this was what happened at the babysitter's house as well. When her toys were taken away by other kids, she screamed and cried! Lolx... my baby girl is growing up. Her favorite color is PINK! She loves the ntv7 pink color advertisement, if I'm wearing white with pink dots tshirt, her fingers will touch the pink color dots, and she will grab her pink handkerchief instead of white one.

30 Weeks!

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:28:48 PDT

When I type the title 30 weeks, it reminds me of my 30 weeks pregnancy. And at that time, I was counting down because 10 more weeks to go and we will cuddle our sweet baby. Hehe... Back to her milestones.

Date : 25 Apr 2012

How far along : 30 weeks

Weight : 7.77kg

Height : 65cm

Sleep : Not much changes. Just that usually she will nap after we fetch her home from bbsitter's place, but now she didn't want to nap at all. No matter how tired she is, she will drag herself and overtired herself and then when she's overly tired, she burst. That's when the crankiness came in.... For the past few days, she usually nap from 10/11pm to 7am. =)

Food : We tried sweet potato this week and on the first try, rashes came out near her mouth. Sigh... I really pray that she outgrow from all the allergy because as a growing baby, she needs a lot of nutrients, especially Iron. We stop for a day and today we try again. Hopefully no more rashes. If ok, then I will move on with sweet potatoes + carrot. Please keep her in prayer that she outgrows the allergy.

So far, she has tasted:
1) Ninolac Rice Cereal 4mths (no allergy)
2) Cerelac Rice Cereal 6mths (allergy)
3) Heinz Apple & Mango puree 4mths (no allergy, she doesn't like it cause sour)
4) Heinz Peas & Zucchini 4mths (no allergy, but she dislike the vege smell)
5) Heinz Farley's Rusks 6mths (no allergy, she loves it. But mommy dislikes it, because too sweet)
6) Home cooked porridge with anchovies + carrot (allergy)
7) Bellamy's Organic Baby porridge (no allergy, she loves it when added some milk)
8) Cerelac Rice + Soy (lil of allergy)
18.4.12 ~ Ninolac Wheat and milk cereal 6 mths ( no allergy, but high sugar content. Mommy dislikes it)

23.4.12 ~ Sweet potatoes puree ( rashes near the mouth.. .sigh )

Best moment this week: Very very good news! Her 2nd chopper is sprouting! We noticed the 2nd white pearl on 20 Apr, 27 weeks 2 days. I knew it has been there for sometime, just that I didn't notice it. And she looks a lot like bunny now. lol. Hopefully she has strong teeth, but we know that this is the fairy tooth and we should get a fairy envelope to keep her fairy tooth. Hehe... On the other hand, she can lift up her body but still couldn't crawl yet. I believe it's soon. And her back is stronger, she can sit quite straight.

My toothless grin is gone!

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:50:59 PDT

27 Weeks 3 days

7 April 2012

Your first tooth you welcomed with a grin

Daddy and Mommy gave you a happy cheer.

Daddy and Mommy are so excited

As the white pearl flourished like a tree.

We treasured your new feature

because your toothless grin is gone!

29 Weeks, She's growing very fast!

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:34:28 PDT

Date : 18 Apr 2012

How far along : 29 weeks

Weight : 7.77kg

Height : 65cm

Sleep : Past few days, she woke up early in the morning, poo-ed and rolled and guess what happened? Her whole back + bedsheet was coated with yellow watery poo all over. I wonder if she's having diarrhea or whatever, or perhaps it could be breastmilk that caused the poo to be more watery. Mamy poko is leaking... or I didn't wrap it tight enuf. Cleaning poo early in the morning when you ARE already late for work is not fun. But it's still funny when you see her innocent face early in the morning, as if she's saying "Sorry mommy, baby gives you an extra job early in the morning" haha.

Food : We checked with her PD last weekend and we were told not to feed any rice related products until she's 1yo. This could be a really long journey, no rice until 1 year old. Furthermore in Malaysia, it is hard to find baby cereals that has less sugar and those that has no sugar are Organics and those non-organics without sugar are not found here. How? I've tried to find this brand, Gerber Oatmeal everywhere in KL, but I couldn't find it. I've thought of shipping this all the way from US from iherb.com but I wonder if this will reach me successfully or I would need to pay customs fees/tax. And how much could the customs fees cost incase I am charged? Sigh.... should I order or shouldn't I.

So far, she has tasted:
1) Ninolac Rice Cereal 4mths (no allergy)
2) Cerelac Rice Cereal 6mths (allergy)
3) Heinz Apple & Mango puree 4mths (no allergy, she doesn't like it cause sour)
4) Heinz Peas & Zucchini 4mths (no allergy, but she dislike the vege smell)
5) Heinz Farley's Rusks 6mths (no allergy, she loves it. But mommy dislikes it, because too sweet)
6) Home cooked porridge with anchovies + carrot (allergy)
7) Bellamy's Organic Baby porridge (no allergy, she loves it when added some milk)
8) Cerelac Rice + Soy (lil of allergy)
18.4.12 ~ Ninolac Wheat and milk cereal 6 mths ( no allergy, but high sugar content. Mommy dislikes it)
I've decided to include the date I introduce new food to her, just incase I need this record in future. =)

Best moment this week: Her fairy tooth is becoming more obvious especially when gives you a wide smile. She's becoming more talkative, with her hooo-haaa-baaaa-hiaaaa many more baby languages. Can't wait for the day she calls you mom & dad. =))

Restorante Italiano Capricciosa @ Pavilion, KL

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:45:59 PDT

We've heard of this restaurant many many times and heard of good comments that the pasta here is very good. We wanted to try so much but with the princess around, it could be a sort of difficult meal together, so we chose to have lunch together during weekdays instead. Finally, we got the taste how good is the pasta.

We ordered the set lunch which cost FROM 16.90 and comes with a plate of salad and drink (ice lemon tea/carbonated drinks).

Our side order : Peppermint milk shake (RM9.90)! Very very delicious..... I love it much.

Ala carte order : Pappardelle with Porcini and Eringi Mushroom in cream sauce (RM26.90) We've not tasted Pappardelle before and surprisingly, I just love the texture. It's freshly made and very elastic. This is a really good meal. Try this and no regrets! *sounds like I'm the promoter for Capricciosa, but no doubt, this is a really good pasta restaurant*

Main course from the set lunch (RM24.90) ~ Spaghetti with crab meat in tomato cream sauce. Nice as well, but compared with the Pappardelle above, we would still love the Pappardelle in cream sauce. Finger licking good!

Make a trip here and no regrets! We love it! =)
You can check out the full menu here, with price. Capricciosa Menu

Teluk Pulai Bak Kut Teh

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:23:20 PDT

Here's one good BKT that is always full house whenever we go. We have to wait next to the table for our turn and watch the family have their lunch. Felt so bad by standing there as if I'm shoo-ing them away and get the meat choked in their throat. Lol... no choice, that's the only way to grab a table.

Very easy to go, nearby Bukit Raja Jusco.

Teluk Pulai Bak Kut Teh

32, Jalan Batai Laut 5,

Kawasan 16 Taman Intan,

41300 Klang

Tel: 03 – 3344 5196

Opening hours: 7 am – 3 pm

Here's the busy workers! Extremely busy and they have no time to relax at all..

Overall, the price is quite ok and food tastes nice as well. For 2 persons, not including vege, the price is RM27 with one plate of "you char kuey".

28 Weeks Old ~ I'm TEETHING!

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:23:32 PDT

This will be the most exciting journal because our sweetie has just stepped into another phase of Growing! We were both so thrilled when we saw a growing pearl!

Date : 11 Apr 2012

How far along : 28 weeks

Weight : 7.5kg

Height : 65cm

Sleep : Recently, she loves to sleep on her side with a bolster, like a big girl already. Is she growing up too fast? Yes... time zooms and she's now already 6.5 mths, entering into 7... wowwww. And now, she DOESN'T love her baby cot! Even if it's a rather big baby cot, she's not satisfied. Cause........ she can't roll while sleeping. She gets frustrated when we put her in the cot and she doesn't has the big space to roll left and right and as she wishes. For the past 2 days, she had been sleeping with us and we got so little space in our king size bed because the sweetie occupied one big space in the middle.

Food : We introduce two new food to her, Bellamy's Organic baby porridge and Cerelac Rice + Soy. Her body works great with Bellamy, no allergy but for the Cerelac, again, there are rashes near the mouth, but only 1 pimple like rash.

So far, she has tasted:
1) Ninolac Rice Cereal 4mths (no allergy)
2) Cerelac Rice Cereal 6mths (allergy)
3) Heinz Apple & Mango puree 4mths (no allergy, she doesn't like it cause sour)
4) Heinz Peas & Zucchini 4mths (no allergy, but she dislike the vege smell)
5) Heinz Farley's Rusks 6mths (no allergy, she loves it. But mommy dislikes it, because too sweet)
6) Home cooked porridge with anchovies + carrot (allergy)
7) Bellamy's Organic Baby porridge (no allergy, she loves it when added some milk)
8) Cerelac Rice + Soy (lil of allergy)

Best moment this week: At 6 mths 11 days, we saw white pearls! The shape is like a mountain and when I touch it with my fingers, it is sharp! Our sweetie is teething...... yeayyyy! We were talking about baby teething the other day and we really couldn't believe it that she's indeed teething. How I discover the pearl? She was crying and cranky the other day and her mouth opened wide, and I saw some white thingy on her gum. I wasn't sure if it was teeth and when she cried even louder, I pulled down her lips and yessss, it's a growing tooth. But it is extremely hard to take a closer look at her baby tooth because she just didn't want to cooperate. I grabbed the camera, wanted so much to capture a picture of her first tooth but it was a tough job. I didn't know for how long the tooth has been there, maybe it has been growing for the past 1-2 weeks. I will try my best to get it captured. =))) And this explains all the crankiness, sudden cry in the middle of night and extreme biting + chewing on toys. Worst was, she bit and pulled when I was BF-ing her.... huge oucchh!

Bellamy's Organic Baby Porridge

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:53:01 PDT

It seems a very rare case that baby is allergy to rice. We fed her with plain porridge and her body reacts, she develops rashes near her mouth few hours later. We have yet to check with her PD what is most likely the cause and for the time being, we are looking for baby food other than rice, which is very very very hard to find. And finally, we found one, Bellamy's organic baby porridge made of oat and millet blend. It's very pricey and this packet worth RM17.80 at Cold Storage can only last 1 week. She's our "ang moh" baby and guess she inherited the taste bud from her daddy. Only western food digestible. =D

I fed her with 1 scoop (milk powder scoop) of this porridge yesterday and it works great for her. No allergy. No rashes. Hopefully this works fine for her body so that we can continue this brand and oat/millet prove to have more nutrients compared to rice. We are trying to stop the Heinz Rusks because the biscuits are extremely sweet for a baby at her age. The sweetness is just like our normal Chipsmore/Oreo biscuits. Ain't it too sugary for a baby? I dislike it much, but I have no choice since she does not have allergy towards Rusks. It's made of wheat and I try to find similar food that is made from wheat as well, but again, it's very very hard to find. Most of the baby food are made of rice.

Hopefully she will outgrow from the "fear of rice" soon and she can have the normal porridge just like us....

She's 27 weeks old!

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:57:29 PDT

The cutie pie has now hit the 6 months mark which we were pretty excited about because she can start on her semi-solid food and I get to capture her first facial expressions tasting puree other than milk. I've missed out recording her milestones for few weeks because we had a really really rough weeks before. The sweetie was down with fever and ulcers in the mouth (suspected hfmd) and when she recovered, it was my turn to fall sick with HFMD and this week, the hub got infected with HFMD. So, it's time to get up and command the viruses to die and leave the house!

Date : 4 April 2012

How far along : 27 weeks

Weight : 7.5kg

Height : 65cm

Sleep : Her sleeping pattern is quite established for now. But some of the nights she has some drama and we have to cuddle her, calm her or gave her the pacifier. Other than that, for normal days, she fall asleep on her own after her last feed. =)

Food : We bought Avent steamer + blender and it works really great. Save a lot of time especially when preparing her porridge early in the morning before going to work. And here was her history of starting semi-solid as early as 5.5months.

We started off with Cerelac baby rice and she's fine with it, no allergy
She was down with fever and ulcers and we stopped semi-solid for the time being and only milk
After she recovered, we gave her Cerelac and few hours later, rashes appeared near her mouth. She got allergy to baby rice out of a sudden.
The next day, we tried again Cerelac and it was the same outcome. We decided to put on hold Cerelac.
2 days later, we tried Rusks and no symptoms, her body accepts Rusks. No allergy till to date.
At 26+ weeks, we tried anchovies + carrot porridge and her body reacts. She got allergy.
Today, we tried plain porridge and see if her body accepts it with no allergy. Hopefully her digestive system works fine with porridge and I do hope the anchovies was the caused of the allergy. At least she still can consume porridge but with other ingredients.

Best moment this week: She has mastered the skills of rolling and now she can roll from back to front or front to back easily without any help. She can pass object from one hand to another. Her eye hand coordination works great, we moved object from left to right and her hands will reach out to grab those items. She can grab her feet but yet to put the feet into her mouth. Now she's learning how to lift up her whole body and soon she will be learning how to crawl. *hugs*

3rd Maternity & Children Expo 9-11 Mac 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:26:26 PDT

You actually wont believe me that I applied 1 day AL just for this baby fair. We expected that it will be a grand fair and we can happily shopping for the whole day. We were looking forward to purchase walker, bumbo seat, Avent steamer + blender, Whoopee XL and some baby food. Unfortunately we were let down and this fair was so small that we finished walking from booth to booth in 1.5 hours, plus minus shopping and surveying. And the culprit were these two............ thus the baby fair was only one hall.

We were a bit late on the Fri and look at the queue. And many were carrying boxes and boxes of Mamy Poko. Really tat cheap?

Mamy poko booth and they were selling:

Newborn 52 - RM28

S 48 - RM28

M44, L38, XL32, XXL28 - RM39.90

The best booth in the fair.. and we managed to grab some cheap baby wipes (RM9 for two), and some "holes holes clothes" only at RM10 per pair.

Many people digging golds... and I am one of them. Hehe

And the things that we bought from the baby fair. The "big" things that we wanted to purchase, we ended up getting them from the outside shops.

And we had a really really nice lunch at Chilli's! Just love the chicken breast grilled with portobello mushrooms. So nice!

Dessert! This is a must to order! Superbbbbb.... and double thumbs up!

Motherhood Expo 2012 at KLCC

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:44:23 PDT

Thank God we didn't apply half day or full day leave for this motherhood expo because it isn't any big expo that you walk till your legs break or you shop till you drop. But it was just 2 halls expo and most of the things sold there were for first time parents. I couldn't find the things that I want like a walker, bumbo seat, high chair. But Whoopee was there! We didn't get any whoopees because A already has a lot and we thought of grabbing the XLsize for her since she outgrew from the S and now moving forward to M. We decided to wait till the coming Parenthood 2012 expo in Mar to grab the XL Whoopee. Unfortunately, we set too high expectation over the Expo in Mar and there was no Whoopee booth! Sigh .... (will blog that in the next post)

These were the things that we bought and thank God, we bought it because there was no baby food booth at all during the Mar Parenthood expo. Why the baby fair was conducted in such a small scale this year? I remembered how I happily shopping last year when I was 5 mths preggie. At least we managed to grab some cheap baby food there. Otherwise, the whole night walk was just a waste of time. Hopefully the coming Mom & Baby expo in May will really be a BIG BIG one!

Book your dates Mommies!!

WE ARE BACK!! MALAYSIA'S LARGEST PARENTING EXPO!
MOM & BABY EXPO at Mid Valley, KL
Date: 11-13th May 2012
Time: 10.00am - 9.00pm
More than 200 branded exhibitors, more games, more reward to visitors!! Don't miss it, see you there!

Where to get the cheapest Bumbo Seat in KL?

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:35:42 PDT

I've been asking this question many many times. Where to get the cheapest bumbo seat. We were so keen to get one for Ashlynn because we tried putting her on one of my fren kid's bumbo seat and she was able to sit firmly, without swaying left and right. It works much better than me holding her in upright position. This Bumbo really did a great job by providing a snug and cozy environment. Furthermore, it is highly recommended by many Pediatric and Orthopedic Faculties because it is uniquely designed according to the baby's posture to seat babies independently in an upright sitting position.

Mothercare selling RM199 for the seat alone and RM49.50 for the play tray. We were considering to buy or not to buy and in the end, we didn't buy. We couldn't find anywhere else selling this, even in shopping mall. See how limited the stocks availability. We went to Motherhood and Parenthood expo the other day hoping to hunt for one, unfortunately, we couldn't find any booths selling bumbo seat. Big Sigh!

In the end, we decided to look for a 2nd hand because of the price. We drove home with disappointment. I was not satisfied, so while Justin driving, I checked online baby stores, hopefully we found somewhere selling with good discounts.

And we hopped on to myBBstore.com. We were overjoyed when we saw the price. RM199 for seat + play tray! Ain't this a better deal?

Most of the online stores selling RM199 for seat only. Not sure if there's any cheaper outlets out there, but this was the cheapest that we managed to find. *you can find cheaper price at amazon.com*

And finally, we owned the Bumbo Seat after struggling for 1 month, buy or don't buy. We were so glad that we purchase this seat... when you look at her snuggling in her seat with a proper back support and enjoying herself beating the play tray creating some rhythm. She just loves it!

Why Bumbo?
The Bumbo is manufactured to the highest safety standards from low-density foam material, which makes it lightweight and portable. It is soft and comfortable for the baby, safe, hygienic and non-toxic. The integral outer skin of the material is durable and easy to clean.

The Bumbo Baby Sitter is versatile and can be used safely and conveniently anywhere on any level surface, and is definitely the extra set of hands you have always been looking for the perfect gift for that special occasion.

The seat does not require any uncomfortable straps or fasteners. It gives a wonderfully new way to ensure maximum interaction and enjoyable communication with your child. Depending upon the individual development of the child, some babies will be able to climb out of the bumbo, so never leave your child unattended.

Multiple Award Winner:
- iParenting Media Awards 2003 in the USA
- Best New Product 2003 Awards UK
- A Winner of Design Institute Industrial Design Award 2002
- A Winner of Design Institute Engineering Award 2002
- Winner of South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Chairman's Award for Excellence

Recommended Age: 3 months and up
NOTE: Prevent Falls; Never use on any elevated surface.

22 Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:36:43 PDT

Date : 29 February 2012

How far along : 22 weeks

Weight : 6.5kg

Height : 64cm

Sleep : Well, she has unpredictable sleep patterns. Sometimes she can fall asleep on her own, sometimes she needs a cuddle, sometimes she needs you to be the rocker... but best of all, she does NOT cry before sleep. Thank God for it!

Food : We decided to get the Philips steam + blend blender and we will start off with apple puree. Can't wait to try it on her and capture her first facial expression eating some semi-solid food. Hehe... And yes, she's still on EBM! Yeay!!

Talking about breastmilk, we had a scare that the supply will wean off anytime soon because of the lack of time to pump and I was sick for few days the last week. The supply dropped to half and this was a drastic change. I tried many ways to boost up the supply but with no success. I tried latch on as many times as possible, pump 1 hour on one side, drink Fenugreek.. but no, it was not improving. Finally, I decided to cook fish soup and drink HL milk everyday. Voila, we hit the jackpot!

Lesson learnt, to help with milk production.

1) Don't be negative. When I was sick, I wish I had already stopped BF because I had no energy to get up and pump. I left it to engorge and wait till I really couldn't bear the pain, and then I get up and pump. From this, the supply drop drastically even with only 3 days of not pumping on time and also, I was so sick that I kept telling myself to stop BF. Talk about the power of mind!
2) Eat proper meal and drink lots of fluid. Since I started the late shift and I have to walk to the train station, at the end of the day, I'm already flat. I don't really care about what I eat, I can eat bread for dinner or sometimes a simple mee soup which does not contains any protein, calcium or whatever nutrients. So, the milk supply drop because I didn't eat well and neither did I drink any milk/enough of fluid.
3) Smile. A happy mommy produces quality breastmilk. Stress can negatively affect milk production. What I decided to do for now, close one eye and ignore unnecessary chores, relax my standards for tidiness, sit down and close my eyes for a moment or two!

The best prescription for maximum milk production is effective and frequent breastfeeding or milk expression, plenty of fluids, adequate calories and rest.

Best moment this week : She chuckles more often. She can sit up with support and lift up her head. She's getting louder with her hoo haa. She gets frustrated easily with her toys. Whenever you see me, you will see Ashlynn except during work. She's more clingy to me and her daddy. She's going through another phase of emotional milestones. Nobody can carry her, else she will scream to the top of her lungs. It's pretty normal for baby at this age to start fearing strangers.

Your 5-month-old baby might start fearing strangers
By month five, most babies have developed an awareness and recognition of key people around them. But they also might have a mistrust and fear of those who are not familiar. Although this fear goes away with time and is nothing to worry about, it usually helps to slowly introduce your baby to new people.

5-month-old baby developmental milestones
Every baby develops at a different pace. This is normal. But in general, by the end of the fifth month, your baby will likely be able to:

Sit with support
Transfer objects from one hand to another
Make two-syllable sounds, such as "ah-goo"
Give "raspberries" — make a razzing sound with his lips

Quoted from Similac

Everyone is the smartest!

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:21:00 PST

Everyone always think they are smarter than the others. They are better than the government. They can rule the world better than the king. They can be a better manager. They are the best judge in the world. Or they are the coolest mom/dad in the world. So, when people always think they are better than the others, they walk with pride. They walk with their tails lifted high. They float in the air. They fly higher than the plane. They open their mouth and throw out "inspirations". They give you "ideas". They give you "instructions". They give you a "kiss" on your cheeks. They spit out whatever that they can and hammer you with "ideas" when they themselves are not in your shoes.

I've heard a lot, and it's enough because I've heard the same thing over and over again. In 1 month, I hear it 100 times. You call me stubborn or whatever that you want, but first of all, you are not in my socks and shoes, why do you ever think your "ideas' work? I might have tried your "ideas" but it just doesn't work for me. It works for others BUT it doesn't fit in my situation. And why are you forcing me to die with your way? I've heard a lot of comments "You overfeed your baby" "Why your baby bigger" "Bring baby out more often" "Blast the music, let baby get used to it" .... the why what how where became EXTREMELY annoying.

Do you know that when a person is worn out physically, they will be emotionally unstable. I don't blame it on hormones. I'm still learning to balance up my outward and inward man. At least when I'm weak outside, I'm strong in the inside. I can stand judgment, I can stand comments, I can stand repetitive advices...

But, seriously, I can't stand it when people started throwing bombastic words on my baby/family. If you do it right in front of me, I'm gonna make your tongue bleed! Can't you just watch over your mouth and say some pleasing sweet words? Or are you jealous when we are doing better than you? Don't you ever dare to step on my head and point fingers on my family. If you have nothing BETTER or SWEETER to say, don't say. Silence is Gold.

That's all for the message for today! Have a nice day!

Sewing skills

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:54:44 PDT

My last sewing sessions were during secondary schools and at that time, I just love to sew. Sometimes I will try to dig my mom's cloth collections, stole some of the remainder cloths and start sewing a pillow or bolster case for my own. Luckily she didn't scold me for "stealing" those cloths. Hehe... Now, I got a mission to do, which is to sew a casing for Ashlynn's cot bumper and also her one set of pillow and bolsters case. I've not touched a sewing machine for so long and it took me about 10mins to figure out how to operate everything.

Bought this cloth from Nagoya, and I chose the cheapest cloth, RM2.50 per meter. Otherwise, the next cheapest could be RM9 per meter. So, what do you say? Since it's only a cot bumper casing... moreover, it will be fixed at babysitter's house, and not at home. Don't have to look really good right? We decided to fix the cot bumper on the baby's cot because sometimes, her legs got stuck in between rails and sometimes, she knocks her head on the rail. Ouchh.... I understand that it's not safe, but we got no choice.

This is how the cot bumper looks like, without the casing. Very nice color, but we decided to fix a casing on it, for washing sake.

The end product! =)

Next mission, to sew a set of pillow and bolsters casing for the sweetie. This time, we bought a slightly expensive cloth, since we will be using it at home and she will be sleeping on the pillow, so it is important to get a better quality of cloth. We bought this nice polka dot cloth which cost RM12.80 per meter with 20% discount per meter. Total of 1.5 meter cost us RM15.

Next mission, to sew casing for our beloved po-ang from Ikea. Just need some time to go Nagoya and get nice design of cloth again. I need time.... but where to find time?

KLCC Parking Rate 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:01:40 PST

Chatime @ Lot10

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:53:42 PST

You wouldn't believe me that this was my very first time I tasted Chatime!

I'm living in a nutshell.... =.=

I didn't know that all drinks do not come with the pearl.

And when I ordered hazelnut chocolate milk tea yesterday, the cashier did ask me if I want to add anything...

I said No. I thought all drinks already have pearls.. no need to add lah.

Aisehh.... ended up, it was not a real bubble tea drink for me because of the lack of pearls.

Not syok... one of the days must go again! Kekeke....

I've always been curious, why people can be so addicted to Chatime. They can have Chatime for breakfast, lunch and dinner..... and the queue is crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! As if Chatime gonna discontinued tomorrow.

I couldn't agree more, I got hooked!

Ooopss..... am one of them!!

I'm one of those people that I said crazy, addicted to Chatime like there's no tomorrow....

LOL!!

21 Weeks Old

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:30:37 PDT

Date : 22 February 2012

How far along : 21 weeks

Weight : 6.5kg

Height : 64cm

Sleep : Looks like she still does not have a stable sleep routine. Remember if few weeks ago I said she was able to sleep on her own without us doing anything, but this week... she was an alert baby. She was sleepy, rubbing her eyes and yawn and when we put her to sleep, she just hated it very much. She cried. She pushed her legs. She tossed her head left and right. In short, she didn't want to nap. So, we changed back her to the normal position and she was ok. Later on, the same thing happened again and the scene repeated. So, we decided to just give her some milk and surprisingly, she drank very fast as if the whole day she fast. At last, she fell asleep after the milk. This does not happen for one day.. but almost everyday we have to give her some milk before she would want to sleep. Her sleep patterns changes every week and we are not sure what will be the next scene.

Food : Nanny even agree with us that she gets hungry veryyyy fast. The current milk quantity is no longer sufficient to contain her lil petite stomach and it needs an increase. We just couldn't wait to get her on solid so that she won't get hungry that fast. Imagine a 6oz milk digest in 2 hours.

Best moment this week : She's going into 5 months! 6 more days ......... yeay!

I couldn't have asked for more......

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:42:54 PST

because he's already the most perfect hub I could ever find.......

Sometimes I'm just so demanding, too demanding that I would want everything to be followed exactly the same from A to Z. If I found the socks on the floor, he would be in trouble for a good 2-3 mins of nag. A small issue, but I would make it so big. As if it hurts me a lot when the socks are on the floor. (just an example, he doesn't throw his socks on the floor anyway ;p )

Many times, I always think I can do better than others, or I could say I prefer to do everything on my own because I simply don't trust others to do it. I think I can wash the plates better without leaving any stain. I think I can hang the clothes better in a way that will dry faster. I think I can do better, and I put myself in a very heavy workload because I tapao everything in a bag and I carry it with me. At the end of the journey, my body tear apart. My arms break, my head spins, my legs hurt, my back breaks into half......I got fever. Sore throat will not go away. Swollen eyes every day.

Most of the times, I would want him to understand me, at least get some things done before I start to open up my mouth and point the fingers, do this and do that. In short, I want him to read my mind. I want him to be able to do things automatically and do it my way.

Today, I realized I have been too much! I gave him too much pressure... I gave him too much orders... I expected too much from him .... I've been squeezing him a lot, and yet he still stay soaked... soaked with love. I couldn't have asked for more..... a guy that has been squeezed dry all these while, but still remained soaked. It's all for the sake of his wife and baby.

I couldn't have asked for more .....

He's such a patience guy that I've ever known..... even when he reaches his limit, he never explodes but he has the control.

He's a guy that holds the mop, vacuum cleaner , dirty cloth and wipe away the dust...

He's a guy that steps into the kitchen and can cook really well....

He runs to the room when our baby cries.... and sometimes nearly slip his foot

Hurdles through the city jam and never fail to drop me at work and fetch me home. Even when sometimes he's busy at work, he will be fetching me to work and attending conf call at the same time.

He knows what to do when he sees that you are so tired..... he settles the unfinished house chores!

He's a guy that gets you what you want... you ask for a glass of water and he runs to get it.

and I thank God for such a man! I'm weak and yet he is strong! That's what marriage for .... I've been too busy like a commander that I forgot about God. I try to change him my way instead of letting God to do His part. God created him and not me ... And who am I trying to change the original mould? What rights do I have to transform him to another person? Today, I surrender! I let God to intervene. Even at times the day is not shinning, but I give praise. I give thanks. And I let Him to do the restoration, overwriting from sadness to JOY. That we will dance in His glory, in His grace and in His blessedness... and we will be who we are that God created us to be! No one changes us, except God!

Love you!

20 Weeks Old

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:31:13 PDT

We had our 4 mths checkup at SDMC again on 11 Feb and due for the last pneumococcal & triple antigen vaccine. Her doc would always say "She's due for the next cucuk!" She kinda of knew it, thus.. look at her face. Anyway baby, you still have the last dose of Hep B vaccine nxt mth and that will be the last until you are 1 YO. Hoorrayyy.......... you're doing really great by just crying seconds, not minutes. All in all, you are our strong courageous Sweetie!

Date : 15 February 2012

How far along : 20 weeks

Weight : 6.5kg at 20 weeks checkup

Height : 64cm at 20 weeks checkup. When we were first called up to measure the weight and then height, the nurse took her measurement and went back to the desk to record in her development book. Later on, we heard A's name being called again and we were told to measure the height again. I knew something amiss and I asked the nurse why. She told us the measurement was the same as last month. Well, she tried to adjust a little, and she got 1cm difference. So... this lil baby grew 1cm in 1 month. It's normal according to the doc. Nothing to hype about since she's already quite tall.

Sleep : Not much changes on her sleeping pattern. She did really well and showing as if she was already a big baby that can fall asleep on her own. However, how long can this last? Check out my next post, 21 weeks, coming soon.

Food : We checked with her doc how early we could start her on solid since some of my friends already started their 5mths bubs on puree. Answer : 6 mths. Lol, we knew that could be the answer and yet we try to hit the jackpot. Haaha!

Best moment this week : We bought some toys with bell for her and she kinda of love it. But she gets pretty frustrated when the toy couldn't meet her demand and couldn't transform into the way that she wants it to be and when the toy couldn't fit it ALL in her petite mouth. So.... end up, she got really frustrated and she SCREAMED and bang her mouth with the toy. When we tried to remove the toy from her, she grabbed it even tighter, and we tried to move her fingers around or distract her, but none of it could work because she will end up crying loud. Yes, it's a pretty loud cry. Finally, we decided to just hide the toys away. We will try to get it on a video so that she could have fun looking at all her funny deeds when she's older... =D

My honeymoon ended in a glimpse of an eye....

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:44:35 PST

It is finally announced that I have lost my privilege of working permanently on early shift. All back to the same old days, rotation of 7am-4.30pm and 8.30am-6pm work. Begging against the golden rule and willing to work extra hours if needed, but receive a disappointed answer. Maybe wu lang bo song kua, kuang wa ti ti zhou zha. So yi ma zhap zhap liam lo. Now, with baby Ashlynn around, the 8.30am work is really a not good shift.

10 reasons why I REALLY dislike 8.30am shift :

1) I have to wake up early but go back late. If you know the road condition at Jalan Ampang/Jalan Tun Razak after 7.30am, you will sigh and fuss along the way. So, to avoid the hassle bussle city jam, we usually leave home at 6.45am to drop Ashlynn at babysitter and then off to work, to avoid the crazy jam. If we leave home late, we will spend more petrol and time on the road, and makes no difference by leaving early or late. To leave home at 6.45am, I have to wake up as early as 5.30am latest to pump and prepare myself for work. So, my working look now is horrible, I seriously look like old aunty with my hair tied up, simple office wear, shirt and pants... all because I'm tired; I wake up early to pump and not to make up and with the only 10 mins left for me to quickly change before we head to work. Work ends at 6pm, 20mins walk to KLCC lrt, 20-30mins from KLCC to Sri Rampai including waiting time, 10-15 mins from train station to home by taxi. Finally, reach home at 7+pm. @.@

2) I have lesser sleep and rest... by the time I got home at 7+pm, I'm already super exhausted, I bath, have dinner (sometimes have to cook dinner), settle house works, pump, pray, get Ashlynn ready for bed and settle everything, it's already 12am. If unlucky, 1am. Sometimes in the middle of night, some small noise from Ashlynn will wake me up and I will have a peek on her.

3) I have so much lesser time with Ashlynn..... the timetable above explains it all! =(

4) If I'm unlucky and Justin got escalation in the morning, I have to send Ashlynn to babysitter -> Drive home to park back the car -> take taxi to LRT -> Sri Rampai to KLCC -> walk to office. 8.30am -6pm I WILL not drive, especially with the crazy jam and sometimes crazy unreasonable drivers and with me being scary cat only keep driving in one lane and don't dare to zig zag on the road. I was trapped in the crazy Jalan Ampang jam once for 2 hours due to rain. Conclusion, better take lrt if LRT does not have any technical issue. So, keep my fingers crossed, escalations only come in after we both reach office!

5) My fuses are extra short on this shift!

6) I look like zombie at work, and yawn most of the time and the head is heavy. Eyes can barely open, watery eyes. =.=

7) I have to walk to LRT with the pump, cooler bag, umbrella, etc..... it's not light. And keep the fingers crossed again, no RAIN!

8) No life... wake up early, reach home late, settle house works, then sleep...

9) Cannot fetch Ashlynn back from babysitter's house.

Lastly, I seriously hate the jam of the late shift, I hate to walk to the train station and also I hate it when I have lesser time with my family! I don't like! But I got no choice! 3 more years before my car loan ends and I have a lot of plans in mind what to do 3 years later. My honeymoon of going back early from work ended just like that, what a drastic change and I need to readjust to a new routine again, especially the lil one. The poor baby has to follow the unexpected schedule of her parents... And the lil girl can only see her momma after 7pm.... And the poor momma got a lesser time spend with the hub and baby.... Thus, the momma is very demotivated! The momma got no more enthusiasm for work! Can someone kindhearted offer this poor momma a work from home job? Can some good samaritan encourage and boost up the spirit of excellence in this sad momma?

19 Weeks Old

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:31:29 PDT

Date : 08 February 2012

How far along : 19 weeks

Weight : 5.8kg at 14 weeks checkup

Height : 63cm at 14 weeks checkup

Sleep : This sweetie has a new sleeping pattern. Usually she used to act in a crying-drama everytime she wants to nap but recently, she is a sweetie to us. She didn't cry before sleep, she didn't fuss, she's not cranky and she's so good! She fall asleep on her own! Thank you God! That's my girl ....... way to go baby! That's about her morning/afternoon nap.

When it comes to sleeping time at night, after her last feed, cleaned her, put her on her baby cot, and when it comes to the off lights moment, she started screaming. She hated the off-lights-moment when she's not sleepy and she still want some playtime. Looks like she's controlling us ehh? "I'm not sleepy and don't off the lights!" This cutie pie... how can we resist the pity look and scream? Off we go and switch on the lights and she continue with her playtime and few minutes later, she fall asleep on her own again, without us doing any effort! Not a single cry, not a single fuss, no pacifier, no white noise... nothing!

And here's another new sleeping routine tat we must do. She doesn't like her baby cot now, but she wants our king-size bed. She's sleepy and whenever we put her in her baby cot, she screams and struggles. We thought it is the hot weather that caused her to fuss, but even with the aircond on, she still screams and struggles everytime we place her in her baby cot. We decided to move her to our bed instead and......... the moment you carry her up, she gives you a hearty smile (tis lil baby, really knows how to play trick on us) and I put her on our bed. 1-2 minutes later, her eyes getting smaller and she fall asleep later on. So, what do you say with this? After she fall asleep on our bed, we will move her back to her baby cot. Hehe... sorry baby. Everytime when I think of all the cute funny things that she wants us to do, it makes me smile and miss her even more (especially when I'm at work). Despite all these, we love her more than words can say. She's always a cutie pie to us!

Food : 1.5 more months to go and I just can't wait to get her start on solid food! I've already thinking of what to buy and what to cook! Till then, it's still EBM for her.... =)

Best moment this week : She will be going for her 4 mths checkup this Sat (9 Feb) and we just can't wait for the good news on her weight, height and head circumference. The very best moment of this week is she fall asleep on her own without crying! Felt so relieved with this achievement in her because my heart ache every time she cries... Thank you Lord for answering our prayers!

17 Weeks Old

noreply@blogger.com (Loveaholic) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:32:24 PDT

Date : 25 January 2012

How far along : 17 weeks

Weight : 5.8kg at 14 weeks checkup

Height : 63cm at 14 weeks checkup

Sleep : It was CNY week and baby was feeling the hype and she was excited, filled with energy and filled with enthusiasm what it is all about. Thus, her longest nap was 30 Minutes ONLY! Hoooyahh..... should I be happy or not happy? She joined in the crowd of preparing cookies, bombing of fireworks in the air, packing the red packets, packing clothes and etc. I had a quite hard time to put her to sleep because we traveled to three different destinations in one week and I think she was confused with the surroundings. Too many hands carried her and she was being pampered by aunties, grandmas, everyone! Everyone loves herr..... =)) We were quite afraid that she might not be able to sleep on the CNY eve because of the fireworks, we both said a word of prayer and Thank God, she was not awaken by any of the fireworks! Even I myself nearly got heart attack by one of those terrible bombs, but she was soundly asleep, not being disturbed by any single one!

Food : Ah Chor (my grandma) carried and tried to feed her milk, but she rejected.. She not used to the different people and sudden changed of environment and she fussed! So, daddy has to step in and takeover the feeding job..... This means she hit another milestone, she can recognize voices and smell! Gheeezzz............. =D

Best moment this week : Angpows!!!! Plenty!!! Abundant!!! And those that I received (yes, I'm married and I'm still eligible to collect angpow, kekeke) all goes to her piggie banking. She's one blessed child! Love you! It's for your University fund yea baby...