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MMR - Should or Should Not

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:51:00 +0000

Bebe Ian's MMR vaccination is coming very very soon and I am still debating with my own self on whether or not to proceed with it. His vaccination schedule is up to date so far and thank God that he suffered no side effects from them all. To be honest I have no issues with vaccination before. Thought that it is a good thing up until I joined this one mummies group in FB. Then I started having doubt. With MMR being the worst vaccine amongst all, I'm torn between a YES and NO.

Dear God, please help and guide me on this one.

Happy Birthday Bebe!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:55:00 +0000

My son turned 1 yesterday and I couldn't help but feel proud of myself... Well it's been a year since I became a mom and although I have missed a lot of things that I used to enjoy pre-baby, I will never ever change my life now. I love being a mom. Period.
Bebe Ian is still a baby in my eyes although he qualifies to be called a toddler by now... Not walking yet, but can let go of his hold on things for a mere moment then fall.. Hehe
I brought him to the mall yesterday coz his birthday party is this weekend back home in KK. So nothing special yesterday... Just bonding time with me :)I tell you, it's worth taking leave from work for. :)

I will update more after his party this coming Sunday...

Cheers!

Enough already!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:56:00 +0000

When u keep repeating it over and over again it will get so annoying that I feel like shutting my ears whenever you open your mouth.

Please just accept, deal and live with it.

Of 2012 and beyond, perhaps?

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:23:00 +0000

Happy New Year dear friends. It's been a while since my last post (excluding the one with single sentence entry). How have you all been this year? With all the predictions of 2012 could be the end of the world, I guess I am fine.

Oh yes, I need to update you on my Bebe Ian. He's 11 months plus now and is super adorable (mothers will always say this about their baby). He's not walking yet and has now 6 teeth.. Still fully breast fed but i think i'm starting to feel the panicky state of meeting the daily demand. But i'm determine to bf till Ian reaches 2 yrs old.

What else? Work is mundane as usual... Nothing can be hope for from this job... Just need the money that's all...

Love and relationship, still going strong! Hehe... But i do still fight / argue with my husband a lot... :)

New house... Not ready for us to move in yet. Probably before mid of this year. Sigh.

Resolutions? A variation of last year's and some new ones. One of it is to lose more weight. Haha! We always know how that one goes unachieved most of the time.

All in all, i hope this new year will be a good one if not great. Most important of all is enjoy life with your loved ones because life is unpredictable and so damn short! Cheers!

Kusut

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:13:00 +0000

Exactly how i feel right now.

OMG

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:04:00 +0000

I dreamt that I was pregnant again... Like IN THE MOMENT, when Bebe Ian is just 7 1/2 months young... So vividly clear... and real and I was half cursing myself for not keeping to my 2-years-gap-before-getting pregnant-for-the-next-one plan...

I know it's all in God's plan anyway.. But I really would like Bebe Ian to be a toddler first before having another baby... :) Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against mothers who have another child every single year...It's our own choice isn't it?

*** Bebe Ian was in a BAD mood last night... and he BIT me! OUCH!!

It has begun!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:12:00 +0000

Bebe Ian has started teething and I'm excited! :D

Sorry guys, this is just one of the thing that I have been pondering at for awhile. He's been fussier than ever for the last several weeks and teething was one of the things that came up in my mind that may have caused such behaviour...

I started noticing last week when he bit me (my fragile part ok! OUCH!!!) and it felt like kind of a sharp bite. Nothing visible for the eyes to see that time but an unmistakable sharp edges can be felt when rubbing his lower gum... But yesterday when I checked, yes I can see a small budding tooth! So cute!!!

I just hope that he wont bite me as much as before though... Hmm...

When I became a mom...

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:48:00 +0000

1. I'm unable to sit and watch full length movies at home.

2. My ears are sensitive to every sound my baby makes. Even when I'm asleep.

3. I haven't wear a single wired bra since I gave birth to Bebe Ian. Gasp!

4. I drank soy bean milk more often than when I was pregnant.

5. I tend to eat more because I believe if my body is fueled enough, my body will produce enough milk for my baby.

6. I sniff at my baby's butt.

7. I am unable to resist baby's boutique / shop / cart... Irresistible!

8. My breast pump is my friend.

9. I have less actual working hours now... Have to slot in 4 pumping sessions... :D

10. I wake up at 7am every morning... Even on weekends!

This post is so impromptu that I might add new ones to the list of things I became to after I had Bebe Ian... I can assure you it'll be endless :)

Spooked?!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:09:00 +0000

Bebe Ian had have trouble sleeping on last Saturday (27/8) nite. Why? I don't know. Whenever we try to put him to bed he will howl like one abused baby... But he was already really sleepy..He finally fell asleep for a while at 1am (usually his bedtime is around 10pm). But not for long. When we try to transfer him to the main bed he will cry, cry and cry again. Feared that he maybe sick (although he has no fever) we brought him to the doctor the next morning after Sunday mass. But the doctor said there was nothing wrong with him. That night the same thing happened again. So out of desperation I started to sprinkle Holy Water all over the bedroom and husband burned some incense to fume the room (the same one they use during mass)... My MIL started her prayers and amazingly Bebe Ian stopped crying and fell asleep ! So MIL (and also my mom after I told her) concluded that SOMETHING may have disturbed Bebe Ian... Scary huh? But thank God that he's okay after that incident... And I never fail to sprinkle some Holy Water around during bedtime nowadays. So I guess when people say babies are sensitive to such disturbances, they were right after all.

Yes!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:42:00 +0000

Yes, yes, yes.... Let's go shop for books people... Use up our maximum tax rebate for books' purchase... Please click for details... C ya there :)

In War with Measles

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:49:00 +0000

Sigh... Bebe Ian is down with measles... Started having high temperature on 16/8/2011 (in KK) morning but
when we brought him to the doctor, the rashes were not out yet. So the Dr just prescribed us with fever syrup and asked us to give him more plain water. Just before noon, when his forehead has started to feel warmer, I notice that his body (trunk area) was covered with small red spots... OMG... Then my mom checked, and she concluded that it's measles..... CRAP.

We flew back to KL on the same evening and poor Ian was sleeping while latching onto my breast the whole journey and he was very warm to the touch. That night was our first ordeal taking care of a sick baby. Ian has never came down with a fever before and we were left clueless as to how to handle him in such situation. Luckily my mother in law is with us and she too told us that it's measles and nothing could be done but these;

1. Do not give Ian a bath YET.
2. Continue giving fever medicine when temperature is high.
3. Breastfeed. Luckily Ian wants to suckle my breast non stop since he started developing fever. So at least his getting his milk just fine.
4. Give plain water.
5. Continue solid feeding.
6. Do not eat spicy food (This is for myself because I breastfeed Ian).
7. Asked husband to try find a fresh coconut to bath Ian with... Plucked coconut not those fallen ones. Now where can we get one in KL?

Thank God his fever has gone as of yesterday afternoon. And I just hope it's only a matter of time for the whole spots to appear and then he will recover fully. It's just sad to see him so weak and crying all the time. Me and husband have not been sleeping well for the past 2 nights too, so exhausting!

Anyone has experience dealing with measles before? I remembered I was down with chicken pox when I was in primary school... And that was BAD. Hope mothers out there could share your thoughts on this. TQ

Once In a Blue Moon

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:51:00 +0000

I'm updating from the office... And hence the title. I have so many things to share, but just can't find the time to do so. Let me just roughly point what stuff I want to share with you guy

> Bebe Ian is 6 months plus. And he's started on solid earlier.. Around 5 months 3 weeks or so... It was a fun time for me and husband. The first solid that we gave him was a puree of banana mixed with baby rice and breast milk. Hehe...Now he's eating 3x per day. Normal baby porridge with variety of vege added... Amount would be around 3 big tbs per feeding... and with same amount of breast milk (around 14oz during day time). I'm not sure how much he drinks at night cause I breastfeed directly.. :) So my worries about he's not taking enough BM has gone. :) Hope he will gain his appetite soon so that we can increase the amount of solids to feed him.

> I can't wait to move! It has started to annoy me. Small space. More people. But I have to endure this until our house is ready. Crap.

> Tomorrow I will be flying back to KK... But only for few days.. :( I want to visit my grandpa... He was admitted again late last month and my mom said he's getting weaker :(

> I bought stuffs from Little Whiz & Fabulous Mom that I would like to share with you guys... But not fun without any photos... So will update this part later (If later ever comes ^^)

> I miss my buddies..... I actually missed going out & hanging out with them... Dun get me wrong... I love being with Ian all the time :) But still, I miss you gals... Muacks...

> I will be nanny-less soon... HOW?? Anybody knows anybody? I am reluctant to send Ian to a nursery.. Argh.. Headache!

> I want to quit my job and become a full time housewife. Can I? Oh how I wish for this to happen... Soon pls.

> My friend said tonight is the starting of the ghost festival. It's only 5.45pm, and the skies outside is pitch black... Wah... (Shudder)

Happy Bday!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:32:00 +0000

This post is dedicated especially to Maso who celebrated her 28th birthday yesterday...

You are a good friend and i feel blessed to have you in my life :) 

Btw, the tag means "friends you can keep" as told by Baya... :)

mOmma, I want you...

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:29:00 +0000

I am looking for this brand of bottle mOmma zero+ for the last 2 weeks and to no avail. Went to Mum's Care and several other boutiques in MV last weekend and all they have is the rocking bottle...

Still having problem with bottle feeding Ian... Hmm the silk teat MAM does help a little though... But his intake is still less than what it should be... Thinking that it could be the teat flow problem I bought these:

I've tried finding this mOmma bottle online but so far all the online sites has yet to reply me on pre-ordering... Sigh.

Just a thought: Maybe I should start Ian on solid food earlier...

Eyes wide open

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:42:00 +0000

It's 3.23am and I am wide awake... Ian decided to have his meal earlier tonite... He's finally back asleep while I can't... Tried but failed.

Checked my Fb wall and nothing's special... My Tweetdeck has only 5 new ones... Argh so bored..

So let me rant about something. I HATE noisy car/motorbike!!! At this hour those idiotic morons are driving / riding their (normally cheap) vehicles like hell outside of my house. And Ian will get startled. If only I have a gun I will shoot them one by one and to teach them a lesson. But who am I kidding.. Of course I can't have a gun.. So all I can do is curse them whenever they pass by my house.

I think I better try to go back to sleep now. I need all the rest I can get before the next meal. Nite all!

Post post natal

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:49:00 +0000

Hi blog! I've been missing for a very long time and goodness!? My last post was before I deliver my baby??
Long story short, I gave birth to baby Ian on 2/2/2011... Normal delivery and yes it was painful as hell... But worth it!! I get a beautiful, healthy baby boy out of it... Hehe

Now Ian is almost 4 months old and my life is so much fun now... Even with so much things going on around me everything will disappear once Ian smiles at me... 

My routine at work has changed greatly as well... Now I have to set aside time for pumping session to prepare supply for Ian at home... The pumping sessions are fun because I can distract myself from my ever mundane work but at times are hard because of insufficient time... But I'll do anything for Ian...  Thank God the bosses are understanding and allow me to take time to pump at work because I know of some mothers who are unable to continue to breastfeed their babies because they can't express milk at work... Sad

Although I breastfeed Ian, I do supplement with fm if my supply at home is not enough. Currently giving him Mamex Gold after he started to vomit out Enfalac A+... so far the tolerancy is fine but since I hardly give him fm anyways it's hard to tell .. Another major problem with not breastfeeding Ian is that he hates bottle feeding... Am currently using Avent bottle with teat no 2... Tried Tommee Tippee bottle before but he refused to drink at all... Tried avent bottle with NUK teat is not working as well... Mothers out there, any tips? Really a problem when want to bottlefeed him.. He will only drink when he's sleepy and right after he wakes up after nap... Currently my sis in law ia taking care of him while I'm at work and I'm worried Ian will not have enough milk throughout the day... For the whole day my SIL only manages to give him 16-18oz of EBM... And when I get home I will bf as normal...

I hope mothers out there can share your thoughts on this... 

Counting days..

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:18:00 +0000

I feel like I've been pregnant forever... Hehe Currently in my mid 37th weeks and i'm humongous... I can barely walk as frequent as i wanted to and chores like hand washing baby's stuff or sweeping has become too strenuos for me..
I get tired easily. Can't wait for the D-day but scared at the same time.. Congrats to my 2 other friends who delivered their babies earlier... So jealous! :)

Big!!!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:32:00 +0000

I feel huge... Like very big and heavy... But it's all good people... I'm in my 7 months now... 

Dark & Bright

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:57:00 +0000

Yesterday, as expected my ever dearest boss, the biggest one (both in power and size, at least among the bosses in M'sia office) decided to make my life miserable by not approving my non pay leave right after my xmas leave. She asked me to come back in Jan to work for 2 weeks then only fly back home again... WTF.

By that time it will be nearing my 36th weeks gestation and the thought of flying when I'm that "heavy" is scary. I even doubt the airline will allow me on board at that time. My doc forbids me to board airline after the 16/1/2010 but do I dare to fly at all during that period?

I somehow understand her given reason though. Not enough resources to cover my stuff. But then again, that's the point of telling you earlier, my dear boss. That you will have enough time to find that resources. Crap and crap.

What to do, what to do... Well, I did speak out my mind to my direct boss, smaller than the first one. So I guess I'll have to wait and see the next verdict.

I was so pissed yesterday and I have the thought to quit my job. But then I finally came to my senses that not having my own money will sucks big time. Really sucks.

Okay bitter part aside, let me look at the brighter, happier and fun side. This coming Friday, I will witness my first international tennis match called the Showdown of Champions, A Night of Aces... Hhehehe... Wanna see how pretty Anna Kournikova is in person... Excited! Ohh, I will go with my husband coz I won 2 tickets worth RM188 each through Redfm... I luv you Redfm. :D The seatings are not bad too for these tics, just at the side of the court, the call it golden seating. Grin.

And next week... OMG, I will go attend Glam Nation Tour concert on the 14th!!! Ngeheheehe.... I have been waiting since last year for Adam Lambert to come to M'sia and I will finally see him (from a far) next freaking week! This one I have to buy the tickets myself coz I don't dare to gamble and wait whether I will win any from any sponsors / radio stations. Ticket sales started on 14/9 and I bought on the same day. Haha, that's how agitated I was to get hold of the tickets. Seating plan wise, ok la. I guess. I hope so! Husband is tagging along cause he said nobody will take care of me during the concert, and one of my dear friend is coming too. My initial partner to go... Yes yes....Hehehe I can even feel my baby inside of me is excited to go as well. Haha.

Wah... can't wait for these events... I'm so demotivated at work now that I need more fun things to do. Another 2 ++ hours to go before office hours ended for today. Argh!!... (Don't judge, I know you've been slacking off during office hours too :P)

Monday rant

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:26:00 +0000

Hi peeps, it's yet another Monday and I bet most of us dread to go through one. Well to be on a positive note, I'm not working today.. Wait wait... I however will have to spend the whole day at the clinic, literally. It's my monthly check and also BSP day... Ya people sadly I was diagnosed of having gestational DM after the borderline MGTT...
Now I have another 2 hrs to kill before the next blood test so I will rant about something... Hehe..

Do you know anybody who constantly brag about him/ herself.. Like every single f-ing day? Well I do... See there's this colleague of mine who without fail will brag about herself all the time (we sabahan call this ppl minta puji). She will brag from something about how branded and expensive her clothings are till bout how much money she has that she lives in a wealthy residence... I mean, come on... If you want to announce to the world of how rich you are, people will get it the first time you told them. There's no need to keep showing off coz people like me will hate you to the bits..
So what if you're rich? Does that make you happy in this world? I don't think so. If your life is so fulfilling, why did your husband do not care enough when he fetched you one evening by motorbike when it's raining and you are pregnant... Why?

What... after all the tappings to type this rant I have only managed to kill 18 mins... What the...

Okay okay... So luckily I'm not sitting close to this lady in the office... If not, then I'll suffer like another colleague of mine who does.. Immuned to other people's body language of how annoyed they are when this lady will keep calling her to brag her latest life...
How to ward off such people?

I guess I'll never find out... All I can do is to rant bout them an avoid their company whenever I can...

Tagged... :D

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:59:00 +0000

Hehe... Lama pula nda tag me-nag nih... This time tagged by Memel... Ok here goes....

1) Apakah yang bermain di minda anda sekarang?

    Tia sabar mo mandi pastu mo tinguk movie di TV 40" yg husband baru beli... heheehe

2) Apakah nama samaran anda?
    Bibi (Rumah), Iggy (Kwn2), Ig (Kwn2)
3) Siapakah 3 orang paling kamu sayang?
    Tia cukup 3 orang... Telampau ramai ba...
4) Panggilan untuk si dia.
    Nama rumah dia juga... kadang2 ada yg special... Tp secret... Haha
5) Hadiah yang diimpikan daripada seseorang yang istimewa.
    Sia mo duit...
6) Blog mana yang anda selalu lawat?
    My blog list la...
7) Tagkan kepada 15 blogger.
    Doi telampau banyak juga... Hmm sepa mo buat ni tag buat la... Hehe :)

Finally!!!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:42:00 +0000

Dumping business ... WTF

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:14:00 +0000

Lately, there were just too many cases of baby dumping... I don't get it. I'm sure many of you don't get it either. I mean why? Why eff around and not taking responsibility for your actions? And to the mothers, how could they? How could you NOT want your own baby?

People may say, they were scared of what people may think of them for having a child out of wedlock... But then by dumping and letting your baby die out of nowhere is OK? I think it's just pure stupidity.

Today I heard news about the first school in Malacca that will accept pregnant students or those teenage moms who wish to continue their unfinished studies. Maybe this is a good way to let these girls to get their educations no matter what has happened. But.... Something need to be done before the problem occurs in the first place. I still think sex education in school (especially in secondary school) is vital to curb such problems.

Parents also have to play the ultimate role in educating their kids about sex. They can no longer sit around and wait till their kids are old enough to find out what sex is all about. Nowadays, it might just be too late.

I really hope the youngsters will soon learn from all these baby dumping news/highlights and it shouldn't happen again in the future. I can only hope.

Tired yet delighted!

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:29:00 +0000

This morning was my second check up at the Govt clinic... Well I go to both, private and Govt... Just want to have a taste of both worlds... Hehehe
But I tell you, to go to the Govt one is really testing your level of patience... But I managed to endure them all.. Haha...
MGTT done this morning... I have to undergo this one coz my dad has DM Type II... Downing a mug full of glucose solution on an empty stomach was not pleasant at all...

Anyways, my baby is doing fine... Hehehe couldn't tell the gender yet though... Both private and Govt doctor said will be clearer during the next round of scan... Hehe

I just hope everything will go just fine... :))

Ohh... I do have a blog.....

noreply@blogger.com (LonTugi) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:22:00 +0000

Ok... Last update was in May... Now it's already the month of August!!!
Gasp....

Oh ya... Btw i'm now 15 weeks pregnant... Hehe happy....