感恩的心

非常感恩我的家婆在哲出生后的头七个月留在我们的家照顾我们一家大小。除了帮我坐月，还要帮忙做家务，煮菜，浇花，喂狗。每天忙忙碌碌，背也驼了不少。但她一句怨言都没有，天天都以爱心来服事我们。

我除了看孩子之外，什么都不需要做。只要吃饱，休息，看孩子就够了。而有些时候，她甚至还把哲抱走，要我再“休息休息”！真歹势！Paiseh!

所以有她在的时候也就是我最轻松的时候，不需要担心下雨衣服没收而哲正在苦闹。不需要烦恼每天吃什么。不需要赶着在哲30分钟“小睡”时匆匆忙忙地打扫屋子。不需要担心水壶里没水。不需要担心老爷的工作服还没烫。还有很多很多！我的家婆总是把我们照顾得很周到。

现在老爷每个月回乡公干，她总是买了一大堆水果，鸡，我爱吃的糕点等要他带回来。我坐月是吃的鸡（是特别营养的鸡，不是打针的哦！）还是她特地从诗巫带来的。因超重，还被罚了百多元！令我深深愧疚。

她为家人付出那么多，却总是害怕麻烦孩子们。她身体不好，最近手部又开始疼痛。虽然备受疼痛折磨却不肯到私人医院去，执意要到政府医院排期。等了好几个月，好不容易上个星期动了手术，却遇着个M族实习医生，令自己受了不少苦，也令孩子们担心不已。

很快她就将60岁了。就如她如何祝福其他人，但愿上帝大大地恩佑她！

妈妈，愿你健康，喜乐，平安！

Making baby food

1. Today I am cooking chicken, carrot, potato and long beans for my baby. Protein, carbohydrate, fibre, vitamins, check! We are good to go!

 

 

 

 

 

2. Next, peel and cut everything.

I just love the different colours we have here. Does it not shout N.U.T.R.I.T.I.O.U.S? You can’t hear it? Let me check the mic for you. *Tap, tap*

Good to have you back.

I don’t add any seasoning for my baby. He still have his food in its original flavour. I want to prepare him for a healthy lifestyle – no/low salt, no/low sugar, no processed food.

Then, cook them in chicken soup.. mmm mmm!

3. After cooking, blend up and freeze the food in ice cube tray.

When it is frozen, keep it in an airtight container or storage bag and take whatever you need when feeding time comes.

I normally cook for a week’s worth of food.

 

 

 

 

4. Steam the food or, if you’re lazy like me,  nuke it to feed the baby. There you go, a simple and nutritious meal for your pride and joy! Easy peasy!

I have a question

Baby, CA-ME-RA

For the past few weeks, my son would raise his hand and point at random objects with a curious look on his face, seemingly asking “Wat tit tat?“.

He would break into his oh-too-adorable toothless smile when we named the objects for him.

Fan. Light. Air purifier. Curtain. Tree. Air-cond. And his favourite, clock.

So now, like a good student, his hand shoots up whenever he has questions.

Moving object with four wheels? Car.

A loud sound on rainy days? Thunder.

Dog barking ferociously? Some stranger just walked past our house, sweetie.

Smelly, soft, yellow or brown half-solid on his butt and hands? That’s your poo poo.. YIKES, NO!!

Parenting articles

I’m reading some wonderful articles from the Naomi Aldort Library. Am busy preparing myself for the forthcoming toddlerhood..

 

Most loved one and a half men in my life

0.5 + 1 men

I am grateful everyday for these two wonderful persons:

1) My husband

For being helpful, supportive, kind, tenderhearted, respectful, humble and very involved in our family.

(Honey, did I miss out anything from your script?)

2) My baby

Oh, my smiley, soooo adorable and clever boy! Mommy loves you with all my heart even though you drive me up the wall sometimes :*

EP update

After faithfully pumping 4x/day for the past few months, I decided to drop a pump 3 days ago.

It is unthinkable mere weeks ago. I was very determined to feed my baby only THE BEST. Ya I know formula is not poison, but.. it is simply NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

I was under a lot of stress to keep up with my baby’s demand, pumping 5x/day sometimes. As a result, I was restrained from doing a lot of things that I like eg visiting friends, joining cooking classes, shopping etc. And it wore me down from playing and interacting with my child. It affected my husband too because I was not the nicest person to be with when I am under stress!

Like all mothers, we want absolutely THE BEST for our brood. It kills me to think that my son will eventually venture into this imperfect world on his own, makes mistakes, falls, has his heart broken, be disappointed by this twisted society.

I am already in pain thinking of sending him to playschool! Will the caretakers understand and meet his needs? Will they comfort him when he cries? Will they interact and play with him? Somehow the image of his tiny hands waving unanswered in the air lingers in my mind *tearing up*

I have to start somewhere. I have to learn to let go slowly for the betterment of everyone..

Ok, back to the topic, here is what I do now:

Pumping schedule: 6am, 2pm, 10pm (40-60 minutes each session)

Expressed volume: 26-27oz a day (we need to supplement with 2-4oz formula once or twice a week with this output)

Baby’s consumption: 24-28oz a day

Pump: Avent ISIS iQ Duo

Freezer stash: 0, as in NIL sigh

Beautiful Damai

Lactating mom’s best friends

Manual pump

Uno

Duo

I am a loyal Avent customer. I think I have almost all  Avent products at home: bottles, sippy cup, sterilizer, bottle warmer, spoon, storage containers etc.. you name it!

And this loyal mama has a total of three (3) breast pumps.. you guessed it.. from Avent: Avent single electric pump (Avent isis IQ uno), Avent manual pump and Avent double electric pump (Avent isis IQ duo). Sorry to say, I kind of regret that I did not get a backup pump from some other manufacturer and it is late to do so now (I am almost at my 10th month and considering to wean after pumping for a year).

My pumps are my best friends but best friends fight too. My single pump has a mind of its own. It turns off and changes pumping rhythm at its will. My another good friend, the double pump, decided to maintain a distance from me. It practically DIED a few days ago.. and it is already a replacement unit! The initial unit that I got was faulty straight out of the box! Even though the vendor promised to send it for repair but the breakdown is unacceptable after a mere 7 months of use

I am currently using the manual pump and Avent isis IQ uno.. simulataneously. Bye bye freedom. No more surfing the net and reading while pumping. Oh, my precious Duo baby, come back to Mama soon!

把我当空气？！

很不要脸地说，应该有很多人认为我和我家老爷是相亲相爱，相敬如宾，相互扶持的神仙伴侣吧（虾米，你不这样认为么？！）。

但就算是只羡鸳鸯不羡仙的老夫妻也有起冲突的时候的。。虽然不至于到拉头发摔东西撞墙壁的地步（err..儿子出世头几个月会这样啦。。），但生闷气也会闷出病来的。

前阵子在朋友的部落格看到这篇《夫妻相处之道》（谢谢你噢，Felicia）。在对木头生闷气时，就想一想它吧：

有情有义
为情忍让
为义体谅
不要遇事不商量
切莫猜忌要明讲
时常制造罗曼象
营造情趣不能忘
共同兴趣要培养
吵架不能变平常
恶言相向不予量
设身处地为伊想
人生不如想象长
有爱方能延绵长
因为
家是讲爱的地方 不是讲理的地方

好吧，这就去煮老爷爱喝的薏米水！

My real age

Ok, so I’m 32.5 years old. I took a test a few days ago to assess my real age. Was feeling quite confident because I am in excellent health, watch my diet and have no family history in many diseases.

Well, surprise, oh surprise! I was actually tested to be almost ONE (1) YEAR older than my chronological age! Why? Zero exercise!

Ya, I don’t work out in a gym, but if you include the weight lifting (ie carrying baby around), flexibility (ie bending and stretching with baby in the arm) and cardio (ie doing house chores day in and day out) exercises I carry out everyday, I am certain that I am at least 1.5 years younger! Mmm, just where do I tick on the test…

You? What is you real age?