Thursday, July 15, 2010

Cage Me Yes, Not?

I seriously think we need a play yard. You know, something like cage for kids. Ha ha ha. Ok, I laugh at myself because before this I think it is ridiculous for parents to 'cage' their kids. NOW I KNOW! I seriously need to KURUNG BUDAK KECIK ITU.

She moves so fast nowadays even though she can't crawl yet. All she does is roll-turn-roll-turn-roll-turn and BAM! suddenly I see her no where and causing me this heart attack where is she, and I found her almost under the coffee table.

I was at the kitchen and put her in the hall like usual (tak berani letak atas katil dah) where I can see her and within seconds she's out of my sight - trying to 'eat' this table. Like really eat. She tried to hold the table with her both hands and nganga-nganga wanted to eat it.


And gives mommy this cheeky smile when I said "Hah! Ya Allah..apsal sampai bawah meja. Buat apa nak makan meja!"


MrComot and I were debating are we really in need of those fancy play yard, because that thing is freaking expensive! To me lah. It costs about 500 averagely. The good one with mesh and mat is about 1K!! Talk about being high-maintenance-kid nowadays. We won't really need it if we can take turn taking care of her but both of us are really busy especially in the morning. I can't even leave her for more than 3 seconds now or she will do macam-macam stunt. Oh ya, she can slide already! But at gear 6 = move backwards = gostan ;D

Do we really need it by the way? I don't like the idea of caging your child but MrComot said it can give us a peace of mind when we can't attend her, like doing our house chores. Ohhh don't give me the idea to wear Zahra because she's too heavy for me.

Anyway I did some research and found that Lindam is about 500, Haenim is 400, superyard is 500 and vee bee is 1k. All have their own pros and cons and of course la yang paling mahal paling best kan. But err..er...1k is too lavish to me. So still looking for other options.

How about you mommies? Any brands/types that you recommend? Or how do you tackle this situation? Is play yard really not necessary?


Wednesday, July 14, 2010

My First Solid Food

How fast time flies, Zahra Elena is already six months! Happy half a year old baby! And I managed to exclusively BF her for 6 months and going strong, alhamdulillah (campur sikit masa first week tak kira yer..haha nak jugak).

Anyway, I think she's ready for solid so dengan bersemangatnya I made her very first solid food last Saturday!

We still didn't buy the food processor but for porridge, normal blender will do.


The thick carbo liquid. Abaikan avocado as the backdrop. I plan to pureed it for next week's menu ;)


And look at her face!

"Look Ma! I'm big enough that I can eat real food now"

Sangat awkward and concious haha.

She took it well, knows how to swallow and sip from the spoon. Only that I can see that she finds it weird. Maybe the texture is a bit starchy and jelly-ish.

But after a while she regurgitates a bit so I stop after 3 spoons.

The next day, I wasn't very excited with my home-made porridge anymore because it's too hassle for me to handle (read: malas) so I just whipped out instant rice cereal from Heinz mixed with breastmilk, and Zahra likes it more than my porridge! Grrrrrrrrr!


Forgot to snap the box, already throw in dustbin. Pic courtesy from wisemint.

This cereal is the closest to most natural ingredient that I can find. It contains rice, vegetable oil (rosemary for antioxidant) and irons. I packed some for babysitter, so this week she's on this cereal.

I also feed her some mashed avocado for snack (at 9PM! Haha simply because I can't wait for her to eat the avocado. Sorry baby, tonite no more ok) .

Will try to do some home-made food this weekend!

Stand By Me

Zahra Elena just discovered that she has legs and can stand about a month ago, that she keep on asking me to lift her up. Asking here is by being cranky when I put her down and whenever I lift her up on her feet, she will make a very happy face - giggles sampai terjelir-jelir! Oh my...I really love her expression, sampai nak nanges! Haha. I find it funny at the same time. Banyak akal lah you budak!

Anyway her expression will be bolder if we clap our hands, it's like she knows we are praising her. My sister managed to video-d her expression and just look at her face!



Taken last 3 weekends, when we are ready to go to my friend's wedding ceremony.


But one thing about her, whenever she sees a camera or videocam, she will turn stiff ok and pause like nothing happen. Eeeiii pretender!


Mommy loves you baby!


Monday, July 12, 2010

So Much Drama!

Zahra Elena fell off the bed twice!

Once yesterday evening when both of us were sleeping, but that one is soft landing (I assumed, at least not a trauma to me because I didn't witness it myself, MrComot lifts her immediately) and she fell on her chest.

The second one this morning! And I really feel bad about it. Because I left her on the bed unattended confidently she won't fell. I put her vertically on the long bed so I assumed if she golek pun won't fall because she will move to kiri and kanan right? But boy, how wrong was I. Within few seconds I heard a loud 'guk!' and I was like, "omg, Zahra jatuh ke? impossible!" I was in the kitchen and MrComot was outside, both of us quickly run and saw Zahra already landing down with her head on the floor. It's too big for her to digest that she startled for a while before letting out a big cry. My pooor baby!!

I quickly lift her and hug her, rubbing her head and weeping silently for a good 5mins. So sedih ok! ;(

Anyway it's not about being careless. It's because I underestimate her ability to move that fast. I don't know about you mommies, but don't ever think like me ok, that she is ok, won't harm her if out of sight for a few seconds. It takes a blink for accident to happen. Just be cautious k?

Anyway she seems ok, and I really hope she is ok, in term of inside injury. Baby's skull still soft, so mommies, pls pls pls be careful ;(


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Update:

I was very upset with myself when I wrote this entry. Now I am much calmer so I googled up about babies falling from bed. So just to share with you guys.

Don't worry much, babies skull is still soft so this give them advantages of being flexible. So InsyaAllah won't hurt much inside out. You should be worry if toddlers falling off, it will be more dangerous because their skull is hard already, in case gegar.

My mom always said 'malaikat sambut baby jatuh' and which I hope very true, amin aminn aminnnn.

But still I feel bad about this. Also I read if this thing happen, it always worse for the parents than the baby, how true! Haha..

Below is things that you have to look after when your baby falls:
  1. check the limbs, head and body for bruises, redness, swelling, etc
  2. if he blackouts / unconscious
  3. vomit
  4. throwing tantrums or prolonged crying
  5. eye signs - crossed eyes or rolling eye, one pupil larger than the other

More info here:
  1. http://www.askdrsears.com/html/8/T086400.asp
  2. http://www.askdrsears.com/html/8/t082300.asp

And in any case you are interested in more similar stories/experience, can read from here: http://www.easybabylife.com/my-7-month-baby-fell-off-the-bed.html


Enjoy motherhood! :D

Friday, July 9, 2010

Simple thing that makes me happy! =)

TGIF! And guess what? Zahra Elena going to be 6 months tomorrow! Can't wait to spend my weekend with little one! :D


Anyway I'm super duper happy because my today's fruits supply is a bit extensive! We dropped by SS2 pasar malam yesterday and bought a bunch of cherries, avocado, longan and buah nona! No more apples-pear-apples-pear-apples-pear everyday to me. Bosan ok! But I still can't take mangoes and guava because it is cold.

Oh ya, I take fruits everyday.. because MrComot cut it for me! Hahaha. Kalau I buat sendiri malas ok hmmmm.. But it does wonder to me. My bowel is not so good and always have constipation. After religiously gobbling fruits everyday, it gets better and better.

By the way, this is what I'm having today!

Fuji apples + cherries + golden kiwi + Anlene yoghurt

The cherry is so plump and juicy that it weights like less than 10 pieces per 100gram! Since it's in season, the price dropped to Rm5/100g! Last time I saw at MBG and Village Grocer is at Rm9/100!! Almost double ok!! But the cheapest cherries I ever got is at Petaling Street at Rm4/100g but that was like, 3 years ago? Hehehe.

(Ilot, cherry dah murah ni, uols mengidam lagi tak? I can buy for u :D)


In any case you are interested, this pasar malam is near to Kayu Nasi Kandar SS2 (sorry forgot to get the GPS node). Anyway it is a very chinese pasar malam but I didn't get the chance to check out the other stuff as I only stopped by at fruit stalls, so really don't know what else it has to offer.

But the fruits are very fresh and not to say cheap, but acceptable. I also note rambutans and mangosteen are in season. Mangosteen is at RM10 per 3 kilos, kira ok lah kan?

Simple thing that can make me happy = FRUITS! and icecream and books and and and.. later lah I fikir :P


Happy fruity tutti day everyone!