Doa Anak Nakal

Assalamualaikum

"Dulu lain, sekarang lain..." i think this is one of the best quotation ever. It also applies in educating children. We are advised not to scold, scream to them. Yes, I do admit, by screaming and scolding, able to change their behaviour. But they do affect long-term and also to their emotions. Kids nowadays, the intelligent and understanding are varies and are not as same as the kids before. So, what should we do? Me my self, always find it difficult and still learning on the best way in educating them. Having 3 boys with kinds of behaviour, a baby, thesis, work, housechores, and etc etc and no helper. Memang boleh menggugat perasaan disebabkan kepenatan! Ok sekarang Alhamdulilah since the helper is here. 

And recently, I found this in fb.. and it's practicable!  Let's try :)

Doa untuk anak yang nakal. 

Ni my eldest son. Dah pandai nak berposing.. 

my second son. Tak heran berposing. Yang penting kenyang perut!!

Lagi satu kaki posing. My third son. 

And my baby girl..

As I mentioned i my previous post. One of my goal in life, "jangan garang2..." 

"Ya Allah, bukakanlah pintu2 rahmat Mu, pintu kurnia dan pintu rezeki Mu... murahkanlah rezeki kami, permudahkanlah urusan dunia dan akhirat kami tanpa perlu bersusah payah, menyusahkan orang dan meminta minta....

Juga Ya Allah... ku pohon lapangkanlah dada kami, terangkanlah hati kami untuk ilmu yang bermanfaat, sembuhkan lah penyakit kami, kurniakan kesihatan yang baik pada kami, lindungilah kami dari segala perkara yang tak baik, juga dari gangguan dan kejahatan, syaitan, jin dan manusia...

Ya Allah, ya Rahim.. kami pinta tambahkan lah iman dan takwa kami, tingkatkan kesabaran kami, jadikan kami sentiasa bersyukur di atas rahmat mu, tambahkan sifat tawaduk di dalam jiwa kami dan jauh kan sifat2 yg tak elok seperti prasangka, bangga diri, riak, sombong dan sebagai nya.... jadikan kami ini ikhlas sebenar2 ikhlas.... kerana Mu ya Allah.....

Ya Allah Yang Maha Pengasih Lagi Maha Penyayang....."

Aamiin...

9 months 3 weeks young.. ^-^

Assalamualaikum and happy Sunday morning to all

How time flies.. my baby is now nearly to 10 months. So far, Alhamdullilah, i think she's in a good hand. i mean the helper. InsyaAllah. Here are some of her pics...

Besar mulut Amal kena suap.

nom..nom..nom.. the porridge is delicious...  :)

She really likes to eat. Today, I started to give her finger biscuits (heinz- chocolate biscuit) and strawberry. 

Ok. This is her new hobby. Its either memunggah or mengemas buku- buku dalam tu...She loves to play book. Pantang nampak buku depan mata. Kalau ada surely koyak rabak jadinya

"Ya Allah, terangkanlah hati kami dengan ilmu yang bermanfaat"

Hi Ibu.. I found book that interest me.. Come and look.. 

Haa! look.. this is the book. I want to read it now! Itu buku Ayah.. Hadith 40

"Ya Allah, lancarkan lidah anak- anakku dengan kalimah- kalimahMu, berilah kefahaman dan jadikanlah mereka hafiz dan hafizah. Ya Allah, fasihkanlah lidah mereka dengan hadith- hadith Nabi Muhammad saw.. Aamiin.."

Abang Hakimi aje yang willing to take care of me... The rest sibuk main game! 

Rice porridge: the preparation

Assalamualaikum 

Waa... macam hebat aje titlekan "Rice porridge: the preparation". Macam boleh tajuk thesis je.. heheee Anyway, my baby, she's 9 months now. So the preparation is not as frivolous complicated as before. Why I said complicated? You can view from the below pic...

 I used to prepare milled rice, broccoli (or any other green vege) puree, carrot puree, powdered anchovies, chicken puree weekly basis... Each of them takes me at least 20 mins to prepare.. phew.. 

Nevertheless, all the purees really help my morning... Just put all together (the vege puree is the last to add) except for the powdered anchovies, and my baby food is ready in less than 10 mins. 

And sometimes this lazy mother made the porridge this way.. All in one...hehee. But takes a lil bit longer time to cook. 

Since the helper is here, I cook chicken or fish soup with no salt (usually ikan merah or jenahak) for her and blend together with rice. Walla... licin berkilat dia makan. She really loves her rice porridge! memang sedap, even Abang Hakimi pun suruh suapkan dia...Alhamdullilah... 

Bila buat kerja kat rumah...

Assalamualaikum

Since our baby sitter is on leave this week, I work from home this week. Mencabar betul! Sebab asik- asik nak tido especially now is Ramadhan (chewah.. salahkan puasa, padahal memang kaki tido..hehe). Also, I like to golek- golek direct bf ngan my baby. Lagi satu, pukul 11 lebih Hadif balik.. Ooohh.. macam- macam dia buat ye nanti yang boleh mencabar keimanan, tapi sabar aje laaaa...Anak tu anugerah dan tanggungjawab kita dari Allah..

I tried not to use buaian for my baby.. nak dia tido bawah aje. Yes, she can, tapi sekejap aje... So, this week, the buaian is officially ada kat tengah rumah (tapi bila petang tarik balik pergi belakang). Kat mana I do my work kat situ lah ada buaian. I bf her untill lalok nak tido then put her in the buaian.. enjut- enjut sikit, then terus tido... Macam ni la ghupanya ye

Buaian turun temurun dari anak pertama, termasuklah kain biru tu. So, takdelah pink kaler..

Dalam buaian menyanyi- nyanyi...

Selamat dah. Dia memang suka tido tergolek camtu. My MIL said "kemeklah hidung dia nanti". InsyaAllah taklah... heheee

Actually, my work station is at upstairs.. Means printer, scanner, desktop, and all my references stuff semua kat atas. Tapi tak sesuai to put the buaian over there..I have to put the buaian inside our room. Maakk aii.. that's really comfy. Dalam bilik tido, anak tido, maknya pun melayang tido. Bukak pulak aircond.. Aduiii, kuyu je mata. Jadi conclusionnya, buat aje le kat bawah.. a bit messy lah rumah. Tapi takpelah lepas tu kemaslah balik (hehee.. ye ke..?). So, lepas ada Amal Basyirah ni, work station tu macam layu aje, tak digunakan...kesian kan

Jadi, sekarang ibu kena chaiyok- chaiyok menulis sebelum abang Hadif balik!!!

Rice porridge for my baby ...

Assalamualaikum

Amal is now going to be 7 months, I have to consistently gives her rice porridge. Setakat bagi puree tu memanglah senang sangat kekdahnya, tapi sampai bila.. kesian dia...  Tengah fikir and cuba the easiest way of preparing the bubur and yet, still yummy and nutritious. And...

I am not gonna buy the slow cooker, penuh nanti my kitchen counter, 

and also 

I am not gonna boil them everyday. Tak sempat pagi- pagi nak buat..

and also 

I am not gonna give her the instant cereal... No..No..!!!

Hmm... I think, she just eat nasi yang masak untuk the family aje lah. Just blend the nasi. As for the ingredient  what i'll do is to prepare stok ikan bilis. Macam mana nak buat? Senang aje camni...

1. Ikan bilis tu kena rendam AT LEAST 1- 2 hours buang masinnya

2. Then sangaikan without oil. 

3. Blend

4. Tadaaa.. jadilah dia stok ikan bilis...

Sorry, semua gambar ni dari pakcik google. The source, I couldn't remember.. 

Nampak senangkan.. tapi sendiri pun tak buat lagi... ngehngehngehhh...

Maybe, what i'll do.. 

1. pagi- pagi I will steam a vegetables (pumpkin ke, carrot ke..bayam ke..)

2. Blend them with nasi

3. Taburkan stok bilis. 

4. Tada.. siap stok untuk hantar ke rumah baby sitter and for dinner. (Breakfast kalau tak sempat makan oat je leee..). 

For the storage pulak, I am thinking of these..

1. Baby cubes 4oz. I loves the practicality of baby cubes. Tapi cuma bentuknya, susah pulak nanti the baby sitter nak panaskan dlm warmer

2. Phillip Avents storage (10 pcs). This is ok depite very expensive. Cuma 10 pcs tu I guess is too much.  I won't do the porridge stock as much I stock the puree... 

3. MAM storage solutions (5pcs). 

I guess I will have this MAM sbb  it's just 5 pcs. Tapi nak kena tengok dulu. Nantilah curi- curi masa tengok benda ni live macam mana then I will decide..(Adui, nak pilih food storage pun mcm nak beli rumah ye... hehehee..).

Oat and Kurma for my baby...

Assalamualaikum and Selamat berpuasa everybody

Ok, this time, my entry adalah sangat lapuk. It's been 2 weeks actually since I've made oat and kurma for my baby Amal. Tapi tak sempat nak upload. So far, my baby loves this so much. Makan sampai licin. Maybe because its sweetness. And the best part, this recipe is the most simplest ever! Yet it's yummy and goooood. I just boil them together and then blend. See, how easy...  ^-^

Come, take a look how it's look like. 

Oat + kurma

two portions.

Oppss .. this is not about oat and kurma. This is one week puree stock for my baby. It's pumpkin and carrot puree.  Just warm them and add with EBM. Walla..my baby loves them..The baby cubes really save my day, easy and practical. 

My sooo attached baby...Amal Basyirah

Since she likes the kurma very much, yesterday this lazy mother made her rice + kurma + ebm. heheee... lagi senang. Masak nasi for the family buka puasa. Then I took about 1 scoop and blend with kurma. Sedap jugak...campurkan EBM, double sedap.. licin! Cuma bila I frozed them, the texture seems different. Not so fine anymore. Tapi habis lah jugak... ^-^

My breastfeeding journey ...part 2

Assalamualaikum and have a great Friday everyone.. 

Again... entry about my breastfeeding journey. 

I love to search info on bf matters (apa lagi.. guna pakcik google la). There’s many info and tips which I try very hard to follow. One of the tips is to pump religiously. Yup..!! That is what I am doing. I put on my telekung while pumping in my PhD room. Some of my colleagues were curious and asked me.. "do you feel cold, I will off the aircond". Oh, please do not off the aircond... panas nanti.. hehee. Tapi the most geli statement is.. "You have changed your style, do you?  Covered everything...". Adoooii laa pak Arab2 ni... kang aku cakap tgh pump terbeliak pulak bijik mata diorang... Lantak laaa...

Layan gambar and the story aje laa... 

Sessi pumping

Picture credit to  http://alinalan.blogspot.com/ . I wake up very early now as early as 5am. Main purpose is to do my pumping. Bagus juga, at least I can perform my Solat Sunat and recite Al- Quran while waiting for Solat Subuh. Alhamdullilah....syukur

Everyday stock for my baby at babysitter's. 4 bottles of fresh milk and a home made baby puree. Thanks to Lelayong for sharing me her tips on bf as well as milk storing. Syukur pada Allah...

 Let me share here among of her tips

1. Power pumping- everyday between 1am to 6am. 

2. Mana yang nak bagi baby sitter, just put at a chiller section. That's the best!

Tada...!! Senyum sampai ke telinga... :).

At last, I owned this gadget, Medela Freestyle. Bought yesterday from Farha with 1 year warranty. Alhamdullilah..alhamdullilah. alhamdullilah.. seronok tak terkata... Maybe berkat doa minta dipermudahkan untuk menyusukan Amal Basyirah until 2 yo. Jadi sekarang, my Medela Swing buat back up (I still heart my swing, penyelamat tu..).

I will put on my review about this gadget. But bila tak tahu laa.. Many things to catch. This Monday I will present on my latest progress at my faculty doctoral colloquium, prepare slide for research progress (grant) and etc. Itu yang kena pakai pump yang efficient and fast. But after 3 times of usage..."baby, I'm in loveee!!!!" heheee...

Semoga Allah murahkan rezeki dan permudahkan all dear mommies untuk bf our baby up to 2yo.. Mengikut apa yang telah disyariatkan didalam Al- Quran.. Aamiin... 

My everyday routine... oh my shoulder...!!

Assalamualaikum ...

Back to my normal routine. Keluar pagi.. balik petang. 

As mentioned in my previous entry about my report duty, yes, now I have an official room in the faculty. It's  a sharing basis. Tak kisahlah. As long I have my own private workstation (senang nak buat kerja pump- pump ni..). It has a high divider anyway. Won't disturb the neighbour. 

This morning I went to the room, just to check whether my PC is ready. PC dah ada, tapi sekali tanya the technician.. dia kata ada virus. Still unable to use. Jadi teruslah ke citycam to my PhD room. Lagi comfy cuma a lil bit of travelling la. 

Ni actually nak cerita pasal my shoulder yg kena hangkut segala mak nenek bag.

Heheee.. Oh my shoulder, please be kind to me... be strong, ok... 

See here, apa yang kena hangkut everyday...

Ni la my everyday stuff. 

1. Handbag.. multifunction bag ye. It is a big bag, mcm bag doraemon. Boleh letak buku, lappy, and etc... 

2. Breast pump bag (the black color- also a big size bag), even a cooler bag is inside there. 

3. Water bottle - 1500ml. Bf/ pumping mothers should consume a lot more fluid.

4. A thick theses- Not mine, of course. 

Dalam my breast pump bag. Bag dalam bag..

My hand bag. 

Tadaaaa..Oh.. yang ini bukan bag ye.. tapi still kena hangkut merata, macam hand bag jugak. Yang ini my baby Amal. We had doctor visit this morning for her vaccine. Tu yang muka sedih sbb tau nak kena cucuk kot. Tapi takpe, she's a strong and healthy baby. Alhamdullilah. 

Supplement for breast feeding

Assalamualaikum

Ramadhan is just around the corner. Dalam tak sabar menanti ramadhan, I'm a bit worried on my milk supply. I have to maintain bf no matter what it is. After googled around, I am interested with Shaklee set for breast feeding mommies. It has good testimonial too. At last, I got mine from here. She is my Auntie's friend in Bank negara. A good service, i can say. Apa- apa, I just text her message. She will reply immediately. Bagus kan...

trial Set B

The set includes of vitalea (multivit), alfafa (milk booster), vit c, vit  b complx, and ESP soy protein. I didn't buy calcium because I just bought one from Watson. 

I've started taking this supplement since last night. As for the result, hmm.. I think berbaloi jugak beli. I got double oz when pumping this afternoon. Isn't that great??? I loiikeee.. 

For those who like to get info on bf, pls read http://alinalan.blogspot.com/. Very- very informative. 

It's vaccine time for my baby Amal

Assalamualaikum and hope everybody is doing fine...

Heheee.. sorry for being so jakun. Pasal vaccine pun nak update in blog...

Last week, Amal had her rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccinations. It's actually due for her 4th month. Aduiiyaaaii..pity my baby. We are supposed to bring her last month (err.. or last two months?), but all that has been delayed because of our trip to Singapore and Jakarta. Also, she was having fever by the time we brought her to the Doctor last time. Now, semuanya sudah delay, including her mandatory vaccinations. Takpe.. after this, we will be on time ye, InsyaAllah...

Meh layan her pics during our visit to doctor..

Amal before her jap.. 

ok lagi laa..

what are we supposed to do here Ibu..?

Still not knowing that she's gonna get her jap .. Ouucchhh.. Ada la nanges sikit. But after a while, she was doing fine. Strong my baby, kecik2 cili padi ye... 

Oppss.. tetiba ada gambar makanan.. motiff..??

After delivered my baby, my diet menu has changed. Before this, I don't take heavy meals during lunch. Normally I had a noodles or any light food, not like my hubby ... asik2 nasi... But now semua dah terbalik. I need to take nasi or heavy meals coz asik2 lapar. And I do admit that I eat a lot now. May I blame on bf factor? hahahaa....You see from the pic. He ate noodles and me... full plate of nasi. And of course  with my kopi o'.. Walla...

Letting go my Medela Swing, tip top condition

Assalamualaikum

Semoga semuanya sihat dan sentiasa di bawah lembayung rahmat Allah.

You see my title up there..

yup!! i want to let go my new breast pump medela swing. Tip top condition lagi, which I just bought on 1 Jun 2012. Very good pump I can say, with two phase of stimulation. I was extremely shocked and happy when first time with Swing.. wah so canggih la nowadays..  :)

Reason why I want to let go? 

I know, Swing is one of the best breast pump in the market, handy, cute, and i can say it's pricey too. But I can't resist to have Medela freestyle, a small gadget with double pumping. The price is x3 than Medela Swing. Phewww...If I buy that, I am thinking how is my Hari Raya shopping for this year...(Should I buy Gucci Hand bag or Medela fs.. Gucci.. Fs.. Gucci ... fs.... hmm..anything for you my dear Amal Basyirah Binti Ahmad Firdaus). But it is highly recommended to have double pumping if we want to have full and exclusive bf our baby. And I want that! I really really want to bf my Baby Amal until she is 2 yo. InsyaAllah, Allah will grant my pray.. Aamiin... 

Sommore, i will report duty on next week, 9 July. Do I have time to do my pumping? Imagine, working, finishing my thesis, come back home with house chores, baby, the boys, cooking and blablablaaa.. The list goes on...Plus, the travel I will face. Shah Alam- KL. KL- Shah Alam. You know how bad is the federal highway, right? Huhuhu.. 

So, anybody want my medela swing, I will give a good deal together with free gift! Free gift ok! Most of the stuff in the package I still haven't touch.  Hurry2..grab this opportunity! 

Medela Swing with free item. You don't need to think about ice pack, cooler bag, storage bag, it will all given to you!!! Senang complete and cheap gitu!

Autumz cooler bag lagi.. 

still under warranty ye. You can check the actual price here. I bought my medela swing there. 

Ok.. so far that's all for now. Next entry, I may post about my latest milk booster (still on trial). 

Wasalam. 

My baby get all the goodness.. yeay!!!

Assalamualaikum 

Alhamdullilah, Alhamdullilah, Alhamdullilah.... What is more important than thanking Allah for everything...

And thank you Allah for giving my baby the opportunity to breast milk exclusively and home made food. Alhamdullilah... 

Today I start sending Amal to babysitter with her carrot puree and accidently, I gave her two baby cubes of carrot puree. Rupa- rupa the bs dah siap- siap bagi for lunch and evening meal as well. Senang betul kerja ibu...Cuma Ibu dapat feed baby Amal for breakfast aje. And I did asked her whether is my ebm enough for my baby? and she said "Yes"... she is solely with ebm. Susu Ibu adalah terbaik untuk bayi..(ehh.. tetiba keluar iklan..) Seronokkan... actually I have back up with Nan HA gold... tapi kalau boleh tak nak guna pun...lagi elok and save budget pun... :)

But why do I choose Nan HA as my alternative? It was recommended by my paed (Datuk Dr Zul, KPJ) masa Hadif dulu. Since the brothers was quite frequent kena admit due to bronchitis la, apa laa...especially Hakimi, so that's the best fm to Hadif. Jadi bila time baby Amal ni, just follow aje la...bak kata Dr Zul, "due to the brother's history....bla bla bla.."

ni la susu Nan HA tu... 

Memang rezeki Amal Basyirah. Masa abang- abang dia dulu, kesian tak merasa semua tu. Bila masuk kerja aje (after 2- 3 months) they starts with formula milk. I do pump in office, tapi still not enough for them due to my long working hours. So, fm la to top up their demand. Cuma Hadif la lama sikit 3 tahun, though not exclusive bf (hehee.. citer ni dah basi kat m previous entry pun.. ). 

On the food pulak.. the abangs starts with rack products. Belila bertin- tin instant rice cereal for babies, beras putih lah.. beras merah la... then I purchased the products according to age/ stage. Bila besar sikit, I made the rice porridge for them (tapi sedap gak, sampai kekadang ibunya yang makan lebih... hehee..). 

Tapi sekarang dah lain, there's a lot more recipes... a lot more stuff/ accessories to feed babies..online aje pun senang and banyak. And they came in cute and sweet looks too.. Haha... rezeki anak- anak... Apa- apa pun the abangs sihat2 aje membesar... Again Alhamdullilah.., thank you Allah..

Here are some pics, today after Maghrib prayer...her sleeping time and the mother has to be aside layan dia before she fall asleep...

She's sleepy and yet mata tak nak tutup...

macam mana nak tidur, Abang- abang bising sangat...Padahal Ayah suruh belajar...

Layaannnn...

Dah ngantuk betul tu

she will make sure her ibu is beside her.. kalau tidak... haru menjerit!

The latest about my Baby Amal Basyirah... dia dah kenal orang! Aduiii.. jenuh lah dia menjerit even her nenek and ayah pun dia tak mau... Ibu or her Abang Long aje dia recognised. Habis lah kau Abang Long, lepas ni asik2 kena tolong Ibu jaga Amal lah gamaknya... :)