Lil Breastfeeding Tips

In my breastfeeding journey, the biggest nightmare would be insufficient milk stock for #myidrisabdullah. Adam was on EBM for six months and I breastfed Muqri for a year plus. It was a struggle back then because of my lack of knowledge on how to increase my milk production. I was pumping just enough in the office to ensure that Adam & Muqri has sufficient EBM to be consumed next day at their day care.

But Alhamdulillah murah rezeki Idris compared to his elder brothers. He is still fully breastfed at five months with buffers of EBM stored in the deep freezer. With that said, it is not an easy journey and we still have a long way to go. For now, I'm focused to ensure that EBM stock for Idris can lasts untill he is 2 years old.

Just to share my experience to mommies out there, I relied on 2 milk boosters:

• Natural milk booster
  Red dates, Goji berries with dried longan drink (if there’s no kedai sensei nearby, you can buy via Lazada or even Shopee. Sometimes I also add rose bud tea and also Fenugreek seeds (halba)).

• Milk booster products
  MaMom milk booster (just chew 2 tablets every morning on empty stomach). I have tried a few milk booster products - pills, cookies, brownies but this works for me personally.

...and don’t forget to drink a lot of plain water (it helps!!!) 

On another note, my 8-yearsold-Medela-breastpump = one of the best investment ever. 
There are a lot of lighter and mobile breast pumps nowadays but I’m really happy and satisfied with mine 🙂. Semoga istiqamah pumping in the office nanti.

Adam & Muqri's Pesto Pasta

My two boys - Adam & Muqri loves to eat pesto pasta. I will cook this probably once a month or so. Pesto and pasta is perfectly delicious served plain but usually we eat it with roasted chicken, pan fried salmon and even grilled shrimps.

Back then, pesto pasta is not common in Malaysia. It is quite hard for a person to cook food that he/she never tasted before. I finally had the guts to make it after watching several episodes of shows in Food Networks. 
I learnt quickly from Food Network that Traditional Italian pesto sauce is made strictly with basil, pine nuts, garlic, and olive oil and Parmesan cheese.

This is my version and interpretation of making pesto. Most of the time I will use:

• 1/3 cup of roasted pine nuts or walnuts (sometimes I substitute them with almond)
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• 2 cups of sweet basil or baby spinach
• 1/2 cup of Olive Oil just to mix everything
• Salt + pepper to taste
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese

Put all ingredients (except Olive Oil) in a food processor. 
While the food processor is running, slowly add the olive oil in a steady small stream. Give it a few pulses until ingredients are mixed well and voila!!! 

Toss hot pasta with pesto sauce (don't forget to generously salt your pasta water). Happy trying!!!😍

Baby Poop Color -foremilk & hindmilk

Image taken from Pinterest

I was in still confinement/maternity leave when Idris's poop color and texture kinda worries me at times (6 years with no babies in the house, we kinda forget what's normal & abnormal for babies to begin with).

When Idris was 1 month old, we noticed that his poop color was greenish for  few days, yup it was this watery with a bit of texture green and mustard. Desperate for answers, I tried googling and found few articles which made be relieved. Plus, our next Paed's visit also confirmed that it is normal for breastfed babies to have green or mustard poop and told us to to worry. Phewww...

So just a note for all breastfeeding moms out there, all you need to remember is that:

• green - baby is drinking a lot of *foremilk
• mustard - baby is drinking a balance of *foremilk & *hindmilk

*foremilk (susu cair, kadang-kadang kebiruan & rendah lemak)
*hindmilk (susu agak pekat dan berkrim, mengandungi kalori yang tinggi dan kaya dengan lemak)

I'm Back!!!

Wow, it's been 4 years since my last post - been really busy coping between work and family. Yes, I've just became a mother of three recently (49 days ago to be exact ). 

Adam Abdullah is eight.
Muqri Abdullah is six.
Our newest addition, Idris Abdullah is 49 days.

Idris's birth had actually triggers me to start blogging again and I hope to draft some new posts soon. :)

Idris Abdullah

Affogato Gone Asian

Du Viet - I was introduced to this restaurant by a friend of mine and never had it crossed my mind that the food here is very tasty and full of flavors, especially the soup noodles (Pho) and quite affordable. Main dish's portion is also big.

And of course, I will usually order coffee to complete my meal - and because I want to stay awake the whole day as well >.<

Du Viet, KLCC

Special Drip Coffee with Vanilla Ice Cream - this coffee caught my eyes when I read the menu, simply because of the name and how it looks. INTERESTING, I must say. The coffee didn't let me down at all. It was very rich and the vanilla ice cream really balanced out the strong coffee flavor. In a summary it's like Affogato gone Asian, but even better. Try it!

Special Drip Coffee with Vanilla Ice Cream