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

April 17, 2010; we were engaged....

This marked the fifth year of us officially made the decision to give our commitments starting a completely new life. No regrets.
Of cause we were only engaged around 3 months and looking back, I really can't believe that we managed to complete our wedding preparations within the timeline (Well, there were times when I thought "Gosh what have I've gotten myself into??? All these in 3 months???"). But, at the end of the day, mission accomplished - pat on my back, hehe!!!

Love you husband (a.k.a my fiancé 5 years ago)...

Day Trip to KLIA2

Adam had always been telling us that he wanted to ride the “chu chu train” whenever we drove by Putrajaya Sentral. So last Saturday we brought the boys to KLIA2 via KLIA Transit. One-way ticket only cost less than MYR 20 for all three of us (Muqri’s ride was FOC).

Inside the KLIA Transit, Adam was all excited, asking A LOT OF questions and looking around the train and out of the windows, Muqri was a bit shocked because he was surrounded by all these ‘strangers’ (the other train passengers). He even cried at one point, LOL. Anyways, the journey from Putrajaya Sentral to KLIA2 was less than 20 minutes.



Waiting for "Chu chu Train"

Adam - Excited!!!
Muqri - ???

 So, we ate lunch at Chef Chow by D'f.i.s.h. Food was tasty. I tried Cantonese Fried Noodles and hubby tried Penang Fried Kuey Tiaw. Adam was happy coz he got to eat frozen yogurt (Yogen Früz), Muqri on the other side, was throwing tantrums coz Abang Adam didn’t was to share the frozen yogurt (reason given “Nanti dah habis, macam mane Adam nak makan?”) – sigh, boys…….





Cantonese Fried Noodles. Image taken from http://chefchow.my

We spent the time watching airplanes taking off and land. The boys were super thrilled watching big airplanes in front of their eyes. Didn’t shop at KLIA2 as the main reason we came was just to enjoy the train ride and airplane watching.

The adek-beradek pose

Plane Watching

It was a fun day spent with hubby and the kids. xoxo

Hubby-less (Day 1)

Today marks my 3 weeks journey of life without hubby. Pretty sucks when came to think about it. But life goes on, setting the tears aside. Basically hubby had to be stationed out of Malaysia for around 3 weeks (or more, please don't exceed a month), so here I am with Adam and Muqri.

Hubby purposely called a cab to go to the airport coz he knew that I'm gonna cry and cry and CRY (Adam relax je ok time hubby naik cab). So, we only managed to send him from our home sweet home. As what hubby expected, I cried (I wasn't really ready for him to go yet, but I told myself that everything will be ok. So everything was not really ok when he actually left - for the first 30 minutes). Poyo, but we were never been apart for this long yet (not even masa dating2 dulu). Thank God that I have my parents and siblings to fill in that temporary empty space for these 3 weeks.

Anyways, Adam asked about his aboh this morning, so I said "Aboh kan work." Not sure how I'm supposed to explain to him few days down the road.

We love you, please be safe overthere and take good care of yourself. XOXO


Hubby and the kids before leaving for airport

Good bye Aboh...

Safely arrived, view from hubby's hotel. Masha Allah, sangat cantik.

Adam Menang Kereta!!!

Bukan kereta, exaggerate jer.. It's actually a remote car. Ok, mama yang overexcited actually. It all started when we went to Giant to buy our monthly groceries and saw this promotion (selalunya susu Adam kitorang beli at Kedai Sensei or 99SPEEDMARTcoz it's cheaper than the market price). Since Adam had insisted us to buy him a remote car a few times, kitorang pun decided to join just for fun.

We almost gave up and forgotten about the car until I actually received a text message on the redemption, jeng jeng jeng. Worried that it might be hoax, hubby called the number and confirmed that Adam did won a car!!! Wohoooo~

Maka, mama dengan penuh semangat amik half day to pick up the remote car. Finding the place was actually easier than I thought, nearby KJMC jers. The Omniteam staffs were very friendly and they even helped to carry the box (it was a BIG box) to my car. Turned out that there were 250 lucky winners that were chosen to redeem this remote car (not bad gak nasib diri).

At Omniteam Sdn Bhd

We assembled the car that day itself (semangat tak parents???) Basically aboh & Adam yang assemble - with Aboh did 99% of it. Of course Adam nak rasmikan the car without sempat nak charge the battery, as long as you are happy ok Abang Adam. Jimat duit mama and aboh (in a way). Thank you NESTLE NAN Grow 3!!!

Adam with his new Remote Car

Ten Current Facts on #adekmuqri and #adamohadam

After some observations, I see that Muqri is very very fond of his big brother (Adam). He still laughs even though Adam hit him or himpit him. Mama and aboh love both of you, muah!!!

#adamohadam at 2 years and 9 months old:

1. in a phase of getting permission, i.e. "Adam nak pergi kedai Uncle, boleh?" "Adam nak makan gula, boleh?"
2. and very good negotiation skill, i.e.
   "Adam nak makan gula, boleh?"
   "No."
   "Satu je, boleh???"
   "No."
   "Sikiiiit je, bole???? Boleh??"
3. loves singing nursery rhymes, alif ba ta, ABC and lagu bola Pahang - "Ale Ale TokGa" (supposed to be Tok Gajah, but he pronounced it half way je, hence TokGa).
4. i noticed that he remembers the route back home, pergi school, Giant, Mydin, rumah nenek and even to Cyberjaya very well.
5. suka duduk Hotel to the point "Adam tanak balek, nak pegi hotel, please...." (i cannot blame him, who doesn't love staying at hotel???"
6. anak kesayangan Aboh (booooo)
7. suka main mercun pop pop
8. loves playing with kids older than him
9. will ketuk #adekmuqri dgn muke geram
10. loves building Lego - bus, van tilam lama tuka baru, pistol (*speechless*), robot, monster, you name it

#adekmuqri at almost 10 months old:

1. crawling, merata2
2. geleng kepala dgn laju when he is sleepy (serious.... tak tipu)
3. can sit up straight and menonggek (macam how to tengok hantu - which i pray hard that he won't ever have to see any)
4. stand up sambil sebelah tangan lepas (*geleng kepala*)
5. vocab - tatatatatttaa, abobobohh, mammamamma
6. has 3 teeth (and he bites!!!)
7. loves throwing things/toys from upstairs (memang hari2 mama have to exercise pick up toys at the stairs, thanks Muqri)
8. loves destroying #adamohadam's Lego a.k.a baby Godzilla
9. will cry giler2 if anyone (even his mama) take anything from his hand
10. lagi sayang mama than aboh (hik hik hik)

#adekmuqri

#adekmuqri is 9 months old. Alhamdulillah I'm still able to breastfeed him.

Our Raya Holiday at KL & Melaka

This year is Muqri's first Raya celebration - he's now 8 months old. Mama is very very very excited. SO anyways, we went to Atok&Nenek's for our last berbuka and slept there. After berbuka, the cucus played mercun pop pop. Honestly, I'd prefer them to play this rather than the bunga api (sangat berasap, tak bagus untuk kesihatan). Adam, as usual very joyful and happily baling mercun pop pop like a pro.

Pagi Raya - Lama juga we all mencari kedai gambar area Pandan Indah, semua tutup. Last2 accidentally found a small kedai gambar. Husband decided to make it as our family tradition to take Raya photo at the studio. the package was quite expensive but it's Raya so we proceed (I'll post the pictures when we collected later from this uncle). I was expecting Muqri and Adam to cry or threw tantrums but they were totally in Raya moods (sangat kelegaan).

After sesi bersalaman with atok, nenek and the family, we pushed off to Seremban (this is also somewhat a tradition on first Raya to visit Along's in-laws) before we actually checked in Melaka - Bayou Lagoon Park Resort.

Image taken from Bayou Lagoon Park Resort

The apartment was very clean and comfortable. Check in/out services were not bad. The boys mostly enjoyed their stay because of the waterpark. Haha, we managed to squeeze and find time to go to the waterpark despite all the jalan2 beraya at Melaka. The complimentary breakfast had varieties and was delicious. I would definitely recommend to my friends to stay here if they are visiting Melaka. :)

Some pictures of us at the waterpark:

Salam Aidilfitri

24072010 - I'm Officially a wife!!!

Alhamdulillah akhirnya selamat menjadi wife kepada Muhammad Nur Hatta Abdullah after all the ups and downs that we faced & encountered... Even though we've only known each other for quite a short time (less than 4 years), but it all worked out and I'm so happy that no words can describe what I'm feeling... Alhamdulillah...

Anyways, I love my make up & wedding dress - I wore silver and white songket with lace, Hata wore baju melayu with songket blazer and trousers... Mama asyik puji je on that day *flattered*.. And yes, I do looked different (in a very good way)... BTW, you can also view some of my pics during nikah here. And saye sngt suka pelamin saya, suke sangat sangat sangat - it was exactly what I wanted (cantik kan?).. Thanks Kak Zaifie from Zaifie Zainal Creations.

Told you my pelamin is beautiful...

Look at yayang's face of relived :)

With the pengapits - Farid & Adek

With my dearest RPIans friends - Jajan, Nawaal, Ija & Julie

With Papa & Mama

With my family - Adek, Abang Bong, Papa, Mama, Abg Sani, Along, Agilahfifi

Anyways kudos to all below. It was nice working with each of you and thank you for making my wedding day one of the happiest day in my life.
1. Photographer - Kak Wati from KrulMATRIC Photography & Videography
2. Videographer - Afiq from Cahaya Lensa Kreatif
3. Cupcakes for Hantaran - Kak Nina
4. Catering - Haji Hassan
5. DJ Burn (suara DJ ni mmg sedap!!!)
6. Hantaran - Dato' Asiah
7. Wedding Card - KHR Wedding Card
8. Door Gift - Durian Kahwin

I would also want to thank mama and papa (trust me they are the busiest person weeks before and during my wedding.. thank you mama papa..), my siblings - Along, Abang Bong, Adek & Agilahfifi for helping out with the inai, door gifts, pasang signage and many more, my uncles, aunties and cousins yang tolong the night before and on the day itself... What would I do without the help from you guys. THANK YOU!!!~

***bermulalah hidup saya sebagai seorang isteri yang solehah, Insya Allah :)