Teringin

Hendak beli yang ini. Kenapa tiada di Malaysia? Beli online seperti tidak berbaloi pula. Harganya cuma £12. Nampak seperti tidak selesa, tetapi ia kecil dan ringan. Sesuai untuk bawa pergi bercuti. Kadang-kadang bayi penat didukung dan mahu duduk sendirian dan tidur. Itulah sebabnya saya perlukan stroller yang kecil dan ringan seperti ini.

Google image.

Sesiapa ada terjumpa Hauck Buggy Go-S seperti ini dijual di mana-mana mall, beritahu saya please. Terima kasih.

P/s: Oh well, i just posted about spending within budget on yesterday's post. But this one is rather important too, right?

Managing money

It's not easy to train myself to spend within budget. I tend to overspend because at the of the month when my account balance is decreasing to RM10, then only i realize i shouldn't have bought some of the things i spent with my money. Sighs.

But recently, i have started to spend strictly on budget. I immediately save 30% of my income and use the rest to pay up things and to spend on weekends. Only that way i can make sure i have some money left for rainy days. And yes, i save it in a bank with no ATM card facility. 

And i also have started to have a moneybox to save some extra cash i have left from shopping, etc. Just a small step for me to remind myself that i have to save how much ever is left (Sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit, remember?) and in hoping that my kid(s) will follow suit. And i can fork out that money for emergency. Bagus kan?

And another tips i got from the net is, spend money for dinner/lunch date at fancy restaurants only at the end of the month instead of early of the month when people receive their payroll. Meaning that, we will only spend money on upscale restaurants if and only if we have extra cash at the end of the month. It means that expensive food is not a priority anymore. Something that my husband and i should must implement. Lol.

FYI, a child alone costs us almost one grand per month. We are planning to have three, so imagine how much money we have to make for our kids. For formula milk, food, diapers, insurance, clothes (they outgrow their clothes too fast), toys, clinic and hospital visits (they sure get sick every month). And soon when the kids are getting bigger, we have to spend more on their education, pre-schools are all expensive, piano lesson, swimming lesson, Al-Quran class, Mandarin class and what not. This is the main reason i want to start saving early and as much as i can.

Okay, that's the update for now. I am taking a 20-minute break to perform prayer, for this and FB after a full day of preparing lecture notes. Till then dolls, bye. 

A morning in the park

A once in a while family activity.

Molar teething

My son is having his third fever for this month. Each fever is around 4 to 7 days. Yes you get it, he is having fever almost every week. He was healthy for 2 or 3 good days, then the fever came again. I am pretty sure that his fever this time around is because he is teething with molars. I can see his swollen gums. This information here about molar teething is very useful and helpful. Just what i need to handle a teething baby with molars.

And i know the first molar is going to take more time to make its first cut. Right now he is at the stage of swollen gums. All of his upper and lower gums for molar are swollen. The trouble of handling him and his fever is ten times harder compared to his fever during his four upper incisors.

Okay, i will just leave it at this for now. I'm going to need my sleep, else i'll be sleepy at work. Au revoir.

La Flamme

A sidewalk restaurant at Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi. We had our first taste of calzone here and it wasn't disappointed at all. I don't always complaint much about Italian food. As long as it has that extra strong taste of mozarella, my tummy and I are happy with it. 

One thing that i was not happy about the place is the fact that they have the most bad service ever. The food served was late. We ordered french fries for side dish and waited like 30 minute long and when we asked the waitress, she said we didn't order any. I was so pissed off. And i could tell the service was really bad because they should have repeat our order in the first place. Regardless how many customers they had at that time or even if it was during peak hour.

Their waiters are so not well-trained from the way they took our order, served our food and they are supposed to clear the extra plates on the table of four for two customers. The food prices are like the upscale restaurants but not the service. 

Having been to so many restaurants make me so particular about all these. I am able to compare one restaurant to another. From food taste, service, environment and whatnot. 

Lucky the calzone was delicious that it made my tummy happy. Otherwise, i could have gone crazy yelling at the manager for his bad restaurant. Lol.

Mom's birthday

Do you like red velvet cake?

How about blue velvet cake?

Oh well, I present to you a rainbow velvet cake!

Now choose your colour. 

Best birthday cake ever. Period.

Not motivated at all

Labs,
Visits,
Courses,
Seminars,
Research,
and whatnot...

I need a break from all these, please...

Thirteen months old

It has been 13 months since i gave birth to my baby. How time flies...

As you know, he is already walking. But not that stable just yet. So he walks a lot and falls on his bum pretty much equal. Other than that, i notice that he has started to want to talk. He repeats when other people say a two-syllable word with his very own two-syllable word. Like when i say 'bu ah' he will say 'mm bah'. The point is, he wants to repeat after us, even though the sound may not be right, but it is almost right. Brilliant.

And he loves animal. Just about time to bring him to the zoo. But i'll save the date for later. The last time we brought him to a rabbit park, he got sick only to know that he got a bit of virus in his blood that causes him a week of fever. It's clearly because we brought him to animal farm. It looks like the hand sanitizer didn't do its work when we were in need. Sigh.

Anyways, he is getting better and tomorrow i will send him off to his daycare center after a week off.

My son has become so manja lately, that he only wants to co-sleep with me, even worse, lay his head on my belly or in my arm. If not, susah sikit hendak tidur. Sampai terlena, then only i move him onto a pillow or in his cot. This proves that he loves me more than anyone else, kan? *winks*. I sure will miss this moment when he's getting bigger.

I just found out that he loves mall escalators. First he observed the moving escalator, next thing i knew, he wanted to stand on the escalator. He walked to the thing and i had no choice but to let him explored. Poor Daddy had to bring baby up and down the escalator. For more than three times.

It's human nature i think, that most kids don't like to share toys. My son is not sharing his too. He got angry when his cousin touched and played his toys. Like really angry. Bummer. How can i teach him the value of sharing? Help!

And he likes to tease his cousin like tap on his cousin's head or something like that. But when his cousin is doing the same to him, he will cry. It got me thinking, what way can i teach him not to be like that. It's just not right, the situation. How can i help my son with this? Urgh... More help needed!

Who knows parenting can be this hard? And who knows what other problems will i write for his next months growing stage? I myself am eager to find out :)

A day out at KLCC

Just so you know, this is a backdated entry update. We went to Isetan KLCC and tried out all their Little Tikes, Playskool, etc. toys at a playroom there. It was fun. The little boy had so much fun. Enjoy the photos below.

He practically got his hands on every toy there.

Enjoying his morning musing and refused to go back. Hahaha. JK. He didn't understand it yet.

Fell asleep right after we got out of the place. Tiring activity indeed. Which was exactly the plan so that Mommy and Daddy would have some quality time together for a Garrett popcorn and window shopping. 

P/s: Thought of having some of their bulky toys at home for our kid(s) to play. On a second thought, it isn't really necessary because playing with other kids in a public place like this is double the fun. Kids will make new friends and it's important as a part of their growing up experience.

Marche: Brunch date

We re-visited Marche the second time for a brunch date with family last weekend. It was great because my little boy didn't throw his tantrums and he was being nice with his aunts. We tried different meals on the menu  his time around tand mannnn they were good! Seafood spaghetti, Barracuda fish, Italian fried rice, steaks, etc. 

Don't ask how much. It wasn't me who paid. Last time we had our lunch for two cost us 99rm. A bit disappointed because the portion is rather small for my big tummy. Even more disappointed because a plate would cost you around 30-40rm. Tak berbaloi. But sedap heaven. 

If only they serve buffet, nak makan sampai pengsan. Till then dolls, see you again with more food and eatery review. 

Carseat

I am thinking to upgrade my son's infant car seat to toddler carseat. But i don't know whether he is ready to change the carseat just yet. From his size wise, his length and weight, i could tell that he is ready, but he is just so comfortable in his infant carseat. He still fits the infant carseat (upholds weight up to 13kgs).  If you notice, the infant carseat is a tad curvy and incline so it will be comfy for a baby to sleep. If i change his seat to a toddler carseat, he has to sleep upright which will later causes him neck pain or body ache, because kids do sleep a lot, am i right? My question now is, how to know whether he is able to use a toddler carseat already? Or should i just wait it out until he outgrows his current infant carseat?

Anyways, i have already done a research on what carseat i want to buy. It's non other than Halford. Lol. And this Halford Premier Booster seat caught my eye the first time i saw it. I want the exact same colour. The seat's back can be removed as a backless booster seat when he is bigger. Value for money kan if i purchase this carseat. That's why i like Halford's product range. 

Google image.

Lucky me for having a baby who wants to sit in his carseat. Because i train him to sit in it since he is like 2 months old. Or maybe because he is not a wild type of baby. From newborn to 2 months i used a moses basket. I know it's not safe at all to put a baby in a moses basket while travelling, but i buckle the thing with seatbelt and i make sure i have my hand on my baby's body the whole travelling time.

Right now, he still wants to sit in his carseat provided the seat is high enough for him to look outside. Because he enjoys the ride while looking at lorries, motorcylces and city light at night. To make it so, i put a couple of his small pillows on his infant carseat and buckle him tight. So he will have a better view to look outside.

On a side note, i just booked flight tickets for our family vacay and it's going to be a year from now. Yawn. Lama lagi nak tunggu. I can have another baby by that time.

Madam Lim's Kitchen

It's almost lunch hour right now, and i'm hungry. So i'm going to post a brief entry about food. Enjoy the photos. This was at Madam Lim's Kitchen. Surprisingly delicious.

My boy was busy looking at his palm after he smudged his palm with my pen. Pffft.

Menus.

Drinks.

 Thai fried rice. Just the kind of fried rice that i like.

 Udang sambal petai. Delicious. It's spicy and sour like that. 

Rice.

Delicious but I don't know what is this. My little sis said when she was in Hong Kong, she did eat something similar like this at a restaurant there. 

Vegies.

Slices of orange.

All in all, the food was great, the place was nice and the price was okay for delicious food that they served. 

Shelf

I bought a Gorm shelf the other day and finally my small room has become a bit spacious back. My room has become smaller after we had a baby and after i decided to start working in KL and move out from in laws' house and move back in to my parents' house. So i take everything with me including baby stuffs. Husband's room back there in in laws' house is spacious enough for us three or maybe five. But my room here in my parents' house is very small (we're talking about 10ft x 10ft area of room if you want to know how small it is) that it can only fit a queen size bed and a closet. After we moved in with our baby, the room became so packed because we have to fit in a baby cot, toys, baby clothes, etc. Imagine that. Sempit sangat to a point that i thought of moving to my bro's room which is the largest room in the house and the room has now become a store where my mom places all her periuk belanga and pinggan mangkuk there. Lol. 

But finally we have found a solution to that problem. We bought a shelf and problem solved. And i put diaper packs stock and bags on top of the shelf. Milk bottles and clothes containers in the middle while toys and etc. at the bottom. And all other things like four packs of formula milk, wet tissues, baby comforter, baby powder and toiletries stocks are all nicely placed on the shelf. And the room has become more organized and a tad spacious again. Yay!

Soon when we buy our own house, i would like to make a playroom for my kid(s). I fancy this one playroom i found on Pinterest. Cantik. It would be fun for kids to play and learn things. The kids are going to love the playroom until at least they become teenagers.

Pinterest image.

Decided

Google image.

As for now, we (me and hubs) have shortlisted the final two areas/places to be considered for us to buy our first home. The first choice is a new intermediate link house soon will be completed (the construction) with small area and reasonably priced. While the other choice is a second hand cluster semi detached house with slightly bigger size, it has a BIG yard and of course the price is relatively higher, but is still in our budget. 

Yes we do set limit of maximum price of house that we can afford to buy and the second choice is on sale with our maximum budget limit. And my dad would be very please if we buy the second option. A bigger house (compared to our first option) with big yard, who can resist?

Well, I will leave this house hunting story at this and will continue writing about this again when it is really official in blacks and whites. It's not like we can buy a house in a day, right? We have to go through many processes. Hopefully everything goes well and InsyaAllah dipermudahkan segala urusan kami untuk perkara ini. Amin. Do pray for us, okay? I sure will pray for you dolls out there too. 

P/s: The photo of house on top of this entry, beautiful isn't it? I yearn to build a ranch house like that for our little family, someday... someday. Itu lah, growing up watching too many American movies and TV series. Lol.

Oh why?

Oh my god. I am so stressed. For that fact that i have exceeded my 1+5 free calls and the telecommunication company didn't even bother sending a notification sms to remind me, hence my phone bill is reaching up the limit and the fact that house prices around Sungai Buloh starts from RM420k. Crazy expensive. I seriously feel like i want to lock myself in the car and not going anywhere. 

First Birthday Party

The birthday party was held last Saturday with close family members. We celebrated April babies altogether including niece, nephew, sister, brother and future lil' bro in law. 

I chose Cookie Monster for my son's birthday theme this year. I made a banner, tissue flowers and goodie bags all by myself and started preparing them around 6 weeks before. Semangat. I was happy with all the decor i made. Perasan saya buat cantik.

Unfortunately, my 12 month-old has this stranger anxiety. He only knows his mommy, daddy, atok, nenek and Aunt Ain. And as expected, he was crying during the whole event, even during the cake cutting part. And his photos taken are either crying or not looking at the camera. Bummer!

One for the album. Cake cutting ceremony and a screaming baby.

Anyways, happy birthday boy! Hope next year you'll behave on your birthday. Else, there'll be no more party for you. I mean it. 

Walking

My son is already walking. Just a day after his first birthday, at dusk after i got back from work. And i managed to record his second attempt of walking. For husband to watch because he missed the moment and for our keepsake. Alhamdullilah. May his feet bring him to only good places on earth. Amin. 

House hunting

Okay, I am free right now as in I have nothing to do, the students are having their exam weeks, my Head of Programme is away to Singapore for a conference. Other lecturers are nowhere to be seen. The faculty is empty. So i'm taking a few hours off for blogging. 

We (me and hubs) are in the early process of finding and getting our own place to build a family, a place called home. We've talked about this long before we were married. We once planned to buy a property land and build a big house like my parents did. We thought of having a link house with proper neighbourhood or township. We even thought of buying just an apartment because house prices are skyrocketing here in KL and Selangor (I bet other parts of Malaysia as well, right?). 

Having that said, we thought it would be smart if we buy a house sometimes this year or next year. Since I am working in Selangor, we are looking for a house in this area, near to my workplace and other considerations including distance to my parents' house, my sisters' house and One Utama (Lol!).

We went to show houses at Kota Puteri a few months ago. Here are some photos at one of the show houses. The photos however are taken from the PKNS Property website. I thought i have some photos that i captured in my lappy when we visited the show houses, but they all had been moved to my DVD album. So i just take some photos from the website instead. 

The price is affordable. The design is too simple but i don't really mind as long as the price is economical. And best part of all, the place is near my workplace. One good place to be considered. After this, we'll be hunting houses at other places pula. House hunting is fun. Rasa macam nak beli show house sahaja. But mahal, so we will stick to our original plan, decorate our future house together.

Twelve months old, Big one!

Yeay! It's my son's first birthday today. Alhamdulillah. He has grown big, healthy and that little boy is a smart one. I'm not sure whether i have given my boy the best as he deserves to get, but I have tried my best. And i must  thank my parents for being so patient to take care and play with my son.

Dear Baby,

Though at times I scold you, that doesn't mean I don't love you. Mommy and Daddy love you to bits. Please be a good boy, a boy who obeys Allah and Muhammad (pbuh), a boy who listens to his parents, grandparents and elderlies and be a smart boy. Start walking soon please, because Daddy and I are planning to get us on a holiday somewhere over the South China Sea when you have started walking. 

Love, 

Mommy.

And for the past month's developments, i would say this is the month where he achieved so many milestones. All of the things that he can do now really awe me. I am truly amazed. He can crawl, wave hands and stand on his own without support. He understands some words, like when his granddaddy said "Tunduk", he will then bend. 

He likes to point outside of the house, meaning that he wants to go out. He likes to be driven around neighbourhood for sightseeing. He will cry when the car stops upon reaching home. I swear i didn't teach him this, blame the grandparents for spoiling this little fella. 

My parents are spoiling him lately (this month, as i'm not sending him to daycare centre because i just changed my job), he wants to be cradled all the time including to get him sleep, he wants people to hold his hand and take him walk around the house (this one is tiring!) and he cries a lot. Manja lebih.

Apa-apa pun, I still love my boy. I'm sorry if i scold you too many times, that is the only way to get you silent and listen to me :)

Now, let me see whether i have the latest photo in my camera.

Okay, this was taken yesterday. He's trying to take off his shoe.

Good, good things

I have a lot in my mind right now. I am planning my life years ahead. I want to buy this. I want to go there. I want to have that. All those things. Good good plans insyaAllah.

My new job is good, more than i could ask for. Everyone is being nice to me, a newcomer, plus i already know some of my colleagues way back then when i did my Masters. They were in the same class with me. So, it is all good. Alhamdulillah.

I have my own office. I don't like my office neighbour though. Am thinking to change  to other room. Couldn't wait to start lecturing my students.

Help mommy

Since my baby has started crawling, he refuses to drink milk and he refuses to eat his meal. He only wants to play and to crawl and to go outside to play again. He throws tantrums most of the times when his wishes are not met and trying to make him sleep is no longer an easy task. Gaaaahhhh! I can go crazy! Does anyone have any tips to handle a baby like this?

To continue doing so

I was thinking about this the other day. Since i am about to change my job to lecturing, meaning that i have plenty of time besides teaching and doing some documentations, i thought i'd be good if i can feed my baby with breastmilk again. Yes, i have stopped breastfeeding like 2.5 months ago, but my breastmilk has not dried up yet. So i thought if i take supplements to increase milk production and buy myself a new set of Medela FS pump, i can still continue breastfeeding my baby. I can pump when i have free time since i will be having my own office. What do you think? Will it work? Is there any side effect for a baby to take breastmilk again after 3 months? Will my baby like the taste of breastmilk after he is so used to the taste of formula? Banyak pula soalan. Bukan apa, it is a bit costly lah to invest in a Medela FS pump and supplements and requires a lot of effort kan? Sebab sudah stop and to start doing it all over again memanglah memerlukan daya keinginan yang sangat tinggi. I have discussed this matter with the hubs and he likes the idea. But research needs to be done first. Please tell me i am not insane. Bukan apa, saya sangat menyesal that after i started working, i had to introduce my baby to formula and i knew in the end he will stop consuming my breastmilk. I envy with those who are still breastfeeding their babies until up to two (or even more) years. Not only the milk is the best for the baby, the mother also will get plenty of pahala kan. I really need that since i chose not to bear childbirth pain. But insyaAllah, for my second and third baby, i will not request the epidural and set my mind from the very beginning to give birth naturally. So, yeah, about continue to breastfeed my soon to be 12 months infant, not a bad idea kan?

I like

Kourtney Kardashian and her son, Mason Disick.

I always adore her style and the way she dresses up Mason. The pyjamas, the shoes and all. But i just realize that i had bought almost similar stroller like Mason's. Oh, great minds think alike.

Read up all her motherhood stories here. 

Of crawling

Crawling is indeed an important milestone to be achieved by babies. Statistic shows only 6% of babies never crawl, and another 94% of babies do crawl. And yes, my 11.5 month-old baby is finally crawling. Though the way he crawls is a bit different than other babies. He scoots. He doesn't use both of his knees to crawl. He uses one knee (left) and one foot (right) with both hands to crawl. As weird as it may look, but according to this video i watched long ago, it is still called crawling. Watch at minute 1:59.

Some say, babies who never crawl won't be able to read sooner/faster than babies who crawl. Or something like that. I got panicked. And i swear, me and my husband tried so many different ways and tips from Youtube and from the internet to entice our baby to crawl. But he just refused to do so, to a point that i had already given up on that. I lose my hope until about a few days ago. He brought that hope back on track again. And i realized that i should have never given up on my baby. I have to always be patience and help him and guide him through. That's what mothers do. Now i know that every milestone comes naturally. They'll be able to do it somehow.

The challenge of raising a child.

New career

I am changing my profession to education. Yes, i have accepted the offer to be a Lecturer starting 2 April. Hope this is the best decision for me and my family especially. A less stress job (at least i'd like think so), more family time, more time for hobbies, more remuneration (ahem!) and yes, just more time to do anything i like/want (PhD, Ir, etc). Alhamdulillah. Allah has answered my prayers. And the saying best things come to those who wait, too true!

And people say i change job frequently, or something like i can easily get a job? Please don't make any judgement. People out there do not know how many times i had been rejected from so many interviews. Come to think about it, really makes me want to cry a river.

So people, please don't judge me. You don't know what i have been through. Lucky me, i have the best family in the world. They support me through thick and thin, ups and downs, highs and lows. They are happy when they see me happy. And i will try to always make them happy.

Hoping for a brighter future in this world and hereafter. Amin.

Broccoli

One delicious baby food. Rice porridge with potato, broccoli and chicken. The baby loves it. Yummeyhh!

Carrot and potato

Another favourite baby food. This is rice porridge with carrot and potato. It took me so long to make rice porridge before this. But then i found a faster way to make it. Things needed are:-

A dry blender - the small one (Google image).

A fruit grater (Google image).

Okay then, get all the ingredients first, rice, carrot, potato and water. First of all, wash the rice with tap water then toss the water off. Blend the washed rice until the rice become powdery. Transfer the blended rice in a pot with hot water. Peel off carrot and potatoes and grate them and put the shredded carrot and potato altogether in the pot. Continue boiling for around 30 to 40 minutes (up to 60 minutes). Stir continuously at about same interval. And add more hot water if necessary. I like the porridge to be served a bit thick. There you have it! Easy peasy.

Pumpkin Puree

The simplest way to make baby food. The ingredients are only pumpkin and water. Just remove the skin and seeds of pumpkin, cut into small chunks and boil in water for 20 minutes. After the pumpkin is soft and tender, remove excess water and squish the pumpkin with fork or spoon and there you have it.

I store the puree in food containers and put them in the fridge. 

Eleven months old

He is really growing, unbelievable! Eleven months have passed by, and i am one lucky mommy! For those who haven't gotten married, i pray you will soon and get yourself a bunch of cute babies. For those who are married but still don't have a baby, i pray you too will have one very soon. Amin.

Some mommies have already considered to add another baby. I personally love the idea of adding another baby, just to give sibling(s) to my current one. Because i myself grew up in a big family. Can't imagine life as an only child.

Okay, back to his development, He has 8 eight teeth altogether. He can now roll over and like to do so many many times. A drastic change that i noticed after giving him more tummy time than ever. He can roll over and slides his body backwards. To a point that he cried getting himself under a chair. Had fallen off bed five times with one time hit a cupboard edge, three times hit directly on the floor (Ouch!) and one time on a mattress (I purposely put a mattress knowing that he will get himself fallen on the floor for umpteen times). He can lift his bum. I see real efforts of trying to crawl and stand on his own. He can walk along sofas and furnitures. He can say "Atok" referring to his granddad correctly this time. Yay! Looking forward for the day when he will be able to say Momma and Dadda.

Next month, he's going to turn ONE. I'm planning to throw a simple party with just us family members. Already thought of the theme and decorations. Already ordered the themed cake and all, but it is simple, really. Annnnd Daddy has already planned for lil' one's second birthday theme. Lol. I'm not going to reveal what the theme is, afraid any of you reading this will copy. Lol. But sure Daddy is beyond excited about the second birthday theme. Haha. 

Ten months old

He has many teeth (seven) by now and he is already biting. He practically bites everything and everyone. He cries really bad everytime someone strange to him try to hold him. That include family members from hubby's side. He can stand up without support for seconds. His paed doesn't let him use a walker unless he already knows how to crawl and get up on his own to naturally learns how to walk. So i have reduced the time for walker. And gave opportunity for tummy time for him to learn to push his body while on the floor and to get himself up from a sitting position. Not quite there, but there are efforts. 

Now i know why my baby was a late starter to be able to do some milestones like roll over and crawl and etc. That is because, i never gave the opportunity for him to explore and discover that by himself. What i should have done long time ago was, just let him lay on his own on the floor and he would learn to do stuff on his own. What i did was, i hold him when he cried and i never put him on the floor. He was usually on my bed or in his cot and then i introduced him to a walker. Pfffft. Anyways, it's not too late lagi kan. 

Hopefully he will be able to walk really soon. I can see his effort to do so. So new moms-to-be out there, learn from my mistake. I myself will remember this and not to repeat the same for my second and third children. I will give opportunity for my future babies to have a long tummy time for their daily activity.

He just learned to clap better and he clapped the whole day on the day he knew how to do so. Fun.

He can already take coarse food, as in porridge. I no longer have to blend and this really makes preaparing his meal easier. And he has food allergy, as in egg. Will share the food allergy story later.

And he's able to say words and refer those words to the correct subject, i.e. He can say "Atak" referring to his Atuk, and he can say "Ateh" while he is learning to walk (tateh). And there was one time i heard him repeat after me saying the word "Tet" referring to a cat. Brilliant. 

Happy ten months baby! You'll turn one in two months time. Excited!

That Little Gerai

No way? Yes way! Seriously, that is the name of the eatery, That Little Gerai. Cute right? We went there to celebrate hubby's 33rd birthday. The owner of That Little Gerai used to work at a restaurant in Australia. He came back and opened his own so-called Gerai. So we went  there to try out the taste of food from Australia. The burger was so mouthwatering and tasty, i'm practically salivating while i'm typing this. Okay, move on to the food photos please. 

 The menu.

Iced lemon tea. I always love this kind of iced lemon tea where there is a slight taste of bitterness when i drink it. 

 Iced lychee. 

 The Lamb Chop. To me it was okay. Just like the same old other lamb chops.

Their famous Big Ass Burger. It was de-li-ci-ous, huge, thick and juicy. And this is their signature dish, you guys must try. 

I am so going back to this place just to have this Big Ass Burger next time. If you notice, we didn't order any dessert this time. It was because our little one was not very well that night and we just had to leave the dinner table early. But their creme brulee will definitely be in our to-eat list next time around! 

Breastfeeding, the ending?

I haven't breastfed my baby in the last three weeks. He was having fever and flu three weeks ago and it was hard for him to latch on. So i just fed him using bottle and I changed his bottle teat size to large and he fed just fine.

After his fever was gone, i tried to breastfeed him as usual, at night during his sleep time, to my surprise, he refused to open his mouth. As if he could smell and sealed his mouth. There was this one time when i tried to breastfeed him while asleep, he woke up, suckled a little and then bit really hard you couldn't imagine. A teething baby, sigh. Right now i am contemplating whether to get myself a new set of pump or just let the milk dry up.

If this is the ending, i would say, nine months of breastfeeding (five first months exclusively) for the first time for my first child was indeed a great experience.

Correction: 9 months.

And i am hoping that i will be able to breastfeed my second and third children the same or even longer duration as my first child. I just want them all to receive everything equally, fair and square, and that includes breastmilk. Nine months isn't that bad, right? Alhamdulillah.

Nine months old

In summary, he can already make sounds other than "baba". He can say "mama" and "tata". He claps his hands and his feet. He walks faster in his walker. He slides a lot using walker. His upper teeth are coming out, two front left have come out, two front right are about to come out.

He can tell stranger apart from family. That is why he cries when he sees unfamiliar faces. He starts to love to play with his toys. He knows how to sooth himself with his toys. Had received second dose of pneumococcal jab recently. Have i metioned that i shaved his head for the second time? I did. In hoping for the hair to grow a lot more thicker. We'll see.

All in all, he is getting smarter by day. There's always new things he does, makes me the happiest mother on earth. Photo will be uploaded later. 

Till then bloggies, bye!

Job-hop

I never thought that i will be job-hopping after i started working. When i was a student, i foresaw myself as someone who would stick to one job until i retire. But things change. And i change. I am no longer that kind of person. Life has taught me to be brave to face the world. I am open for challenge and willing to switch to other jobs if one doesn't fit me. I guess experience and maturity have made me the person I am today.

Nando's

Another food entry. It has been a long time since i last posted about food. Read the title has made you drool, yes? Wait till you see the menu photos.

 The ambiance was dim and warm and i felt welcomed.

 The menu.

 Fork and knife.

The drinks. Lemonade soda.

 Potato wedges were de-li-ci-ous. 

 The salad was almost perfect.

 The signature dish, Peri Chicken. Tasty and somewhat better than Kenny Roger's. Only that the quarter size chicken was small.

 The side line, rice.

 Though the chicken size was small, we didn't finish and had to take home the leftover.

All in all, i love the place and definitely will pay a visit again very soon. On hubby's birthday perhaps.