My Breastfeeding Journey Part II : Panic Attack

MAYDAY!! Eryna's daily EBM (Expressed BreastMilk) for nursery just increase from 15oz to a shocking 21oz in just 1 week! As I usually bf Eryna before her abah send her to nursery, Eryna's daily feeding would be around 10AM, 1PM, 3PM & 5PM and I usually direct feed her when we reached home which usually around 630PM. So 4 times feeding & around 3oz per feeding, Eryna would need around 12oz daily at nursery but I would always prepare an extra 3oz bottle for emergency cases.

Daily at nursery : (4 times feeding x 3oz) + (3oz for emergency) = 15oz

(Yes I know, I'm all about figures. Juz wanna make sure dat Eryna get enough of EBM & in da same time to ensure dat I wont waste any of my EBM stock)

Received a SMS from 1 of Eryna's babysitter; "Kak, tambah lagi 1 botol utk Puteri ye"..Then the next 2 days "Kak, tambah lagi 1 botol, semua skali 7botol ye"...I guess, since Eryna now, dh pandai lompat2, she would spent more time playing than sleeping..

Panic : I only manage to pump 2 times (3 times if I'm lucky); around 6-7oz per session. So 14oz during worktime. That means I need to add another session during night time so that I can keep the EBM dat I tandem pump during midnight for stock.

Fuh, hoping dat I can get thru this..191/2 months to go!

Gambatte!

"And the Oscar goes to..."

Mommy eryna!. Yeay!! (*happy*) Muahaha.. thanks jeri for the award.. I didn’t even know that there is an award in blogging world..well maybe becoz I’m not an active blogger myself eh?



The rules are :

1. Post this award at your blog.
2. Present this award to 10 blogs which u think is the most inspirational, amiable, lovely, congenial & nice.
   (tanpa mengikut turutan)

First blog dat came to my thought was my hubby’s, but when I told dat to him, his reaction was “huh? What award?”…I guess probably he do not care for it (huh, men..)

So, the next award goes to..:

Faridah : UmiSuhaib&Syifa’
K.Julia : LovelyJulia&Wawa

OK…dat’s it..dat’s da only 2blogs dat I can think of…seriously, da rest of my friends all go for facebook..I’ll add more if I can think of any k…or any blogger who wud like dis award juz let me noe ya... ;)

Introducingg

Hereby, I'm proud to announce; Nur Zahra Azalea (hope I get the spelling right)... *clap*clap*

Zara (as we’d like to call her *wink*) is my new niece, daughter to my cousin A.Pitt, 3rd grandchild to my MakChaq & 4th great-granchild to my TokPiah.

At 22days old, I think she looks a bit like her father.. aiya got no picture of a.pitt to show lar.. Cute kann?.. hmm..reminded me of Eryna when she’s about 2-3weeks old.. (memories splashing)

Happy Mother's Day

I've been meaning to blog about my mother but everytime I tried, I always find myself lost of words. Mother's day would always bring back memories of my late mother. Thinking dat I can never see her again would always bring cold shudders down my spine & sometimes it's just so hard to believe dat she's really gone.

I cant even remember if I've ever told her dat I love her sooo much, dat I always miss her when she's not around, dat I always appreciate she listening to my 'small talk', dat I always crave her delicious cooking, dat I'm always thankful for her letters, dat I finally understood dat her scolds mean dat she cares & many more million things dat I wish I had told her.

There are a lot of things dat I wish I'd done for her but da only thing left now is my prayer.

Ya Allah, please bless my mother for da endless hours of time dat she spent.
Bless my mother for always being there for me.
For being da person I know I can turn to when I need comfort & encouragement.
Bless my mother for making a home for me where I could feel safe & where I felt I belonged.
Most of all, bless my mother for her unconditional love & for loving me no matter what.
Al-Fatihah

Mak, I truly hope dat you know juz how much I love & miss you.
I promise dat I will always try to be the good person/daughter/mother dat you want me to be. Every day, I try my best to be a mother to Eryna like the mother you were to me.
You're not juz a mother to me, you were my friend & the anchor of my life

And I'd like to take dis chance to wish all mothers out there A VERY HAPPY & PROPEROUS MOTHER'S DAY. Let us be the best mother to our child.

My Hip-Hop Daughter

After been searching hi & low for a suitable cap for Eryna's day out to Zoo Taiping, here's what we found for her...

Cute huh? ( anak sendiri mestila ckp cute.. ;p )

Zoo Taiping

Title : Zoo Taiping

Description : A trip with family to the above-mentioned on 26th April (Sunday); morning session

1.0 Problem Statement
Total boredom staying at home

2.0 Objective
2.1 Hubby : To try out his newly bought lens
2.2 Mommy : To settle task undone; 1 yr overdue (POPIAH!)
2.3 Asyraff a.k.a PakSuK : To spend time with niece
2.4 Eryna : No choice lerrr..have to followw...

3.0 Tool & Equipment
3.1 DSLR Sony alpha200
3.2 Lens : SAL 55-200
3.3 Umbrella
3.4 My Dear portable fan
3.5 Stroller

4.0 Methodology
Step 1 : Drive to Zoo Taiping
Step 2 : Buy admission ticket
Step 3 : Enter
Step 4 : Look around + snap picture
Step 5 : Exit

5.0 Result & Discussion

5.1 Before Step1


5.2 Entrance


5.3 Animals Involved


5.4 10mins Break - Eryna's one & only smile all da way inside the zoo. She's a bit cranky initially since we've invaded her 10AM morning nap when we arrived. And have been really moody all da way until we're back inside da car ready to go back.

5.5 Exit


6.0 Conclusion
Definitely will NOT go to any zoo again until Eryna a bit older..Say, 12 or 13 yrs old? Next trip will be to an air-conditioned facilities; i.e- shopping complexes, museum.


Prepared by,
mommyeryna

Motherhood made me stronger

The past 2 months since I came back to work after a loong maternity leave (but still, not quite enough. In fact, ANY kind of leave are never enough!) has been very hectic for me. A lot of undone number of works, documentation not updated, piles & piles of customer complaint, tools not verified & calibrated, new procedure for implementation, upcoming customer audits, etc, etc, etc...Well, I should expect dis coming since dis is what would happen if you leave work without a proper pass-down to your colleague/sub-ordinate...To my defense: I do plan to properly pass-down all my current work to a colleague of mine but my delivery had been un-expected one (another story for another day)..I guess Eryna knows dat her mommy had been waiting for her impatiently & decided to surprise me a bit earlier with her arrival.. :)

Nevertheless, I'm quite amazed by how I had survived the last 2 months & I told this to a friend of mine & she told me dat it's because I'm a mother.."it makes u stronger" is what she said..hmmm..? Have a look at my schedule these days..

615-630 AM : wake-up + bath + Subuh prayer
630-730 AM : prepare Eryna's EBM for nursery + change her diapers + breastpumping gear + getting ready for work.
730-740 AM : off to work
815-825 AM : arrived
830 AM : work start (replies mail, received phone call from customer regarding complaints, argue with boss, scold my inspectors, start morning rounds,etc,etc)
1100 AM : pumping session1
1125 AM : work resume
1200 - 1240 : lunch hour
1240 NOON : work resume
300 PM : tea break + Zohor prayer + pumping session2
330 PM : work resume
530-545 PM : Asar prayer + pumping session3 (if time permitted)
600 PM : work end
630-640 PM : arrived home
640-740 PM : bath + start making dinner + nurse Eryna + start laundry
740-830 PM : Maghrib prayer + getting Eryna to go to sleep
830-900 PM : dinner + doing dishes + jemur kain + angkat kain (from yesterday, I do laundry EVERYDAY, I also dunno why?? there are only 4 of us in da house but the clothes are just tremendous!)
900-1030 PM : watch televisions + lipat kain + pumping session (for stock) + sembang2 + Isyak prayer + update blog (optional)
1030-1100 PM : getting ready to sleep + Eryna wakes for nursing
100-130 AM : Eryna wakes for nursing + tandem pumping
300-330 AM : Eryna wakes for nursing + change diapers (klu rajin)
530-615 AM : Eryna wakes for nursing
615-630 AM : and the cycle starts again

Wow...juz realized dat I have never sleep more than 3 hours straight for the past 4 months! Not even on weekends! Well, I guess my friend is right. Motherhood does make me stronger...I'm not alone though...I have a very supportive hubby...despite his addiction to his RPG games, badminton with his friends, snapping pictures here & there, he would always find a time to pitch in to help me around. Thanks for helping to make this work for me..

Then again, thanks to dear Eryna for making me a bit stronger, I guess? ;) Mmmmmuahh...