July 2010
2 posts
Visiting Sling #4: Ellevill Zara Ocean
This wrap came all the way from the US of A! Thanx Wiera coz bringing this lovely cotton wrap to balik kampung with her so that we can wrap ourselves in this fluffy!
It was a short visit so we didn’t get to really experience the luxury of this Norwegian wrap, but i would have to say i won’t dare wearing Zara outdoors in our Malaysian weather! The wrap is quite thick & the weave...
Too much Cinderella
Me: (reading Sarah her bedtime story of the day: Cinderella)
... so Cinderella went to the ball.....
*yada*yada*yada* .................
... ..........Cinderella put on the glass slipper and it fits!! ....
... *yada*yada* ..................
............Cinderella and the prince live happily ever after!
Sarah: Mama
Me: Yes?
Sarah: Mama....I want to get marry(ied).
Me: (TERSENTAPPZ!!) Why do you want to get married for?
Sarah: Because i want to go to the ball!
Me: (((((phewww)))))))(((((phewwww)))))))
Well you don't need to get married to go the ball. You just need a pretty ball gown.
Sarah: oh, okay!
Me: (triple *phew*). Let me be your fairy godmother so that i can turn your baju tido into a gown! (while waving an imaginary magic wand on her, hehe). Ta-da!! There you go, you're now wearing a pretty ball gown. you can go to the ball now!
Sarah: *smiling happily* ;D
Me: (phew! nexxxxt story please!!)
June 2010
8 posts
detergent choices for the modern cloth diaper.. →
….unfortunately this chart doesn’t have detergents sold here in Malaysia…(except GroVia’s Tiny Bubbles). I’m trying out Cosway biodegradable detergent now, but not sure whether it’s free from all those fabric enhancers :/
“After FOUR years… 1+1=4!”
– happily ever after insyaAllah :D
Visiting Sling #3: Girasol Symphuo rs (wc)
rs= ring sling
wc=wrap conversion =fabric originally woven for wrapping purpose, but then is converted/sewn to be another type of carrier e.g. ring sling, mei tai or soft-structured carrier (I wonder whether anybody ever convert a wrap to a pouch? Possible eh?)
[pic via]
I never thought stripes can be so beautiful!! Symphuo is simply gorgeous! Texture wise, Symphuo felt more blankety than...
Visiting Sling #2: EllaRoo Ysabel wrap
During me&Sarah’s bw years months, i didn’t get the chance to know about wrap (baby carrier). Mbw gatherings were too overwhelmed with so many carriers, therefore blur beginners like me only went to see&touchtouchtouch the variety of carriers but didn’t really bother to try on something new…like the art of wrapping!
Liza is a glowing preggy mommy now and decided to...
Visiting Sling #1: FreeHand Mei Tai
*warning: this is a repeat from what I posted in the forum*
Shida didn’t send this carrier out to travel, but I so wanna try FreeHand Mei Tai because the panel looks slimmer & shorter than normal mt. Hence, i temptrade my precious Tonga to get a glimpse of this mt ;)
The only comparison I can make is with Mei’s Mei Tai, coz that’s the only mt I have!
For my body build & baby dJ’s...
Sisterhood of Travelling Slings
If you’re not familiar with the babywearing community, there’re a few norms in babywearing gadgetry that you might want to know before I write about my guest slings:
One mama can NEVER have too many slings.
If one mama decided to have more slings but don’t have funds for it, it’s time to let go some of her slings.
Yes, most slings do have resale value. When I said resale value, it...
May 2010
2 posts
An Awesome Book
I was telling MaiOkinokiyo about Rework- a fabulous, motivating & definitely inspiring business book.. when i came across excerpt of An Awesome Book - a book for kids as fabulously inspiring as Rework. Definitely will order it if Kinokuniya doesn’t have it in stock.
Dream big, my children! (:
[YOU MUST VIEW the excerpt of this book—-HERE!]
April 2010
5 posts
The Latest in Strollers? Mom and Dad →
After the bag sling recall, i think babywearing gets more attention than ever!
March 2010
5 posts
Happy 3rd Birthday Sarah!
Hope you enjoyed your rockin’ birthday getaway! We love you *mwahhs*
Sarah's toilet training journey: Part 2 - The Eye...
Even how hard i tried to convince her that even mama&daddy go in and out the toilet all day long everytime we need to pee, she still thinks that this whole idea of toileting isn’t that important. Hmmph. I was doomed. But not for long :), I decided to head to Kinokuniya and buy some books for some inspiration. I bought this awesome parent guide book - Mommy! I Have To Go Potty for me and...
Sarah's toilet training journey: Part 1 -...
It was ages since i repeatedly receiving parenting e-newletters that shouts ‘your toddler is ready to be potty trained!’ and from day to day i was longing to train Sarah. but how? She showed some sign of readiness, but where do i start?
At 1.5 year old, we bought her a potty chair. We also bought her a soft potty seat to be place on a real wc, coz once we brought the potty chair home,...
bottles vs boobs
Any of u ladies bought these bottles for your LO?
The First Years Breastflow bottle
Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature easi-vent bottle
I need reviews, please :*
I saw these bottles at a babyshop recently, thought of trying them out as baby dJ recently started to reject feeding thru bottles! *argh*. She used to drink from Medela’s bottle/teat, but i couldn’t find any shop selling...
February 2010
1 post
1 tag
Reality of cloth diapering a newborn
10 notes of a first timer cloth-diapering a newborn with v.e.r.y..f.e.w modern cloth diapers and dozens of traditional lampin (muslin squares) ;)
1. Your granny’s-time lampin (muslin squares) for the win!
Easy drying, not bulky & cheap. Go buy 3dozens! if you think that’s too many, you can always use it as burp cloth, wiping here & there…. it’s mulitpurpose! Oh...
January 2010
3 posts
Keeping the production up
*Geeezz* i donno how u SAHMs can manage to blog (frequently summore), coz i totally cannot mengadap my lappie for merely a minute! (my elder dotter baru kena hangin dgn mama dia coz she kept pressing the power button, and the littlest one is sleeping soundly in the sling right now. And that’s how i manage to create this entry *phew*)
A friend texted me last week asking my opinion on buying...
Pretty nursing tops, i want!
I was experimenting NIP (nursing in public) during a follow-up appointment with the paed for baby dJ’s jaundice recently. Supposedly i was all geared up (for NIP) as it was the day that i first wear a nursing top, but unfortunately the layering of the clothes was tersangatlah hampeh! (read: the inner layer was suppose to cover the chest/cleavage, but it didn’t. And Mr.Daddy attempt to...
December 2009
5 posts
“Happy Twenty-Ten! ;)”
Introducing shmontel#2!
Thanx to all of you for the well wishes & doa! *muaahsss*!! (Thanx to mr.Daddy for breaking this great news at shmontel.com, heh). I’m so excited and preoccupied at the moment attending my lil newborn and the super loving kakak, so excuse me for the lack of lenghty birth story that i am so much want to tell everybodehh (which is an ‘almost’ perfect au naturale delivery...
Playing the waiting game with homemade playdough
38weeks+1day…still no sign of active labour. Not in nesting mood today, so decided to play masak-masak with Sarah.
Sarah has this BBQ Playdoh set (aunty Zoora gave her for her 2nd birthday earlier this year) but unfortunately, by now the dough has masuk angin & gone hard like rock, crumbles as we tried to separate them *sigh*. And so we decided to make……. our own playdough!
Step 1: (recipe...
November 2009
4 posts
tripletsPLUSone, pick me!
Why I wish to have a portraiture session with TRIPLETSplusONE?
- Because i loike your props dear!
I love this pic u took with this very montel baby in your MOM’s FRUIT BOWL! Kawaii… *muahsbaby!*
I want those BOOTS!! (do u hv one in my size?) Very whimsical pic with those daisies and greens backdrop, love every detail of this pic!
I was wow’d by the fact that u have this...
Wishlist : Nursery Rocker
When Sarah was 3-4 weeks old, she was a very colicky baby. Besides Infacol, the only thing that sooth her is for me to hug her close to my chest and rocked ourselves back and forth till she fell asleep. Every night. For 2 weeks at least. And the backache that I have to bear afterwards…no need for me to describe lah.
Since colic is common in a newborn, i feel that it’s better for me to be prepared...
October 2009
8 posts
Being a mother : By unknown Author
We are sitting at lunch when my daughter casually mentions that she and her husband are thinking of ’starting a family.’ ‘We’re taking a survey,’ she says, half-joking. ‘Do you think I should have a baby?’ ‘It will change your life,’ I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. ‘I know,’ she says, ‘no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous vacations….’ But that is not what I meant at all....
The REAL Facebook
Sarah: Mana Qaisarah punya facebook?
Daddy: Ha? fish book?
Sarah: Qaisarah punya FACEEE-BOOK
Daddy: Fish food?
Sarah: Facebook lah!
Daddy: Qaisarah punya Facebook? You already have a Facebook account? Wow! (Puzzled actually)
Sarah: Qaisarah punya buku muka tu.....
Mama: (Puzzled. Lookking at daddy) She said BUKU MUKA. Isn't that Facebook?
Daddy: (Puzzled)
Sarah: Qaisarah punya facebook tu lah. Buku ada muka Qaisarah-baby banyak-banyak tu.
Daddy: Owh....you mean your PHOTO ALBUM!!!!!
Mama: (Dah tak boleh tahan gelak dah time ni, ROTFLMAO!!!....mcm tahu2 je mama seharian semalam melayan Facebook! *kantoi*!!)
Pregnancy massage
For this pregnancy, i had a craving to ‘pamper’ myself. Probably i shouldn’t call it a craving, because at 2nd trimester, i actually felt that that the baby already pushing my pelvic bone till i find it hard to lie down & get up *tsk tsk*. FYI, i had the same experience when carrying Sarah but it started only at mid of 3rd trimester! And this time around, it began during my...
September 2009
5 posts
Raya!
Sarah was having lotsa fun in my kampung in Perak , running back & forth between the rumah ibu and rumah dapur in my late grandparents’ traditional rumah Melayu (if my opah is still around, confirm kena sound sbb ‘beghambat’ atas rumah!). She was even more hyper excited at the spacious compound, running round & round & around us…nak snap family photo pun...
“Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 1430!”
– Maaf Zahir Batin from me (Mye), mr.Daddy (Kamal) & Sarah. It’s 2.15a.m. now & we’re heading up to Perak in a while. Have a wonderful raya y’all! :D
Daddy's lil koala
Hopped to Snuggbaby a while ago & just realized i haven’t blogged about mr.Daddy’s new pouch sling!
I’ve been wanting to buy him a pouch for quite a while because it’s the simplest/easiest type of sling (he tried RS before but the rings annoyed him after a while :P) and carrying a growing toddler can be quite tiresome even for a muscular daddy *heh*. Being a Steve Jobs...
August 2009
7 posts
Nursing cover clips
I remember that one of my failure in exclusively breastfeeding Sarah was i didn’t have enough ‘equipment’ in bf-ing her in public. Nursing bras: “asalkan ada”, nursing clothes: “apa tu?”, nursing cover: mr.Daddy kan ada to cover me up…but how? like he had to pose like a GD in netball team everytime ppl started to stare at me? Uhuh. Therefore, this...
