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Challenges in Breastfeeding - Teething
My youngest baby started teething a day after he turns 8 months old. I was so fearful that he will bite me more often coz he loves biting since he was 4 months old. I thank God that he did not bite until yesterday when he has 2 brand new and sharp bo...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Busy Mommy = Not Enough Breastmilk
I am busy everyday but yesterday I used my energy more which means I burnt more calories and my body uses more water. So the water that I drank was not sufficient to produce breastmilk. This is what I figured. After washing and hanging my laundry and...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - How to Stop Breastmilk Production
I have no intention of stopping breastfeeding my 6.5mo baby. I really enjoy the bonding time and most of all he keeps me slim! Yesterday, I accidentally discovered a way to stop the breastmilk production naturally; for those who wants to wean of th...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - How To Produce More Breastmilk Effectively
My baby is growing and his needs for breastmilk has increased. Earlier I was kind of frustrated when I cannot produce enough breastmilk for him. Everyone advised to feed him more often and the milk will naturally come to cater for his needs. At times...
Breastfeeding Competition
While I was breastfeeding my baby to sleep, I heard there was a nurse outside my house waiting to come in to meet me. Why on earth would a nurse wanna meet me? Not that I skip any monthly check-up for my baby. Or she was actually looking for my siste...
Melody Cannot Become My DIL
My youngest sister just gave birth yesterday in MMC. Here got no Blue Advantage or else can save a lot giving birth in private hospital. Anyway, the moment I received the good news from my mom, we drove there right away. I just love newborn you know...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Acidic Breastmilk
Remember about the post I wrote that I found Blood Drop of Baby’s Wet Nappy? After knowing the reason; baby’s urine is acidic, I let baby drink some water everyday. The red crystal (not blood) did not appear anymore. On days when baby is ...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Pay it Forward
Many times my mom told me to give up breastfeeding after seeing me suffered cracked nipples, plugged duct and mastitis. Seeing me so fragile now without taking any weight loss supplements. I told my mom that not matter how much I suffered, I will not...
Blood Drop on Baby’s Wet Nappy
Can you see one red spot on the nappy? That was my worry since 08.09.09. It looks like a drop of blood to me. Found the blood drop twice on the 8th evening. My mom said it could be due to heatiness so I did not eat any watermelon or heaty food on the...
Stress Weight
You eat a lot and yet you are loosing weight. I experienced it in the relationship with my ex-boyfriend when I was in campus. Throughout that 4 years in campus and one year of working, I weigh at 45kg only even though I ate a lot, and ate supper almo...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Pesticides Causes Mastitis?
1st day without a helper, I was down already! It is not because that I work extra hard. I didn’t cook or do any mopping. Just light sweeping and by noon, my son told me that he felt pain inside his head. I wonder what causes his headache. Minut...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Mastitis
I was down with fever on Saturday night and Sunday morning and there are plugged ducts on my right breast. And that made me very worried. I can’t imagine letting my breast go under the knife again and the grueling dressing. So I quickly made ap...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Baby Poops Bubbles
I heard him poo-poo, opened his nappy cloth to discover yellowish bubbles (lots of them) instead of the normal yellowish poops. Must ask the most experienced mom. I told my mom about it. She said that baby’s tummy got a lot of wind because I at...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Hormone Gone Haywire
This is woman stuff. Male readers please leave. A few days ago, I have more discharge (clear) since I gave birth. Then I noticed that my breastmilk is reducing. My breast did not become engorge like other days. I became worried because I want to fu...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Is this Menses?
Sorry no picture of it here. I don’t want to be responsible if anyone vomited at their workstation. Most mothers who fully breastfeed their child/children will not be visited by Aunt Flo for a few months and for some until they completely st...
My First Experience Working with a Newborn
Yesterday was my son’s 3rd birthday and hubby got to work full day because his staff car’s broke down. Without hubby, I can’t bring my son out for some fun at the playground. I might loose one or two of them! So I drove all 4 of my ...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - No Cold Food or Drink
I do not know how true this is but if you take “cold” food or ice drink, your breastmilk will be “cold” too and this will affect baby’s health. Baby will be at risk of getting cold and phlegm after drinking the breastmil...
Eyes Wide Open
He hardly sleeps more than an hour yesterday! My mom told me that maybe he is going to alternate this pattern; one day sleepy day and one day waking up day. This pattern is not good for my milk production. On his waking up day, he latches to the exte...
Sleeps Like A Baby
My 6 weeks old slept like a baby today. He naps for almost 3 hours in the afternoon and I managed to sneak out with my other 3 to do a quick shopping at a nearby supermarket. In the evening, we went to my mom’s and he naps again for 2 hours str...
Nando’s, Muffins, Buttercream & Sambal Belacan
To celebrate my “freedom” we went out makan at Nando’s, Mahkota Parade with all my children. Why Nando’s? Well, I have Vouchers. Save a lot of money eh. And with the new coastal road, it takes less than 15 minutes to reach M...
40 Days of Pantang (Confinement)
Finally! Today marks the 40 days of my confinement period. I can be like normal people again. Tomorrow I will be free to eat whatever I like, bathe cold water, and go out at night without feeling guilty. This is because I did not really follow the co...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Nipple Cracks
One of the pains that I have to endure after giving birth to my children is nipple cracks. It is because baby sucks on the nipple instead of the areola; the area around the nipple, the colour is darker than the rest of your breast tissue. Mine turns ...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Prolong Jaundice
Just now, we went for yet another blood test at the Pediatric Clinic in General Hospital. My 32 days old baby is still with jaundice. His face is still yellowish but he is active and drinks well. I wonder how prolong this jaundice will be. He is the ...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Breast Engorgement
This usually happens to me on the 3rd day of breastfeeding. This time around I was full of fear when my breast started to engorge on the 3rd day. It was so huge and tight. I think they went from size 34 to 38! And baby is not sucking as much as he sh...
Challenges in Breastfeeding - Old Pain Emerges
Today I shall start sharing about the challenges I face in breastfeeding. I hope I can inspire some and I hope to learn from some. Even though this is my 4th round breastfeeding, I am still learning because I never fully breastfeed with my other 3 be...
Shopping during Confinement
We went to Jusco in the afternoon just now! We = everyone including my 16 days old newborn. Met my youngest sister there. The first thing she said, “Eh, confinement (period=40 days) not yet finish go out shopping already!” Well, that is w...
