.. the 6th ...

Alhamdulillah, syukur for all His guidance and blessings to our little family, Baby.I is now 6 months.

Dearest Mummy.I just got herself some toys to play with this weekend. Hehehe. Baby.I, as I believe, is  ready for weaning. Plan is to start on bubur beras pusu (applying the 4 days wait) - then fruit purees (advisable apple and pear for cooked ones) - then for mashed raw ones: avocados, banana n perhaps papaya. :)

I've been doing my reading on making and freezing homemade baby food.... and was able to summarize a few facts :

• frozen purees can last up till 3 months BUT majority advises to actually use them within a month of freezing
• once thawed, the food mustn't be re-freeze (so I'm guessing better to make small batches of 'em) now I know why Annabel Karmel used the freeze trays or pots!! As tempted as I am on buying them, I much preferred buying those clear plastic containers we can easily find arah kedai $1.80 or cutepacks! As long as it is BPA free, shouldn't be a problem. ;)
• frozen food must be thawed inside a refrigerator and this can last up to 72hours in the fridge, though some websites advised to use them within 48hours. SO it's your pick. :)
• once thawed, the purees can either be served cold or warm. whichever you prefer as well.
• on adding EBMs to food, it is better to add them upon serving, i.e for thinning the purees, as EBMs when thawed cannot be frozen lagi, i.e used to thin the purees,
• on adding formula milk, this can be added when preparing the purees and be frozen together, but ofcourse my choice would be, only to add them when needed :)

So, dengan semangat yang tinggi... I am ready to prepare Baby.I's first meal tomorrow! *yay* Wonder how Baby.I will take it... heee~

will post pics soon!

..yet another review

Assalamualaikum,

Remember, the remedy episode on what and what not works on Baby.I ? Well, praying that this is the last one... insya-Allah~

Now, Baby.I's face has already cleared up since I last used DermAid...which was 2 months ago? I think. But other thinks started to flare up lagi. Again brought him to a private clinic this time around (since I'm not in Bandar so I only had to options of going to Dr. Amir's clinic) and Baby.I was prescribed with hydrocortisone (which I know doesn't work) AND betasone (this is for his body and doesn't work jua) I was on another round on finding out the cure for his body particularly his legs and arms. Kesian brabis sampai berair2 and we all know how that felt kan? :(

SO anyways, my Dad suggested me to go for the chinese herbal cream. 'Insya-Allah mujarab tu,' he convinced. But I was abit reluctant cos of the ingredient which we don't know (since none of us reads chinese) and I really have forgotten that one of my staff is chinese that time, but few days later barutah macam, 'Eh asta!!! I can bring her jua and ask her to read the ingredients for me!! *lol* *bimbo mode* Sekalinya, we went to a chinese medicine dispensary and I got myself the BL Chinese Herbal Cream. 

Ingredients are all natural. chinese flower oil, some chinese herbs, coal (to give the cooling effect, and I just knew traditionally it exactly does this! Alhamdulillah~), a percentage of sulphur but very minimal to kill whatever thingamagics yang causing the problem... 'inflammation' as I called it, behold the result....

I once said that I don't want to use BL Cream right? Well, scrap that!!! This is the cream to go for...!!! Definitely within a week, dear son is free from everything!!! 

Alhamdulillah~ syukran ya Rabb!

Now, Baby.I is well- I won't say fully free, but yes... he's no longer suffering from all sorts of 'inflammations' and I'm praying that it'll stay that way sampai bila2! *Amin* 

Rules to follow :

• lotion for the whole body after every baths
• CJ's cream for rashes (which reminds me, I need to stock up)
• mid-day body rinse is a must and change his shirt
• face must be cleanse after every feed
• CD change every 2-3 hours and inserts stripped every two months or whenever it started to smell unpleasant!
• bedsheets and playmat laundered once every fortnight
• detergent must be hypoallergenic, 
• when outdoors, have to pakaikan Bud's Mozzie Clear Lotion on him, else even a tiny mosquito bite pun can cause the 'inflammation'
• basically, hygiene must be maintained throughout lah.... as now I am pretty sure, Baby.I's skin is very sensitive

Oh yaaaa... I forgot to mention jua, Bud's Super Soothing Cleanser and Lotion... doesn't really help. Pffft! Not Bud's, J&Js, Anakku... Eubos boleh lah but I want a cheaper option IF ada! Kan give up saja inda masatu.... until one very fine day, I found out that Guardian actually sells Nivea Baby! Everytime I went to Guardian, inda pernah ternampak... baru kot? It's hypoallegenic, it's for sensitive skin (has normal ones jua) Oh, and baunya oh-so-nyaman!! He's been using them for almost a month dah and no reactions on his skin! Alhamdulillah.... 

pretty new in the market kan ni???

I have not tried the lotion but will do so soon.. hehe and so far Baby.I is enjoying his bath time with this one... Alhamdulillah~~ :D :D :D Cost me only around $7.00 for this! saving kaaaann~~

With that, I shall end my entry for today heheheh .. ngalih krg biskita semua membaca! Mudahan memberi manfaat to all.. insya-Allah~ :)

.... us

Assalamualaikum,

I was supposed to post an entry last night but was heavily defeated by my own laziness! *gah!* It has been some hectic weeks since I first got back to work... but as of yesterday, I can take a short sigh of relief for the weekend. *phew* Better daripada nothing right?? Hence, the laziness. A short break from classes and assignments for 3 mths (macam maternity leave tah jua *hehe*) and our frantic weekly schedule will recommence in August!

Speaking of August, the moment kena bagitau catu yesterday by our HRD peeps, immediately us ladies teringat kan Hari Raya! *lol* Ladies will be ladies kan? It was then that all of us realised that we have not gotten ourselves kain for baju raya! And, in my case it's for my Baby.I and Hubs. Have you all? I'm sure majority have not! Pasal some tailor shops still post the notice : 'KAMI MENERIMA JAHITAN UNTUK BAJU HARI RAYA'  :) I'm thinking kan pakaikan Baby.I casuals saja but he'll be big enough to wear his baju melayu... so yea~ hehe why not? Must be very cute!! Good thing about having a baby boy... inda payah accessorizing! *smiles* Mamanya pun cannot accessorise much cos by that age.. abis sangkut sana sangkut sini karang.. hehehe or maybe not? hmmm...

Setting that aside, before iski kan all those.. Ramadhan is just two months away. Inda terasa tu ah... to my readers, sudah qadha' ? I have 3 days of fast yang kan di qadha'kan for last year's.. need to do that soon as this year for sure gonna miss banyak ni.. hehe Anyways, living the life on our own, Alhamdulillah, we have been blessed. Mudah-mudahan jua dikurniakan rezeki yang luas and getting better day-by-day... *Amin* Baby.I is now awake from his morning nap.. so, I have to go now hehe.

Before I end this entry, Happy Family Day to all Bruneians! Keluargaku, Harapanku..