Walking milestone...

Alanis is able to walk about 20 steps without holding on anything... I am so happy when I see her stand up and walks to me... I am so shock and happy...

Stop breastfeeding...

I have stop pumping out the breast milk for 3 weeks already. This is my end of breastfeeding for Alanis. No more breastmilk for Alanis... Even I have used up all the stocks that I keep. I officially breastfeed her for 15 months. Hurray, I really did a very good job. I am so proud of myself.

The only available stock of my breastmilk

I have decide to stop breastfeeding and I only left not more than 12 packets of breastmilk in my freezer. When I think back, I used to have 30 over packets every week for Makoto after Alanis consumption. I really has huge milk production. I am proud of myself.

I have not pumping since 3 days ago. Everytime, I also hava a feeling to pump the milk out. But when I pump, may be it is only 1 or 2 oz of mik from both breast. Actually, I don't feel any engorge feeling even I have not pumped since 3 days ago. I think it will end now....and now I can start diet to become slimmer....

Alanis 15 month milestone

Alanis turns 15 months old officially on 8 Nov 09.

weight – 8.6 kg

height – 72.5 cm

milk intake – 4 times a day on Pediasure.
food - porridge for lunch and cereal with breastmilk for dinner.

On 7 Nov, I brought her to her usual Pediatrician for chicken pox injection. After checking on her, everything was fine and progress well except her height. Doctor said she is a tiny baby. So he still has to monitor her progress. He suggested us to give her more protein food like chicken, meat, egg, butter, cheese, yogort, peanut butter jam for bread, milk shake, ice cream.....

After I listened from the doctor, I decided to change her daily diet. From today onwards, she has rice for lunch, and porridge for dinner until she can really used to rice. I have bought a small cookware which can boil soup and cook rice with it. Then this will bring to my in law house as her lunch. I also bought yogort, cheese, peanut butter jam to boost her height. Hopefully in 3 months time, her height really can boost up as what I expected.

She can speak a lot of words and she learns very fast. When we teached her new words, she can pick up immediately especially we ask her to look at our mouth when we teach her. She immediately them up. She can say 'papa', 'ma mi', 'ma ma (grandmom)', 'kakak', 'lampu', 'upstair', 'star', 'duck', 'flower', 'ye (grandpa)', 'po po', 'mum mum'.......

When she watching music show or playing her music toys, she will roll her body and clapping hands. I am so proud of her... she is really a smart baby.

Family trip to Bukit Tinggi

Before we decided to go to Bukit Tinggi for family trip, everyone is telling me that Bukit Tinggi is boring and not worth of going. But after I came back from there, I feel it is a nice place to relax with family. No doubt not much activities can be done there, but the scenary and the environment really relaxing. Sometimes, just spend a quiet holiday is fun and meaningful. Family bonding is tighten and happiness is around all of us.

We have a wonderful time there. Alanis does enjoy the holiday.

Alanis @ 14 months

She is getting prettier and prettier as she is more lady look now. She has drop her weight from 8.2 kg to 7.8 kg due to diarrohea and vomitting. But she is picking up her weight slowly again.

She is so active and been non stop talking in her baby language. But she picked up words very fast. Everytime, when we teach her new words, she can say it immediately after we said it. For example, pen, upstair, apple, three, five.... When she listen to music, she will roll her body and starts to sing along.

Up to now, she still can't walk by herself. When we hold her, she can walk. She likes to climb up staircase and she can climb very fast. She loves to eat any adult foods especially soup that cooked by my MIL. She still on porridge and cereal. She has fruit everyday.

She been starting more on formula - pediasure than my breastmilk. She has breastmilk once a day as I am trying to reduce my breastmilk. She enjoys her pediasure well.

Sabah Trip

We have a great time in Sabah. I have my cousin sister Cherlynn to go with me. So that she can help me on handling Alanis and carrying things. I think without her, I can't have a enjoyable Sabah trip. Alanis really needs a lot of attention to take care of her. She is an active baby. Once she wake up, she starts moving around and I have to start following her... Really tiring....

Breastmilk vs Pediasure Complete

Today, I still feed my baby with breastmilk. In fact, I still have a lot of breastmilk. I always wonder why I am deserve to have so much milk. Until today, Alanis still fully breast milk feeding.

I brought Alanis for 1 year old checkup and I told the doctor that I planned to stop breastfeeding soon. Doctor recommended that to give her Pediasure Complete as she is so small. She needs extra calory and protein to boost her height. Hopefully after she drink Pediasure, her height can increast a lot.

On the first day trying Pediasure, she drink 2.5 oz from drinking cup. But she refuse to continue drinking it. I thought I have a smooth transition... hehe... no... not that easy as I thought. So now, I am mixing breast milk with the formula in 80 to 20 rules. Means, 1.5 oz of formula with 4 oz of breastmilk. She is accepting well now.

And I found out a new things. Now, she can drink milk by feeding her with spoon. She can finish the 6 oz of milk in 10 mins time. Last time, we always have difficult time to feed her milk as she only drink milk when she is sleeping mode. Today, I realise that she is ok with milk but she doesnt like milk bottle. So now, I no longer has any stress to feed her milk whenever she sleep....

Good news to me right?

Alanis 1 year old birthday party

Today, 8/8/09 is Alanis birthday party. I am so busy since yesterday. It is because I decided to make blueberry cheese tarts and fruit tarts for her birthday party. 1 week before the party, I already tried to make 1 recipe of blueberry cheesetart to tried out as I scare the taste is not good. After testing and good comments from the families members, yesterday I started to make the crust. I took 1 day leave to prepare for that. I really put a lot of efforts for this birthday party. The whole full day of Friday, I am just preparing the crust.

On the actual day itself, I started to prepare the cheese filling and also the custard filling for the fruits tarts. I am so happy, the tarts are turn out great and lots of guests are enjoying it. Besides, yi po also prepare 'Kuih Sago'. It is tasted nice as well.

The cake that I ordered is so beautiful and I am so satisfied with the works that they do.
On the other hands, Stan is busying decorating the house with the ballons which we picked up from the ballons shop. My maid is putting Alanis to sleep to make sure she has enough sleeping and her mood is good. Then she dressed her up well and beautiful.

It is really a memorable party for everyone. Comes, let see some photos and it will make everything speak well from the photos.

Alanis soon to be 1 year old...

Time flies. Alanis soon to be 1 year old. I have planned a party for her. Of course, most of the guests are mommy and daddy friends and relatives. Po po and yi poh chou is coming down from SP for this celebration as well.

I have ordered a buffet dinner for the guests. In order to make the party to have full birthday party ambience, I ordered ballons, banner and buy Alanis a princess Crown. Besides, I also ordered a Fondant Cartoon cake for her. The cake is designed by me and ask the bakery shop si fu follow my design. I really want to give her a memorable birthday party. For her, I think she still doesn't understand anything. But this will give her a memorable memory when she grew up.

I can't wait to see the ballons and cake on the actual day. Hope everything turns out great.

Alanis Covershot

We took a photo covershot from DeEgg studio on 16/4/2009. It was really a nice memory and nice result of the photo shooting. Now, when she looks at the photo album, she will say 'Yan Yan'... that her name in cantonese...I feel so happy and satisfied everytime I view the album. Enjoy some of the photos.

Swimming in the pool

Darling bought Alanis a playing pool. We kept the pool for some times because not really have time to blow it and let Alanis to play. Finally, my maid keep pushing us to let Alanis play water in the pool that we bough.

So darling blow up the pool and fill in with water. I boiled almost 6 liter of boiling water and 2 piles of hot water from water heater to fill the pool. We never thought that the pool is so big and we need so much water. Finally, everything is ready.


Let see the photos on how she enjoys playing in the pool.

High chair

Sitting at the high chair in Feng Lye Restaurant in Mid Valley

She is so enjoy sitting at the high chair that we bought for her.

She can finish one big bowl of porridge or cereal when she sit on the chair.

Updates of Alanis

She is able to sit on her own without support. When we said "Up", she will move her body up and when we said "Down", she will move back her body. She understand what we said to her.

Baby Foods

Baby foods and cereal that I bought for Alanis. She enjoyed the foods very much.

Constipation? Hard stools? Normal?

Today was a bad day for me. Alanis has not poo poo for 3 days already. I am not so worry about that. But then, my maid, my parents in law are so "kan cheong" on that.

Alanis is trying to poo poo today. She keeps straining and pushing. Her face is red, then she cried. She tried a few times. Finally she poo but just a small one only. They all claimed that she is constipated. It is because she cried and her poo seems dried and hard for them.

I managed to take the picture and show to the doctor on the next day when we went for routine checkup. Doctor said the poo is fine and nice. No need to be worry. This make me feel so relief because I have been so stress when all the family members keeps complaining on the solid foods that I gave la..... like avacado. Claiming that it is heaty..bla bla....

Will upload the picture later.

Chicken Porridge & Purple Sweet Potato

Last Sunday, Alanis is starting to accept porridge already. I have cooked 4 times of porridge for her. The first 3 times, she refused to eat. But this round, she ate. She ate half a bowl of chicken porridge with carrot and potato. At first, she also do her vomit face but later she is accepting and eating the porridge.

Today, I stimmed some purple sweet potato. I make a small portion for her to try as well. She ate that... Hurray! I think she can accept all kind of taste of the solid food. I have trained her eating different kind of baby food. For example, pumpkin, sweetcorn, sweet potato, carrot, squash, papaya, pear and banana. She drank apple and prune juice as well....I am getting proud of her as she make so much improvement as compare to 1 month ago. 1 month ago, she just push out everything that you put into her mouth.

She liked water as well but have to feed by spoon. I think she is not used to drink water from bottle. So now, everytime has to feed her water with spoon. I am starting to train her to drink from baby trainer cup.

Alanis 7 month +

Eating pear + rice cereal

She can turn when she is 4 months plus. Now she can turn and roll very well.

Learning to sit without support.

Alanis is 7 month + already. Time flies...

My journey of becoming a mother!

On 09/12/2007, I reliase I am pregnant. I am so happy to share this news with my husband. Both of us are looking forward the arrival of the baby.

On 08/08/2008, I went for my normal checkup. The doctor told me that you can deliver today as my cervix has been opened 3 cm. The doctor suggested that I deliver today and I called my husband about that and we decided to deliver by today. After that, I was admitted to the hospital and sent to the labour room. The time is 11 am. They started to give me medicine to plush out all my "dirty" in my stomach. The tablet is so efficient, once inserted within 1 minute, I feel like want to do big task. Then I rush to the toilet and plush everything out.

Then the started to insert the needle into my vein for induce dripping. Then the doctor came and break my water bag. After that, baby heart beat monitor was installed around my big tummy. Everything they did is so new to me. But my feeling that time is just so excited and happy. I am happy and excited that I will be able to see my baby soon.

Once everything done, I just have to wait until my cervix is 10 cm dilated. The doctor checked again and told me that now is 5cm already. Yeh, 5cm more to go... I waited and waited..... Finally at 10.30pm, the doctor said you can start to push your baby. The baby is ready to come out. Wah.... it really a big task for me. I never be so tired and painful. Hubby is beside me to keep telling me to push. I can hear the nurse keep saying "Push harder longer and longer, again push harder longer and longer...." I almost give up and doctor inserted a vacumn to help me to get out the baby. I gave a final push and suddenly I feel something came out from the bottom. I know is my baby....

After that, I can see my baby crying but her eyes is opened when she came out. She is so adorable and look so much like Stan. I am so happy and looked at my hubby... Both of us laugh and I feel so warm and toughing when I see my baby. I have a chance to hold her for her while, I kiss her and I feel so close to her. The picture is still very clearly appear in my mind.

Today, she is already 7 months. The time flies so fast. She is a big girl now. From day 1 till now, everyday I make sure I have a lot of time for her. I make everything the best for her. I make sure myself have enough breastmilk for her. Waking up in the mid night for pumping just I scare the milk supply will decrease if I didn't pump at night. I read a lot of articles and books to make sure I have knowledge on how to take care of my baby.

Sometimes, I am so stressed out. It is because I always got complained from my in laws complaining on my baby. For example, they will say:" wah... kam yat, kui hao gan you lao gai ar... hmm hang sek, hmm hang fun....." I feel so stress and sad when hear this. My baby has no problem when she is with me. I don't understand why everytime I got this complain from my in laws. If this problem persist for few days, then they will give her "Pearl Powder" to eat. This make me even stress. Because I don't know what is the side effect of pearl powder. I will start calling my mother and asking a lot of things. Check with my sister as she is more experience than me. Do research from internet, keep discussing with my hubby, checking with my maid what else my in laws do to my baby....

Ai.... sometimes, I am really tired of all this. I feel so stress until I dreamed of my mother in law that I screamed at her to tell her to let me handle my baby my way. I am so tired of explaining....Sometimes, I am so scare to go to their house because I don't know to hear complains again...

Anyway, no matter how I will do the best for my baby. Just a smile from her, it worth all the things that I done for her... To me, she is such a good girl and adorable. She is so charming with her smile. All my friends and relatives were attracted by her smile.

Cry out loudly during the journey back to KL from SP

We have a bad experience on yesterday while we are on the way back from Sg. Petani to KL. As usual, we started our journey at 4pm. I put Alanis at her car seat and we started the journey. The maid was with her at the back seat of the car. We talked to her and soon she started to feel sleepy and she slept.

After 2 hours, she woke up and we have reached Simpang Pulai. So, daddy stopped the car at the rest house and went to rest room. After Stan came back, me and my maid went. We didn't bring her down since it is raining. After we all came back, we started the journey again.

A nightmare happen now. She started to cry and getting louder and louder. At first, we thought she is hungry as it is the usual time to feed her. So we stopped at another rest house. We heated the milk and feed her. But she refuse to drink, so we decided to continue the journey. Again, once she got into the car, she cried again. We don't know what to do and I just do whatever I can to sooth her. I am running out of ideas and my heart is so painful to see her crying. So, I asked Stan to stop the car at another rest house and we got down the car. The moment the car is slowing down, she stopped crying and getting happier. When she is outside the car, she laugh and cheer...

We decided to make some cereal for her to eat. She ate half bowl of cereal and we decided to start the journey again as sky is getting darker. The moment we wanted to get into the car, she started to cry out loudly again. She just keep crying and crying until we bring her to sit in front with me. Then she stopped a while and started cryting again. I think she getting tired and her face is sticking to my face, she slept by this position. I can't move her because if I slightly moved her, she cried. So, I have no choice and let her be like this for 15 minutes. Then I slowly moving her down to my hand.

I am feel so pity on her. I think she is too boring in the car and she just want to be out of the car. She doesn't understand that why the journey to go home is so long. I hope I don't experience this again when I go back end of this month.

Teething!

Alanis is teething now. I can her 2 teeth clearly. She likes to bite her mouth and lip as I believe the gum is itchy. She is a good girl. She doesnt has any symptom of teething like mild fever, gassy, dierhoer....

Now, I reliase that there is another one might pop out soon... It is the upper middle one.. I can see a clear white spot already. I am waiting to see another teeth to come out...

Some updates photos of Alanis