Weaning

I am writing this selepas kekecewaan menyental periuk hitam legam tapi taknak berkilat jugak haih~ Faheem will turn 5 months on the 19th of Jun insyaAllah, in approximately 2 weeks. But he has started weaning at the age of 4 months huhu. I know the age is a bit controversial :p But what is done is done ngee~

I started considering weaning when I felt that milk alone is simply not enough for him. He couldn't really sleep through the night and kept demanding for milk. However during each feed, he became very sleepy that he could usually finish around 1 oz only and fell asleep agin, only to be awoken up by hunger about an hour later...

Babies develop at different ages thus there is no 1 strict rule or template to which each and everyone of them should adhere to. Faheem started to roll over a day before he turned 2 months, he then progressed to elevating his bum (macam nak merangkak) at around 3.5 months and around the same time he was active as any baby can be, exploring his world in his walker, moving backwards. And now at 4 months, he can move around the room name it backward, forward, sideways hehe. He rolls himself like a log for metres. (Oh well, he's not that efficient in crawling on his tummy thus opts for the log-rolling move) Alhamdulillah for the health that Allah has bestowed upon him :)

Because he is active, I personally feel milk is simply not enough for him. So I started with rice porridge (Cerelac) which I initially added into his milk. It was very thin. He tolerated well. After about 2 weeks, I noticed that he has started mouthing and was very interested in our food. Whenever abang and me is having our meal, he becomes very excited and tries hard to reach for the food (while wearing a cheeky smile hahaha) So from thickened milk, I changed the menu. I took out his green frog bowl (a cute baby meal set bought in Ikea hehe), and made a real rice porridge (I'm using Cerelac currently. Haven't had time to make my own version of rice porridge huuu). Simply rice, though I'm yelling inside me to add some protein to the carbohydrate hehe. Guess what?? He enjoyed his porridge up to his bowl!!!!! (Dahlah gelojoh tak sabar2 tunggu for the next suapan. Ohh mangkuk katak tu pun dia nak makan ok setelah bubur habis) Alhamdulillah he has been eating that for the past 1 week, and he sleeps soundly for 12 hours or more through the night (waking up 1 or twice in between for milk) Alhamdulillah and alhamdulillah and alhamdulillah. Dah besar la anak mummy and daddy ni :D

CD = Cloth Diaper

This is the sad story, well I'm kinda hoping to get some tips and encouragement from those who have succeeded... :(

I bought 10 pieces of cloth diapers even before faheem was born. Then kakak gave me another 6 I think. Each comes with 2 pieces of insert. Oh well if you still remember my 12kg hand luggage, it consisted mainly of those cloth diapers, the inserts, PLUS 30 pieces of baby napkin. Yep, I was so determined to use cloth diaper for my little faheem as opposed to pampers- save money, less garbage, eco friendly. I don't really mind the extra work washing them truthfully, being a fulltime housewife. (Oh I'm not that lazy, please take note of that~)

The first time I used it, BOCOR! Umm approximately within 2 hours of using i!!??.... Then I tried using few inserts simultaneously, producing such a big bum! And some difficulty in fitting him into his shorts huuuhuuuu. It didn't contain as well.. Then the next time (after I did some complaining to abang huuu), I tried again, and this time around he eliminated and stained the carpet and mattress (baby berak kan cair huu). In addition to canging his urine-stained clothes every 2 hours, I had to clean the carpet, mattress and wash the bed sheets!!!!!

Ok, you can surely imagine I was fed-up by then. SO i opened up 1 of the boxes which I brought from Malaysia, take out the disposable diapers, and started regretting leaving behind the other few packs of diapers in malaysia huhuuu....

BTW, Faheem feeds on 4oz (120ml) of milk every 2 hours.. I wonder whether that that can be considered as the failing factor huuu

Akathisia

It's 5th June, which equals to 4 days of stay in Jordan. I'm still not feeling settled down, there are so many things to be done. I graduated with MBBS to work as an accountant, manager, wife, full time mummy and a cleaner hehe. In simpler term, I am super busy ;p

Wanted to write more on my experience bringing little faheem to Jordan, but I guess I don't have the required strength currently (ngadenye haha). Enough to say that it was a terrifying experience huuu. I pushed my 7kg faheem in his 22kg stroller, wore a 6kg backpack, and simultaneously pull a 12kg trolley bag, practically alone. PLUS 41kg of checked-in baggage huuu. It was a bit tolerable in KLIA when my family helped me with the things, a bit tiring when I was about to board the plane with all my hund luggages, nerve wrecking in the flight when faheem threw a tantrum (luckily it was only for 2 hours from malaysia to bangkok, and then he slept for 9 hours till we arrived in Jordan. Tapi faheem kencing bocor sampai kena tukar baju and pampers 2 kali dalam flight!!) and definitely unbelievably insane in Queen Alia International Airport when I had to recollect everything all by myself. I had to ask for the airport worker's kind assistance to collect my checked-in baggages and put them on the trolley, I had to ask for the immigration people to take care of faheem while I scanned the bags and later on asked 1 of the guards to look after him while I pushed the baggages outside the airport. But when I met abang, terubat hati hehe.

Been busy packing these few days, we'll be moving out soon insyaAllah, been busy buying necessities, been busy laundering and cleaning the house huu. Haven't started on the cooking part yet. Want to write more on faheem's weaning experience ^_^, and the horrible experience of dealing with cloth diapers huu. Perhaps later... i am so not feeling settled down yet :)