Icha wean off completely! (tips & tricks)

Assalamualaikum 💖

The waiting time is finally over..

Well, icha finally dah fully wean off day and night! wohoo ;D

When i decided to do this, i told everyone to help me in this process. For me, this wean off journey memerlukan emosi yang super stabil, cool dan sebagainya. haha. All those negative vibe or feelings please dok jejauh sat let this momma do the work! haha. 

I bagi gap between day and night wean off period so that icha tak rasa pressure sangat about the wean off. It took less than a month (the earliest week was super exhausted week sebab icha clingy nangis nangis nak even dah pujuk, another week icha dah okay, but still merengek sat and the remaining weeks were heaven! no more crying episodes wohoo) for icha to finally understand and cooperate well for this period. but trust me, the first few days were horrible!! 💢 u name it apa je icha tak buat masa tidur for the sake of bf, but this momma was super degil and keras hati to let icha win. hahahah.

i. icha nangis yang super kuat for more than 1/2 an hour

ii. menyendeng macam kucing untuk buat ibu cair

iii. icha marah masa tengah tido sebab no bf was allowed 😅

Kadang i tewas gak during the first week, ibu sekali cranky sebab kena layan icha mengamuk marah nangis all at the same time haha. Even both of us cranky I still la menang with the battle! hahaha sebab i memang dah tekad to do this so I do it till the end even iman turun naik dah and hampir giveup 😝 but its all worth the pain gittew. Icha sekarang sleep happily with no bf session! yay. ibu pun tidur super nyenyak bak kata ayah hahaha.

So here are the tips & tricks that maybe you can use as well

TIPS & TRICKS:

1. I pastikan icha minum susu kotak before tidur

2. If she refused, i ask her to drink plain water

3. I letak her water bottle sebelah katil so easy to minum if dahaga malam

4. Setiap hari tanpa gagal i akan religiously telling her yang she can no longer BF (this will lead to neverending why but i akan calmly explain and explain hehe)

5. Everyone dekat keliling icha akan praise her for doing well sebab tak BF on the previous night

6. She will get reward at the end sebab berjaya with the test hehe.

Alhamdulillah. This journey dah settle.

Currently, we are on the potty trained phase and she did well!

If rajin I will share about that later oki?

Shopee X MPH in apps launching

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Hi guys! I would love to share something interestingggg with you. I bet you guys pernah dengar with one application named as SHOPEE kan? If you haven’t SHOPEE is actually an application where you can shop everything at one place! Wohoo best kan? Name it nak apa. Kasut? Ubat gigi? Periuk? Makanan kucing? Baju baby? Its all in one placeeee! To make it more fun, register with shopee by using my code here —- > SARAF243 and you can get RM8 off on your 1st purchase instantly!

Sebenarnya, Shopee is in collaboration with MPH bookstore to make them visible online soon. I seriously love this! I can shop my favorite book online hassle-free la lepasni hehe. Click click and pay :)

(on the left) Marianne Chuo, Marketing Lead, Shopee Malaysia
with Ivy Tan, General Manager, Business Development,
MPH Bookstores

Recently they hosted an event to launched this officially. The event took place at MPH Nu Sentral, where this is actually the biggest MPH outlet in Malaysia! Menarik kan? :) MPH and Shopee hoping that thru this partnership the love for reading can be nurture, while at the same time support the country’s aspirations on it becoming a Reading Nation by 2030.

Ivy Tan, General Manager, Business Development, MPH Bookstores said, “Shopee is quickly becoming a reputable household brand among online shoppers in Malaysia. By partnering Shopee, we would be able to leverage on their large database of around 20 million users nationwide. This not only enables us to tap into the mass Malaysian market but also allows us to offer books to new customers who may not have been MPH Online customers before.”

I love this idea when everyone can shop the favorite books online even when you are far away or staying at the rural area. there will be no more excuses like jalan jam, buku habis, takda masa kan? as everything now boleh click click dan sampai dekat rumah :)


Apa yang lagi best, when you shop you fav book at MPH on shopee you will get RM10 off with a minimum spend of RM50, valid from now until 8 August 2019.. Dan paling best, if you borong buku banyak banyak From 1 August to 31 August, you will get the chance to be among the top 3 spenders! Tau tak the perks of being the top spenders? You will be reward with books worth of rm100 😱 sangat tempted ! So you better hurry or else you rugi 😉

So apa tunggu lagi? Jom ramai ramai kite serbu MPH on Shopee now. Pi pi pi pi pi shopee! ;)
For more information, visit https://shopee.com.my/mphbookstores.os 💓

Wean Off Tips - phase 1

Assalamualaikum!

Hi everyone. Since there's a few yang bertanya how i teach icha to wean off (well not fully) successfully, so here goes this post. 

So.. Why phase 1?

Sebenarnya i divided the wean off phase into two. Bukan anak je, ibu pun sedih kalau stop abruptly. Hehe.. So i take one step at a time untuk wean off journey ni.. 1st phase yang dah berjaya which is fasa siang icha tak bf at all. It starts from early in the morning sampai malam sebelum tidur. During this 1st phase, icha menyusu waktu tidur je. 2nd phase pun dah start, but let me share the 1st phase first okie? 

How long does it takes?

Is icha ok with no bf rule?

Does icha throw her tantrums?

How did i go through it?

1. Introduce fresh milk way before you want to wean off your baby 

Trust me, this helps! Untuk icha, my husband and i dah introduce susu kotak few months before icha masuk 2 tahun. Just do it for fun, with no pressure. If anak taknak minum let it be. Keep introduce and persuade in a creative way. Macam kitorang, icha mula mula tak tunjuk minat pun nak minum. But as time goes by, icha sendiri mintak susu kotak.

2. Divert your kids attention 
Kids ni bila dia nak tu, nak jugak. Sebagai contoh susu. Kalau dia mintak nak susu nak susu memang jem otak masak tu haha. Icha la as an example. Cuma kena pandai la change her attention. Tunjuk mainan ke, tunjuk animal ke, tunjuk her favourite cartoon ke (in icha's case frozen of course haha) . Kena slowly .. Kadang kadang tak lut jugak. Kena sabarrrrrrrrrrr pujuk. Kalau masih tak jadi ending dia icha akan nangis hehe. Tp takpe let her be.. InshaAllah lama lama akan ok :) 

3. Be firm with your decision 

Wean off ni sangatlah bermain dengan emosi. Haha. Icha sendiri first few weeks masa no bf rule masa siang, icha nangis tak hingat punya. Mesti jiran dok ingat i dera anak. Haha. Pernah icha nangis more than 1/2 an hour continuesly. Nangis sampai takda suara. Fuh.. Masa tu memang nak bf je untuk pujuk.. But i quickly realised that i need to do this. So i ke ntalkan hati yang dah cayaq macam aiskrim tu dan pujuk icha slowly.. It took some time for icha to understand this no bf rule. But keep explain the reason why ok mommies ? And kalau everyone keep on questioning kenapa nak stop, bagi jela. Kenapa nak kasi anak nangis padahal susu ada. Well u know the reason why kan mommies.. Maka janganla emosi dan tetiba eh eh tak nak wean off. Nanti anak you sendiri akan always tantrum bila kita sendiri tak firm with our wean off decision..

4. Let your child or even you to cry

Percayalah.. This is their way to show their feeling. Menangis, mengamuk. You name it. This is how they express their feeling. Kalau orang besar bolehla bebel berjela jela kalau tak puas hati. Kalau kids? What do you expect? Janganla marah kalau anak nangis bagai nak rak.. Soothe their feeling. Kalau tak jalan jugak, biar je dia nangis dulu. Icha pun gitu. Lagi dipujuk, lagi mengaum nangisnye haha. Bila dah puas nangis, dia akan naturally calm down. For me, anak nangis i sekali sebak. Haha. Because i know that i can still bf my child. Why do i need to make her cry. Kan?

3 weeks after, icha dah completely pass the 1st phase..  Maksudnya icha tak nangis dah. Episod nangis jerit jerit dah melabuhkan tirai.. Haha. Setiap pagi she asked for susu kotak, and icha can sleep at noon without bf.. I am so happy. Alhamdulillah it works :) 

Whatever it is, you know your baby well. Tak semestinya everyone kena wean off their baby as soon as they reach 2 years old. 

To some they love bf and tak terfikir pun nak wean off..  

To some, they just had to.. 

To some, they just go with the flow. Anak tak wean off pun dorang ok je. 

To some, they didn't even think about wean off their baby. But their baby wean off naturally ..

I exclusively bf my baby for 2 years.. mestilah sedih bila mulakan wean off journey for icha. I feel that sad feeling even until now. Because that bonding moment with icha slowly takda.. But this is for our own good. InshaAllah :) 

Icha dah 2 tahun.

Assalamualaikum ♥

Alhamdulillah.

Membesar jadi anak yang menyenangkan ya sayang.

Biar semua jadi suka dan jatuh sayang..

Orang kata, anak first ni lain macam sikit memori dia.

Betul lah..

Setiap kali birthday icha (which is baru 2 kali haha), akan berlaku sesi throwback. Kisah mengandung, ragam mengandung, perangai masa mengandung, saat saat nak bersalin.. Semua sekali. Tipula kan kalau semuanya manis belaka. Mestila ada naik turun dalam fasa mengandung tu. Masa mula mula tahu pregnant, perasaan happy tu masih segar sampai ke hari ni. Tapi lawak pun ye. Masa tengah happy tu, tunjuk strip pregnancy test dekat husband. Husband siap tanya double line ni apa? Nasiblah masa tu excited melebihi segalanya. Tak jadi merajuk haha. Terus explain. Lepas explain, husband kiss dahi, cakap tahniah dan sambung tidur. Hahahah. Part ni husband sendiri kata, kenapa dia cakap tahniah? Kenapa dia tidur balik? Tahla yang, jem kepala nak fikir bahaha.

Lepas daritu, excited bukak buku pink. Sebab masa belajar master tu selalu travel back and forth perak kelantan. Banyak masa on the road. Nasibla nurse ok je nak bukak buku awai. Lepas je bukak buku, dalam 2 minggu, dtg morning sickness yang maha dasyat.

Bunyi.

Suara.

Makanan.

You name it.

Semua takleh. Bunyi orang cakap pun kite takleh dengar. Rumah kena sunyi 24/7. Husband nak tengok movie sila pasang earphone. All i do was melepek atas katil whole day. Makanan pun tak selera tengok.. Banyak sangat berat turun masa 1st trimester tu. Slowly masuk je 2nd trimester masa raya, im back to normal self. Lega sgt.. Walaupun morning sickness tu takde adegan muntah, fuh masih mencabar jugak haha. Lepastu i enjoy my pregnancy journey. Nasibla masa tu dekat kelantan, takda langsung mengidam pelik pelik. Nak tomyam secret recipe dengan air tin teh chrysanthemum je. Balik perak nearly 2 months before deliver. All i do was makan makan sampai kena sound dengan nurse haha.

I gained nearly 20 kgs during pregnancy. Bahaha. So tell me, macamana nurse tak berletiaq dekat situ. Siap ada pakej GDM lagik. Aigo betui la.

Bersalin aleesa, dalam pantang masuk kelas. Semester dah start. Bayangkan la kelas dengan sejuknya, pesanan keramat parents suruh pakai tebal tebal. Dengan kena pump. Dengan bengkak susu. Pengalaman sungguh.. Nasibla ada suami dengan adik adik yang banyak bantu masa kitorang duduk jenderam tu. Tu belum masuk cabaran dengan master lagi. Tapi manisnya dapat jaga anak sendiri. Dalam satu sem tu nasib adik cuti, dapatla dia jagakan sementara kelas. Ada time tu, kelas tak habis lagi. Icha nangis taknak susu botol. Adik call kata dah habis cara dah nak pujuk.. Kite rushing balik dari upm dalam keadaan bengkak susu. Sampai rumah kena marmet. Eh eh takla meraung teruk pun icha. Pandai dia buat ibu kalut. Masa pantang tu kan kelas, kite siap mintak budi bicara prof nak skip for 2 weeks nak habiskan pantang. Nasib dpt.. Balik perak balik sambung pantang.. Lepastu sambung kelas sampai habis sem. Memang roller-coaster ride sungguh. But it was a memorable experience.

Alhamdulillah jugak dapat exclusively BF icha for 2 years. Masuk je 10 bulan icha totally reject botol susu. Setiap kali kasi botol, icha menjerit macam kena pukul hehe. EBM stok dalam deep freeze sampai expired. Kite siap guna mandikan icha hahahaha. Bila icha stop botol, kite pun slowly stop buat stok EBM.. Alhamdulillah takda episod engorged sampai nangis dah. MashaAllah kenangan sungguh.. Breast pump tu kite fully utilised sungguh la. Memang berbaloi beli.. Happy jugak sebab dapat tengok icha membesar depan mata. Aleesa ni boleh kata senang jaga masa pantang. Sampai besar alhamdulillah waktu tidur masih terjaga. Jaga for susu only. Episod merengek kalau lapar, nak tukar pampers. Gitu je. Cuma dari umur 5 bulan gitu sampai la ke beso ni melekat dengan ayah ibu sebab takut orang. Sekarang baru ok sikit..

Anyway..

All her progress..

All her development..

Alhamdulillah dapat tengok.

Tiba tiba dah 2 tahun. Kejap je kan? Rasa aleesa membesar seiring dengan master ibu. Perancangan yang Allah swt susun tu dah cantik sangat dah.. Rezeki bukan cepat atau lambat, rezeki anak datang tepat pada masanya..

By the way.. Tak lama lagi kalau ada rezeki ibu nak kerja dah. Sekarang pun dalam fasa wean off icha from BF. Kalau tak tidur, minum susu kotak atau dari botol je.. Unless nak tidur baru BF. So far nampak okay. Walaupun kena nego dulu dengan icha. Yela kan.. Manala si kecik ni nak faham.. 2 tahun melekat dengan ibu. Sebelum ni nak susu je ibu kasi. Tiba tiba nak susu kena minum dari botol. Episod air mata mengalir jgn cakap la. Episod icha cakap" pls bu pls bu sikit je.. " memang cair hati. Rasa nak bagi je. Tapi ibu kena kuat semangat.. Sampai bila kan? InshaAllah kalau dah berjaya fasa 1 ni, kite share pengalaman.. Hehe. Doa doa la berjaya. Takda episod air mata merayu pujuk ibu nak BF siang hari.

Till then...

Filem Operasi X terbaik: Belut Si Penyeri

Hi semua! Assalamualaikum ❤

Dang dang dut tali kecapi

Dapat tengok belut ana banyak happy 😆

Akhirnya dapat juga ke panggung untuk tengok filem ni. Ni semua sebab awie la ni, buat den tak keruan nak tahu apa jadi! Haha. Percaya tak after 2 years baru saya tengok wayang balik? Itu pun sebab husband off day semalam boleh jagakan si kecik. Maka me time lah si ibu tengok awie 😉 thanks sayang!

Dalam filem ni, saya paling teruja dengan watak belut yang dilakonkan oleh awie. Watak belut ni betul betul menarik perhatian saya.. Setiap kali belut buka mulut, saya pasti geli hati. Walaupun babak tu tak lah kelakar sangat hehe. Bagi saya, watak belut sememangnya buat cerita ni hidup. Dialog belut yang paling saya ingat,

 "takkan dalam spender aku pun ada cip?"

 "salam mana salam?"

 " neraka kirim salam dekat kau" 

Kelakar ok! Haha. Thanks belut! You made it all worth it to watch this film 😉 nilai murni belut dalam menghargai adiknya mat bong juga sepatutnya di puji. Tersenyum sendirian saya tatkala melihat filem ini. Nilai yang sangat bagus diterapkan dan ditonjolkan di dalam filem ini.. 

Watak utama kedua ialah watak Ridzuan yang dibawakan oleh Aaron Aziz. Awalnya, i didn't expect much sebab watak aaron selalunya sama all the time. But not this time. Masih ada sisi romantik tu, cumanya watak polis berjaya dihidupkan oleh Ridzuan. salute him for that! Kisah ayu dengan Ridzuan yang diselitkan dalam cerita ni plus point bagi saya dan saya suka sebab taklah 24/7 asyik nak lawan je kan? Maka tersenyum la si ibu ini dapat tengok cheesy part tu sikit haha 😅 

Dan yang bestnya bagi saya ialah.. Pemandangan di awal cerita semasa di pulau cantik sangat. Saya dah fall in love dengan pemandangan pulau di pulau pinang. Betul betul cair tengok cerita ni at the beginning of the story. Rasa nyaman dan tenang! Okay nanti boleh google lokasi sebenar tempat tu hehe.

Berdasarkan cerita yang saya tengok, ini yang saya dapat kongsikan sedikit.. 

Filem ini bermula apabila kawan baik Ridzuan, Aman di bunuh oleh Mat Bong adik Belut. Mat Bong juga mati semasa operasi pertama tersebut. Rasa kecewa, sedih sebab kematian kawan baik yang dianggap darah daging menyebabkan Ridzuan lari tinggal disebuah pulau. Di situ dia berkenalan dengan Ayu.. Selepas dipujuk barulah Ridzuan kembali bertugas dan mengetuai operasi untuk menumpaskan kegiatan kumpulan belut. ASP Ridzuan juga turut menubuhkan satu kumpulan khas (alimat, janggut, nash, pablo) bagi membantu menjejaki group belut dengan lebih cepat dan pintas. 

Anyway.. 

Berjaya tak operasi ni? 

Belut and the gang kena tangkap tak?

Siapa sebenarnya yang bunuh Mat Bong? 

 Ayu dan Ridzuan jadi apa nanti? 

Jeng jeng. Jangan lupa ke pawagam berhampiran untuk ketahui jawapannya! 😉

Sebab belut buat filem ni hidup, 

saya kasi 🌟🌟🌟🌟 bintang!