pilar, tomorrow you'll be 5 months old

sebagian mungkin sudah diceritakan di posting2 sebelumnya, di usia pilar yg masuk 5 bulan ini:

pilar udah bisa tengkurep sendiri, bahkan saat tidur! mamanya yg bertugas balikin badan pilar lagi, walo kadang diprotes pilar :) win win solutionnya adalah membolehkan pilar bobo miring (ga terlentang, tapi juga ga tengkurep hehe)

mulai meraih2 mainan yg disodorkan :) habis diraih, dipegang2 dikit, langsung diemut :D hmm bukan cuma maenan sih, apa aja yg ada di deketnya, bahkan rambut mamanya :)

ngemut2 apapun yg bisa diemut: tangannya, tangan mamanya, bajunya, maenannya.. apakah gusinya udah mulai gatel ya? at 5 months already?

ngencesss banyaaak bgt. termasuk maenin buih2 ludahnya :)

kepalanya udah tegak betul. jadi udah bisa gendong samping.

kalo belajar duduk, badannya dibungkukin ke depan, mencoba meraih kedua kakinya. curiga jadi sasaran emut2 selanjutnya :D

ngoceh dan ketawanya semakin jelas dan kenceng.

nggaaaa
ngiiiiiiing
eeeeeh
akkeeeeeng

tambah jago protes :) kalo ga pengen ditaro (hmm, 8 kilo digendong2 lumayan juga kan ya), mukanya ngrenyit trus keluar ocehan: heeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuu ("ma aku ga mau ditaro, maunya digendong!)")

rambutnya udah tumbuh sebagian, masih jarang2 sih. banyakan bagian depan tumbuhnya :)

badannya makin besaaaar. kalo pake baju kancing depan, suka ngebuka2 gitu. hehehe. minumnya luar biasa soalnya, rekor tgl 30 juli 2009, ditinggal mama 11 jam, habis 900 mili saja. glekk.

yg pasti sih senyumnya anak mama ini mana tahaaaaaaan :)

borongan

huhuuuu aku cemburuuu, sama si papaaaa

karena pilar ketawa terbahak2 tiap diliatin papanya. kalo gue, udah buat mimik wajah seaneh apapun dia cuma senyum2 aja. apa yg salah ya? hahaha :D ketawanya itu lho, kayak seneeeeeng bgt. ga brenti2, sampe cegukan, baru brenti.

trusss, pilar lagi hobi tidur miring..kaki kanannya ditumpangin ke kaki kiri. kalo ama mamanya di balikin badannya biar terlentang, marah..dia balikin lagi :D alrite then, up to you my baby boy!

semakin bosenan...dan kalo udah bosen, bisa marah sampe nangis. bosen di kasur mama, pindah ke kasur pilar sambil maen winnie. bosen, pindah lagi ke kasur mama, tengkurep2an...begitu sterusnya sampe cape, minta mimik, bobo deh :)

oya, barusan nyicil peralatan mpasi berupa:
baby food processor merk pumpee, beli di ocha itc kuningan, harga 165k.
manual food maker, merk pigeon, beli di istana bayi itc kuningan, harga 175k.
ini yg manual ko lebih mahal dari yg otomatis ya?
sassy travelling feeding set 84.9k, beli online.
sassy insulated feeding set 90k, beli online.
pigeon feeding set, dapet dari kado.
baby cubes, 135k, beli online.
beberapa box plastik kecil merk jepang material PP 30k/3box, beli di hypermart.
hm, tinggal cari alat2 masak stainless steel di ace hardware.

tepung gasol udah pesen lewat temen sma yg jualan, dan kantornya deket ma kantor. bisa sekalian maksi bareng belinya :) si mita ini suggest belinya 2 minggu sebelum mpasi pilar mulai aja, karena kalo udah dibuka harus sebulan diabisin. oke deh :)

bersiap mpasi yg masih 1 bulan 10 hari lagi

beberapa barang yg harus dibeli (yg ini harusnya diapproved papa without saying hehehe):

(1) manual dan electric food processor: buat nguyek2 makanan, biar teksturnya pas buat dimakan pilar.

(2) feeding set: yg bpa free dan ada penahan suhunya, dan beli satu buat travelling.

(3) cooking set: panci kecil, panci sedang, kukusan bahan stainless steel atau kaca, sendok kayu, talenan 2 (buat buah/sayur dan daging2an), pisau.

(4) baby cube: 1 done, 1 to go. buat naro puree2an dan kaldu2an di freezer.

(5) lock n lock: buat naro gasol dan bahan makanan lain.

(6) slow cooker: buat masak dari malem, pagi baru mateng. tapi ini buat 8m+, jadi ntar2 aja.

(7) tepung gasol beras merah plain.

kelas mp asi dasar done on 11 july, mp asi lanjutan will be on 1 august.

Rekap 7

on 16 july 2009, pilar weighs 7550 g, measures 64 cm (tapi ga percaya, ko ga nambah2 dari bulan lalu? kayanya salah ukur deh)

tambah chubby deh anak mama. semua yg liat gemes pengen cubit pipinya. dan pada nanya, susunya dicampur formula apa...? dicampur keringet mamanya ya :D haha.. stay healthy ya anak mama sayang. doakan asi mama cukup terus. amiiiin.

bandung 18-20 juli 2009

halooo halooo kami baru saja kembali dari liburan long week-end di bandung. seperti liburan sebelumnya (waktu pilar akikah), bawaan kali ini ga kalah banyaknya :)

1 travel bag isinya baju pilar aja
1 travel ba isinya baju gue dan senna
1 tas susu
1 tas perlengkapan mandi pilar
1 baby carrier (yg akhirnya ga dipake)
1 stroller (yg ga dipake juga karena ga jadi jalan pagi di batununggal)
1 bak mandi pilar (haha yg ini beneran dipake)
1 king size bed kelambu
dan perintilan2 lain yg ga bisa disebut satu persatu :D

tapi kali ini encusnya pilar ikut, jadi lumayan kebantu :)

pergi jam 6 pagi teng. jadi dari subuh semua udah siap kecuali gue dan pilar. gue nunggu pilar bangun. habis bangun, langsung nyusu, ganti pampers, ganti baju, and off we went to bandung. di rest area sempet brenti dgn maksud nyusuin lagi, tapi pilarnya masih ogah2an. eh taunya setelah kita jalan lagi, dia nyari2 deh. jadi dikasi asi perah pake botol dan digendong encus sampe nyampe bandung.

hari pertama kita ngunjungi kakaknya senna sambil liat anak ketiganya yg baru pulang dari rumkit, namanya tristan :) malem, gue kecapean dan ketiduran di kasur. pilar maen2 sama aki dan neneknya. eh taunya, gue kebangun, pilar udah bobo aja lho! ga pake disusuin dulu dia ketiduran dieyong2 akinya :)

hari kedua kita makan siang di sari sunda. pilar juga sukses bobo di carseat dan baru kebangun pas kita mau pulang :) hari kedua ini juga ga kemana2, di rumah aja. kebayang juga bandung macetnya kaya apa. malem kedua ini, pilar ga pake nangis juga kalo mu bobo, diajak maen sampe cape, trus mimi bentar, bobo deh. oya kita maen2 pake kreta apinya kakak qistan. pilar sambil tengkurep ngeliatin tuh kreta api bolak balik :) serius bgt ngliatinnya! hehehe.

hari ketiga, setelah semua sarapan bubur yuyu dan siap2, kita sekeluarga foto bersama di jonas. ada sesi foto semua, foto gue senna dan pilar, foto aki nenek qistan pilar, dan pilar aja. lalu kita kembali ke jkt deh :) eh, sebelumnya makan siang dulu sambil nyusuin pilar di cafe arisan. karena masih sepi, enak ni sesi nyusuinnya :) dari bdg jam 12, nyampe rumah jam 2. pilar tidur blasss selama di perjalanan :)

cape tapi senaaaaang :) bangun pagi, kangen rasanya ama bandung, pengen kesana lagi :)

ps: foto pilar di atas, dipake di kartu medicalnya dia :) hehe kecil2 dah punya kartu medical. ada potonya pula :)

wish list

mamanya pilar lagi pengen banyaaaak bgt dan mahaaaal bgt *sigh*

pertama, baby sunglass merk baby banz

ini 50% unsur safety, 50% gaya

kedua, baby carrier merk baby bjorn atau ergo

ini 50% unsur safety and practicallity, 50% kesalahan gue beli yg murah tapi ternyata ga praktis dan ga nyaman dipake pilar

ketiga, tas sok2an nya anya hindmarch, pake fotonya pilar

ini 100% narsis hahaha :D

papa, akankah approvalmu turun untuk ketiga barang di atas..? kalau proposalnya kurang meyakinkan, i will revise to make it more comprehensive and convincing :D

ttd,
mama

another day to remember: week 28 2009, pilar bisa ngebalikin badan sendiri :) sekarang formasi tidur adalah sbb: gue dan pilar di kasur atas. senna di bawah (duh, kasian). pilar udah guling2 sekarang. bahaya kalo senna share the same bed. karena bapak anak sama2 lasak, bapaknya aja yg ngalah.

tetap berjuang!

i'm writing this to motivate myself and also other moms and future moms to breastfeed our babies, as long as possible.

i read and hear other mom's stories, some are good friends of mine who are not successful of giving breastmilk exclusively during 6 first months of their babies' lives. so many reasons behind, but the famous one is "lack of milk".

it is true that breastfeeding is not easy. i've been there. to be able to breastfeed pilar like i do now is a result of both sides learning and struggling. and it is a never ending process. when he was younger, how to latch-on was the main problem. i had a small nipple which made pilar a bit difficult to latch-on. i even had in mind "will we ever succeed? will we continue like this (i pump and feed the milk by using spoon)?" but we didn't give up til finally my nipple is quite comfortable for him to suck. then his preference to suck from left breast rather than the right one. once again, we didn't give up. we try and try, til finally now he's happy with both. not to mention the pain i had in my nipples. those nights i cried. hmmm..

now that he's 4,5 months, he's so active that sometimes we don't have a quite and peaceful breastfeeding moment like we used to. but no worries, with all his movements, he still can drink a lot easily. thanks to those hard moments we shared together both pilar and me. i imagine, what will it like when teeths are coming? wuaaa..

when i first when back to the office, i could pump around 600 ml and pilar drank 500-550 ml (from 7am to 6 pm). i was in peace cos i still had a lot stock in the friz. lately, pilar drinks more than 700, sometimes 750 ml. i pump no more than 600 ml. i now see some empty space in the friz, higs.. still 1,5 months to go before the end of pilar's breastfeed exclusive time. i'm still confident that we will succeed. the problem now, i want this to continue until pilar is 1 year old. why?

simply because breastmilk is the best. it contains all the nutritions needed by our babies. don't we all, mothers, want to give our babies the best?

"lack of milk" is coming from unsuccessful brestfeeding. if the baby doesn't suck enough, the milk won't be produced sufficiently. by now, i say to myself, i can produce/pump as much as pilar consumes (>700 ml) if i want to. if i try harder. if i spare some of my sleeping time to pump. if i pump more regularly at the office. and not to forget, breastfeed him directly whenever it's possible (at night, in the morning, and on weekend). mouth suction is believed to be the most effective way to increase milk production. i shall continue eating nutririous food, drink a lot, drink milk, forget diet. i had 9 months to stock some fat, why should be thin again in 3 months?

how about work? it turned out that my 3 weeks training abroad is postponed to next year. blessing in disguise? i belive so. this way, i will stay closely to my son until he's 1 yr old next march.

again, this is not to brag nor demotivate others. in the contrary, do have trust in ourselves and our babies. we can make it! tetap berjuang!

2 July 2009

I will always remember this date. Why? karena untuk pertama kalinya, Pilar bisa ngangkat dan nahan kepalanya dongak sambil tengkurep :) Awalnya pulang kantor mama dibilangin encus kalo Pilar udah bisa dongak2 hari ini. Trus mama tes deh, betul sekali, Pilar udah bisa tegak kepalanya. Padahal biasanya Pilar ga betah kalo ditengkurepin, ini malah senyum2 (ngerasa kalo dirinya udah ada achievement kali ya? hehe).

Malemnya ngasih surprise buat papa. Waktu papa pulang kantor, masuk kamar, mama tengkurepin Pilar, dongak lagi deh anak mama :) Papa pun syenaaang :) hehehe

Way to go, sonny! Ntar upload foto Pilar lagi senyum2 sambil dongak2in kepala aaah :)