Pump aku ni..

mcm tau 2 jer yang aku dlm perjalanan nak brenti pumping.
now i only pump once a day.

stok kat peti ais tak berusik. sofeya only minum EBM once a day. yang lain dia belasah susu mamil.

mula2 pump aku ni battery dia bengong. charge la mcm mana pun dia still tunjuk low batt.
pas tu kdg2 bila turn on dia mcm teragak2 nak start, but most of the time ok.

TADI!
the display rosak la plak...
so aku kena pasang timer sendiri bila pump.

hmmmmm...

i want to ketuk kepala sendiri

sebab aku lupa bawak some parts of my beloved medela freestyle pump.
normally aku assemble dulu the parts + bottle and put in my bag.
but since dah lambat i just grab all the parts (well.. almost all in this case) and stuff them in my bag.

pagi ni sesampainyer saya di store room dah bukak baju bra segala nak pump, adeh laaa.. ada parts tak cukup.

NASIB BAIK

aku simpan spare avent manual kat ofis. disebabkan i know myself very the very well dan benda2 sebegini are bound to hepen.. so aku mmg spare pump manual kat ofis. (fali of you are reading, yes, the avent pump tu ko punyer la yg aku masih membuat harta)

and its true wat they say about the silver lining.

i almost forgot how sedap it is to express milk using avent manual pump. like my niece put it.. GILA BAPAK punya sedap. even sedap-er than medela freestyle.

and surprise surprise, dpt byk okeh.. i mean milk production. byk la aku rasa, considering aku tgh period, and pagi ni aku terlupa nak ambik madu (normally pagi2 aku makan madu, and aku perasan susu bertambah sikit bila aku makan madu, you may want to try it)

so yes, i am attributing the byk-ness to avent pump.

the only drawback is of course.. time. i kenot la be spending half an hour each pumping session.. kang ada yg kena buang kerja kang.. plus, if i use medele freestyle, while pumping i can do some other stuff.. multitasking kannn..

so.. apa aku nak cakap is.. if time is never your constraint, pakai ler avent manual pump. sedap dan murah!!

aku baru tahu.. and i think you need to know it too

dono if its a known fact or what.. but this is what farah told me. (since farah takder blog maka aku mem-blog pasal ni on her behalf).

according to her and her experience, its normal that first time breastfeeding mothers to experience sikit-ness in susu production, coz, as i said.. its the first time.

why i say this, is because, i is de tensen bila dgr farah bercerita pasal hasil pumping dia.. yang berbelas2 oz itu. padahal bila aku pump.. nak lepas 5 oz pun menangis nko.....

so she said, its okay.. coz masa her first time pun mcm tu jugak tensennyer. after her second baby baru susu keluar mencurah2.

like they said.. practice makes perfect.

so ladies.. let us beranak some more!!

i am contemplating whether to write this

but i guess after about 2 weeks.. okay lah kot..

yeah sofeya dah start accepting formula. almost 2 weeks dah. while many bfeeding supporters will say that too bad i cant achieve the 2 yrs goal, well.. to me, i guess thats okay. sbb looking into the situation both of us in right now, mmg i think its the best thing that i start introducing formula to her now.

dulu, aku gung-ho sgt nak bfeed. semangat waja kemain. which is good lah. and i've prepared myself physically and mentally to face all the bfeeding challenges. and alhamdulillah, i am proud of myself.

well tu cerita dulu.

i forgot another important aspect of bfeeding, which is prepare to wean the baby off bmilk. dok pikir challenges to get the baby accept bmilk manjang, tak pk cemaner nak suruh dia accept formula.

really.. i tot its gonna be easy.

few attempts nak suruh dia minum. tukar formula, tukar botol, tukar teat, campur with bmilk. SEMUA TAK JALAN!

then i kindda giveup. susu tak cukup.. pandai2 ko la nak minum something else sementara tunggu mama balik.  life was stressful time ni. pasal i kindda avoid going out without sofeya unnecessarily. takut tak cukup susu nanti.

sampai la few weeks ago, my SIL came over, then her daughter (same age dgn sofeya) tgh minum formula milk in bottle. then sofeya cam nak ambik the bottle (suka berebut kannn anak aku). so i bancuh formula, in similar bottle, then gave to sofeya. ambik bantal, then suruh 2-2 ketul budak tu baring side by side and minum together.

aku bancuh 100ml, and she drank 30 ml.

yeahaaa!!!

then i told my maid, "esok buat lagi.. bagi minum jer susu tin ni walaupun susu saya belum habis"
then esoknya maid aku cakap sofeya did ask "cucu ma???" then after maid aku assured her "ni cucu ma laaa" dia minum jugak formula tuh.

few days after that she consistently minum the formula 1-2 times daily, but still questioning about the susu.. hehe

then sampai lah the sample yg dr khairul kasik tu habis.. then aku pun beli la 1 tin susu yg baru.

sampai sekarang (3rd week kot), she will take about 1 scoop x 3 times of formula. (jadik laaaa), and no more questions on the milk..

i am still pumping as usual. 3 times daily. everyday mmg ader balance susu yang tak habis and aku keep as frozen stok. hahahha.. after a long time finally now i can keep frozen stock again!

i intend to continue pumping.. sampai dia 2 yrs old. lepas tu aku kena pk plak camne nak wean her off totally from bfeeding..

hmm.. how la...