Most ladies that I know of have boots. I also want. Peer pressure mah. 
But I must buy boots that is practical for a stay-at-home-mom like me. Something that I can wear almost EVERYDAY. If possible, a few times a day. 
After looking at the cash in my purse and considering the practically of the boots, I finally decided to buy a VERY cool boots, no other mommy has worn before. As far as I know of lar.
Tadaa!!! I have a Purple Boots! 
Don’t laugh arh! These boots are very practical you know. It protects my legs from the grasses at the laundry area. No more scratching my feet until bleeding each time after hanging and picking up my bajus. No matter how I wash my legs after that, the itchiness won’t go away. It stays on my legs for a very long time until my wound healed. Bila gatal, garuk bukan main sedap lagi; sampeh melecet pun tak perasan. Then bila dah melecet, dapat garuk kat keliling the melecet area pun jadi. That is how itchy my legs are due to having contact with the grasses. I reckon that I am allergic to the grasses there. 
When maid is around, itchiness also gone coz I don’t have to hang or collect my bajus. hehe. Now, the maid is gone for good. I better do something about it; if not, there goes my sexy, smooth legs.
Besides sewing soft toy, I tried sewing a bag too. My first attempt sewing a shopping bag failed coz the tutorial was not detail or clear enough for an amateur like me. Then a blogger mommy told me about another tutorial. This time it is a Reversible Bag. Buzz me if you want the link to the tutorial ya.
Excitedly I went to buy the cheapest fabric I could find. Don’t want to waste money mah if it did not turn out well. Lo and behold, at the first attempt, it was almost perfect!
The bag is being used by my daughter now as her tuition bag. I sewn a bigger one so that I can use it when going to church. There is another one in the process which I used the left over fabric that I bought to make wristlet (not I sew, Sewing Monster did).
After perfecting my sewing skill, I might sew to sell if anyone wanna buy lar.
there is assignment given to me. This will be temporary though till MIL and her maid come back next week; I hope.
Since they have been gone for a week and will be away for another week because they are helping another BIL with 3 children whose wife is in oversea; working, I am hardly at home. After fetching my children from school, I’ll away at my mom’s till nap time then after waking up from napping, back to my mom’s for dinner and also to send hubby his dinner. After dinner, we will back home doing homework then bedtime.
From the moment I wake up till lunch time I’ll be busy with housework, teaching my 4yo son and “layaning” my 16mo son. To update blogs means I’ll have a crying baby beside me, like now!
And I can only manage to sew one Plattie a day if I can manage to steal some time.
Till then…
I have come to a stage that I MUST wean my 15mo soonest possible. At present, he only latches when he wants to sleep. On a few occasion, he is able to sleep without latching, that is when he is very, very sleepy.
Now my 15mo has started the habit to want to reach for my other boob when he is latching on the other. He will search for my nipple to massage with his tiny fingers. I will push away his hand and not let him go there again. Then he will start caressing my tummy, dig into my belly button, caress my thigh, dig my nose or my mouth. Geli lar! Even though he is my baby, I feel so uncomfortable when he does that; furthermore he is a boy. Thank God he does not take such a long time to doze off.
I really can’t imagine those mother who still breastfeed their son after 2yo! Do you face the same problem as me? I know one of my church members did! Boys will be boys eh; these things are inbuilt in them.
MIL has left this house to stay with one of the BIL’s since June last year. Today, she is back here for good (i hope). She is almost done with all the follow-up check up after her eye surgery and many rounds of jab to fix her vision. She did come back from time to time but only for the weekend and a few times for 2-3 weeks.
Just now, my 4yo son asked her, “Mak, bila Mak tak mo pergi lagi?” (when are you not leaving anymore?) I guess my children missed their grandma’s presence a lot coz they can get their way with her.
It was a very challenging one year for me as they (MIL and her maid) left us when my 4th child is only 2 months old. I ran the household all by myself without any helper; not even from hubby coz he has his business commitment. From time to time I took refuge at my mom’s. Thank God that my mom stays nearby.
The peak of being a “single mother” of 4 came when my mom left us for 3 weeks when she has to attend to my sister who is going to give birth any time. I was not only a “single mother” of 4 but 6 children; had to babysit my brother’s daughters whom my mom babysits.
Thank God for giving me this opportunity. Today, I see all this as opportunities not just challenges. Throughout this one year, I know my ability. I know my strength and weaknesses. I was also given the opportunity to stay slim like never before without any need to watch my diet.
Above all, I thank God for blessing me with the strength; physical and emotional. Hubby commented that through hardship God builds our character. That is so true. I am who I am now because of the hardships and challenges that I have to face in life.
I foresee many more challenges to come as God is not done with me yet! I shall welcome them with positive attitude. Well, I will whine but I know that they are for my own good.
I was whining to the hubs about going for a family vacation. “Your brother’s family arh, so syiok lar. Every holiday go vacation. When will our turn come?”
This is his reply…
“We everyday holiday in a kampong in Melaka… big compound with an orchard surrounded by green trees with fish ponds and the breeze blowing at times, with swings to sit on if we want and fruit trees in abundance we can just pluck the rambutans for free and eat durians when it drops .. for free.”
This is my reply…
“I wanna cold weather with strawberries to pluck “
This is his reply…
“Strawberries assam (sour) and the plant got thorns. Hahaha…we are holidaying everyday…hahaha.”
Looks like no sour strawberries and no cold weather holiday for me.
Weaning is not easy whether you want to do it promptly like putting ACV, wasabe, or anything bitter on your nipple before letting your baby latch or take it slow and steady like what I am doing.
I succeeded in reducing my milk production to almost none by only allowing him to latch twice a day; before nap and before bedtime in which I make sure his tummy is full by giving him formula milk just before he latches onto me so that after a few suckles, he will doze off.
I was hoping that when there is no more milk for him to suckle he will give up my boobs or at least suckles them for comfort then back to sleep. But he is not letting me wean him off so easily. He still wakes up at 2.30am, 4.30am and 6.30am for his doze of mommy’s milk and when he gets none, he cries (very loud). You see, I normally give him his formula around 11.30pm before we head our pillows. I was hoping that will make him full till at least 5am but no, he still wakes up for mommy’s milk almost every 2 hours.
Last night, I gave in and woke up to prepare formula milk for him at 2.50am after 20 minutes attempt to put him back to sleep with empty boobs. I gave him 4oz only and a bottle of water which he drank and played with the water bottle before going back to sleep. Lo and behold, he woke up at 4.30am again but this time I gave him only water. Surprisingly, he did not refuse it like before; drank it and went back to sleep.
Tonight I wanna try giving him only water when he wakes up every 2 hourly. Must condition his body to sleep through the night. It is time already.
They left me on Sunday morning and returned last night.
You want to know what is music to my ears today? It is the sounds of my children quarreling, arguing, complaining, screaming, crying and shouting for mommy. All of a sudden, I felt so alive, my home is alive again and I felt complete.
I am sure in a few days time, I can’t wait to get rid of them for a day or two again!
My older 3 went with their Punjabi cousins to Batu Pahat. My Sunday is super duper quiet for the very first time since a very very long time. I hate this empty nest feeling. But I am telling myself to enjoy this “quiet” time as much as possible coz it will only be a day and a half.
I am going to do something that I have not done for a very long time. To go for a stroll at the beach; just hubby and I. Baby? I am going to leave him with my mom. Then to an uninterrupted dinner at a food court in Malim Jaya. Felt like eating porridge with lots of chili padi. Yum!
I saw above status in one of my gmail’s friends status. It is German for “I am not myself”.
That is what I am feeling right now.
I guess, I am too bored coz I have been kicked out from my daily routine since the maid came back last Saturday. Furthermore, the exam is over and it is school holiday now. I felt that I am not needed anymore.
I felt idle and I felt Ich bin nich ich.
