We finally visited the newly opened Jusco. It is situated next to Tesco. Don’t think they will become competitors coz they cater for totally difference type of customers. To me, the best things about the new Jusco is they have varieties of restaurant. I went with my children last Sunday so we just had Burger Kings. Next trip, the children stay home and I want to try their steamboat.
We were surprised to find a community library in the newly opened Jusco. The kids have better place to hang out than the playground now and it is FOC! Unfortunately, they have only a handful of English books. Anyway, better than no library at all.
And getting organic vegetables for my baby is nearer now. I don’t have to drive all the way to Bukit Beruang; the old Jusco to buy organic broccoli and spinach for my baby.
I wanted to write this “Exposed” post for quite a while already but couldn’t find a quiet moment to think and write. Previous posts were written without much thought.
It started when Baby turns 7 months old. He does not like his face to be covered when breastfeeding. He does not like my hand to be anywhere near my boobs. My boobs are his and his alone. He will push away my hand, he will push the nappy cloth that I used to cover any exposed part, he will push the ring sling which is covering his face, he will even push up my t-shirt if it is anywhere near the areola. He will be very happy when I breastfeed him without wearing anything.
Due to this, breastfeeding in public is no longer an option for us which is quite difficult sometime when he wants it when we were out from the house. The only place that I can breastfeed him when we go out is in the car. So I will let him whine and be cranky until I’m done shopping.
Thank God we survived 2 months only without being exposed much in the public; we seldom go out since then. The only place that I am being exposed is during church service in the mother’s room. Nevermind lar, I am not the only breastfeeding mommy in that room; you see mine, I see yours.
I wonder how long I’ll feed my baby organic food. He is eating organic green veggies and beetroot. The non-organic is the potatoes and carrots. His porridge consists of organic buckwheat, organic brown rice, organic millets and organic pearl barley. During pregnancy, I don’t even take any organic prenatal vitamin; the non organic ones also don’t have!
Well, as long as we can afford to buy the organic multigrains for him, he will enjoy them. Slowly but surely he is being contaminated with adult food especially at my mom’s place. I got shocked when she fed him french fries that day! As long as baby can chew and swallow, she will give.
After that, I quickly breastfeed him. Hoping that breastmilk can act like colon cleanser. hahahahaha.
I have been busier than before the school starts. I hardly have time to update my own blogs daily.
I thought after “kicking out” 3 of my 4 children to school, I will have more time for myself but I am darn WRONG!
Now…
I slept less during the night but managed to compensate 1-2 hours by napping together with them.
I have to drive more.
I have to hand wash their new uniforms.
I have more uniforms to iron.
I have more school shoes to wash and blanco.
I have more water tumblers and food containers to wash.
And one of me is not enough to guide 3 of them to do their homework.
BUT my almost 9mo baby is happy coz he has my undivided attention from the moment he wakes up till 12noon. After that, he has to share mommy with his kor kor and jie jies.
Anyway, praise God that He gave me the energy to all of the above and I am sure pretty soon I’ll get the hang of it. It is always like that; in the beginning life seems so difficult but after you get used to it and do it with a cheerful heart, everything will fall into place perfectly and life isn’t so difficult after all.
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. (read Ecclesiastes 3f)
Right now is the time for me to check out the long distance movers for my friend.
Woke up at 6.30am then wake my eldest up at 6.45am to get her ready for school. Today is her first day in Primary One.
I have made a mental plan on how to go about today since last night.
Wake up. Send my girl to school. Come home, heat up left-over food, fried eggs, veggie and cook baby’s food. Dump bajus in washing machine. 9.45am send baby to my mom then go back to school to teach my girl on how to buy food from the canteen then bring my No.2 & 3 to kindy to buy books and uniform.
Thank God, there is a slight change and I am able to sit down here to blog about it right now.
Woke up. Send my girl to school. Came home, baby woke up! Feed baby some bread. Cook while carrying baby with one hand! Thank God he wanted to sit in his walker while I was preparing the ingredients to cook. 9.45am send baby and my other 2 to my mom’s together with the slow cooker with baby’s food inside (half way cooking). Then come home to pack lunch and dinner for hubby then rush back to my girl’s school to assist her to buy food from the canteen. After she is done eating, brought her to the library and told her she can hang around there while waiting for recess time to be over.
Back in her class, I saw there is a time table written on the blackboard BUT it is in Chinese! Thank God there is a prefect around and I got her to translate for me. Then I left for home. Dump laundry in the washing machine and here am I.
Time to go now. Hang bajus then quenched my baby’s thirst with my milk then fetch my girl at 1.35pm.
Thank God that the kindy hours has changed to 8am to 12noon. So tomorrow, I don’t have to make 2 trips in the morning to send my children to school and kindy but I pity my son coz he has to wake up as early as his elder sister. My 2nd girl no problem; she always wake up early.
Only on the 3rd one now (time check: 1.34am). I need to get at least one more round done before I get some shut eyes. If I don’t, I don’t think I will have time to hang all the washed laundry before my baby wakes up. These are my laundry since Friday and some bedsheets. I was stuck in the hospital for 2 days; that’s why!
My 3.5yo son was hospitalised due to lower abdomen pain; suspected appendix. Thank God it wasn’t; it was just gas! And for that we paid almost RM1k and lost of sales coz hubby got to close his shop for a few hours. Anyway, money can be earned but not life. At least we know that we have a perfectly healthy boy through the blood test, urine test and ultrasound that was done on him. He is still recovering; still not in the pinkiest of health. Need to force him to drink lots of water.
My 5yo girl is still feverish; on and off. I am sniffing away now coz of lack of sleep! But I am glad that all 6 of us is together tonight (i mean last night) and hubby is with us the whole day.
Precious moments:
1. Seeing him exercising and playing with his girls.
2. Me sitting of the grass with my baby beside a puppy.
3. Hubby bathed all his 4 children!
I love to study and I love exams. Hubby thinks I am crazy coz studying and exams are his nightmares. Well, maybe it was because I love my campus life where I got to be independent and manage my own life and I chose to do what I am supposed to do there. I can’t imagine whether I can say the same if I were to take online degree which will be done in the comfort of my own home.
However, many is opting for online degree now coz they are more cost effective, convenient and flexible especially for working adult. One of the most respected online degrees in US comes from Western Governors University. WGU is a fully accredited online university offering online bachelor’s and masters degree online. Since WGU is a non-profit online university, you can expect affordable and lower tuition fees compared to other universities.
If you frequent visit my kid’s blog then you would notice that my youngest son is very fond of smiling; big wide open mouth kinda smile. I love his smile so much that whenever I am free, I will make him smile and take lots of picture of him smiling away. Even when I am stress up, down or sad, just looking at his smile, I will smile too. Must get his smiling face in digital frame when I can afford to buy one. I am so worried that that smile will fade away as he grows older. I really hope that it will never happen. Pray with me please.
Help me win some Huggies Diapers for my baby will you?
He is currently using his brother’s left over Huggies Dry Diaper. Soon, I will need to start buying for him coz I still let him wear disposable diaper when we go out and on rainy days. Easy when he does his poo poo business; just remove and throw.
If he wins this contest; he will get 6 months supply of Huggies Diapers. I think this would last till he is potty trained.
Please help him win and help me save. Vote for him HERE.
Since the chicken and fish has been thawed and my 6yo agreed to help me mop the floor, I decided to cook to save money. Ever since I don’t earn much side income now, I am quite reluctant to spend hubby’s money. I nice wifey eh.
This is what iCook:
Chicken Tempra
Stir Fried Okra
Sambal Fish
And I also experimented making my own Teh C Special but did not manage to get the 3 layer presentation. My mistake was the lower density liquid should be poured first into the glass; I did the opposite!
After that, while hubby naps with baby, we (my other 3 children and I) baked Chocolate Chip Cookies. Improvised from Karen Cheng’s M&M Cookie Recipe. I don’t really fancy letting my children eat those colourful M&M so I substituted them with Hershey’s Chocolate Chips and some Sunflower seeds.
Then I left for home. Dump laundry in the washing machine and here am I. 
