Sekarang daku lebih berfikiran secara positif dan lebih bersemangat untuk bangun pagi.

Walaupun kekadang rasa cam nak pensan dan especially on the weekend, leh tetido tak sedar dunia (except for Asyraf's cries).

Ok, being a mother is very very exhausting. Nasib baik ada Mami and Hubby yang sentiasa menolong. Kalau tidak, mau pitam gaks la.

Every night, bangun a few times untuk feeding. Kekadang tuh, sempat spend additional half hour up to 1 hr playing time.

Sepatutnya, lepas bangun pagi, salin lampin, basuh baju (thank God for washing machine), basuh pinggan mangkuk, sapu/mop umah, basuh bilik air, kemas bilik/umah, buat breakfast, makan breakfast, sidai baju yg basuh tadi, bagi mandi si kecik tuh, masak for lunch. Well, tuh yg sepatutnya la. Usually kalau sempat buat suku dari list tuh pun dah nasib baik. Tuh sementara ada nenek. Kalau takder nenek, lagik laaaaaaaaaaa....

Tghari usually lepas lunch, dapat la rehat skets. Daku usually either main or tido ngan si Asyraf. Usually tido kejap la. Cover for a whole week nyer night feeding time yg tak leh tido.

Petang, lipat baju, simpan baju di tempat memasing, buat tea skets and prepare for dinner sementara ayah or nenek pegang si kecik tuh. Kalau takder orang, confirm daku tak sempat buat apa-apa ah. Si kecik tuh pulak tgh nak suh orang pegang dia berdiri aje. Duduk telentang tanak langsung, except for feeding time.

Makan malam around 7 pm. Kalau nasib kurang baik, makan bergilir-gilir ah. :)

7 lebih or 8 pm adalah masa untuk dia tido. Kalau nasib baik, sempat la ibu tgk berita. Kalau idak, lepok aje la ngan Asyraf dalam bilik. Kekadang tuh, bg dia tido, ngan ibu sekali tetido. Ada sekali tuh, makan hafway, then bg dia tido...terjaga at 12 tghmalam and sementara daku sambung makan balek, terdengar dia bertaranum....bawak dia keluar sekali. End up kitorang tido balek at 1 am.

Cycle tuh berpusing2 everyday yer.

Percaya la, walaupun nampak cam daku slack and tak buat apa2, but the baby caring part mmg sangat time consuming and memenatkan. Walaupun baby just knows to makan, tido and poop ajer. ;)

Bayangkan dia merengek nak tido aje, kekadang makan masa 1/2 jam ke 1 jam...berjalan pusing2 sambil dukung dia. Tak leh nak duduk kay. Masa dia tido pulak, kalau teretik bunyik periuk, dia terjaga balek. Kalau 2-3 kali terjaga, dia tanak tido dah. Merengek la budak tuh sebab tak cukup tido. Hah, pandai2 la jaga masa tuh.

Hari daku, start pagi, sedar2 dah tghari, then sedar balek dah gelap langit. Mana masa berlari, daku pun tak tahu.

Sementara ada nenek, ada lah yang tolong kemas2 skets. So rumah still nampak cam rumah la. Lepas nih tatau laaaa. Agak2 cam kapal karam tak?



Abeeeee....nak maid. Kekeke. 
¶ 11:21 AM
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¶ 11:12 AM
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Co-sleeping with a baby, is it safe?

In the early days, I had tried to put my son in the cot that my hubby had bought. But baby Asyraf don't like it. He will became very fussy, crying incessantly when I put him down, woke up every half to 1 hour, etc....until I became a walking zombie. On the second week, my mum said, "Had u tried sleeping with him beside you?".

Duh.

So since then, little Asyraf sleeps with me. I had even become a super light sleeper. I can wake up even before my baby starts crying. Bf is also better, at least my back is not aching anymore. Little Asyraf also sleeps better with fewer waking up period and definitely less crying out.

However, I had found that Ayah is a menace in bed. I had woke up in the middle of the night and push off a big pillow lying precariously over my son, or even the duvet which had nearly engulfed the baby. I even had at one time woke up and found out that a pillow that I had used to cover my face is on the baby (Thank God nothing happened).

So, yes co-sleeping can be dangerous, but it can also be beneficial and safer for your baby. My advice is to take a lot of precautions. And if you do not feel that it is safe for your little one, then do not do it.

As for me, I make sure that :
a) I am not super tired (Apparently being tired is a trademark of all moms, thus the haggard and panda looks in all new moms).
b) I do not take any medicine that would make me super sleepy.
c) My blanket is light enough for the baby to push.
d) Baby blanket is only at chest level. (During the early months, both baby and me share the same blanket. It is light and easily push away by my son)
e) Firm mattress.
f) Baby sleeps just beside me or better still, under my armpit.
g) If I really need something to cover my face, then I use a very small, light pillow.
h) If I really need to hug something, then the pillow's highest point would be below my stomach.

Sometimes my son woke up at 5 am in the morning and asks me to play with him. Well, I definitely would not hear him cooing that request if he is sleeping in another room. So, yes, baby Asyraf will still sleep with me for another few months. Well, at least until he is ready for his big boy bed....or until ibu can bear sleeping separately with her little pumpkin pie. ;)

More to read on co-sleeping :
http://pregnant.thebump.com/new-mom-new-dad/newborn-basics/qa/cosleeping-with-baby.aspx
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/the-risks-of-sleeping-with-your-baby/
http://www.babycenter.com/400_when-should-i-stop-co-sleeping-with-my-newborn-baby_1490329_363.bc
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/cosleeping.html
http://pregnancy.about.com/od/familybed/a/cosleeping.htm 
¶ 4:00 PM
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Baru dapat tangkap gambar dia senyum...or in this case, gelak. :D



Little Asyraf contemplating. Mak ayah daku nak pegi mana nih??? 
¶ 8:56 AM
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Lunch time...

Pegi Giant, beli semua menda dalam senarai.

Bila sampai groceries part, ikut grid dan inspect semua jenis sayur, makhluk terra dan makhluk marine yang displayed kat situ.

Last sekali, inspect buah.

Pegi bayar kat kaunter.

Balek buat kerja kat opis.

And now I had found out the best way to shop with my little Asyraf.

To do it during lunch time while he is at Taska.

Brilliant, ain't it?  
¶ 1:20 PM
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