Mothers' Day

Tik tok tik tok.. Mothers' Day approaching nearer, much to my anticipation this year.  As this year, I gain my status as a mother and thus eligible me to be celebrated.  Well, this is my 1st year of motherhood.

Life was never the same since the birth of Chloe...

The most significant chances are I no longer get my 'whole night' sleep privilage. As parents, I bet you are in my shoes also.  Routinely, she will wake up every two or three hours at night to be fed. Each section will take about 10-20 minutes before I can doze off again. That was the normal night. Sometimes, she just cry (without opening her eyes) and is the middle of the night!  I need to comfort and slumber her. The longest ever took us 2 hours.

Since she was born, I hardly find time for myself. As a stay at home mother, I am her caretaker during days (and night).  There is no more former comfort of hair washing at saloon, shopping, hanging out with girl friends and romantic eating out with my husband.  Even on internet online shopping, I find myself browsing on those little dresses and toys.

As she still breastfeeding, I also control my diet.  I don't really like fishy smell of those swimming creatures, but at the mean time, I still take it for her sake. I remind myself to get balance diet as she is wat I am eating..thats the saying.  How enjoyable it is, if I can watch a movie from the beginning until the end munching my favourite titbits.

I realise how much she changes me and how much I love this girl.

Then , I remember a look of my mother who is in her late forties.  She married early and without any good education.  Though I can't remember vividly how I'm been taken care when I am small, I do remember her having to manage four of us with her never ending chore.  Every wrinkle on her face mark the sacrifice for our family.  She is my father's strong supporter too.  She could have enjoy her womanhood but she prefer to cling with her four rascals.

As all her children are growing up, getting married and focussed on their own families, thanks for Mothers' Day declaration.  It do remind us that she needs our attention now. 

Happy Mothers' Day, beloved mama!

While breastfeeding.

Here are a few things you can do while breastfeeding your child.  Here are a few list and there are much more ideas about this. As each section of feeding may take 10-20 minutes, you can use this time effectively.

Pumping the other breast
While you baby is sucking her milk, you can actually stimulate the milk flow by pumping the other breast manually or using electrical pump.  This not only promise continuos milk flow but also release mummy from breast tenderness.

Massage your breast
This can be done through massaging your breast your baby are feeding from your armpit toward your nipple. Through massaging, you help to 'clean' up the milk before you offer the next milk to her.

Listening to music
It is adviseable to choose relaxing music.  Music can help mother and child enter into relaxing mode.  As you related breastfeeding with music, baby may 'link' music she usually listen to her feeding section.

There are many more things you can do while breastfeeding your child. Just make sure that it relaxes you and remember dearly that you are doing a great thing by feeding your child.

*Above are personal opinion.

Breastfeeding my baby.

        I thought breastfeeding is as easy as putting your nipple to the baby mouth to suck.But opss.. it did require some knowledge as well as skills. I tried for 2 weeks before I truly confident and know how to breastfeed using both breast.
         During my pregnancy, I had heard so many about the benefits of breastfeeding.  Our government also encourage breastfeeding exclusively until 6 months old. WHO encourages breastfeeding until 2 years old. However, in my family breastfeeding after the first month the baby was born is consider new, impossible, weird,  demanding, troublesome,  may harm the mothers' body and the list goes on..
        I have been trying to explain the benefit of breastfeeding and are firm with my stand.  I believe natural is the best and like what my husband said ' ..that is why God created women with larger breast than men. Women are supposed to nurse the baby'. 
       Been fully breastfeed my baby, I need to be very caution and selective to my food.  I need more calories as the baby depends fully of me for her growing up.