Gambar repeat.

Because am so in love with this budak gemukkk. = D

Muncung memang ada. Pipi gelembung. Dengan leher-leher tak nampak. Dulu, masa dalam pantang, my mak yang mandikan and pakaikan bedak to this one gemuk cucu. Time nak pakaikan bedak je, mesti the tok (my mak) said..

: Haa.. Angkat leher Mad. Angkatt.. Mana leher? Mana? Letak bedak banyak sikit. Kita tu dah la tak ada leher.

Hahaha.. Ada. Tapi tak berapa nak nampak. Follow the daddy la tu. Eii.. Baik baby ikut leher mommy. Panjang sikit. If nak apply jadi model, boleh dah. Model junkmail je la pun. If nak ikut the daddy, ikut jari your father ye. Macam perempuan. Panjang-panjang, halus-halus. Jari den, gemuk-gemuk dan pendek-pendek. I memang ikut my mak abah. Memang jari tak panjang. Tapi jari my other half.. Fuhh.. If potong his kuku, I rasa macam pegang tangan model-model je haa.. Panjang-panjang. Runcing, cantik je.

Let's talk about breastfeeding, shall we?

This is my 2nd blog. The first one memang I dah private kan. This one dah few times tukar url. I was writing on blog since 2007. Lepas dapat the kecik. Kira umur blogging I pendek lagi la. Tapi at that time, I was blogging for the sake of fun. I love reading and writing. Instead of talking to the husband, am preferred to write them. Borak pun ada. Tulis pun ada. Pendek kata, I memang suka sangat la bercakapppppp.

Bila bersalin, I was on c-sect, bersalin malam, so the next day memang baru dapat hold baby. Try to beastfeed the kecik tapi masa tu, Ya Allah, baik sungguh anak teruna I seorang ni. Diam je. Menangis pun sebab b.o.

Dah balik rumah, I balik rumah Cik Esah for few days, then off to my inlaws house as my mak kena kemas-kemas things for Abah's trip to Mecca, and back again to Cik Esah's house, lepas tu balik ke Besut. Masa tu I duduk Botanic. I memang dah cakap awal-awal to my husband..

: Dah bersalin. I dont want to bring the baby coming back over here. Rumah India tu sebatu from our house, orang dah boleh dengar bunyi music dia pasang.

No offense to Indian friends ye. I ramai kawan India, tapi yang ni.. Memang mencabar keimanan. Lepas India tu buka stereo, yang neighbours Melayu pula sambung. Seee... Sama je mana-mana pun. Dah nama manusia tu, nak kata apa lagi. Orang buat bising, lepas tu orang lain balas balik lagi kuat. Korang tak tau ke am suffering from the baby's kicks? The kecik memang pantang dengar bunyi bising, ala, bunyi pintu kena tiup angin pun, this baby will kicked me.Hard one pula tu.

Few months before bersalin tu pun, most of the time, my sayang and me memang tak tidur Botanic. Tidur at Hillpark. And that's our place till dah bersalin pun actually. Duduk rumah Cik Esah as rumah dia dekat dengan Hospital Putrajaya. And my mak will always went there. Rumah anak-anak lain, my mak singgah-singgah je. Mungkin sebab Cik Esah anak perempuan, and ada 2 orang cucu perempuan yang mengada..

: Tok! Tok! Tok!

Tu yang my mak prefer to lepak-lepak at Cik Esah's house. And bila duduk dekat rumah Cik Esah.. Mesti la Cik Esah yang sibuk-sibuk jaga baby. Senang kan kerja I. Hee..

Dekat hospital memang the kecik was breastfeeding. Dah balik rumah Cik Esah, my mak and CIk Esah went out after that. Lepas tu bawa balik bertin-tin susu Isomil from the clinic. One thing about Cik Esah yang I suka (okay, anyone, pls dont tell her that I like her, this is one big secret), she always bring back free formula milk for the kecik. Lepas tu Cik Esah suka layan anak I macam her son. Cik Esah memang gila budak sikit. Suka sangat budak-budak. Dulu lagi la.. Before kahwin, she always kidnapped our cousins's kids to bring home and jaga, pagi petang siang malam. Konon dasar keibuan la tu. Cessss..

Anyway.. Bila both of them came home.. My mak bancuh-bancuh susu then bagi the kecik..

: Kesian budak ni. Lapar. Agaknya semalam minum air sejuk je kot. Orang hospital mana la bagi minum susu tepung.

Shocked.

Tapi redha je la. Tapi muka memang tak puas hati.

Sebab..

I memang rasa, I dont know, deep inside my heart, I know that, a baby should only breastfeeding. Nak campur formula milk and breastfeeding, nanti-nantilah. Not now. So, I've told my mak..

: Bakpo bagi susu formula nya?

Bakpo = Kenapa

Reason

Kesian. Lapar.

Tapi my mak tahu yang I tak puas hati. Later on, my mak suruh I pam susu dalam botol, try tengok susu dah ada ke belum. Oh. Susu memang belum ada sangat. Ada tu ada. Tapi sikit. Sampai melecet-melecet, sebab pam-pam, tapi nothing much coming out. Then my mak cakap..

: Tak apalah. Bagi baby minum susu botol dulu la. Nanti mak buat air milo.

Drinking hot milo = Cepatkan pengeluaran susu ibu

See...

Am so glad ada mother yang tahu her daughter memang pantang, if tak breastfeed anak. My mak knew that anak perempuan dia pun tak nak sumbat botol to the little ones. Orang kata, orang Kampung Raja. Mestilah. Orang Kampung Raja kan innovative. Setakat paper, internet, tu kacang je haa..Hee.

2 or 3 days after delivered, barulah pagi tu, around 3am, I rasa dada penuh sangat-sangat. Rasa berat sangat. Lepas tu susu meleleh-leleh. Newly mommies mesti tau benda. Lepas tu, sessi pam susu and breastfeeding pun start. And formula milk bagi selang 2-3 hari. Seminggu sekali pun ada.

Kan lepas tu I went to my inlaws house kan? Then for 10 days plus, anak I tak minum formula milk. Sebab lupa nak bawa. And during my stay at inlaws, itu pengalaman yang I rasa macam... Eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Dont disturb me!!!!

Bila I dah balik to Cik Esah's house before going back to Besut, barulah I tau, yang the kecik suffering from a very bad perut kembung. Tu yang budak tu asyik nak nyoot nyooottt je. Dah la, I've forgot to bring the formula milk. Pacifier pun tak beli lagi masa tu. Sebab I tak terfikir la pula nak sumbat mulut anak I dengan puting kosong. I letak je the kecik atas katil, budak ni menangis. For 24hours for 10days++ I was damn suffering. Imagine, I tidur malam, while holding the kecik atas riba, sebab the kecik nak menyusu. The kecik nyenyak sikit, and once tersedar yang mulut dah tak nyot-nyot, mesti the kecik menangis balik.

Rasa macam nak meraung-raung je. Sesiapa yang kacau, ketuk pintu, memang saja cari nahas la. I was one fierce mommy back then. And worst, my mother-in-law pergi bungkus anak I. Ok. Bukan bungkus la. They called them bekung? Yang memang ketat tu la. I memang tak nak anak I bekung-bekung ni. Sebab at the end, memang budak ni akan trying so hard to get his hand out. Bekung is not the worst thing. The worst thing is, anak I kembung perut. And his Tok Mak, doing the bekung thingy. Tu yang makin mengamuk tu. For 10days plus I was thinking, what was wrong with my baby? What's wrong? What's wrongggg???!!

Sampaikan menangis I. You see.. You dah la sakit from the c-sect, nak bergerak pun terbatas. With the baby's crying, and every single time nak susu. Tapi bukan nak menyusu sangat pun, he's actually sakit. Tapi mana la I tauuuuuuu!

I dah balik rumah Cik Esah, barulah I dapat tidur sikit. Tu pun my mak terus duk bakar-bakar kemenyan. Siap bebel-bebel kat I..

: Ehh.. Budak ni kembung perut ni. Nasib baik tak meletup jah! Yang mu gi ikat macam bungkus mayat ni bakpo?

Bekung la tu.. And it wasnt me doing that. I pun cakaplah..

: Tau dok.. Tok Mak dia dok tau kot cucu dia kembung peruttt..

Tau dok = Entah la..

That's the best answer coming out from me. Ye laa.. I expected my inlaws tak tau their cucu, kembung perut. Tu yang duk balut juga tu. Sebab each single day, makin lama I duk rumah inlaw, makin ketat pula dah ha balut tu. Lepas tu the father siap sapu minyak Johnson&Johnson kat rambut anak. Adeiiii..

I was damn too weak to argue at that time. Lantak pi dema la. Cucu sulung. Baby boy pula tu. Over joy sangat kot. Nak kata pun, inlaw sendiri. Husband sendiri pula tu yang sapu minyak kat rambut anak, alasan bagi lebat, elok. Haaa.. Ye la. Ye la. Let's assumed that all of them very happy and excited with the newborn.

Tapi the truth, am suffering enough of pantang with perut kembung baby. Balik rumah Besut, barulah I relax sikit. I cakap dekat my mak..

: Agaknya sebab dah lama tak ada anak kecil je kot mak.. Tu hok balut baby gitu tu.. Biarlah. Cucu first.

Lepas tu my mak jeling kat I. Hahahaha.. I feel you bebeh. I feel you. Eh.. I rasa nak buat entry 'Mother to Cucu Sulung'. Haa.. Mesti best kan. Hee..

So.. After no formula milk at inlaws house, and kembung perut tragedy, I pun tak tau kenapa kembung perut. Walhal breastfeeding. Hmm.. Cik Esah siap bebel-bebel sebab I terlupa nak bawa formula milk.

: Eh.. If aku bawa susu formula tu.. Mesti lagi kembung perut baby..

Oh. Balik rumah Cik Esah, I dah ada tenaga balik nak gaduh-gaduh. Hee..

Balik Besut, time Subuh, my mak will take the kecik from me and letak depan tv tengok Kuliyyah Pagi and bagi susu sebotol. Formula milk. So that I can continue back to sleep. Tiap-tiap 2-3 kali juga la the kecik woke up for milk. I mean, breastfeed. Cik Esah selalu berlagak..

: Eh.. Anak mu bangun malam Tam? Anak aku tidur jahh!

Tam = Sebab I itam. Cessss

: Memang la anak mu tidur. Ikut mu la suka tidur. Lepas tu ikut ayah dia suka tidur. Kaki tidur.

Hahaha.. I memang suka je balas balik. Dah kata pun only sister. Dengan siapa lagi I nak gaduh. Anak I memang minum susu sekali sehari. Not more than that. Sampailah setahun. Then I bagi 2 times a day. Pagi and malam. Tu pun I make sure am already feed the kecik with breastfeed.

Bila setahun, bangun pagi, I menyusukan the kecik. Then let the kecik having breakfast. Fruits or biscuits will do. Then dah mandi and all, bagi susu formula. And the kecik off to morning nap. Dah bangun nanti, I bagi la breastfeed. Siang hari, makan ada. Breastfeed pun ada. Ikut suka the kecik or the mother bila nak bagi susu. Most of the time, bila I rasa macam.. Eii.. Dah berat dada. So, I akan bagi breastfeed la. It's a bit leceh bila susu tumpah. Tak selesa. So, the best solution, give your kid the breastfeed before it's leaking. Dah rasa lama sikit, tak bagi susu, cepat-cepat bagi susu.

Up until one year and half, tiba-tiba the kecik dah tak nak breastfeed. After one thing.. Terus tak nak dah. I pelik juga.. Tapi the kecik kept continue geleng-geleng kepala. Sambil tutup muka. I tanya..

: Nak susu mommy?

: (Tutup muka) Heeheee. (Geleng-geleng)

If try bagi juga, memang the kecik refused. Siap blushing bagai. Eh. Tiba-tiba malu pula? So, sampai situ je la riwayat anak I breastfeed. One year and half. He's the one who refused.

: Baby shame?

: Hmm. Hm.. (Angguk-angguk)

Apa yang malu pun I tak tau. Dulu, kecil-kecil, minum je punnnn = p

One thing I love about breastfeed is, senang.

If naik flight, my mak dah pesan awal-awal..

: Flight take off, tutup telinga anak dengan topi dia tu. Lepas tu bagi susu. Touch down pun buat gitu juga. If dalam flight, dia menangis. Tu sebab telinga dia sakit tu. Bagi susu dada jah. Nanti ok la.

See.. My mak memang macam doktor dah la. Eh. Bukan part ni je. Part la pun semua cover. Especially bomoh time cucu sakit perut kembung. Satu rumah bau setanggi dan kemenyan. Nak kata ada orang mati tak ada pula. Yang ada baby baru lahir yang perut kembung.

I was lucky enough to have a baby masa tahun 2007. Masa tu Malaysia especially KL dah sedar diri sikit, so they make the baby's room. Yes. Itulah baby's room. Some of the friends so curious and happy bila I ajak dorang masuk bilik baby at mall. Cess.. Ini pun tak tau ke? He.. Berlagakk. Tu pun sebab I ada anak, baru I tau. If tak bersalin, I pun tak tau baby's room tu apa. Nak masuk saja-saja, segannnn!

If you're still breastfeeding, and your baby terjatuh or menangis sebab kena cakar kucing, or most of the time, terjatuh la kan. Terjatuh katil and sort. Pick them up and try breastfeed. If the baby can sucks well, so there's nothing to worry about. And that's the first thing to do when your baby fell down. Bagi breastfeed dulu. Tak payah susah-susah nak bebel or head to the ER. Bagi susu dada dulu. If the baby tak boleh hisap properly, baru head to the hospital.

Believe me.

Am one expert teacher in this thing.
Not something that am proud for, still, need to let other mothers know about this.

One more thing, bila you breastfeeding your baby, immune system your kids lagi kuat than the formula milk babies. Their bones more strong than others yang drinking formula. This is one true story ye. If you're gonna have a baby soon, and thinking about to mix between breastfeed and formula milk, or you want to do the fully formula milk. Think again. Please. Really really really think again. Hard.

Masa I start doing the blog thingy, my world in blogging is just me. Tak adalah pula I pergi promote my blog or jenguk other blog. The one blog that am reading at that time, MrManager. So, masa tu, my mind memang baik. I mean, am breastfeeding my baby. And also mix them up with formula too. Tapi tak adalah I sampai terfikir yang.. Eh.. Ada juga ye mothers yang tak nak bagi anak susu dada. Alasan, leceh!

Bila dah lama, dah banyak browsing to other blogs, baru I tersedar. There's a lot mothers out there yang think that breastfeeding is one big problem! That's so shame on you! Kenapa? You ingat you kerja hebat, you tak boleh breastfeed anak? Makin tinggi belajar, makin tak boleh menyusukan anak secara exclusive? Bila you ada SPM, A-Level, Diploma, Degree, Master, PhD, you tak boleh menyusukan anak? Baik you belajar sampai UPSR je. Budak UPSR pun tahu yang susu ibu tu terbaik. Why you make that breastfeeding is such hussle?

My sister-in-law, she's a lawyer. Dia sambung belajar to Japan and anak dia left with the husband and maid at Malaysia. Still, she's stock the EBM (susu ibu yang sudah dipam dan keep them in fridge) for her son. Kalau orang yang fikir sempit mesti kata..

: Orang ni mesti bagi anak dia susu lembu ni.

As she's not wearing any hijab. Pergi kerja pun pakai skirt. Mini skirt, sleeveless tu her daily attire. Orang kata, orang moden? Duhhh.. Still, she's knows apa yang terbaik for her kid. Tapi sebab ada maid yang rasa susu formula lebih elok daripada susu ibu, the maid keep giving the baby, with formula. Terbiar je EBM tu dalam peti. Alasan, the maid, baby tak suka. Bau hanyir.  Susu tin senang sikit. Cepat kenyang.

Ini salah satu benda yang tak betul about susu tin. Susu tin je la yang kenyang? Susu ibu tu sikit. Mana la budak kenyang if minum? The maid coming from kampung, so, memang orang kampung disogok with this susu tak kenyang story la kot? I pun dari kampung. My mak too. Tapi still, tak adalah pula kitaorg terpengaruh with this thing. When my mak saying that the kecik minum formula milk sebab lapar, memang la budak bertuah tu lapar. Tak minum susu apa pun since lahir past few days. Susu I pun tak berapa nak ada masa tu. Kat hospital, they didnt give your baby susu formula ye. Depa suap air masak je.

The full-time working mothers mesti kata I..

: Eh.. Kitaorg busy kerja. Boss tak bagi pam susu time kerja and all. Susah la. Balik rumah nanti nak kemas rumah lagi, bukan macam full-time housewife!

Cewahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Kalau nak tu, seribu daya babe! Tak nak seribu dalih!
Dont give such a lame excuse. Cakap je la you memang tak nak bagi susu ibu even you're knowing how good the susu ibu itself, kan?

You fikir kenapa nowadays ada jual yang set botol susu together with pam susu? There's Medela, Avent, Mam, NUK and many more. Why?

Sebab the so-called updated people (mat-mat salleh semua) berebut nak breastfeeding anak diaorg. Plus, somehow, it's can control the gap between anak. Tak adalah anak umur dekat-dekat. I rasa, most of mothers yang refused to give their baby breastfeed sebab, shame. Malu dan payah nak bagi susu dekat anak in public. They got nursing cover, you know.

At least, you should be grateful that if nak breastfeed anak, nowadays, tak lah macam zaman dulu. Everywhere dah ada nursery room. If tak ada, buy the nursing cover. And it's the trend. Bukan ke korang suka trend kan? Semua nak nampak up-to-date kan? So? Do the breastfeeding thingy.

Safe your kids bones, that's the least that you can do.