Curious Kids Need to be Tough Inside

I have one active lil boy, who is always curious and want to know everything what is happening around him.. It is like he always thinking and asking himself, "What will happen if i push this button?? How does this lil cube taste like?? Can i just crawl down from the bed, just like that??".. He'll try everything, everything that is new to him.. Once he knew what will happen, urm~ let say what will happen to the tele if he pushes the remote button.. He'll immediately laugh and pass me the remote, so that i can switch it back to the right channel.. Hurm~ cheeky lil boy..

It is not easy to monitor him 24-7, watching him all the time, afraid if he'll eat something left on the floor or fell down and hurt himself.. So, what did i do to make sure my lil boy will always stay healthy and can keep on exploring the world around him without worrying he'll get sick or hurt?? Well~ I give him strong foundation through breastfeeding, great nutrition, a lively, healthy family life and a mostly non-toxic environment..

I believe my child has a very strong immune systems.. I don't believe in coddling him or trying to keep him away from other kids who are sick.. Instead, i believe that his immunity strengthens and develops when he is naturally exposed to germs.. Of course he gets colds, fevers, and other mild problems but he recovers quickly too.. These are good signs that his immune systems are at work dispelling toxins, viruses or bacteria from the body.. He had once taken antibiotic few months back for his ear infection. Apart from that, my lil boy has relied on my milk and a simple dietary home made cook..

Today, more and more parents are realizing that the key to a healthy child is a strong immune system.. All children are constantly exposed to disease producing organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites but this doesn't mean they will get sick.. A strong immune system provides a child with the natural defenses to fight off the disease.. If a child has a weakened immune system, he or she is more susceptible to colds, fever, flu and other problems.. Germs are everywhere and being exposed to them is a natural part of life..

So, the big question is how can we parents help our curious kids to be tough in the inside?? Or simple to say, what can we do to help boost our child immunity system?? Just follow my simple, safe and fun way to get your curious kids to be tough inside.. :D

Number 1, the most important one, breastfeed!! Try the best and as long as you can to breastfeed your baby.. I don't say it is easy, but then hey~ it is for our own child rite?? Coz breastfed babies experience fewer infections than bottle fed babies.. And as we all know, breast milk is vital in building our baby's immunity and protecting against disease.. It also provides a complete nutritional balance including essential fatty acids.. It is very important to try to breastfeed our baby even if it is only for few months.. If you can't breastfeed your baby due to a certain reasons, don't stop there!! Do the best you can to help your baby tough inside!! Try to find formula milk that can protect your baby like the Friso® Gold which is formulated with Frisoshield™ with P2 Dual System™, a combination of GOS, IcFOS and friendly bacteria - Bifidobacterium lactis.. With Friso® Gold Frisoshield™ P2 Dual System™ you can allow your child to explore his world..

Number 2, eat a lot of fruits and vegetables!! It is essential to give our child daily nutrition to keep his/her immune system healthy and strong.. Make sure our child eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.. I know I know!! All children are attracted to eating snacks.. Today many foods are highly processed and loaded with sugar such as cookies, cereals and many more (no need to mention the junkies!!).. These additive foods will actually weaken the immune system.. Snacking can become problematic if children fill up on these "nutritionally empty foods" and don't want to eat the lovely healthy meals we have provided..

Number 3, a healthy home life!! All we need is love!! Yup!! Love love love!! Love and attention are a wonderful way to boost immunity.. Some say, children who grows up in a loving environment feel more secure and happy.. So make sure you hold, hug, rock, massage, nurse, touch and kiss your kids regularly.. And some people also says that laughter helps strengthen the immunity too.. So the more our children laugh and enjoy life, the better their immune function..

Number 4, create a non-toxic environment!! Exposure to chemicals can damage the immune system and make it more difficult to fight off common infections and even more serious diseases such as cancer.. Our environments have become increasingly toxic..Eventho these toxins are everywhere, we can take the steps to create a healthy home environment and therefore reduce the amount of chemicals our children are exposed to.. Go for organic products!!

Number 5, daily routine!! Create a stable home environment with daily routines.. These include regular meals, baths, naps and bed times.. Eating meals together is extremely important and will help our child to feel secure, safe and part of the family..

Number 6, sleep!! Make sure our child has enough sleep and goes to bed at a reasonable hour.. Our child's body regenerates, repairs and renews itself while sleeping.. In addition, it is important to include "quiet time" as part of our child's day when they can unwind and learn the value of being calm..

And last but not least, number 7, enjoy nature!! Give our child plenty of fresh air.. Go for walks in the park or beaches.. Let our child run, jump, dance and climb.. Don't coddle your child.. If they want to run without a hat or gloves, let them do so!! Allow them to run barefoot on the grass sometimes!! Nature is an excellent immune stimulator and being exposed in a happy, healthy way does wonders to all aspects of our child's life.. Just remember, play more learn more!! Hehe..

Friso Gold, help our curious and active kids, tough inside!! We can now allow our child to explore his world and at the same time, giving us peace of mind at work.. :)

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Walk With Me Mama!!

We went to Pan Pacific Hotel, KLIA to see my SIL.. While waiting papa at the lobby, Arsyad was happy exploring here and there.. He won't walk unless mama hold both of his hands.. He seems so awkward walking with the shoe, but he enjoyed it so much.. hehe..

Enjoyed his walk with mama n papa.. :)

He loves to touch the christmas tree.. :)

Love to see him sit on this sofa.. hehe..

Owh~ he hate to sit in his stroller nowadays.. I know he can walk already, but then i dun wanna let him walk in the mall by himself.. It is good actually coz he can explore the world around him.. Tp larat ke mama nk kejar sana sini?? hehe.. If papa is always around, should be no problem.. But then, if we just went out only two of us, how?? Huh~ tak sanggup mama sayang!! :D

Clarins Hydraquench Range..

I'm one of the Clarins loyal customers (almost 6 years already using this product), dun have any intention to change to other skin care products.. It suits me well, and i dun even bother to try other than Clarins.. However, I've been thinking to change to Hydraquench range as i've been using its White Plus range for quite some time, almost 3 years i think.. So, it is time..

White Plus Range

picture credit to www.clarins.com

Have any of you been using this Hydraquench product range? I love to know whether the products are good for my dry skin.. I'm so damn lazy to drink plain water.. I know i should drink at least 8 glasses of water a day and even more coz i'm fully breastfeeding my baby.. So, I need to replace all the fluids inside my body by drinking lots and lots of plain water!! (need to stress that out to remind myself..haha)..

Oh btw, i'm using this Thirst Quenching Hydra-Care Mask.. I love it coz I can feel the difference immediately after using it.. But then I didn't manage to do it once a week coz dun have so much time to do so.. :(

Thirst Quenching Hydra-Care Mask

picture credit to www.clarins.com

Maybe i should try this Hydraquench Cream first, as it can be used for both day and night.. So, no need for me to buy 2 different creams.. Hehe..

Hydraquench Cream

picture credit to www.clarins.com

p/s: Need to buy eye products also to reduce my dark circles.. :(

Celcom Bill Issue!!

Last month, hubby and I received sms from Celcom, mentioned that we've already exceeded our credit limit which is RM300 for my bill and RM350 for hubby's.. Hubby and I was like "what the h*ll!!".. coz we just received our bill, and it mentioned that mine was around RM80 and hubby's even -RM93.. Hubby did pay mine.. So, how come we've exceeded our credit limit??

Hubby did call Celcom and they said that the amount was correct, mine was RM315 and hubby's around RM3++ gak.. After arguing for quite some times, hubby then just paid RM200 coz they've already barred our line.. Then, last night we've received our bill again.. And you know what?? Hubby's bill is just RM35 and mine was RM130.. So, which one is correct?? I dun know what is wrong with their billing system.. I know few weeks back they've had server problems for billing.. But then takkan la kiteorg kene bayar the amount yg we even didn't use kan?? Hey!! Fix your sisytem la!!

EEEEEEE!!! So damn ANGRY right now!! Will go to their office and show the bill, and asked them to explain everything!! Feel like wanna change to Maxis skrg jugak tau!! EEEEEEE!!!

Sneak Preview..

Went to our house again yesterday.. To clean up the floor first.. Others, just wait for the cleaner on 18th laa.. I dun have time to do all that by myself.. So, as promised, here are few piccas of our home sweet home.. Just the ceiling.. Haha..

Living Hall

Dining Hall

Kitchen

I love it so much.. Eventho they are not exactly what i want, but it is almost the same, as long as it is simple and look modern.. :P So, ok la kan.. Janji sedap mata memandang.. Hehe.. What do u think guys?? :D

Btw, we brought Arsyad along as we've already clean up the floor.. He was so damn excited as he can crawl and walk anywhere he wants.. But, the one he always love to do was climbing up the stairs.. Huh~ Penat la mama nk kejar nnti.. Look at his happy faces.. Rase nk cubit2 jek.. Hehe..

"I love my new home so much", said Arsyad.. Hahahaha..

Clean up~ Clean Up~ Clean Up~

Today, hubby and I went to our new house to clear all the rumput2 or should i say "lalang"?? Hurm~ not yet "lalang" la but then it is so damn like semak samun.. Luckily the size is just small, so no need for me to bercucuk tanam, berkebun bagai later on.. hahaha..

We sent Arsyad to my sis's house.. Luckily he was ok, but then he seems like scared and knew mama n papa were not there.. So, he just shut his mouth up, not talkative as usual.. I'm so sorry baby.. I can't bring u along coz it is so damn hot out there, and u just recover from your fever.. I dun wanna take any risk.. And, if we brought u along, it will be a bit difficult for both of us to do all the cleaning and gardening.. Gardening la sgt.. :P

We just received our hood and hob today.. Paid to the Indonesian guy for the paint job that he had done, nicely done and cheap also.. And, he is kind enuf to repair some of the wall skirting and also our store's door.. Hurm~ we're thinking of to hire him to do the fence at our backyard, not now of coz.. Later, once we install our kitchen cabinet.. Owh btw, we'll move in without our kitchen cabinet.. Need to wait few more weeks.. Its okay for me, coz i dun have to cook.. Hahaha.. So damn lazy nowadays to cook, to wash all the dishes.. If i prepare the dinner, my hubby will clean up the kitchen.. Luckily i've him, who is always there to help me.. Thanks dear~ really2 appreciate it..

Hurm~ back to our house.. Our water filter has been installed.. Tomorrow we'll go there again to check the water as we asked the plumber to install something that can increase the water pressure, for upstairs only.. So, no need for us to buy the water heater together with the pump.. As we already have 1 water heater, so just installed this one at our new house.. No need to buy a new one.. Kalau tak psg pump tuh, slow sgt air kat bilik air atas.. At first, we just thinking of to do it at our bathroom, at master bedroom.. Then on 2nd thought, just do it at both bathrooms, no need to call them again, and no need to clean up all the mess again later on.. I can't imagine how am i going to clean up the whole house all by myself.. Especially the ceiling and fans.. Aaarrgghh!! Maybe i just call up the cleaner once in a month to do all that.. Hahaha..

Enuf for today.. Both of us were so damn tired berkebun.. Tu pon cabut je rumput, tak tanam ape lg.. haha.. Owh sorry coz no piccas.. I forgot to bring our camera.. So, can't post my house's view after the renovation.. Nothing big tho, just a little one..

p/s: Need to read our alarm system manual.. I forgot to bring it just now, then we can't on our alarm.. Afraid to just lock our house like that coz lots of things in there already.. Tomorrow our house will be alarmed.. Hehe..

Red Spots On His Body

My baby just recovered from his fever last Wednesday.. I'm so damn worried coz he didn't have any cough or running nose.. His body temperature was suddenly increase right after i've had my breast abscess.. Yeah i did gave him the milk on my right breast, which is before i knew that my milk's color turn to yellow.. We went to the clinic, and the doctor said it was just a normal fever, no lung or ear infection, nothing to worry about.. Three days after that, his body temperature back to normal..

Dun know whether u can see or not.. Ni tak byk lg, awal2 baru nak kuar..

Yesterday is the worse.. Sedey sgt tgk muka dia, merah2..

But he is one happy boy, always..

Then, suddenly these red spots slowly appears on his face then on his body.. At first i thought it is some sort of allergies.. But then my MIL and my sis said it was demam campak.. The symptoms is like that, the red spots will appear once the fever is gone.. It is not chicken pox (chicken pox and demam campak sama ke??) i think.. Coz i google it, and it mentions that chicken pox has red spots and blisters.. But, my son doesn't have it.. It is just like rashes under his skin.. He is obviously not comfortable with all the red spots on his hands, legs and body.. He'll cry and cry especially during noon, maybe bcoz he feels so itchy.. Poor him~ :( To make him feel better, i did apply the calamine lotion (calamine or chamomile).. Owh~ i dunno which one.. But i use the one in the picture.. It is easy to apply coz it is just like our deodorant, just roll on.. Not like the one that i used to get, have to use our hand to apply, then it is quite difficult to get rid of it..

Abes kene sapu kat muka, tgn n body.. baring jek after kene sapu..

This is the lotion that i use.. It is good for any rashes as well..

Today is the 3rd day.. And the red spots is not that obvious like yesterday.. But then we still need to quarantine him from going out, afraid if he'll spread the virus and the red spots will get worse.. So, quarantine him meaning that quarantine myself as well.. huhu~ Its okay, as long as my baby will get better soon..

Pray for my baby yeah~

Astro Sucks!!

I hate Astro!! We've paid more to watch their programmes, but then their services are sucks!! We can't watch our tele today coz no signal at all!! Eventho the weather is just fine, takde ribut petir, hujan lebat, but still NO SIGNAL!!

Hubby did call their service centre in case our account got problem what not.. But then, the operator said our account is active, no remaining unpaid.. Then he asked whether it is raining at our place.. Haaiiyooo!! Kalau hujan, takde la plak aku nak complain!! After a while, tried taking out the card, switch on and off the decoder, but still "Current Services Are Not Available".. The operator then said their technician need to come over to our house to check what is the problem.. We thought that it will be free.. haha.. Jgn harap la kan!! Need to pay RM50 to them, just to come here and check what is the problem.. Belom tau lg ade problem ke tak tuh, jp agi kene tukar tuh tukar nih, mampus kene bayar lg.. haha..

So how i'm gonna watch the tele?? Takde dh ke company lain nk compete ngan Astro nih, that can offer cheaper rates and better servies?? Like Air Asia vs MAS, DIGI vs CELCOM or MAXIS.. Ggggrrrrrr!!!

Why I Quit My Job?

Its been a year plus since i quit my job.. Some people keep on asking me when will i work again?? Dah tak rase nk keje ke?? Takkan nak jage anak je kat umah?? Tak bosan ke dok umah?? At first, all those quoestions really annoyed me.. Sometimes rase nk tanye je, is there any other things that u can ask beside that question?? But then, i dun feel anything now if they're asking me all those questions.. Coz, i feel so damn lucky and blessed, i've a chance to take care of my son 24-7, take care of my hubby, and no need for me to feel stressed or tense driving thru the jam, need to do this and that to meet the due date, tension with our boss.. Huh~ i'm so damn tired to get thru all those things again.. Dun wanna remember all those things anymore.. haha..

Since i finished my SPM's exam, i registered myself at UTP, this is before the SPM result come out.. I just used my trial result, so i didn't have a long holiday after my SPM exam.. Then, after my 4 and 1/2 years of study in UTP, i just rest for 2 weeks then terus keje at Exxonmobil.. I love working there besides the "busy-ness".. Then after 2 months, i've received the offer letter from Petronas where i'll be working at Kertih, Terengganu.. Eventho i've tried to get myself a position at KLCC, but then i've no choice just to accept.. Which one do u want?? Pay the 100% scholarship or just work with them?? Where the hell i'm gonna get the RM100k money huh?? Yes Petronas gave us a lot of money during our study.. Actually i just need to pay 10% of that amount based on my result, but then if i rejected the offer, then it will become "Breach of Contract", so i need to pay the full amount.. Quite sad coz i'll be far far away with my love ones..

Then, start working in Kertih.. At first, i've tried so hard to adapt with the environment.. It is so different with Exxonmobil.. Finally, i'm fine with it.. Then, getting engaged and married.. Expressed my intention to transfer to my boss, but then it is their policy to wait till 5 years, only then u can be transferred.. Hurm~ but i know, they just put it that way, so many people whose still work in Kertih for 8 to 10 years.. Still, can't be transferred.. Coz of so damn tired to travel every weekend, KL - Kertih - KL (Hubby still work in KL.. Keje dia mmg takde kat Kertih), i've decided to quit (ade la jugak other reasons.. but then can't story in here.. hehe).. Byk duit abes tau just for travelling.. And, kesian jugak kat hubby coz he needs to drive all the way.. It is not easy stay apart with ur love ones, especially bila dh pregnant and ada anak.. Maybe some people can if their family is just nearby.. But then i'm all alone in Kertih.. Owh~ always in tears at that time.. :(

Now, I'm happy, so damn happy!! Only now i can have a rest and take a long holiday.. Yerla, some people after study tunggu berbulan2 baru dpt keje.. I'm lucky enuff to get the job directly after my study.. Btw, I didn't regret with my decisions, especially when i heard the news, what's happening in the company right now.. hehe..

I dun know y i felt like wanna post this entry.. haha.. Just feel like it.. :P

Happy 27th Birthday My Darling Hubby..

MY DEAR LOVE,

YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME

WHEN THINGS TEND TO GO WRONG

IT'S THAT FAITH YOU HAVE IN ME

THAT MAKES OUR MARRIAGE STRONG

IT'S YOUR LOVING AND YOUR CARING

AND KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NEAR

THAT SPECIAL KNACK YOU HAVE

MAKE MY TROUBLES DISAPPEAR

A BETTER HUSBAND NO WOMAN COULD WANT

WITH YOUR SWEET AND GENTLY WAYS

AND KNOWING THAT YOUR LOVE FOR ME

IS JUST AS STRONG TODAY

I LOVE YOU BABY WITH ALL MY HEART

WE'VE HAD OUR ARGUMENTS

OVER THE YEARS

AND SOME OF THEM

BROUGHT ME TO TEARS

BUT MORE IMPORTANT

ARE THE GOOD TIMES WE'VE SHARED

THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE

TO SHOW ME YOU CARE

YES, WE HAVE ARGUMENTS NOW AND THEN

BUT OUR LOVE ENDURES THROUGH THEM ALL

AND MOST OF THEM I CAN'T EVEN RECALL

BUT ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE SHARED

ARE BURIED DEEP WITHIN IN MY HEART

LOVING MEMORIES DEAR TO ME

MEMORIES FROM WHICH I'LL NEVER PART

I LOVE YOU DEARLY

THIS YOU ALREADY KNOW

IT'S OUR LOVE THAT'S

MADE OUR MARRIAGE GROW