Posted in Langit Senja, Maternité

The Thirteenth Month

The month post is back!

Well, I don’t know if a month can bring so many differences in one little child. Langit has acquired lots of new abilities which are pretty surprising for me. In a goos way, of course.

She is getting better and better in walking. Before this, she preferred crawling to go from one spot to another, even the shortest distance. Recently, she starts walking like from kitchen to the terrace. For some short distances she can walk few steps by herself. Although she still hold on to something , yet it’s a very good progress.

Another one is using her hands to express something like shake hand and waving. I have been teaching her about shake hand and kiss the back of others’ hand. So, my sentence has been ” shake hand, salim”. Out of nowhere, after lots of training, now she really understand if someone give the hand in front of her, she directly took the hand and doing ‘salim’. Haha, good girl!

About talking, she is able to say like ma ma ma ma or ba ba ba and ya ya ya and other several sounds that I am not really sure what. Sowry baby, I am no good in interpreting toddler talks.

Other thing that also seems new is reading a book. These days, whenever I put her in the play yard,she will take one the book there. I put one board book for number 1-10, A Very Hungry Caterpilar, and a folded Winnie The Pooh book. And what makes it funny is the way she opens and reads the book seriously. I once fell asleep on the couch for few minutes. Suddenly woke up and panicked since it was very quiet. I thought she was being somewhere unsafe and no sound heard. Then I saw her on the play yard. Quietly reading while half sleeping and leaning on the big pillow. Like a boss.

When it comes to feeding, haha, we’re doing well and unwell. She starts being pickier about what kind of taste that she will happily eat. Too sweet or just sour will make the food stay forever in her mouth, while too spicy will end up on the floor. My patience and treshold on feeding has surely been very much upgraded, until I saw her spill out the food out of her mouth right. It felt so much worse than seeing her keeping the food on her mouth too long. Big sigh. Feeding is still a big issue for me.

Breastfeed is still going well, Alhamdulillah. She also starts having UHT milk daily. Not much, just 100 ml maximum. Maybe not a lot of people know about this so I often heard babies are having allergy toward UHT milk. I thought like that too at first, since after taking it several times, Langit slept unwell. It turned out that, for the beginning, it is recommended to mix it with water first. UHT alone is too heavy for the baby who has never tasted any milk other than breastmilk. We call it ‘mahteg’ here. After mixing it with water and heat it before drinking, Langit seems enjoying it well. She only wants drinking it through glass. Not a sippy cup or bottle. The real glass. Me happy. No need to wash bottle and its printilan.

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People watching and self sunbathing

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I am so tall! Supported by a big pillow

Guess that’s all for now. We’ll see you next month, hopefully with more new advance updates Insya Allah.
Au revoir!

Posted in Langit Senja, Maternité, Thoughts

The First Amazing Year

Alhamdulillah. Woohooo!

Say cheers to the first year!!!

If there were a CV needed for parenting job, I would surely put this one on the achievements box : Going through the first year safe and sound.

Being a mother for only a year might be nothing for others who have been on this bussiness longer. But for me, safely landed at this first year is another greatest journey I’ve ever had other than the Hajj with my mum.

It isn’t surely one without any bumps or turbulences. There were a lot, for sure. But, Alhamdulillah, all three passengers are well. Very well.

It made me reflect a lot about my mother. It made me missing her even more. Having your mother beside you, once you become a mother yourself is a blessing. Although it’s not always rainbow, still it’s very much a big deal. A presence always be better than an absence.

It made me wonder how she was doing well with three of us while I often feel one is more than enough. It made me really want to meet her more and tell her about many things inside my head like these ones above :

I’d like to tell her how hard it has been since she’s gone.

How I have been taking care of everything that she once did, which are a lot and not easy sometimes.

Other than that, I would also brag her about something which I think I have been doing good.

Tell her about how I proudly breastfeed Langit in spite of the hardships, one year and still counting.

Tell her about how I endure feeding which I dislike three times a day and no matter what, I won’t give up.

Tell her Alhamdulillah Langit has been healthy, hasn’t tasted any medecine because of an illness, and she grows up well. She must be very happy if she were here. My daughter is a cute one, mom.

Tell her, I have been doing okay with le husband. Although, the turbulences are many but still tolerable.

Other thing is I want to apologize.
Apologize to her for any hardships she had been going through because of me.

Last, I want to thank her for raising me very well. I really hope I will do as good as her.

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To the birthday girl,

Heyho, Baby! I really have so much to say. I don’t think a blogpost can cover it all.

I won’t tell any false sweet words just because it’s your birthday. Because all things happened on this first year are not all sweets. But, one thing I can say for sure, you have been very good to me. Very much better than I have been to you. It broke my heart when I remembered those times whenever I yelled, shouted, and being angry to you. Yes, I was (still) very far from good. Sorry.

You have been doing good in everything. You nailed almost every milestones. You didn’t give me that GTM phase like other baby did in feeding, you kept being healthy and didn’t let me spend more money on the pediatrician others than the vaccine shots you should have. You seem to understand very well since daddy is still doing his residency, money matters to us. You’re being healthy along this first year is such a big help to your parents.

You’re surely growing up fast. From that tiny little baby that I even too scare to hold and now you are becoming this big girl that I often feel too heavy to hold (for a long period of time). You sit, crawl, babbling, grabbing things, clapping hands and so many little things that you do that make me happy. You even start walking one or two steps before you’re really turning one! Me is very proud of you.

Beyond those achievements that you do, I am really lucky just to have you. I’ve never been learning so much more than this first year together with you. I really thank you for that.

Well, guess it will be too long if I keep writing everything here. Let’s just wrap it, shall we?

Happiest birthday, Langit Senja Almakirana. I wish you health and happiness throughout your life. Hope you keep growing well, be kind and tough. May Allah protects you wherever you are.

I hope I will be granted enough time to raise you well. Amin.

Much love,

Mommy.

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The smiling birthday girl

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“There is no other job more physically and emotionally taxing than parenting on the first year”
(What to Expect the First Year)

Toddler years, bring it on!

Posted in Langit Senja, Maternité

Baby’s Sleeping

Writing this at 5 am while Langit is still sleeping. Talk about sleeping, I often heard others were being surprised when I told them Langit always sleep in her own crib, and more in a separate room.

She starts sleeping by herself from the very first day at home. She sleeps in the same crib as I did 30 years ago. Yes, 30 years ago. The crib is nothing like small crib, but a big jati wooden one, that you can continue using it until so many years after. I remembered I was still sleeping there during elementary school.

Alhamdulillah, she has been comfortable on her own crib. Until this one year, not a single night she spend the night sleep other than on her crib. This is one thing that I am really grateful for. I like having a good night sleep after a long-tiring day, and it’s been comfortable to sleep peacefully without worrying about the baby.

Not only for me, Langit seems agree with me. She can’t sleep (for too long) other than on her own bed. Since 4 month old, she has been able to sleep through the night and you know how babies are doing while sleeping. They move everywhere,from here to there, and the bed will be very messy. Since she sleeps on her own crib, it’s very safe. I don’t have to worry about her falling down from the  bed.

This is also an advantage once she started standing and walking. Few these months, before calling us that she wakes up, she will play by herself inside. She goes around the crib, playing with the Pooh, the bolsters, the sheet, even kelambu. She will call me when she is bored and the bed is already at its finest messiness -___-.

The only one who longs to sleep together in one bed is le husband. He really likes to bring Langit to.our bed and end up sleeping by himself while the baby is still playing around. That is how the reality is different from the expectation.

On this eleven months, she sleeps once after breakfast or morning snack, after lunch, and the night sleep around 7-8. Before feeding, sleeping was something that I was being really strict about. Up until 6 months old, she rarely went outside. When I had something to attend to, it would do according to her sleeping time. When guest were coming, I wouldn’t allow them to wake her up for the sake of their want to play with her. Even to my mother in-law.

Why? It took so long until she fell asleep. Long breastfeeding and it was exhausting. I needed to recharge until the next waking time came. It wasn’t funny to play with a baby whose mother put lots of effort to make her sleep. The guest would leave once they finished playing, and what about me? I should repeat the whole process from the very start, all by myself. Wasn’t it a bit cruel?

But, recently, I have been very much flexible, especially during daytime. Like yesterday, when my in-laws came and she just slept for 15 minutes after lunch  I allowed them to wake her up to play. It was because I knew she would sleep again later. And it was true.

Well, that is all. It’s 6.30 already and I still haven’t heard any sound. I starts feeling anxious since it’s late and I haven’t even started my first battle in the morning. Sigh.

Bonne journée!

Posted in Langit Senja, Review

Cerita DSA (di Sam Marie Basra)

Entah kenapa kok lebih susah ya nulis pake bahasa Indonesia daripada bahasa Inggris. Dari tadi bolak-balik ketik-hapus karena ngerasa aneh sendiri bacanya-__-.

Mau sedikit cerita tentang DSAnya Langit. Di Sam Marie Basra (SMB), selain dokter obgyn dan fetomaternal, ada beberapa spesialis lain seperti anak, penyakit dalam, kulit kelamin, andrologi, dan gigi. Nah, uniknya, lagi-lagi, selain Obgyn, spesialis lain di SMB itu jumlahnya maksimal dua, sepengetahuan saya terakhir kesana. Mungkin karena memang pasien yang tidak terlalu banyak jadi kebutuhannya pun juga ngga banyak.

Dokter spesialis anak di SMB pun juga hanya dua : dr. R. Lia Mulyani, SpA dan dr. Cut Badriah SpA. Dokternya Langit yang mana?

Dua-duanya:)

Waktu lahir, Langit dibantu sama dr Lia sampai kira-kira empat bulan. Beliau cukup komunikatif dan ngga buat saya takut atau males nanya, dan yang saya suka ngga cepat memutuskan untuk kasih obat, sufor atau opname.

Waktu pulang melahirkan, bilirubin Langit dalam keadaan normal, tapi ketika kontrol seminggu kemudian naik jadi 16. Liat ambil darah dan hasil tes darah itu ngga pernah menyenangkan ya.

Saya tau kalo bilirubin tinggi itu bayi harus disinar. Tapi, yang saya ngga tau adalah kalo disinar itu harus diopname, bayinya. Ibunya pulang. Liat angka segitu saya masih berpikir ‘ooh mungkin bisa disinar sebentar aja ditungguin’.

Waktu hasil tes darah menunjukan angka 16, dokter Lia bilang ini masih bisa diusahain tanpa sinar. Jemur tiap pagi, susuin sesering mungkin. Nanti beberapa hari kita liat lagi. Denger itu lega bukan main.

Di rumah, Pak dokter tiba-tiba bilang, ” Alhamdulillah ya ngga harus opname”.

Saya pun heran dan nanya balik,    ” Lho, emang kenapa harus opname?”

“Lah, kalo harus disinar ya harus opname. Bayinya aja. Ibunya ngga. Nanti kalo mau nyusu ya bisa ibunya dateng atau pake ASIP”.

Kalo tadi di dokter saya ngerasa lega bukan main, abis denger kalimat pak dokter, saya bahkan pengen peluk dr Lia. Ngga abis-abis saya bersyukur untuk keputusannya. Saya ngga kebayang harus pulang tanpa Langit. Ngebayanginnya aja bikin nangis.

Setelahnya, saya benar-benar nyusuin Langit sesering mungkin. Jam tujuh pagi udah buka pintu depan lebar-lebar. Taro Langit di ayunan rotan tanpa baju. Selama beberapa minggu, ngga ada hari yg terlewat tanpa berjemur. Saya jemur lebih lama dari yang seharusnya. Di luar itu, karena masih nyusu-tidur-nyusu-tidur, kalo Langit tidur terlalu lama saya angkat dari box dan nyusuin. Alhamdulillah, setelah beberapa hari keliatan badannya sudah ngga kuning lagi. Tapi, berjemur tetap jalan setiap hari.

Sebulan kemudian kontrol, ada lagi yang bikin patah hati. Berat badan Langit naiknya kurang. Memang keliatan kurus banget buat saya. Saya terus terang takuuut sekali kalo sampe disuruh tambah sufor. Saya ngga anti sufor, tapi, saya pengen sekali itu benar-benar jadi pilihan paling bawah dan akhir yang kalo bisa ngga kelihatan sama mata saya, sehingga saya akan ngusahain ASI saya seakan-akan ngga ada pilihan lain.

Alhamdulillahnya, Lagi-lagi dr Lia bilang, ” coba kita liat lagi dalam dua minggu ya, kalo naiknya masih sedikit mungkin harus dipertimbangkan untuk nambah (sufor). Coba lebih sering nyusunya, ibu juga diperbaiki makannya”. Lega bukan main bagian kedua. Setidaknya jawaban dia ngga menutup harapan saya.

Waktu itu, tanpa bermaksud mencari pembenaran, saya benar-benar lagi kacau sekali. Pak dokter di luar kota sebulan, dan mbak yang sudah di rumah selama 18 tahun kerja dan masakin semua yang keluarga saya makan di rumah dari makan utama sampai kue2, keluar.

Saya benar-benar kaya zombie waktu itu. Makan,tidur,istirahat ngga ada yang bener. Dan itu berlangsung selama beberapa minggu sampe saya dapet pengganti (yang jauuuhhhhh banget dalam segala hal dari yang sebelumnya). Tapi, saya ngga peduli selama bisa sedikit ringanin beban, dan Langit bisa ngejar ketinggalannya. Alhamdulillah berhasil.

Langit pindah DSA ketika empat bulan. Ini tanpa disengaja. Dokter Lia dan Dokter Cut praktek setiap hari dari Senin-Sabtu. Dr Lia praktek pagi di hari Senin, Rabu,Jumat, dan Sabtu sedangkan dr Cut hari Selasa dan Kamis. Jadwal siangnya adalah kebalikannya.Jadwal pagi jam 10.00-14.00 sedangkan jadwal siang 14.00-18.00.

Satu hari itu, ternyata mereka tukar shift dan saya ngga diberitahu sampai saya datang ke RS. Karena sudah terlanjur datang, saya pikir ngga masalah ganti dokter sekali. Toh cuma buat vaksin aja.

Pertemuan pertama sama dr Cut ternyata sangat menyenangkan. Salah satu kelebihannya adalah orangnya detil banget. Tanpa kita tanya, dia jelasin semuanya. Sebelum suntik vaksinnya dia kasih liat boxnya masih segel, tanggal kadaluarsanya, bahkan, range harganya. Suka!

Waktu itu mau vaksin PCV, dia jelaskan dulu kalo ada dua jenis, PCV 10 dan 13, yang mana jelas yang 13 lebih lengkap dan tentunya lebih mahal. Beliau tidak memaksakan harus yang 13, tetapi menyarankan kalo memang sudah dibudgetkan khusus vaksin, sebaiknya ambil yang lengkap. Soal ini saya setuju. Sama2 vaksin, sama2 sakit disuntik, kalo bisa kasih yang lebih baik, kenapa ngga. Uangnya bisa dicari.

Selain itu, beliau juga ngga pernah lupa sesuatu yang buat saya penting, yang belakangan saya tau kalo ngga semua DSA melakukan ini. Apa itu? Memplot berat dan tinggi badan plus ukuran lingkar kepala ke kurva pertumbuhan bayi. Di kurva itu, tergambar dengan jelas apakah Langit tetap dalam batas gizi baik atau ada yang harus diperbaiki. Makanya,menurut saya ini penting buat dilakukan oleh DSA.

Mungkin ternyata memang jalannya harus pindah ke dr Cut karena bulan berikutnya saya nambah jam kerja yang mana harinya bentrok dengan jadwal praktek pagi dr Lia. Saya ngga pernah kontrol siang dan hari Sabtu. Ngga ada yang nemenin karena saya nyetir harus ada yang gendong Langit.

Alhamdulillah sejauh ini semuanya oke sama dr Cut. On time, ngga buru-buru, sangat informatif, dan kebetulan, pak dokter kenal juga karena beberapa kali pernah baksos bareng pas masih S1 dan dr Cut masih jadi residen. Bahkan, pak dokter semangat banget cerita kl dr Cut ini salah satu residen yang aktif banget ikut baksos dan ngga pernah mau dibayar. Oya, selain sebagai DSA, dr Cut juga duduk di managerial SMB, kalo saya ngga salah sebagai direktur pelayanan. Ditilik dari namanya pun kemungkinan masih familinya Prof Jacoeb ya jadi wajar kalo beliau juga menjabat di managerial.

Salah satu hal yang paling saya syukuri selama hampir setahun ini, Langit hanya datang ke DSA ketika jadwal vaksinnya. Alhamdulillah selama ini selalu sehat, dan belum pernah ngerasain ngga enaknya obat dan itu ngga lepas dari peran DSAnya. Semoga selalu sehat dan kebaikan DSAnya dibalas oleh Allah.

Semoga ini bisa membantu kalo ada yang perlu DSA di sekitar jakarta timur. Kalo saya ditanya orang, lebih pilih yang mana, saya akan jawab,

“Cuma ada dua, praktek tiap hari. Kenapa ngga coba dua-duanya dan putusin  mana yang cocok dengan ibu dan anaknya?”

Sepatu saya belum tentu pas di kaki orang lain kan ya?:)

Posted in Langit Senja, Maternité

MPASI Updates 2

Here are some of updates of Langit’s eating experiences after five months starting her first food :

1. Eating is went well, alhamdulillah. Not easy at all, but still manageable.

2.  Eating Rules are still applicable. All those five rules are truly my principle of bearable feeding.

3. Langit has been mostly eating what the adults eat for the last two months. Only the texture needs a little bit adjustment.

4. Her food is nothing fancy like Salmon or any expensive ingredients. She eats what is available. Meat, chicken, any kind of fish like bandeng, tongkol, tuna, kakap, gurame, nila, even cuek. Yes, you read it right, ikan cuek. All is good.

5. Tofu or tahu is almost always available and be present in everyday meal at least once.

6. Compulsory fruit is Avocado. Given between breakfast and lunch. The other fruits are replacable such as mango, papaya, melon. Those are given together during breakfast before she eats her main course.

7. The last meal the day is flexible. It’s either fish tofu porridge, macaroni chicken cheese, or sweet potato oatmeal. Usually, it comes with a glass of orange squash if it is available.

8. I don’t do BLW. Almost never.

9. Glad no allergic signs appears until now.

10. My patience has been so much upgraded.

Keep fighting!

Posted in Langit Senja

The Eleventh, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first

It’s one special post since I’m combining three numbers in one post.

Le husband and I share the same month for our birthday by five days interval. By next week insya Allah, I’ll turn 31, the following week le husband will turn 30 and the little baby will be eleven months old.

Langit has been improving a lot since last month. Crawling faster, grabbing and throwing things, and she started eager learning to walk. She is also getting engaged to her toys and exploring it. She actually has only few toys since I am pretty petty when it comes to toys, beside I am lazy. Lazy to tidy it up when she finishes playing.

In speaking, she still hasn’t uttered any words, but she is making more and more (funny) sounds. But, she has already recognized when someone call her name, she will directly turn her head.

Something concern me lately about Langit’s first birthday. Honestly, I am not really into a birthday party. More, a birthday party like those which I often see on the internet. I have several reasons to not to do it.

First, I am not sure whether I can prepare it alone. I won’t expect anyone else to help me even le husband since his schedule is pretty uncertain and tight. Then, others can say, just hire some people to help. Who? The party planner? That will become my second reason, we have no enough budget for this.

The third reason, there’s almost no other babies and kids to be invited other than two babies cousins from my sister and le husband’s brother. So, what’s the point of having a children party when the babies even don’t get it.

Instead, I intend to take others to have lunch out to a good restaurant. It is especially dedicated to those who have been so much help along this first tough year. We three won’t be able to make this far and this good if it is not because of others’ help. So, I want to sincerely say thank you, although merely a lunch will never be able to repay all those kindness we receive.

Well, let see whether my intention will work according to my plan.

For now, Happy eleven months, baby-kun! I love you big time:*

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See how sok tau this baby, climbing, grabbing, while squatting
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Eatung styles from the beginning until the end
Posted in Langit Senja

The Tenth Month

It’s really amazing if I look back and compare how Langit has been growing along these ten months.
From tiny little baby who was merely sleeping and having herself breastfeed every two hours, she turns into a big baby girl who now is able crawling fast, standing firmly, even take one or two steps, and so many things that I couldn’t imagine she can do.

Currently, she is enjoying playing all by herself on her play yard. Especially with the books I put near the play yard. She is able to take it within her reach. I intentionally didn’t put the book inside so she can take it off from the book box to train her motoric skills. She also has been better and better in climbing. She is able to crawl to the stairs from the floor using her knees. Really, isn’t amazing how tiny baby could think such way without anyone taught her?

Happy tenth month, dear. Have I told you I love you beyond words?

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Grumpy face
Posted in Langit Senja, Maternité

About feeding

Lately, half of my energy went to this thing called feeding. For this one thing, I had to give up several things so I could concentrate about this. Things I really like such having an aerobic exercise on Thursday, just because it didn’t go well with this feeding schedule.

Comparing to other moms stories, maybe Langit is slightly better since she almost never refuse the food that I serve for her. I remembered few of that she refused back then, but never directly refused. She would try some until she couldn’t take it. Another good thing is she rarely doesn’t finish her plate. For this one, I also really push and insist to finish what have been served until the last spoon.

BUUUTTT, all that is not easy. I have to think 1001 ways to make it. That is why I think, beside love and war, all is fair too in feeding a baby.

What I don’t mostly like about feeding because it is messy, and emotionally draining. During feeding, I also did some works like picked up every small rice that fell on the floor. I hated the way the rice would stick in the feet when others stepped on it. Only ones that fell on the floor?

Not.

I also cleaned those left on the chair, on the toys, on everything that we used during the feeding.
Other than that, I also did singing, playing kastanyet, tamborine, and any possible things that could keep her on her seat. It has been harder lately since she started learning to walk. So, she pushed me to take her out of her seat and move her either to the floor or stand up while holding on my sitting body.

No wonder I always feel so exhausted once the feeding is finished -___-.

But then, no matter how hard it takes, I will still do it every single day. Why? Because I consider it as one of the three most important things that my child deserves from her parents. As stated on my previous post, I believe that good nutrition, health, and education are the three things that every parents should give to the children in order to let them live well, not only for current being, also for long-term. So, those three things become the major reason why we have to work hard.

It makes me also become inflexible when it comes to feeding. Inflexible means I don’t allow others to take it lightly like saying Langit didn’t like the food or she had enough when seeing her being a bit cranky while eating. Or else when we wanted to go somewhere, it had to be done according to her meal time. No such thing like we went first, or she could eat later once we arrived at our destination.

Sorry, it is a BIG NO.

Better being late or cancel it than going without she finished her meal. I won’t deal with feeding when we were out.

On her 10 months to be, she has three big meals a day, breakfast, lunch, and early dinner. She has also fruit snacks between breakfast and lunch and sometimes after dinner or altogether with dinner. So, practically, I have this feeding battle at the very least three times a day.

What makes it paid-well is when the result of those hard work show through her good health and when those people acknowledge it when they see her. That is good enough for me.

Well, hopefully, we can continue doing well. Amin.

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Posted in Langit Senja, Review

Baby Play Yard ACE Hardware

Saya jarang sekali bahas tentang barang-barang yang biasa saya pake sehari-hari. Tentang Langit pun hampir ngga pernah saya bahas apa yg dipake, makanan yang dimakan, dan lainnya. Karena saya pikir ngga ada yg spesial banget sampe harus ditulis.

Tapi yang ini, saya akan tulis. Mungkin yang baca ada yang punya bayi baru mulai mau berdiri dan jalan, bisa jadi bahan masukan.

Play yard ini kita beli waktu Langit sudah mulai berdiri dan bergerak kesana kemari yang semakin sulit dijagain. Sebelumnya kita udah punya satu Play Yard yang dibuat pesen sama tukang dari rotan. Umurnya udh hampir 10 tahun, almh ibu saya yang pesen waktu adek sepupu saya masih bayi. Karena rumah tingkat dua, dan saya suka banyak urusan di lantai bawah kaya masak dan beres-beres, maka diputuskan buat ditaro di bawah supaya saya bisa kerja dengan tenang tanpa khawatir Langit jatuh waktu main.

Ternyata, semakin kesini, kita ngerasa semakin kewalahan juga di atas karena Langit maunya kesana kemari merangkak dan berdiri. Ngga mungkin juga dipegangin terus-terusan. Pak dokter, kaya biasa, langsung semangat banget kalo udah urusan beli-beli. Liat di internet mau nyewa kok mahal ya.lebih mahal dari beli jatohnya.

Baca salah satu blog review tentang portable play yard,bagus emang dan enak bisa dibawa-bawa. Tapi, begitu tau harganya langsung meringis. Kemahalan kalo buat kita. Cari yang second di internet yang ada kok ngga jauh beda sama beli baru. Sempet beneran kepikiran buat sewa aja. Tapi masih ragu juga.

Sampe saya inget dulu pernah main ke rumah sahabat almarhum ibu saya, liat dia lagi jagain cucunya yang ditaro di box gitu. Saya langsung whatsapp tanya beli dimana. Sebenenrnya sih, sedikit ngharep juga sapa tau dia mau nawarin pinjem,hahaha. Dan, setelah dia tanya ke anaknya, dia bilanh itu ada di ACE Hardware.

Saya langsung seneng dengernya. Karena paling ngga, tempat nyarinya ngga ribet. Kebetulan mal komplek juga punya ACE, dan pas banget itu hari Minggu, Pak dokter ngga jaga dan kita emang mau ketemuan sama ibu bapak di mal itu. Jadi, selesai makan siang langsung berangkat ke ACE.

Tanya sama mbak-mbaknya awalnya bilang ga ada. Tapi penasaran kan,mungkin aja dia emang ngga tau bukan ngga ada. Kita coba muter dulu dan Voila! Ternyata ada! Cukup gede diantara barang2 mainan anak-anak lain.

Kita tanya-tanya sama mas-masnya yang sangat ramah dan tau banget tentang produk ini. Pas nanya harganya,langsung diem dulu. Pergi dulu sambil mikir. Sementara Pak dokter udah semangat bener ngomporin buat beli sekarang juga.

“Udah yang,beli aja. Toh kan kepake juga”

“Kalo ngga sekarang kapan lagi ada waktu gini”

Soal belanja, suami saya lebih cocok jadi ibu-ibu dibanding istrinya.

Setelah menimbang-nimbanh sambil mengultimatum kalo ngga boleh jajan apa-apa lagi abis beli ini, akhirnya saya relain kartu debit digesek. Pulanglah kita dengan mainan baru.

Ternyata Alhamdulillah ngga nyesel sama sekali. Sebagai perbandingan, harga yang kita liat internet bisa sampe 1,5 juta. Adek ipar saya ke pasar gembrong pun sama, kisaran harganya 1,2-1,5 juta. Untung dia ngga jadi beli. Abis denger saya beli play yard ini dengan harga di bawah sejuta, besoknya dia beli juga yang sama:mrgreen:

Play yard ini ukurannya sedang dan ngga makan tempat buat rumah saya yang ngga gede, sehingga ga keliatan menuh-menuhin ruangan. Masangnya juga gampang, tinggal dikaitin antar rangka, tanpa obeng atau apapun. Saya juga bisa sendiri, tapi tetep minta tolong Pak dokter sih.

Selain mainan dan boneka, saya juga taro kasur kecil, bantal gede dan matras tipis supaya kalo Langit jatoh-jatoh, yang mana itu pasti, kepalanya ga kena ubin. Dan, kalo saya atau yang jaga mau main di dalemnya bisa sambil tiduran😂

Ini sangat membantu banget. Langit bisa saya tinggal mandi, solat, atau sambil nonton korea tanpa harus khawatir atau megangin kesana kemari. Oya, karena bayi biasanya lebih pinter, bagian depan yang ada pintunya, saya geser ke samping dan ditutupin bantal gede. Jadi, saya ngga perlu khawatir dia bisa buka pintu dan keluar. Ternyata emang bener yang saya pikir. Sepupu Langit, anaknya adek suami saya, tiap ditaro disini maunya buka pintunya terus karena emang ada gagang yang mencolok gitu warna kuning. Jadi, malah repot bener karena dia maunya keluar terus. Emang jadi orangtua harus lebih panjang akal dari anak. Lebih pinter belom tentu. Hehe😎

Di sini, Langit juga bebas berdiri dan jatoh berkali-kali tanpa sakit. Awal-awal sih nangis tiap jatoh bunyi keras. Lama-lama, kalo jatoh dia mikir dulu. Diem dulu, seakan-akan mikir ‘perlu nangis ngga ya’ , biasanya saya langsung alihkan perhatiannya supaya ngga sampe nangis. Sekarang dia udah bisa thawaf keliling play yard cepet banget. Trus suka manjat bantal gedenya juga. Kadang-kadang mikir apa anak cewe bisa selasak ini ya. Oya, play yard ini ada musiknya juga lho. Tinggal kasih batere, pencet tombolnya, nyanyi deh.

Jadi, buat yang punya bayi atau mau patungan kasih kado ke temen yang punya bayi, play yard ini sangat berguna banget. Patungan bersepuluh masing-masing 100rb udah bisa beli ini masih kembali seribu. Oke kan?

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Ada dua pilihan warna, krem coklat sama merah biru. Saya pilih ini karena emang tinggal ini dan pas banget ngga suka merah biru.

Good job, ACE!

Posted in Langit Senja

The Ninth Month

We’re heading to the ninth month. Alhamdulillah, until this very day, everything is going well. Langit also acquires some new ability such holding two things with each hand, picking up the toys in the floor from her eating chair as well as standing so quickly in that chair while eating or when I didn’t watch her for some seconds. This girl really loves climbing everything.

Apart from mastering motoric skills, she is also getting better at crying. This girl can cry for high pitch sound. If she is doing that, instead of telling her to be silent, I just stare at her until she stops it. Fortunately, this crying only appears for some people like me or le husband. She is rarely cranky when others babysit her.

Breastfeeding is keep going and due to the teething on the upper teeth, it makes breastfeeding is pretty unpleasant since it hurts. Especially the right breast. I don’t think others beside a mother can bear such pain and keep doing that in spite of the pain.

My pray always be the same. Be healthy and happy, Cipi-kun. Please lower the crying volume. But then, still, I love youu:**

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That smile:)
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With cousin Hana