Breastfeeding and Me

Throughout my new chapter in life as a breastfeeding mothers in the new century, I find it rather dissapointed when most elders ignores the benefit of breastfeeding. For them, formula is better. Baby gets the nutrition. Fat babies is good as it shows that they are well fed. Breastmilk isn't enough for baby and they don't grow as good as formula baby.

Oh well, God create us, human and make us be able to bear our own fruit - baby to be call our child. God understands that baby need to be fed, therefore create mothers to be able to produce milk. But we human, manipulate this and created our own milk - formula milk. So tell me, why is it that God's milk creation cannot be compare with man-made milk? I choose to believe in the natural milk - breast milk.

Before this, I always thought that elders should know the best. But for this case, I'm really doubtful whether or not they really know what is best for babies. Even the formula milk had sentence that says mother's milk is the best so why some people still take that formula is the best?

So I decide to write some stuff about breastfeeding and its goodness:
- Protein: some baby will be allergic to protein contains in formula milk but the protein contain in breastmilk will never cause any allergic reaction to baby
- Fats: breastmilk contains the highest DHA and no cholesterol. It is easily absorb by baby compare with formula
- Carbohydrates: breastmilk is rich in lactose, oligosaccharides, which promote intestinal health. Lactose is important for brain development
- Immune boosters: breastmilk is rich in living white blood cells, millions per feeding. Also rich in immunoglobulins. Formula doesn't contain live white blood cells. When a breastfeed mother is expose to germ, her body will create the antibody to that germ and pass on to the milk for baby.

This is only a few of the benefits of breast milk. For the last one, its really true. I've fallen ill twice during my breastfeeding journey. Surprisingly, baby don't get any of my virus at all. Instead, she is much healthier than me!

Some people have concern about returning to work and won't be able to breastfeed. Not true! I'm a working breastfeeding mothers. There are a wide range of breast pump in the market. Why not invest in one rather than into formula milk?

Anyway, a decision of whether to breast feed is still in decision of own individual. As for me, I just don't understand why some elders support formula. Don't they read the news about baby dies after feeding

2012 Recap and 2013 Resolution Target

As I'm writting this post, I try to search for my post for 2012 resolution but then I couldn't find it. Gosh!! Now I remember that I have not set any resolution for 2012!!! Oh well, 2012 had past. Regret now won't do any good. Let me see what I've achieve last year.

Major changes definitely is that I am now officially called MOTHER to my girl name "Kylee". She is born on 11th October 2012 at 12:43 PM via normal delivery. Most people say she look like me. Whoever she looks like, she is still my daughter. Lol!

OK, apart from that, I can't recall if there's any big changes or update in my life. Hhhmmm, sound like a boring year for me.

Financially, I'm still trying to recover from the spending I made on my wedding and house item. Sighh, with baby on the way, it's quite impossible to achieve any goals.

So, not much resolution set last year. For this year, I MUST set some resolution or else, it's going to be another boring and lazy year to me.

After several round of thinking and drafting my resolution, I finally set my target.

1. Spend some on house renovation
As I'm still recovering on my "pocket", budget for renovation would  be minimal. I'm intending to install netting on all windows of the room in my house. Going to get this done by first quarter of the year

2. Financial target
I'm setting my own target of increasing my financial saving, potentially 10% of my salary every month

3. Breastfeeding
In practicing and encouraging future mother or mother to be on the benefit of breastfeeding, I'm targetting to breastfeed my daughter for minimum 6 month. Wish me luck!

4. Travelling
After my wedding, I have not had any chance to go anywhere for honeymoon, or even relaxing myself. So, this year resolution will be to travel at least one time. I have not really set my target location yet. Budget is tight, so it will be a short trip to somewhere nearby

5. Mom
I'm a mom. Gosh, felt like yesterday that I graduated from university. As it is a new journey for me, I'm targeting to be a better and gorgeous and hot mama. Haha.. Resolution this year is to understand my daughter and know what she is trying to tell me when each time she cry.

6. Lose Weight.
After delivery, I've got a lot of 'work' to do on my body. There's 4 KG to go - 4KG of stubborn fats in my body that I need to get rid of. Target body weight = 47KG or if possible, 45 KG (hehehe)

Wow!! So much target. I better not add more or it will be all down the drain later. Hehehe.. Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 and I wish all of you to have another cheerful and happy life ahead. CHEERS!!

New Dining Place - Overseas Restaurant

During one of our gathering, my colleague decided to pay a visit to the new dining place in town - Ocerseas Restaurant. The restaurant is located near the airport and looks very eastern-western style.

We spoke a while with the supervisor there. She told us that the cook is not local people but from China. All the dishes served are menus which is the combination of Kuching-China style. Meaning, food that can be found in Kuching and cook in style with China people. Lol !!

She recommended us with the chicken cooked in steam bamboo. Sound like our 'ayam pansuh' but its not. Anyway, here's the mouth watering food that we ordered...

Not sure about the price though .. But then, taste wise, not bad. I would come here again when there's chance. Hehehe...

Manhattan Fish Market

With little one, it is hard to pick where I want to go for dinner. Its because, we need to think of the rainy and hot sunny day.

For Christmas celebration, I decided to go to The Spring and simply dine at one of the restaurant in there. Personally, I prefer to bring LO to The Spring. Its because The Spring is less noisy compare to other shopping mall.

Since we never been to Manhattan Fish Market, we decided to have our Christmas dinner here. Here's what we order...

Overall, I dont't really like the food. It doesn't feel special at all. The service is not bad but then they can do better. Price wise is quite expensive. There's too much taxes and additional charges apart from the food. I

Breastfeeding

During my pregnant time till delivered, I've been told that breastfeeding provides the best nutrient to our baby and its benefits cannot be found in formula milk. It seems to me that breastfeeding is a very welcoming idea in the culture and it is the best for the baby.

However, being in this little hometown of mine, I've seen almost near to zero effort been put to promote and makes young mothers to breastfeed their babies. All that I see is some organization would organize breastfeeding talks, benefits, etc but almost near to zero is done to change the public view of breastfeeding.

Now, what am I talking about? I often realize when a mother breastfeed their child in public, the eyes of the public would either gives a weird look or a stare as if saying 'What are you doing exposing your boobs in public'. Oh well, babies need to be fed, right. Instead of promoting breastfeeding among mothers or mother to be, little has been done to change the public mindset about it!

Let me bring you to malls in my hometown here. If a mother bringing their baby to shop for grocery, then suddenly, little ones need milk. Where can this breastfeed mother go? There's not even a rest room or family room or breastfeed room for them to feed their babies. This result in feeding their babies in front of all the eyes. We have lots of facilities in mall but none is breastfeeding friendly. Hhmmmm...

While sitting in the church last Sunday, I realize that there's no way for me to go if baby happens to cry - not to mention place to feed the baby. Before this, I would sit at the front row of the church. However, with baby around, I chose to sit at the last row so that it will be easier for me to run out of the church if baby cry out. But where should I go? Oh well, I guess lingers around the parking area?

Malls, churches, eatery places, you name it - most places is not breastfeeding friendly at all. So, what is the use of promoting breastfeeding when there's little breastfeeding facilities around to support the claim of promoting breastfeeding?

Oh well, this is just another of my stupid ranting....