Catatan ASI dan MPASI

Sekedar catatan saja, pada usianya yang hampir genap 6 bulan ini volume ASI yg Rana minum sekitar 300ml. Sehari-hari saya memompa di kantor terkumpul sekitar 300ml. Di rumah biasanya mompa juga malam, ya paling 80-100ml.

Nah tapi ada perkecualian, saya perhatikan biasanya seminggu menjelang mens dan 3 hari pertama mens, entah kenapa produksi ASI berkurang signifikan. Dulu waktu menyusui Asha tidak sesignifikan ini. Yang biasanya bisa terkumpul minimal 80-100ml sekali pompa, di waktu PMS dan awal mens 80 ml itu udah setengah mati. Sudah 2 bulan saya perhatikan seperti itu. Jadi mungkin percaya gak percaya memang ada efeknya.

Alhamdulillah stok di freezer masih banyak jadi saya gak terlalu kepikiran.

Sekarang memasuki minggu kedua memulai MPASI. Waktu saya memulai mencoba memberi MPASI ketika dia berumur 25minggu. Seharusnya menunggu 26minggu, tapi anaknya kok seperti sudah siap ya. Jadi Bismillah saya coba.

Menu pertama yang saya coba hanya puree buah saja. Saya belum berani memberikan cereal dan karbohidrat lainnya. Takut pencernaannya belum siap. Sejauh ini yang sudah dicoba baru pisang, apel kukus puree dan pear kukus puree. Saya mengikuti aturan 3 hari 1 jenis makanan. Meskipun buah-buahan yang dicoba tidak berpotensi memicu alergi, tapi karena Rana agak alergian jadi lebih baik ambil aman deh.
Hari ini mau mulai coba sayur labu kukus puree.

So far reaksi Rana positif terhadap pisang, apel, dan pear. Cuma kayaknya dia kurang suka apelnya. Mungkin yang saya kasih itu agak kecut ya, jd lain kali mesti beli yg red washington apple kayanya. Dulu waktu MPASI Asha yang atur semua pembantu yang lama, jadi saya gak terlalu terlibat. Alhamdulillah kali ini saya bisa lebih terlibat.

Eczema Anak-Anak

Waktu Asha masih bayi dia alergi dairy products. Jadi sampai umur 1 tahun saya tidak mengkonsumsi susu sapi, eskrim yg mengandung susu sapi, keju, coklat, dll. Berat memang, godaan dimana-mana. Saat itu saya menyadarinya ketika setelah minum susu dia sering ruam popok, dan memang keluar beruntusan. Setelah lewat umur 6bln sekali2 saya mengkonsumsi jajanan dairy products dalam jumlah kecil biasanya tidak apa-apa. Ketika pada umur 8 bln ASIP saya tidak mencukupi kebutuhan saya sempat memberi susu sapi, alerginya malah jadi sembelit.

Untuk Rana, karena ketika hamil saya biasakan minum susu sapi saya kira dia tidak akan alergi. Ternyata sama saja. Lebih parah malah. Sejak dia lahir amat sensitif terhadap kandungan ASI saya. Kalau saya makan dairy products secuil aja, langsung deh keliatan. Betul-betul harus super ketat kali ini. Kemungkinan besar kalau harus ditambah sufor pun harus susu kedelai lagi.

Ketika Asha beranjak 1 tahun, alerginya berangsur-angsur berkurang, hingga sekarang dia berusia 3thn Alhamdulillah alergi susu sapinya sudah hilang. Tapiiiii ternyata dia jg ada bakat eksim dari ayahnya. Persis sama, terpicu seafood yang kurang segar. Kulitnya juga agak kasar. Sementara sabun JJnya mau dihabiskan dulu, dibantu dengan lotion QV.

Untuk Rana juga sama, sabun JJnya dihabiskan dulu, dibantu lotion QV. Saya masih belum tahu nih kedepannya bagaimana. Apakah sama dengan kakaknya? Lebih ringan atau lebih parah? Repot juga nih, semua dapat keturunan eksim dari ayahnya....

Sementara ini untuk pengobatan anak-anak kalau lagi kumat saya beri moisturiser yg berat. Seperti physiogel, neosporin. Tapi karena mahal tempat aplikasinya dipilih-pilih, hanya yang parah. Bagian tubuh lainnya pakai QV lotion. Lotion-lotion untuk bayi-bayi saya gak coba soalnya bukan buat kulit sensitif. Belum sampai tahap pakai krim steroid. Mudah-mudahan gak jadi separah itu.

Kalo bapaknya eksimnya kumat, jgn tanya, harus minum antibiotik sama pake krim steroid segala.

Mudah-mudahan sakitnya gak yang lebih aneh-aneh ya

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Sekedar update, waktu ke dsa sempet tanya soal neosporin, ternyata itu mengandung antibiotik. Jadi gak boleh sering-sering dipakai. Untung ditanyain. Sama dokternya disaranin pake moisturizer Cetaphil aja, soalnya saya komplen Physiogel AI creamnya terlalu mahal. Disini CEtaphil Ultra Hydrating Lotion sekitar S$18 yg ukuran 470ml. Physiogel AI Cream S$22 yg ukuran tube 50ml.

Aura 4 months old

She turned 4 months this 18 March. Her milestones are:
- she sleeps lesser now. Maybe about 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. Then after afternoon bath she'd sleep until about 8pm then I feed her again. And most of the time she'd sleep all thru until 5/6 am.
- she drinks slightly more. I think still lesser compared to Asha at this age but she's growing well so far.
- she still only poop once evry week. I am so worried when she starts on solid what will happen *sigh*
- she's more alert now. Recognizes people, know how to look for attention.
- she seems to have started teething. Because she's "gnawing" on my nipple and she starts to bite things.

Nugget Ayam

Sebenernya resep ini nyontek dari blognya Anthie di link ini. Tapi dimodif dikit biar sesuai tingkat kemalasan dan selera.

Bahan:
100 gr oatmeal instan (yang merah)
100 gr ayam giling ato ayam fillet dicincang kecil
1 buah wortel serut halus
1 telur
50 gr Keju parut 

Coating:

1 telur campur garam sesuai selera

Bread crumb buat coating


Cara membuat:

1. Campur semua bahan aduk pakai tangan sampai tercampur semua 

2. Letakkan di container kotak lalu kukus sekitar 15-20menit.

3. Setelah dikukus boleh dicetak pakai cookie cutter atau dipotong kotak sesuai selera. Ketebalan juga diatur sesuai selera. Kalau aku bikinnya gak terlalu tebal soalnya anaknya ga suka yang tebel.

4. Siapkan coating. Balurkan bahan yang udah dikukus di telur kemudian dibalurkan di bread crumbs. Kalau aku senengnya setelah dibalur bread crumbs dimasukkan ke dalam ziploc berisi bread crumbs juga terus shake biar pelapisnya menempel lebih merata.

5. Simpan di freezer beberapa jam sebelum digoreng. Kalau aku biasanya bikin weekend terus baru digoreng sehari setelah ato beberapa hari kemudian.

Gampang banget dan lebih sehat! Aku tergolong orang pemalas tapi sempat bikin jadi dijamin deh semua juga bisa hahaha.

Rana 3 Months, Asha 38 Months

Rana

She has become such an adorable little baby. We went for her PCV and rotavirus vaccines on Saturday. Weigh her she was about 60cm and 7kg. SEVEN KILOGRAMS!!
In the past two months she only pass motion every week! I was a bit worried at the beginning but everyone says it's normal for breastfed babies. Most probably they absorbed everything. Even her pd said, "As long as it's not hard, she's not straining, it should be fine. She probably absorbed everything cos she has been growing very well." Starting this week she has started to pass motion more regularly. Every day or so. InsyaAllah it will continue to be so.

She has lifted her neck more often. Prefers upright position when being carried and half sitting down when she's on her back. She is very fond on strangers, has a very cheeky smile. People say she looks like Bram, but her eyes are shaped like mine. Her lips looks like my eyang putri.

She adores her big sister. Loves her company. And even though I know at her age there should be NO TV but sometimes when I put her on the living room and her sis is watching TV I just couldn't help it. She loves company, if you sit next to her she'll just lay quietly. When she's left alone she'd call for people. She loves travelling, and I mean walk around. She is in that stage where she is starting to enjoy scenery. She always looks at everything with such fascinated eyes.

Compared to Asha, she had more trouble adjusting to the bottle and less patience for slow milk flow. Now it's much better.

Asha

She is a very good big sister. Her jealousy and rivalry was worst at the first 2 months. After that she is adapting to the fact that she has a new baby in the house. Plus now there are 3 adults in the house so she could choose with whom she wants to play with. She got used to baby latching on to me and that I need to finish feeding her before I could entertain her. I try my best to provide extra time for her as well. Either for playing, walking about, go to the supermarket, just the two of us or her and the daddy.

Her speech and vocab have been growing fast. Now she goes to Zulfa nursery. So now she knows the doa before makan, before sleep, and some simple doas. Now she can draw stick man! Hahahahaha. She drew the whole family as stick people. Her cartoon fave has changed a bit, now she's into cartoon network. Geez. She loves going to the playground and play with other kids.

After she hits 3 yo, her appetite is better, her understanding is better too. Now it's easier to reason with her over things, to get her up for school and to take showers. We still have fights and bad screaming annoying days but it wasn't as bad as before she turned 3. Before this, she had 5 bad days out of 7. Now maybe 2 bad days out of 7. Her junkfood phase is slowly lessening.

I think that's about it for now. I'll post again whenever I remember to post. CIao

Two Weeks Post Partum

I'm still learning to cope up. My main problem with the tweensie is breastfeeding, my main problem with the bigsie is tantrum problem.

First Week.
I thought the second time breastfeeding I've gotten the hang of it. It turns out.. NO! I still got to suffer from poor latch on, cracked nipples, etc. First week was spent with me struggling to overcome that problem. Milk supply was no problem, it was better compared to last time but because of poor latch on I was engorged. Then I went to lactation consultant who taught me to latch on properly and helped me rid of my lumps. Within one week my nipple is healing and my milk flow is better.

My second problem on this week was, at day 6 Rana's jaundice level was 223mmol/L. Normal supposed to be around 103. The doctor did not send for phototherapy because the level had not exceeded 300 yet.

Aura Diandra Adiratna

Please welcome our newest addition to the family!!!