Anaqi; 3yo; tantrum

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ 

I knew I should update about the weaning off process I experienced.

However, today is just about me ranting.

Off late, when I could not sleep I will scroll through my pictures stored in the gallery and the most video recorded was Anaqi's. And most of it was him throwing tantrums.

Yes, I have been both patience and upset. Well, I am indeed a normal mom. However, today was the longest day he acted up. He was crying for about an hour this afternoon; hubs left for Friday prayer and he could not follow.

Then again after dinner because we went straight home and did not brought him anywhere else. I was helpless and tired of  telling him to be patience and that there's tomorrow.

He cried for nearly 2 hours. His eyes are both swelled up. Pitied him. Consoled him. Put him to sleep & now I am wide a wake and updating this in my blog.

Raising a kid is tough. Good luck to myself and all who is struggling the same battle everyday. It will eventually end someday and you'll miss it.

Be strong sayang. Ibu will always love you no matter what. 

Tata for now.. KuCinG

Weaning off Anaqi; day 1

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ readers..

Today's topic would be my struggle on weaning off Anaqi from breastfeeding.

I've started to wean him off since his 2nd birthday. It was a failure. I didn't know the right way to do it.

Since he turned 3 years last October, I had determined to wean him off for good as I can take it any longer. My whole body is aching.. I had frequent gastric and migraine.

So, to make it short. My husband had a work trip for 4d 3n. So me and Anaqi went for my eldest sister place.

I asked my sis how she wean all 3 of her daughters from breastfeeding. She said, she did it by force and thaught me how.

So, the battle begin last thursday. I told Anaqi that I want him to stop brastfeeding since he is a big boy now. He was throwing all kind of tantrums, from crying to shouting, from stomping to  jumping and hitting me everywhere. My sis told me to hang in there and that he will eventually feel tired.

After about an hour, he finally slept. I can hear him sleeping with a little sad cry. Told myself not to give in. 

When he wakes up, he asked for milk. I said NO. He cried again. Told him to eat.. He refused everyting until I gave him fish cracker. He ate only that with plain water.

I did some doughnut, thinking that he would want to eat. He refused the doughnut. I went blank and could not think straight. Then he come to me with a pack of vege crackers. I gave it to him.

He didn't eat anything for dinner, so was I. I guess he is so devastated that he had no appetite to eat. My head felt heavy so I finally had a rice meal with chicken. Anaqi had about 3 teaspoon of it.  

I still felt hungry after the rice, so I ate a doughnut. Still feelig heavy, I took anaqi to bed. He was asking for the milk again. I told him NO. He went on crying to sleep.

At about 4++am he wakes up for his usual milk. I felt the engorgement so I gave in.. He emptied both breast and I can feel my head is a little light. We went back to sleep after that.

That's how I survived the first day. Whewww~~~

Crying in solitude. I was sad too Anaqi.. If I could I would like to give you more..but I couldn't.. So I wont. Love you sayang & hang in there.

Confrontation

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ

 

Hi readers..

This few days had been quite a stressful days for me.. Why?

My little pumpkin refuse to eat anything except for chocolates.

Oh, well. Tried to lure him into eating soups and all. He still refuse. All he asked  for is to have chocolates for all days. 

So, to avoid further confrontations with this mere 3 year old toddler I just gave in to him. Hoping that this is only temporary growth spurts as they may call it.

It's hard being a mom. And it's harder when I want to train him from his addictive habits of using ipad, my husband just simply give it to him.

I should hide the ipad from his father as well!

This blog is getting boring as ever. Well, I am a stay at home mom now. Nothing much has been going on except for the same routine everyday.

Wish that someday I could update the blog as I used to back when I was busy enjoying life and having good friends all around. Someday.. اِ نْ شَآ ءَ اللّهُ  😜

Till then, see you around!

Nasi kerabu or nasi ulam

Hi readers.

Last week I cooked nasi kerabu. My first attempt and it was so-so (the taste). This dish is quite healthy as there's a lot of veggies inside. 

Here is the recipe if you wish to try it out.

Ingredients;

300g basmathi rice - washed 

300ml water

1 tsp blue dye - food coloring

Ingredients for coconut floss

5 shallots 

Half grated coconut - cooked in a wok without oil until light brown

Half tsp of black pepper

2 pieces of mackerel - boiled & deboned

2 stalks lemon grass - finedly sliced

Salt & sugar to taste

Ingredients for sauteed "budu"

5 shallots

1 cm ginger

2 stalks lemon grass

5 chilli padi

2 tbsp "budu"

100 ml coconut milk

1 slice of "asam gelugor"

Veggies

1 stick of cucumber

2 stalks of botor beans

4 sprigs pegaga

1 ginger flower

A handful of bean sprouts

Method

1. Find a suitable pot and cook rice. Pour in the blue dye when the rice is cooked. Stir so that blue dye spread evenly and put aside.

2. Prepare a stone mortar, mashed all the ingredient for coconut floss until blended and set aside in a bowl.

3. Next, heat the pan and add all the ingredients for sauteed budu and simmer over low heat until boiling. Remove from heat. 

4. For veggies, sliced and combine all ingredients (except for bean sprouts).

5. Serve rice with coconut floss, sauteed budu, veggies, salted egg and fried fish. Mix them before you eat.

Before mixing the ingredients.

After mixing the ingredients.

Clockwise: baked beef, stuffed chilli, fried chicken & salted egg.

Enjoy your meal everyone!

Durian Oh Durian!

I have this crave for durian since I got pregnant with Anaqi. I remembered that I got to eat a hint of it.

My hubby promised to buy it later after my confinement. According to him, pregnant women are advised not to eat the fruit. Later means almost 3 years after I had delivered Anaqi.

Finally, I had a blast with durian last Friday. I took gaviscon before I ate half of the fruit. Normally I would not eat as much because it' heaty if you take it too much. But, who cares! 

Thanks to my experience watching mom & dad peeling off the durian. I am able to do it on my own. Proud of myself!

Then, on Sunday I made roti jala & serawa durian for hubby.

Any durian lovers out there? 

Head on to your nearest durian buffet.. 😉

I miss work, friends & family

Hey!

Yes! Sometimes I do miss going out early morning for work. I miss hanging out with friends. I miss my mom, dad, sisters & my nieces!

I got to spent some quality time with my eldest sister and my two nieces last weekend. It was awesome. 

I get to present for unit trust last sunday ( though I was distracted by my son).. I wish I could explain more and better. It was not quite informative as it used to be.

I get to hang out with one of my besties at her bro's wedding. I hope that we had more time, however Anaqi was already sleepy after having nasi minyak. 

Hope I could do more work, meet my family and friends in future. 

Till we meet again readers!

Tata for now - kuCinG

Balik kampung

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Going to update last weekend gateway..

Yay.. We went for Kuala Kangsar. A 3D2N getaway..

We departed from Meru at about 3pm and arrived at Ipoh at 6++pm.

Stayed at Ipoh for the night. We went to KK the next day after having kuey teow kicap at Ipoh town.

Hubs love it so much and this is my 2nd time having this dish. It was awesome and not too heavy. Don't ask me the location as I am not familiar with Ipoh's whereabouts.

After that, we went to KK and we had laksa Lubok in the evening. I didn't took any pictures for the laksa.

On Sunday we went for "Pasar Tani" in Lembah. I tried the local "kuih" which I had never tasted before; Apom & Dangai.     Apom tasted like normal Apam only it is crispy in texture and Dangai tasted somewhat similar to kuih Getas.

And there's few other that I could not remember the names. And I ate 1 tiny peace of rendang kancil, tasted like chicken. Hahaha..

It's all about food now when travelling. I missed camping by the river, lying down looking at the sky with beautiful stars and singing to our hearts content. And not to forget, the jungle trekking to a wonderful waterfalls!

Oh, well! Someday! Yes, someday we will be going for our camping trip. Anaqi is going to love it... Or not. Depends.

Well that's all for now. 

Happy weekend everybody!

Till we meet again on my next post.

*signing off

kuCinG

Wifi-less

Today was wifi-less..

So no youtube for Anaqi

When there's no youtube..

I became his toys..

He wrestled me

Climb on my back

Hit my head with his basketball

Pluck out the sofa thread (from the cover)

And the list goes on..

😭😭😭😭😭😫😫😭😭😫

There's a lot of things he can do without wifi.. And he is in fact a boy though he looks gentle like a korean flower boy..

I wonder what will happen to me if there's no wifi for the next 2 days?

God help me..

Trying his best to plug the charger..

Till we meet again on my next post..

Dreams

It has been 3 days past.. I've dreamt of the same person.. I woke up every morning wondering why? All of sudden why do I keep having the same person in my dream?

It was a nice dream though.. It put a smile on my face 😀.. 

The imprinted memories was running through my head like a slide show. I wish well for everyone. I miss everyone.

This is how getting old felt like. You missed some of your friends along the way.. And of course you embraced what you have in the present. 

Feeling young still. I wish to be at the sea again. I miss the smell of the ocean, sea breeze and the sound of the waves.

About the dream, let it be my little secret for now. 😉

Till we meet again on my next post.

Teppanyaki Salmon

Hari ni buat salmon tenppayaki untuk lunch... 3 suap je Anaqi makan.. Pas makan nasi dia mintak chipsmore.. Sabor je la..

Resipi aku dapat dari blog http://ikinohhikin.blogspot.com/2013/05/tempayaki-salmon.html?m=1 

Sambal dia aku ade buat. Resepi sambal;

Sepaket taucu cap bilal

1 sudu serbuk cili Baba's

Gula

Lemon zest & jus

Minyak bijan

2 biji bwg putih parut

1 cm halia parut

Bancuh serbuk cili dgn sedikit air panas. Kemudian masukkan taucu yg telah dilumatkan dlm bancuhan serbuk cili. Kemudian masukkan gula, bwg putih, halia, jus lemon, lemon zest & akhir skali masukkan minyak bijan. Gaul sampai sebati and rase ikut selera msg2.

Ade bahan yg xade msm sos perisa, asparagus tu aku xmskkan.. Tauge pon xde.. Masak ikut ape yg ade je...

Slmt mcube ye kwn2.

Mood rajin sudah mari

Mood rajin I ni jarang datang..

Cite dia sebab stress Anaqi taknak makan nasi.. Asyik biskut & roti je..

Buat la biskut sarang semut..

Haaa..mase tgh bancuh tepung dia tgh tido.. Tgh2 dok parut doh sarang semut dia bgn.. Mcm biase.. Nangis2 la sikit sbb ibu xde..

Keluar bilik usung ipad.. Nangis tunjuk youtube takleh bukak.. Ini lagi satu buat I stress.. Asyik nk tgk youtube je.. Kalau tgh a,b,c .. Nursing rhyme ok la.. Tapi, kadang2 dia tgk video entah ape2 .. Aku pon xtau camne nk describe..

Berbalik pada cerita sarang semut.. Dah siap bakar .. Si kecik dah sbk panjat kerusi & nak capai biskut tgh panas tuh.. Aku cakap kat dia "sabar".. Dia protes lagi.. Aku bagitahu dia "panas".. Dia tetap protes.. Ambik la satu.. Tiup kasi sejuk sikit and suap kat dia.. Mjerit dia sbb panas lagi kot.. Tapi dia kunyah gak lagi.. Dh habis satu.. Mintak satu lagi.. Dan seterusnye.. Aku kira ade 9 ketul dia makan..

Esoknye buat puding kastard pulak.. 

Esok nye lagi buat bubur kacang & lamb chop

Haa.. Ini bila mood rajin datang.. Bila mood rajin xdatang.. Ape pon tknak buat..

Teringat kata2 member opis lame.. Miza kalau rajin mmg rajin kaw2.. Kalau malas mmg malas kaw2.. Xramai kwn yg dpt menerima kita seadanye.. Hahaha..

Dah la panjang sgt dh merepek.. Itu je nak cerita.. Babai uolls!

Masak apa hari ni?

Nak masak ape hari ni eh?

Jemu dah makan nasi.

Nak makan ape?

Entahla..

Hari2 kena fikir nak masak ape..

Makan kat luar kadang xsedap dan mahal..

Masak sendiri memang jimat..

Tapi kadang otak tepu memikirkan ape nak masak..

Kenapa perlu makan?

Tak boleh ke pakai bateri je macam handphone?

Aaarrrrgghhhhh...

Nak beli ape untuk stok minggu ni?

Ok bai.. Nk gi giant cari stok..

My heroes

It's been ages since my last post..

Hubby was excited to teach Anaqi on his first ABC..

The outcome was amazing.. 

Anaqi scream at the reply of hubby's lesson..

Anaqi was humming on the ABC song for quite sometime.. Hence, the lesson from hubby..