Mama, Saya Lapar..

Assalamualaikum u'olls...

Salam Ramadhan.. How are u'olls on the 1st day of Ramadhan.. I'm hoping that u'olls are in good health and even more energetic and alert than normal days.. InsyaAllah... 

Guess everyone knows that fasting shouldn't be an excuse for us to be weak, slow and worse becoming lazy.. Allah will never ask HIS servants to do anything that will cause bad effects to us. But unfortunately in Malaysia, we grew up with that perception.. Ramadhan is the month to relax-relax.., malas-malas.., tido-tido.. As if, when we're fasting, we can't do much/any work.. *yours truly pon sama dengan je... Haih...*

Patutnya tak camtuh kan? Do you guys remember the sirah, where Rasulullah s.a.w and sahabat even went to war during Ramadhan!! Amazing kan? Jom, baca sikit pasal Perang Badar.

Hehe.. Ok, now, back to the original topic.. Kisah Mama, Saya Lapar.. hehe.. Actually, I just wanna share with u'olls, I just bought a book entitled Mama, Saya Lapar written by Wardina Safiyyah *Oh.., I adore this woman!!*.. I believe, most of you mommies knew this book, and I believe most of you had it already..

Actually, I was introduced to this book by a very good friend of mine.. Pn Izzah Sidek.. *Thanks Cik Jah!!*.. Lama dah.. In fact, almost a year dah.. It was Ramadhan last year when we double date for iftar secara berjemaah.. Hehe.. She lent me her copy. Masa tuh, Fatin was just started to take solid. So, she let me borrow the book for my guidance.. It do really helps.. Banyak yang I belajar from the book.. 

So, after a year, and since I guess Izzah might also need the book now for her kids *we mommies always need to refer to something isn't it?*, so I decided to have my own copy.. Thus, it's easier for me to refer.. Although I dah katam sekali baca buku tuh, tapi of course lah tak dapat nak hafal semua info dalam tuh kan? So, better ada my own copy for reference.. 

And I tell u'olls what, memang sangat worth it to buy this book.. Banyak graphics and the points are elaborated in such an interesting and eye-catchy way.. 

Information? Of course loadssss of it.. Ada certain things that we might think remeh, tapi bila kita hadapi masalah tuh, kita garu kepala tak tau nak buat apa.. Contohnya masalah anak dengan sayur.. *tak payah anak la, kadang-kadang the mommies & daddies pon ada problem dengan sayur! Haha*.. Then how to handle children yg liat sangat nak makan.. Then ada jugak info on breastfeeding.. And yg I paling suka, ada some recipes that Wardina suggests for kids berbeza-beza ikut umur.. For me yg slalu pening apa nak bagi anakanda makan ni, memang a big help la..

So, I memang recommend for mommies yang looking for reference for your kids's diet and eating habit, this book is just perfect!

I surely believe, the book is available in any book store. Sebab the penerbit is Alaf21.. But, I bought my copy via online je.. Haha.. Biasala, I kan pemalas.. So, ada online, rembat terus. I ordered thru Karangkraf Mall. Price is RM19.90 sahaja.. :)

Together with "Mama, Saya Lapar" book, I also ordered a novel, entitled "Valentina Nervosa".. Actually, the author of this novel was my schoolmate masa kat SMKA Kuala Selangor dulu.. Nurul Syahida.. The novel is super best! *not because she's my friend or watsoeva, but citer tuh memang best tau!*.. I dah baca 2 of her novels. This "Valentina Nervosa" and "Aku kan Novelis". Both of it memang tak mengecewakan.. Khusyuk nih baca.. *sampai geram ngan Fatin bila ngada-ngada tarik perhatian bila mama tengah layan novel.. Ish..ish..ish... Bad Mama...! *

Going to get another 2 of her novels soon.. "Plain Jane" and "Soalnya Hati"..

Therefore for friends yang suka baca novel *dan berangan we are the heroin of the story while reading it..oooppss...*, try to read one of Nurul Syahida novel, terbitan Buku Prima, I guarantee, u'olls mesti nak carik her karya yang lain.. Hehe.. Such a talented author! *aih.. up member lebih nampak! Haha..*

Books yang BEST!!

Guess that's all for now.. Till next time.. Have a good day, selamat berpuasa, dan berbuka puasa u'olls!! Muuaaahh... ;p

Loads of love, 

* Farah Jasni*

EXPERIMENT TITLE : Introducing Solid Food to My Dear Baby Fatin Amani

Salam peeps,

Since I'm now practically an Engineering student, so I have to utilize the experiment-reporting skills. Hehe.. so today, I will write this post in experiment report form.. (Sungguh tak ada keje kan??)

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EXPERIMENT TITLE : Introducing Solid Food to My Dear Baby Fatin Amani

Date of Experiment : 13/08/2010

Introduction :

The idea to perform the experiment is actually sparked out when the subject's grandparents (both side Gombak & Klang) keep asking when to start introducing the solid food to the subject. Since Mama dah pressure and furthermore, the Fatin Amani is reaching 6months old this end of this month, so Mama thought, maybe she's ready to the solid food as an additional nutrients other than breast milk. And moreover, she starts to show sign of 'terliur' when she sees other people in da house makan (we always bring her to the dining when we have lunch or dinner). So, Mama finally decided to start the solid food and chose 13/08/10 as tarikh keramat for Fatin to have her first solid in her life and potato puree the first food ever after mama's milk... =)

Apparatus :

• Fatin Amani binti Mohd Rozaidi (which will be the SUBJECT in this experiment)
• Potato Puree
• Tea spoon
• Plain water
• Bowl

Experiment Objectives :

• to introduce the solid food to the subject
• to check whether the subject is ready for solid food
• to snap pictures of the subject on her reaction to the solid food (aik, nih pon leh jadi objective?? Hehehe)

Hypothesis :

It is predicted that she will enjoy her first solid since she always looks interested to food when she sees others eating.

Procedures:

a) The solid food preparation procedure

1. Slice the a potato into 4 pieces
2. Boil the potato slices (agak-agak la sampai empuk)
3. Toskan and wait till it is not to hot
4. Blend 2slices of the potato with some water
5. Pour the blended potatoes to the penapis to get the puree

the final product

b) Serving the food to the subject

1. Wear the bib to the subject to avoid the needs to change to a new cloth after feeding ;p

fatin's steady face b4 the experiment, playing wif her favourite Mr. Paul

2. Use a clean tea spoon to feed the subject

(Ready for the results....?? Jeng jeng jeng.......)

Results:

Yuck!!! What's this??

Please Mama, ask nenek to stop serving me that..

Not again!!!

It tastes awful! Huhuhu...

Discussion & Conclusion:

Hahaha.... She definitely hated it (sampai nak termuntah my baby telan potato puree tuh, unfortunately I didn't snap the pic sbb busy usap-usap dada dia... Hehehehe).

The results are based on few reasons (I think la...)

1. She is not ready for solid food (thus the interest that she shows is just a false alarm..??)
2. She hates potato. Not tasty?? (Dear, when u r in mama's womb, potato was my favourite!!Dalam perut suka, skang tak suka plak dah..??)
3. The recipe is just not suitable for her, the beginner..

Looking at the causes of the results (180degree deviated from hypothesis..hadoi...), some counter measures that I can think of:

1. Delay the solid food until she is 7/8 months,maybe..Or at least wait until she is 6months old.
2. Try other puree. For instance the carrot puree...
3. Improvise the recipe! Advices from my cuzzy sisters (Kak Wiwi & Kak Yani), pour a little bit of breast milk and mix it well with the food. So maybe she will accept it better since there is still taste that she familiar with, which is the milk.. (Mama's milk is still the yummiest kan Fatin??? ;p)

Considering all the options above, I have decided to perform another experiment later. So future experiment plan/design:

• to perform the experiment only after she is at least 6months old.. Which will be after 26th August..
• to use carrot puree mixed with breast milk as the material..

In conclusion, the experiment is successfully done although the result is not like what is expected. The causes and potential counter measures are discussed. The next experiment to check the same set of objectives to be performed.