On Hiatus : Holiday in Avillion~!

Disclaimer: All photos from Avillion. 

Heading to Avillion Port Dickson for a much needed break and relaxation before the hubs goes off for his secondment in Singapore. :(

 It's gonna be a family trip - our first ever with Baby Isaac together with both the grandparents to help to babysit while we have our quiet time together. Can also bring Baby Isaac for his first ever swimming experience! There are kids room and a mini petting zoo as well!! 

Can't wait to try their all new Avi Spa. Looks soooooooooooooooooooo good!

Mummy here is extremely excited!!
Till then.

Love;
Mummy Geri

Review : My Confinement Lady

Now that I've pass my confinement (actually I've passed it 5 months back but was too lazy didn't had the time to blog), I think it is high time to do a review on my confinement lady (CL).

My super love my CL.  I would say that I'm very blessed to get a correct one at first try without actually meeting her in person (she's from Ipoh) and interviewing her. Her name is Ah Mew -  I call her Mew Che because she's obviously older than me. Gotta admit, initially I didn't take a liking to her because she is straight-forward and too "ganas" (she's not the gentle-type la) for my liking. But week after week, I grew fond of her and she's open to my disagreement and I can be very frank as well with her.

Here are the reasons why I love my CL :

1. She's not petty and definitely not calculative. She always offered to cook for the entire family - even if my husband comes back late from work!
   
   
2. Does household chores. In fact, I never tell her to do it. On her own, she will change my bedsheets, wash my toilets, upkeep my household, fold and iron my clothes, arrange the stuff in my drawers etc.
   
   
3. Does not take afternoon naps.
   
   
4. She's relatively young i.e. in her 40s, so she's not that old school and won't impose stupid confinement rules. (Well.. she does impose some la.. but most I can get away with :p) Yes, I still can't wash my hair until Day 12 and I can bath everyday with herbal and ginger water.
   
   
5. FULLY SUPPORTS BREASTFEEDING! In fact, she was the one who encouraged me when I thought I didn't have enough supply. She discouraged me to buy a tin of formula milk for standby, she cooked yummy milk boosters soup for me, she reminds me to pump regularly, she brings the baby to me for feeding etc.To the extent that friends who gave birth around the same time asked me for help for milk boosters recipe from my CL. She also prepared extra ingredients when she left so I can prepare my own milk boosters. Couldn't thank her enough for that.
   
   
6. An amazing cook! Her dishes are all very yummy. And I can put in my request for her if I gian wanna eat something. I was very well-fed in that 28 days of confinement. It has been awhile since I've last had home-cooked food. :(
   
   
7. Good companion. While I had my post-partum blues, she was the one who sat and chit-chatted with me. She kept me occupied the entire time. I shared my concerns and in exchanged she gave me tips on how to take care of a baby, on breastfeeding, and we shared stories of her funny confinement stories with weird clients. There was this time when I was being harassed asked to drink this awful herbal thingy by my family which in my opinion (and my CL agreed) was not necessary, we pakat and hid the bottle. heheheeh ~
   
   
8.  My only complain is this : While she is excellent in taking care of babies, she can be a bit crude in the sense that she is stern with the baby (in terms of words). Initially, I didn't like it but when I told her, she kinda mellowed down. I like the fact that she allows you to room in with your baby in the final week of confinement to get adjusted to the baby's routine. Of course, she'll be there on standby if ever you require her assistance.
   
   
9. Still keep in contact with my CL and she calls me from time to time to check on my and my baby to make sure that everything is ok. She's like a friend now. :)

So all in, I am extremely pleased with my CL and would definitely hire her again for my #2 in the future. 

Love;

Mummy Geri

I choose to NOT vaccinate my child

Source: The Star

I have made the informed decision with the consensus of my husband to delay Isaac's vaccination until he's at least 2 years old. Then we'll decide from there whether if we want to proceed with it or not. He has taken all of his compulsory shots up until 4 months old.

Initially when I was pregnant, I was one of those judgmental person who thinks that mothers who choose not to vaccinate their children are crazy, ridiculous, selfish, and is putting their babies at risk for infectious disease.

And then, I was opened up the what vaccines contained and what are the adverse side effects that could potentially harm my child. I am grateful to one of my friend who introduced me into a group so that I can read up more on it and to consult them on my worries/concerns before making an informed decision. Noticed I keep using the word informed. I do not recommend people to just follow blindly on whether if they choose to vaccinate. The decision is yours. Do your own research.

Below are the reasons as to why I would want to delay Issac's vaccination :

(1) Do you know exactly what is being injected into your baby? I strongly suggest for you to read up on this article. It clearly states the breakdown and the effects of each of the vaccines on your child. You'll be surprised that most of the items listed down are toxic to your child's body. Look at some of the real cases on the adverse effects of a vaccine injury on a child - on a worse case, it could lead to death. Would you want to expose your child to it? Think about it.

Here are some links on cases where babies succumb to their vaccine injuries. I shall not post the pictures here but you may view them in the links below. It is very heart-wrenching.

Baby Dies After 9 Vaccines in One Day  

Ian's Voice (I cried reading baby Ian's story.. so much of suffering)

And one more case.. closer to home : 16-year old Malaysian boy paralyze after receiving his tetanus jab

(2) Vaccination does not equal to immunization. That explains the booster shots. Further, in my opinion it is better to allow your child to fight off the disease himself to strengthen his immune system naturally. It is all about good hygiene and proper sanitation. 

(3) MMR vaccine causes autism. Read up here. 

After reading all of the above, it is a risk that I'm not willing to take. To knowingly allow toxin being injected into my baby. 

I am the mother. And as a mother, my role is to protect my child at all cost.

Love;

Mummy Geri