Here’s another restaurant review of a newly opened place just outside my house, in the new shoplots Sentosa Avenue. We have passed by this restaurant daily but never thought of eating there, until my in-laws bought some food there and told us how good it is.
This is basically a Malay restaurant serving all kinds of dishes, rice dishes, noodle dishes, to fish, meat and vegetables. It has Josiah’s seal of approval. It is quite a big and spacious place, and there are baby seats available.
We ordered the steam ikan siakap, and it is really good. Sweet tender meat.
John had his Nasi USA and it looks great, lots of gravy.
I ordered the Nasi Pattaya to share with Josiah, I liked that the fried rice is not dry.
Another dish of fried prawns, these I’m not crazy about. They don’t peel the prawns before frying them..hhm. Plus the prawns are maybe just too cooked.
For all these dishes plus a big carrot milk juice, it costs us RM48. I guess it is not so bad for the servings are quite big.
When I was 3 years old, I was still so attached to my milk bottle. I still remember taking my bottle each time I want to drink milk, and then making my own milk, prop myself up on a pillow on the couch and drinking my milk that way. And then I had to go to school, so my mum was so impatient she simply threw my bottle away. Needless to say, I cried for quite a bit. Due to this experience, I was adamant to wean Josiah from the bottle as early as possible.
Josiah started using the bottle for milk at 2 weeks old, when I mixed breastfeeding with formula. Later on when I returned to work, he used the bottle for feedings at the baby sitter’s when I cannot be there. I loved the Adiri bottles, they really mimic the breast. But the bottles need to be thrown out every 3 months, coz the whole bottle will wear out and I can’t just replace the nipples.
So later on at about 9 months, I got him 2 siliskins glass bottles. I thought at that time that I might have to start making milk powder for him, so I got one bottle for home and one for use at the baby sitter’s. Well, somehow Josiah never wanted anything to do with milk powder, so that saved me the trouble. When Li-ann told me about Fresh Milk, I tried that and he really took that besides breastmilk from then on.
When Josiah was 15 months, I decided that he should just proceed to drink milk from sippy cups or direct from cups, since he was able to handle his own sippy cups since 12 months. So I tried it a few times at home, and was convinced that he didn’t need bottles anymore. It took some time to convince my baby sitter though, as she felt feeding from the bottle was much faster and more convenient, firstly Josiah liked it, and it didn’t spill. But I was quite insistent for her to change his habits before he turned 18 months, when it might be too late. So thankfully, a few days later, she returned his bottle and we never used it again.
Around 16 months, Josiah graduated to the straw bottle for drinking milk. This is a much easier and faster way to drink, he can drink like a big boy without having to lie down. Now, every time he sees his Foogo Thermos straw cup, he will say Milk milk. He has already associated it with milk time. So the best time to wean from bottle really has to go along with the baby’s cue. The earlier the better, but also according to each parent’s convenience.
@icecreamkon rice krispies? Haven’t seen that around, gonna check it out, guess we’re forever looking at shelves for new snacks :p in reply to icecreamkon#
I have officially stopped pumping milk at work! It had been 15 months of hard work (minus first 2 months of confinement). Josiah turns 18 months in a couple of days, and 18 for me is like a milestone in itself, when a child becomes more independent and starts to test your will. Anyways, I did not come to this decision easily. I must say, the feeling of weaning from pumping as very similar to weaning from breastfeeding altogether. I get so confused and worried as well, with many thoughts of whether I can still nurse at night if I do not pump during the day. After many consultation with other mums and research online, I realise that at this stage, our bodies can adjust to produce milk for night feeds and stop for day time at work after a while. Some mothers claim they can still nurse for another year after stopping from pumping. Well, my prayer and hope is that Josiah will stop nursing naturally by himself at 2 years old. I don’t mind 2 plus but hopefully not still 3. I think he’ll be too big boy by then.
So after making this hard decision, I now cannot bring pumped milk to my babysitter anymore. I think Josiah can taste the difference as my baby sitter said he drinks the Fresh Milk more slowly and reluctantly, and sometimes never finishing it. Oh well. Pumping is too much hard work especially at this stage when there isn’t much to pump already.
In the initial days I would pump 4 times a day at work, at nights and in early mornings. Wow I can’t imagine doing that now! Then this is gradually lessened to 3 times a day, then 2 times a day, cutting off all night pumping and early morning ones, then down to 1 time a day, midday at work. Even that became quite a hassle, as I had to miss seminars and conferences as I didn’t want to disrupt the pump sessions for even a day. Disrupting one day means no fresh supply the next day, yea that was how fussy I was. I felt weird as nobody could understand this feeling I had, of joy and anxiety all mixed up together. Ok so I still haven’t packed up my pump that’s still lying in my office, I’m always thinking, what if I need it. Yet I know I don’t for now. So basically there’s no right answer to when to wean from pumping, it’s really an individual decision of when you are ready to do it.
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