Family & Community
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Jordan’s Jaundice Week 1
During my pregnancy with Jordan, I drank so much coconut water just because people told me this will avoid jaundice in the baby. Josiah had jaundice too and it was a most terrible time for me. So on Jordan’s Day 4 when the nurse came to visit, she told us that Jordan is definitely yellow, very yellow in fact. My biggest fear. So the next day, we had to bring him to the KK Kajang for a blood test. Actually, later I realised we could have just gone to the Emergency Department of Kajang Hospital which is so much nearer. Anyways, at the clinic, we got the shock coz his…
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Mini Portable Refrigerator for Mums
It seems that Groupon is now reading my mind. Before the weekend, I was just browsing for mini portable refrigerators and it is suddenly on sale on Groupon. I was just thinking to myself how useful a mini portable refrigerator that can fit 4-6 cans be for new mums who need to express milk at the workplace. It is always a challenge to do such things as not all workplaces have a fridge. Thankfully, mine does, we have two. However, for most new mums hopeful to be successful at breastfeeding their child for long terms, pumping or expressing milk at work is a definite thing to do. That will mean…
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DIY Stay Dry Liners for Cloth Diapers
Not all cloth diapers have a stay dry layer. Pocket diapers do, but not prefolds, fitteds and some AI2. Therefore, it’s necessary to add another thin layer normally made of micro fleece or micro suede material so that baby’s bum stay’s dry and the urine is absorbed through it into the inner layers. In the market, stay dry liners cost around RM3-4 per piece or more. For a simple piece like that it is pretty pricey. So I decided to make my own. I bought a half meter piece of microsuede cloth from Niceclothdiaper.com for RM15 and went about my cutting project tonight. I measured using an Anakku disposable liner…
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My cloth diapering system
Last time, I did not cloth diaper until way into the 2-3 month, and I did not cloth diaper at nights as I didn’t know any diapers that can be thick enough for night use. Well, I am much more informed now with the various types of diapers and even cloth diapers that are suitable for newborns. I used to think newborns can’t use any cloth diapers yet due to the amount of times they poo and pee and also their tiny size. This week, I finally got the time to dig into the old stash of cloth diapers I accumulated for Josiah and also read up which ones are…
