WaY To gO!!!

Alhamdulillah...

My prince has officially pacifier-free...Hehehe

Congratulations my boy...(^_^)

Actually, it happened coincidentally. My hubby and I have tried before to persuade him with many excuses to make him wean off the pacifier, but, it never works. It only temporary and then when night came, and it is bedtime, he cried and we felt for it and gave him the pacifier instead. Last week, Umar, himself accidentally throw the pacifier and it ended up missing. 

So, this is the best opportunity. It was never a problem during the day. But when he tries to sleep, he needs the pacifier. So, there was an old orthodontic pacifier in the chiller. Opah gave it to him, but he hated it. He said "Puting ni tak sedap", and rejects it. Luckily, Opah and Atok were so determined to help us with the plan to make him wean off the pacifier. It was not easy especially during nights. The first few nights, he cried, and woke up every 2-3 hours asking for milk and did not really sleep well. He puts his finger in his mouth almost all the time.

Alhamdulillah, about less than a week, he eventually get used to it. We were all being very supportive and never bring up the word 'puting' to help him forget. He no longer ask for the pacifier and the sleeping pattern also improved. He's not tempted anymore when he sees other's pacifier. We are so proud of him. It was not easy, of course, and he is so great considering that his Ummi was actually pacifier-free at 6 years old...Hahaha...

His favorite pacifier, the only type he liked

p/s: I was so much worse than my boy. I actually bring my pacifier to the kindergarten and sneakily suck it during recess time. Hehehe. My parents tried everything but failed. One day, I went to Kuala Lumpur and my uncle, Cik Man told me one sentence, "Orang KL tak hisap puting la". That magical sentence was the reason I gave up my pacifier..(^_^)

WaY Too CLinGy...

I have always been one of those clingy gf /wife... Especially now that my husband is in his DPA course for 6 months, he's so busy and has little time to text or call me, I think my clinginess got a lot worse...So, I googled and found this on wikihow...I try to sum it up...

3 WAYS TO BE LESS CLINGY

1. Work on Yourself
• Build your confidence
• Learn to love yourself, make use of your special ability and addressing your flaws
• Work on your trust issues
• Let go of people who hurt you in the past and fell more open to trust people without being with them all the time
• Ease your anxiety
• Reduce your stress and try to tell yourself that it is ok to meet new people
• Talk to someone
• Talk to a close friend or family member and find the root cause of your clinginess
2. Live a More Fulfilling Life
• Pursue your own interest
• Find your passion, try a fun exercise and work on your hobby to distract yourself and fill your time
• Pursue your own goals
• Set some short term goals, then make plan for long term one and write about it
• Expand your social network
• Be friendlier to your colleague, or get in touch with old friends
• Learn to like being alone
• Enjoy some 'me-time', it can be either walking, reading and so on.
• Volunteer
• Helping out your community, it can fill your time as well as expanding your social network
3. Manage your Relationship
• Give people space
• Being apart with someone actually make that person appreciate you more
• Don't constantly text, call or 'show up' to hang out
• Take it slow when you meet someone new
• Take it easy and relax when you meet new person. Don't be too open and don't initiate every hangout
• Don't baby anyone
• Don't assume that people always need you to take care of them, if they need help, they'll ask
• Watch your body language
• Don't stand too close or hold hands the whole time, etc
• Don't get taken for granted
• It is often the downfall of being too clingy, so make it clear you have other people in your social network and other things to do
• Don't answer your phone or reply to text instantly every time
• Enjoy keeping a healthy distance
• Keeping a healthy distance will give you more time to work your on your own issues and you'll learn to love being alone sometimes

HiMyM QUoTeS & SayINgs...

It's been quite a long time since the last post regarding quotes. How about quotes from the show HIMYM this time...

Hehe...just for fun...

My favorite...hehe

FrOm bAbY uMaR tO AbaNg UmAr...

Our precious son will turn 3 this coming July. Hence, I have decided not to call him Baby Umar anymore. Of course, as a mom, we wish that our children will always be our baby forever. So, when it is time to spoil him a little bit, or when i try to coax or flatter him, I always call him Baby Umar. Of course, he likes it so much when I call him like that. But, it started to have bad effects. 

Well, he is after all a clever boy, Alhamdulillah. So, he started to manipulate the word 'baby'. For example, when I told him that he needs to wean off pacifier, and start trying to ditch his diapers, or he needs to walk rather than having us carrying him because he is already a big boy, he always came with the same excuse which is " Umar kecik lagi, Umar kan baby lagi"...his words exactly. 

I tried calling him Abang Umar before. But, not for long because I always switch back and forth to Baby Umar again and again. Perhaps the main reason is because he is my only child for now. But I guess I need to be firm from now on. Well, being firm is a tough job especially towards our own little munchkin. Hopefully, I can do it well since I want Umar to start potty training and weaning off bottles and pacifier, little by little. Insha Allah...No pressure, all children develop at their own pace and their own way. That is what I strongly believe... (^_^)

Our little star 

SaVe tHe DaTE...

Ramadhan bakal menjelang kurang 2 bulan lagi. Kurma memang sinonim dengan bulan mulia ni. Kurma sememangnya berkhasiat tapi entah kenapa saya tak berapa menggemari nya. Kalau dulu2, makan kurma memang la masa bulan Ramadhan je. Itu pun makan sikit je, tak sampai sebiji pun sehari, share dengan mak or abah ke. Masa pregnant dulu kena paksa makan kurma. Nak tak nak makan juga la. Tapi, Alhamdulillah, lepas tu boleh la juga makan at least sebiji sehari. Baby pun bila lahir, kuat, sihat walafiat. Selepas tu, bila Ramadhan mula makan kurma boleh dikatakan setiap hari. Tapi, habis Ramadhan lupa nak makan kurma. Sedar2, dah expired kurma tu. Tapi, takde la lama sangat expired date nya. Kiranya masih boleh makan lagi la. So, saya pun Google resepi alternatif untuk kurma. Jumpa la resipi ni di sini. Terima kasih ye empunya blog dan resipi. Hujung minggu tiba, masa untuk mencuba la resipi ni. Alhamdulillah, hasilnya memang best. Paling seronok sekali, hubby, Umar n family pun suka. Umar yang picky eater tu pun makan kek ni sampai tak nak stop. Alhamdulillah. Jadi, saya kongsikan resepi nya di sini ye...Sesiapa yang ada lebihan kurma tu boleh la cuba. Berbaloi-baloi...Save the date, ya!!!

Kek Lembap Kurma
Sumber; Fb Mastura Yusop@Cairo
Oleh; Dapurmamasya

bahan2
320 gm buah kurma (buang biji dan cincang)
150gm gula kastor - guna 110 gm gula biasa
150gm mentega
150gm tepung naik sendiri
75 gm tepung gandum
250ml air - ganti fresh milk (saya guna air)
3 bj telur
1 sudu kecil soda bikarbonat
1 sudu kecil esen vanila

(saya tambah 80g badam cincang)

Cara
1. Satukan kurma,soda,air,gula dalam periuk. Jerang hingga didih. Tutup api,tutup periuk dan biar selama 30 min.
2. Tuang campuran kurma dalam mangkuk besar.
3.Masukkan telur,mentega,vanila,tepung naik sendiri dan tepung gandum. Kacau hinggga sebati- guna senduk kayu je.
4. Tuang adunan ke dalam tin bulat berukuran 22cm yang dialas kertas kuih.
5. Bakar pada suhu 180 selama 30 min@ sehingga masak.

Inilah hasilnya....

Ini pula Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes... buat untuk kali kedua. Kali pertama tak menjadi sebab salah faham resepi baca 'beat egg white until foamy je', terlepas pandang 'until soft peak formed'...Kali kedua, Alhamdulillah, much more better than the first try. Tapi, masih belum sempurna. Insha Allah, ada ruang dan peluang akan cuba lagi sampai puas hati. (^_^) till then....

Q's HuMbLe CakEs CoMpILAtiON....

Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

Chocolate Brownies

Carrot Cake

Pandan Layer Cake

Black Forest Cake

Chocolate Cheese Steamed Cake

Individual Lemon Cheesecake

No Bake Chocolate Cake

Banana Cake

Chocolate Moist Cake

UMaR rEaLLy lOvEs SwiMmInG...