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Botol susu oh botol susu..

Actually saya dah tahu pasal BPA ni lama dah..mungkin kerana saya minat baca majalah dan artikel kesihatan, etc..so dari masa pregnant lagi saya dah tercari2 dan beli botol BPA-free untuk botol susu dan storage bottles for storing EBM (expressed breast milk)..tapi pada mereka yg masih belum tahu or confuse, ini adalah artikel from KKM:

PANDUAN PENGGUNAAN BOTOL SUSU BAYI POLIKARBONAT

a) Kenalpasti Botol Susu Bayi Polikarbonat

Botol susu bayi polikarbonat bersifat keras dan lutsinar di mana ianya mengandungi Bisphenol A (BPA). Botol susu ini boleh dikenalpasti melalui kod identifikasi plastik yang biasa didapati di bawah botol susu bayi seperti berikut:

1. Nombor 7 
2. Nombor 7 dan PC 
3. Nombor 7 dan ‘other’

Botol susu bayi yang bebas BPA biasanya dilabelkan dengan perkataan ‘BPA free’ atau bebas BPA.

b) Pengendalian Botol Susu Bayi Polikarbonat

1. Steril botol susu bayi polikarbonat mengikut arahan pengendalian yang terdapat pada label atau yang diberikan oleh pengeluar sekiranya ada.  Jika tiada, pengguna perlu merendam botol susu bayi polikarbonat dalam air yang mendidih selama 5 hingga 10 minit.
2. Elakkan menggunakan air panas secara terus dalam botol susu bayi polikarbonat untuk membancuh susu.
3. Guna peralatan mencuci botol susu yang sesuai seperti span dan berus yang lembut bagi mengelakkan permukaan dalam menjadi rosak dan bercalar.
4. Sentiasa periksa permukaan dalam botol susu dan sekiranya terdapat kesan calar atau rosak, botol susu perlu diganti. Sekiranya tiada kerosakan, botol susu perlu diganti setiap 6 bulan.

Namun, pengguna juga boleh membuat pilihan awal dengan menukarkan penggunaan botol susu bayi polikarbonat kepada botol susu bayi yang bebas BPA mengikut kemampuan masing-masing. Terdapat pelbagai alternatif botol susu bayi di pasaran yang diperbuat daripada polypropylene (PP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyamides (PA), kaca dan lain-lain.

Ni antara botol susu yg BPA-free:

 

Saya pakai botol jenama The First Year Breastflow..

saya pilih jenama ni sebab bentuknya macam breast so it prevent nipple confusion  pada baby..penting untuk ibu yg nak breastfeed dan bagi EBM dalam botol..Alhamdulillah anak saya serasi dengan botol ni..

 

Ideal for breastfeeding moms!!

The First Years Breastflow Bottle is the only feeding system featuring a unique nipple-within-nipple structure that simulate the breastfeeding motion for suction, compression, and milk flow for baby. The soft outer nipple of the unique Breastflow nipple encourages the same tongue position as in breastfeeding, enabling baby to go back and fourth between breast and bottle more easily. 


The Breastflow System is ideal for nursing moms who would like to introduce a bottle or need to supplement while their baby is in day care or with a caregiver. Because Breastflow bottles so closely mimic the feel and action of breastfeeding, care givers can bottle feed baby while Mom is working and Mom can still continue to breastfeed. Breastflow bottles are bisphenol-free (BPA-free). 

Untuk breast milk storage bottles pulak saya guna Medela, Mom's Little One, Jingle Jungle dan Autumz..semuanya BPA-free

* pics are taken from internet

My baby demam..sekali dengan mamanya..

Ok, first cite pasal baby dulu..

last Sunday, I brought my baby for his 2nd dose of pneumococcal vaccine (Prevnar) shot at Poliklinik Az-Zahra Bangi. This shot wasn't covered by my husband's office so I had to fork out my own money (RM 235.40). takpe la, demi kesihatan anak, since sekarang ni kes jangkitan pneumococcal makin serius di kalangan kanak-kanak dan boleh membawa maut..so prevention is better than cure..of course ini hanya usaha, Allah yg menentukan segalanya..Back to the story..Nazhan menangis sikit je masa kena cucuk..kuat anak mama ni..

tertidur dalam kete lepas menyusu right after kena injection

As usual, bila Nazhan kena cucuk saya akan sapu vicks sikit kat tempat cucuk tu..ni orang kata petua untuk elakkan demam..Alhamdulillah selama ni lepas kena cucuk Nazhan tak demam..but unfortunately not this time..pagi esoknya bangun rasa kepala dia macam panas..check suhu dengan digital thermometer 37.9C..sah..demam..kebetulan saya pun tak sihat so amik MC la.. bagi Nazhan minum ubat demam just 1 time..bagi dia mandi 2x dan selalu basahkan kepala dia..then, letak cool fever yg untuk infant tu kat dahi dia..Luckily the next day suhu badannya dah turun ke 36.5C which is normal..Alhamdulillah..tapi mamanya belum sihat lagi...

senyum masa tido

ala ciannye anak mama ni

Sekarang cite pasal mama Nazhan pula..

Kisahnya begini, last Thursday saya adalah person-in-charge Lab meeting di Fakulti..so saya terkejar2 la beli makanan, masak air dan buat air..to make matters worse, lif rosak..jadi terpaksa la saya panjat tangga ke tingkat 3 sebanyak 5-6 kali kot..sambil angkut benda2 berat..yg geramnya, lelaki tak gentleman, nampak saya bawak 2 jug besar berisi air teh panas menggelegak, boleh buat tak tau je..saya siap cakap 'aduh beratnya' tapi En.M hanya berkata 'awalnya lab meeting start'..geram!! that afternoon actually ada jamuan makan2 before lab meeting start..lunch was sponsored by my supervisor..there were nasi beriani, sate kajang, tid bits and air kotak..disebabkan saya PIC lab meeting jadi saya terpaksa mengemas sisa2 makanan lab members dan basuh cawan2 utk digunakan masa lab meeting..angkut la lagi bakul berisi cawan2 kaca ke tingkat atas..tambah geram bila tengok ada budak2 yg tak reti nak buang sampah sendiri lepas makan..ingat ada kuli ke tukang kemas..sabar je la..lepas lab meeting abis, kena kemas la pulak..

Saya sebenarnya dah memang tak cukup rehat..tido tak pernah cukup sejak ada baby ni..badan yg dah sedia penat bertambah penat..overload..tambah lagi suhu kat office mak ai sejuknya..kat luar pulak panas terik..tambah lagi saya agak stress kebelakangan ni dengan keadaan kat office n orang2 tertentu..walau pun benda kecik tp kalau dah hari2, berkumpul jugak la tension tu..my financial state pun buat  tension jugak..faktor2 ini telah menyumbang kepada ketidaksihatan saya..dari hari jumaat sampai selasa agak teruk kena selsema yg teruk, sore throat, bengkak tonsil, suara hilang 2hari, badan sakit2..sekarang ni pun still selsema dan batuk tp dah kurang la..

Really looking forward for this weekend as we are gonna go to A Famosa Resort, Melaka sebab ayah main golf kat sana dan dia ajak kami join bercuti..yeay!! boleh de-stress..walau pun i'm on vacation, but there is no vacation for my pumping schedule ;)

Sayangku

Playful Nazhan Alfarisi

4 months
- bila orang gelak dia pun gelak sekali..lebih2 lagi..kadang2 sampai menjerit2
- suka main2 dan tahan mata walau pun dah ngantuk
- peramah..
- boleh meniarap dengan cepat dan berguling2
- pandai kocak2 air masa mandi
- tangan dah pandai grab benda, semua benda yg dicapainya wajib masuk mulut
- suka ngomel sorang2
- pandai marah dah ni..
- berat dah 6.5 kg
- makin kuat menyusu
- kena inject tak nangis pun..kuat anak mama ni
- pandai buat mimik muka macam2..menghiburkan hati tengok telatah anak teruna ni ;)

Cherry and White Chocolate Clafoutis

Taken from Junior Master chef Australia website...
sedapnya tak tahan menengoknya ;)

 

Ingredients

Lining the moulds

20g butter, melted
1/4 cup caster sugar

Filling

50g plain flour
Pinch salt
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
80ml milk
80ml thickened cream
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
35g unsalted butter, melted
50g white chocolate, coarsely grated

Marinated cherries

400g fresh cherries, pitted (about 300g pitted)
1 tablespoon caster sugar
Squeeze of fresh orange juice

Mascarpone cream

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1 teaspoon icing sugar
150ml thickened cream
80g mascarpone

Cherry and rosewater compote

150g pitted cherries
Finely grated rind and juice of 1 orange
3 teaspoons maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon rosewater
1 cinnamon quill

Method

Makes 2

1. Preheat oven to 180C.

2. For lining moulds, brush two 350ml capacity shallow oval ceramic dishes with the melted butter. Sprinkle evenly with sugar shaking to cover. Shake out excess sugar.

3. For marinated cherries, combine cherries, sugar and orange juice in a medium bowl. Set aside.

4. For filling, combine flour and salt in a medium bowl; make a well in the centre. Whisk in egg, egg yolk, rind and vanilla bean paste until smooth. Combine milk and cream in a small jug and gradually whisk into mixture 1/2 at a time. Add sugar, orange juice, melted butter and chocolate and stir to combine.

5. Spoon fruit into prepared dishes and pour over batter until 3/4 full. Place in preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until tops are golden.

6. Meanwhile for cherry and rosewater compote, combine ingredients in a saucepan, simmer over medium-low heat for 8-10 minutes or until fruit is tender and soft and liquid is slightly reduced.

7. For mascarpone cream, beat ingredients in a mixer until soft peaks.

8. Serve clafoutis with cherry and rosewater compote and mascarpone cream to the side.

Florentine Tartlets with Frangipane

This recipe is taken from Junior Master chef Australia website..

Ingredients

Sablée Pastry
225g plain flour
75g icing sugar mixture
Pinch salt
150g chilled unsalted butter, diced
1 egg

Frangipane
40g unsalted butter, diced
40g caster sugar
1 egg
1 egg white
60g almond meal

Topping
50g honey
50g caster sugar
50g unsalted butter
50g flaked almonds
60g red glace cherries
20g Kellogg’s cornflakes
100g dark chocolate 70% cocoa

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C.

2. For sablée pastry. Sift flour, icing sugar and salt into a large glass bowl. Add the butter, using fingertips rub butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in egg and knead dough until just combined.

3. Place half of the dough in between 2 sheets of baking paper and roll out as thin as possible – approximately 3mm and place on a tray and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes to rest. Reserve remaining dough in fridge for another use.

4. For the Frangipane. Add butter and sugar to the chopper attachment of stick blender and blend until thick and creamy, use a spoon to scrape the sides of the chopper if required.  Add egg and egg white and process until combined. Add almond meal and process until combined.

5. Grease six 8cm loose-based tart pans. Remove chilled pastry from fridge and using a 10cm round pastry cutter, cut discs from pastry and use to line the prepared tart pans and trim any excess pastry.

6. Spoon frangipane mix evenly between 6 tart shells, place on a baking tray and bake in oven for 12 – 15 minutes or until cooked through and golden. Remove tartlets from oven and cool for 2 – 3 minutes.

7. For the topping. Combine honey, sugar and butter in a medium saucepan, stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and mix becomes foamy. Add almonds, cherries and cornflakes and stir gently until combined.

8. Place chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, stir chocolate until just melted, spoon into a piping bag, using scissors snip the end to make a small hole. Spoon the topping onto the tarts, then drizzle with chocolate to serve.

9. Arrange best 3 tartlets on a presentation plate.