On Mommy hood and how Oleana made life a tad bit easier!
Basically… you become a couch potato if you decide to stay home and since I have no “domestic assistant” nor have I decided on leaving kid at a nursery to resume work, all I do is sleep, wake up, go to the kitchen, eat, again sleep, clean, do the laundry.. sleep again, watch TV for fun and of course the Internet may it be blessed! Kid on the other hand; Sleeps, wakes up.. eats, burps and does her thing in the diaper.. “Gaga”s a bit then sleeps! so we all sleep during morning and at night I leave the house to go over to my parents where we do more eating and sleeping <– pretty boring I know but I never thought that having a baby is hectic however, the look on her face or the way she now reaches to touch my face makes me soooooooo over the world with content and satisfaction – I love my baby!
We’ve been struggling with her sleep pattern which was miraculously fixed when we traveled to Lebanon and thank God now she sleeps all night so do I! Every week is a new challenge because she manifests new abilities and since last week I’ve noticed how she holds her feet and moves them up towards her mouth and starts sucking on her toes! TOO CUTE! Teething is a bitch, it makes her cranky – she bites on everybody’s finger as well as her teether and I need to ask you moms out there if there’s a way to calm her down without resulting to medication?!
Another thing that I am glad happened is my baby being weaned off milk.. I felt guilty at the beginning but that’s how my body works and I wasn’t lactating enough and some people seriously got on my nerves giving me lectures on how important it is to breast feed when it’s completely out of my hands and I am happy that she had her share for almost 2 months when I went dry. We’re on formula now and lately I’ve noticed it hasn’t been enough so in Lebanon we introduced fruits and boy oh boy she went nuts! She adores grapes!! I couldn’t believe it but she was so happy sucking on the grape as well as watermelon and when we came back I thought I’d cut her off but her grandpa cheated and he prepares some grape juice to drink so mama & I were discussing bringing out the baby food processor and start with solids when I read a tweet from @Oleana about the [ Wean Machine ] and I instantly ordered it and after the 2nd day of trials, I can say that it’s the best mommy invented device! I love itttttttttttttttttttt! I just fed her some peaches with a dash of milk and she’s sleeping ! Wohoooo !
I know some might say it’s too early since she’s 4 months old now but I’ve noticed milk ain’t enough and after researching about it online, we took the decision to go slowly and diverse her meals and have her used to different tastes and she’s not complaining.. so far! there are some food which we have to avoid but I am sticking to recipes I got online as well a small booklet which I got from [ Oleana ] and it’s soooo darn easy to use!!!
I got the machine itself which comes with 2 grills and a spoon and got an extra pack of accessories just in case as well as the recipes book. Check this [ Video ] to see how it to works!
Along, I’ve ordered a couple of things since they have a great promotion on some items
I bought those two clothes items for a great deal, massage oil, rubber ducky and the diaper disposal bags which are essential in her diaper bag.
I alsoooo got her this adorable headband since she’s “9al3a” for now :* some people still ask if she’s a boy :I ! headbands are crucial at this stage till people begin to pay enough attention that she has earrings on for god’s sake!
Now about [ Oleana Boutique ], great “must have” items on their site, more than excellent customer service because they reply to queries and attend to any question one has and I love how they SMS – call before they send off the items ( Philipina lady is sweet as well as the driver Mohammed ). Their payment options are flexible as well so I highly recommend you check their website out, their FB group [ HERE ], follow them on Twitter @Oleana or drop by their blog [ HERE ] for updates. Thanks Reem for helping me out ;) and I am getting the trolley thingie soon!
October 1st, 2011 at
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October 1st, 2011 at
Alf mabrook… Cute girl… For teething problem clean a carot , put it in the freezer for an hour then give it to her, that will help alot .
October 3rd, 2011 at
7lat’hom wallah :) i am trying to convince my wife for another child since we stopped for 15 years. she is telling me that she is too old for that now…i will show her this picture may be she will change her mind ;)
October 4th, 2011 at
Thank you Tal. :) I will try today, I already got some carrots for the machine as well so I’ll chop them to small sticks and let her have a go at them!
Liqati thank you first for the comment ;) and wow! 15 years! I am trying to convince the man for a second one since age’s an issue but he is not up to it now.. you know how life now and circumstances make us think twice before over populating the planet bas yalla go for it ;p bet she’s gonna have fun having minimal sleep hours each day and may Allah bless you with what you want :)
October 4th, 2011 at
Mashallah she is adorable…. Alf mabrook <3 you are an awesome mom! I cant wait to come to kuwait and see you and baaaabbbyyyyyyy
October 17th, 2011 at
Awww Mashalla she is cute. Yup life with a little one is crazy and lots of fun. :-)
October 27th, 2011 at
Mashallah raby ya7fe9′ha weykhaleha lekom. I believe you and my wife are going through the very same phases haha, i need to teach my wife how to blog!