First Ramadan with Two Kids


This year we had baby Noah in our Ramadan. And alhamdulillah, although I fully breastfed him, I could make to do fasting all through the month!

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In my experience, holding the meals while nursing is easier than letting my tummy empty while suffering the nausea in the early pregnancy (even though when I finally ate the foods tasted not good). It was like a fighting between my desire and my need. 🙂

MASJID TOUR

This is my story I posted in the socmed about our hobby to do “masjid (mosque) tour” for iftar / taraweeh while Ramadan is coming and how it changes nothing even now with two kids. Written for FAHIMA’s contest. Continue reading

GW 2019 Escape to Lovely Double-A


“Where to go this GW (Golden Week)” is kind of normal question to the people in Japan as they entered the new year, no exception us, no matter with a baby or not. Holiday is holiday after all, which we won’t take it for granted 😛

Around Feb, we started discussion how we’re gonna spend this year’s GW. For the first time in the history, GW holiday will be the longest up to 10 days in total including weekends. I suggested to go to the new places, but Aisar preferred to revisit nostalgic areas such as Okinawa with kids this time. At the end, the fate stood by me. Aisar got the suggestion of cheap flights to Akita. It’s matched to my desire for Aomori, in which we can ride trains from Akita to reach.

Finally, there we went!

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Akita Part: rice field tour

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aomori part: apple frenzy

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Hubby Comes Back from Biztrip, Yay or Nay?


Posted from egadioniputri‘s Instagram

A reflection while waiting for hubby’s return from a series of business trips within and outside Japan… almost four years being parents and now with two kids, we still have different styles in parenting, so sometimes I face a dilemma:

❤️ when hubby is home, I have helper, but have to deal with things I’m disagree with.. (ex: let the toddler sip coffee) 😅

❤️ when hubby is away, I have to struggle alone, but things get easier bcs I’m the only ruler.. 😁

Adakah yang ngerasain hal sama? 😆

Bentar lagi kangmas pulang dari biztrip-nya dan ini bikin saya mikir, wah.. bakal rame lagi nih rumah dengan rengekan manja Musa minta ini itu (baca: yang Mama biasanya nggak bolehin, tapi masih dibolehin sama papanya, seperti nyeruput kopi atau nonton yutub pake hape 🙄). Si abang kan nggak berani nangis-nangis ngeyel minta sesuatu ke Mama. Kalo Mama bilang “No” yo uwis.. dia pasrah. Kalo Papanya? beuh, bikin emak geregeten krn ‘kalahan’ sama anaknye. Wkwk..

Kami memang berbeda batas soal disiplin, tapi yaaa kalo tak ada kangmas, aku pun tak kuasa bila harus mengurus dua bocah kicik ini sendiri. Buktinya, tiap kali ditinggal, pasca punya bayi ini, badan selalu tepar, kan? (penggemar IG Stories aku pasti tau..) demam yang dulu jaraaang banget terjadi, kini jadi langganan 😢

That’s why.. I told myself, sudahlah jangan mendustakan nikmat Allah. Bagaimana pun berbedanya fathering ala bojo VS mothering ala aku, asal bukan hal yang prinsipil—yang memang harus satu visi—biarlah nggak perlu dipikirin. Lebih baik fokus ke bersyukur karena punya suami yang masih ringan tangan bantu ngurus anak, ngasih kita me-time sesekali dengan jagain anak-anak, bawain segala macam saat main keluar, dsb.

Kehadiran sosok dua ortu yang benar-benar memberi waktunya untuk anak tetap lebih baik ketimbang single parent, mau sehebat apa pun ibunya. Lower your ego.. and enjoy ups downs parenting together with the DH while you can 😉

Terkait renungan ini jadi teringat satu teori parenting (halah):

Kita bisa aja beda gaya, persepsi, atau standar dalam parenting, tapi jangan pernah jelekin pasangan di depan anak/bikin anak benci sama salah satu ortunya.

Nahhh.. 🙈

#parentslife #marriagegoals

No Way for Baby Blues


Dear Baby Noah,

Thank you for coming to my arms and holding me back from a lot of negative responses when facing unpleasant situations. Yeah, even though I’m still cheating to feel miserable or resentful behind you sometimes.. I can make sure that I’m not having baby blues and totally BABY PINKS to you 💕💞💝

Three weeks with this tiny human somehow my emotions become more stable compared to the time when I had only a toddler. Probably, an innocent baby’s face soothes me magically or I care less about the things unrelated to the baby and home. Also, I never imagined that it’s so easy to move on and love another child as much as the firstborn.

Your heart will grow.. and there will be enough room within it for all your sweethearts –> TRUUU

This all reminds me to the postnatal mental health survey I filled during my stay in the hospital  which actually wasn’t good that made me invited to meet the nurses and counselors. Thanks God, I’m great instead! 😇 Continue reading