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Flint Water Crisis: Blood Draw for Checking Lead

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Welldone!

Musa had taken #blooddraw to check #leadcontamination in the #tapwater we drink. He drinks nursery water with fluoride added, but probably his pediatrician just wanted to make sure that he’s fine. Look at this happy face after a hand poke. He’s such a brave little guy. The lab staff needed to search for best venous twice in both hands, but she had no clue and asked me instead, “Did he drink?” she said we had to make him well hydrated, then called her senior, the senior said “Nothing greatest, but let’s try” and they forced to inject the needle, got no blood drawed at first and Musa had started crying, but finally they did it, brought about two tubs of bloods. #musaromas only cried mildly (like his cry everybody out there knows) then laughed immediately. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #toddlerlife #1y6d #MLabs #UofMHospital #labtest #flintwatercrisis #handpoke

Musa hari ini diambil darahnya untuk mengecek kandungan timbal dari air minum (di sini air kran bisa diminum). Jadi ceritanya di daerah #Flint, #Michigan lagi ada kasus air tercemar timbal gitu karena kesalahan manajemen (pipanya udah jadul n karatan bikin logam berat larut dalam air.. Yaiks, kan?) yang mana hal ini bisa mengganggu kesehatan. Sebetulnya Musa minumnya dari air mineral khusus bayi, tapi dokternya meresepkan untuk #cekdarah mungkin untuk memastikan aja apakah dia aman. Agak susah cari pembuluh darah yang pas untuk disuntik tadi. Staf labnya bolak-balik meraba tangan kanan, kiri, kanan, kiri lagi, terus malah nanya apakah Musa udah minum cukup sebelumnya, sampai akhirnya dia manggil seniornya. Senior yang rambutnya udah putih semua ini juga sama nggak langsung dapet, katanya nggak ada yang paling oke, tapi coba aja deh. Diambillah dua tabung darah dan Musa cuma nangis bentar, nangis khas ala dia yang orang pada tahu nggak heboh, lalu ketawa-ketiwi :))

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[Update May 17]

We got the result of his blood draw. Thanks, Allah, everything is okay. We may continue to give him nursery water with fluoride (next time by storing in refrigerator as instruction in the label.. we were wrong all this time) and sometimes filtered tap water like what we do now.

 

Happy First Birthday, Musa!

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#ea5512 One year ago today, without a hard and prolonged labor, you came to the world in the most beautiful way I could never ask more. If you only knew, Musa.. that I was very scary to die after delivering you, that I worried about losing chance to be a MOM of you, that I sometimes thought you would be my only child.. every time I felt, “oh, pregnant is really tough!”, and wanted to give up. However, your coming made all of my fears faded away and putting you first in my everyday life now is one thing I’ll never regret (and won’t take it for granted)!!! I have to say, “Thank you, Allah, for trusting me in taking care of him”, and yes, in the hands of lady who was disinterested in young kids, you are ‘unfortunately’ be entrusted 😀

If you deserve a better mom, please let me be that one. We have learned too many things together from zero through this first year. Why should we stop? It’s wonderful life ahead, dear baby, and your opportunities to create benefits for universe are unli mited. May you become a son who loves being closer and faithful to Allah whatever happens and we are united as family for ever up to jannah (heaven). Aamiin.

Happy first birthday, Musa! Happy mother’s day to me!

\P. S.: baby development, up and down of first year parenting, and what to expect will be written in different post.

Month 4 Review of Musa’s Eating

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We’re still in the series of Musa eating reviews, in which you can take a peek into my baby diet within his first year of life. In this post, I compiled new foods he ate from 9 month old to 10 month old that had not been given in the previous months. See also Month 1 Review, Month 2 Review, and Month 3 Review. Since 9 months, Musa mostly sampled adult foods I cooked at home and became less restrictive in terms of portion. I just followed him when to stop eating and he became more mature in regulating himself.

Month 4 Review (9 month old >> Feb 8, 2016 – Mar 7, 2016)

Grains

  • Basmati rice
  • Black rice
  • Glutinous white rice
  • Wheat germ
  • Whole wheat cereal
  • Quinoa

Vegetables

  • Asparagus
  • Bell pepper in orange color
  • Cilantro
  • Olive
  • Oppo >> a kinf of bottle gourd, but less juicy

as spices/seasonings:

  • Cumin

Fruits

  • Blueberry
  • Cranberries [dried]
  • Grapefruit
  • Raisins
  • Tangerine

Milk (Dairy Products)

  • Almond milk
  • Condensed milk
  • Cow’s milk >> for baking
  • Half and half
  • Cream [heavy]
  • Sour cream

Unfortunately, my baby has known how yummy ice cream is by this stage :roll:.

Meats and Beans

  • Black beans
  • Candellini beans
  • Crab
  • Tuna

** Non-food **

Oils >> nothing new

Drinks >> nothing new

** Snack or Finger foods **

  • Brown rice cracker from Aldi
  • Chicken nugget made with chicken, dry cereals, apple sauce, and veggies
  • Cucumber with pumpkin puree dipping sauce
  • Crispy tangerines
  • Gingersnap cookies
  • Mango jelly with orange juice sauce

How does Musa look when eating ’em all? Check it out on my Facebook: Musa’s Meals Diary

Month 3 Review of Musa’s Eating

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Eight-months means saying bye-bye to puree. Musa is already used to finger foods since the beginning, so he jumps to chunked foods with no problem.

Yet, he still can’t estimate how much his mouth can handle foods and I often find he’s spitting before eating its spits again. It didn’t happen in the past months. Previously, he kept chewing no matter how much the foods filling up his mouth or actually he might not have idea yet the way to take his foods out when his mouth is full ^_^. In a good perspective, it’s actually a good sign that he’s been able to manage bite per bite.

Month 3 Review (8 month old >> Jan 8, 2016 – Feb 7, 2016)

NEW FOODS SUMMARY

Grains

  • Somen (Japanese wheat noodle)
  • Udon (Japanese thick wheat noodle)

Vegetables

  • Bok choy (Chinese cabbage)
  • Bottle gourd [Indonesian: Labu air]
  • Chayote [Indonesian: Labu siam]
  • Jicama [Indonesian: Bengkoang]
  • Long beans [Indonesian: Kacang panjang]
  • Luffa (Chinese okra) [Indonesian: Oyong]
  • Mushroom
    • “White button” variety
  • Water spinach [Indonesian: Kangkung]

Fruits

  • Blackberry
  • Dates
  • Durian
  • Mangostene
  • Orange >> Juice orange
  • Soursop
  • Strawberry

Milk (Dairy Products)

  • Greek yogurt
  • Buttermilk
  • Cheese >> Colby jack, cheddar, American slice

Meats and Beans

  • Shrimp
  • Salmon
  • Anchovy [Japanese: shirasu]
  • Kidney beans

** Non-food **

Drinks

  • Barley tea [Japanese: mugicha]

** Spices / seasonings **

  • Seaweed
  • Bonito flakes [Japanese: katsuo bushi]

** Snack or Finger foods **

  • Homemade teething biscuit
  • Japanese veggies rice cracker (yasai senbei)
  • Indonesian baby biscuit
  • Cheerios

MENU LIST

menu-list-8months

How does Musa look when eating them all? Check it out on my Facebook: Musa’s Meals Diary

Final Quarter of MPASI

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#ea5512 Sejak bulan Februari ini, kalo lihat catatan MPASI-nya, makanan Musa per harinya jauh lebih beragam dan hampir sama seperti yang dimakan Papa Mamanya. Kalo dulu saya selalu pisahkan dan siapkan khusus termasuk minuman dan cemilannya, sekarang lebih santai mau ngasih apa yang kami juga makan (dengan tetap memperhatikan kadar garam/gulanya). Saat kontrol ke dokter anaknya pun, dibilangin “just give what you eat”. Hal ini dalam rangka transisi dari makanan bayi ke makanan orang biasa (table food) usia satu tahun nanti. Berhubung Musa sudah dibiasakan makan sendiri dari awal MPASI, alhamdulillah nggak ada kesulitan berarti mengajarinya makan pakai sendok dan minum langsung dari gelas, malah belakangan dia suka nggak betahan duduk manis disuapin.

Nah, ternyata di buku Superfoods (by Annabel Karmel) juga disinggung bahwa babak perempat final tahun pertama hidup bayi ini (9-12 bulan) adalah masa-masa di mana bayi mulai tumbuh sifat nyebelinnya.. eh.. independennya tongue emoticon pengennya bebas nggak diatur, jadi tak heran kalo banyak bayi menolak disuapin dan maunya cuma makan sendiri, makanya suka kita dengar ada bayi lagi GTM / Gerakan Tutup Mulut. Bisa jadi sebenarnya mereka bukan bermaksud nolak makan, tapi kitanya yang nggak paham..aduuuh jadi terharu kalo mikir makhluk imut gitu udah punya pilihan-pilihan personal dalam hidupnya.

Dalam tahap ini, finger foods (makanan yang bisa dipegang oleh bayi) mempunyai peran penting dan dianjurkan mendorong bayi untuk bereksperimen dengan sendok dan belajar mengunyah karena tekstur makanannya udah harus lebih kasar daripada puree (bubur). Pengalaman sejauh ini sih, metode BLW (Baby Led Weaning) yang kami terapkan pada level pertengahan (tidak 100%) memang sangat membantu perkembangan bayi dalam hal makan (koordinasi mata dan tangannya, kontrol porsi yang masuk mulut, mengunyah, menelan, mengeluarkan makanan kalo tersedak, menjumput makanan kecil, meremas, memotong, dll.).

Silakan dicoba kalo belum mulai, apalagi kalo si bayi udah masuk usia 9 bulan kaya Musa. BTW maap videonya nggak nyambung.. cuma rekaman makannya Musa sehari-hari aja. Wkwk.

Foto dan resepnya menyusul di album “Musa’s Meals Diary”.

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