A special shout out goes to my maa.. Pn Habibah Endan, maa I love you so much, not only today but everyday!

I was oncall last night, and this morning, I came home to this..

Sejuk hati, mommy..

Happy Mother’s Day, mommies!!

Hubby: Bella demam. She drank only 1oz milk this morning. Makan pun tak byk.. Coughing still..

Me: *panic button pushed* OMG!! We must bring her to the doctor!! *in a high-pitched tone*

Hubby: We are doctors, aren’t we? *blur*

Me: *gulp* Lupaaa!!! I was totally in my mommy mode. Forgot I’m a doctor.. Hahahha..

Hubby: ….

You gotta have boneless chicken, diced sweet potato, dried apricot, carrot, chicken stock and tomato puree.. Simple and quick.. promised!

First, heat up your cooking olive oil, saute a few slices of onion and boneless chicken until sealed. Then you add your sweet potato with some amount of chicken stock (at least until all your sweet potato and chicken are covered). Add a few slices of dried apricot, tomato puree (secukup rasa) and slices of tomatoes.. Bring to the boil and simmer for 12-15 minutes..

And blend until smooth as you wish

Look at Bella’s face.. that’s how much she loves this chicken with apricot and sweet potato meal

I was out with my BFF yesterday after work (L-R : me, Dr Elly, Dr Rey) it has been awhile since we met up with each other.. work, family and more work delays our get together sessions. It was just a short session cause we only manage to meet up after finish work, around 5pm until maghrib prayer time before rushing home again..

Back at home, I knew there was no more frozen food for B but I just had to meet up with my girlfriends!! It so hard to catch all three available at the same time. So I decided to just let her daddy feed her with bottled food from Heinz! Hahahha… (Hey!! everyone screw up sometimes, right?) Daddy said ok coz he knew I haven’t been seeing my girlfriends for quite sometimes..

Poor daddy had to face all the drama.. Bella refused to take the bottled food. Penat daddy pujuk Bella ngangan mulut nak makan but she just refused!!

Hahahha.. I don’t know who to kesian.. daddy or Bella I reached home around 7pm, cooked for B her favourite meal and She’s a happy baby!! Hehehehe…

Today I wanna write about being a mommy.. not about what I went through but what I wanna be in the future..

Will I be a tiger mom? Yes I have read that book.. “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. For those who doesn’t know what tiger mom is, it’s the kind of mother that takes childhood seriously.. Childhood is about work now, play later!! A tiger mom takes her kid’s future seriously and won’t let anything get in the way. Tiger mom is very strict with their children.. and won’t take “I can’t” for an answer..

OR will I be a power mom? This kind of mother is into career success.. She’s the type of person who’s very proud of her career and at the same time wishes she could just chill out with other moms. Trying to find balance in both world..

OR a laid-back mom? This type of mom couldn’t care less about success. She’s all about the path of least resistance. If the children want cake, let them have the cake… Whatever.. As long as everyone is happy..

For me, I wanna find balance between all three. I wanna be a hands-on mommy. A kind of person who does homework with their children, teach them ABC, read them storybooks, read the Quraan. I wanna spend time doing their science project together. Go to their sports day event, music class and swimming lesson. I wanna be a friend to my children. They can talk to me about life, school, fashion, the cute boy at school.. whatever they like..

I don’t think I’ll make the cut to be a tiger mom but I am very discipline person myself.  Therefore, I’m definitely not really a laid-back type of mommy. To me, family comes first. Career is important but nothing beats family.

So what type of mommy are you then?

Bella is 9 month old today.. Hooray!! And she got 6 teeth!! Only God knows how much she loves to bite!! Hahhaha… I’ve been trying to teach her how to brush her teeth since she had her first tooth *obsessive mommy mode* We started with this one..

Thumb in one pocket, and middle finger in one pocket.. It’s not easy to use this at first but after a while, I got used to it.. Then my mom told me to buy ‘real’ toothbrush for baby..  When Bella is getting better at holding something (and shoving things into her mouth!), we bought this one..

It comes with set three toothbrushes, the most left is for beginner where usually baby loves to bite and chew whatever things they are holding.. Bella loves to chew this one as compared to the second one.. and the third one is for real brushing works..

I usually let her chew her toothbrush while she’s playing and during her bath time.. and only use the third (real) toothbrush before she goes to sleep. Im just trying to make it a habit for her to brush her teeth at night (even I know she’ll drink milk until she falls asleep ) and if you’re wondering, no, I don’t put toothpaste on the toothbrush!

So that’s the story of Bella’s toothbrushes.. Can’t believe I’m writing about this but I guess it’s good to share experience with mommies out there.. If you got any thing to share with us on this serious matter Hahhaha.. You’re more than welcome to write

It’s very easy.. You just need minced beef, butternut squash (as I said before in my previous entry, nak guna pumpkin biaser pun buleh.. butternut squash ni pumpkin omputih), carrot, beef stock (air rebusan tulang daging, it gives the sweetness to the taste but please don’t put salt when you’re making it!), tomato puree (also home-made, blended tomato, fry with onion and shallot until it becomes thicker) and thyme leaves..

Thyme leaves ni tak wajib but many western food uses thyme leaves for red meat, it gives a nice aroma to the food.. I couldn’t find fresh thyme leaves but I found this at the supermarket.. Pokok thyme!! Hahhaha.. kecik jer pasu ni, so I just bought this one.. senang kalu nak masak next time.. what could be more fresh than this, right??

First, what you should do heat up the saucepan with olive oil.. (yeah I use olive oil for all B’s food), the the onion and minced beef. Fry over a medium heat until they start to turn brown.. Step two, just add the butternut squash (or any pumpkin), carrot, beef stock, a little bit of tomato puree and thyme leaves..

Step three, just bring to boil all the ingredients together..

Step four.. blend until smooth to your baby’s liking! Wallaaaaa…. This much of food can last for 3  days for B.. and that is for 6 meals. I froze B’s food and heat it back whenever I need it. I have to do that because I can’t afford to cook everyday. With work and oncall, this method works best for me, easy for daddy when he needs to feed B too..

 And that is little B learning how to chew

Filed under: Mommyhood Tagged: recipe, solids ]]> http://barelysupermommy.com/2012/04/15/beef-casserole-and-butternut-squash-for-little-b/feed/ 40 halinamohdyunos http://barelysupermommy.com/2012/04/14/our-pride-and-joy/ http://barelysupermommy.com/2012/04/14/our-pride-and-joy/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:01:18 +0000 DrHalina http://barelysupermommy.com/?p=518 ]]> Probably some of you have seen this from my husband’s FB page or from my twitter page Bella’s underwater picture.. No she is not yet swimming but she’s able to hold her breath and open her eyes underwater. She seem very comfortable and enjoying it We are still waiting for more pictures from her swimming instructor but bear with this one for now..

Sophea Isabella at 8 month old.. Our pride and joy

The funny thing is, the gate tu ketot jer.. only slightly taller than B! Hehehe.. They can still enjoy the view and Bella will still be safe running around in the house compound…

They are all prepared for little B y’all!! Hahaha..

That’s B with her beloved babatok..

Oh.. and check this out.. green vege for B!!

That’s spinach with  sweet potato for B’s breakfast!! The colour is really scary.. Hahah.. Lucky B still wants to eat it despite the angry looking colour!! This is part of my plan to teach Bella to eat vegetables.. I really don’t want her to be a picky-eater.. So far it has been a success. Even her teacher at school said B loves to eat!! Hahaha..That sounds very familiar.. exactly like me during my pregnancy