Horee…arya udah 7 bulan…

Arya udah tambah besar sekarang, pileknya udh sembuhan (masih dikit sih soalnya diajak jalan mulu..=(), tapi dianya sih aktif dan ceria ceria aja.
Trus Arya udah tambah pinter sekarang...
- Udah mobile…bisa merangkak, merayap, ngesot, ato perpaduan duduk merangkak merayap..pokoknya kalo dia mau sesuatu, pasti dikejar…Suka serem kalo dia kegledak (apa ya bahasa indonya…jatuh ke belakang kena kepalanya gitu…)..nyungsep sih sering.
- udah seneng berdiri berdiri..bahkan merambat di cribnya…kadang kadang lepas 1 tangan..aduh jatoh deh…
- kalo naek strollernya juga udah nggak mau senderan (kecuali capek), maunya pegangan handling barnya plus pake berdiri berdiri pake pijakan kaki…
- kalo bobo tambah muter muter trus pas bangun langsung tiba tiba duduk…aduh suka serem deh kalo jatuh dari tempat tidur. Mau diboboin di crib, kan masih nenen kalo malem…gimana yah???
- paling lucu kalo duduk trus goyang goyangin badannya ke depan ke belakang….lutcju..
- gigi udah 2 (di bawah, udh panjang skg) + 2 (yg diatas baru keliatan putihnya) + 2 (di bawah, gusinya udh bengkak bengkak)…trus hobinya mulutnya dilancipin kaya lagi nyedot sesuatu..gatel ya dek punya sesuatu yg baru di mulut hehehe..
- udah ngerasain sakit pilek hehehe…
- mam mam udah lancar semua doyan...
- kalo liat orang asing, heboh banget. Apalagi kalo digoda godain..waduh terkekeh kekeh…kasihan kamu nak, kesepian ya dirumah cuma maen ama mbak bin?? Kayanya arya bukan tipe pemalu niy.
- trus arya nggak tertarik ama buku dan TV…dia lebih tertarik ama tangannya sendiri (buat diemut), rambut panjang (buat ditarik), kalungnya mama (buat ditarik dan diemut), tali guling (diemut donk), tisu dan koran (buat dirobek robek..)
Kayanya Arya lebih tertarik buat aktif bergerak daripada diem dan fokus melakukan sesuatu..duh!!

back to basic

Beberapa hari yang lalu, mommie ngobrol ngobrol niy ama mbak bin. Mbak Bin itu orangnya kecil dan kurus, asalnya dari Blitar umurnya 23 tahun, ibu dari Ipoeng yang beratnya udh 23 kg padahal baru mau 3 tahun Mei ini. Ckckck endut yah..sukanya makan pindang. =)
Nah di kampungnya Mbak Bin, nggak ada tuh yg namanya rumah sakit ibu dan anak. Kalo ke rumah sakit harus ongkos lagi donk..Sekampung itu kalau ngelahirin bakalan ke rumah seorang bidan, yg juga istrinya Pak Lurah. Biaya ngelahirin Cuma 250 ribu (3 tahun yg lalu). Jangan kaget! Ini awal cerita aja…Mules dateng jam 5 pagi trus lahir jam 9-an, tanpa painkiller apa apa (Strike 1). Setelah 4 jam ngelahirin bayinya, Mbak Binti udah disuruh pulang dianterin ama mobil bu Lurah. (strike 2). Agak ketunda dikit sih gara gara ujan. Habis itu Ipoeng mimi ASI ampe lebih dari 1 tahun soalnya formula kan mahal. (Strike 3). Cuma ya Ipoeng udah kenal makanan padat dari 4 bulan…so far dia sih baek baek aja.
Kirain kasus ini Cuma karena Mbak Bin nggak ada masalah apa-apa ama kehamilannya. Ternyata nggak loh!!! 2 Jempol buat ibu Lurah…bayi sungsang juga ayo..tanpa operasi! Lahiran normal nggak pake rawat inap! Nggak pake painkiller jadi baby lahir alami! Kalo baru pembukaan awal, si mom-to-be disuruh pulang lagi ( buat nyapu ato ngepel kali ya..)
Beda banget nggak sih ama Mommie Arya niy…=) Cuma hal ini membuka mataku. Kebayang donk kita asalnya sama sama dari Jawa. Paling terpisah ama beberapa km. Tapi bener bener beda….Kirain cerita Mbak Bin ini cerita orang ngelahirin jaman dulu. Ternyata prakteknya masih ada sampai sekarang.

Back to Basic
Nah sekarang niy lagi ngetren ibu ibu mau lahiran secara alami. Nggak mau pake painkiller, ASI..ASI, ASI ex, etc..Nah kalo di kampung, itu bukan pilihan. Mereka ya harus alami, ya harus ASI buat ngurangin biaya. So upside down. Kita yang sehari hari terjebak di depan komputer harus meluangkan waktu buat olahraga min 30 menit sehari. Buat mereka, nyapu ngepel udah makanan sehari hari. Kita diwanti wanti nggak boleh makan fast food, banyak banyak makan sayur. Buat mereka, sayur ya makanan sehari hari, fast food dan daging merah itu makanan mewah. Aku aja hampir ikutan metode hipnotis biar bisa mengurangi rasa sakit bahkan hb ikutan nyaranin caesar aja biar nggak sakit. Aku ikutan milis-milis yg pro ASI, cari cari RS yg pro ASI…hm kalo di desa itu bu Lurah bener bener jadi agen ASI. Pastinya juga perusahaan perusahaan besar susu formula juga nggak mau donk ngirimin sample ke desa itu. Lha wong yg beli (yg mampu beli) bisa diitung pake jari…Kita bisa bangga banget ngasih anak kita ASI ex (buat Arya, 90% Asi ex..=p), bisa lahiran tanpa painkiller…buat ibu ibu di desa, hal ini alami, satu paket ama kehamilan.

Jadi intinya….kita harusnya merubah pola hidup kita. Back to basic. Mungkin yg gampang itu belum tentu yang terbaik. Mungkin kita harus bertanya lagi, apa perlu kita buang buang uang, kalo sebenernya kita udah punya semua yg kita butuhkan.

pritilan pritilan mommie's diary

Kilasan TV

Amazing Race, Amazing result!
Joe and Sabrina is the winner of first season of Amazing race. Surprised?!! Yes, Indeed. They beat 2 tougher team. In one episode, Sabrina was racing to finish line wearing sandal and sling back. Sab, where's your sneakers and backpack?? Compare to other finalist team, they don't have such athletic build. They just ordinary 2 colleagues but now..they're not ordinary girls with US$100.000 on hand =p
It's so inspiring…first, they are the first all women team to win Amazing race…go girls power!!. Second, from the beginning, they are not so ambitious, they're just having fun. I think when you're having fun, you can tackle the toughest challenge. Third, Power of asking! Don't be ashamed to ask the direction to people…Reading a map needs a certain skill and not everybody has a good sense of direction. When time is tight, save your brain for something else and ask people…=)
Good ending!

Australian Open 2007
This is my fave Grand slam. I watched it twice in Melbourne. The atmosphere was different compare to other grand slam. This Grand slam company me during difficult period, during unemployment period on my first month in Melb…urghhhhh so boring!! ( I am still low tech regarding e-world). And again when I was 4 months pregnant and Ari got 1 month assignment in Jakarta..(still don't know the wonderful life of ISM =p)
Australia Open 2007 has just finished. Serena a third times champion claimed her title over Maria Sharapova. In men's singles, it's predictable, Federer won over 'new' chilean, Fernando Gonsalez.
Also, I need to put Federer's name in my blog as world no 1 is my fave tennis player. When we first acquaintanced (kekeke!!) in Kooyong Stadion, January 2004, he's just won Wimbledon and not a world no 1. I asked for his signature…I showed you once I can find my hat. He got the title when he became an Aussie Open champion. And now..4 Australian Open…he's still no 1. See…maybe because of me, he becomes a great player in open era..kekeke!! 10 Grand slam title and still more to come…

"I mean, look, I guess I'm the best tennis player in the world. You can call me a genius because I'm outplaying many of my opponents, kind of maybe playing a bit different, you know, winning when I'm not playing my best. All of that maybe means a little bit of that. So it's nice," a 'humble' Roger Federer after winning his third Australian Open title."

- pics and interview from australianopen website-

Arya dan sakit pertamanya

Udah dari hari senin kemaren Arya pilek. Gara garanya kenapa…hari sabtu Arya keujanan pas nganterin Mama photo buat paspor baru. Udah gitu hari minggu pergi seharian baru pulang jam 10 malem, nganterin Mama potong rambut. Lagian sih Papa nggak mau ditinggal jadinya ya boyongan deh. Mana kan wiken kemaren dingin gitu. Ya udah deh seninnya Arya meler hidungnya. Berbekal ilmu sehat, (dr milis sehat), Mama udah bilang ke Papa, ntar bakalan sembuh sendiri nggak perlu obat bla bla bla…tapi Mama lupa niy satu hal…masih juga nyalain AC Senin malem..hehehe..Arya nggak bisa bobo deh. Hidungnya mampet. Bener ya kalo anak sakit, kasihan gitu….Senin malem bener2 malem yg panjang. Ya udah deh selasa Mama bawa ke dokter Yip. Untungnya lagi ada presentari asuransi baru di kantor. Jadi bisa kabur bentar. Berhubung Mama juga males bawa Mbak Bin jadinya ya berdua doank ke Gleneagles naek taksi. Ini pertama kalinya Mama jalan2 berduaan ama Arya. Pake baby carrier habisan males bawa stroller. Gimana masukin ke taksinya coba..pokoknya nggak kebayang deh.
Berhubung walk-in, jadinya agak lama nunggunya…mana Arya tuh aktif banget lagi…padahal belum bener bener mobile loh..pake acara teriak teriak di lift (kebayang donk ruangan sempit gitu tiba2 dia teriak 'aaaaaaaa ooooooooooo mmmmmmm'), pas di kursi ruang tunggu, maunya merayap, trus berdiri trus pegang2 tas orang laen..wadooooohhh…akhirnya setelah 1.5 jam menunggu, ketemu juga ama sang dokter. Udah 2 kali dokter Yip komentar kalo Arya tuh anak aktif…kayanya dr keluarga Papa niy..kan sepupu Arya yg cowok semuanya nggak mau diem. Seneng deh ama dokter Yip pas komentar dia persis ama ilmu sehatnya Mama. Kalo nggak ada obat buat membunuh virus, paling 5 hari bakalan sembuh. Arya dapet tetes idung ama sirup buat flu/batuk yg dipake kalo butuh aja.
Trus hari itu juga Imbah dateng buat bantuin kita pindahan senin depan. Hehehe bukan buat ngangkut ngangkut barang lah tapi buat jagain Arya soalnya kan ntar kita (baca: Mbak Bin) bakal sibuk berat. Hehehe…tapi kita pake movers kok (yg direkomendasiin ama Tante Ellen)
Rabu, Arya udh mendingan. Tapi Imbah terlalu semangat ngajak jalan2 mana Mama mau muas muasin juga tinggal di Caribbean. Jadinya ampe sore Arya masih maen di playground hehehehe…jadinya masih belum bener bener sembuh deh Arya =( Tapi udh bisa bobo kaya biasanya…

liat deh Arya nggak bisa nutup mulut abisan mampet hidungnya

jalan jalannya juga di basement abisan angin banget

Semoga Arya cepet sembuh deh…biar kita bisa berenang...

pritilan pritilan mommie's diary

My 2007 resolution
One of my resolution is to prioritize my life. I want to be everything (so greedy hm…). Be a good mommie for my Arya, a caring wife and best friend for my hb and a valuable employee. Simple right but it's tough!! I'm not superwoman type…let alone doing voluntering job/keep in touch with old friends/enrich myself with new skill/all good things. That's why I came up with smart idea to be a better organiser. Eventhough I put this as my strength in last year perfomance appraisal, in reality…I admitted that I best described as 'banyak maunya tenaga kurang..' O well…=)
Start on January, I did first manouver, I changed all my yahoogroups setting as no mail so I won't tempt to read the milis nor daily digest during my working hours. It worked especially when we rush for deadlines =) Proud of myself. I will then try to go back home at 6 something when the sun still shine and play with Arya in playground. Hehehe that's my January result. Will need to find more ideas for Feb.

What if I decided to be SAHM??
I was raised by home breader mommie. I turned out to be OK. In my close relatives, there's no history for working moms..either full time mom or working wife with no children. It's so black and white. Here I am to be the pilot project.

I always want to be SAHM everytime...
- I imagine that during daytime, Arya only plays with Mbak Bin….urghhhhh...
- Arya laughs happily to see Mbak Bin….urghhhhh…
- I read article that baby's first 3 years of life is very important to his full development….urghhhhh…
- I noticed big difference of local babies (usually raised by maid) and foreigners babies (raised by mommies)….urghhhh…
- I am tired with my job..(3 yrs doing the same things…) …urghhhhh….

Why don't I choose to be SAHM…
- I'm not brave enough to be 100% dependent to my hb…(family history!)
- we attach to this city because of our work
- our liabilities..urghhhhhhh…..

Life is about an option. Sometimes it's interesting to choose something which will impact your life. This time I don't want to choose. I'm afraid that one day I'll regret not to choose other side of the road.