Letting off steam.

I feel the need to rant.
Kepala rasa serabut, mari let off steam.
Just recovered from 2 days of fever.
Tak kelakar tetibe demam lengkap sakit badan segala.
Throwback denggi sangat.
I'm guessing it happened coz I was gatal enough to go eat black pepper steak for lunch on a panaih menyerit day as kak gayah would call it.
Anyways, there goes my last two days with the emerald rebung.
Posted it back home petang tadi.
Now I'm actually feeling on edge tak senang duduk selagi parcel tak sampai ke tuan dia.
Tak kelakar oi kalau barang orang lost in transit, rebung pulak tu.
Haihh..
I also received my anggun ring sling yesterday.
Anggun is it's name btw, aku takde la poyo nak describe wrap itu anggun kan lulz.
Loving the look, surprisingly the feel as well.
Rasa dewasa sgt dah own a sorta 'beastly' wrap as they call it.
Tebal, kasar, keras.
My only problem with it is it's impossible to tighten once baby is in.
But the up side is once baby is in, it holds up rock solid.
So what I do is adjust ngam2 sebelum pop in then buat seat je.
I think I'm gonna give it a wash tomorrow, see what happens.
Tangan dah gatal nak jual & carik lain ni lol.
Dahla ada org dibs dah so it doesn't hurt to try kan.
But I suddenly feel so tired of all these transactions & postage & getting acquainted with new stuff.
I don't know how people can do hundreds of them & still be excited every time.
& I'm not exaggerating.
There is a mama that said she's posted out at least 120 gears since she started babywearing.
WTF.
Ok let's go on to updates on Izzaz.
I've started officially feeding him solids since Tuesday.
But if my nurse asks then say not yet la hor bahaha.
To be honest, we've been letting him suck & nibble on cut apples & papayas since he turned 4 months old.
Coz he's just so hungry!
He can empty out my boobies then still click his tongue when he sees us eating.
So kesian right.
Plus all the signs were there,
He could sit in the bumbo & hold his head steady,
He could swallow,
He definitely shows interest in food.
& he's been such a dream these 4 days.
Fed him pureed apples the first 3 days then today made carrots.
Cleans up every single bowl.
Syok pulak dok buat baby food.
Masa Hilwa dulu tak tau la tak kena gaya ke aku yang impatient ke apa.
Solids was so frustrating.
Hope it stays good with Izzaz.
Hilwa pun minggu ni good girl, been eating proper meals especially dinner.
& they've both been sleeping early, like 8.30 to 9 pm liddat every night.
So now imma go freshen up & catch up on my movies teehee.

Hunger pangs.

I'm hungry.
Despite having rice for dinner,
Then finishing some pastries I bought for tea,
Then eating maggi just before bringing the kiddos up to bed.
Maggi happened about an hour ago.
& I'm legit hungry.
Just breastfed both babies from both side of my bubis though.
I don't care if you think I'm using breastfeeding as an excuse.
At the end of the day, I'm still hungry lol.
But I don't know if anyone else experience this,
Every time I breastfeed, at that point just before let down, I'll lose my appetite.
I could be starving, I could be in the middle of telling Ikhwan I'm really craving for whatever I'm craving for,
I'll just suddenly feel full & the even the idea of food becomes almost repulsive.
& this happens every single breastfeeding session since I gave birth to Hilwa 2 years & 3 months ago.
Well, thought that would distract me but nahh..
I'm still thinking of the Nathan's hotdog truck that's been in Tmn Tun these few days sheesh.

The harsh truth.

Took the rebung out to ou just now.
Since it's not mine, I initially wore Izzaz in the COK ring sling while we had lunch,
Then he got hungry so I took him to the nursing room where I finally wrapped him in the rebung.
Since he just had milk, & I didn't have time to just put him down & let him rest coz papa & Hilwa were waiting,
I dare not spend too much time tightening him lest he vomit on a borrowed wrap.
The wrap wasn't exactly diggy, but it just didn't sit right.
Plus since Izzaz was sleeping, I pulled up the sides of the fwcc to secure his head, & he was sweating bullets under the 3 layers.
I still love how it looks & feels in hand though.
This post was supposed to be me saying once & for all the rebung is nothing special & I'm giving up wraps for good,
But I can't quite bring myself to lol.
If bebe sachi ever decides to weave an emerald rebung blanket I probably wouldn't hesitate to own one.
But right now, deeeep down inside, I know I'm just too lazy to be lugging around yards of cloth, then spending tens of minutes draping it around me.
I'm a ring sling (& wcssc, fingers crossed lol) mama through & through.
I was just really lucky I got to try out the rebung without having to spend money on it, & then have it be the wrap I retire on (most probably lol).

Emerald Rebung.

By some extremely lucky twist of fate,
I now have in my possession an emerald rebung.
For the next 10 days or so, but who cares!
Emerald rebung virgin no more!
First touch: I like how grippy but not overly textured it is.
My previous experience with textured wraps are a 100% cotton pfau & that linen Indio I hosted in October,
& this rebung weave has some grip but it still feels smooth & slippery in hand.
First up: omg I can't even describe it.
It's exactly like everything I've ever read in all the reviews ever written.
I chose to do the fwcc coz that's what I'm most comfortable tying,
& putting Izzaz into the pouch, he just stayed there, the wrap did not budge.
But then tightening required minimal effort,
The wrap literally glides into place & moulds to our body like a bandage.
Its so curious coz in hand it doesn't have that much stretch at all.
Mind boggling.
& I did not feel him on my shoulders at all,
But he was up maybe 10-15 minutes so we'll see about that.
The colour: truly gorgeous, I'm obsessed.
This one I'm hosting is in the black weft,
I still don't know whether the green weft would be prettier or not, but who cares.
Expect a gazillion rants here for the next 10 days.
Sheesh now I really want to own one T.T

Moved.

I just finished watching Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
It's so good I actually don't have an exact word for it.
Mainly coz I have Fall Out Boy's American Beauty/American Psycho in my ears.
The movie was so good I couldn't shut down my laptop & move on with life.
Like I'm just gonna fall asleep right here & wake up with the tear streaks still on my face, ya know?
But yeah, so I put on Fall Out Boy & now I'm sad that they're moving me how Muse should.
Except Muse isn't anymore.
Pfft.
Just go listen to the first 4 tracks of this album & tell me this shit don't move you.
Then watch Me and Earl and the Dying Girl because that's good stuff right there.
Man I wish I could get paid digging around for good movies on IMDB & listening to the same, like, 6 bands forever.