Happy (belated) birthday, Pipah!

She turns 16 yesterday!

Mak called me last week on Wednesday suruh cari anyone can bake/make RVC for adik’s birthday celebration.
Dah menggelupur jugaklah sbb takut last minute, orang tak nak terima tempahan…
So, I asked around in Twitter and CC suggested Kak Linda – Amsyar Baker.
Alhamdulilah… Kak Linda accepted the order.

So, yesterday they had the celebration at home… Adik said it taste very nice! Simpan sikit, dikkk. Kiteorg balik Rabu ni nak makan! ;)

cupcakesThank you, Kak Linda for a very nice cuppies!

To Adik,
Happy Birthday!
Semoga cemerlang dunia & akhirat :D

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Adik with @kevinzahari at #jomFit event in KB.

 

Khadijah Amani is 8 months now!

Time flies very fast that my little princess is almost a year old now! Phewww.
Let’s recap her milestones before I forgot.

Solid food

  • She loves food very much! We started giving her solid at the age of 5 months and 2 weeks.
  • Dengan Khadijah ni macam lebih berani sikit nak try itu ini… I gave her pumpkin, sweet potato, spinach, pear, multi grain cereals… semua pun dia sapu! Hehe. Of course following the 3-days rule tu.
  • Khadijah tak boleh tengok orang pegang makanan/makan depan dia. Dia mesti nak terliur jugak. She will try to grab your food if you’re sitting nearby or she will do whatever it takes to reach it! Budak ni memang tak duduk diam. So opposite from her brother! ;)
  • She likes biscuits or any finger foods! Kalau Umar dulu sebaya Khadijah, bagi makan biscuit berapa gigit je dia makan… lepas tu tak nak dah.
  • She loves water! Sama macam abang dia dulu. Warm water sangatlah favorite! I used to give her air zam-zam, now bila stock kat rumah dah habis dan lupa nak replenish… Air masak jelah.

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Motor development

  • Khadijah started to crawl at the age of 7 months. She scoots on her tummy when she’s about 5++mos. Now bila dah pandai crawl ni, laju je explore sana sini. She likes to go the kitchen. I don’t know why babies like kitchen so much! She giggles whenever we bring her to the kitchen. Haihh… pelik! ;)
  • She now can sits without support. Entah bila dia pandai duduk tanpa support ni pun tak perasan. Tau-tau dah boleh duduk dah semek ni.
  • Since we always put her in the playpen, she now always pull herself up to stand. Especially bila dia dah boring duduk dalam tu, mintak orang bawak dia keluar tak de sapa layan… Hehehee.
  • Khadijah ni berani! Dia suka-suka je nak lepas tangan dia kalau dia tengah berdiri. Ya Allahhhh! Nak tercabut jantung ni kalau dia buat macam tu. Kadang-kadang dia tak bagi kita pegang dia masa dia menyusur. Isk.
  • Khadijah will hold her finger food all by herself. Her coordination macam cepat berkembang compared to Umar last time. (Ok, I know I shouldn’t compare between her and her brother. Stop it, mama!)
Khadijah had mild measles after she had 6mo jab.

Khadijah had mild measles after she had 6mo jab.

Visual & language development

  • Khadijah will notice movement object. Macam semut atas lantai, suka betul dia nak perati… lepas tu nk try amik and makan! Aaa… kalau tak dpt amik semut tu nangis T__T
  • She do recognize familiar people at distance – eg; kalau panggil dia dari jauh dia akan toleh. And kalau duduk dalam playpen tu, dengar kereta Mama masuk pagar… dia dah ready berdiri dlm playpen tunggu mama tegur & angkat.
  • Membuat banyak bunyi-bunyian… Kalau tengok something mcm dia terpegun ke apa… suka bunyi, “hmmpphhhh…” (lebih kurang gitu ah bunyi dia). Usually she will make sound like “baaaa… babaaa…”
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4 teeth going to be 6 soon…

Social/Emotional Development

  • Khadijah recognize familiar face. If anyone “new” to her, she will frown. Sometimes, she’s okay if that new person picks her up, sometimes she will cry. Tengoklah, mood baik… ok aje. Mood tak berapa nak baik, nangis lah ;)
  • Semek ni suka nak gelak ketawa tahu. She’s appears as a happy baby, I think. Abang Umar buat lah apa pun… She will giggles!!! Even Abang Umar jalan naik tangga pun amused her. Senang sangat nak buat dia gelak okkk.

 

Cognitive Development

  • Khadijah respond to her own name. Kalau panggil “adik” pun dia toleh juga. Sometimes kalau asik panggil “adik” then try panggil Khadijah, dia amik masa juga nak toleh. Kena panggil berkali-kali baru dia ingat kot nama dia Khadijah. Ehehe.
  • She struggle to get object that out of reach… I’d say Khadijah ni lasakk! Hehe. Dia memang akan struggle lah untuk mendapatkan apa yang dia mau. Say, nak amik botol susu abang yang ada atas sofa while she’s on the floor… dia akan cubalah panjat orang-orang yang ada dekat dengan sofa tu untuk sampai atas sofa. Fuhh. Dikk, awak tu perempuan! Hehehe.
  • Dah pandai memilih tau semek ni. Hehe. Kalau bagi makan nasi… pandai… tak nakkk! Nangis menjerit dia ni kalau paksa juga. Memanglah dia makan juga, tapi telinga la tak larat nak dengar dia ni menjerit. Khadijah suka potato, carrot & pumpkin. Bagilah 3 benda ni… makan lajuuu!
My cuppycake!

My cuppycake!

Lastly, rambut bila nak panjang Khadijahhh?? :D

Khadijah, rumah dan blogger?

I wanted to write pasal Khadijah tapi tak seronok lah update pasal dia tak de tepek gambar kan? I forgot to bring the cable. So, nantilah.
Ya Allahhhhh… banyak sangat milestone semek tu tak tulis kat sini.

Now she is almost 8 months, dia dah ada 4 batang gigi going to be 6. As I can see her lateral incisor coming out.
Nanti kita cerita pasal semek tu k.

Of moving house, memanglah pening kepala.
Haritu ikut husband masuk kedai hardware, tiles and what not… pening kepala. Dahla berhabuk. Pastu kena decide nak yang mana… Color apa, pesen macam mana, hargaaa!!
Itu belum lagi kena fikir pasal kitchen cabinet!
I wish the sky is our limit… sighhh.

Bila dah sibuk pasal rumah ni, weekend selalulah tak lekat kat rumah.
Ada je benda kena settle and sometimes, we had to leave the kids at home. Kalau boleh tu memang nak bawak Umar (nak bawak Khadijah sekali macam tak appropriate je, dengan habuk/panasnya), tapi kalau bawak Umar… urusan macam terganggu la sikit. Dia pun nak check-out itu ini, nak lari sana sini. Kalau nak cepat tu, memang tak bawaklah dia.

Kesian jugak kalau kena tinggal. Dahlah weekdays kena tinggal juga… bila weekends tu memang rasa macam nak duduk kat rumah kelebet anak je. Lagi-lagi Khadijah tu… Now she knows kalau kiteorang nak tinggalkan dia… Muka sayu je, pastu dia merengek macam nak ikut. Alahaii… Kalau kita dukung dia bawak keluar rumah, muka happy giler! Hehehe.

Sometimes bawak juga Khadijah keluar naik kereta… Kesian dia asik kena tinggal dengan bibik je. Dah jadi kawan baik diorg tu…
Bila masuk dalam kereta tu, mulut dia bising observing everything… dan tak mau duduk. Nak berdiri. We still have 1 car seat as for now. Khadijah spent lesser time in the car, so we are like contemplating to get another one or not. But we still wants her to seat in the car seat just like Umar. If we have another car seat, sempit lah sikit dalam kereta. Kalau travel long distance, macam tak selesa. Decision… decision!

Oklah, that’s it for now.
Too many decision need to be considered and make. And I even add-on another one; which is to change this platform to blogger. Saja gatal kan? Sekarang asiklah terfikir-fikir pasal tu sebab kalau nak tukar kena tukar sendiri, which… errr, I don’t know much about it and I need to find time to do it.
Saja cari pasal.

Dah.
Dah.
Have a great weekend everyone! :)

 

Lelesia

Last night, on our way to Bertam Perdana… ada banyak sangat bendera berkibaran di sana sini.
Yang warna hijau, warna biru… Yang ada dacing, yang ada bulat… Perang bendera lah kata kann ;)
Umar ni kalau nampak aje bendera… tak kiralah apa pun mesti dia jerit, “Lelesiaaaa!” It means, Malaysia! :D

So, semalam bising ah mulut dia tu..

Umar: Mama, mama… Lelesiaa… Lelesiaaa!
Mama: Tu bendera la, Umar.. Cuba Umar sebut ben-de-ra (he followed what I’ve said)
So, he actually can pronouns it correctly.

Bila tiba kat satu simpang penuh dengan bendera lagi… Umar pun jerit lagi;
“Ayah.. ayah… Lelesiaaaa!!! Banyak!”

Ayah: Bendera la, Umar. Cuba Umar sebut… ben-de-ra
Umar: eh, salah.. salah… Lelesia lah.
Ayah: Bendera. Itu bendera
Umar: tak nak. Lelesia lah.
Mama: Bendera
Umar: tak nak. tak nakk…

 

 

Ok, Lelesia pun lelesia lah!

Ouch!

Lagi 2 bulan Umar nak masuk 3 tahun. Cepatnya! Cepatnya!
Sekarang ni baju/seluar semuaaaaaaa dah kecik/senteng! Anak mama baru nak membesar, hehe.
He still wearing size for babies, tho… 18-24M! At least, dah boleh start pakaikan size toddler now for tops/bottom yang cutting kecik.
Major problem now kalau nak beli PJ’s or bottom. Kalau beli size 18-24M, ngam-ngam dengan tinggi dia… tappiii seluar londeh! T_____T Pinggang kecik sangat. Hehe. Kalau beli yang size 12-18M, senteng la pulak. Pening. Pening.

Anyway, dah 2 hari berturut-turut Umar “accident”! :(
On last Wednesday, petang tu as usual… Mama sampai je depan pintu rumah dah ajak mama tendang bola dengan dia.
Umar ni kalau main bola… action melebih. Tendangnya takdela seberapa… tapi tergolek dia tu, macam main dengan 5 orang. Hehe.
Tengah syok tendang sana sini, entah macam mana dia terlanggar bucu dinding. Panic gila mama! Dah la mama dia ni pentakut darah. Terjerit-jerit panggil bibik suruh amik minyak gamat.
Rupanya Umar tergigit belah tepi dalam mulut dia tu – tatau nak cakap cemana. Sebab tu berdarah.

IMG_3079Tak nampak sangat kesan calar kat pipi tu… Next day nampak macam lebam sikit. Atas mata ada sikit calar. Sobss..

Time mandi ingatkan akan ada 1 lagi episod menangis menjerit – yelah, mestilah sakit, pedih.
Tup tup, dia selamba je… Takde nangis apa. Mama renjis-renjis sikit air kat tempat luka tu pun dia takde bagi respond pun.

Then, next day tu ikut ayah pegi main badminton kat pejabat ayah. Well, ayah yang pegi main badminton… Umar pegi main sendiri. Hehe.
Tengah syok ayah main badminton… sekali Umar datang dekat ayah dengan siku berdarah. Tapi dia tak nangis.
Bila tanya kenapa, tak cakap pun.
Tapi bila tanya dia mana sakit? mana sakit? Cepat-cepat dia tunjuk siku dia yang berdarah tu.. “haaa… ni!”
Sama juga, bila kena mandi… hati mama dah berdebar dah takut Umar nangis.
Ehhhhhhhhh… tak nangis punnn!
Macam tak percaya. Hehe.

Gagahlah anak Mama! :D

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Memang ouch sangat! Tapi dia selamba je. Macam tak de pape.

Huggies Dry Pants: Change for a better convenience

Hello!
Today, I wanna take over Mama’s blog. She always complain about how she don’t have enough time to update blog… So, harini biar saya tolong Mama. Hehe.

Mama selalu bising time diaper change… Sebabnya…

IMG_2992Saya tak duduk diam…

IMG_2993Tak sampai 3 saat saya dah pusing sana ini…

So, Mama decided to try this Huggies Dry Pants.

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Oh well, since the tag line as easy as Koyak, Salin dan Lepas… Mama bagitau Ayah why not give it a try.
(Kalau aunties/uncle (waitttt, ada any uncle ke yang baca blog Mama saya? Hehe) still tak tahu apa Koyak, Salin dan Lepas ni, read here Mama posted about it earlier).

Thanks to Nuffnang I get to try the Huggies Dry Pants. Yay!

IMG_2995It comes in 3 different sizes; M, L and XL (not in the picture)

Mama was very excited to put on this dry pants on me… but Ayah was a bit skeptical.

Ayah: Macam mana kalau Khadijah naik rash bila pakai diaper ni?
Mama: Alah… kan tulis kat sini “clinically proven help prevent the diaper rash”. Jangan risau. Kalau naik rash kena feedback kat Huggies la ;)

Huggies - Clinically-Proven logo (BM)

Senang sangat sesi tukar diaper saya sekarang ni… why?

Because Huggies Dry Pants is so easy to tear it off!
Senang kerja Mama! ;)

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And then, bila nak pakai tu sarung aje macam sarung seluar kat saya. Hehehee…
Time pusing tertonggeng pun boleh pakai!

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And most important, Mama kata malam-malam dia tak payah risau diaper bocor.
Quick lock system Huggies Dry Pants ni mengelak daripada leaking. So Mama can have her beauty sleep with no interuption! Hehe.

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Aunties/Uncle boleh request free sample from Huggies juga tau!
Click je kat sini – http://www.huggies.com.my/huggies-community/request-a-sample.aspx
Nanti sampai lah sample tu kat rumah. Memang senang tau pakai Dry Pants ni :D

For more information aunties and uncle can go to http://www.huggies.com.my/ or LIKE them on Facebook; www.facebook.com/Huggies.Malaysia

IMG_2997Mama! Cepatlah pakaikan saya diaper! And I want Huggies Dry Pants! ;)

Bye!

Escape

Something is just not right.
Something is wrong somewhere and I need to fix it. I need to fix myself.

I need a break.
Seriously, I need an escape.

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Cepatlah settle hal rumah ni dan cepatlah dapat result on last year performance evaluation, so that I could plan my next move.
Cepatlahhhh…

Salam Rabu!

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

Assalamualaikum.
Awal betul gerak pegi office harini. Pukul 6.30am dah terpacak kat luar rumah ready to go.
Bagus juga pegi awal (boleh balik awal! Haha!), traffic tak sibuk – especially kat Lunas town tu… Ya Allah, stuck kat situ aje dah 15mins kot. Pegi pukul 7 pun sampai office dekat pukul 8! T____________T

Pegi cafe tadi cashier tak start keja lagi. Haha.
Mujur coffee dispenser takde “window time”… Kalau tak maunya sangap dalam meeting ;)

Anyway, I did few careless mistakes this week.
Rasa sedih sangat. Macam tak percaya pun ada benda tu boleh berlaku.
But then, things happen kan… I should move on, be more careful next time and smile! :)

I wanted to upload gambar baby K, but I left the cable in the car.
Maybe next time.
I can’t believe that she’s already 6 months old! We’ve started solid and she likes eating! :D
Ohh, she had mild measles last week.
It all started when she had 6mos jab on Monday, tengahari tu started demam. Demam for 2 days, then naik merah-merah kat muka.
Ingatkan rashes/allergy, sebab ubat ke apa… bcos that was her first time makan ubat demam.
Rupanya doc kata mild measles.
Umar dulu pun almost the same case. Naik merah-merah after demam 2 hari. Just sapu calamine lotion and monitor on the tempreature, in 3/4 days the reddish disappear.

That’s it for now.
Have a great week, everyone! :)