..:: Anne's Ville ::..

Rooting For Karma

2012-01-29T04:19:00.000+08:00

I'll be going to watch AJL 26 live at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil with 3 others. Got the tickets last Tuesday.

And we are definitely will be cheering for Faizal Tahir - Karma. Go go FT!

Majlis Iftar RC Bersama Faizal Tahir

2011-08-26T09:51:00.000+08:00

On the same day, last week, i was preparing to join the 'Majlis Iftar RC Bersama Faizal Tahir' to celebrate the orphanage from Rumah Amal Kasih Bistari. Friday, 19 August 2011.

Faizal Tahir who?

2011-08-22T13:11:00.003+08:00

Three years ago I didn't know who he was. Always confused him with Fazli Zainal.. And always thought his songs was Anuar Zain's new songs. But after the single 'Coba' was out, things changes. And i'm hooked till now.

Taring Harimau Malaya Belum Cukup Berbisa

2011-07-29T01:16:00.000+08:00

So, semua dah tahu keputusan perlawanan malam tadi, Malaysia dan Singapura seri 1-1. Tetapi kesuluruhannya Singapore menang 6-4. Walaupun kalah, permainan Goal Keeper Malaysia, Khairul Fahmi memang sepatutnya dipuji. Banyak cubaan gol yang berjaya ditepis. I think, he shoud have been played in the first game last week,..maybe we would have seen different result.

But however, Faizal Tahir didn't get to sing as well, too bad.

The Beach

2010-01-02T21:50:00.007+08:00

Last Sunday, 27th December 2009, we went to Bagan Lalang to find a place to have our lunch. Since we have seen the signboard to Bagan Lalang everyday on the way back from work, and since we have nothing planned to do last weekend, so I brought the idea to hubby and we was up to it. We didn’t planned to take a swim at the beach whatsoever..our intention was just to find a place to have our lunch.

However, once we were there, our little one got so excited and kept saying ‘wow!’ and let out excited scream every now and then when she saw the crowd at the beach. It was a struggle to get her sit at the table while we were eating...she kept wanting to see the different kind of kites being sold nearby. Once we had our lunch, we took a stroll along the beach....but our little one was so excited when she saw 2 of her favourite things...water and the sand! ..And, the rest is history..hahaha...

She was running straight to the water...luckily I brought her spare t-shirt along.. I just let her play with the waves and the sand with her granny, who wanted to soak her feet in the salty water. She has no fear of the water whatsoever.. I didn’t let her go deeper into the sea though as the water is not so clean to me. She just had a blast. She played with the waves, the sand and enjoy watching the kites.

She took a break from the water and the sand for awhile..and takes her time enjoying the kites being flown nearby. And then..back to the sand...hehehe

Yesterday, the first day of 2010, it is the beginning of yet another new year. We went to Port Dickson for picnic. It is the second time icha went to the beach. This time around, we were more prepared..I brought icha's swimming suit..and bought her a duck float and sand castle's equipments..heheh..she just loved it. She is one brave little girl..she just hanged on to the float calmly when I took he deeper into the water, i sense no fear in her...she was just enjoying the waves, and sometimes she would tried to turn her body and then try to swim..oh dear..i’m just so proud of her..hahah..when she was tired..she just rest her head on the float while the waves swayed her around... too bad i left my camera..huhuhh. We spent 3 hours on the beach and then went home...and dozed off...zzzz....

How Time Flies

2009-11-23T03:30:00.004+08:00

She is just growing so fast...she is 1 year and 9 months old now...getting even more smarter and wiser..always on the run..she is counting in english now...heheh..in the process of building words..

She's Walking!

2009-06-11T21:12:00.005+08:00

It's been a while now...I find it difficult to find free time to update this blog nowadays. It would have been easier if I was granted with internet access at work, but nope, I still don't have the privilege. There's still a bunch of us, the new staff that still waiting for the approval of our internet connection. But.. I doubt it will be granted in near future. hmmm...oh well!

Anyway, Alyssa is walking now! She started slowly when she turned 14 months..but at 15 months and a half, she managed to walk on her own. So, she’s walking everywhere now..terkedek-kedek...hehehe..she is just so cute! I am so proud of her. And she started to talk too...in her own language of course! But there are some real words that she can pronounce such as lorry..daddy...and most of the times the words from her favourite Mickey Mouse show..such as ‘cheers’,’ i know’,’ idea’ and so on.. She is just one bright little person.

Apart from that, she is also brilliant at mimicking moves and any sounds she hears..such as sneeze, ambulance and police car sound, and anything..you just name it..heheh.

She is not that afraid to people now..she gets along with her neighbour friends just fine.. she’s very friendly now, she would talk to new people she met hehehe..but still, she refuses to let certain people such as her uncle to touch or hold her..heheh..it’s good in a way. I like her to have that sense of boundaries even though she has the confidence to socialize.

But still my main concern for Alyssa is her milk intake. She still refuses formula milk! No milk at all during day time while I'm at work...I can't pump as well because the milk production has lessen significantly. And she also refuse to eat dairy product such as cheese or yogurt..fenin! Luckily she loves to eat her porridge and anything else.

One more thing, her teeth are coming out at 14 months! Heheh i have been waiting for that moment since like...forever! Two of her upper front teeth are the first to show. It is follow by another two teeth at each side of the first teeth. Two of her bottom teeth are out next...so total teeth she has currently is 6. But it is a struggle to brush her teeth every day. I bought he a baby toothbrush..but she refused to use it..she would take my tooth brush instead and put into her mouth..heheh..I purposely brush my teeth in front of her every time I can so that she knows that brushing teeth is compulsory. But I guess until she’s big enough to understand, I will still have to forcedly brush her teeth using my fingers...hehehe

Here are the picture of her first teeth when they first came out simultaneously. I only managed to snap it while she was sleeping. She wasn't in her deep sleep yet at the moment..obviously...heheh

Happy 1st Birthday!!!

2009-02-05T21:31:00.008+08:00

Happy birthday, Icha!!!

Icha is still having chicken pox...so she's wearing pretty little dress her grandparent bought her from Mekah..with white spots everywhere to cover her chicken pox..hehehe.. We didn't throw a birthday party for her..but just planning to have a kenduri doa selamat next week at her grandparent's house.

Alyssa is currently is crazy about stairs!! she still can't walk yet..so she would crawled everywhere..and she just loves crawling up to the stairs. It's tiring for for us but I would just let her be...thinking it would be great for her developement. All we, grown up have to do is just watch her, not letting her falling down the stairs.. Here are some of the pics of Icha crawling up and down the stairs on her birthday..

We had a pretty busy day today..both me and hubby took our day off to spend time with Icha. The whole day was pack...with my agenda mostly...and the birthday girl just got to tag along..muahahah.. first thing in the morning we sent my car for service..and then we brought Icha to clinic for her 1 year old's jab...and then we went to shopping mall..where we got the birthday cake and Icha get to take her first ride on one of those toys...after that we picked up my car..and then we head home...the cutting cake ceremony was at night..it was just the 4 of us..me, hubby, Icha's granny and the birthday gal! Some pics of today's event..

At perodua service centre

At the clinic while waiting for her turn

At shopping mall

Cutting cake ceremony...love this pic!! my cheeky baby..hehehe

can't take the candle's smoke..hehehe

Happy Birthday, sayang..mommy and daddy loves you very much! muaaaahhh!!!

Pox Virus?

2009-01-31T11:33:00.002+08:00

Alyssa is infected by Pox Virus! According to the peadetrician, it's close to Chicken Pox. Oh dear! Started as a small bump on her bum, she kept scratching it, and it was getting bigger. At first we thought it was just a normal rare itchiness rashes, brought Icha to clinic and the doctor prescribe a cream.

Fever

2008-12-14T23:43:00.002+08:00

Alyssa demam hari ni. Actually semalam dia dah start selsema..runny nose. Went to clinic at night when we saw that she had difficulty to sleep. Doctor checked her temperature and said it was quite high, close to fever. She prescribed Alyssa with cold & fever medicine. Also another tiny bottlo of medication which I have to drop it into her nostrill twice a day, I suppose it is to reduce blockage.

And this morning, badan dia dah start panas, merengek saja dari malam. Asyik gosok hidung dia yg keluar hingus..tak selesa agaknya. Gave her medication after her morning feed. Mak aii!!1 meraung anakku sorang ni takut nak makan ubat. Mencabar jugalah tgh2 nangis tu, masukkan jugak ubat guna syringe tu.. takut gak dia tersedak, tapi..hurmm...terpaksa jugak la.. Lepas makan ubat, dia tidur..efek ubat demam tu agaknya.

Tengah hari keadaan dia agak ok. anasnya pun agak kebah...cuma hingus tu masih ada...Malam, sekali lagi bagi ubat...terjerit2 nangis...kesian budak kecik nih... tak pernah2 demam... mungkin nak tumbuh gigi kot... coz dah 10 bulan lebih ni masih tak tumbuh2 lagi gigi dia. Air liurnya asyik meleleh jer... tapi bil ku tgk gusi dia, takde gigi keluar lagi...maybe in a few days...

Selsema mungkin dpt dari aku atau nenek dia..dah 2-3 hari kami kena selsema... dah cuba mcm2 utk elak dia dijangkiti tp obviously tak berjaya. Just hope she'll be ok by tomorrow..coz I'll be working and won't be there by her side if she needs me. And I can't take any leave :( . Get well soon, sayang..

Alyssa @ 9 Month's Old

2008-11-10T01:09:00.005+08:00

Lama tak update, sejak kembali bekerja, susah sikit nak luangkan masa utk update blog. Selama tu juga lar gambar Alyssa tak banyak dapat diambil...tak sempat.. balik kerja jer, budak kecik ni dah terjerit2 nak berkepit dgn mommy dia.

Perkembangan Alyssa so far :

@ 7 months ++ dah boleh duduk, menyusur dgn laju

@ 8 months 5 days dah boleh merangkak, tapi tak banyak step, satu 2 langkah, kembali turun menyusur atas perut

@ 8 1/2 months, dah boleh pull her self up to a standing position - by the couch of course!

dah pandai lambai tgn bubbye

@ 9 months 1 day, baru berani merangkak laju

Now dia dah pandai goyang2 badan bila dengar catchy music especially from Disney channel. Her Favourite Programs :

- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - she loves the hotdog dance

- Little Einstein

- My Friends Tigger & Pooh

- Handy Manny

- Uu uuh Aa Aah

Bila dengar music theme from above program, automatic mata fokus ke TV, kalau sesiapa halang pandangan dia, pandai pulak dia sengetkan badan ke kiri atau ke kanan utk tgk tv tu :-)

Mulut dia agak bising gak, tp bila dah boring, start muncung dia keluar..hehehh

STill takmo susu formula. Bubur kena plain, tambah susu formula even sikit pun dia takmo dah..makin susut budak ni aihhh... berat dari 5 bulan sama jer...8.3kg. urmmm.. ALyssa is always on the move! sentiasa bergerak..very the active! I guess all kids this age are alike..

Tp benda lain sumer nak masuk dlm mulut..gigi tak tumbuh lagi..

7th Months

2008-09-07T23:44:00.002+08:00

It's been quite awhile... been busy with the new job and laptop problem has just been resolved today..finally an update! :) I lost all of the photos I saved in this laptop previously..due to its critical condition and lack of time...I just had to make a quick the decision...just format the d#%* laptop! hehehh

Anyway Alyssa is 7 months 3 days old today. She had a full head hair cut..more boyish look. Her grandfather kept insisted to cut her hair.., since we didn't shave her head when she was just born, so he kept wanting us to cut all of her birth hair... We, me especially has been resisting and stalling the event because I so in love with her natural hair..curly at the end..ikal gitu.. but after pain stakingly watching her scratching her head, pulling her long hair due to heat rashes for a quite some time, we decided to give it a go. Me and my mother in law took her to a barber shop and history was made. urmm... so there goes my baby's curly hair :(

We went for Alyssa's 6th mo's jab 20 days too late. She had 2 jabs together with her 2nd dose of Prevena vaccination. We got to see dr Arbaiyah this time around. Consult her regarding Alyssa's decreasing milk intake (because her mommy started working) , her refusal of bottle feeding and the use of any artificial teats and also in starting solid. Dr Arbaiyah warned us about Alyssa getting too sensitive over the tinniest things due to traumatize events that she has to face since I started working. First for me no longer being with her during the day and the sudden lack of calorie intake. Dr suggest to stick with one formula milk and have her familiar with the taste everyday. This one we still have no luck yet..she still refuses formula milk till now....she would cried out loud when I gave her formula milk. Dr also prescribed us wih Galactis..a supplement for Alyssa... same issue..she refuse it.

Alyssa only will eat rice porridge for this past 1 month..and I started to add carrot in her porridge 2 weeks ago..so far she loves it. Tomorrow will try to add peas instead of carrot. Will see how she likes it. Today I tried to give her apple puree but accidently became apple juice heheh.. Gave it to her, she made her weird taste expression on her face..but she swallows it.. she kept wanting it...so far so good.. but still according to Dr Arbaiyah..no matter how well your baby like to eat porridge, it cannot replace daily milk intake. Oh dear..

Anyway, She's getting taller..70cm at 6 months 20 days..and her weight was 8.3kg. Only increased 0.1kg from a month earlier according to the doctor's record.

At 7 months, she can call me mama.. "mmmmaa" to be exact.. heheh... everytime she saw me, wanting to be held and everytime she wants to be fed, she would call me:-). She also started to make lion sound.. she's getting smarter now..but yet getting even more sensitive just as doctor predicted..urmmm.... hope she will accept formula milk soon to to up my decreasing milk supply. Just hope she'll be healthy, well fed, happy and feel loved as much as we love her.

6 Months Old

2008-08-05T22:44:00.003+08:00

Alyssa is 6 months old today! Her temparature was a bit high this morning.. grandma gave her the cold medicine..seems like she's doing fine except for her runny nose. It came back yesterday after cured for awhile. I've been quite busy as I started working last Friday..trying to adapt to this new lifestyle..working and leaving my baby at home with her grandma. Grandma said she kept wanting to be held up..doesn't like to be left alone. No tantrum so far, Alhamdulillah..only a weebit cries here and there.

Alyssa still refuses bottle feeding, so grandma had to feed milk to Alyssa using spoon. Alyssa started her solid food last Sunday on 3rd August 2008. I gave her 1 table spoon blended rice porridge (puree) mix with 1 table spoon EBM. Seems like she loved it and have no problem swallowing it. So far she onle eats once a day, in the afternoon that is. Later on I will increase the intake after observing her reaction for these few days.

As of Alyssa's developement at 6 months of age :

~ Her body is getting stronger, she's getting more active. Started to lift her body up but still hasn't acquire the skill of sitting. However, she could sit with support or while leaning to something as in her parent's body..heheh

~ She is in the process of mastering the skill of eating, drinking and chewing by practicing grabbing everything that cought her attention and mobile enough to be brought into her mouth. Everytime we eat, she wants to eat it too, everytime we drink, she wants to drink it too!

what else? urmm..too tired to form sentences.. will update later on when I have the time..it's going to be a busy weekend this week..it's my bro in law's wedding at the groom side..so we're gonna be busy

On Cold and Job Offer

2008-07-22T12:36:00.001+08:00

Currently Alyssa is having cold. She coughs and has runny nose. She started with a slight fever last week on Wednesday, went to see paediatrician on Thursday. Saw Dr Arbaiyah. She did examination on Alyssa’s lung..The phlegm was not that serious yet.. No coughing at that time..so she just prescribed 3 medicines to Alyssa. She began coughing around 2-3 days after we went to see the doctor.. Her phlegm is getting worse and now runny nose:-( poor baby.. I only gave her the medicine when she really needs it..Couldn’t give it to her too often..She is just too young to consume all those kind of medicine.

It’s partly my fault I think…she gets the cold from me. I started feeling unwell a few days before she got sick. My first wisdom tooth (right, below) is coming out. I had slight fever, coughing and runny nose later on.. and she got all of that just right after..urmm.. Sorry baby..hope you will recover real soon…

Speaking of illness, hubby had gout about the same day Alyssa had the fever. His foot was swollen..Went to see the doc, she took some blood to test for uric acid reading and it was quite high. He needs to watch what he eats now..no seafood, no meat!

On other notes, I succeed in my job interview which I attended on 3rd June 2008. I received the offer letter last Saturday. Actually I received the much awaited phone call first on Thursday. The guy who broke the news and congratulated me had me choose whether I prefer the offer letter to be mailed to me or self pick-up. I chose to be sent to me, of course! Hehehh. I will start working on August 1st, 2008. It’s a semi-government company. It’s the closest I get to be apart of government server. Heh! So, Yay!

As much as I am excited to be accepted into this company, I have mix feelings to deal with. After being a housewife for 1 ½ year, and being a SAHM for almost 6 months, it’s quite hard to face the fact that I will have to part with my baby. I’ve been taking care of her 24/7 but after this, I won’t be able to see her for almost 10 hours a day. I’m sure she needs some time to adjust, but my main concern is her feeding time. **sigh. She is a breastfed baby. She refuses formula milk. I tried giving her NAN, Lactogen and Enfalac A+, but to no avail, she rejected all of the milk. She would throw it all up, cried like she was beaten up:-o, and sometimes throw up. Guess she didn’t like the taste. Heck! I don’t like the taste either! I tasted all 3 formulas and I can’t stand the smell and taste, especially Lactogen and Enfalac A+. Smelly! For Enfalac, we “accidentally” bought the big can, what a waste! I’m still in the quest to find a formula milk that not so smelly and most importantly my baby likes it. It won’t be easy… I called some of the milk company asking for samples, but unfortunately, they couldn’t provide any milk samples for baby below 1 year old. It’s the Malaysian law that prohibit them to do so as the government is encouraging breastfeeding, so no advertisements for milk intended for baby below 1 year are allowed. Oh dear!

Refuses formula milk is still acceptable as I still can pump and store breast milk for her. But the main issue is she refuses bottle as well. Tried giving her EBM in a bottle before, she totally rejected it. I bought different kinds of teats, softer ones, different brands etc, but she still seeks the original thing hehehh. Still have about 1 week time for me to train her to feed from the bottle..urmm..I doubt he will like it though. But I did buy this sippy cup from nuby.

Gave her water from that cup, seems like she likes it. I tried put milk in it; she does suck the spout, but refuses to swallow the milk..hurmmm… what to do? I know my genius baby only wants the best milk with the beast teats ever, but you’re going to need to use silicon teats too, baby. Very soon! Otherwise, grandma gonna have to feed you milk using spoon.

Lucky we do not need to find a nursery / babysitter for Alyssa at this moment. Less issue, less headache. Grandma is here and willing to take care of Alyssa while we’re working. Thanks, grandma!

First Hair Cut

2008-07-10T22:35:00.005+08:00

Alyssa had her first hair cut yesterday... her hair was getting longer and messier.. Honestly, sayang sangat nak gunting rambut dia but every time she feels hot, she would sweat like crazy especially at the head area; and she would scratch her ears and pulling her hair miserably. We can’t let her suffer from the heat any longer, so we decided to trim her hair. So me being a hairstylist trimmed her hair as I wish..muahahahh :) I did it when she just woke up from afternoon nap.. She usually doesn’t make erratic unexpected random movement for awhile after she awakes. I turned on Play House Disney Channel, she watched the TV quietly while I started cutting her hair.. Mission accomplished. I’m still not satisfy though.. Wanted to trim some more but my time was up..She started being active just after I managed to trim her hair at both side around her ears to the same length.. Would trim the rest later on when I feel it’s safe for her..hehehh

Icha getting ready for her haircutting session

Icha after getting her first hair cut. She's posing with the bottle.

This is Icha's hair that has been cut off by mommy

Haha, funny...Icha looked so tembam without her side hair...hehehh but at least, there will be less scratching from that tiny fingers..

5 Months Old

2008-07-05T01:47:00.007+08:00

Today Alyssa is exactly 5 months old. Happy 5 months old, Alyssa! mama and papa loves you so much!

Her developments so far :

~ She laughs more frequent even though it is quite hard to make her laugh..she's not easily amused.. Usually she would laugh once or twice and then she just smiles or shows no reaction at all. Guess she find repetitious funny faces, tickles whatsoever are not funny at all..hehh! But when she does laugh, she makes my heart grows fonder and makes you want to laugh too :D

~ She smiles a lot! L.O.V.E her smiles !

~ She keeps on practicing building her vocabulary by saying “dish” repeatedly together with “add-jee” while bubbling..making her lips, chin and even her cheeks soak with her saliva

~ She is now aware of the existence of her hands and feet. She would take her hand/s up in the air in front of her face and stare her little hands and fingers with owe. The same goes with her feet. She’s able to take up her legs up in the air and reached her feet..

~ She started to move while lying on her tummy. She can make a circle and she can reverse..hehehh.. She would move like a caterpillar, lift her bum first and then push her body downwards..

~ She now shows interest on eating solid. She would stare at our food and drinks without a blink and make chewing movements with her lips as in she was eating

~ She is practicing to enhancing her motor skills by trying to grab things with her tiny little hands and fingers. Be it food, glass, papers…you name it, she’d grab it :) she started to play with her toys...grabbing and put them into her mouth.

~ She is a drama queen! Hehehh.. She has this thing of “made up coughing” that she would do to get our attention. The cough sounded really fake and it is so funny that I and hubby couldn’t keep exchanging giggling every time she does that. She would cough everything she wanted things to be done her way.. When she was bored lying down, wanted to be hold up, when she doesn’t like her shirt to be dressed through her head and neck etc,..just to name a few..

~ It is mandatory to hold her outside the house everyday now. Not just once but more than 3 times a day. She loves looking at the birds flying and chipping their way..she loves looking at the green trees swaying from side to side wherever the wind blows…she loves watching the moving cars and motorcycle passing by…and she loves watching kids next door playing and riding their bikes… and the most important thing is she loves to watch bluehyppo sticker on my car’s window…:-p

~ Her hair is getting longer and she sweats a lot!..especially on her head. Most of the time I found her hair and head drenched with sweat when it’s hot, during sleeping and feeding. Thinking of trimming her hair by the ears..but…hmmm…

**Check-up Update

Went for her 5 months old check-up this morning together with my mother. Hubby unable to join us because he has to go to work. This is the third time in a row hubby unable to accompany Alyssa to her monthly check up..*sigh. Anyway, we accidentally cut the queue :) Supposedly Alyssa’s turn was no 11..but we cut the queue, no 9 was called, but we were the ones entering doctor’s room. There were lots of people there..And LOTS of babies, toddlers and kids playing at the playground inside the clinic..And they were SO loud..It was hard to hear the nurse calling whose name. The nurse only called once and her voice was so soft…could’ve been louder considering the loud environment, but no, she kept her voice down **sigh.

Once inside the doctor’s room…she asked: “how are you, Alin?..” I was puzzled as to why the doctor called my baby Alin… but kept the curiosity to myself..She asked again, “how about the rashes, after I prescribed the medicine are all the rashes gone?..” ..I replied “Yes..all gone..” I did asked the doctor for Zinc Oxide for Alyssa’s rashes on her bum the last time we saw the doctor. So I just assumed that was the rashes she was referring to.

The doctor took Alyssa’s weight and height. She added another 500g this month..Which makes her weight is 8kg..And her height I 69cm…increased 3 cm from last month.

After that, the doctor was looking for Alyssa’s immunisation card. And that started the chaos..hehehh. She asked if I handed the card during registration..I said yes, but they couldn’t find it. They even asked me if my hubby was the one who registered..And one of the nurses confidently saying my hubby who was the one registered and didn’t hand in the card..And she started to get frustrated, kept on frowning. They kept asking me question back and forth between nurse and the doctor.. and the finally the doctor looked at the patient file in front of her, showed me and asked whether my baby’s name was correct as stated on the file.. hahahhh…it was Alin Maisara! Not Alyssa Zahra…muehehehhh .. Dr Mahani was cool and didn’t even makes a big fuss about it..she just said “ tak dengar ye ma?..” made me feel at ease, less guilt :) hehehh both me and my mother thought the nurse called Alyssa Zahra, that’s why we rushed in.. Besides, Alin Maisara and her parents didn’t rush in, so..Go figure!

But that snobby nurse showed her dissatisfaction loud and clears..Stating how right she was..HEH!! What the hell..nurses there are not friendly anyway, really hard to see them smile… only one, who assisted dr Mahani is a bit friendly…smile.. yg lain, haram!!! I prefer the nurses at dr Fatimah’s clinic better than this children’s clinic. Lucky the doctors are great; Otherwise, I might as well look for clinic. Oh Well…

Trip to Kuala Kangsar

2008-07-04T23:33:00.006+08:00

Will update more on this later on..

Cute as a button

2008-06-18T01:42:00.004+08:00

Alyssa's big smile captured by me. Love this picture!

Tonight, it's just me with Alyssa. Hubby had to go to Genting for work course. Do not like to be left alone...but we'll manage, I guess. Alyssa is already in deep sleep. Me? still wide awake. After baking cupcakes, I got to watch the movie Bable. It was a good movie but I need a second round as I missed bits here and there.. can't figure out what happened to the japanese family and the spanish family...urmm...

Chocolate Cupcakes

2008-06-18T00:44:00.004+08:00

Tried Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes recipe yesterday. Found it from cupcakefun website. Made it yesterday late at night while Alyssa was sleeping. Tried one. It was scrumptious!. The texture is so soft, cake-like texture. Very happy with the outcome..but still havent snap pics yet.

Ingredients
2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups water

Yield: Makes 12 standard cupcakes.

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Melt 1 cup chocolate chips and butter together either in microwave oven or on top of range

over low heat.
3. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Pour into electric mixer bowl.
4. Add sugar; beat until well blended.
5. Beat in eggs, one at time.
6. Add vanilla.
7. Stir in 1/2 cup flour, baking soda and salt; mix well.
8. Add remaining flour and water; mix until smooth.
9. Pour into prepared pan.
10. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
11. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup chocolate chips over cupcakes; let stand 2-3 minutes or until chips

have softened.
12. Gently spread melted chocolate over top of cupcakes.
13. Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack; remove and cool completely before decorating.

** I substitute melted choc chips for baking choc. I added choc filling by insert chopped choc in the middle of the batter in the paper cup. Once baked, I added choc chips on top of the cupcakes

Muffin

2008-06-16T15:14:00.001+08:00

CHOCOLATE ALMOND MUFFIN

Ingredients :
4 eggs
2 cups light brown sugar
3 cups self raising flour
1 cup ground almond
1 cup chocolate rice
1/2 cup fresh milk
1 cup unsalted butter ~ melted (I used margarine)
1 cup diced almond ~ to garnish (I didn't put this)

Method :
1. Mix dry ingredients and set aside.
2. Beat eggs and sugar till fluffy. I used my mixer to do the job.
3. Add in dry ingredients gradually. Use wooden spatula.
4. Add in milk and melted butter alternately.
5. Fold in chocolate rice and mix well.
6. Scoop a bit of mixture into the muffin tray lined with paper cups till 2/3 full.
7. Sprinkle with diced almond.
8. Bake at 170 C for 20 minutes or till done

Found this recipe at mamafami's fotopage. Gonna try pretty soon. Tried this recipe last Saturday..took pics but still haven't transfer to PC. Went to Jusco yesterday and got me some bakery supplies to bake muffin..hehhe.

Cover Girl

2008-06-14T03:15:00.004+08:00

Came accross this website when I was blog-hopping. Just thought it was fun to have Alyssa as a cover girl :-) Really love this pic of smiling Alyssa. Our little angel.

Me? Baking?

2008-06-14T01:02:00.012+08:00

When I was preggy I had this intense urges / cravings to bake. I wanted to bake everything...cookies, breads, cakes and muffins. I even wanted to bake cookies for Hari Raya last year. I was 3 months preggy, dragged my hubby to searched for the bakery supply shop nearby on Sunday...found it after 4 times circling the shops / business area... and of course it was closed. Went there again all by myself later on, bought all the ingredients needed.. flour, choc chips, butter, blueberry filling, red bean paste, cheese, baking powder, muffin cups etc. My ingredients were complete. My cooking equipments were complete. I got all the recipes collected in my laptop. I was ready. First mission? Cheese cake! It was the most simplest plain cheese cake recipe...but it was scrumptious! Loved it!

Cheese cake

Ingredients A
1 packed cookies of any kind
1 to 2 tbsp of melted butter
** for base crust

Ingredients B
2 cream cheese Philledelphia
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar

Directions :
1. Crushed cookies ( I used Oreos) into small chunks
2. Mix crushed cookies with melted butter to make the crust sticky
3. Compress the crust into a small baking pan
4. Beat ingredients B in a mixing bowl until smooth
5. Pour the batter onto the crust cookies in the baking pan
6. Preheat oven at 190C for 10 minutes
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes

It was my first attempt baking cheese cake on 10th August 2007. I was so delighted it turned out alright. Mission Completion. Got me excited to try other recipes. Fasting month was approaching in September. It was time for raya cookies. I was determined to bake all the favourite cookies such as pineapple tarts and choc chips cookies. Waited for the right time to bake. 2 weeks fasting months went by...then it was raya...before I knew it, it was new year's eve..hehehhhh ...there goes my raya cookies :-p. Gave birth to Alyssa...after confinement..still no more baking... last month, I cleaned up my kitchen stock cupboard.. checked the expiry date on all of the untouched baking supplies...Had to throw away 2 box of all purpose flour and a few stuff :-( I still got the urge to bake but somehow couldn't find time to do it..or was it just the L disease? :-p.

So, last thursday I finally tried a muffin recipe. Had to bake in between looking after my little angel. Had to do everything quietly or it'll disturbed her beauty sleep. I only managed to mix the batter before she cried out loud wanted to be hold. It was quite a challenge. I scooped the batter into the muffin cups and entertained little one at the same time..fuhh... the simple scooping process took longer time to complete but somehow I managed to complete it and baked them...The muffins looked alright I think..and the taste was good too. The texture was a bit thicker...I expected it to be spongy cake like texture and a bit dissappointed. But hubby loved it and he said it was good. I guess there are different kinds of muffin. Just had to find the right recipe. This is my first attempt baking muffins. Mission completion on 12th June 2008.

Choc chips muffin

Ingredients A

2 cups wheat flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup choc chips

Ingredients B
1 egg
3/4 cup fresh milk
1/2 cup corn oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 175C for 10 minutes

2. Sift flour with baking powder. Set aside.

3. Mix choc chips with 2tbsp flour. Set aside.

**to prevent choc chips sink to the bottom of the muffin

4. Beat ingredients B in mixing bowl until smooth

5. Mix ingredients A into ingredients B

6. Scooped the batter into the muffin cups - just 3/4 full

7. Bake for 20 minutes

Will definately use the recipes again. Gonna get some butter and all purpose flour tomorrow. Still in the mood of muffin baking.... hehehh.. too bad Alyssa is still not eating solid.. would love for her to taste some :)

4 Months Old

2008-06-05T17:03:00.005+08:00

Alyssa is exactly 4 months old today! Went to checkup yesterday for her 1st dose of pneumococcal vaccination (jab) and her 2nd dose of her rotavirus vaccinantion (oral). It was just the three of us..me, baby and my mum. Hubby had to work yesterday...he already took 2 days leaves on Monday for his sister's interview and Tuesday for my interview...so he can't prolong his leaves...too many work to be done katanya...walaupon.....hik hik hik.

Anyway, the clinic was pretty empty...there were only 3 babies ahead of us...so we didn't have to wait for long. Once we entered the doctor's room, Dr Mahani hold Alyssa.. Alyssa stared at the doctor's face for a while and then start laa dia nye cebik nak nangis..terus doctor pass Alyssa to me..hehehh. Firstly doctor timbang Alyssa..dah 7.5kg..naik 0.5kg dari bulan lepas. And then doctor measured Alyssa's head circumference, which was 41cm and her height was 66cm..naik 2cm dari bulan lepas. Doctor check perut dia dgn pernafasan dia... ada kahak sikit katanya bila aku tanya since dapat dengar kahak Alyssa since a few days ago. Boleh pulak doctor cakap kat baby:

" Pergi jalan jauh awak ni ye... time cuti sekolah, awak tak sekolah pun pergi jalan jauh yer.."

hurmm...pelik gak camana doctor buleh tau baby jalan jauh nih. Memang ada gi jalan jauh last weekend, gi Kuala Kangsar tu. Ada relation ke kahak dengan baby jalan jauh? Nak tanya doctor cam terkelu pulak... dari first time baby kena kahak banyak tu doctor ada mention pasal baby berjalan jauh nih. Sebab aircond ker? Kot2 it is a common thing and widely known matter, this relation between phlegm and long journey..kang aku tanya nampak mcm ignorance sgt lak :-p ..last2 terkelu dan tertanya2 sendiri jer..tak kira, next checkup nak tanya gak ler..for confirmation. But this time around, baby tak kena sedut nebuliser tu...tak serious agaknya, ubat pon doctor tak bagi. Mintak2 cepat hilang....kesian tgk dia berkahak mcm tu, tak selesa. Tidur pun terganggu.

Doctor cucuk Alyssa kat peha kiri dia...ingatkan dia mcm mamai2 ngantuk nak tidur tu tak nangis laa bila kena cucuk mcm last month...tapi sebaliknya menangis kuat lak...lama nangisnya. Nangis terkejut agaknya. Sampai poo poo dia hijau (later on). My mum mentioned kalau poo poo nya hijau, disebabkan dia terperanjat. So that could be the reason why nangisnya panjang. Masa consumed rotavirus vaccination pun dia nangis gak..tak habis trauma lagi agaknya...After mintak top up supply of zinc oxcide, keluar bilik doctor..gave Alyssa her feed and she dozed off all the way home.

As of Alyssa's developement at 4 months :

- Dah cam orang (actually dah start kenal orang masa 3 bulan setengah). Kalau orang tak kenal datang agah tiba2, dia akan menangis kuat. Sedara mara yang nak bermesra dengan Alyssa kena selalu tunjuk muka kat dia dulu dan approach dia slow2..baru leh dukung dia etc..kalau tak, kirim salam! boleh datang ribut taufan dia nanti.

- Dah pandai nak main dengan toys. Dah buleh genggam dan pegang2 toys dia. Setakat ni Alyssa just play with baby toys yg pegang je bunyi ka-ching2 tu..dengan soft toy aje.

- Dah pandai bubbling! menyembur2 sambil sebut "aid-jee" berulang kali. Part "jee" tu keluar laa buih2 air liur dia tuh!.. macam sebut nama papa dia pun ada jugak..hikhikhik. Yang tak tahan tu, rambutku makin banyak keguguran..uwaaa!!! betullah yg kata orang rambut kita akan keguguran bila baby start menyembur2...apa kaitan nya pun tak tahu...macam tak logik jer..hurmm...

- Dah pandai meniarap! kalau sebelum nih sekali dua je dia tunjuk skill. But at exactly 4 months, dia dah start meniarap sendiri dengan jayanya dan dengan kerapnya...sikit2 nak meniarap..tidur pun nak meniarap, nak menyusu pun nak meniarap,boleh?

- Dah boleh gelak..tapi amat mahal sekali gelak dia. Baru dengar 4-5 kali jer...susah betul nak gelak..tapi senyum + sengih banyak dah. Kalau agah2 dia, ternganga2 dia suka..

- Setiap hari mesti nak keluar tengok pokok, burung etc. Sehari dlm 4-5 kali nak keluar. Cara dia mintak keluar..nangis2 sambil tengok pintu..hehhe..budak bijak nih!

- Kepala dah kuat...badan pun dah agak kuat..selalu nak sandarkan dia, dia cuba tegakkan badan dia mcm nak duduk. Selalu nak berdiri, takmo baring lama2.

Ni gambar Alyssa at exactly 4 months old. Tengah tengok TV. Dah dapat meniarap, terus tgk TV, citer Mickey Mouse...Gelak sampai 3 kali tengok mickey mouse clubhouse tu..

Wedding ~ Hafez & Halina

2008-06-02T11:56:00.006+08:00

Semalam adalah hari yang sungguh memenatkan. Kami semua travel ke Kuala Kangsar, Perak utk menghadiri majlis perkahwinan kawanku, Hafez. Mula berangan nak bertolak pukul 7.00 pg - 7.30 pg... tapi hampeh, semua bangun lambat! Nak siapkan Alyssa, dengan kerenah dia lagi, mau sejam diperlukan utk bersiap...aku lagi nak bersiap..urmm...last-last pukul 10.15 pg jugak bertolaknya.

Jauh jugak...sebab tak pernah sampai, so tak tau nak expect berapa lama..so dok menunggu signbord kuala kangsar muncul kat plus highway. Dah 2 jam lebih perjalanan, baru ler nampak signboard Kuala Kangsar...lepas Ipoh ropanya. Setelah hdekat 4 jam perjalanan, dlm kul 2.15ptg, sampai ler kitorang di rumah pengantin. Cantik Kuala Kangsar ni rupanya, bandar di raja gelarannya.. Tp nak singah2 tak sempat coz we had to rushed back to KL since makpak mertuaku nak dtg..adik ipar ada interview kat KL esok. So kami tak leh nak singgah mana2.

Rumah pengantinnya sgt cantik..rumah kampung yang cantik..ok. Luas kawasan...boleh nampak menara masjid Ubudiah yg sgt cantik itu dibelakangnya. By the time we ol sampai, pengantin tgh makan, dah nak habis makan dah pon. Aku tak perasan lagi..aku terus gi naik rumah nak pass hadiah..kakak Hafez yg sambut, pass hadiah kat dia, dia pointkan mana pengantin. So apa lagi, we ols pon makan dulu ler..lapar giler ok. 4 jam perjalanan cuma mkn buah jer on the way. Sumuanya sedap..heehehh.. aku berkenan kat mini karipap berinti kentang. Mula2 ingat intinya serunding as typical mini karipap...but it was just normal karipap but smaller in size.

Lepas makan, baru Hafez spotted kitorang. So dia and wifey dtg kat kami..Aku berbual dgn Hafez jap and then dia inform wife dia nama aku... automatic dia ckp ..

" Oh, dulu tak pakai tudung, kan.."

...kuat OK. Aku rasa org keliling aku dengar...hehehh. Aku nak gelak pon ada..rasa haru biru pon ader.. Hubby dok gelak jer..jadi modal dia nak kenakan aku sampai kat rumah tak habis2 lagi. Actually wife dia tu sama office dgn aku, dia transfer masa 2-3 bulan sebelum aku resign dari situ...so aku selalu ler nampak dia..dia pun perasan gak kat aku obviously..tapi tak pernah berbual dgn dia. Tp aku tau dia ler Hafeznya other half, dia ada mention kat aku dulu.

So typical of me I forgot to bring my camera. Pastu plan nak amek gmbr Hafez n wife guna kamera fon. Tapi terlupa jugak...dah keluar dari kawasan rumah dia baru teringat...so amek gambar baby kat jalan nak masuk rumah pengantin jer laa. Dalam 3.00 ptg, kami bertolak balik. Terkilan gak tak dapat nak singgah memana..but hubby kata end of this month ada wedding kawan dia lak kat sini so boleh singgah nanti...tp kena bertolak awal pagi laa..

On the way balik dlm pukul 4.30ptg, mak mertuaku kol..mereka dah sampai kat tol putrajaya..coz mereka tak tau jln kerumah kami, mereka tunggu kat sana je laa. But masa tu, we ols baru lepas Simpang Pulai..jauh lagi ok.. cepat betul diorang sampai..dah ckp dgn hubby suruh mereka tolak lewat sikit...turned out depa bertolak dlm kul 2 lebih..sebab takut jem. Sudahnya depa kena tunggu 2 jam baru kami sampai, at exactly 6.30pm. Kalau tunggu kat RnR ke, buleh jugak jalan2 ke, minum2 dulu ke..ni kat hentian tol yang cuma ada toilet dan surau jer. Hmm...nak buek camno..jln balik ke KL pun jem kat tol Ipoh dgn tol Jelapang..nak rushing sgt pun tak boleh. Kang lain lak jadinya.

Alyssa dlm kereta semasa perjalanan pulang

Kuat Nangis?

2008-05-30T01:04:00.009+08:00

Sudah 2 weekend berturut-turut kami balik kg hubby. Dan kedua-dua kalinya laa dak kecik Alyssa ni meragam. On the first weekend, kami bertolak jumaat malam lepas ofis, sampai dlm pukul 10 mlm. Masa tu abah je ada kat rumah. MIL and SILs gi jemput BIL kat Melaka Sentral, sampai dari Johor. Letak Alyssa kat atas tilam depan tv, abah dok layan2 dia while we all settle down. Time tu dia ok lagi layan borak dgn atuk dia...but bila all the family members dah balik, semua dok serbu dia, terus melalak tak henti2. Macam dah kenal orang.. takut pun ye kot, tiba2 kena serbu ramai-ramai. Susah betul nak pujuk dia. Diorang semua nak main2 dgn Alyssa tapi Alyssa lak menangis2 tak mau dekat dgn org lain...last2 bawak masuk bilik tidurkan dulu..Sesapa nak jumpa Alyssa kena tunggu the next day.

Last weekend, the same thing happened. On the way ke Jasin, we all singgah hentian Dengkil utk berjumpa makde dgn Yayan n company. Diorang on the way ke kg and JB nak tgk rumah. Aku call makde and kebetulan dia kata they all tgh singgah mkn kat dengkil, kitorang pun on the way dah nak sampai dengkil, so singgah jap la...bg makde tgk baby Alyssa, asyik tanya jer, dah rindu ler tu..hik hik. Once sampai, nenek dia amek, ok but then MIL yayan dtg nak tgk dia, start dah melalak...kuat gila! satu hentian tu dengar suara tangisan (or jeritan if you will) Alyssa. Terpaksa laa aku try cover2, bawak dia gi playground, tp tak jalan jugak.. Last2 tak tahan, we all pun mintak diri utk meneruskan perjalanan. Agaknya memang betul laa..anakku yg chomel dan baik hati nih sudah kenal orang.

On the way dlm kereta, sebelum ribut taufan:) chomel jer dia pakai topi

Sampai Jasin, jumpa atuk dlm 5 minit je ok pas tu dah start siren dia... terpaksa laa aku mengepit dia sepanjang mlm ittew. Nenek dia, makcik2 dan pak ngah dia (yg sanggup blk kg gak sbb Alyssa blk kg) terpaksa menunggu keesokan harinya utk bertemu dan bermesra dgn Alyssa seperti mana minggu sebelumnya...sebab Alyssa sedang dilanda angin kus-kusnya. Hari sabtu, Alyssa agak ok sedikit, akan tetapi, semua org..atuk+nenek+pak ngah+makcik dan maksu Alyssa jadi fobia nak tunjuk muka dengan Alyssa. Mereka seboleh-boleh mengelakkan diri daripada bertentangan mata dengan Alyssa, kerana khuatir angin kus-kus Alyssa akan tiba macam ribut taufan. Walaupun sebenarnya hati mereka meronta-ronta utk menggomol anak kami yang begitu chomel ittew, mereka terpaksa memendamkan sahaja hasrat hati mereka ittew. Usahkan hendak bertentang mata, hendak mendokong, jauh sekali...takut karang tiba2 je siren Alyssa akan berbunyi.

Pada hari Ahadnya pulak, memang begitu mencabar sekali buat kami. Angin kus-kus Alyssa berada ditahap kritikal..daripada pagi dah start..bila waktu tido dia tiba, dia takmo tido, lelap dalam seminit dua, kemudian, bangun balik...sampai ke petang macam tu. Mata mengantuk, badan penat, tapi takmau tidur..jadinya merengek-rengek ler sepanjang hari dan klimaksnya ptg bila masa utk pulang hampir tiba. Menangis, melalak..tak boleh nak pujuk.. buat apa semua tak kena.. bagi susu tak nak..mandikan tak henti gak nangis..bawak naik kereta pusing2 satu taman..berhenti sekejap menangis, tapi lepas tu sampai rumah, start balik...sampai tak tau nak buat apa dah..tak makan pujuk.. tak buleh letak dan tak boleh orang lain dukung...sakit belakang woo!! last2 dia berenti menangis bila dia dah penat menangis terjerit2, terus tertidur masa aku dukung dia.. teresak-esak!. Tak pernah dia tertido penat menagis macam tu. Sebak sungguh rasa..aku pun nak nangis sama. Kesian dia penat menangis macam tu. Kalau dia boleh cakap, senang lar sikit dia nak bagi tau apa yang dia tak puas hati...ni tak reti cakap lagi.. apa tak kena pon cuma menangis jer la yang dia boleh buat pun.. Anyway, jari kelingking dia merah sangat..tak pasti kena gigit nyamuk atau semut..mungkin itu yang bisa tu yang menangis tak hengat tuh..2 kali balik kg, 2 kali gak kena bintat2. Minggu sebelumnya bengkak kat tgn yg sama tp kat pergelangan tgn..hurm...

Tersenyum simpul sebaik jer sampai rumah dr kg

Lepas balik dari kampung, seboleh-boleh aku elakkan Alyssa dari start menangis. Kesian dia, penat menangis. So aku kepit je dia 24 jam. Sakit belakang jgn cakap lar..anak aku ni dah nak masuk 8 kg gamaknya. Tangan aku ni hah, biceps pun dah timbul coz asyik dukung Alyssa je...ngeh ngeh! tak payah nak angkat2 dumbbell, angkat Alyssa je cukup..hik hik. So aku fully utilised kan sling yang aku beli last week. Sling yang aku idam-idamkan selama ini..akhirnya dapat jua menjadi milikku..thanks to En Aizi! hehehh. So satu hari aku kendong Alyssa...kehulu kehilir kendong dia. Selesa sungguh sling ni..takde lar sakit bahu ke aper. Alyssa pun diam jer kat dlm tu. Buat kerja semua kendong dia. Sempat snap gambar ok!. Mission accomlished! No tantrum. But then, keesokan harinya...aku dah start pening2 lalat.sret srot hidung aku ni hah.. last week sakit tekak, this week nak selesema laa pulak...mencik tau! Alyssa jangan jangkit dr mama tau! Alyssa jgn sakit2 tau!

Ni dia sling yang aku idam-idamkan..akhirnya ada stok!

Anyway, mlm tadi..Alyssa mengamuk lagi..tak tahu laa kenapa. Tgh bg susu, kejap2 lepas menangis..aku dgn papa dia dukung kehulu ke hilir pun tak mau stop jugak..berpeluh2 dia sampai basah2 baju. Aku bukakkan baju dan seluar dia..lama2 baru stop nangis, baru nak susu..tu pun mungkin sebab dah penat sgt dah. Terus tertidur.. bengkak-bengkak matanya..la ni dah 2.45 am, anak aku still tidur tak berbaju. Malas nak usik kang melalak lagi, biar je lar tidur tak berbaju tu..karang kalau dia tersedar, leh laa aku sarungkan baju.. kalau tak..tidur pakai diaper je laa malam ni. Tapi aku selimutkan dia laa..takut sejuk.

Kenapa Alyssa kuat menangis/mengamuk/melalak? Salah satu faktornya ialah kerana keturunan..mengikut perangai papanya yang kuat menangis masa kecik2 dulu. MIL pun cakap memang mengikut perangai anaknya ittew. Aku kecik2 dulu takde lar kuat menangis. Aku budak baik, ok! Makde pun cakap aku laa anak dia yang paling senang jaga..takde nangis2 whatsoever.

Faktor keduanya, mengikut teori aku, aku rasa Alyssa ni kepanasan la.. cuaca sekarang, humang aii!! panas bebenor! sedangkan aku yang besar panjang ni pun peluh meleleh2 hanya selepas 10 minit mandi, dia pun apa bezanya. Melekit badanya.,pasti tak selesa. Nak harapkan aircond, rmh kami takde aircond, tunggu rumah sendiri laa nanti baru pasang. Pasang kipas 3 buah utk ruang tamu sahaja, tu pun tak cukup. Yang menguatkan teori aku ni adalah reaksi Alyssa sendiri yang berkelakuan agak tenang dan cukup gembira apabila masuk dalam kereta yg beraircond.

Faktor ketiganya, ialah kerana sifatnya yang kurang sabar..kalau nak sesuatu kena cepat, tak boleh lambat...contohnya kalau time dia nak susu ker, nak suruh bawak dukung ke luar ke, etc, kalau lambat sikit pun, dah start ngamuk, pastu susah nak pujuk. Ingatan dia kuat. Asyik teringat2 jer. Time dah reda sikit, buleh nangis balik sebab teringat kan benda yang dia tak puas hati tu.

Apa-apa pun, aku sebagai org yang paling rapat dgn dia kena prihatin dgn kemahuan dan keperluan dia utk mengelakkan daripada ribut taufan datang melanda. Memang lah selalunya aku buleh agak kenapa dia mengamuk...most of the time coz aku lambat attend to her needs becoz I got other errands to run. But there are times that I was totally clueless...sometimes I do wish I could understand her baby talk. But hey! orang kata budak kuat menangis nih bijak.. who knows!

100 Days

2008-05-15T12:34:00.007+08:00

Today Alyssa is 100 days old! how time flies...Alyssa is getting bigger, heavier, taller and smarter. Not to forget more tantrum for me to deal with..hehehh. She is getting harder to sleep...during the day she can’t stay asleep for a longer time. Most of the time she just fell asleep for 5 minutes or so during feeding and then she woke back up once I lay her down on the mattress. The same goes when I put her in the swing. I’m lucky if she can stay napping for more than 30 minutes. When she doesn’t get good napping during the day, of course there will be tantrum at night before sleeping. Everything must be perfect as she wants it and when she wants it. If delay even for one second, she will start to scream. She would cry her throat out.

My baby sudah pandai merajuk. When she screaming + crying and hard to be consoled, sometimes I would feel angry…angin naik kepala gak…not that I scold her or anything, it was just emotions that I feel, she would know…and she would sulk..and of course she would screaming and crying even more louder..**sigh. I guess it shows on my face…dah rasa hot, muka pun kelat2 gittew. But, usually after she stopped all the screaming + crying + venting, and started to receive her feeding, she would stare into my eyes, kinda like waiting to see my reaction. I always find it funny and smile at her. And she would smile back at me. After all that tantrum, she always know how to make my day! Guess what they say that babies knows is true.

Alyssa also dah pandai demand nak dukung jer...and dah pandai ajak jln keluar rumah. Guess she get bored asyik pandang dinding je. Besides that dia dah start keluarkan suara tinggi dia..macam2 bunyi dia buat terjerit2 guna high pitch falsetto dia. Selalu kalau terjerit2 tu, nak nangis ler tu..hehehh

Hari ni, Alyssa posing dgn papa..

Wedding ~ Syafiq & Zatul

2008-05-10T23:52:00.012+08:00

We went to Syafiq+Zatul's wedding this afternoon at MPAJ Hall. We arrived around 2pm, when the whole dewan was frozen due to bacaan doa..Zatul and Syafiq tgh bersanding dkt pentas dewan. In the invitation card stated that upcara bersanding will be held at 1.30pm. I really wanted to see both of them bersanding..and I thought we were too late but lucky for us, the event was just started when we arrived. Both of them were wearing stunning gold outfit.

Once we stepped into the hall, I spotted Hafiz, Faisal and a girl at the table near the entrance. We shared the table with them since they have 3 empty seats, just enough for the three of us..me, hubby and my mum.. of course the little one still doesn't need a chair yet. Turned out that the girl sitting with them is Nurul (as she told us), hafiz's friend.. It was fun to see my ex-colleagues. Hafiz and Faisal were among the closest friends I have from previous company. And Nurul was friendly too. She held Alyssa while the three of us makan2, and Alyssa really enjoy her time with auntie Nurul..diam aje..takde nangis2..she let her mama, papa and nenek having the meal peacefully...such a good girl! Only managed to take pics of Nurul and Faisal...Hafiz ngelat! Forgot to bring my camera! heh!! so pics today (except pic of the house)were all taken using hubby's N70. My V3i camera is just suck!

We took off around 3pm. We saw Syafiq + Zatul at the dining table before we left. They seemed shocked to see me..didn't recognize me at first, I think, by the look on their face. Maybe becoz I'm wearing tudung now...or becoz dah mokmok..uwaaa!!! Anyway, I snap a picture of them together. And we left after that. Here are some pics of Alyssa with me, hubby and nenek on the way to the wedding..

Alyssa dgn muka ngantuk..tgh sedap2 tido dlm buai, mama dah angkat masuk kereta

Tak lama lepas tu, terus segar...suka berjalan

After that, we went directly to Sepang to see the developement of our house. Alyssa dah start meragam...mengamuk dlm kereta..merajuk coz mama and nenek dia sumbatkan botol kat mulut dia. Ngamuk2 takmo hisap susu guna botol. Alhamdulillah, finally dia senyap ajer..Anyway, once sampai, we all terus tgk the developement of our house.. dah nampak bentuk, rumah dah naik. Most probably next year, we will be getting the key. Yahoo!! can't wait to move in to our new house. I've had enough of those ulat gonggok yg berkeliaran kat keliling rumah and sometimes decide to enter our home. Can't wait for a nice, clean house. On the way to Sepang. And then we went to the showroom..this is how our house will look like...tp we all punya end lot jer, bukan corner lot..

Thr33 Months Old

2008-05-05T18:05:00.009+08:00

Today, 5th May 2008, our baby Alyssa is exactly 3 months old! can't believe it..seems like it was just yesterday we took her home from the hospital. Today, I took Alyssa to the clinic for her 3 months old injection. My mother came with us..hubby was unable to go with us this time, tengah busy keja, tak leh nak cuti.., so off we went just the three of us. Today we saw doctor Mahani. Alyssa was such a good girl today..tak nangis pun bila kena cucuk jarum. Maybe sebab she's a bit sleepy. kena kejut awal..and then by the time we all sampai clinic, it was still her sleeping time. Alyssa also took vaccination for rotavirus, to prevent bad diarrhea because of rotavirus. Doctor Mahani gave me a brief explanation about it before the injection and I decided right away for Alyssa to take it. Prevention is better than cure. Nasib baik bawak duit lebih...hehehh

Anyway, at 3 months old, Alyssa weigh 7 kg with 64 cm height..and 42 cm head circumference. I checked with doctor Mahani, and it is confirmed now that Alyssa's height at two months was 60cm :-) ..not 62 cm (as I thought I heard) or 66 cm (as hubby thought he heard) :) both of us were wrong. According to Doctor Mahani, 64 cm is quite tall for a 3 months old baby..oh well, tgk laa mama dgn papa dia hehehh. BTW, there was another baby yg buat checkup sekali, she is 5 months old, but she was smaller than Alyssa:-O :) Ada dua tiga org yg tegur baby semangat apart from rambut baby yang lebat..hehehh..cayang bucuk2 budak nih...asal sihat, mama dgn papa dah cukup bersyukur sangat2. Mudah-mudahan, Alyssa jadi anak yang baik, rajin dan solehah, Amin.

I brought my camera with me, I intend to take some pictures of Alyssa sempena umur 3 bulan. Huh, berangan jer lebih, sampai masa tak sempat-sempat gak nak snap gambar Alyssa kat luar...mana nak dukung dia lagi, nak attend to her crying, the need to feed, nap etc, mana laa sempat nak amek gambar...last2, amek gambar kat rumah jugak...kat atas tilam jua akhirnya jadi tempat Alyssa posing..kekekekk... boring tul! Nak ajak papa dia jalan2 kat luar, dia tgh busy lak...kalau mama sorang-sorang nak bawak Alysa memang tak dan laa.. So, ni jer laa yang dpt tangkap pictures of 3 Months old Alyssa...actually ada lagi, tapi tak larat nak upload semua..hehehh.. Happy 3 months old, Alyssa!! muahhhhh!!!!

Alyssa buat muka manis :-)

Jelingan ada makna tu..hehehh..mama dia je faham:)

Nak nangis ke nak gelak nih? hehehh

Jelir lidah kat siapa tu?

Suka ketap bibir bawah dia..

Dapat gak snap gambar Alyssa time dia senyum2..selalu, susah sgt nak capture. Bila dia nampak camera jer, automatically terus froze tgk the camera or phone..buat muka pelik dia...ada sekali dpt snap dia buat muka terkujat sambil membulatkan mata kekekekk..tp gambar tu kat phone, tak transfer lagi. Tapi ari nih, I cuba larikan camera dari fokus dia to snap her smile naturally...lucky her nenek is here, and she was the one attracting Alyssa's attention and tried to have "conversation" with Alyssa while I was photographing her...hehehh

As of Alyssa's developement at 3 months :

~ Kepala dah agak kuat..if before, kepala dia tak leh nak tegak, asyik terlentok2, nak kena support, sekarang dah 90 % buleh tegak kepala.. kalau letakkan dia meniarap, kepala dah buleh angkat. Pastu, asyik dok menengok kiri kanan, kejap2 tgk kiri, pastu kanan, pastu kiri balik, pastu kanan lagik...laju pulak tu dia pusingkan kepala dia..nak explore kawasan sekeliling dia laa tu..

~ Dah pandai demand nak dokong...bukan ler ckp nak dukung atau depa tgn...tp dia akan merengek2 mintak dukung., she has this style of crying pretty recently:-)..kalau kita dok ngadap dia, dia stillkan badan dia, getting ready to be picked up..hehehh, kalau tak angkat dia, start melalak lepas tu..hehehh...bijak budak nih

~ Two days before her 3 months old birthday, dia dah pandai pegang-pegang jari jemari dia. Tangan kanan dan kiri bercantum kat tengah, macam meramas2...usually dia buat mcm tu bila mama dia lambat bagi susu..hehehh

~ Dah boleh berdiri tegak kalau kita berdirikan dia..with support of course!

Anak Papa?

2008-04-16T16:37:00.006+08:00

Since birth, ramai cakap Alyssa banyak ikut rupa papa dia...dari mata, telinga, rambut dan kulitnya. Masa awal2 nampak cam putih ikut kulit mama, but as time goes by, kemerahan kulit dia hilang, it shows that dia ikut kulit papa, ala2 "tan" gitew..hehehh. Rasanya yang ikut mama cuma tang pipi dgn bibir je kot. Org kata kalau anak ikut muka bapa, sejuk. Takpe laa sayang, asalkan Alyssa sihat dan jadi anak yang baik dan solehah yer..mudah-mudahan. Amin.

Many faces of ALyssa since age 5 days to below 1 month old :

Ingatkan fizikal features jer yg ikut papa, rupanya perangai pun ikut sama, dengan kuat menangisnya, nak tidur atas badan lagi, tidur buai nak kena tepuk montot, sebijik mengikut papanya.. Itu pun ibu (mak sedara hubby) yg bg tau.. dia jaga hubby sekali time kecik dulu...tu yg byk bocor rahsia..hehehh. And style tido pun sama, sempat mama snap gambar alyssa and papa tido sekali...hehehh..anak papa nih:-)

Baby & Doctor

2008-04-14T16:35:00.007+08:00

Last saturday we went to Doctor Fatimah's clinic to do pap smear. Didn't get to do it the last time I saw her for post natal checkup last month. During that time hubby and baby came along but tak ikut sekali jumpa doctor as dia dah mengamuk2 kepanasan etc. So hubby and baby stay kat dlm kereta. I was a bit dissappointed once again coz melepas lagi peluang nak snap gambar baby dgn doctor. But this time around, bawak gak baby jumpa doctor sekali. Doc pun ada mention yg dia nak tgk baby. Jenuh gak lar masa menunggu tu, dekat sejam lebih... baby tak mengamuk (Alhamdulillah!), tapi merengek2, nak susu ler, nak tido ler...bising mulutnya kat clinic tu. Sempat singgah nursing room kat clinic kanak2 kat sebelah tu..heheh

Finally, dapat gak melepas hajat since Alyssa's birth...dapat gak snap gambar baby dgn doctor Fatimah. Doctor yang been there the whole pregnancy for my pregnancy with Alyssa, even before conception...and the doctor yang menyambut kelahiran Alyssa. Nak snap right after birth but keadaan tak mengizinkan..Alhamdulillah dapat gak...

Masuk jer bilik doctor, doctor dukung dia...senyap jer budak kecik tu..but once doctor pass kat papa dia to attend to mama lak, terus mengamuk..heheh..budak bertuah nih..ngantuk sebenarnya tu, kat luar masa tunggu bil, terus tertidur.

Jalan Jalan Cari Makan

2008-04-11T17:58:00.004+08:00

Last Monday we all tergerak nak gi pasar malam Serdang...sukaa sgt pergi sana coz banyak choice and harga still murah...heheh.. gambar makanan tak amek...saja2 jer amek gambar dengan baby kat dlm keta..

2 Months Old

2008-04-05T20:50:00.006+08:00

Alyssa is turning 2 months old today. We brought her to the clinic for her 2 months old jab, the 3 serangkai. She cried for awhile, stopped when I held her. We saw doctor Arbaiyah today, as doctor Mahani was not in.We asked her everything that concerns us about Alyssa's well being ..as in her gum, her protruding gland at the back of her head and her phlegm thingy.

As for her phlegm, doctor checked and it's not so bad at the lung, only heard around her throat. She advised to stop medication as according to her, unless it's getting worse and baby refuse to feed or throw up everytime after feeding, there's nothing to worry about. It's almost impossible for baby below 6 months not to have those "bunyi2" thingy. It's also best to avoid chemical medication to babies.

Dr Arbaiyah also adviced us on pneumococcal vaccination today, explaining to us the diseases that can be prevented by it and she strongly recommend us to consider it. Pneumococcal vaccination can prevent meningitis (infection of the lining of the brain or spinal cord), pneumonia (infection of the lungs) and blood and ear infection. The cost is a bit expensive, RM280 per jab, for total of 3 jabs for this vaccination. It is still not in the national vaccination program because of its cost, only available at private clinic. She mentioned that it could take 10 years before the cost decreases and included in the national vaccination program. So we took the pamphlet and seriously considering this pneumocaccal vaccination for Alyssa. We don't mind the cost as long as Alyssa is healthy. We just have to decide when is the best time for her to get this vaccination.

Alyssa weight 6.2kg now..heheh....but I forgot her height measurement:-o I thought doctor said 62 cm but hubby said it was 66cm. Doc didn't jot Alyssa's height at her card, so we are not sure. Gotta check with the doctor next month. They have the record for sure. But her height is definitely 60+ cm. Definitely a tall baby heheh. Her 0-3 months outfit is now becoming like sarung nangka heheh.. some of the barut, cannot reach one end to the other..time for new wardrobe! heheh... after clinic, off we went to Jusco Equine to shop for Alyssa's clothes.

Happy 2 months old, Alyssa! :-) Balik dari Jusco, we took some pics of her, with papa and with mama.. Sayang bucuk bucuk budak kecik nih :-)

As for her developement at two months :

~ Alyssa have been trying hard to suck her thumb or her fist if you will..heheh, sampai basah lencun her mitten. So mama take off her mitten now..no more mitten for Alyssa. It's the hygene thing that I concern the most when she suck her mitten..for me it's better for her to suck her fingers that I can wash every now and then. Pacifier? definitely a NO-NO.

~ Alyssa have started her baby talk just before she reach 2 months old. Dah pandai nak borak dgn mama and papa using her language.

~ Alyssa dah pandai senyum directly at mama and papa. Before this we only caught her smiling during her sleep time or when she was looking at other direction (probably Malaikat agah2 or something) but never directly to us.

~ Alyssa dah try2 nak meniarap. Dah 7 times I cought her turning from her front to back, but still unable to lift her chest and head..heheh. Bila dah terlangkup tu, bising lak mulut dia marah2 tension tak leh angkat kepala...hehee... Below: Alyssa in action :-)

~ Still refuse to feed from bottle..asyik nak melekat kat mama jer....huhuh . Dah beli botol Avent mahal2, takmo... beli lak botol MAM yg puting lembut tu, minum jap first time tu, mama dah happy dah ingat dia serasi dgn botol tu, pastu hampeh! takmo pulak dah...hmmm...budak bertuah nih.. tp nak kena train gak... nanti mama bagi EBM kat botol MAM tu lagi ye sayang... heheh

Akikah

2008-04-03T17:08:00.006+08:00

Last Saturday, 29th February 2008, berlangsung laa kenduri akikah Alyssa. Kenduri started after Zohor around 2pm. It was held at my parents in law's house Jasin, Melaka. Everything was managed by them. They hired someone to perform the akikah ritual and cook the lamb as well. We just paid for it. Everything went well. We didn't perform the cukur jambul ritual..so selamat ler rambut Alyssa yang lebat dan ikal tu. Hopefully cepat ler panjang..leh mama ikat kan dan pakaikan sepit yang comel2...hehehh

From my side, only my mother attended the event. She was already at Alor Gajah, so me and hubby picked her up in the morning...she stayed overnight at Jasin, and dropped her on Sunday on our way back to KL. All of my sibling unable to attend, so only hubby's relatives were there. Didn't get to snap pics of the food that day. The menu was nasi beriani putih, daging kambing masak kari, ayam masak sambal, daging salai + nangka masak lemak cili api, ikan kering and acar buah. We also served cakes, agar2 (my favourite) and oranges. Everything was yummy!

Alyssa was wearing her pink baju kurung yang nenek jahitkan by hand. Thank you nenek for the lovely baju kurung. It was mama's idea for Alyssa to wear baju kurung.. and since ada kain from one of our wedding dowries, yang until now belum hantar jahit, mama got this brilliant idea to used a piece of it to make Alyssa's first baju kurung. So when we decide to finally hantar that kain utk jahit our baju raya this year, we would have matching clothes with our little princess...neat huh?...heheh. Lucky my mother was here to jahitkan. Dia memang terror bab jahit baju kurung, within 3-4 days dah siap dah..hand made tuh! kalau ada mesin, surely one day jer dah siap...nak tunggu mama Alyssa jahit? tak tahu lar bila nak siapnya..heheh..

Anyway, Alyssa was so cute wearing it but she only wore it for a short time coz it was hot and she got a bit cranky. Refused to lie down, always wanted to be held. Mama only managed to snap few pics of her wearing that baju kurung and then got my hands full attending to her.

Dah ayu2 wearing baju kurung, terkangkang ler pulak...heheh

Nenek sempat bawak kain batik lepas lagi utk buat sling for Alyssa. Dia tau cucu dia yang ke 10 nih suka berkepit jer. So, when Alyssa meragam that day, apa lagi, nenek pun gendong Alyssa. Cam bibik lak gendong pakai kain batik..heheh

Mama Alyssa teringin nak beli sling yang macam nih.., moden lar sikit kan..heheh..tapi bila masa nak beli, saiz dah takde lak dah..uwaaa!! sedih....

pic taken from http://www.thelilcaliph.com/

Phlegm aka Kahak

2008-03-25T21:57:00.005+08:00

Today we brought Alyssa to peadiatrician coz she's been having phlegm for a few days now. Several days ago I started to worry coz her temparature was unstable, kinda hot and normal intermitently. At the same time she developed that annoying phelgm sound:-O and she started to screaming her head off every night before she went to sleep. It's getting harder to put her to sleep at night these days. So sad to see her crying out loud and screaming like that.. I've been wanting to bring her to clinic to check it out earlier but hubby kept on stalling :-[ untill today, finally.

We saw doctor Mahani..been to her twice before, she's alright and the medicine there really suits Alyssa, that's why we choose to go there again. Dr checked on Alyssa's lung, checked on her temparature through her ears, which got Alyssa screaming out loud, sampai dr kata "garangnya dia" heheheh.. And then Alyssa had to be put on nebuliser before dr checked on her lungs again through stetoscope. Alyssa got 3 types of medicine..for coughing and phlegm. I was kinda surprise when dr Mahani asked "malam2 mengamuk la ni sebelum tidur?" :-O how did she knew?:-o :-p of course laa she knew better, she's the doctor and have loads of experience..but I really didn't see it coming:-p

After that we went to Air Cool, to install tinted film on Waja. Best! now tak panas lagi bila naik Waja, heheh..And then went to jusco to shop.

2 Days Old Alyssa

2008-03-24T14:03:00.007+08:00

La ni, baru laa ada masa utk transfer gambar2 dar kamera lagi satu nih..byk sangat gambar, tak larat nak edit..hehe. There are pics of Alyssa when she was 2 days old. Still at hospital. This was the first time I get to hold Alyssa in my arms..uhuk uhuk..so sedih:-( Didn't get to see her the first day. She had to stay at the nursery due to her blood sugar problem and I was too weak to walk to the nursery to see her the first day. Could not sleep that night, kept thinking of her:-( kesian kena tido sorang2 on her first night in this world:-(

So regret that I don't have nice pics taken with Alyssa that day..me with "baru lepas beranak" face with Alyssa.

Alyssa with papa

Alyssa with nenek

Beloved daughter

1 Month Old

2008-03-05T19:46:00.004+08:00

Today, 5th March 2008, Alyssa is exactly 1 month old. We went to the paediatrician this morning because Alyssa has to get her Hep B jab. She was sleeping in the car, but as soon as we arrived, she passed a little stool, had to change her diaper and then feed her coz she was crying out loud hungrily. I gave her EBM in a bottle but she didn't like it.

Came to the doctor's room, she made a scene, screaming out loud, didn't let the doctor to check her height etc...So, Dr Mahani gave her to me for breastfeed first. Dr had to do the injection on Alyssa's thigh while she was on my lap. She screamed out loud again for a quite sometime. I had to console her with breastfeeding. After she was calmed, Dr Mahani started the procedure to circumcise Alyssa. I couldn't bear to look..All I saw that dr Mahani used a very sharp scissor to do the job. This time, Alyssa only cried for a short while.

Alyssa had put on 800g of weight in one month. She now weight 4.8kg. And she is 56cm tall.., this could be inaccurate as Dr Mahani could hardly get Alyssa's leg to stretch out front while measuring her height..Either that or doctor suspect the birth length (55cm) was inaccurate, as according to her, 55cm is rather tall for newborn. Normally babies should increase 2 or 3 cm of height in a month. Oh well, as long as she is healthy, its fine by me.

Dr Mahani also explained on Alyssa's vacuum bump on her head. It got us worried as it has been a month but it still there. Found out that it could take 3 months before it finally subside. We also got some medication for Alyssa’s rashes on her bum; we went for shopping and head home.

Alyssa’s development for 1 month old :
- Able to follow movements with her eyes
- Response when her name is called
- Her eyes are getting bigger when wide open
- Less sleeping time
- Started to try to have conversation in baby language

Once home, Alyssa pun tido

Meragam pulak..

Sakit laa mama..

ciannya budak kecik nih..

Aiman's Birthday

2008-03-05T16:54:00.006+08:00

Last weekend, we were invited to celebrate Aiman’s 8th birthday and to spend the night at my brother's new house at Ulu Klang. It was a small birthday party for close family members only. We arrived around 3pm on Saturday, spent the night and went back home on Sunday. All of Alyssa’s cousins were there except Harris, who had to go to Perak with his mommy. Here are some pictures of the party :

Birthday boy

Menu of the day

Nurin Jazlyna

yg geram kat baby Alyssa, asyik nak cium jer..heheh

Birthday Present

2008-02-26T15:54:00.008+08:00

::Greatest Gift Ever::

On 14th February 2008, Alyssa turned 10 days old:-) It was my birthday, so I took lots of pictures of her. I was planning to take nice photos of me, hubby and Alyssa but it didn't go as plan; as I was still in confinement and my movements were very restricted and also because hubby was working that day, after a week of paternity leaves. Hubby came home late as he has dinner date with his friend. Couldn’t snap any pics at night also because he had food poisoning right after he came home. So, these are few pictures that I managed to snap during the day.

Me and my princess

Alyssa with Nenek

Dr Fatimah Mustafah

2008-02-25T02:44:00.009+08:00

I would like to dedicate this entry to my Ob-Gyn Specialist, Doctor Fatimah Mustafah; who has been there all the way throughout my pregnancy till I deliver. She was even there before I was conceived with Alyssa. Of course Allah IS the ONE who granted our wish to have a child, but Doctor Fatimah has been the reason and great assistant for us to have this blessed healthy child.

I first came across to Doctor Fatimah’s Women Specialist Clinic in April 2006, when the clinic just started operating. I knew this for sure now that they started operating in April 2006, but at that time I noticed it because previously it wasn’t there. It just so happen that I was looking for a Polyclinic in that same area that I went before. I went to that Polyclinic around February 2006 to check whether I was pregnant as my period was late. The doctor tested my urine and confirmed that I wasn’t pregnant as the result was negative and she prescribed me with Provera (if I’m not mistaken) to make the blood shed. The blood will shed “naturally” if I was not pregnant; as she said it. A week after that, the blood shed alright, with big lumps and clots…and I bleed non-stop for 4 months. After 2 months of bleeding, in April that is, I went back to see that doctor again and found out that the Polyclinic was closed:-o… Confused and upset, that was when I spotted Dr Fatimah’s clinic and stepped into it.

When I first saw Dr Fatimah, I immediately fell in love with her..hehehh.. She has this fairest and really clean face. Air mukanya bersih sungguh. She has this great doctor’s aura and mannerism that is so likable that I feel so comfortable around her. She is so professional but yet you can feel that she is genuinely a caring person. That is really a good quality of a doctor. I think that is why I kept coming back to see her..heheh. Anyway, she prescribed me with this medicine to stop the bleeding, but it was not working immediately, as I only stopped bleeding after 2 months or so. Went back there a few times, but when it was the time to take Chlomid around August 2006, I had to see a replacement doctor as Dr Fatimah was on leave. That first month, I was not succeeding. Didn’t get to follow up with Dr Fatimah after that. In November 2006, I took another round of Chlomid but I got it from the clinic nearby my house. I got pregnant this time…found out on Dec 12th, 2006, but I miscarried on Jan 4th 2007. Did D&C at Serdang Hospital with Dr Siti.

And then, on April 2007, my period was late again. This time around, me and hubby decided that I should check and do follow up with a Specialist as we refused to have bad experience as before. Dr Fatimah is our choice. Dr Fatimah scanned my uterus; it was negative and prescribed me with Provera. On 2nd day period, she prescribed me with Chlomid and saw her again on the 12th day of the cycle to check on my follicle’s development. This time around I diligently follow everything by the book, see her when I needed to.. I trusted her speciality and judgement and Alhamdulillah, I was pregnant again!

Every month during my pregnancy I was looking forward to see her for monthly checkups, beside very excited to see the baby inside my tummy. What I like about Dr Fatimah is she is so caring, resourceful, attentive, tender, soft spoken and the “sayang” word never skipped her mouth every time. Yes, of course we pay to see her; but it’s all worth it when you are provided with a very good service from a very good and kind doctor. I’ve seen some other doctors but nothing compare to Dr Fatimah.

I don’t know why I’ve always have a soft spot for doctors… I guess maybe because I’ve always wanted to be a doctor but didn’t get to. I ended up taking a course that I have no passion about. So, finding a good, caring and kind doctor is very important for me. And I am so grateful that Dr Fatimah is apart of our child making experience.. from before Alyssa was conceived until she was born. I’m glad I ran into her clinic, I’m glad she’s the one who catch my baby when she was born. From deep in my heart, I thank you Dr Fatimah! I’ll try to nurture my child to be interested in becoming a doctor. Hopefully she would become one. Amin.

A bit about Dr Fatimah that I got from annur-net, which was posted on September 14, 2005 by Dr Ahmad Asmadi Yusuf, her husband :

Dr Fatimah Mustafah

M.D. UKM, M.O.G. UM

-Pakar Perunding Ob-gyn Hospital Pakar An-Nur

-Pakar Perunding Ob-gyn Hospital Pakar Ampang Puteri

-Bekas Pakar Perunding Ob-gyn, Pengasas, PengarahPerubatan Pusat Rawatan Islam Az-Zahrah.

-Ahli Majlis Perunding Wanita Professional Islam,YADIM

-Ahli Persatuan Perubatan Islam Malaysia

-Bekas ahli misi kemanusian ke 11 Mercy Malaysia keAfghanistan

** Nur Alyssa Zahra is 20 days old today

Nur Alyssa Zahra

2008-02-11T22:23:00.001+08:00

Her cute little face...

Our Precious One

2008-02-11T17:28:00.005+08:00

Name : Nur Alyssa Zahra

D.O.B : 5th Feb 2008

Weight : 4.0 kg

Lenght : 55 cm

Alyssa was taken immediately to the nursery room by the nurse. They still haven’t brought her to me yet, after one to two hours I was getting worried. I planned to breastfeed exclusively but turned out Alyssa's blood sugar level was so low at birth (1.6) that the pediatrician strongly suggest to feed her with formula milk first so that her blood sugar will regulate to normal level, that is around 3-6. I and hubby had no choice but to sign the permision form for her to be fed with formula milk.

They kept her at the nursery to monitor her blood sugar level and to keep her warm. I didn't see her at all after the birth that day. The nurse told me she will bring her to me after dinner when I asked her about my baby..but nothing. My hubby went to check what was going on, he went to the nursery room and turned out Alyssa had to be put under the heater to help her regulate her body temperature, to keep her warm. Can't sleep that night, bothered by the pain and of course the thought of our little precious one who had to sleep on her own the first night of her life:-(

Only the next day, the nurse came and told me I had to go to the nursery to see my baby if I want to. They still can't bring her out of the nursery as she still had to be under the heater. When I get there, the nurse there allowed me to enter the nursery and asked me to breastfeed Alyssa. Hubby can't enter the nursery of course, they only allow the mother to go in and feed the baby. Seeing her for the first time, being able to touched her and hold her, it was really an amazing moment. Can't believe she's already here as we've been waiting to have her for a quite some time. Alhamdulillah.

When I first tried to breastfeed her, she was really good at it, the nurse at the nursery was also impressed with her performance. The peadiatrician came and informs us that they will have to hold her for one more night to monitor her blood sugar; they need to monitor her for 48 hours. But the dr said Alyssa was doing good, her blood sugar was becoming stable and with her ability to breastfeed, it shouldn't be a problem, it's just they need to make sure that she stay stable, not only for one day.

Dr Fatimah came in the afternoon, checked my stitches, which was still fine regardless the fall I had the first day directly at the stitches. Everything was fine and she released me that day, but becoz our baby was still not released, she let us lodging for one more night. I was a bit disappointed that the baby wasn't with me when Dr Fatimah was there as I've been meaning to snap our baby's picture with Dr Fatimah. I'm so grateful to Dr Fatimah, who has been there all the way even before Alyssa was conceived. Yeah, of course we paid her for the service but she was so caring, dedicated and tender and she is simply the best gynae ever. I've been to several other doctors but nothing compare to Dr Fatimah. Well, I guess we'll have to wait for 6 weeks checkup to ask her to be photographed with our baby.

That 2nd day evening, we went to the nursery again to checked on our baby, the nurse on that shift was so kind, showing me everything that I need to know about breastfeeding and she took the baby out and brought her to me in our room so I can breastfeed her. Only then we were able to snap some pics of our baby. She still looked rather red and a bit swollen..heheh.

The 3rd day, me and hubby get ready early, as we expected to check out and bring the baby home. Around 9.00am, nurse brought Alyssa to our room for her morning feeding. After she was taken back to the nursery, we went there too, pack our things and waited for the doctor to come and checked her and released her. Around noon, we were able to bring her home, after changed her outfit from the hospital's clothes. Alhamdulillah, our baby was cleared by the doctor; we only had to come in 3 days to check for jaundice. After that, off we go...to our home, who’s everyone's were waiting to see the baby.

3 days old - getting ready to come home

A Birth Story

2008-02-10T17:51:00.003+08:00

It has been 5 days now. Our baby girl has arrived to this world on the 5th February 2008. Alhamdulillah!. By this time, I'm sure most of our friends out there have found out about the birth and we appreciate your good wishes and presents too, thank you!.

Actually I had weekly checkup on the 5th at 3pm, but I started to feel labour pain early that morning during subuh. The pain was much more intense than the usual Braxton hicks contractions I had been feeling before that. Of course I was unsure whether it was a true labour or not, even though deep down I knew it was almost time. I kept having the feeling that I had to passing stool, but nothing came out. Been in and out of the toilet but still felt the same.

Hubby was off that day but had to go to the office anyway in the morning coz he had an important meeting to attend to, regardless I've been telling him that I had intense contractions. Around 8.30am, I started to time my contraction, and they were below than 10 minutes apart. I was still able to handle the pain though as it came and went away, and I was still not sure whether it was time to go to the hospital yet. Coz of no experience, I've tried to compare the pain that I had with the description of labour pain from the book...heheh..seemed similar, the pain radiates from the back to the belly, and it didn't go away if I move around, but they were getting more intense.

Finally, around 9.30am, there was the blood show. Fresh blood, just a few streaks, but it was a good enough reason to rush off to the hospital. Told my mother, she called my hubby; tell him it was time to go to the hospital. Hubby rushed back home and around 11.00am, we arrived at the hospital, and I was admitted to the labour room. Dr Fatimah came in short after; she checked my opening and surprisingly found out that my cervix has dilated to 7 cm. She broke my amniotic sac and told me that baby had passed a bit of stool inside, but asked me not to worry, coz they will monitor baby's heartbeat. Once the water broke, the contraction was so much more intense than previous one, and I was given the epidural. It took a while before the drug kicked in, but once the effect took over, it was painless...hehehe.. even though I had to feel the numbness around my legs, they felt so heavy, but I would prefer to feel that than the contraction pain. I can hardly take the pain when the contraction became just 1 to 2 minutes apart.

At 12.30pm, the midwife checked my opening, it was still 7cm dilated. She checked again at 2.00pm, now the cervix has dilated to 8cm. At 3.00pm, Dr Fatimah came in again and checked my opening...and found out that I was fully dilated and the baby's head was just down there waiting to come out. She decided it was time for me to push the baby out. They got the equipment ready, and doctor and midwife guided me when to push when the contraction came as I was unable to feel them becoz of the epidural. Hubby came in and saw all of the labour process. I had to push several time, and with doctor's assistance, episiotomy and vacuum, our baby gurl finally came out at 3.10pm. She came out 13 days early at 38 weeks 1 day.

After the birth, I didn't get to see my baby that day, only get to see her immediately after she was born when doctor placed her on my tummy, sucking to clear her nose and mouth with some sort of vacuum/blow. She cried ever so loudly, Dr Fatimah even said that "baby nangis macam kena cubit".. heheh. Her body was covered with liquid from the amniotic sac, and then, she was taken away to be cleaned and checked thoroughly. Hubby went to see nurses cleaning her body. He gets to kiss the baby and recite Iqamah to her, before they took her to the nursery for further checkup.

In the meantime, I was still in the labor room, waited for the doctor to guide the placenta to come out. Once done, she proceeded to sew my episiotomy. Only then I knew that doctor had to do episiotomy and had cut me about 3cm and used vacuum to assist my baby to come out. I had to wait till 6.30pm at the labor room before the nurse took me to my room. Had to wait for the epidural to wear off first. Hubby and my mother drove back for awhile to bury the placenta when I was taken to my room.

Hubby only managed to snap 3 pictures of our baby just after she was cleaned up by the nurses. Here are the pics of our baby's first hour of her life :

Week 37

2008-02-01T15:20:00.000+08:00

Yeterday, I had another checkup, I was 37 weeks 3 days preggy. Baby has grown bigger...her weight was 3.465kg..huhuh. Done the CTG for the 2nd time, and the reading was still normal. Me and hubby asked the doctor whether we could have the baby on the 4th, instead of 11th as she initially suggested. She wanted to make sure that baby has already mature before she would induce...and she agreed to see us on the 5th, and see how it goes...She will be checking for cervix opening then, and if it has dilated to 1 or 2 cm, then we can have the baby then. Doctor willl be off on Chinese New Year, so I really hope that our baby will be deliver before Chinese New Year. Otherwise, we're gonna wait till the 11th anyway to be induced, unless of course the labour comes naturally.

For the past couple of days, I've been experiencing Braxton Hicks contraction a lot more than usual...especially today...been feeling crampy since morning, and the contraction came every 30 minutes or less, but the pain is not so severe yet...hopefully, it will be sooner... I won't mind to be in labour today...heheh.

Anyway, planning to buy some stuff later on this evening, looking forward for the walking part as they say it will accelerate the labour. Just waiting for the baby cot and cupboard that my hubby ordered few days back. They lost their way, so my hubby went to fetch them somewhere...still not arrive yet. Can't wait to get the cot ready and to pack baby clothes into the cute little cupboard.

An Update

2008-01-26T23:09:00.000+08:00

Finally an update after a long silence for about 2 months. My modem was strucked by lightning in early December 2007, only today I managed to get a new modem..heheh. For friends who has visited my blog, thank you very much!

It seems like overnight, I'm in the last month of my pregnancy. As for today, I'm already 36 weeks 5 days preggy. 22 days to go according to my due date of 18th Feb 2008. I feel like I am ready to deliver this baby...heheh, but never ready for the pain though..huhuh. I will definitely go for epidural...hopefully it will be available when the time come.

Anyway, my last visit to the doctor's clinic was last Monday @ 36 weeks. I had to deal with gestational diabetes since week 31st, when I got the MGTT result which I took on week 28th. At 31st week, doctor informed us that our baby is quite big for its gestational age which normally would be around 1.7kg, but our baby's weight already reached 2.2kg :-O. It was quite shocking as the baby's weight was at normal rate at previous checkup @ 28 weeks which was 1.2kg. So obviously I developed the gestational diabetes around that week.

I had to take Fasting Blood Sugar reading, 4 times a day 3 times which according to the doctor, it's a borderline diabetes, and didn't prescribe my with insulin, just strongly advised me to control my blood sugar level by healthy eating. She really scared me with the effect to the baby if the blood sugar level is not controlled...baby being unhealthily big, heart stop beating etc..oh dear! So I'm trying my best to control my food intake to less carbs and sugar.

Doctor said I had to be induced @ 38 weeks due to this diabetes problem, and she set the date of 11th Feb. Actually she wanted to do it on the 8th, but had to postpone to 11th due to Chinese New Year's holiday. 11th Feb actually I will be 39th weeks preggy, so gonna try to ask the doctor whether we can do it on 4th Feb, when I'll be preggy for 38th weeks even. Despite the doctor's words that baby can reach 4kg at birth, hopefully my baby won't be too big inside, and hopefully she will be born below than 3.5kg and with really good health. Amin!!

Baby's weight :
week 36 : 3.13kg
week 34 : 3.04kg
week 31 : 2.25kg
week 28 : 1.2kg

Anyway, on my 31st weeks preggy, doctor sent me to do detailed scanning to see any effect of diabetes to the baby. Actually detailed scanning should be done around 20 weeks preggy, but I didn't get to do it earlier as the doctor didn't mentioned about it earlier. So I went to the clinic the next day after the 31st week checkup for the detailed scanning. Took the opportunity to do 3D scanning...wanted to see my baby's face..hehe. The detailed scanning turned out to be ok, despite the scanning specialist was complaining that I had it quite late, baby is already quite big, and it was hard to see every details in one screen.. If I did it @ 20 weeks, baby's features will definitely fit into one screen and it'll be easier for her to do every measurements.

Managed to get some 3D captured of my baby's face, but unfortunately, she refused to let us see clear view of her face. She kept covering her eyes...only showed her mouth and her cheeks which is quite tembam! heheh.. geram sungguh! tak sabar nak tengok baby depan mata. Can't be sure yet, baby ikut muka sape, just have to wait and see:-) Here are a couple of 3D pics of our precious little one...

Another Check up

2007-11-22T14:44:00.000+08:00

It is confirm now that I have beta-thalassemia trait. Hah!

Didin't get to see Dr Fatimah as she was on MC today...went to see a replacement doctor, which using another doctor's room. The ultrasound machine in this room is quite old fashion, not as high definition as the one in dr fatimah's room. I asked the doctor for the printed scanning pic, but it was just horrible, nothing can be seen...and I seem to lost the pic:-o

Anyway, as stated earlier, received the result for thalassemia test, I have the trait...guess for my next checkup in December, doctor's gonna draw some of hubby's blood to check for thalassemia as well. If he is also a carrier, then our baby might have the thalassemia. Hopefully not. I doubt that my hubby will have it too as he loves eating meat and all of the blood source food...but who knows. Just got to wait and see. Confirmed with the doctor that it doesn't effect the baby while I'm pregnant...just that she could have it as well. hmmm..

Some info on Thalassemia :

Definition
Thalassemia describes a group of inherited disorders characterized by reduced or absent amounts of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein inside the red blood cells. There are two basic groups of thalassemia disorders: alpha thalassemia and beta thalassemia. These conditions cause varying degrees of anemia, which can range from insignificant to life threatening.

Description
All types of thalassemias are considered quantitative diseases of hemoglobin, because the quantity of hemoglobin produced is reduced or absent. Usual adult hemoglobin is made up of three components: alpha globin, beta globin, and heme. Thalassemias are classified according to the globin that is affected, hence the names alpha and beta thalassemia. Although both classes of thalassemia affect the same protein, the alpha and beta thalassemias are distinct diseases that affect the body in different ways.

Beta thalassemia
Beta thalassemia may be the most best-known type of thalassemia and is also called Cooley's anemia. It is caused by a change in the gene for the beta globin component of hemoglobin. Beta thalassemia causes variable anemia that can range from moderate to severe, depending in part on the exact genetic change underlying the disease. Beta thalassemia can be classified based on clinical symptoms. Beta thalassemia major usually causes severe anemia that can occur within months after birth. If left untreated, severe anemia can result in insufficient growth and development, as well as other characteristic physical complications that can lead to a dramatically decreased life-expectancy. Fortunately, in developed countries beta thalassemia is usually identified by screening in the newborn period, before symptoms have developed. Children who are identified early can be started on ongoing blood transfusion therapy as needed. Although transfusion therapy prevents many of the complications of severe anemia, the body is unable to eliminate the excess iron contained in the transfused blood. Over time, this excess iron deposits in tissues and organs, resulting in damage and organ failure. Another medication must be administered to help the body eliminate the excess iron and prevent iron-overload complications. Beta thalassemia intermedia describes the disease in individuals who have moderate anemia that only requires blood transfusions intermittently, if at all.

Alpha thalassemia
Alpha thalassemia is the result of changes in the genes for the alpha globin component of hemoglobin. There are two main types of alpha thalassemia disease: hemoglobin H disease and alpha thalassemia major. The two diseases are quite different from beta thalassemia as well as from one another. Individuals with hemoglobin H disease can experience events of hemolytic anemia-anemia caused by the rapid breakdown of the red blood cells. These events are thought to be triggered by various environmental causes, such as infection and/or exposure to certain chemicals. Hemoglobin H disease is in most cases milder than beta thalassemia. It does not generally require transfusion therapy. Alpha thalassemia major is a very serious disease that results in severe anemia that begins even before birth. Most affected babies do not survive to be born or die shortly after birth.

Beauty of pregnancy?

2007-11-16T21:34:00.000+08:00

26 weeks and 4 days today. So excited of this pregnancy but at the same time I have to face the side effects that comes with it:-o:-). Back pain... it's getting harder now to shift position when I lay down at night. Usually I prefer to sleep on my back but now, it's getting harder to sleep that way, so I had to change position, to lie on my side, but OMG, that's hurt. I had to move an inch at a time just to turn to my side..adeh..

Not to mention aching all over especially on my feet and legs when I stand up for a quite some time just to cook or shopping..heheh.. At night, I will have to get some massage on my legs and feet..sometimes I had my hubby to give me the massage..but most of the time I had to do it myself..heh!

Now I have to face another pregnancy side effect as my tummy grows bigger...strecth mark! urgghh!! it was almost none a few weeks ago, but now it seems like suddenly it's all over my tummy:-O ..i've been applying lotion to avoid stretch mark on my tummy but it seems like the lotion is not working at all. Oh well, guess, I've got to aceept this fact.. as long as my baby is fine and healthy.

Oh and another thing, I've been feeling tired..whether it's because of i'm entering my 3rd trimester or this anemia thing has got to me. My gut telling me it's the anemia though. I've been feeling almost numb like feeling at my hands occasionally...where they look so pale almost like not enough blood circulation going on there..usually I felt this once I woke up from my sleep. Really hope this anemia thingy will subside soon.

Can't wait for next check up next wednesday..hope baby is fine and healthy. Amin.

6 Months

2007-11-09T07:51:00.000+08:00

Today, I hit the 6 months mark. I'm 180 day pregnant. only 101 days to go..3 more months till I get to see this little person. Baby has been very active..dah start playing and communicating from inside my tummw..kicking when I speak to her and when I rub my tummy. There were days when she hardly move in a day..only wanted to kick when my hubby poke and rub my tummy...heheh..kecik2 dah manja dgn papa dia.

Anyway, last monday I received an interview letter for government sector.. the interview is on next Monday, 12th Nov 2007 at Putrajaya..So I've been busy this week, trying to study heheh.....dah lama sgt tunggu post dari goverment sector ni..hopefully I will be accepted for this post. Amin!.

Baby! Baby!

2007-10-25T16:08:00.000+08:00

Today, I went to the doctor's clinic again. My doctor wanted to draw some more of my blood to do full thalassemia test. Arived there around 9.20am, but was informed by the staff there that dr Fatimah was in surgery and she will come down around 10 m. So I went to the nearest stall, ordered iced tea and read newspaper to kill the time. Once I saw the doctor came in, I went in too. It was just a quick meeting, just to take some blood. I asked for the delivery packages pamphlet. Paid the bill and went back home.

I've been monitoring baby's movements started last Monday. For 3 days, I get to see a pattern of when the baby wakes up and sleep. Usually she wakes up around 8.00am, she started to moves a lot. But this morning, she didn't moves at all at the usual time and that got me worried. Since the doctor asked me to monitor her movements/kicks, I get so alert of her movements. Luckily while waiting for the doctor to see me, she woke up and give me a few of really hard kicks, that literally made me jump off my seat...heheh...notty girl! I never felt so relieved...guess she just slept in.

23rd Weeks Check Up

2007-10-22T19:59:00.000+08:00

Went to Dr's appointment today for my 23rd weeks check up. I went to the doctor by myself today as hubby couldn't take a leave today. Once again, doctor did the scanning, and still predict that our baby is a girl..heheh. All this while my hubby and I were still reluctant to fully accept the prediction of the baby's gender as a few friends told us about other's experiences on how the prediction were wrong....the babies were born a boy, not a girl as predicted earlier during pregnancy.

Everything looks fine.., my tummy has grown the right size of 5 - 6 months(according to the doctor..heheh..I wouldn't know). Our baby has grown bigger and tally with the gestational age. She no longer fit on the screen as a whole, we need to see her parts by parts. Her heart beats perfectly and I noticed how big it was compared to previous scanning last month. Her legs were in criss cross position...and she moved her head several times when we were trying to see her head profile:-). Air ketuban looks good, and the placenta is in the correct position. Urine test and blood pressure were normal. Alhamdulillah.

This is our baby's scan picture for today. Quite hard for the doctor to capture her nice face profile as she kept moving around:-)

My doctor didn't remember that she wanted to take my blood sample to check for HB.. and she did after I reminded her. She asked to see my tongue..and she said, I still look pale to her..hmmm... I told her about that my brother informed me he has the thalassemia trait, she was a bit alarmed when she heard it. I was prescribed with Iberet Folic, Calactate and Folic Acid. Paid the bill and off I went... stopped by at Alamanda for window shopping..hahah.

Anyway, on my way home, about 2 hours after I left the clinic, I received a call from the clinic, the staff nurse told me that the doctor wanted to speak to me....the doctor had to give me a call? this couldn't be good news. Turned out I was right. They got the blood test result already as they test it at the hospital, didn't send to the lab, so the result was pretty quick. The doctor informed me that my HB reading has dropped to 8.8 :-O. Oh dear!. Last month it was 10.0. So the doctor asked me to come by the clinic anytime to take some blood because she wants to do a full thalassemia test for me. I wanted to return back to the clinic, but she asked me to come by the end of this week..and remind me to take folic acid. Hope the baby is fine and will be fine whether I have thalassemia or not. Amin.

5 Months

2007-10-10T13:06:00.000+08:00

I'm 5 months preggy today. Yay! How time flies... just can't believe it that month 5 has arrived. I have been counting days before this..waiting for first trimester come to an end, waiting for 12 weeks, waiting for 4 months, waiting for 5 months...hehehh... Now, we just have to wait for another 4 months for my baby to be born to this world. Can't wait to meet her. Picture from babycentre.com

Yesterday, hubby brought back another hamper full with raya cookies and layered cake..the wrapping is so pretty and I feel that it's too pretty for me to open the wrapping.. all the hampers that we got so far are decorated just like wedding dowries. Hubby place them nicely on the single bed in our first floor room... he said they are like dowries for our baby...oh dear! :-)

Today...I woke up pretty early, did our laundry, and packing our clothes..coz we're going balik kampung yesterday. Gotta packed the cookies in 2 bags too...one for my family and one for hubbu's family.

21 Weeks

2007-10-08T19:40:00.001+08:00

I'm 21 weeks even preggy today. I went to Klinik Medinur to make the red book..well, it was a red card actually. I thought it was gonna be the book like the one they got from the government clinic. But boy was I wrong.. We were not sure whether I should give birth at the government hospital or private hospital, that was why we thought i had to get the red book either from the government clinic or private clinic. My husband prefer me to go to private clinic so off I went there this afternoon.

The doctor was quite surprise that I went for check up when I'm 21 weeks preggy already. I told her I wanted to make the red book as at the specialist clinic that I went, the doctor didn't give me any sort of card or book. She asked what have been done to me all this while..I showed her the blood test result, and my blood type card I got from the other doctor. So she proceed with giving me the first dose injection for kancing gigi. She said this injection are to be done twice, and I will be getting it again next month.

She prescribed me with obimin, when I told her that currently i'm taking Iberet Folic and Folic Acid..and she told me that it's not enough. Since my Iberet Folic will run out in 8 days, I guess I'll start taking the Obimin then, until my next checkup at the private hospital when I'm 23 weeks preggy.

Rezeki Baby

2007-10-02T22:40:00.000+08:00

Today, my husband received promotion letter from the Human Resource Department. He has been promoted to Principle Assistant Secretary effective from 1st October 2007. Hubby and his colleagues has been buzzing around about this promotion for a quite some time now..and today he finally got the apointed position. Alhamdulillah. With a baby on the way next year, this promotion is truly a blessing for us. We could use the extra money..heheh...rezeki baby.. Better position comes with greater responsibility. Hopefully my husband will continue doing a good job with honesty and ethicly. May Allah bless us with rezeki yang halal and protect us from any wrong doing. Amin.

On other occasion, hubby went to break fast with his friend and he brought back a really nice hamper. Love it! love it! love it! The basket is so beautiful, and inside there are 3 boxes with very pretty lid of raya cookies. Yay! more cookies! Here are the pictures :

Baby Language

2007-10-02T15:43:00.000+08:00

Baby language 0-3 months

Neh - hungry (lapar)
owh - sleepy (ngantuk)
heh - discomfort (tak selesa dgn keadaan dia)
eair - lower gas (angin)
eh - burp (nak disendawakan, dukung dia tegak, sandar kat bahu)

Just thought I paste this info here for my reference once the baby is born. I got this info from the oprah show last July.., to determine what babies really want when they started to make those sound before they start crying. But it only applies for babies from 0-3 months only, as they get older, their reaction will change and influenced by their surraounding.I think that it is really good that it can help new mommy to cope with her new role better if she knows what her baby really wants. hopefully I will be getting the benefits from this little information, once my precious one is born.

Halfway through the journey

2007-10-01T18:39:00.000+08:00

I'm officially 20 weeks pregnant today...halfway through the journey. Alhamdulillah! rasa macam sekejap jer masa berlalu..tak sabar pulak nak menanti kehadiran budak kecik ni..heheh.

Last weekend, saja try baju maternity yang dibeli utk raya, tapi, perut tak berapa naik sangat. Cam malu nak pakai pun ada..heheh.. tapi, sempat gak snap gambar perut time baring...nampak gak lar pregnancy bump. Bila duduk dgn baring jer, nampak naik sikit, kalau diri, tak berapa nampak. Masa beli baju maternity tu last month, come raya, I would be 5 months even and I expected that my belly would show much bigger than this...la ni, tinggal 11 hari je lagi nak raya..macam takde can jer perut nak naik banyak..heheh..

From PregnancyWeekly.com:
Welcome, anne
20/40 weeks

This is day number 140 and you're 20 weeks pregnant!You have 140 days or 20 weeks left, and are 50.0% of the way there.Baby's age since conception is 126 days or 18 weeks. You are due on 2/18/2008.

Balik kampung

2007-09-29T11:54:00.000+08:00

Hari ni plan nak balik kampung. Last minute plan. I need to buy kain to add to my maternity clothes that I need for raya. I bought a nice green short sleeves shirt..but I want the sleeves to be long. So I need to get some kain to add to the sleeves. Why balik kampung for this? Coz I need my mother to sew it for me..heheh.

Shopping

2007-09-28T23:54:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I felt like shopping...so I went to Alamanda all by myself. I spent about 3 hours there, pick up some groceries and stuff. I wanted to buy girl clothes for my baby, because the ones that we already bought earlier are unisex. I ended up buying 2 pairs of girl clothes for my baby. This is the first time i shop for my baby's clothes after we got to know the gender. I've been crazy with all the little girl's clothes before this, and now I get to buy them for my own baby:-) ...but walking around in the shopping mall really get to me though. I was really tired after wards that I can't get up for sahur...and i still feel sore today from all the walking. I'm getting tired easily nowadays....hmmm....

My baby's outfits:-

Last night, hubby came home with a bucket of hamper after berbuka puasa with his friend. There were 3 types of raya cookies, fruit cake, chocolate and some candy and a bottle of grape sparkling water. I couldn't be happier:-) Because we haven't got any cookies for raya yet...and now we got it FOC..heheh.

Anyway, we made a list of baby stuff that we need to buy before her birth...oh dear! there are still a lot of stuff that we haven't got...we only bought baby's clothes so far:-O we got another 4 months to get all the practical stuff that we need. Gotta buy them little by little though...can't afford to buy them all at once...

Scanning Pictures

2007-09-27T10:27:00.000+08:00

I've been wanting to upload scan pictures of my baby for a quite some time now but didin't get to do it. I was waiting for the scanner which I lend to my brother for a quite some time. But when I did get it back, turned out that I cannot connect it with our laptop here, some files missing etc. Hmmm...this laptop really need to be formatted.

Anyhow, I managed to take some pictures of the scanning today. Don't know why since yesterday, I have this urge to update this blog...as I've been lazy to do so for quite some time..heheh.

Here's my cutie pie :

at 10 weeks

at 14 weeks

at 18 weeks

It's so great to see how well my baby has developed for the past 4 months. After this, she is not gonna fit into that screen as she grow bigger and longer:-)..We gonna have to settle to just see her face and body seperately...not that I'm complaining..heheh. Hope she will grow healthily and perfectly.

She Moves!

2007-09-26T14:25:00.000+08:00

I started to feel the baby move last week at 18 weeks +. Yesterday she was very active, kicking and all:-). My hubby got to feel her kicks too...twice:-). The movements are still quite subtle, I guess, soon, they gonna get stronger, as her bones getting strongger. It's nice to feel her movements...makes me feel that this pregnancy is so real that there's a baby inside my tummy.

It's A Girl!!

2007-09-17T14:20:00.000+08:00

Heheh! finally, we got to know the baby's sex! Went for 18 weeks checkup today. Doctor said, it's most probably a girl. Our baby was being such a good girl, we've been telling her to show us her gender when we see the doctor, like 2 weeks before the appointment...and she did show us her gender. It was quite easy to see as she spread her legs apart:-).

At first, the doctor kept saying "can't find it" a few times. I figured she was looking for a boy's birdy:), so I bluntly ask, "is it a girl , doctor?", The doctor said, "Insya-Allah it's a GIRL". Hahah! I knew it! My husband and I both predicted diffrently before this. I predicted it's a girl, and he predicted that it is a boy, turned out I was right:-). I just had a feeling that it might be a girl coz I've been feeling like cooking since conception..I even thinking of baking cookies for raya, something which I never ever think I would do by myself especially once I further my study at U like 10 years ago:-o

The result of blood test came back today. And my red blood count is pretty low. I have anemia. According to the doctor, it's probably because of iron deficiency or thalassemia. She prescribed me with Iberet for a month, and after a month, she gonna do blood test again to see whether the blood count increases. If not, she gonna do some testing for thalassemia.

She advised me to consumed food to build more red blood cells like red meat (yuck!), liver,lung(?), and to take 3 serving of green vegetables daily. Oh dear!. Just hope my baby is fine and healthy.

2nd Checkup

2007-07-23T22:48:00.000+08:00

I'm 10 weeks pregnant today! Went to the doctor's clinic for my 2nd monthly checkup. Had a scan, got to see how my baby has grown since previous ultrasound at 6 weeks. It's just amazing to see that little person inside of me. My husband went we me and he too got to see our baby and it's beating heart. We saw the baby's head and body...but its hands and legs are still tiny. Doctor said, everythis is fine so far. She prescribed me with another 2 weeks supply of duphaston, hopefully to help my hormone to sustain this pregnancy until full term...really hope so. Hope our baby will stick and grow healthily and perfectly,Amin. Next monthly appointent is going to be on 20th August 2007. Can't wait.

I asked for my bby's scan to be printed from the doctor...i have no scanner...so i just took some pictures of the printed picture...a bit blurry, but i really want it to be on my baby's blog. Baby measured 3.28cm, and according to te scan my baby is 10 weeks 1 day old. Expected due date is 17th February 2008.

EDD given by doctor : 21st Feb 2008
EDD according to LMP : 18th Feb 2008
EDD according to 10 weeks scan : 17th Feb 2008

Morning sickness

2007-07-18T15:14:00.000+08:00

I'm 9 weeks and 2 days pregnant today. Been feeling sick for the past few weeks. Nausea started at week 5. Vomitting occasionally when I ate too much..has lessen when I ate smaller meals but frequent.

At 8 weeks, one day before I had fever, I was nauseated and vomitting all day long...and the next day, I catched the fever + flu + cough. When I sneezed and caughed, it was so hard that pee came out everytime...huh! Had 'em for a week...didn't go to any clinic..i'm kinda scare to take any medicine at this point, afraid that it will effect my baby's developement...now i feel quite alright except for coughing part.

1st Check up

2007-07-18T14:42:00.000+08:00

25th June 2007

I'm 6 weeks pregnant today. Had my 1st checkup with the doctor today. This time I brought with me the Clear Blue test sick that I did this morning to show the doctor. She said Clear Blue is the most accurate pregnancy test in the market. My husband couldn't come with me today, so I had to go by myself, and my mother accompany me.

Anyway, she did transvaginal scan on me to see whether i'm really pregnant or not. Once she was in, she confirmed it that I AM indeed pregnant!..She explained what she saw on the screen, the sac, the baby...but i can hardly see my little baby, it was so tiny , almost like a dot. But I did see it's little heart beating..heheh..what a relief! My baby is just too cute!

Doctor told me that the age is 6 weeks, as counted from my LMP. She also told me the due date could be around 21st Feb 2008, elthough, if follow my LMP, the EDD would be on 18th Feb 2008. I don't mind really as long as my baby will be prefect and healthy. Doctor prescribe me with 2 weeks suply of duphaston to help me sustain the pregnancy. And asked for 2nd monthly checkup on 23rd July 2007, by the time I'm 10 weeks pregnant.

Before saw the doctor ths nurse took my bp reading, and it was really2 high. But when doctor did it for second time after I saw the baby, it was back to normal. Guess I was feeling nervous wreck before i got to see the baby..when it turned out baby is fine, i was calmer then.

Can't wait for my 2nd checkup to see how my baby grow.

Doctor Checkup

2007-07-18T14:27:00.000+08:00

11th May 2007

Went to Doctor's appointment this morning with my husband. He took a day off today to accompany me to confirm the pregnancy. We arrived around 9.00 am, and had to wait round 1 hour before I was called to the doctor's office. Around the waiting time, I was drinking a bottle of mineral water and had to pee about 4 times before I was finally called in.

Checked with doctor, she asked me to do another UPT at the clinic...and had to wait outside till they called us back with the result. I just had a funny feeling at that time. When the doctor called me back in, she told us that the upt came back -ve:-o. We were shocked..coz i had run the test like 3 times before went to the clinic, and all came back positive. The doctor was a bit surprised when I told her I did the test with different brand of test..and one of it was Clear Blue. Anyway, she insisted that at this time, she would consider it as negative and asked me to come back within 2 weeks, that is after my period is due. Oh well.

On the way home, not satisfy with the visit, we bought another 4 pregnancy test. I tested using another Clear Blue stick right after we got home, and it was positive! hah!! Maybe all the water I consumed diluted my urine ...that 's why the test came back negative at the doctor's clinic.

+ve Pregnancy Test

2007-07-18T14:11:00.000+08:00

8th June 2007

Today is the fifth day sinch my last LMP on 14th May. I'm eager to know whether I'm pregnant or not. I've been thinking of doing the test for a few days now...so this morning, I just couldn't wait, so I did the test this morning...and it WAS POSITIVE! :-) I'm so excited, called abg and informed him, he couldn't really beleive it..but excited of course:-) Finally, 4 months after my previous miscarriage, I'm pregnant again.

Called the clinic for appointment to confirm pregnancy, I got an appointment on Monday, 11th May 2007.

Family Day at Janda Baik

2007-06-17T11:47:00.000+08:00

26th May 2007

Right after Mtest, we went straight to Janda Baik. My family and I were planning to have family day at Seri Pengantin Resort since a month ago. By the time we started our journey, all of my other siblings and family , and my mother has arrived at Janda Baik. They didn't wait for us to dip into the river first, while waited for us to arrive.

Once we arrrived, they were all done swimming and already checked-in to the resort. I have to say the resort was quite nice. The rooms were clean..even for standard room.That afternoonn, we all hanged out at the pool. The big pool was quite deep even for me, a tall person. Downside : the pool has no staircase.., everyone who went into the pool kinda trapped inside it:) ...managed to climb out eventually:). But I love the pool! and it uses natural water from the river, which is pretty cold. But the kid's section wasn't so cold. The kids had a great time, swimming with their cousins. But kids are just kids...they ended up fighting for one swimming float which Hakim brought with him:-). It was really a good time, seeing everyone in my family get together and everyone is getting along just fine...this IS a happy family.

As for the food, the fried rice and fried noodles was good, but the service was pretty slow. We had to wait for around 30 minutes for dinner before the the food was served, even though my brother have it all ordered around 4pm.We stayed for one night, hanged out at the pool once again after breakfast and then it was time for checked out. Turned out, Abg Long paid the rest of the bill and refused to accept top up from us. Well, thanks Abg Long!. We stopped by the river side on the way home. The kids, once again get their feet wet in the river for about 30 minutes. We stopped by at Genting Sempah to had our lunch,before we all headed home.

MTest and Ita

2007-06-17T03:57:00.000+08:00

26th May 2007

We woke up early in the morning because I have to attend MTEST in Sek. Men. Agama Persekutuan Kajang. It's quite hard to enter a government sector nowadays. Even to enter KPLI, I have to compete with thousands of applicants. Exam started at 9.00am and ended around 12.00 noon. Well, I did my best answering all of the questions..and now I just have to wait and pray. I didn't really set my hope high though.

I had to take the exam in a classroom. As I enter the room to find my seat, I saw Ita, my best friend from university. Turned out she was taking the exam too. Finally, after the exam, I got to meet her daughter of 11 months old:-) .Wan Nurkhairunnisa. What an adorable baby. She has curly hair and has a resemblance of both her parents. I've been wanting to visit her and her daughter when she gave birth to her daughter, but I didn't get to. There's always something in the way. Anyway, I managed to take some pictures of her using my handset and my hubby's handset.

After that, we went straight to Janda Baik, as my family has been waiting there for our Family Day. What a hectic day!

Akademi Fantasia Carnival

2007-06-17T03:01:00.000+08:00

19th May 2007

We went to Bukit Jalil for Akademi Fantasia's Carnival today. I've been bugging my hubby to go to the weekly concert:) but he wasn't too thrilled to be aroud with a bunch of strangers in a crowded place...but luckily he agreed to accompany me to go to the carnival..ha hah. We didn't have any plans anyway this weekend..., so off we go!

When we arrived, people already crowded the place. As we strolled along the booth, I suddenly thought of my nephew who is a fan of dafi, so we bought him a dafi's cap. A free poster came with it. After that, I notice a lot of people were swarmed to one place. Found out that it was Shawal on signature signing session. Managed to snap a few pictures of him. Dropped by at Mila FC's booth and met her cute cousin and a couple of forummer.

The showcase started at 2.00pm. We were just in time to watch the performances by ex-AF5 students and AF stars. When they all came out to the stage, noni really caught my attention. She is really pretty in person. Noticed Fatin's family, her mother and sister to be exact were standing beside me watching the showcase, but didn't get to say hi. When it was raining, they were gone. Oh well!

It was kinda fun watching their performances. I must say, those ex-AF5 students who has been eliminated, has improve in their singing and showmanship. Their confident level also clearly increased. But the one who received the best cheer from the crowd was Shawal.

Me and hubby stayed until the end of showcase around 6.00pm. Hubby did cheated though:-) He waited in the car for about 1 hour to get some sleep..tiredness really gets to him. After the showcase, we went straight home. Below are some of the interesting moments i managed to capture. Most importantly i get to see Fatin. She's is just so cute.

Watched AF5 finale at the comfort of our home with my hubby. Mila won! yay! first female AF winner!

I've been planning to watch the finale at the stadium but changed my mind as my husband wasn't really keen to the idea. It was better watching from our living home anyway:-) The show overrun, more than 3 hours..I would have been so tired if we went to the stadium.

Mila sang her new song called "Persis Mutiara", song by Ajai, lyrics by Loloq. And the second round, she sang Ezlynn's song called "Cinta Pura-pura". She was really outstanding in both performance.

Her voice was powerful, and really has the nicest tone, no doubt, and her showmanship was just superb! She really outshine the other contestants. And her winning this night has broke the monopoly of male winners! Good work, Mila! She really deserves this winning.

I voted for her as well, hahah! I never vote for any AF contestants before this, but for AF5, I voted for Fatin, Dekna and Mila. It was all worth it. Hope she succeed and manage to come out with hit album.

No more Akademi Fantasia after this..oh well!

Check on progress

2007-06-17T02:53:00.000+08:00

24th May 2007

Went to see the doctor again to check on my follicle developement. Today is the 11th day of the cycle. Supposedly, I have to see the doctor on the 12th day (tomorrow), but I was told to go yesterday as the doctor is not available on Friday.Thank God, everything seems fine. Appearently my uterus is ready for implantation:). The follicles has responded to the chlomid i took. Dr Fatimah showed me a couple of quite big follicles from each side of my ovaries. The measurement was around 16mm. Doctor expected it to grow to 18mm by tomorrow, and possibly the eggs will come out within 36 hours.So now I just have to wait and pray until next month to determine whether all of our effort will succeed. Amin.

Meet the doctor

2007-06-17T01:58:00.000+08:00

15th May 2007

Today I started to take chlomid to help my follicles grow. I went to see Dr Fatimah 2 weeks ago, to check whether I was pregnant or not. I was delayed 3 weeks, but it gave negative result. The doctor confirmed it, and just said it was just delayed and prescribed me with provera, to help the blood shed. I took provera for 5 days, and period came. The Dr gave me a choice whether i wanted to take chlomid or tried to concieve naturally since I miscarried on Januray 2007. I choose chlomid and she prescribed me 100mg chlomid per day for 5 days. So I will be taking chlomid until day 6 and will meet her on day 12 to check on growth. Hope everything is going well.