ChittabooHannah

Hannah interest?

2012-01-26T02:32:00.000-08:00

One fine day, I was asked Hannah on her ambition. My question was like this :

"Nanti, dah besar...want do you want to be?".. then, she replied.... "doctor"

Few weeks later, I asked the same question, then she answered that she wants to be like me.

But recently, when I asked her again... "what do you want to be when you're grown-up"... she said, she wants to be :

A.N.I.M.A.L...Yes!!! ANIMAL...

After a week at Genius Aulad

2012-01-20T02:55:00.001-08:00

These books are obligation to all of the student to have it. Iqra' book, starter words reading series and number chat. We need to ensure that all books must inside Hannah's bag and in fact, parents must have a revision with the child everyday. Basically, if they did the reading together, so her teacher will mark at that particular page.

The short form that they used were :

RV : revision
C : continue
R : Repeat
P : progressing
T : Teacher's tell

And after 1 week she at school, there's only RV inside her book. We did a revision at home every night and the problem that I have with Hannah is, she's seems not interested with what I tried to teach her although she repeated what I have said, she was very easy to be distracted. Her eyes did not focus with what I was trying to show. That was hard for the people who lack with patient. ( ehem!!!)

Thank you for the MESSAGE BOOK. I wrote to her teacher and ask for her teacher clarification on how she was at classroom during the reading period. And to my surprised, I got a called from her teacher, namely SYASYA. She's the one who taught the kids on reading. As what I expected, she also had a same experience with Hannah. I was felt a bit relief when she said that to me. She also mentioned that, it's normal for 4 yrs old kid to have that kind of problem. Unless, we as a parent had taught her on how to read as young as 1 yr old or.......even they were still a fetus inside my womb.

So, she advised me to be consistent with what I am doing right now. Seriously, it is not an easy job when you a career woman to be a good teacher at the same time . But for me, quality is more important than quantity. InshaALLAH, as ALLAH promised in surah Al-InSyirah, there will be an ease for each of difficulties and it was repeated twice. Believe in it 100% and ALLAH will answer our prayer.
This is new bag of Hannah since, the Iqra' book size is A-4 size. Hannah now can save her time without folding her Iqra' book anymore.

Owh, remember my previous post regarding Hannah's second day at school?. This is the 1st report that her teacher wrote inside her MESSAGE BOOK. Alhamdulillah, according to her both teachers, Hannah is a good girl and the same goes to acik van as well. I was very happy to hear that. I know, we can't build a bridge in one day. :-)

Hannah 2nd day

2012-01-11T03:48:00.000-08:00

Hannah is sitting at her chair. She showed me where to put her bag and shoes.

I am sending off my dear daughter today just want to get know the flow and meet her teacher. Alhamdulillah, before I went to the office, I managed to met her teacher and her told me that Hannah was OK yesterday. When they arrived, they need to bring their shoes to their class located at the upstair.

List of students name for 4 Bashrah. Hannah's class

Hannah's class on the right

One of their activity, colouring!

Break time!. Hannah is eating bread. Her face told that, she doesn't really like bread. Indeed true. Kat rumah pun tak pandang roti.

She is looking at her bread. Maybe she thought ( How I am going to finish this? ) hehehe

Color the house

Hannah and her friends. It's time to go back!~....

Dear Teacher Azra,

Thank you for willing to capture these moments. I'd really appreciate it!. Today, I got a 1st comment wrote at the 'message book'. I am happy and glad when her teacher told that Hannah is doing fine and always smile in the class. ( that was cute, isn't it?)

Will capture that page and show to you guys! esp my MAKCIK at Johor!

Hannah 1st day to Genius Aulad

2012-01-04T23:00:00.000-08:00

Before the actual day start for Hannah, me and my husband always told her that she will go to new school by herself, there will be a van pick her at house and mama/papa won't go with her like what we did for her playgroup with Alimkids. We were so nervous and imagine only the bad thing. But Alhamdulillah...we was wrong. She did well for the 1st two days during her orientation day. We were invited on Saturday, 31st Dec 2011 for Genius Aulad parents open day. Basically, the teacher will brief parents on what we should do. I.e, label our kids belongings with their name like we did at Hannah's shoes at the picture below. Apart from that, they also gave us a "Message Book". This is the sapce when you and the teacher want to communicate each other. Not trough SMS or FB . We need to ensure that, this book will be always inside Hannah's bag. Another things to bring along is, a shirt and pants.

I went to the nearest COSWAY at our house to find the suitable bag for Hannah after my husband and Hannah looking for the mickey mouse bag at GIANT. ( she's the one who decided what bag that she want) I bought at COSWAY because I want to redeem my coupon. The price is around RM39.90 and they need 32 coupon to redeem this bag and because I was a loyal customer to them, so I have no problem with that amount of coupon. :-)

This is what they wrote at the back of the "Message book"

The driver is holding Hannah's hand and walking towards the door of the school building.

And.....this is the picture taken by failure paparazzi. I took it from a far distance and they moved so fast. I need to hide, else Hannah will noticed my presence. There's only 3 of them for the 1st day and I bet, most parents took a leave and sent their kids by themselves. See? Hannah is the smallest among 3 of them. My only daughter is a BIG GIRL now. I know, I need to teach her how to be an independent person and sooner or later she will have her own world and will not really need me anymore. Sob, sob, sob....no matter how big she is...I will always see her as my BABY. My dearest BABY. O ALLAH, please protect Hannah from any harm because I love her so much!.

ps : Will be another post on 2nd day of Hannah at Genius Aulad. Teacher Azra ( her class teacher is very kind) I asked her to took some pictures of Hannah and her friends and she did that. Will update later ok.

Goodbye AMEDA, welcome MEDELA FS

2012-01-01T00:15:00.000-08:00

Assalammualaikum,

Readers,

This is my officially entry on 1 jan 2012. I am not really excited when come to the new year. It's just an ordinary thing. As a muslims, we need to reflect on ourselves and try hard to improve ourselves. And that the most important I think. May ALLAH always give the strength and good health for me and all muslimin also muslimat so that we can do ibadah very well and accepted by Almighty.

We had an event and I was one of the committee members. It was " Breastfeeding according to Al-Quran'. It was a talk done by a sisters in BSC ( Breastfeeding support Club) of PETRONAS. Besides, we also have a bargain and sell corner. I think, it was my rezeki, when someone wants to let go her new brand of Medela FS at RM1300. Without thinking twice ( less than 1 sec I think). I dialed her number adn thanks ALLAH, it was mine. Now, time to let go my beloved AMEDA.

AMEDA done it's duty very well. It just the valve that need to clean carefully. That's the only fragile part. The rest, I am 100% satisfied. I brought AMEDA to baking class and PKNS Shah Alam when I need to renew my passport. Until, my sister looking for breastpump. So, I decided to sell my AMEDA to her together with the Breast pump bag, 2 bottles, cooler bag, batteries which only RM200.

Now, I can't wait to use my MEDELA FS. May ALLAH made everything easy for me. Amin

Twins of faith- Day 1

2011-12-24T15:40:00.000-08:00

Before I went to the event, I was stuck in the Columbia Asia Puchong for almost 3 hours!. Waiting is not my strength. I did normal procedure, register-urine test- blood pressure-measured my weight. Indeed, it was a BIG relieved when a nurse called my name. Finally.

Funny is, when the gynea, Dr Raja asked about my Abaya. When I laid down, she's so into it. Feel the material by her fingers. I am about to promote but she did not reply when I asked whether she has a FB account or not. Hahaha. Nevermind, I think she was so busy that day. Thus, can't really focus on my question.

Next, baby progress was good and we managed to get know the gender. Yes, It's B.O.Y. We can see clearly 'that' image. Alhamdulillah, I am happy since everything is went well.

Mine is actively moved inside my tummy

Next, another episode to deal with. I need to wait for payment. Isk!. Then, I just went to the counter and said this to the officer :

" Puan, sy nak cepat, since ING cover....can I just come back here next week and sign the bill?"

"jap yer I check....owh, tinggal satu jer lagi nih, after this will your turn".

Pffttttttttttttttttttttt....

Cut the story short, I arrived at PICC around 12.30pm. Called Nawal and luckily, I met her accidentally at the escalator. Seems they just finished the session at the main hall. Dalam hati mmg..Rugi, rugi, rugi, rugi, rugi...owh, saya sungguh kecewa. If only I went to the hospital early then, I won't late and missed the chances to hear the talk. *sigh*

We checked the programme booklet and there is a workshop will conduct soon. The registration counter is located at Hall 8 at concourse level. Joined the long line-up and I bit annoyed when one of the volunteer came to us and asked " Anything that I can help?" She 's 100% MALAY and she wants to speakMalay with us. She was so trying hard to do so. I will speak English whenever I need to. I love my mother tongue but that doesn't mean that I hate other language. There was so many foreigners at the event, you can speak english with them. Nawal then, subtly replied them in BAHASA. HAHAHA... then, I heard sisters behind me also talked about the same thing.

The title of the workshop that we want to join is " Marriage corner". They put us in waiting list since they said it was full already. How come la??. They should expect the crowd and most important is we 've PAID already. No matter what we want to join. One of the brother said, "takut tak selesa if you all nak berdiri". We both are not satisfied and think that, there's no restriction when come to "majlis ilmu". Zaman Nabi dulu, dengar atas padang pasir beratapkan langit dan awan serta matahari yg panas terik. OK jer. So, 5 minutes before the talk started, we already sit on the chair provided. Finally, while the sisters busy checking the name in the list in front of the door, the brother asked them to just let them in. See?..how our malaysian's thought between outsiders are so different?.....

By the time it finished we then off to Zuhur Prayer. It's crowded in the musolla thus, I saw some sisters performed their solah outside the musolla and I think, tomorrow..I'll join them. We had lunch the cafeteria. There's only one dish that left for us. Alhamdulillah...that 's our rezeki for that day. But........before we proceed to pay, we spot someone had left their food on the table without paid. Then, Nawal said, "dari membazir, we better take that food". Ok la, ader variety dlm menu tuh.

For the afternoon session, We listened to the performance. It was Boona Mohamed. Frankly, before I attend this kind of event...I only knew Maher Zain and few celebrities yg 'ghosak'. Boona delivered his poem and I was stunned with the performance. Dalam hati cakap, a(da jugak orang buat bende macam nih, tak sangka)

I don't stay until pm. By 6.30pm I reached home already. There's a guilty deep inside my heart when I left my kids at home during the weekends. But, my mindset was changed the minute I heard a talked from Prof Madya Dr Harlina Halizah Hj Siraj. She gave a lecturer entitled "women in God's eye". Very, very, very inspiring. Capital I.

I also bought hijab and brooch from Kak Farra Bagaikan Puteri 's stall. Overall, I was satisfied. Thanks to ALLAH for open my heart to attend the event. Lovely husband for allowed me to go by myself, Nawal my dear sister who being my accompany during the 2 whole event and my charming kids, Hannah, Umair and Ukasyah ( the one is still in stomach). Alhamdulillah. RM100 are really worth it!.

ps : For day 2 of the TOF, I won't update in this blog due to my laziness. Please check it in my FB album. :-)

Budget Bagus

2011-11-26T18:31:00.000-08:00

I felt reluctant to attend the talk by Prof Dr Muhaya. This is because, at the same day my daughter Hannah will have playgroup and coincidentally this is the last module for her and there will be a certificate and gift given by her teacher and also small makan2. Thus, I just let ALLAH show me the truth path and anything come in front , I'll do just for ALLAH. Until Friday is coming.... my heart told me that, it's OK to miss Hannah's playgroup and attend the talk instead. That feeling was very2 strong. So, we finally arrived at KLCC around 8.10am and nicely parked our car in front of the escalator door. Perhaps, this is a long weekend and most people are don't wake up yet and some of them spent their holiday outside from KL.

Surprisingly, I was bump with my SGM and his wife on the way to the place the talk will be held. I don't expect that I will meet with my office mate especially my HEAD of department. But, after all, I know what type of boss is. ALHAMDULILLAH...ALLAH choose us to spent our half Saturday to this majlis ilmu.

As per planned, everything was went smooth. Prof Muhaya also come on time. I love people who punctual because she also appreciate other people time. The crowd was not much at that time but, she made an effort to shake every women in the hall. Very humble person indeed. In fact. that was the motivator should do. Show us a very good example.Nurin as an emcee

Prof Muhaya giving her talk. No presentation slide which made the crowd focus on what her saying.

The talk was very interesting. I love it , love...love..love!. She gave an reality example how and what type of people are we. The tag line that she kept mentioned, more than 50 times were... "BUDGET BAGUS". For example, Some peoples invited people come to celebrate to their anniversary, made thanks giving ceremony because their kids straight A in examination and without think any peoples's feeling, sibuk tanya anak orang lain dapat berapa A. Bangga yang amat! All these things are BUDGET BAGUS.

She also mentioned few quotes during the talk. One of that is...Life is a donation but not duration. She also said that, our life is too much influenced by media. We need to love ourselves and others including, husband , parents, siblings, friends and others hanya kerana ALLAH...The case that she story to us really made my opened. There was one Datin came to her complaint that her daughter difficult to perform the solat. But, when she look at the Datin on how she dress, she said....no wonder her daughter is not taat and patuh to ALLAH. We need to fix the root not the fruit. As a parent, we need to be a good model to our kids. During pregnancy, we need to cover our aurat , from that... we showed to ALLAH that we as a hamba , patuh dan redha atas segala perintahnya. This is all effect to our baby." Prof pun malu tengok org pregnant yang pakai ketat2, ambil gambar, tunjuk perut sumer. Saya rasa nak pergi dekat org tuh and tegur....tak malu ker pakai ketat2 macam nih?"Subhannallah...

Overall, the program was good!. RM10 is very cheap compare to the knowledge and meaning that we got. Thanks to BAKIP and HR for organized this kind of event. we bought her book and 4 CD and costly around Rm50.

ps : ALLAH has always a better plan for us. I thought I missed Hannah's playgroup but I was not!. Hannah's teacher , Efffa was involved in minor accident. Alhamdulillah...she was fine. It opens my eyes that..ALLAH knew what inside your heart. I felt selfish when I did not bring Hannah to her playgroup but I said...this is a sacrifice...choose to attend Prof Muhaya Talk just because of ALLAH. Effa, have a speedy recovery ok?. InshaALLAH, next week kite jumpa.

Two stars

2011-11-25T04:16:00.000-08:00

Recently, I am so lazy to blog although there was so many things to story and share. I think, it was due to my pregnancy hormone which drive me lazy to do anything especially in the house. Lucky, my sickness is not worst as 1st pregnancy and 2nd pregnancy. Talked about pregnancy. I did not tell anybody in my family members. Yes. Until the moment I am typing now. So, if my sisters / brothers / in laws read this...now......you know that I am expecting number #3. Initially, I was shocked and blame the oxytocin and prolactin hormones. Things happened too fast. But I believed, this is a REZEKI from ALLAH and Almighty always know the best for us. Umair is still breastfeed but not fully anymore. We gave him a formula milk and as I expected, he refused it. So, we offered him a fresh milk, low fat and he enjoyed it very much. He can finish this per day :
Since, by early next month he will turn 1. We want to give him another formula milk. Who knows he will like it?. Otherwise, we have to maintain by giving him his favorite milk. As of today, his development skill is went well. By 11 month old, he now having 4 teeth. Love to bite us and his favorite spot will be at place that full with meat and fat. HAHAHAH.
He also love to play with his sister. Nobody know and understand their language but they does!. Stairs is the place where he want to test his strength. He loves to eat anything including paper, tissue, plastic and the list keep goes on. Because of that, we also don't have a problem when come to food....so far, he did not refused with food that we offered. Vegetables, fruit, chocolate, fried mee hoon, etc. Different with Hannah. She is so picky when come to the food.

Hannah is big girl now. She has her own bedroom now. As for beginning, papa will accompany her until she feel secure to settle by herself. We think that, the soon the better. She also requested her bedroom to be painted with purple colour and yes! we granted her request. If I have a time, I 'll upload her bedroom picture . She now very talkative, very good in expressing her emotion. Bath time is fun for her since she always bath together in the tub with her brother. Can sing as well. Love to watch timmy time. Respect us more..imitate us when she feels she want to.

I think, our maid is her slave now. She know bibik will follow her command. She will negotiate with bibik until bibik say YES to her. But not with us! I think, the consistency here is very important when we want to deal with toddlers. Well, they were very good in manipulating the situation. :-)

Me?. I am still breath till today. ALHAMDULILLAH. they was an event that I joined last month. A talk from Catriona Ross.She talked about her "penghijrahan". I did took some pictures with her. Tomorrow, another talk to attend with husband. Prof Dr Muhaya will come to KLCC and share with us how to be good in the office and in the house as well. Talk about rezeki, I couldn't agree more when ALLAH is MAHA PEMURAH. When I knew I am pregnant. My HR sent me a good news on my promotion. Now, I am so blissful with what I have.

Open Day Genius Aulad

2011-10-10T03:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, Cerita basi. Went to GA Bandar Kinrara for open day. We met already Makcik Driver bas sekolah Hannah. InshaALLAH...hope everything will go smoothly.

Another playschool

2011-10-01T01:13:00.000-07:00

Syahadah song! So excited both of them

Parachute time.

Art and craft. They made an earth on the paper plate

Makan-makan time

After a long break, today we resumed back our playgroup. The theme for today is "Raya" and that's why you see some of us are wearing baju raya. Mama cooked fried mee hoon since we have pot luck for our makan-makan session. Hannah and Sophie looked very happy and I said...they 're closed each other. Hannah showed a lot of improvement. She participated almost the activities together with Sophie. Perhaps, she had a long break and that's why she was so looking forward to go to the school.

All food was marvelous. I loved the red velvet cupcakes by Ainul and ayam goreng berempah by Azah. After we had a chit chat and group photo, we went to Genius Aulad's open day. We were planned to send Hannah to GA Bandar Kinrara by next year. The register payment had been made last week. So, it's confirm now though I had a little doubt in myself whether Hannah can adapt with her new environment. May ALLAH always protect my baby. She's growing up!

Father-daughter moment

2011-10-01T01:05:00.000-07:00

My papa was helped me to do these owl. But my mama said, I was actually helped my papa a lot. Papa did everything except for the glued and coloring job. We used tissue roll for the body and plain paper for their eyes, nose and wings. Do not forget to color all those parts with your fav colors!.

ps;That was my brother's hand. He was tried to take my owl.

Finale open house of Syawal 1432H

2011-09-25T03:11:00.000-07:00

Before departure. Our-must-activity!. Hehehe

Hannah and her big grin. :-)

Owh, dah smpi rumah AdiSha. Luckily, tak jammed pun. Maybe kami ikut jalan AKLEH instead of MRR2. If not, tak tau la bila smpi. Silap2, maghrib kot. Bertolak dlm pukul 4.00pm and smpi before 5pm.

I guess, this is the ending of our open house event during the Syawal month.

Red guys. Adam in the middle. Masa lawat die dulu rasenye bulan 4 kot.Now dah buleh menairap and sgt cool~~ sebab boleh biar jer die main sorang2.
Adam, fascinating with my kain. Aikkk~~ kecik2 dah minat kain sayang? ..hahaha
Pinjam Adam jap, since Hannah tgh syok main ngan Rais dalm Toys Room. Sedondon kan? sebab all are red!
Zed, he just become a daddy last week sedang bergossip dgn Umi Adam. Congrats on your newborn. Sorry la, tak sempat nak visit Adriana. Later2 ok.

Before photo group session. Dok tgh nak berbaris..hehe

Mr Syear and his handsome boy, Faris. Sibuk gak nak tolong papa amik gambar yer sayang. Takperla, practice dulu..dah besar jadik photographer yer. Tapi kena mintak restu parents dulu.

Adam's parents with Sha. (Tuan punya rumah)

Sebelum balik, sempat amik family portrait dulu. Background putih ala2 white studio. Ahaks!. Thanks Adi ngan Sha for the invitation. Makanan pun sedap2 belaka esp stew daging tuh. Umair pun layan jer.

Wajah-wajah Aidilfitri 2011- 2

2011-09-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

We have spent 5 days at hubby's hometown. We decided to visit 2 houses per day. The planned went smoothly until day-3. I can't recalled due to what reason we stayed at the house for the whole day and resulting we not visited Mok and Ayoh's house. Sad right?. But the good news are, mok and ayoh came to our house. So, technically, we have met them .hihihi.

My son at 8th month old

Hannah was fascinated with this thing. She called it "CHHOT-CHHOT" hahahaha

I think, the environment suit him very well. His nap time was stretched up to 3 hours in the morning.

Love this picture while nobody looking at the camera.
Lastly, Happy Independence day to all MALAYSIAN!

Hannah's caterpillar

2011-09-22T05:44:00.000-07:00

This caterpillar was done by Hannah without our supervision. It surprised us a bit because we didn't expect her imagination will be like this.

Wajah-wajah Aidilfitri 2011- 1

2011-09-09T19:57:00.000-07:00

The day before we celebrate Eid Mubarak. Ketupat nasi is-a-must-dish for our family. My mom and my sister num I do the pleat job. Me?... half way only. Hehehe. My part just fill the rice until 3/4 full. This is Hannah's 1st experience to fill the rice inside the sarung ketupat.
Night before raya. Hannah enjoying looking at Mak Lang's fireworks. She's afraid to hold it by herself. Appaaaraa~~~
Parents to be is eating their breakfast for 2nd round. This is the 1st time for them celebrate the Eid Mubarak together. :-)

Morning Syawal with my two kids.

Lakonan salam bersalam bermula...

Us!

Yer, semua nak posing depan tangga cantik mak ngan ayah nih. Above pic is my beloved brother and sis in law.

Lakonan bersalam tak menjadi gara-gara muka hannah yg funny. Akibatnya, kami gelak bagai rak.
Lakonan seterusnya tetap diteruskan though Hannah still maintain with her unwanted face.

Me and my sister num 1

My smile is explain everything. Thank you atok, opah, Pak Long, Mak Long, Pak Lang, Mak Lang, Mak Cik and Pak Cik!.

This is from Mu'az, please take it Kakak Hannah.

Kumpulan merah di hari itu

Pak Cik and Hannah.

One Big Family.

My cousin and also my ex room mate while we studied in UM. Glad we can met Jeng!. Ader rezeki kite jupe lagi yer...

Assalammualaikum readers...

I'm back after long break. Ramadhan is over and there is no posting during that month. Why? because .... I was really busy. Back from work, straight away to the kitchen..prepared the dish for breakfasting...once it done. Then, I need to entertain handsome boy since he's still BF . Then, get ready for breakfasting. After Maghrib and Isyak prayer, I can't hold my eyes anymore. Let my husband take care of Hannah while me settled my handsome boy.

This year of Ramadhan was really meaningful for me. I'll said that it's better than last year. To control our lust during the Ramadhan was not as easy as expected. I'll try my best to fasting as what ALLAH and our prophet asked. Not only restrict ourselves from eat and drink but also avoid from doing the bad thing including, talk unnecessary things, take care of our tongue, eyes, nose, ears, feet and hands. The hardest part is? to control our conversation from gossiping.Huhuhu

Till today, I'd still keep maintain doing the good deeds and pray to ALLAH ease everything for me. Syukur because, I have no problem to fast whilst my breastfeeding journey was doing great for the whole month. Subhannallah. Umair got enough milk from me. Tips?. Don't skip expressing your milk in the office, 3 times per day. Drink a lot of water during sahur and iftar. Set your mind that you can do it!. Pray hard to ALLAH and believe to HIM 100%. ALLAH berfirman kepada Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. Beritahu umatmu, bahawa aku amat dekat dengan mereka. Lebih dekat dngn pembuluh darah. MashaALLAH. .....May Allah accept our fasts and good deeds and forgive us for any shortcomings. Ameen

Lastly, this year is our turn to celebrate the 1st day of Eid Mubarak in my hometown. I met all of my siblings. Another good news, my younger sis num II is expecting and will become a mommy early of next year :-). As other people, the best and precious moment is when you can ask a forgiveness from your parents and other family members. Other than that, I can eat and cooked together with my sisters, brothers, played with my nephew. Sounds not so cool, but I'd really appreciate those moments since, the opportunity to get together is not so easy.

We went back to Kelantan on the 2nd day of Raya and reached at hubby's hometown before the dawn. I'll story the celebration in another posting.

Little helper

2011-07-28T05:21:00.000-07:00

Hannah, anak dara yang skrang nih suke membantu sy di dapur. Tengok la gamba paling atas tuh. Gamabr nih masa Hannah nak tolong mama die buat banana muffin.

Outing kami.

2011-07-16T06:51:00.000-07:00

After several considerations. Me deci ded to bring the kiddos to the BIRD PARK. Rasenye, ini kali ke 3 utk Hannah. Kesian kat anak2 sebab 5 days terperap kat rumah. Asyik2 gi GIANT jer kan. Initially, nak bawak pegi shopping complex. Amcorp Mall. Nak survey baju raya. Tapi, today got big event called Urbanescape2011. Confirm parking penuh. Cancel la. Perhaps, boleh pegi next week. At least, kat sini, boleh la Hannah main kejar2 bird bagi bird and fish makan sambil papa test camera baru. Ahaks!. Ingat papa tak nak pegi sebab tak sihat. Slightly fever + flu + cough. Tapi, bile dengar jer nak pegi Bird Park terus concide nak ikut. Hehehehe. Ok la jugak. Baru la ONE FAMILY gitu.

By that time sampai dah pukul 10 lebih. Ramai pulak orang esp toddlers yang rasanye ader programme ngan kindygarten masing2. Tapi, tak der la kena beratur lama nak beli tiket. Tiket untuk 3 orang adult..RM60.00. Kids below 12yrs old free of charge. Hannah sangat excited pada 20min pertama sahaja. Bila dah letih jalan, mula la nak mintak dukung. Mama nak dukung? no way! berat woohh...15kilo!. HAHAHA. Terpaksa tukar2 dgn bibik and papa gilir dukung Hannah. Anak dara ku ini memang MANJA terlebih. Sabo jer la kan?.

Part yang Hannah suka, bagi fish and bird makan. Suka sangat die. Food dah habis pon suh beli lagi. Isk, malas nak layan. Kami balik kol 11.50am. Lunch tetap di rumah. Masak kari ayam and sambal terung. Ok-dokie, jom layan gamba!

Mama and Hannah posing depan kolam ikan.Amboih posing! mentang2 tgh good mood.

Teringin actually nak amik gambar dgn parrots nuh. Dok tengok sample gamba.

Mama is feeding the birds and Hannah just watching. ( Masa nih dah letih). That's why she doesn't bothered pun!

Umair yang leka tengok sekeliling.

Subhanallah...cantik kan?

Tu dia, gaya menaburrrrrr.....hahaha..sib baik tak masuk dlm kolam tuh.

Time nih, Umair tengok air terjun kat blakang tuh. Hannah dah malas nak senyum. Siap angkat kain lagi. Sabo jer la

yesszzaa!!! dapat jugak amik pic with all those parrots. Baik jer, tak kena gigit though abang tuh cakap, sometimes die buat hal gak. Hehehe. RM15 utk 3 orang. Tapi ok la, ni kira satu family. Abang yang amik kan gamba nih pon tak berkira sangat. Pakai camera sendrik pun die bagi and click la banyak kali pun, Die tak charge lebih. But seriously, I think...RM15 is too expensive kan?. Mentang2 la tourist ramai.

Tengok!. Baby tua jadik koala nak dukung. Semua anak2 mama masam. Time nih Umair dah lapa. Masuk keta tros minum susu. Heheheh.... Okla, dari duk umah je rkan. Esok mama ader kelas baking. Tak sabar rasenye.

Patties owh patties

2011-07-03T06:25:00.000-07:00

Patties before cook

Small patties for small lady.

Hannah says : Two thumbs-up mama! Hannah like it very much!

Umair, Hannah and Mu'az

2011-06-26T04:10:00.000-07:00

Malas sangat nak menaip. Layan kan ajer gambar2 nih.

Got Milk? Go to Facebook

2011-05-28T22:10:00.000-07:00

Wow!... I'd really amazed when I knew that there was a community out there that truly committed to breastfeeding. I found this page at FB when my husband brought one page regarding breastfeeding in The Star newspaper. It's a "Human Milk 4 Human Babies" To the founder: Nadine Ghows. You did a great job. May ALLAH bless you and help all mommies to ease their job to ensure their babies can breastfeed at least 6 months and the best is 2 years!.

If I need to find a wet nurses to my son. I promise to myself..I'll do it. At least, I give a try !. InshaALLAH. Let's pray!

Memborong kain!

2011-05-28T21:50:00.000-07:00

Posing before pegi. Ayat Cik Nie : Besarnye Hannah dok atas riba Cik Nie. Ha! time fliest la Cik Nie, Hannah dah beso. Dah pandai pakai seluar sendrik. Baju jer failed.
Peneman setia ku, Bibik. Actually, cara pakai RS tuh tak betul. Tapi malas nak betulkan banyak2 kali sebab macam itu jugak ghopenye. Hahaha...Janji Umair gembira. Mama pon senang hati nak shopping!.
Muka yang happy lepas dapat 2 pasang kain dan sepasang baju kurung kain cotton. Tak sabar nak pakai buat gi opis baru la tew. Jadik Cik Nin la nanti.Ayu gittew.Hantu Kak Limah! hahaha
My princess di sebalik kain2 di Jackel. Model Jackel la ni kot?
Lepas shoppong, macam biasa..perut lapa. Ingat nak guna GPS cari kedai makan. Last2 masa nak keluar, lalu pulak kedai makan nih. "Wong Solo" yang glamour dgn masakan Indonesia. Pasti bibik suka kan?. Hahaha. Masa sampai kedai tuh dalam kol 11.45am. Belum ramai orang lagi. So, kami spot tempat baik punya. Makan kat bawah. Bersila and senang nak breastfeed. Itu main point la duduk kat sini..dekat dengan dapur lak tuh. Sampai orang masak hangus pon asap berkepul2 kena kat kami. Ngeh ngeh ngeh.
Anak2 mama. Ops! yang tudung hitam tuh bukan anak saya yer. Itu anak orang lain. Hahaha
CIk Nie dan Umair. Good mood Umair nih. Suka jenjalan. Shopping pon suke. Shopping kain lak tuh?. Len kalik ikut papa gi Low yat yer sayang. Gi la cari sarung I-pad1, I-pad2 ka...

Ini air special Cik Nie. Air ape? kena tanye die la..haha

Set hidangan yang mmg sedap!. Sumer licin kecuali kangkung tuh ngan sup. Tapau jer, bagi papa makan. hehe

Percubaan makan menggunakan tangan oleh Hannah.

By the time balik tuh, hujan sangat la lebat. Sib baik driver hebat memandu walaupon confuse dengan Federal Highway. Owh, GPS pon membantu 100%. Hannah letih sangat, space tader..terpaksa lentok dengan bibik.

Hasil tangkapan?..tak leh tunjuk. Surprise di Hari Raya nanti!. Muahahaha

Good and Sad news

2011-05-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

Good News :

1) The only one my lil' brother got offered to further his study at 2 places. One is, Matriculation Centre, Gopeng Perak and second is at Uitm Arau, Perlis. well, after some discussions made among us (me, hubby, Ayom, Acik and Abang) he finally decided to pursue his diploma at Uitm for 3 years. Me, personally think that, it much benefits if he opt Uitm instead of Matriculation for few reasons . Reason #1, his matriculation program is for 2 years instead of 1 and after that, he need to further his 1st Bs.c for another 3 years. It's about time consuming and the course that he wants. We don't know if ader rezeki, he can apply his 1st job after complete his diploma. You can't do this with matriculation's cert. Don't you?.Reason #2, according to my younger sister, students in matriculation with 2 yrs program has always have an attitude problem compare to students who only with 1 yr program. I trust her 100% as she was a matriculation's lecturer .Hehehe

ps : Congrats Alim, belajar elok2 and jangan salah pilih kawan.

2) My younger sister finally can move herself to Selangor Matriculation centre after being waiting for almost 2 years. Initially, she was confirmed last year but somehow, due to err....technicall ( can i used this word Ayom?) her application was being canceled last minute. I knew, and I completely understand how much the frustration. I just can't say it too much because I love you so much. It doesn't mean that I don't care about you. Of course I care. I just don't want to make your feeling worst. So, I will seldom comment your status in FB and always pray for your happiness and my dear little Mu'az. Always remember that, ALLAH has always a BETTER plan for you. If not now, later. He will always say YES to our prayer. It's a test for you, Wan and family to make yourself become closer to the CREATOR. ALLAH. Now, 3 of you can enjoy this moment. The moment that you're waiting for so long. A zillion congrats for your patience.

ps : Can't wait for Mu'az to turn 1 year old. I already bought few clothes for him.

3) My youngest sister, an english teacher at Pontian, Johor was made us and her school proud for won the choral speaking at district level and soon, will be entering the state level. Congrats Acik. I believed, your hardship, effort is already paid by watching your pupils doing their best!. Keep training and wish you good luck for the upcoming competition. I told mak last week and of course she's happy to hear that. Ke mana tumpah nya kuah kalau bukan ke nasik kan?.

ps : I hardly wanted to watch the video la Acik. When I can watch it?

Sad News :

1) My uncle was passed away and I did not managed to pay his visit. Mak said, nobody knows that he was died until the 2nd day of his death when one of my relatives feel something was not right and want to check his condition. Obviously , there was no answered after they called his name for a few times. One of my nephew then, came and entered the house from the window and they confirmed his death. I was really shock till now. I prayed to ALLAH to forgive his sins and bless his soul.

ps : Saya insaf dan hari-hari terkenang kan mak dan ayah di kampung. Tentu mereka sunyi selepas adik saya ke Uitm nanti. Ketahuilah, mak dan ayah..saya sangat sayangkan kamu berdua. Ya ALLAH, peliharalah mak dan ayah ku...berikan mereka kesihatan yang baik. Sayangilah mereka , kasihani lah mereka seperti mereka pernah menyayangi dan mengasihi ku sejak kecil lagi. Amin.

End of Module 3

2011-05-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

Finally, Alhamdulillah....Hannah ended her module 3 at ALIMKIDS playgroup last Saturday. Before we had our potluck, there was a certificates given ceremony. I bet, all parents more excited than their kids.

As for Hannah, she's grow up as a beautiful and brilliant kid. She's already 3 and next year will turn to 4 and up till now, I still can't decided whether to enroll her to TADIKA or not. She's always my baby inside my eyes.

She's become more independent since she got a brother though initially, she was in the state of denial . It was really challenging for me during my confinement when I need to handle her. I knew, she just need more attention from me. But somehow, sometimes I can't handle her tantrum. I once, left her alone being naked at the hall while me continue nursing my son in my room. She knocked the door as hard she can...but, me? totally ignored her because, I'd still upset and exhausted. I can't let her in because I am afraid that something bad will be happened to her...you know, when sick lady can't control her degree of temperament. But then, she's always lucky and fortunate for having a good and lovely nanny. Her bibik always her saver....ok, let's continue the story in the next chapter...me want to show the picture during her playgroup session.

Before off to the playgroup, it's kind-a-must thing to do. Posing..posing...heheheh Green is the topic of the day Yeah..me love to do the painting...Me baked this and opt the green colour as green is the theme colour of ALIMKIDS Hannah, teacher and mama. Best kan? dapat hadiah pensil case. Boleh guna bila Hannah masuk sekolah nanti.Uuuu~~~ love this! pot luck during that day.

Group photo. According to teacher, next module will kick off next month after school holiday break. See you soon teacher and friends!.

Umair at 5 months

2011-05-09T22:24:00.000-07:00

When he was 4 months old weighting @ 6kilos.

Today, he is wearing the same shirt and socks but different pants and no hat. I bet he was really enjoyed lay on the weighing scale. HU~~~

By 5 months,he got 2 jabs at the same time. Must be trauma for him I guess. Hehehe. He took a infanrix hexa vaccine and 2nd pnuemococcal jab.

As for his milestone , he can turn very well now but he don't have any idea how to roll over. He will play during his tummy time and when he restless, he will then, simply gave us a sound that indirectly he wants to tell us that he is tired, please pick me up or...I am bored, help me ok?.. Till now, he is an expert in lift his head, pull his chest a bit higher,he also can play an action, such as grabbing a pacifier, play with his rattle by explore it using his tongue.

Here is my concern, when his paed told me that he suppose to gain 20grams per week instead of 13grams. His weight is not really increased like he did before. Then, the paed suggested to wean off him within his 5 months age. And I am baffle with so many opinions. Because google is powerful engine search. I am now becoming more and more confused. Although, WHO recommended to exclusively BF the baby till their age is at least 6 months old, others recommended to wean off when baby is 4 months old. Bare in mind that, lactation has always different perspectives or views with pediatrician. I don't have any problem with Hannah since she's only BF until 2 months. So, I wean off her when she was 4 months old.

Finally, I just follow my heart and it's no harm if I wean-off him with 1 tsp of plain porridge rice + breast milk. Let's do it today!!!

Happy Mother's day!

2011-05-07T19:13:00.000-07:00

Can you spot something special here?

Yes..yes...It was done by Hannah and of course with a little help from me. Err...not that little actually. We did it yesterday during Hannah's art and craft session at her playgroup class. I cut the star and she glued it, I did the pop flower and she decided where to put. Accidentally, one of the pop flower was not really glued and I don't know where it was gone and I don't bother it at all and this morning when I woke up from my bed . I noticed the flower was been there although, that was not an originally place. I asked my husband who did it..and he replied that he did it!. Hehehe..tak sangka I.

Finally, Happy mother's day to myself, to the special lady in this world, Khadijah Bt Md Shariff my beloved mother. To great woman, Saripah Bt Abdullah, my MIL. Both of you are wonderful women. Being a mother of 5 and 6 kiddos was not an easy job. I bet, there was a lot of bumpy along the road. Thank you for everything..and we owe you a lot!. May ALLAH always bless you and bestow you a good health and happiness with your family.

Not to forget, my sister, Ayom, Sis In Law, K'ngoh and my colleagues in the office( yang dah bergelar ibu)...we're the greatest mothers in the world. Muahhh!!!!

Hot Air Balloon

2011-03-21T04:29:00.001-07:00

Went there at Percint 2, Putrajaya on last Saturday. Although we reached at the place around 9.30am, but believed me, the crowd was so.... hmmmmmmpphhh!!!!!!!... luckily, we found a parking.

Well, not so many activities that we can do except than... tengok-tengok all those balloons. Some balloons still dlm proses nak dinaikkan. We were so glad since the weather was so cloudy and windy. Tapi petang tuh, one of my colleagues cakap dah hujan. Huhuhu...

We only spent our time not less than 30 min I guess. After I bought Hannah's Spongebob balloon, we off to breakfast at percint 9. Ok-dokies, malas dah nak tulis panjang2..layan jer la gamba2 nih.

Doraemon in the sky!!!

Yeayyy!!!! Spngebob balloon. Alih2 smpi umah, terkena bilah kipas...habis RM5 aku!

Nak minum air masak, kena baring ok. Ader ke siap mintak bantal..huhuhu

Posing manja Hannah and daddy!

Hannah turns 3!!!!- Pictures

2011-02-28T06:03:00.000-08:00

Too lazy to write. Let's make it short and simple....
Hannah is already 3yrs old on 25th Feb 2011. The celebration was held at our house on the next day, 26th Feb 2011 and due to mama's laziness, she's only invited my uncles, aunties , cousins and closed friends. My theme's birthday cake was....SPONGEBOB!!!..hehehe...he looks so real and I ate his shoes though mama said that, spongebob's shoes is dirty. The taste?...same as chocolate. To my surprise, mama ate another of his shoes... :-D.

My birthday's presents was :

1) Burung dalam sangkar - from Mak Lang. Nope, the bird is not real..but it's kind a sensitive to the sound. If I clap my hand, the bird will start chirping and singing. How cool is that. I purposely put it near the telly and as a result, my bird can't stop chirping. Mama finally, put it on off mode. Huhu

2) Tweety gown - It's a pink colour and I love it to bits. Thank you Che'Ngoh.... I wore it until evening and hard for me to put it off.

Overall, I thanked ALLAH for everything that He gave to me. I am 3 yrs old and I have a wonderful parent, a handsome and kind brother, surrounded by lovely peoples :- my grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles , aunties, cousins and friends.

So tell me, what more could I ask for..

Hannah turns 3!!!!

2011-02-26T06:06:00.000-08:00

To all guests, Che Ngoh, Ayoh Ngoh, Faradis, Mak Lang, Pak Lang, Mu'az, Mak Long, Pak Long, Kakak Najwa and family....Thank you for coming to my birthday party. Muahssss!!!!!!

Open your eyes and your heart

2011-02-22T05:03:00.000-08:00

One of Maher Zain's songs that I love most. The lyrics touches my heart. It opened my eyes to appreciate the all mighty Allah for his creation around us. Allah has open your heart, eyes and mind to share things with ppl around the world. Alhamdulillah.

Look around yourselves
Can’t you see this wonder
Spreaded infront of you
The clouds floating by
The skies are clear and blue
Planets in the orbits
The moon and the sun
Such perfect harmony

Let’s start question in ourselves
Isn’t this proof enough for us

Or are we so blind
To push it all aside..

No..

We just have to
Open our eyes, our hearts, and minds
If we just look bright to see the signs
We can’t keep hiding from the truth
Let it take us by surprise
Take us in the best way
(Allah..)
Guide us every single day..
(Allah..)
Keep us close to You
Until the end of time..

Look inside yourselves
Such a perfect order
Hiding in yourselves
Running in your veins
What about anger love and pain
And all the things you’re feeling
Can you touch them with your hand?
So are they really there?

Lets start question in ourselves
Isn’t this proof enough for us?
Or are we so blind
To push it all aside..?
No..

When a baby’s born
So helpless and weak
And you’re watching him growing..
So why deny
Whats in front of your eyes
The biggest miracle of life..

We just have to
Open our eyes, our hearts, and minds
If we just look quiet we’ll see the signs
We can’t keep hiding from the truth
Let it take us by surprise
Take us in the best way
(Allah..)
Guide us every single day..
(Allah..)
Keep us close to You
Until the end of time..

Open your eyes and hearts and minds
If you just look bright to see the signs
We can’t keep hiding from the truth
Let it take us by surprise
Take us in the best way
(Allah..)
Guide us every single day..
(Allah..)
Keep us close to You
Until the end of time..

Allah..
You created everything
We belong to You
Ya Robb we raise our hands
Forever we thank You..
Alhamdulillah..

Artist: Maher Zain
Album: Thank You Allah
Copyright: Awakening Records 2009

Esok !

2011-02-12T19:35:00.000-08:00

Esok,

Saya akan kembali bekerja setelah 2 bulan 1 minggu bercuti

Hannah dan Umair akan ditinggalkan bersama maid tanpa bantuan dari saya. Agak2 nya boleh tak maid handle derang nih?.

Saya akan meredah traffic jam, mengejar masa menyiapkan kerja, solat, mengepam, mensyuarat, dateline kerja yang sudah menanti.

Saya akan CUBA bekerja dengan fokus. Mencari semangat yang sudah hilang bukan mudah. Hanya kepada ALLAH saya berdoa setiap hari, setiap kali solat 5 waktu..pasti akan saya panjatkan doa agar hati saya ditetapkan untuk FOKUS bekerja, supaya rezeki dan duit yang saya dapat setiap akhir bulan menjadi rezeki yang HALAL. Bukan senang saya nak betul-betul fokus, bila kebosanan dan kemalasan melanda, hati jadi tidak tenang. Mula lah, saya menghabiskan masa berbual bersama kawan-kawan dan melayari internet.

Walaupun esok saya baru mula bekerja, saya sudah senaraikan apa yang perlu dilakukan esok. Sungguh banyak dan remeh!. Tolak masa lunch, solat dan mengepam..saya ada 7 jam sahaja di pejabat. Perlu pandai menguruskan masa. Kadang-kadang saya bosan pergi mesyuarat yang isu nya hanya mudah , tetapi ada sesetengah pihak yang saya tidak faham, mengapa perlu diperbesar-besarkan. Akibatnya, dari 1 jam, ke 2 jam, ke 3 jam..pun masih tidak habis-habis dibincangkan!. Ntahlah, mungkin ini gayanya, kerja makan gaji.

Saya menanam impian untuk bekerja sendiri suatu hari nanti. Supaya masa dengan anak-anak lebih banyak terluang!. Kerja itu satu ibadat dan anak-anak pula adalah anugerah ALLAH yang perlu dijaga dan diperlihara. Kelak di akhirat, pasti disoal. Tanggungjawab suami adalah mencari nafkah, tanggungjawab isteri mendidik dan menjaga anak-anak, Tetapi tidak salah jika ingin meringankan bebab suami. Ya, saya masih bekerja kerana ingin membantu suami dan yang paling penting membayar hutang pinjamaan PTPN yang masih berbaki dalam RM12K!. Saya pejam mata dan buat-buat tak tahu. Setiap bulan gaji saya ditolak untuk melangsaikan hutang ini. Saya tidak mengeluh, kerana hutang WAJIB dibayar walaupun tidak dituntut. Dan sekarang, Interest dah diturunkan dari 5% ke 3% dan yg terbaru 1%. Alhamdulillah.... Walau masih kerajaaan mengenakan interest, saya bersyukur sebab interest dah dikurangkan. Selain nya, saya serahkan urusan itu kepada ALLAH. Biarlah DIA yang menghukum dan menilai .

Saya akan terus mengumpul wang dan semoga cita-cita saya ingin bekerja sendiri akan tercapai. Penat memikirkan politik di tempat kerja, berlumba-lumba untuk tidak menjadi M3, berpura-pura hebat, sungguh penat!. Apatah lagi, jika saya perlu ke luar daerah ataupun bekerja lebih masa. Itu tidak dikira kalau kena buat clerical work. Pentingnya keikhlasan untuk bekerja. Saya terfikir, kalau kerja lain kan senang, contohnya CIKGU, KERANI, PENSYARAH..tetapi, saya rasa tidak!. Bak kata suami saya, masing-masing ada masalah sendiri. Ada pros and cons.

Semoga esok hari yang BAIK untuk saya mulakan kerja. Semoga ALLAH memudahkan segala urusan saya. Semoga anak-anak, permata hati saya di dalam jagaan ALLAH. Semoga saya selamat pergi dan pulang. Semoga ikatan perkahwinan saya sentiasa diberkati ALLAH. Semoga mak dan ayah di kampung diberi kesihatan yg terbaik dari ALLAH. Semoga adik-adik/ipar-ipar saya gembira melalui hari-hari mereka dengan redha ALLAH. Amin.

Acik's wedding - Part 3 (Penang)

2011-02-11T00:06:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah
I can't believe that my youngest sister was getting married already. I am sorry because I was not there during your engagement ceremony, when you need me to accompany you sleep with you at my place, just a few days before your title change to Mrs Yazid, when you asked me my opinion to get married, I just can say that.." If you are ready,then just proceed"..I can't say more than that because Mak and ayah is always number 1 for you. I was puzzled when you reply that you also don't have any idea to whom that you want to get married... That was 1 yr ago. But now, I realized that you put everything to ALLAH. That's made me proud and shame to myself.

I lost my word when we have to separate and say good bye at Penang, last week. But Deep in my heart, I am so happy for you. Trust me, you're married the right person. I can't guarantee it 100%, but rest assure that, you will always happy if you obey your husband. Well, I'm sure that you have read a lot about marriage and asked ppl around. The thing is, different marriage will be facing different challenges. Mak and ayah must be proud of you. You're the star to them. I still remember that Mak really determined taught and trained you just to ensure that you will win the memorizing competition. And the result?..... you're always the winner!. I envy you a bit...when you already went to SABAH with flight while you at 12 yrs old! and my 1st time in the flight was at 24!...You pass your UPSR, PMR and SPM with flying colors!. Congratulations for being a BEST STUDENT in your school. The moment that, mak told me that you reject the offered from KISAS I know, you made a right decision. Too many thing to jot about you. But then, I have more important business to do right now..

Acik,
May ALLAH always bless you. May Yazid happy with you. May your marriage will be blessed with children. May ALLAH Protect your family from any harms. Last but not least, take care of yourself!

Hugs and Kisses;

Me, Fadhly, Hannah and UmairThis is the place that we enjoyed our stayed. A spacious house, very clean, fully furnished as well. Click www.homestaykita.blogspot.com

Papa is checking something. Minat la tuh!.

Dining area

My 2 gems are resting on the couch while watching movie that provided by house lord.
Just before we depart to Yazid's house. It was very2 near. 5 minute walking distance

Alim and Ayah. Tgh betulkan wrapper bauhulu. Hahaha

Little Umair, still sleeping in his nest though, kena angkut ke hulu ke hilir

Acik and Yazid on that day!

Meja makan kami

Yazid showing his skill!. :-D

Acik, mak, Kak Yana and Abang.

Me, posing dulu before makan

Umair was a good as a gold an that day. Sleeping all the way till balik ke homestay!.

mak pengantin sibuk layan guests

Acik makan kenyang2 yer. Nanti kena basuh penggan

Great smile from newly weds!

Hannah nak eat with papa

Makan tembikai pon boleh posing kan?

Owh, Umair..sleeping soundly!

Ayah dok sibuk main2 sms ke?

Apa la depa nih dok sembang

Me , Hannah and Acik

Us!

Abang and Kak Yana

Me and Hannah

Mak andam express :-D

Posing2

Lagi posing

Finally! a big family. But it will complete if Ayom, Wan and Mu'az are in the line!

ps : What a tiring journey when Abang and Kak Yana have to go 9 hours journey back to PJ while mak and ayah took 8 hours to reach at kampung!.As predicted, the traffic was really bad due to CNY and end of the school break. So, we went back on the next day, Monday. Alhamdulillah...we departed at 10 am and reached home at 2pm. Again! Tahniah Acik and Yazid!

Acik's wedding - Part 2 (Perak)

2011-02-10T22:49:00.000-08:00

Alim and abang. A day before wedding ceremony.

Newly wed's room with his gift. Hannah doesn't want to look at the camera

Special door gift for groom's family.

Me and Ayom...sibuk isi bunga telur dalam beg for our sons aqiqah. It's sponsor from her MIL.

Sisters!. Left to right : Acik, Me and Ayom. Featuring lil Hannah. This is in front of our house, before went to the mosque for aqad's reception.

Hannah?..making a face!. Me and Ayom

During the Big Day. Mak sibuk layan tetamu. Tapi, duduk jer dalam rumah. All guests will come and meet her.Senang kan?. hehe

Acik and her bridesmaid. Nervous ?

Hannah dan kompang nya

Ayam bakar yang ayah tempah sebanyak 120 ekor. Alhamdulillah, ader balance..rezeki untuk tuan rumah.

Bapak Pengantin. :-D

Rombongan dah tiba. Jauh dari Penang.

En Yazid, awat tuh??? heheheh

Acik, control senyum ka?

Pak Nahwir is describing something to the groom.

2nd art martial performance.

Acik and her family in laws, having a lunch together in front of the pond.

ps : Malas nak tulis panjang2 walau idea tetap ada. Mood tader sebab next week dah nak kena keje. Haihssssss....

Aqiqah anak ku, dan anak saudara ku.

2011-02-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

Back to 3 yrs ago. This sheep was taken for Hannah's Aqiqah ceremony. Poor Umair, we don't have any picture of your goat. Atok cakap, dah sembelih kat tempat lain. Mama bagi nama pada atok saje.
This is my lovely sis num 2. She still single at this time. Masa nih, hari kenduri aqiqah Hannah. Very hardworking one..sampai sekarang pun! Thank you Ayom Hahaha...sorry bcoz I put this pic for this entry. I just wondering, whether I can spot any different from the above picture and this one. See?. You still same...except that, this picture looks a bit hmmm...miserable?hahaha..but yet, your humor-type person is still there. Well, just look at this picture.. Mu'az must be a happy baby for having you as his ummi!.

Wow!!! Masa nih kami masih bertiga. Baju yang kami pakai ni adalah baju pertunangan kami. It can fix me perfectly. And now?..I don't have a gut to try it. My husband?..tetap mantain macam gambar ni. Tak percaya? just scroll down..

Ha?..I told you...he still maintain. Myself pulak? tak slim macam dulu. Rambut Hannah masa belum cukur mmg lurus. After botak?... sila lihat gambar di atas.

Si kecil ni lah, orang yang diraikan. Khaleef Umair = Wakil yang bijaksana. Semoga Umair menjadi khalifah ALLAH yang bijak yer sayang.

Akhirnya, kami berempat. Syukur ya ALLAH, atas anugerah mu yang tidak terhingga. Semoga anak2 mama dan papa membesar dengan sihat dan berjaya dunia serta akhirat. Semoga juga, aqiqah yang telah kami lakukan dapat memberi manfaat bila di akhirat kelak.

ps : Ayom, thank you sebab recommend cradle yg cantik nih. Cameraman sekali. Tak sabar nak tgk hasil nya nanti!

EBM Milk Storage Bag

2011-02-08T18:49:00.000-08:00

Cuti bersalin saya hanya tinggal 4 hari lagi. Betapa cepat masa berlalu. Pejam celik, pejam celik, cuti saya hampir ke penamat. 2 bulan rasa nya seperti 2 minggu. Dalam 2 bulan itu juga, 95% cuti berpantang saya di Puchong. Selebihnya, saya berpantang di kampung saya di Perak, itu pun, sebab adik saya bertunang. Saya berpantang tidaklah terlalu 'strict'. Bab makan, memang saya jaga. Saya tak minum ais, makan sea food dan produk tenusu yang lain. Saya banyak minum air kosong, susu kambing 2 kali sehari, lobak putih setiap hari, air soya millelia. Makcik urut datang pada hari ke-10 saya berpantang. Mandi air daun, bertangas, bertungku dan berurut. Memang terasa badan ringan dan segar!. Selebihnya, saya bertungku sendri setiap hari dengan tungku modern. Berpantang sendiri tanpa mak di sisi, pada mulanya agak mencabar. Suami saya berkerja di siang hari. Malam2, memang saya lah bangun tersengguk2 menjaga baby. Mujur, anak yang kali ini tidak banyak ragam. Menangis bila perlu sahaja.

Dalam tempoh 2 bulan itu juga, saya berjaya mengumpul perahan susu badan. Tidaklah banyak, tapi saya rasa cukup untuk bekalan Umair bila saya mula bekerja nanti. Bukan saya mahu menunjuk2 ataupun riak. Tapi, saya ingin berkongsi kejayaan saya dengan para ibu yang lain. Sebelum saya mengandung Umair lagi, saya sudah berazam dan bercita-cita untuk memberi susu badan sepenuhnya nanti. Kepada ibu-ibu yang ingin menyusukan anak mereka, banyak kan membaca, berdoa kepada ALLAH selalu, berfikiran positif selalu. Percayalah, tiada istilah, tak ada/cukup susu!. Perut bayi sangat kecil. Banyak sebab lain kenapa bayi menangis. Bukan sebab lapar sahaja. Saya percaya konsep 'supply on demand'. Kalau tak bagi susu badan, memang produksi menurun. Sesungguhnya, saya rasa cemburu bila melihat rakan2 di pejabat yang mengepam . Awal2 masa mengandung lagi, saya sudah suarakan hasrat hati saya ingin membeli pam susu Medela FS terhadap suami saya. Alhamdulillah, suami saya cukup faham. Tetapi, setelah saya membuat kajian, saya membeli pam susu AMEDA, harganya tidaklah setanding Medela FS, tapi pada saya...pam AMEDA memang yang terbaik buat saya. Saya puas hati, sekarang, pam AMEDA berada sama tahap dengan barang2 dapur kesayangan saya. Terima kasih juga buat suami , kerana menukarkan peti ais lama kami kepada yang lebih besar. Sekurang-kurangnya...bahagian sejuk beku di bahagian atas itu, saya gunakan sepenuhnya. Peti ais lama masih ada dan keadaan nya masih baik. Sudah 6 tahun peti ais tersebut berkhidmat untuk kami sekeluarga.

Dalam tempoh 2 bulan tersebut, kami berjaya melatih Hannah untuk tidak memakai lampin pakai buang. Alhamdulillah, ianya semakin berjaya. Perlahan-lahan kami melatih Hannah untuk tidak memakai lampin pakai buang untuk masa yang lama. Sekarang, Hannah tidak perlu lagi memakai lampin pakai buang apabila mahu pergi ke 'GIANT' dan kedai makan. Saya juga pernah meninggikan suara kepada bibik gara-gara dia melawan cakap saya. Hanya kerana susu badan. Saya sangat menitik beratkan pengendalian susu badan saya. Sudah diberitahu berulang2, cara pengendalian nya. Namun, seolah2 mencurah air ke atas daun keladi. Akibat dimarah, bibik menangis. Dapat saya lihat, mata dan hidung nya merah. Itulah, saya rasa, saya terlalu beri muka dan baik sangat dengan dia. Sampai berani melawan. Kalau nak tahu, itu kali pertama saya memarahi bibik. Puas hati saya!.

Hari ini, saya nak bagitahu, cooler kit yang saya beli dari Fab Mom tempoh hari, tidak dapat memuatkan 6 botol dan Ice sheet nya sekali. Saya cuba masukkan, hanya 3 botol sahaja yang muat. (Gambar di bawah). Saya perlukan 6 botol dalam sehari. Saya akan pam 3 kali sehari. Pagi, pukul 9, tengahari masa lunch break dan petang sebelum asar.

Akhirnya, saya dapatkan 'cooler bag dari Jingle Jungle -Smart casual Exec'. Harga hanya RM18.90. Ada 2 warna, biru dan krim. Saya memilih warna biru. Setelah Ice Sheet dan botol-botol dimasukkan ke dalam beg, saya puas hati sebab memang muat!. Dan senyum saya bertambah lebar, bila cooler beg tersebut dapat dimasukkan ke dalam 'Pro mom beg' saya.

Warna Biru dan hijau jadi pilihan, Harga hanya RM18.90

Bila dah buka dari plastik.

Ice sheet diletakkan sebagai alas.

Seterusnya, botol-botol disusun ke dalam bag.

Ice sheet ke-2 diletakkan di atas botol-botol.

Dah siap!

Ready to go!

Acik's wedding - Part 1

2011-02-07T03:28:00.000-08:00

To my dearest readers,

The short video is especially dedicated to my sisters - Ayom and the bride, Acik. My brothers - Abang and Alim, relatives and closed friends - esp, Acik's friends and yes, to our new family member - Mr Yazid Yahya.

To Pak Nahwir and his students - we appreciate your martial art performance but forgive me for cutting short the show due to some reasons -

1) There was an old nanny standing there with a walking cane. Thus, 1 minute is like 1 hour for her.
2) Am afraid that, the newly weds esp the groom will not be happy with this. ( Acik, pls clarify it..how your feeling and as well as with Yazid's..heheh)
3) As a host, we did not even know that there will be a martial art performance but according to Ayom, the emcee made an announcement just after the entourage came. Hence, we feel a bit offended. As Ayom's line " Ngah...nape tetibe Pak Nahwir terangkan pasal adat kat Yazid?" hahahaha..that was funny when all of us look terribly blur. That was not in our plan and I like my hubby's statement " Tuan rumah pon not in control" - that was indeed true!

Well, I have many things to say. Preparation and the tiredness but all of us are happy with the ceremony, the foods, peoples, ambiance, kelam-kabutness and many more. But let's watch this video 1st and I'll continue with Part-2. More pictures are waiting!

Dinasours at Pusat Sains Negara

2011-02-06T00:42:00.000-08:00

You can get one free ticket if you have an enrich card. RM10 is worth it!. Though hari tu hujan, kami redah juga. Luckily tak ramai sgt org masa kami sampai and the traffic also was smooth all the way. For Umair, this is his 1st trip after confinement and as for Hannah,mama and papa...1st time tgk dinosaurs besar2 mcm nih. Hannah takut, so she become a koala, dukung dgn papa. Nasib baik, malam tu tak mengigau.Hehehe.
Hannah sgt excited berada di dalam fish tunnel nih. Umair sgt lena dlm Raw Silk Ring Sling. Stylo tak mama die?. HAHAHA..kasi peluang nak melaram after 44 days berpantang.
Dinosaur nih bergerak2, from his neck to head. Best!...Hannah mcm terpegun and takut!

They also provided a nursing/baby's room. Yes! support la Breastfeeding ya...
Saje nak posing dlm nursing room. Comfortable sgt. Ader sinki and toilet jugak.

If I not mistaken, they open daily including the public holidays from 10 am to 5 pm except on Friday, Hari Raya and CNY. Ticket fees is RM10 for adult and RM5 for kid. Below 3 yrs old is free ( hurmm...can check at their website www.psn.gov.my)

Safety 1st : Seat belt for toddlers/kids

2011-01-31T23:42:00.000-08:00

Soft seat belt adjuster for kids. Since I like to sit at the co-pilot seat. Mama bought this for me. Mama always remind me to to fasten the seat belt. She said, it's for our safety and Uncle Police will be nice and kind towards me. :-D

Mama bought this at Fab mom outlet. They have 15% less on this item. So, you can get this less than RM30.00. Remember!..fasten your seat belt ok?

Module 3 - Shape!

2011-01-30T23:04:00.000-08:00

Hannah pose with mama before go to the Playgroup session. I encouraged Hannah to put on her hijab on that morning. My line was like this : Hannah nak masuk syurga tak?.. if nak and ALLAHsayang kat Hannah, pakai tudung ok?.. and she obeyed me. Well, this is the only beginning. I won't insist her and I didn't put high expectation on her to wear a hijab for 1 hour in the class. Just try to emphasis and make a practice. InshaALLAH, after this..if nak pegi GIANT or mana2 kedai yg dekat, I'll ask her to put on her hijab.
So, today lesson is all about the shape. All of us, got a STAR shape and we need to deco the shape by materials that given by teacher Effa.

Final products : Ops!, sorry...you can't really see my STAR. hehehe..

The best nursing cover

2011-01-30T02:52:00.000-08:00

Nursing cover from Fab mom.

Are you looking the best nursing cover that can suit you and your baby at anytime and anywhere?. I bought nursing cover from Fab mom outlet at price RM59.90 and I got 6 pcs of bra pads as a free gift.

Initially, masa test kat sana tak perasan pulak jarang. Once, test kat rumah in front of mirror and hubby..memang jelas JARANG. I think, they purposely use that kind of material for the sake of baby's comfortable during the nursing time. Tak panas la kan. Tapi, sgt lah tak sesuai if nak nursing in front of public, better cari nursing/baby's room. Tapi tu lah, I bought this one untuk pam kat opis nanti. Though, ader special room for us, but still...when pam secara berjemaah, still need to cover.

As for me, I'll find nursing poncho yg cover back and my front..so, tader la nampak perut. Contoh nya macam gambar di bawah :

This one pulak, macam apron. I don't like this style.

So, what I did was....lapiskan satu lagi kain. Baru jahit sikit jer. Well, tak smpi separuh pon. Kain tu licin, kena bersabar plus, mesin jahit tader. Manual guna jari jemari saja. hehehe...

So, if ader mommies kat luar sana nak beli nursingcover...and put the privacy at the priority...please don't buy Fab mom's nursing cover. Since, I 've bought my Raw silk Ring Sling..the tail can be used as a cover when you want to nurse your baby. I've not try it yet. Kena practice dulu kat rumah like I did with my RS. I put Umair in the RS every 5 min every day. Just to make us feel comfortable. And yes! tak sia2 beli sebab Umair suka duduk dalam tu. I'll story more when we went to Pusat Sains Negara today. He slept 2 hours straight in the RS with cradle position. :-)

See the differences? (part 1)

2011-01-29T05:10:00.001-08:00

A few hours from the 'oven'

Umair age at 2 days

Home sweet home. Age at 30 days

Sleeping soundly at age 44 days

Looking at mummy and daddy at 52 days.

Alhamdulillah, Umair is getting more alert now. He is able to smile, respond to us, more wakeful during the day, able to lift his head for about 3-5 seconds, enjoy the bath time, he drink 4-5 times per day and 3 times during the night. Latest weight was at 4.62kilos... ( 3 weeks ago). 7 days more to 2 months old.

Let's wear your baby!!!!

2011-01-28T00:56:00.000-08:00

Quoted from Wikipedia,

Dr. William Sears, a pediatrician, coined the phrase attachment parenting. One of Sears' principles of attachment parenting is babywearing and he attributes many benefits to babywearing and the in-arms style of parenting.

Claimed benefits of babywearing include:

Mothers' progesterone (mothering hormone) is increased through physical contact with the infant, leading to a more intimate maternal bond, easier breastfeeding and better care, thus lowering the incidence of postpartum depression and psychosomatic illness[citation needed].
Infants who are carried are calmer because all of their primal/survival needs are met. The caregiver can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, tasted, provide feeding and the motion necessary for continuing neural development, g astrointestinal and respiratory health and to establish balance (inner ear development) and muscle tone is constant.[1]
Infants are more organized. Parental rhythms (walking, heartbeat, etc.) have balancing and soothing effects on infants.
Infants are "humanized" earlier by developing socially. Babies are closer to people and can study facial expressions, learn languages faster and be familiar with body language.[2]
Contrary to western cultural myths, independence is established earlier.[1]
Attachment between child and caregiver is more secure.[3]
Decreases risk of positional plagiocephaly ("flat head syndrome") caused by extended time spent in a car seat and by sleeping on the back. Sleeping on the back is recommended to decrease the risk of SIDS. Cranial distortion resulting from non-vehicular time in car seats has shown to be more severe than in children who develop plagiocephaly from back-lying on a mattress. [4] Concern over plagiocephaly has also led the American Academy of Pediatrics to recommend that infants “should spend minimal time in car seats (when not a passenger in a vehicle) or other seating that maintains supine positioning. [5] None of the babywearing positions require infants to lie supine while being carried. Infants can even be worn while they sleep, also decreasing sleeping time spent in a supine position. "

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I bought one pouch last 2 years to wear Hannah. I fall in love with the prints and it's the easiest type to wear your baby. No straps, buckles, no nothing that makes it difficult. I just can't resist myself to get another carrier for UMAIR. ( reason to shopping). Hence, I bought RS from Mamapatch since, RS can be adjusted so, I think my hubby and my maid also can use it while pouch only suit with me.

Raw silk RS. An adjustable, one size fits most, Breastfeeding possible, even for a toddler. Extra fabric provides ample coverage while breastfeeding, Many positions possible (just like the pouch).

Dried longan recipe to boost up your MILK

2011-01-26T23:07:00.000-08:00

Some people said, longan juice can boost up your milk. So, being a longan fan.. I went to GIANT and bought the ingredients .

- Dried Longan

- Red dates

- 2 Tbs of sugar

- 4 cups of water

Washed the longan and red dates thoroughly. Put everything in the pot and boil it for 10 - 15minutes. Let it cool or you can enjoy it while it still hot.

Easy-peasy!..Selamat Mencuba~

Me and Him

2011-01-24T00:04:00.000-08:00

One morning, during my confinement period, my daughter claimed that she's having an irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch around her shoulder area. I was in the 'farm' at that time, while my maid is entertaining my son . So, my hubby took a TYT oil and put it on that particular area. As a result, my daughter cried and scream because I think the herbal medicated oil made her more feel burn. He then, took her to the bathroom and washed that area using the water and as a result?...she screamed and cried like hysterically people. Hmmmmmmmmm.....

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One evening, both of us are feel hungry and I took the fish nuggets from the frozen and wanted to cook it using the oven. Then, my husband asked me one question that I've never thought it before..
" cairkan dulu dlm microwave"
"why?"
" sebab still keraskan...nanti consume more energy to be cooked"
" hmmm...but the instruction said, tak payah cairkan..just fry or grill"
( dlm hati, well...mmg tak pernah terfikir langsung about the consuming energy nih, main masak jer)
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He is so particular at one thing = I was blurred at one thing

He is good at waiting = I am impatience

He eat moderately = I love and enjoy eating so much!. That's why...my 6kg of adipose tissue is still stuck and I think, one day it will turn to bad reservoir due to poor porosity and permeability.HAHAHAHAHAH

He loves gadget to bits = I love kitchen aid to the max

He talkative only to people that he know = I am friendly to everyone

He loves last minute plan = I am not a good planner but I like to plan everything ahead

He know exactly where his money gone because he is a wise spender = I also know where my money gone because I LOVE shopping.

Despite every contrast above, we share the same things :

1) We shared the same month of birthday.

2) We both loves to watch movie

3) We love to staying at home rather than, menapak dlm shopping complex tanpa arah tujuan.

4) We love the simplicity

5) My brain cells can't think anymore. That's all for the time being. Hehehehe

MILK owh MILK

2011-01-23T23:26:00.000-08:00

Hey..look what I got this morning?. I went to the 'farm' and do the job as usual. And the outcome?..viola!..it was really made me impressed. I got 9 oz for both sides. Which, normally, I only managed to get 7 ( max). I started consumed the ALFALFA together with other vitamins few days ago and I think, it works for me. Perhaps, mommies who are BF their baby can try the ALFALFA. But, I can't guarantee it can works well with you coz it depends on our body. For those who interested to try the ALFALFA with other vitamins, you may go to this website : www.anakkuwiraku.blogspot.com.

Confinement almost over and another 3 weeks to go back to the office...sigh

2011-01-18T20:45:00.000-08:00

Today is 42 days of my confinement. Tak sangka, dah nak habis pantang dan yang paling tak best dah kena bertugas kembali!. So, that's it!..Umair and Hannah, bo th of you will be left with bibik.

SInce Hannah next month will turn to 3!. We bought her 3-6yrs Dumex Dugro. Waahh! dah besar Hannah..and her brother, Umair..of course minum susu dari ladang. Till today, I managed to stored total around 150 oz. I only have 2 boxes of milk bottles storage, MLO and Autumnz, the rest , I just used BPA plastic bags. Ingat nak beli lagi botol2 tuh, tapi nanti dulu la.

Bottles and plastics are labelled. Itu pon, terkial2 nak cari which is 1st. Kena beli bekas tupperware yg lagi besar la jawabnya. 2nd session of pumping, around 12 pm. Takder la banyak sgt..but I think..that's the amount Umair take. Love this pump to bits!. Tak dpt FS pun takper la, janji..kena consistent mengepam. Semoga ALLAH memberi kan sy kekuatan dan memudahkan BF utk Umair selama mana yg boleh. ;-) Amin.

ps : Hari ni dapat trial pack SET BF Shaklee yg ada Alfalfa tuh.Dapat2 tros makan! haha..memang semangat sungguh!. Let's see how's the production later k!.

Let's shake!

2011-01-16T18:12:00.000-08:00

This is Hannah , while she's 6th old months. Cepatnyer masa berlalu. Rasa baru jer die duduk dlm kerusi tu. Now, she already can speak *kalah abang jual buah kat pasar tani BK yang cuba melariskan buah-buahannya* haihh~~~~

Ader ke patut, everytime nak tido waktu malam, she will offer her daddy a space to lay beside her and her line was like this - " Blank page for you"... instead of " space for you.."

While this is Faradis, my niece. . she just such a sweet and cute girl!. Waktu nih, Faradis pun 6 bulan. Now, tak sabar nak tunggu Umair's turn pulak. Tapi, percaya lah..sesungguhnya, masa berlalu dengan pantas!. Kejap jer anak2 dah membesar. Rase rindu masa derang baby pasti akan muncul suatu hari nanti. Untuk Hannah, Umair, Faradis, Mu'az...semoga membesar dengan sihat dan menjadi insan2 yang berguna, khalifah ALLAH yang terbaik, sayang ibu bapa dan taat perintah ALLAH.

Budak Rambut Maggie makan mee maggie

2011-01-16T14:18:00.000-08:00

Kebetulan, topik kali ini tentang maggie. Abang dan Ayom gave their comments on our childhood moment when we're dying craving for MAGGIE!. Masa kami kecil2 dulu, mak dan ayah buka kedai runcit. Memang laku dan glamour kedai Pak Cik Kamal dan Cik Inah suatu ketika dahulu. Maklumla, kami sahaja yang membuka kedai runcit ketika dahulu. Too much sweet and bitter memories. Banyak kali jugak rumah kami kena masuk pencuri semata2 inginkan duit di dalam laci duit ayah. Berapa ramai orang yg berhutang di kedai ayah dan smpi skrang sy rasa mereka masih belum dapat melangsaikan nya. Sampai sy rasa ayah tension dan terus meletakkan label, "ROKOK TIDAK BOLEH BERHUTANG". Macam mana la nak untung berniaga kan?.Sy masih ingat, rokok yang dijual sebatang2 , dahulu hanya berharga RM0.20, haa...itu pun, orang masih nak berhutang!. Sapa tak geram!. Dek kerana kedai juga, rancangan pilihan kegemaran di TV dengan selamba dimatikan oleh ayah, kerana kami diam membatu bila ada customer datang memberi salam. Kami sangat malas ketika itu untuk melayan mereka!. Yerla, zmn kanak2 mmg utk berhibur dan berseronok. Bak kata suami saya, kena suruh henjut adik2 dlm buaian pon die boring!. HAHAHA...well, I couldn't agree more!.

Perniagaan runcit mak dan ayah tiada masa, sabtu ahad pun masih berniaga. Malam2 pon, wpun dah tutup kedai, kalau ada orang dtg, mereka masih boleh berniaga. Ketuk saja pintu, kami bukak cermin, tanya nak apa...ambil, bagi barang dan ambil duit. Mak memang kawal perbelanjaan kami habis habisan, setiap seorang kena ambil jajan/ais krim dengan jumlah sehari RM0.30 sahaja!. Makna nya, ais-krim sebatang , RM0.10/RM0.20 dan bakinya snek atau gula2 takpun, kalau nak makan ais krim atau snek sahaja pun boleh! yang pasti, RM0.30!. Akibatnya, penuh pembungkus ais krim dalam gelung tepi rumah, gara2 kami menyorok curi2 makan ais krim sebab budget dah burst!..hahahaha...kadang2, kami senyap tak bagitau mak, tapi, kalau sakit hati / tak puas hati dgn sesiapa antara kami, mmg ada yang mereport!. Padan muka la kan...

Pasal MAGGIE?. Kami kena kongsi, 2 bungkus maggie utk 4 orang! itu pon, sebulan sekali baru boleh dapat!. Memang seronok sgt kalau mak offer nak masak maggie, rasa nak lompat2 smpi bumbung..sedapnya, mmg tak cukup!tapi nak buat camana, sebab mak garang sangat masa dulu. Kalau minum air bergas, jgn harap dapat minum mcm tu jer, WAJIB tambah air masak. Sebab nya, Maggie dan air bergas mmg terang2 bukan makanan yg berkhasiat!. But, as for my husband, he said that, her mom served him a MAGGIE for breakfast!, not sure how frequent it was and yet, he still pass his SPM with flying colors, further his study at UTP and now, he's an engineer!.. HAHAHAHA...

If nak jugak mkn MAGGIE, we have to wait mak and ayah kluar ke mana2, pegi klinik ke, kenduri ke...mmg saat2 yg ditunggu2. Though we all dah makan nasik, MAGGIE jugak yg akan dibedal!. Pernah, tgh masak...tetiba mak dan ayah balik..mmg HARU! Lintang pukang buang MAGGIE dlm jamban! hahahaha....kalau pun, dah siap masak, makan and basuh everything, mak tetap akan tau yg kami makan MAGGIE!. Tension btol sebab kena marah.

Kalau sakit, demam sket ke, kena jugak pegi sekolah. Mak ckp, rugi tak pegi sekolah..tertinggal subjek yg cikgu ajar hari tu. Tapi, mmg tak masuk la dlm kepala otak nih. Pegi sebab takut mak jugak.Ayah la yang hantar naik motor. Balik sekolah kebangsaan, kena baca dulu or bat revision apa yg ustaz ajar semalam sebelum pegi ke sekolah agama. Itu mmg kena buat!. Bab2 belajar, mak mmg strict!. Tolong kat dapur pun strict jugak!. Mungkin itu sebab nya, kami adik beradik boleh memasak dan suka memasak!. Tak kisah kalau kena masak infact, ada masa kami mmg suka memasak!. Hehehehe...

Sekarang masing2 dah dewasa dan punya anak. Boleh makan MAGGIE sesuka hati, HAHAAHA..bahagia btol rasa!. Mak pun dah tak garang mcm dulu. Giliran kami pulak mendidik anak2...sesungguh nya, membesarkan anak2 zaman sekarang mmg mencabar. Takur tersalah didik, lain jadi nya.

Jemput makan sumer, resepi terbaik dari mama. Sup maggie letak kicap. Sangat tak menyihatkan! yet, I'd enjoyed it very much!.

ps : Bukan senang nak makan mee maggie

Which one is yours?

2011-01-14T22:22:00.000-08:00

Mak Lang and Pak Lang, pls check this out and guess?...Umair and Mu'az are more a less have a similar figures or perhaps it's just a coincidence because of the angle of the picture.

I am a professional cow!

2011-01-11T22:25:00.000-08:00

Ouch! this is only the beginning. I started expressed my milk only after 9 days of Umair's birth coz I need to wait for the established period plus, I have had an engorgement and crack problem. Sound hurt..yes! it was really hurt! though it temporary. Thanks to Hannah's comb and TUngku modern, at least...it helps me to ease the pain.

I am still express my milk. 3 times per day and Umair already bottle-trained ever since day-1! until now. How time flies..1 month down, another 1 month to go.

Will story more bout the breast pump and breastfeed.

Drama Queen

2011-01-11T03:18:00.000-08:00

Gara2 tak dpt layan Powerpuff girl dlm youtube!

End of Module 2

2011-01-10T01:31:00.000-08:00

Finally, after school break for 1 month, Hannah's class was resumed back and this the final class for module 2, title " I CAN..". Since mama still in confinement period and there was a back to back visitors come to see Umair, papa was accompanied Hannah to the class.

Hannah was doing fine during the class except, pap said, she's a bit shy and refused to join them singing at the class. Hehehe...that was sooo typical of me. Maybe sebab dah la lama sgt tak pegi school.

Teacher Effa taught us how to make a musical instrument during art and craft lesson. She gave us a colorful paper, disposable plate and nuts. Papa help me a lot! and I'd really enjoyed it to bits! bcoz I love to do this kind of job. :-). Now, let's enjoy the pictures~

This is my 1st time in my life to get my own academy certificate. Mama will keep it nicely of course!

Happy new year!!

2011-01-04T20:08:00.000-08:00

Well, I knew it's a bit late...but, hey! better late than nev er rite?. Me and family would like to wish everybody a HAPPY NEW YEAR!. Welcome 2011!. Semoga ALLAH memberi saya sekeluarga peluang untuk menjalani setahun lagi kehidupan bersama insan2 yang tersayang.

What will happen in 2011?. Let's check ya..

1) My daughter, Hannah will be turning 3 yrs old on this 25th Feb
2) My sister will be getting married in early February.
3) Will do Aqiqah for Umair during sister's wedding.
3) Me and husband will be turning to number 3 this year on April!. Haihhh...no more num 2!
4) Husband's cousin will be getting married in June at Kelantan

Hmm...that's all for now, don't have any planned yet from March to May. Tunggu dan lihat la nanti. Anyways, Hannah now sgt talkative and banyak la songeh. She's still doing her potty training. Sometimes, she did well and sometimes, huhuhuhu...pee on the floor. Dah kencing baru sibuk nak bgtau. Haru betul. But it's ok. It's part of parenting rite?. There were always up and down.

Special edition with beloved daddy!

Umair at 17days

2010-12-23T17:45:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah...pejam celik, pejam celik..our little son dah pun 17 hari. Jap jer rase nyer. Lagi 2 minggu, Umair akan masuk sebulan. So far, Umair sihat, no jaundice at all. He loves to sleep during the day. Masa awal2 dulu, siap kena kejutkan utk minum.. Now, dah ok sket...he will wake up every 2 hours. Malam pulak, tak lena tido sebab siang dah lena. So, what we did last night. After evening bath, we let him sleep for about 1 hour. From 6pm to 7pm. Masuk maghrib, saje kejutkan, main2...though we know he was sooo sleepy, but paksa jugak tak bagi tido. Bukak oasis, and since yesterday was Thursday, ader la org baca Yassin. Saje pasang kuat2 bagi die dengar. So far ok, tak nangis pun, cuma bising sket2 jer..bagi susu senyap la. Pukul 8pm till 9pm, tido kan die balik. Then, we asked him to be with us, including Kakak Hannah to watch MASTERCHEF!. Best ceta nih..my husband pon layan sampai pukul 10pm, right we know who is the AMATUR MASTERCHEF...then, I settle Umair inside our room. Breast feed jer die dlm 5 to 10 min tros mata pejam and he already to the La-la land!. So, last night, he only wake up 3 times!. Memang best la, sebab I can rest much better compared to previous nights. Now, we know the trick already. Tader la nak bangun since 11pm untill the dawn. Mmg letih la kalo camnih kan?.

Umair's pic at 17 days..

That's Him!

2010-12-16T18:30:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah, our 2nd little bundle of joy was safely arrived to the world, early 10 days before the EDD. We decided to call him UMAIR and yet, we didn't finalized his full name yet. Umair Khaleef or Khaleef Umair.

I was undergone through 'C' section delivery for the 2nd time! ( nor , that's not my choice anyways). It was happened so fast, when Umair poop inside my belly. Like his sister did 2 years ago. Despite the excruciating pain that I went through after the morphine gone, ( which I feel like a disable person at least, for the whole 1 day) I was very happy and grateful because Umair is such a good boy and very healthy indeed.

I am now, a mother of two adorable kids!. Umair now, gained 200 gram within 1 week and he's now officially drink his mommy's milk only. I wish and pray to ALLAH to ease my job to BF him until he is 2 yrs old. Let's enjoy the picture yaaa!!!

Lagi 11 hari

2010-12-04T03:03:00.000-08:00

Kalau tengok baby ticker kat sebelah tu, ader lagi 11 hari jer lagi sebelum baby keluar. Kalu yang 1st pregnancy dulu, Hannah was born 1 day before my due date and I was on MC leave 14 days before. (I just told my gynea yg I dah tak larat nak drive pergi keje sesorang because that time, my husband was working at Malacca for 1 year). Memang sgt mencabar!.

Total weight gained masa 1st pregnancy dulu was 15 kg!. But this time..I think it should be less than that because during my previous visit, at 36 weeks, I only gained 10kilos, another 2/3 weeks to go.

If ikut pengalaman, this time pregnancy tak teruk macam dulu. Benarlah kata sesetengah orang, kalau least expected..InshaALLAH, tak ada banyak sangat masalah. I had a very bad nausea and sickness during my 1st pregnancy compared to this one. I can bear with this one. The only one yang mmg sama , I can't brush my teeth until now. Sure muntah punye. If tak makan apa2 pon, mmg akan muntah. The result of that, I have to skip 3 days from fasting during last Ramadhan which I think, it much2 better. During 1st pregnancy, I kena ganti puasa for 15 days!. Heheheheh.

Another thing yang baru teringat is... PANAS. Yer, everytime pregnancy memang terasa panas jer badan and lagi kuat berpeluh. Simptom yang nih sama macam yang lepas. Orang lain sejuk, kita panas. If weekdays, mmg looking fwd utk subuh, so after mandi, solat, siap2 sumer..masuk jer keta tros 'on' air-cond. HAHAHA..Hubby kat sebelah kesejukan. Sorryla, what to do. Tak lama pon, now dah tunggu masa jer bb nak kluar.

Suspen skrang nih menunggu hari. Previous pregnancy, I had to undergone the cesarean section method due to poor progress of dilation. I was in labour for 8 hours but yet, the dilation of the cervix was only 2cm. *SIGH*. Sangat takut ok, bile my gynea ckp.. " kite kena c-sect nih, bb dah berak, takut lemas"... warrghhh!!! time tuh, mmg cuak sangat2. Bayangkan la, I tak pernah kena belah2 nih..even minor surgery pon. At that time, mmg tawakkal jer la. Dalam hati, panjang ke umur aku nih. Macam2 pk. Part paling best, my husband accompanied me until Hannah kluar. I amik half bius jer time tuh, so..memang dgr la doctor2 dlm tuh bergossip. Memang expert la derang, sambil toreh , sambil bergossip. Siap gelak2 lagi. Dah mcm Grey Anatomy dah rasanye. :-). Hasilnya?. Kami memang simpan video from the gynea toreh my belly and Hannah berjaya dikeluarkan. Susah jugak tgk gynea nak kluarkan Hannah, smpi guna forsep kot...rupa2nya, tali pusat dah belit badan die, that's why die tak dpt nak kluar normal. Stress smpi terberak dlm my belly. Poor Hannah. :-(. Tapi Alhamdulillah, sumer ok. Hannah pon tader la kena tahan sebab jaundice ke apa. Cuma, Hannah masa baby boleh dikategorikan sebagai baby yg sensitive and grumpy. Everything need to be perfect!. Susah sgt nak handle die dulu. Kuat nangis and suara die mmg POWER!.. haih...nak cerita perangai Hannah masa kecik2 dulu mmg kena sambung next entry la.

Balik kepada topik asal, now tido dah tak lena. Sebab selalu sakit/lenguh bdn. Kena selalu tukar posisi tidur. Mengiring ke kiri or kanan sahaja. Tapi, masa nak ubah posisi tuh pon, sakit jugak. Kesimpulan nya, tak sabar la nak delivery but in the same time, I pray so hard yang I can submit all ky works before I delivery. Risau jugak nih. Rasa2 nyer, baby's stuffs sumer dah ready. My bags pon dah packed , tinggal grab jer la nanti. Untuk set bersalin, I bought Amway product since I got a good testimoni from my sister. Baca dlm forum pon, Amway ramai yg pakai and feedback yg baik. Actually, apa produk pon ok jer..ikut body masing2 kan...I malas nak pk dah nak guna and beli yang mana. Takut beli mahal2 kang, tak pakai pulak...hehehe.. Breastpump pon dah ready.Manual Avent still in a good condition. Tak sabar nak guna yg baru dibeli. AMEDA tuh...Harap2 nyer better la dari yg manual nih.

Utk readers yg baca entry sy kali nih, doakan sy selamat bersalin yer. Tak sabar nak jupe my bb nih. Harap2 Hannah pon dapat terima adik die nanti. If not, mmg haywire la nak deal ngan dua org anak nih.

Let's move fast and slow

2010-11-27T03:23:00.000-08:00

Let's singing kids!

Now, clap your hand

Story time as usual

Very preliminary work. Mama just glued the flower on my scrap book.

Decorating time!...me is drawing something on the scrap book using glitter pen

Me and my friends. Proud to show our art ( parent's art actually). Heheheh... I hold it upside down. But mama said, my name is still can be spelled as "HANNAH". How cool is that.

Eating time

See? this is my scrap book.

After done the decoration by mama. Heheheh...

My 1st sticker. I opt for princess.

Me and mama

My scrap book. Don't want to smile.

36 weeks

2010-11-24T15:40:00.000-08:00

My baby put on his weight for 600gram within two weeks while mine was same as last visited. Being a quite pressure to complete all tasks before I start my leave made my appetite gone. It's worried me I think. *sigh*

I can say that almost 100% of my baby's stuffs are ready but yet, I did not pack my stuff and put it in the car like I did during my previous pregnancy.Well, let it done this weekend.

Today, it's only left around 23 days from my due date. Let's pray hard for everything! and hope that every planned will be going smooth and safe!

Aidil Adha di Puchong

2010-11-17T18:27:00.000-08:00

Ayom and family arrived around 11++ am at our place. Thank you to your very kind of MIL for yummylicious Chicken Rice. Banyak sgt smpi ari nih pon still tak habis. huhuhuhu..

MakCik and Lil Mu'az. Very cute with baju melayu.

Mu'az ready to transform to normal cloth. T-Shirt berbelang2! muahahahah

Taraaa!!!! focusing playing with Hannah's gym. Kuussssss semangat!

Are waiting for another guest to arrive. Lapo dah masa nih

Hannah with her princess dress, tapi gaya amik gamba kurang sopan.hehehe

Main tutup2 mata pulak. No mood to pose!

Hannah letak ubat atas kepala Mu'az sebab ader kesan gigitan nyamuk!

Hannah dok perati Mu'az main dlm gym die.

Uuu..."use this piso, to bukak this" <--- bi language Hannah.

Sistah-sistah!

"Hannah draw cloudd Pak Looong!!!!"

Acik and Kak Yana posing

Si baju merah and Mak Buyong in da house!

Sesi melahap oleh Abang and Kak Yana. Ayom pulak second round!...

Thanks to all sebab bwk mcm2 food yg best!. Lontong, ayam pencen rendang Melaka and sambal ikan bilis from Kak Yana...Nasik Ayam and rendang ayam pencen Banting from Ayom, Sagu gula melaka made by Achik.

Home made kuah kacang from me. Itu jer yg larat nak buat. The rest mmg tak dpt nak buat, sebab ayam and daging kat pasar tani sumer dah licin!

Lisa! gossip ape tuh? smpi ternganga mulut..hahahahahahah...

Elok la, lepas Lisa nganga mulut, Ayom pulak! Hahahaha...
Aku dok kata orang, sekali tengok! sama gak, melopong! HAHAHAHA..gelak lagi guling2
Sesi bergambar bersama Abang, Kak Yana, Wan, Muaz, Hannah and Ayom. Thank you guys for celebrated the eid with us!. Seronok jupe ...
Hannah and Mak Lang! you guys have a same smile. Mu'az mantain dgn mata yg bulat! cute!
Wan and Co nak balik dahs. Thank you cousins for coming as well. Nanti kami gi Klang ok?. Ummi, good luck SPM.
Yong yang dtg paling last pon join depa balik awal. Haihhh!!! saje la tuh.!. Nanti bisness dah on, bgtau ok?.

34 weeks and 3 days

2010-11-10T15:48:00.000-08:00

Owh, I put on weight for 3 kilos in 2 weeks!. However, after the detailed scan has been done, the baby weighting at 2.2kilo which means, according to my gynea all is norm. She just concerned if only my baby is too big, then I have to control my apetite.

Another story is, as usual.... it's quite difficult to get his best picture since he loves his original position.. "pandang belakang" . Finally, the best moment has been captured!. He is pinching his nose.

ps : Macam perli aku jer...tauler idung kurang mancung. HAHAHAHAHAH

Welcome November

2010-11-07T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hannah's new words :

GOOD die ckp jadik GOODiiii
STRONG die tukar jadik STRONGiii
OPSS jadik OPPSii

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1st story :

Back from hometown this afternoon we drop at R&R Awan Besar for lunch. Makan ayam kampung kat sana. Then, she saw a group of police just finished their lunch and Hannah was yelled at me.. "MAMA!!!! POLICEMEN!!!!!!!"..huhuhu...sib baik, la abang2 polis tu tak dengar sebab derang dah bergerak menuju ke kereta.

2nd story :

This evening , she's felt hungry. Thus, she comes to me and say :
"Mama, Hannah hungry...nak meehoon"
Dah pandai demand nak makan ape. Once cooked, mmg die makan beriya la.

3rd stroy :

She's fart. Yes! everybody buang angin kan... and her dialogue was like this :
"MAMA, HANNAH FART..small,small..."
owh.... 1st time dengar mmg gelak smpi nak pecah perut

4th story :

Ada gambar ayam dlm buku. Then, my mother aka, Hannah's opah...told her.. ini ROASTER..yerla, sebab ayam jantan. Bibik pulak sibuk nak interframe, cakap.. "AYAM JAGUH"..haa,,amik kau!...then, after that...when I looked at that picture, Hannah spontanouesly said to me... "MAMA, this is not chicken...ROASTER"...huhuhuhu

AQIQAH UNTUK ANAK

2010-10-26T07:38:00.000-07:00

Aqiqah pengertian dari segi bahasa ialah rambut dikepala kanak-kanak. Sementara pengertian aqiqah dari segi syara ialah binatang yang disembelih pada hari mencukur rambut bayi. Aqiqah sebagai ibadah yang telah disyariatkan oleh Allah s.w.t. sebagaimana penjelasan Rasulullah s.a.w. dengan sabdanya yang bermaksud: "Setiap anak yang lahir itu terpelihara dengan aqiqahnya yang disembelih untuknya pada hari ketujuh (daripada hari kelahirannya), dicukur dan diberi nama." (Riwayat Abu Dawud, al-Turmuzi dan Ibnu Majah)

Hukum Aqiqah

Hukum aqiqah itu adalah sama dengan ibadah qurban iaitu Sunnat Muakkad kecuali dinazarkan menjadi wajib.

[box title=kambing]Anak lelaki disembelihkan dua ekor kambing (tetapi sah sekiranya seekor) dan perempuan memadai dengan seekor kambing. Diriwayatkan daripada Aisyah, bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w. memerintahkan para sahabat agar menyembelih aqiqah untuk anak lelaki dua ekor kambing yang umurnya sama dan untuk anak perempuan seekor kambing. (Riwayat al-Turmuzi). Daripada Ibnu Abbas r.a. pula menyatakan. bahawa Rasullullah s.a.w. menyembelih aqiqah untuk Hasan dan Husin masing-masing dengan seekor kambing. (Riwayat Abu Dawud)
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Daging Aqiqah

Daging aqiqah digalakkan supaya tidak disedekahkan dalam keadaan mentah, bahkan disunatkan supaya dimasak terlebih dahulu dengan sedikit rasa manis walaupun aqiqah itu aqiqah nazar. Tujuannya ialah untuk bertafa’ul (menaruh harapan baik) terhadap keelokkan perangai dan budi pekerti anak yang diaqiqahkan.Kemudian daging yang telah dimasak itu diberi makan kepada fakir miskin, sama ada dengan dihantar masakan itu ke rumah-rumah mereka atau dijemput mereka itu hadir makan di rumah tempat beraqiqah. Namun yang lebih afdal adalah dihantar masakan tersebut ke rumah-rumah orang fakir miskin.

Sementara itu, sunat bagi orang yang beraqiqah memakan sebahagian kecil daripada daging binatang yang diaqiqahkan, selagi mana aqiqahnya itu bukan aqiqah wajib (aqiqah nazar) atau aqiqah kerana wasiat.Dalam hal memakan, menyedekah dan menghadiahkan daging aqiqah tersebut sama keadaannya dengan korban.

Semasa memotong daging disunatkan supaya jangan dipecah-pecahkan tulang binatang aqiqah itu, bahkan disunatkan supaya mengasingkan tulang-tulang itu mengikut sendi-sendinya. Sebagaimana dalam hadis daripada ‘Aisyah Radhiallahu ‘anha katanya:
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Maksudnya: "Afdal bagi anak lelaki dua ekor kambing yang sama keadaannya dan bagi anak perempuan seekor kambing. Dipotong anggota-anggota (binatang) dan jangan dipecah-pecah tulangnya."
(Hadis riwayat al-Hakim)[/box]

Ini bertujuan untuk bertafa’ul (menaruh harapan baik) terhadap tulang anak itu nanti tidak pecah dan tidak patah sebagaimana tidak pecah dan tidak patahnya tulang-tulang binatang aqiqah itu.

Waktu Aqiqah

Aqiqah itu sunat dilakukan sebaik sahaja anak dilahirkan dan berterusan sehinggalah anak itu baligh. Ini adalah pendapat yang paling rajih. Apabila anak itu sudah baligh, gugurlah hukum sunat itu daripada walinya dan ketika itu hukum sunat berpindah ke atas anak itu sendiri dalam melakukan aqiqah untuk dirinya sendiri.

Walaupun waktu yang disunatkan untuk beraqiqah itu panjang, tetapi yang afdhal hendaklah dilakukan pada hari ketujuh daripada hari kelahirannya. Sebagaimana dalam hadis daripada ‘Aisyah Radhiallahu ‘anha katanya maksudnya :

"Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam mengaqiqahkan Hasan dan Husain pada hari ketujuh, memberikan kedua-duanya nama dan Baginda menyuruh supaya menghilangkan daripada keduanya kesakitan kepala (mencukur rambut kepala)."
(Hadis riwayat al-Hakim)

Termasuk dalam kiraan tujuh hari itu, hari anak itu dilahirkan. Jika anak itu dilahirkan pada waktu siang sebelum terbenam matahari, maka hari itu dikira satu hari. Sebaliknya jika dia dilahirkan pada waktu malam, maka malam dia dilahirkan itu tidak dikira sebagai satu hari, bahkan kiraan tujuh hari itu bermula daripada hari selepasnya (siang berikutnya).Waktu yang afdhal untuk menyembelih binatang aqiqah itu ialah setelah terbit matahari.

Melakukan Aqiqah Sebelum Kelahiran

Sebagaimana penjelasan di atas, jika penyembelihan aqiqah itu dilakukan selepas hari ketujuh ataupun sebelum hari ketujuh selepas kelahiran adalah memadai aqiqah tersebut. Ini kerana adanya sebab yang mensyariatkan ibadat aqiqah tersebut iaitu kelahiran anak. Akan tetapi jika aqiqah itu dilakukan sebelum kelahiran anak, maka tidak memadai aqiqahnya itu melainkan ianya hanya dikira sebagai binatang sembelihan biasa sahaja.

Syarat Sah Aqiqah

Syarat sah aqiqah ialah:

* Berniat aqiqah ketika menyembelih.
* Binatang ternakan berkaki empat iaitu kambing, biri-biri, kibas, lembu, kerbau dan unta.
* Memenuhi syarat-syarat sembelihan.
* Tidak terdapat kecacatan pada binatang tersebut
* Disembelih pada waktunya iaitu hari ketujuh selepas kelahiran @ bila-bila masa sebelum anak tersebut baligh
* Binatang yang hendak disembelih sudah cukup umur.

Binatang yang sudah cukup umur untuk dijadikan Qurban adalah seperti berikut:

Binatang Umur

Biri-biri 1 tahun atau lebih

Kambing 2 tahun atau lebih

Lembu/kerbau 2 tahun atau lebih

Unta 5 tahun atau lebih

Sunat-sunat Aqiqah ialah:

* Dilakukan pada hari ke tujuh kelahiran
* Menyembelih ketika matahari sedang naik (pagi)
* Mencukur rambut bayi selepas penyembelihan
* Memberi nama yang baik kepada bayi
* Berdoa ketika hendak menyembelih
* Daging dimasak manis.
* Tidak mematahkan sendi tulang binatang tersebut ketika dimasak.
* Daging aqiqah disunatkan buat jamuan atau kenduri

Hikmah Aqiqah

* Tanda kesyukuran diberikan kekuatan oleh Allah s.w.t. untuk menjalankan syariat Islam dan dianugerahkan anak
* Menggalakkan amalan sedekah.
* melepaskan penghalang pada bayi dalam memberi syafaat kepada orang tua mereka
* Sebagai mengikuti sunnah Rasulullah.
* Mengukuhkan semangat persaudaraan dalam masyarakat.
* Membuang sifat kedekut, bakhil dan tamak dalam diri.
* Memulakan kehidupan seorang bayi dengan amalan yang baik
* membiasakan berkorban bagi orang tua

I am thinking

2010-10-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

to make my blog as a private's blog. You can drop your email if you want to keep following my blog.

I can move - part 2

2010-10-23T06:21:00.000-07:00

All praises to ALLAH because today, I can go to the school with my mama and met my lovely teacher and friends. Having this kind of activity on every weekend was sooo enjoyable moment for me as a toddler.

Today's lesson was about "I can move". And the most activity that I can't forgot was "art and craft" lesson. It's all about painting!!!!.
It's kind a funny thing, when Initially, my teacher asked me to use a string for the painting purposes..however, I feel so overwhelmed. I used my 10 fingers to do the painting!. My mama was shocked actually but she's tried to hide her feeling by acting like usual and the best part was...mama don't get angry at me. She support and entertained me instead!..thank you mama for being so kind towards me..I love you from the bottom of my heart!...now, let's enjoy the picture ok?.

Good morning's song. Umar? mcm nak bersilat jer?Story time!...Show me your hands!!! Head and shoulder's song. Hannah is showing her head!Eyes and noseAnd,,,knees Painting time!...Teacher Effa introduced 4 colors to us Ok, let's start!This is my preliminary outlook And..it cont...Rifki's mama is trying to help him Well, it's soooo slow to complete the art using the string, Let's us fingers ok?Ahah!...look at my fingers! sooo colorfulSee my face?... I was soo happy and enjoyed after completed my task Final outlook of my art!..that's why we called art dear. Because art didn't have to be a special shape and form. Am I right?Eating time. Biskut bantal ( ikut papa die nyer term)My lovely sister..always be my side. Kak Nabila!As usual, before we adjourned. Teacher Effa will give us a sticker. I opt Upin to be put on my hand.

I can move - part 1

2010-10-23T06:07:00.000-07:00

Today's lesson is about "I can move". I'd enjoyed singing and dancing with my lovely teacher. Let's watch my show....

Room's sign

2010-10-19T00:03:00.000-07:00

Made this myself since we're going to move to different office early next month. A proper and nice sign to be glued on the door of mother's room.

My big boss said that he will allocate one special room for nursing mommies to ease their job. But yet, the room that he proposed was a smoking room which obviously...ehem, being considered by our Mr administrative since he is a smoker. We're still hoping that, he did what our boss said...
" Give them a smoking room, because the utility room is soooo small".

He also agreed to sponsor a carpet and he asked us to find other utilities such as FRIDGE and let him know, what model, what type and he will find the solution how to get one for us.

However, I have a not good feeling since, our new place already accommodate a few places of "mother's room" at several level. And I am afraid that, mr administrative will give that reason for nursing mommies to use that room instead.

Personally, I think that, in order for them to provide a new "mother's room" at our level is quite difficult since the process will need other people's approval. Too many things to consider, i.e..need to install a few plugs, because smoking room don't have any. The fridge is also one thing. Because of that, I don't want to put so much hope on this matter.

Anyway, let just give a chance. Perhaps, I need to see my boss to clarify on this matter.

ps : The poster and leaflet on breastfeeding campaign was already on my table. I just wait the perfect time to put it on our pantry and distribute the leaflet.Weeeeeee!!!!!

Milk banana dates shake

2010-10-18T06:12:00.000-07:00

Main ingredient : I am prefer low fat milk instead of full milk. Never tried Marigold Vanilla milk. I think, the taste will be different.

A few dates. It depends on you, if you like to eat date, by all means..put as much as you want.

1 pc of banana. I'm prefer Pisang Berangan. Do not put too much of the banana, as the result, your drink will become too thick and it's like to eat "cekodok pisang" yang belum dimasak.

METHOD :

Put all in the food mixer and press the juice mode. Wait until 2-3 minutes, and it done!.

See the result? . For better taste, you can try to put 1/2 scoop of vanilla ice-cream. Dates, banana and milk are nutritious food especially for expecting and nursing mommy. Good Luck!

perkara Allah sembunyikan

2010-10-16T20:22:00.000-07:00

Allah SWT selesai menciptakan Jibrail AS dengan bentuk yang cantik,danAllah menciptakan pula baginya 600 sayap yang panjang , sayap itu antara timur dan barat (ada pendapat lain menyatakan (124, 000 sayap). Setelah itu Jibrail AS memandang dirinya sendiri dan berkata:

"Wahai Tuhanku, adakah engkau menciptakan makhluk yang lebih baik daripada
aku?." Lalu Allah swt berfirman yang bermaksud.. "Tidak"
Kemudian Jibrail as berdiri serta solat dua rakaat kerana syukur kepada Allah swt. dan tiap-tiap rakaat itu lamanya 20,000 tahun. Setelah selesai Jibrail as solat, maka Allah SWT berfirman yang bermaksud.

"Wahai Jibrail, kamu telah menyembah aku dengan ibadah yang bersungguh-sungguh, dan tidak ada seorang pun yang menyembah kepadaku seperti ibadat kamu, akan tetapi di akhir zaman nanti akan datang seorang nabi yang mulia yang paling aku cintai, namanya Muhammad.' Dia mempunyai umat yang lemah dan sentiasa berdosa,sekiranya mereka itu mengerjakan solat dua rakaat yang hanya sebentar sahaja,dan mereka dalam keadaan lupa serta serba kurang, fikiran mereka melayang bermacam-macam dan dosa mereka pun besar juga. Maka demi kemuliaannKu dan ketinggianKu, sesungguhnya solat mereka itu aku lebih sukai dari solat mu itu. Kerana mereka mengerjakan solat atas perintahKu, sedangkan kamu mengerjakan solat bukan atas perintahKu."

Kemudian Jibrail as berkata: "Ya Tuhanku, apakah yang Engkau hadiahkan kepada mereka sebagai imbalan ibadat mereka?" Lalu Allah berfirman yang bermaksud. "Ya Jibrail, akan Akuberikan syurga Ma'waa sebagai tempat tinggal"

Kemudian Jibrail AS meminta izin kepada Allah untuk melihat syura Ma'waa. Setelah Jibrail AS mendapat izin dari Allah SWT maka pergilah Jibrail AS dengan mengembangkan sayapnya dan terbang, setiap dia mengembangkan dua sayapnya dia boleh menempuh jarak perjalanan 3000 tahun, terbangla malaikat jibrail as selama 300 tahun sehingga ia merasa letih dan lemah dan akhirnya dia turun singgah berteduh di bawah bayangan sebuah pohon dan dia sujud kepada Allah SWT lalu ia berkata dalam sujud :

"Ya Tuhanku apakah sudah aku menempuh jarak perjalanan setengahnya,atau
sepertiganya, atau seperempatnya?" Kemudian Allah SWT berfirman yang bermaksud. "Wahai Jibrail,kalau kamu dapat terbang selama 3000 tahun dan meskipun aku memberikan kekuatan kepadamu seperti kekuatan yang engkau miliki, lalu kamu terbang seperti yang telah kamu lakukan, nescaya kamu tidak akan sampai kepada sepersepuluh dari beberapa perpuluhan yang telah kuberikan kepada umat
Muhammad terhadap imbalan solat dua rakaat yang mereka kerjakan....."

Marilah sama2 kita fikirkan dan berusaha lakukan...Sesungguhnya Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan enam perkara iaitu :

* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan redha-Nya dalam taat.
* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan murka-Nya di dalam maksiat.
* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan nama-Nya yang Maha Agung di dalamAl-Quran.
* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan Lailatul Qadar di dalam bulan Ramadhan.
* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan solat yang paling utama di dalam solat (yang lima waktu).
* Allah S.W.T telah menyembunyikan (tarikh terjadinya) hari kiamat di dalam semua hari.

Semoga kita mendapat berkat daripada ilmu ini. Wallahualam

Hikmah menyusukan bayi

2010-10-16T20:20:00.000-07:00

KEHAMILAN merupakan antara tempoh paling sensitif dan kritikal bagi golongan wanita terutama yang bakal melahirkan anak pertama.

Ketika ini wanita hamil dihantui pelbagai perasaan tidak yakin, bimbang dan ragu-ragu tentang keselamatan bayi dalam kandungannya.

Soalan-soalan seperti “Adakah tubuh saya terlalu kecil untuk menampung anak” atau “adakah tubuh saya mampu membekalkan nutrien mencukupi untuk bayi”, adalah antara yang mengusik naluri bakal ibu.

Ia menjadi masalah apabila persoalan tersebut mendorong mereka mencuba segala jenis makanan tambahan, susu formula, vitamin dan jamu di samping pelbagai ramuan tradisional sama ada ubat-ubatan herba mahupun jamu.

Ketua Perunding Unit Uroginekologi, Jabatan Obstetrik dan Ginekologi Fakulti Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Prof. Dr. Seri Suniza Sufian berkata, lebih mengelirukan apabila mereka terpaksa mematuhi pula berbagai-bagai pantang larang setelah selamat melahirkan anak.

“Salah satu contoh, wanita selepas bersalin sepatutnya minum banyak air untuk menggantikan cecair yang hilang dalam badan.

“Tetapi sesetengah masyarakat Melayu percaya, selepas melahirkan anak wanita tidak boleh minum air kerana takut ‘kembang’ atau vagina tidak segar dan longgar,’’ katanya.

Dr. Seri Suniza menjelaskan juga bahawa pengambilan makanan tambahan, suplemen dan jamu tidak semestinya bagus untuk kesan jangka panjang bagi ibu mahupun bayi yang dikandungnya.

Menurutnya, ibu hamil hanya perlu tambahan 10 peratus daripada zat nutrien diperlukan manakala ibu yang mengamalkan diet normal (seimbang) pula tidak perlu mengambil suplemen atau makanan tambahan setiap hari.

Ini kerana, suplemen banyak mengandungi multi-vitamin yang boleh menambahkan lagi berat badan.

Yang penting, kata beliau lagi, adalah menambahkan zat besi atau ferum dalam diet seharian agar tubuh badan sentiasa segar dan sihat sepanjang kehamilan.

Salah satu cara untuk mengekalkan kesihatan tubuh dan mengembalikan bentuk badan asal selepas bersalin serta turut diamalkan oleh pelakon Hollywood terkenal, Catherine Zeta Jones, adalah menyusukan bayi.

“Mengikut kajian, ibu yang menyusu sekurang-kurangnya enam bulan pertama selepas kelahiran akan lebih langsing berbanding ibu-ibu yang tidak memberi susu badan kepada bayi mereka.

“Namun jika ibu menyusu itu masih kekal dengan berat badan sewaktu hamil adalah disebabkan mengambil suplemen berlebihan kerana ibu terlalu bimbang dan kurang yakin lalu makan lebih daripada sepatutnya,’’ ujarnya lagi.

Dr. Seri Suniza memberitahu, manfaat penyusuan di kalangan ibu tidak terbatas lebih-lebih lagi dalam membantu mengurangkan risiko pendarahan selepas bersalin yang merupakan penyebab kematian materniti utama di dunia.

Jelas beliau, ia mengurangkan risiko anemia yang disebabkan oleh kehilangan darah selepas tempoh dua jam pertama bersalin.

Di samping itu, proses penyusuan juga terbukti 98 hingga 99 peratus berkesan mencegah kehamilan pada tempoh enam bulan pertama selepas kehamilan jika ibu menyusukan bayi secara eksklusif sepanjang tempoh itu.

Ia juga dapat mengurangkan risiko kanser payu dara, ovari dan endometrial yang dipengaruhi ketidakstabilan hormon estrogen serta mengawal kolesterol.

Justeru, golongan ibu seharusnya tidak berhenti menyusu sewaktu awal usia bayi kerana banyak manfaatnya kepada kedua-dua mereka.

Bagi ibu bekerja pula, alasan sibuk kini tidak lagi relevan kerana terdapat banyak kemudahan dan kelonggaran khusus untuk mereka demi menggalakkan amalan menyusu.

Lebih-lebih lagi pemakanan yang diterima oleh bayi pada enam bulan pertama akan mempengaruhi kesihatannya sepanjang hayat. Ibu merupakan sumber khasiat bayi yang utama, oleh itu adalah penting untuk ibu meneruskan diet yang tinggi nutrien melalui pemakanan secara sihat.

I can taste - part 2

2010-10-16T19:22:00.000-07:00

Okay, my mommy said that I've improved a bit. Why? because, during my previous class I was sooo shy and I just sit down on mommy's lap. But yesterday, I can join teacher Effa singing, said something to teacher Effa as well.

Oh!! Before I forgot, I have something to tell to all readers, especially my aunties, Mak Cik, Mak Lang, Pak Lang, Pak Long and Cik Nie. Don't be jealous ok? because I got a NEW T-SHIRT!..... It's wrote "ALIM's Kids" printed on the t-shirt. Everybody got one and all of them are very happy.This is me wearing pink t-shirtWhile this one, after transformed. Green T-shirt already.Although the size is the smallest one, but it's still big for me. Hehehe

For yesterday's lesson. We have learned about our tongue. It's all about "I can taste". Teacher Effa showed her flashing cards mostly on foods. I'd still remember when she asked me whether I like to eat vegetables or not and I said 'no' to her and everybody in the class laughed at me. Mommy said, I was sooo sincere answered her. Well, that's was true enough! hehehehe..

Next, Teacher Effa showed us " chocolate bar" and I answered it correctly!...when she asked me the same question as above, I said "yes" for this one. Chocolate is good taste you know. I love it very much. But, mommy told me that I can't eat too much of chocolate or else, caterpillars will bite my teeth. Scary you know..

Who like to eat chocolate????

Caterpillars coughing. And 'C' is for caterpillars.

Next lesson, we learned about letters. We learned from 'A' to 'F'. Teacher Effa was very creative since she can sing also while taught us about letters.

When we finished about letters, we had a singing lesson. Our songs was :
1) La Illahaillallah
2) Head and shoulder
3) Incy wincy spider
4) Chicken dance
5) Little Indian
6) Hands and feet

Me and teacher Effa singing together in front of the class.

My two other classmates, Rifki and Haikal also dancing with help from their mommies
Teacher Effa and her 'surprise' bag. Hurmm...can't wait to see what inside the bag.

Then, as promised...Teacher Effa gave us blocks and she asked us to share and play together. I love to play with blocks.

I made this!Mr Haikal is focusing build his tower

The class was finished around 12.40pm and before that, each of us got sticker from Teacher Effa. Thank you so much teacher!!!!!

I can taste - part 1

2010-10-15T23:46:00.000-07:00

Hi everyoneeeeeeee!!!!!

I was soooo happy and excited today because finally, Saturday is coming and it's my school day!. Today, my class started on 11.30 am and the subject today was " I can taste". But before that, let's enjoy the show 1st. This is the routine for us in ALIM kids playgroup activity. A nasyid by kids, title..LA ILAHAILLALLAH....

ps : Sorry sebab camera goyang2..coz my mom pun join sekali...hehehe

Tartlest anyone?

2010-10-15T06:15:00.000-07:00

These tartlets was ordered from my colleagues during previous Ramadhan. Thank you guys for your support.

At this moment, I have to rest until I have an ample time to do it again.

I sold it at RM0.30 per piece. Minimum order is 25 pcs.

Breastfeeding Myths part 2

2010-10-14T17:48:00.001-07:00

1. A breastfeeding mother has to be obsessive about what she eats.
Not true! A breastfeeding mother should try to eat a balanced diet, but neither needs to eat any special foods nor avoid certain foods. A breastfeeding mother does not need to drink milk in order to make milk. A breastfeeding mother does not need to avoid spicy foods, garlic, cabbage or alcohol. ( is it?.. I think depends la kot kan...takkan nak bantai sumer pulak..kena try and error) A breastfeeding mother should eat a normal healthful diet. Although there are situations when something the mother eats may affect the baby, this is unusual. Most commonly, "colic", "gassiness" and crying can be improved by changing breastfeeding techniques, rather than changing the mother's diet.

2. A breastfeeding mother has to eat more in order to make enough milk.

Not true! Women on even very low calorie diets usually make enough milk, at least until the mother's calorie intake becomes critically low for a prolonged period of time. Generally, the baby will get what he needs. Some women worry that if they eat poorly for a few days this also will affect their milk. There is no need for concern. Such variations will not affect milk supply or quality. It is commonly said that women need to eat 500 extra calories a day in order to breastfeed. This is not true. Some women do eat more when they breastfeed, but others do not, and some even eat less, without any harm done to the mother or baby or the milk supply. The mother should eat a balanced diet dictated by her appetite. Rules about eating just make breastfeeding unnecessarily complicated.

3. A breastfeeding mother has to drink lots of fluids.
Not true! The mother should drink according to her thirst. Some mothers feel they are thirsty all the time, but many others do not drink more than usual. The mother's body knows if she needs more fluids, and tells her by making her feel thirsty. Do not believe that you have to drink at least a certain number of glasses a day. Rules about drinking just make breastfeeding unnecessarily complicated.

4. A mother who smokes is better not to breastfeed.-As a muslim, I object this. Don't smoke ok, coz ader fatwa yg jatuhkan hukum merokok adalah HARAM.
Not true! A mother who cannot stop smoking should breastfeed. Breastfeeding has been shown to decrease the negative effects of cigarette smoke on the baby's lungs, for example. Breastfeeding confers great health benefits on both mother and baby. It would be better if the mother not smoke, but if she cannot stop or cut down, then it is better she smoke and breastfeed than smoke and formula feed.

5. A mother should not drink alcohol while breastfeeding.- Same as above. But this one, already clear crystal that, muslim can't drink / take alcohol. PULL STOP!
Not true! Reasonable alcohol intake should not be discouraged at all. As is the case with most drugs, very little alcohol comes out in the milk. The mother can take some alcohol and continue breastfeeding as she normally does. Prohibiting alcohol is another way we make life unnecessarily restrictive for nursing mothers.

6. A mother who bleeds from her nipples should not breastfeed.
Not true! Though blood makes the baby spit up more, and the blood may even show up in his bowel movements, this is not a reason to stop breastfeeding the baby. Nipples that are painful and bleeding are not worse than nipples that are painful and not bleeding. It is the pain the mother is having that is the problem. This nipple pain can often be helped considerably. Get help. Sometimes mothers have bleeding from the nipples that is obviously coming from inside the breast and is not usually associated with pain. This often occurs in the first few days after birth and settles within a few days. The mother should breastfeed! If bleeding does not stop soon, the source of the problem needs to be investigated, but the mother should keep breastfeeding.

7. A woman who has had breast augmentation surgery cannot breastfeed.
Not true! Most do very well. There is no evidence that breastfeeding with silicone implants is harmful to the baby. Occasionally this operation is done through the areola. These women do have problems with milk supply, as does any woman who has an incision around the areolar line.

8. A woman who has had breast reduction surgery cannot breastfeed.
Not true! Breast reduction surgery does decrease the mother's capacity to produce milk, but since many mothers produce more than enough milk, mothers who have had breast reduction surgery sometimes manage very well to breastfeed exclusively. In such a situation, the establishment of breastfeeding should be done with special care to the principles mentioned in the handout #1 Breastfeeding—Starting Out Right. However, if the mother seems not to produce enough, she can still breastfeed, supplementing with a lactation aid (so that artificial nipples do not interfere with breastfeeding).

9. Premature babies need to learn to take bottles before they can start breastfeeding.
Not true! Premature babies are less stressed by breastfeeding than by bottle feeding. A baby as small as 1200 grams and even smaller can start at the breast as soon as he is stable, though he may not latch on for several weeks. Still, he is learning and he is being held which is important for his wellbeing and his mother's. Actually, weight or gestational age do not matter as much as the baby's readiness to suck, as determined by his making sucking movements. There is no more reason to give bottles to premature babies than to full term babies. When supplementation is truly required there are ways to supplement without using artificial nipples.

10. Babies with cleft lip and/or palate cannot breastfeed.
Not true! Some do very well. Babies with a cleft lip only usually manage fine. But many babies do indeed find it impossible to latch on. There is no doubt, however, that if breastfeeding is not tried, it will not work. The baby's ability to breastfeed does not always seem to depend on the severity of the cleft. Breastfeeding should be started, as much as possible, using the principles of proper establishment of breastfeeding. If bottles are given, they will undermine the baby's ability to breastfeed. If the baby needs to be fed, but is not latching on, a cup can and should be used in preference to a bottle. Finger feeding occasionally is successful in babies with cleft lip/palate, but not usually.

11. Women with small breasts produce less milk than those with large breasts. - 100% agreed!
Nonsense!

12. Breastfeeding does not provide any protection against becoming pregnant.
Not true! It is not a foolproof method, but no method is. In fact breastfeeding is not a bad method of child spacing, and gives reliable protection especially during the first 6 months after birth. But it is reliable only when breastfeeding is exclusive, when feedings are fairly frequent (at least 6-8 times in 24 hours), there are no long periods during which the baby does not feed, and the mother has not yet had a normal menstrual period after giving birth. After the first six months, the protection is less, but still present, and on average women breastfeeding into the second year of life will have a baby every 2 to 3 years even without any artificial method of contraception.

13. Breastfeeding women cannot take the birth control pill.
Not true! The question is not exposure to female hormones, to which the baby is exposed anyway through breastfeeding. The baby gets only a tiny bit more from the pill. However, some women who take the pill, even the mini-pill, find that their milk supply decreases. Œstrogen in the pill decrease the milk supply. Because so many women produce more than enough, this often does not matter, but sometimes it does and the baby becomes fussy and is not satisfied by nursing. Babies respond to rate of flow of milk, not what's "in the breast", so that even a very good milk supply may seem to cause the baby who is used to faster flow to be fussy. Stopping the pill often brings things back to normal. If possible, women who are breastfeeding should avoid the pill until the baby is taking other foods (usually 4-6 months of age). Even if the baby is older, the milk supply may decrease significantly. If the pill must be used, it is preferable to use the progestin only pill (without œstrogen).

14. Breastfeeding babies need other types of milk after 6 months.
Not true! Breastmilk gives the baby everything there is in other milks and more. Babies older than 6 months should be started on solids mainly so that they learn how to eat and so that they begin to get another source of iron, which by 7-9 months, is not supplied in sufficient quantities from breastmilk alone. Thus cow's milk or formula will not be necessary as long as the baby is breastfeeding. However, if the mother wishes to give milk after 6 months, there is no reason that the baby cannot get cow's milk, as long as the baby is still breastfeeding a few times a day, and is also getting a wide variety of solid foods in more than minimal amounts. Most babies older than 6 months who have never had formula will not accept it, because of the taste.

Breasfeeding Myths - Part 1

2010-10-14T17:46:00.000-07:00

1. Many women do not produce enough milk.

Not true! The vast majority of women produce more than enough milk. Indeed, an overabundance of milk is common. Most babies that gain too slowly, or lose weight, do so not because the mother does not have enough milk, but because the baby does not get the milk that the mother has. The usual reason that the baby does not get the milk that is available is that he is poorly latched onto the breast. This is why it is so important that the mother be shown, on the first day, how to latch a baby on properly, by someone who knows what they are doing.

2. It is normal for breastfeeding to hurt. - but for me, I had an experience on nipple sore while I was breastfed Hannah. Perhaps, I don't really master with the latch on technique during that time.
Not true! Though some tenderness during the first few days is relatively common, this should be a temporary situation which lasts only a few days and should never be so bad that the mother dreads nursing. Any pain that is more than mild is abnormal and is almost always due to the baby latching on poorly. Any nipple pain that is not getting better by day 3 or 4 or lasts beyond 5 or 6 days should not be ignored. A new onset of pain when things have been going well for a while may be due to a yeast infection of the nipples. Limiting feeding time does not prevent soreness. (See handout #3 Sore Nipples).

3. There is no (not enough) milk during the first 3 or 4 days after birth.- The same situation was happened to me as well. Due to the pain that I feel after c-sect, I can't breastfeed properly and as for Hannah she will felt asleep once I tried to breastfeed her ( In fact, baru jer letak mulut kat nipple, tros ke lala land). Thus, not much stimulation happened. Finally, after I expressed my milk using AVENT manual pump, the yellowish liquid was came out on the 3rd day. I feel so happy and can't describe my feeling at that moment. It's like..a VICTORY you know..hehehehe...Yet, Hannah is still learning how to latch-on correctly. It really need patience and consistency in order to achieve what we want. Trust me, breastfeeding is not an easy job!. The success will only come with a lot of practice.
Not true! It often seems like that because the baby is not latched on properly and therefore is unable to get the milk. Once the mother's milk is abundant, a baby can latch on poorly and still may get plenty of milk. However, during the first few days, the baby who is latched on poorly cannot get milk. This accounts for "but he's been on the breast for 2 hours and is still hungry when I take him off". By not latching on well, the baby is unable to get the mother's first milk, called colostrum. Anyone who suggests you pump your milk to know how much colostrum there is, does not understand breastfeeding, and should be politely ignored.

4. A baby should be on the breast 20 (10, 15, 7.6) minutes on each side.

Not true! However, a distinction needs to be made between "being on the breast" and "breastfeeding". If a baby is actually drinking for most of 15-20 minutes on the first side, he may not want to take the second side at all. If he drinks only a minute on the first side, and then nibbles or sleeps, and does the same on the other, no amount of time will be enough. The baby will breastfeed better and longer if he is latched on properly. He can also be helped to breastfeed longer if the mother compresses the breast to keep the flow of milk going, once he no longer swallows on his own (Handout #15 Breast Compression). Thus it is obvious that the rule of thumb that "the baby gets 90% of the milk in the breast in the first 10 minutes" is equally hopelessly wrong.

5. A breastfeeding baby needs extra water in hot weather.
Not true! Breastmilk contains all the water a baby needs.

6. Breastfeeding babies need extra vitamin D.
Not true! Except in extraordinary circumstances (for example, if the mother herself was vitamin D deficient during the pregnancy). The baby stores vitamin D during the pregnancy, and a little outside exposure, on a regular basis, gives the baby all the vitamin D he needs.

7. A mother should wash her nipples each time before feeding the baby.

Not true! Formula feeding requires careful attention to cleanliness because formula not only does not protect the baby against infection, but also is actually a good breeding ground for bacteria and can also be easily contaminated. On the other hand, breastmilk protects the baby against infection. Washing nipples before each feeding makes breastfeeding unnecessarily complicated and washes away protective oils from the nipple.

8. Pumping is a good way of knowing how much milk the mother has.
Not true! How much milk can be pumped depends on many factors, including the mother's stress level. The baby who nurses well can get much more milk than his mother can pump. Pumping only tells you have much you can pump.

9. Breastmilk does not contain enough iron for the baby's needs.
Not true! Breastmilk contains just enough iron for the baby's needs. If the baby is full term he will get enough iron from breastmilk to last him at least the first 6 months. Formulas contain too much iron, but this quantity may be necessary to ensure the baby absorbs enough to prevent iron deficiency. The iron in formula is poorly absorbed, and most of it, the baby poops out. Generally, there is no need to add other foods to breastmilk before about 6 months of age.

10. It is easier to bottle feed than to breastfeed.
Not true! Or, this should not be true. However, breastfeeding is made difficult because women often do not receive the help they should to get started properly. A poor start can indeed make breastfeeding difficult. But a poor start can also be overcome. Breastfeeding is often more difficult at first, due to a poor start, but usually becomes easier later.

11. Breastfeeding ties the mother down.
Not true! But it depends how you look at it. A baby can be nursed anywhere, anytime, and thus breastfeeding is liberating for the mother. No need to drag around bottles or formula. No need to worry about where to warm up the milk. No need to worry about sterility. No need to worry about how your baby is, because he is with you.

12. There is no way to know how much breastmilk the baby is getting.
Not true! There is no easy way to measure how much the baby is getting, but this does not mean that you cannot know if the baby is getting enough. The best way to know is that the baby actually drinks at the breast for several minutes at each feeding (open—pause—close type of suck). Other ways also help show that the baby is getting plenty (Handout #4 Is my Baby getting enough milk?).

13. Modern formulas are almost the same as breastmilk.
Not true! The same claim was made in 1900 and before. Modern formulas are only superficially similar to breastmilk. Every correction of a deficiency in formulas is advertised as an advance. Fundamentally they are inexact copies based on outdated and incomplete knowledge of what breastmilk is. Formulas contain no antibodies, no living cells, no enzymes, no hormones. They contain much more aluminum, manganese, cadmium and iron than breastmilk. They contain significantly more protein than breastmilk. The proteins and fats are fundamentally different from those in breastmilk. Formulas do not vary from the beginning of the feed to the end of the feed, or from day 1 to day 7 to day 30, or from woman to woman, or from baby to baby... Your breastmilk is made as required to suit your baby. Formulas are made to suit every baby, and thus no baby. Formulas succeed only at making babies grow well, usually, but there is more to breastfeeding than getting the baby to grow quickly.

14. If the mother has an infection she should stop breastfeeding.
Not true! With very, very few exceptions, the baby will be protected by the mother's continuing to breastfeed. By the time the mother has fever (or cough, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, etc) she has already given the baby the infection, since she has been infectious for several days before she even knew she was sick. The baby's best protection against getting the infection is for the mother to continue breastfeeding. If the baby does get sick, he will be less sick if the mother continues breastfeeding. Besides, maybe it was the baby who gave the infection to the mother, but the baby did not show signs of illness because he was breastfeeding. Also, breast infections, including breast abscess, though painful, are not reasons to stop breastfeeding. Indeed, the infection is likely to settle more quickly if the mother continues breastfeeding on the affected side. (Handout #9 You can still breastfeed).

15. If the baby has diarrhea or vomiting, the mother should stop breastfeeding.
Not true! The best medicine for a baby's gut infection is breastfeeding. Stop other foods for a short time, but continue breastfeeding. Breastmilk is the only fluid your baby requires when he has diarrhea and/or vomiting, except under exceptional circumstances. The push to use "oral rehydrating solutions" is mainly a push by the formula (and oral rehydrating solutions)manufacturers to make even more money. The baby is comforted by the breastfeeding, and the mother is comforted by the baby's breastfeeding. (Handout #9 You can still breastfeed).

16. If the mother is taking medicine she should not breastfeed.
Not true! There are very very few medicines that a mother cannot take safely while breastfeeding. A very small amount of most medicines appears in the milk, but usually in such small quantities that there is no concern. If a medicine is truly of concern, there are usually equally effective, alternative medicines which are safe. The loss of benefit of breastfeeding for both the mother and the baby must be taken into account when weighing if breastfeeding should be continued (Handout #9 You can still breastfeed).

Lilitan Benang Hitam pada budak

2010-10-14T04:44:00.000-07:00

Personally, I think not all of us are aware about this. One of my closed friend shared her sad story on how she being insisted by someone to put this 'benang' at her 3 month old son.

Hence, I would like to share this info to everybody. Hopefully, it will be helpful and the most important is, we're NOT in the SYIRIK category. Nau'zubillah......

Adakah Lilitan Benang Hitam pada budak adalah amalan syirik?

MENJADI kebiasaan atau kelaziman di kmpung saya, apabila terdapat kanak- kanak menghadapi masalah kesihatan khususnya yang kerap menangis lebih daripada biasa, dibawa kepada perawat, lalu tangannya diikat dengan benang hitam atau benang berwarna lain, dengan pelbagai warna sebagai ikhtiar untuk perlindungan daripada pelbagai gangguan. Apakah rawatan dan amalan seperti ini diharuskan oleh syarak?

SHAMSIAH ABU BAKAR
Jerantut

Jawapan

Saya sendiri pernah melihat perbuatan seperti itu dan sudah banyak kali kanak-kanak yang pada tangannya dipakaikan benang dibawa kepada saya untuk dirawat, Saya dengan bahasa yang penuh diplomasi meminta supaya benang hitam atau sebagainya termasuk tangkal, hendaklah dibuang dahulu sebelum saya mengikhtiarkan rawatan.

Amalan dan kelaziman yang disebut dalam soalan tadi, sebenarnya berten tangan dengan ajaran Islam. Banyak hadis yang memberi penjelasan, antaranya hadis yang bermaksud: “Uqbah Ibnu ‘Amir berkata, ‘Saya pernah mendengar Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda yang bermaksud, barang siapa yang meng gantung tangkal (Damimah) maka Allah SWT tidak akan menyempurnakan hajat nya dan barang siapa yang menggantung objek seperti kulit siput (Wada’ah), maka Allah tidak akan menenteramkannya.’”

Jelas daripada hadis ini Nabi s.a.w. melarang sebarang penggunaan tangkal. Tangkal dirujuk kepada benang, tali atau apa sahaja yang dipakai pada badan, untuk tujuan mendapat faedah yang diharamkan kepada orang yang memakainya.

Dalam hadis lain (mahfumnya ): Rasulullah s.a.w. telah lihat ada satu lilitan seperti gelang (halaqah) yang dipakai di tangan seorang lelaki, lalu baginda bertanya lelaki itu, ‘Apakah yang kamu pakai ini? “Lelaki itu menjawab, “Aku jadikannya sebagai pendinding atau pengadang diriku daripada sebarang kelemahan.”

“Lalu baginda bersabda kepadanya, ‘Sesungguhnya benda-benda seperti ini, tidak akan menambahkan kepada mu melainkan kelemahan jua, buanglah ia kerana sesungguhnya, sekiranya kamu mati dalam keadaan memakai benda seperti ini, kamu akan diserahkan kepada benda itu.” (Hadis riwayat ‘Imran bin Hussain dan Imam Ahmad Ibni Hambal).

Dalam hadis lain (mafhumnya): “Dan Abu Bashir al-Ansari meriwayatkan, pada suatu ketika beliau telah bersama dengan Rasulullah s.a.w. dalam satu perjalanan dengan menunggang unta, maka baginda melihat ada unta-unta yang dipakaikan tangkal kepada unta tersebut.

“Lalu baginda memerintahkan kepada kami, agar apa sahaja rantai, kalungan (qilaadah) yang terdapat pada mana-mana unta hendaklah dipotong dan dibuang.” (Hadis riwayat aI-Bukhari dan Muslim).

Sebab utama mengapa Nabi s.a.w. memerintah dilakukan demikian, sebab utamanya seperti yang disebut oleh Imam Ibnu Jauzi iaitu, orang-orang Arab mem percayai bahawa dengan memakai tangkal pada unta, akan selamat daripada gangguan. Kepercayaan sedemikian boleh membawa kepada syirik, samalah dengan persoalan yang dikemukakan tadi.

Ingatlah bahawa dengan mengikat benang hitam pada lengan kanak-kanak, atau membuat tangkal dengan simpulan benang pelbagai warna dipakai di leher atau di pinggang kanak-kanak atau orang tua -tua, atas kepercayaan ia boleh memberi manfaat kepada manusia, kesemuanya dilarang.

Terdapat dalam hadis lain Nabi saw. menyebut (mafhumnya): “Sesiapa yang mengikat simpulan benang lalu meniup kepada benang itu dan dipakai, maka dia telah syirik kepada Allah SWT.”

Oleh yang demikian maka eloklah dihentikan amalan-amalan seperti itu.

Waalahu a’lam.

Tuan Guru Dato’ Dr. Haron Din

Save the soul

2010-10-13T16:52:00.000-07:00

*slap forehead*

Ouch!...I missed my date with MAHER ZAIN already. Aiyayayaya.....I supposed watch him being interviewed at TV9 through Nasi Lemak Kopi O program on last Sunday and yet, I only realized, when the clock already 11 am.

ps : Agak2, bile Maher Zain nak dtg ke MALAYSIA lagi nih...concert pun tak dpt nak tengok.

3 Great Reasons To Buy portabale Air-conditioner

2010-10-12T17:58:00.000-07:00

Now tgh musim panas...berangan2 nak pasang air-cond. But not sure when my husband will press the green button. Wait.....another idea is to buy the portable air-conditioner to substitute the real air cond. Why??? let's check out....

1. Oprah said so. - I love Oprah's show

2. It looks like the robot from “Lost In Space”. - Cool statement

3. Brad and Angelina are adopting one. - Nadddaaaa..nope.. takder kena mengena langsung dgn derang nih.

For those of you who make your decisions based on real information, here are some cool portable air conditioner facts.
A goldmine of enlightening information can be uncovered by visiting forums. For instance, when I wanted to tap into the experiences of actual portable air conditioner owners, all I had to do was Google “portable air conditioner forums” and Voila!, I had instant access to pages of relevant information from 3 different forums.
I encourage you to try this technique. Just substitute any generic product or service description for “portable air conditioners” plus the word “forums”.
What I uncovered was concerns over energy consumption, how energy consumption impacts circuit load, noise level, venting, the disposal of water from the dehumidifying process, and of course, price.

Portable Air Conditioner Energy ConsumptionIn the United States, the average air conditioner runs 750 hours each year. Since air conditioners use a lot of electricity, their efficiency has become a public issue. The EER, or Energy Efficiency Rating, is the ratio of the Btu’s per hour to the number of watts the unit draws.

Portable Air Conditioner Circuit LoadBefore you start your search for a portable air conditioner, check your breaker box for the number of amps available to the room you want cooled. If you buy a unit that draws 14.5 amps on a 15 amp circuit, you’ll have the additional but unintended cooling effect of sitting in the dark while enjoying your new portable air conditioner.
How Noisy Is A Portable Air Conditioner?Most portable air conditioners that deliver 14,000 Btu’s or less have a noise level around 50 decibels. This is comparable to the loudness of most refrigerators. At 60 decibels, a 16,000 Btu unit is slightly noisier. Think of what it’s like to watch TV in the kitchen while the fridge is running.

Portable Air Conditioner VentingThere is some controversy as to whether a dual hose unit is superior to the single hose configuration. On one hand, a single hose unit will exhaust from the room some portion of the cool air it just produced.
On the other hand, a dual hose unit eliminates this problem, but the warmer unconditioned air used to cool their compressors results in slightly less efficiency. They also use two internal fans which result in slightly higher energy usage.
Another hot topic at the forums that people are venting about is having to wrap insulation around the hose of their single hose unit. This is done to prevent the hot exhaust hose from adding heat back into the room. Personally, I can’t think of anything better than duct tape wrapped around insulation to brighten up a room.
Water Water EverywherePortable air conditioners offer three methods for disposing of the water extracted by the dehumidifier component.

The most convenient is auto evaporation which eliminates the need for drains or reservoirs. The reliability of this method varies from unit to unit.

The second method is direct drain using a hose attached to the unit. This can be problematic unless the unit is located near a floor drain. Not much chance of that, so you’ll have to use a bucket.

And finally, you get to empty the pan yourself. Just make sure the pan is large enough so the air conditioner doesn’t shut off in the middle of the night when the pan fills up.

PriceI think price is a secondary consideration to efficiency. As usual, a higher priced unit that operates more efficiently will always end up costing less in the long run than a cheaper, less efficient model.

Portable air conditioners are much less efficient than comparable window units and cost roughly twice as much. What you’re paying for is the flexibility to roll it from one room to another or into a closet for easy storage.

Another Option to ConsiderFor the price of a portable air conditioner you might be able to buy a window air conditioner AND a new window to put it in.