turning two

another 4 months and she's two. suami setuju throwing a birthday party for her dekat nursery. yay for mummy. feels like baking the birthday cake. nothing fancy asalkan taste good. am not sure nak bagi ape dekat all the kids. ideas. i need ideas. pls help?

"how is it having two kids?"

Ok let see..

1. So far pergi mana2 still ok. we just make sure Humaira had enough sleep before leaving and Hana is sleeping before we leave. i can foresee that we need another stroller but not now...as for now, going out with these two girls still manageable. phew!

2.Nasib baik im staying with the in laws. Whether they help to feed Humaira or my Husband. as for Hana, she accepts both breasts and bottle . PHew! No nipple confusing. Ah I hope that stays forver, babygirl.

3.Bedtime. Both sleep through the night. Alhamdulillah.

So far so good kan? okay i have to stop now. Hana and Humaira dah bangun.

syukur

a friend of mine had a baby a week ago. and the baby dies.

ah can you imagine? carrying a baby in your womb for 9 months and then a week later the baby gone? just like that. it made me realize how lucky i was. i had a smooth pregnancy..and the labour wasnt that long!. alhamdulillah.

our paychecks not that high. we dont drive fancy cars. but true, rezeki tu ada di mana2. for my case, both my girls are my rezeki generator.

humaira is so me. she reminds of me. she's my mini me. sometimes i wish she has asri's chracter. my husband is very patient. i wish she follow that trait but no. she screams. and yes, she bites. but i love her no matter what.  she loves gymboree. no i havent sign her up yet. last week we went to bangsar village and she saw the gymboree she was literally running and say yeay. and when she realized we werent going to that place..abes..buat scene. i think the owner recognizes asri and asri walked off cepat2. yes i plan to send her there soon. soon? i dont know how soon is soon. heh

her vocab has grown tremendously. she can say abah. meme. mak. cino. acap. ginger. grey. angah. as. atuk. rice. nose. eyes. adik hana. okay and she call herself gegirl. she loves cats. she loveessss dogs. she loves park. she enjoys outdoor activities. she loves shoes and bags. (told ya, she's me) we havent potty train hr yet but whenever she wants to shishi or yak yak she will say the word. sometimes when she farts pon die cakap yak yak. ha ha.and she loves her adik. (sometimes)

baby hana pulak is such a sweetheart. i can say, its very easy to take care of her. and its so easy to bring her to the mall. not fussy at all. ah, i hope that stays forever. did i mention she is a valentine baby? now, we've got a reason to celebrate the day! haha

ive only have like three weeks left before going back to the office. gah, we havent decide where to send baby hana yet. we've got couple of places to choose. there are pros and cons. we just need extra time to think.

never in my wild dreams i thought i will have two babies in less than three years. fast or fertile or whatever you called that- i think both of my girls are the best gifts i could have asked for.  syukur sangat :)

precious

time really flies when we are having a goood time. i didnt enjoy my confinement..but am not complaining either. i get to go out. i get to go to bsc (almost every week) confinement was pretty okay basically...and of course i didnt get my shape back--but who cares? i still have few days left -ive lost count already

i tell you what. having a baby and another baby (humaira still a baby haha) memang penat. super penat. alhamdulillah im staying with the in laws and they helpppp a lot. cant imagine living with these two girls later dekat rumah sendiri.

i miss my blog. got tons of stories to share. will try to find time.

Humaira & Hana

maid, helper, etc

there this one indon lady who wants to work for me. as a maid. i dont mind paying her a lot because my baby likes her. the best part is, sekarang ni humaira happy betul sampai dekat nursery. so i dont have to worry leaving her at the nursery sampai pukul 8 pon. she eats well, plays well, sleeps well. bad part is.. well, my baby suka sangat dengan indon ni.

oh well.

so we have officially berpindah di rumah baru. rumah dah lama siap. rumah dah lama di deco. now after a while we decided to sleep at the house. tapi hujung minggu sahaja.. hahaha. ala, lepas abes pantang, kitaorg will move for good, insyaallah.

so having a stranger in the house tak best. i dont get to do what i love to do. i dont like other people to do the laundry. my tekak cannot accept makanan tak sedap. and if i were to hire her, i cannot tinggalkan her with my babies dekat rumah. my house to my workplace memang jaaaaaauhh.

but humaira likes her a lot. so i get to do stuff i like at my own house. baking. cleaning, gardening - eh tak. but then whats the purpose of having a maid if im the one yang buat kerja segala. welll, apparently i need a maid to jaga my babies kejap2 je.

suami is not keen having a maid in our house also (yeah, although he's so used having one at his parents house). if only we stay in kl, i think no trouble kot.

so far, i still okay lagi. my husband helps a lot- he cleans the house. he takes care of humaira while mummy is busy doing something else- sleeping for eg.  now that im so sarat, kadang2 termengah2 masak (yes, i cook ladies!- finally)

pasal baby no 2, we still havent decide nak mintak siapa jaga nanti. we have checked few known places yg boleh jaga infant and ya allah, price macam nak masuk school mahal je. but if thats the only choice, we have to bear with it.. humaira punye nursery pon dah almost 850 including ot and all. oh anak2, no new car for us this year. and this place we checked cost around 1.3k per month. faints. there goes my salary...perhaps i need to find a housewife or a babysitter yang nak jaga baby.....

husband, i think we need to find a second house already. that is closer to our workplace.....

hello, blog!

ahhh... sekejap je masa berlalu. tuptaptuptap. humaira lahir. pastu dah besar. pastu mummy pregnant lagi. pastu now mummy dah 33 weeks. if baby decide to pop out at 37th week (macam humaira)..then er,, tinggal less than 4 week to go. errrr...that fast?

and apprently baby is bigger than humaira. i remeber masa pregnantkan humaira dulu, dekat 36minggu pon die masih 2 kilo. pastu keluar 2.49kilo. tapi takpe, whether my baby big or small, chubby or not chubby asalkan cukup sifat, sihat...alhamdulillah....

so, let see, we have booked her baby cot. its small. apprently abah wants her daughter to have bigger cot- ala, yg boleh tukar jadi bed tu..butttt, i said no..sebab that is expensive, and we never know whether this baby wants to sleep alone ke tak (or in real case, ehem mummy). so we bought a cheap one first..so kalau she's ok with it, we will get a bigger and better one for our house.

ive found my makcik confinement. but cannot book lama. so i need to find another makcik confinement. got lots of names (thanks to zura!)..and i can feel im gonna love my confinement nanti...ha ha ha...so yeah, im looking forward to this one. nasib baik my makcik confinement not into jamu.. she's all into fresh stuff...so i think shouldnt be any problem because, i dont eat jamu. will share her info kalau i happen to like her :)

baju baby. yes, finally husband agreed to get some new clothes although baju humaira banyak gileeeeee. but like i said i have trouble with butang romper tu. ade ke patut za altera nak charge rm10/button. gilo ke ape. so probably minggu ni nak cekidaud pertama complex..mana tahu ada yg boleh buat dan murah.. and last week beli baju baby.. phew, banyak jugak beli...

ramai yg tanya, so masa confinement nanti humaira stay dekat rumah ke.. oh no, i still send her to nursery. clearly, she loves the nursery. the place, nothing fancy..but i think she loves the kids there. so as long as she's happy, im happy. lagipun..kasilah mummy bermesra dengan baby kan.. hahaha.. okayla, actually i dont mind having her kat rumah, just takut nanti tak cukup masa je nak entertain humaira. sejak berjalan ni..aktif sungguh...

so...apart from that, takdelah cerita menarik.. nanti ade masa will share cerita kitaorg gi zoo negara, gi farm in the city... tgkla, kalau ada masa...

till then, have a wonderful wednesday everyone :)

i want to watch twilight please

it has been months since i step into gsc or tgv. the last movie i watched was...er okay can't remember but i remember taking leave just to watch movie at cinema.

i know im too old for twlight but i "khatam" all the 4 books so i need to watch the part 2 of breaking dawn.

i hope hubby agrees to take half day leave (at least) to accompany me or else i tgk sorang2 jelah.

yes. i'm a twi hard.

prepping for baby no 2

my first pregnancy was a breeze- I would never have known I was pregnant! however I am 22 weeks pregnant with our 2nd baby, and this pregnancy has been completely opposite.

I'm still sick. still coughing. flu. one week ok. another week not ok. now not ok. this drives me crazy. everytime pergi hospital check blood..and dr said im completely fine except for normal flu. duhh

ahhh..on the happy side,  husband said that we need to start "sourcing" for new stuff for baby no 2!

humaira punye baju banyak sgt...so i think pakai baju kakak gegirl balik shouldnt be a problem. will add some but tunggu waktu sale (ah mothercare sale starts today. yums)

few things that i need for baby no #2

1. baby cot.
yes you read me. i need baby cot. i can't handle two babies on my bed. humaira is so used sleeping in between and sangat lasak! king bed memang dah tak jadi jadi king dah. so, i need to train baby no#2 sleeping alone. (okay im such a bad mummy)

2. introducing formula milk
again you read me. i know im such a bad mother for baby no 2. i know the importance of mummy's milk. i fully support breastfeeding. if only i pass the tandem technique i will continue to bf baby no 2. or else she needs to take fm as well. (bad bad mummy)

3. stroller
i need that donkey! duhh but bugaboo wont be in my list. so expensive lah. boleh lepas beli handbag celine tu. haha. but yeah i need double stroller tapi bukan phil and ted. or else, ill just buy a cheap ones macam mclaren yg travel tu. surprisingly sekarang ni, humaira suka sangat duduk & tidur dalam stroller die. like she knows someone is going to replace her place!

4. maid
yes i need young, well trained maid. the one with uniforms. usually kalau kita jalan2 kat klcc ke bsc ke we will find these maids ..ha ha. i just found out that we need to pay at least 15k to that agency to have that kind of maid. gila kan. hahaha. if only money grows on trees.

that's all for now.

Paediatricians

when it comes to which hospital to go..or which dr to refer to..my husband always claim i'm the best. i know who is the best neurologist, best physician to go if you got asthma, which dr to avoid to.. well, he claims im the best / expert...yes, he is exaggerating...

but when it comes to my baby..i know i have to be in a mission to find the BEST PAEDIATRICIAN.

meet few paeds along the way. most of them i googled. i'm not sure my criteria fits your criteria but these are particulary based on my own experience. all doctors are good btw.

the first paed is Dr Anthony James. imho, its very hard to find "good" paed in pcmc. most doctors in pcmc are very optimistic. semua pon ok, dont worry this, dont worry that ( i know its okay to get worry sometimes!) i remember telling him that humaira cries a lot. he said its okay. i know its not wrong when he tells me that, but as a first time mom i expect different answer at least. then there this one time humaira demam sampai 40degC. we went to a&e sebab memang tak dpt appointment terus jumpe specialist n at that time dr anthony was there. the MO told us he will come n see us but duhhhhh tak jumpe pon. he met few emergency patients yg arab2 tuh. ever since then when it comes to "emergency" cases i refuse to take humaira to see dr anthony. however, we still jumpa him for humaira's jab. i find it very easy lah kalau deal dengan pcmc pasal jab2 ni. money pon not an issue since we can claim from office. harga pon lebih kurang macam kpj je. waiting list pon kejap je. so, as long as for injection, we will come and see him.

the second one is Dr Zulkifli. was introduced by my sister and this is the same dr from gugu gaga erra! he's cute. but mood die agak swing sikit. (lol). few times i meet him he was completely ok, cheerful,n ade pulak masa mood die tak ok, semua pon mcm nak marah mummy je. we always see him during "emergency" cases n die selalu tanya, kenapa tak bawak pergi prince court je. hahaha.. yes, he can solve all the mysteries in a jiffy. husband kalau boleh nak avoid jumpe die sbecause of the hospital!!!! lama gile tunggu and kpj selangor memang kodi sikit. hehe. how we wish he's in pcmc ke dsh ke.. heheheheh.. he's good! like i said he can solve all the mysteries in a jiffy. go and see him if you have one of those. just bersabarlah dengan hospital itu. kpj selangor, cepat2 lah upgrade hospital anda itu.

the third one is dr iean hamzah. went to see him once. he's in gleneagles. he listens what u said. he said i am an amazing mother sebab remember all humaira's medicine. senang je nak ingat sebab all i need to do is to pin point which ubat sebab semua pon ada depan mata. he's good. memang check betul2 .. tanya a lot of question and er, he said my husband is confused. dr iean said, " i think ur husband spends a lot of his time in the office" heheheh, kesian husband, truth is my husband is a wonderful father, he knows how to take care of his daughter but in his own way...kadang2 tu bila time depan org, terus tak reti nak buat ape, yes sometimes he looks a bit confused. so bila husband tahu dr cakap mcm tu, die terus bias.. lol. kalau clinic tu acceot credit card lagi better kot.. ni cash only je.. kalau time hujung bulan memang parah la.. tak boleh nak comment lebih sebab baru jumpe sekali. so far okay.

the last one is dr musa from damansara specialist. i remember someone telling me go and see him if you have weird cases. macam dah jumpe dr lain untuk demam but still tak sembuh, go and see him. well we did. we met him before and the first one was quite bad sebab ramai gila org. waiting time almost 3 hours kot. gilaaa...so our first time meeting him macam tak best. dr was in a rush sebab time tu our intention macam nak kenal2 jela dgn dr.. apprently he doesnt have time for that. dr musa ni macam dr house lah senang cakap. last 2 weeks, humaira demam panas..lepas bg makan ubat okay but after 6 hours demam balik sampai 39.9 degC. it was crazy. seminggu both of us cuti jaga anak.. n by the third day we plan to take her to see dr musa. masa tu dr zul takde pulak. surprisingly this time around memang best sgt jumpe this dr. he doesn't smile sgt. but he is completely okay with kids. humaira ni kes lain sikit, nampak nurse baju biru je terus nangis. nampak stestoscope pon nangis..ha ha.. plus die sendiri yg cucuk tangan humaira so i am completely fine with him. plus, dsh pon dah upgrade paediatric ward, so our stay dekat dsh memang superb lah except that food masih belum boleh kalahkan pcmc. hehehehe.dr musa pon datang hospital super awal. ada sekali tu dalam pukul 7 dah ada, n he leave the hospital pon lambat. and i can always ask him almost anything.

okaylah, overall semua dr pon okay just that masa humaira admitted dulu we went to see dr musa and it turned out to be a wonderful experience. will definitely go and see him. all the paed i see semua pon support breastfeeding so semua pon i suka.

pls share your paed pulak, please?

weird craving

not the most beautiful bag in the world, but ive been craving for it since i lay my eyes on it. it has to be black n it has to be small.

i know i wont be getting any new handbag this year. husband gave me an oris watch for my birthday. errr, should i tell him that im actually craving for this?

nombor dua

it's not a surprise anymore. since i have informed both families, its time to share the news. well, i am pregnant :)

i bet semua pon dah boleh agak.

so, what's new other than this? humaira is going to get a little sister. i can't imagine having 2 humaira. pening kot. ha ha ha. yes, deep down i want a boy. kesian husband, terus dapat 3 perempuan sekaligus..hehe

pregnancy kali ni okaylah, except that i masih batuk since the day 1 i found im pregnant. getting better but batuk2 masih ada. humaira still lagi breastfeed. most people ask me to stop. my gynae kata its okay. tapi other gynae kata better stop. part of me want to stop. the other part doesnt want to stop.

i actually cry bila dr suruh stop. humaira takdelah macam melekat je..i mean she eats a lot. she enjoys eating very much. her problem is that she hates formula milk. she hates bottle. ive tried all kinds of brand...semua pon die tak suka. evryone thinks i did it on purpose. and everyone seems nak blame because my baby kurus. what theeee. what ever it is, nasib baik husband very supportive, so im actually okay la.

probably i need to introduce flavoured fm to her?

humaira hates juices. hates sweet stuff. but she loves plain water. her paed says its okay for her not to drink formula milk since she's fine with food. she's not under weight btw so dont bother forcing her to accept fm.

she wants mummy bila nak tidur. so i guess its not harm giving her my milk kan? kan?

oh help.

activity humaira di hujung minggu

I didnt know how expensive school or class nowadays until i started doing my homework. I remember going to tadika kemas for only 2 months and never graduated because...well for me tadika is boring. i know how to write and read by the age of 5. so masuk tadika at 6 yrs old memang tak best lgsg.

I always bugging my husband -why we dont send humaira to a real school now that she's big. But little that we know , most schools ( i mean real school) accepts toddler that can walk. So if ur baby/ toddler can walk- it's a pass. you can proceed to send him or her to school. potty training is not a must but most school still accepts when your baby/toddler are still in diaper. Only if im a SAHM, wouldnt be any problem to send her to school at this early stage. I can accompany her whenever i like.

I work in place where there are a lot of schools to look for. Most for expats, so you can only imagine the fees and all those high end moms and expats and ..ah..fees again.

Since my baby still can not walk- i dont go over gugugaga asking for school except that The Children's House at my office accepts babies from 8 month. send your baby there if you're interested. Principal is very very very nice. pricewise..i never ask..but yes, they go by terms...so expect something like thousands per sem.

Few weeks back I sent Humaira for a trial class in Junior Acadamey @ Bangsar Village II. Humaira loves the teacher & the place except that there arent many kids her age in the class. Other than Humaira..there is only another girl. You can have a visit at the place- tingkat paling atas, can have trial class also( its FREE, but one time only lah)..if your baby is less than 2 yrs old..you can attend weekend class (since both of you are working). Saturday that is.. you can choose to come at 10-11 or 2.30-3.30. be early because the class starts on time. if u're late, memang rugi.

I plan to send Humaira  there but we always have something to do during Saturday. You can sign up for 6 (6 x saturday) and there is administration and one time fee. Fee for the class is around 500+= ( ill check again, brochure dekat rumah). I love the class, its montessori based. Humaira got to play with a lot montessori material , dance, sings, eat fish biscuits and at that time we learn about F , Fish), we got to play with water. Humaira was so confused when teacher  said that the sponge is a fish. She's so use with real fish and she cannot accept that the sponge is a fish. Hahaha.

This is her first artwork. She loves playing with the water colour!

proud mummy!

other than that, every weekend we will spend hours at place like kidz sports (this is because sometimes mummy has to work on weekends-so abah teman gegirl) or jungle gym (because it's free and because i love bsc so much...lol).

oh this lil girl surely loves balls!

so basically during weekends jela dapat melayan budak kecik ni. Humaira enjoys going to these places- she got to meet a lot abang and kakak.



i need another baby.

baby? lol. no, i need another bag.

it's kinda absurd to think that i need a new bag. i don't actually need one.

okaylah, my ultimate dream bag is always sukey in guccisima. and guess what? i have one! a gift from my dad. ehem*. and its still my favourite bag. its just not my dream bag anymore because i own one. get the message? kalau takde, jadi dream bag. kalau dah ada, dah bukan dream bag dah. hahaha

i remember my last birthday, i only asked from hubby a neverfull. got one in GM. it fits me well, i usually bring humaira stuff -extra- so i really need a bigGER bag. coughs* loves it because apparently its my dream bag as well. oh well, it was my dream bag. (sudah dapat, so no more dream bag).

then last year jugak, dad gave me a tod's bag. it's not my ultimate dream bag- but oh dear- i love it so much. it's not in full leather. and apparently ive been using it like it's my dream bag!

and suddenly -for this year... ehem... *coughs* i dream to have this bag. ehem*coughs*

mana nak korek duit ni? slap face.

birthday celebration

as crazy as it sounds i want my baby to celebrate her first birthday (walaupun sudah hampir sebulan berlalu). I plan to have it at her "school" with her friends- probably bring a cake and cook something for the kids.

My question is, what type of cake suitable for them? Normal cake wont do any harm to them kan? Yes? No?  Advise please

makan

Humaira LOVES food. Since she's already 1 year old I feed her almost everything.

Nasi beriani, nasi ayam, nasi tomato, roti canai, capati, lontong, soto, and the list goes on. No porridge since she turned 10 months.

But no I still havent sumbat any sweet stuff in her mouth.No chocolates. Lucikly she loves fruits, so that kind of sweet I tak kisah. I hardly cook for my baby except during weekends but she wasnt a fan of mummy's cooked food. haha. tak sedap lah tu.

So, what do you usually cook for your baby? Share me recipes please.