Potty Training for Rayyan

Hi Everybody!

Rayyan is officially off diapers! Yeay!

We started way before... but I wasnt consistent because I was heavily pregnant. Then, he kind of got the idea of going to the potty. By night time, I dah pakaikan dia diaper, takut dia tak pandai nak control masa tidur. Masa siang pulak, the distance  from our home to his school could take up about an hour, memang tak berani nak ambil risiko.

Then tak lama lepas tu, when Aydan arrived... Rayyan didn't want to cooperate. He insisted on diapers. Aiyak!

So recently, a week before he started going back to school again, I decided to train him one more. He had a few 'accidents' and then terus he asked for diapers. We encourage him & told him that he's doing a great job :) Kasi la semangat. Memang betul, just go all out je terus. This time, walaupun waktu malam tetap dia tak pakai diaper tapi dia berjaya! Only on the 3rd night ada 'accident' sikit la on OUR bed! hehe Masa keluar jalan-jalan pun, I took the risk to not let him wear the diaper. Ada jugak sekali je accident dekat Mothercare. Tapi lepas tu dah takde lansung.

I still keep on reminding him if he wants to go "shishi". It annoys him! Haha. He would normally reply "No Thanks!" My silly baby!

Nowadays, he doesn't need me to assist him any more. He can do all by himself. Even his teacher told me that he can go to the loo himself. Wow kan! Im so proud of him!

I've been teaching him to shishi while duduk, well I forgot that he's a boy and boys pee while standing. Just yesterday I saw him doing it... I was like "Oh gosh, he is a big boy now!" Amin said he didn't teach him that, I figured maybe he learned in school(?)

He has no problem with 'No 2' too :) While doing 'No 2' just now, I went in to prepare mandi for Aydan... he suddenly asked me "Hey, where's my newspaper?" Hahah mana la dia belajar, budak bertuah tu!

Untuk keselamatan tilam, I put a layer of the laundry plastic cover on his mattress & on top of it is a muslin towel to serap air kalau dia shishi dalam tidur.

I know its a little too late to potty train him but I'm so proud of him! Within days, he can go completely without the diapers. +proud mummy+

In the news today

Saw the headlines in the morning but I never thought it would be someone I know. It was a shocking & sad news to be happening to my gynae, Dr Delaila Ahmad.

 

 

I hope the attackers will get caught & punish! Assholes!

 

Meanwhile, let's pray that she'll recover soon. InsyaAllah

Aydan's 1st month check up

On our way to the hospital 

Wassup! 

Our trip to the hospital was a smooth one today. Thank God the crowd wasn't like gila, so we manage to settle everything by 12;30pm.  Phew.  We got there by 10ish.

Aiyo, should have taken pics while at the hospital kan? Ala, I didn't even take any picture of Aydan when he got his jab too! Boohoo!

Ok,  now I am sad! 

He was all cute in his all stars outfit that Nik (Aunty Bah) got for him. Baik saja dia tadi,  duduk dlm carrier while Dad carried him all over the hospital.  Hehe.  Abang was good too.  Behaved the whole time.

His height now is 45cm & weight pulak is....

Jeng jeng jeng....

4.89 kg yo!

He's almost 5kg now from 3.22kg at birth.  Alhamdulillah. I am very happy that he's gaining a lot of weight,  my little bambam. (tho I wish people will just stop asking/saying why Rayyan is skinny.. geez, maybe he got the skinny genes, I don't know!) 

Anyways, Aydan got his 2nd hepatitis B jab & thank goodness tiada demam sampingan.  Phew. 

Masa our turn to see the doctor, Aydan & I was in the nursing room. Dah sedap susu dia pun tidur lah. Doc did all the baby test dengan jayanya walaupun matanya tutup. Bila time nak cucuk, dia pun bangun.Just in time kan? He cried a little bit & terus Doc dukung dia jadi berhenti lah nangis. Good boy! 

Just like his abang, he got rashes all over his face now. Even on his neck too. 

What we've done so far is to bathe him with sabun Cetaphil & letak lotion Eucerin. Doc said to continue with that je. Also to wipe his pipi/muka bila dah habis susu dengan towel basah & towel kering selepas itu, Praying that he will get well soon. Kesian dia. 

Alritey. Till next time!

By the way, I'm planning to do a vlog tour of the kids' room next. So, Stay tuned!

Baby Aydan is 1month old

Time flies.  I can still clearly remember the last day I sent Rayyan to school.  Being all tired and couldn't wait to pop.  Ha sekali dah sebulan ni ha!

He's doing well.  First 2 weeks was all sleep for him. Tidur je kerja,  tak tidur..  Susu! Alhamdulillah,  exclusively breastfed. 

Lepas tu dah susah sikit nak tidur malam.  Selalu na menangis.  But when Maktok ada,  slept over when daddy was away elok je dia tidur & tak menangis.  Kena dodoi sambil menyanyi. His favourite song is "Are you sleeping,  Brother John?"

Will be updating his height & weight progress tomorrow.  Esok ada check up &  jab sekali. 

Baby #2

Here's welcoming our 2nd baby into the family!

Born on the 13 June 2013 aka 13.06.13 (nice huh?) at 22:25hrs. Weighing at 3.22kg.

I didn't expect my debob baby to be more than 3kg, Coz during Rayyan's time he was estimated to bearound  3ish Tp he was only 2.89kg when he came out. Doctor's calculation may not be accurate in terms of size & yada yada via ultrasound sometimes. So yeah,  I was surprised! A nice surprise of course :)

I've been wanting to blog about my experience, so here it is... before I forget about it :P 

I started to feel the series of mini contractions the night before.  It was just Me & Rayyan at home. After we had our dinner, I suddenly decided to have a long warm shower which  was when I felt my 1st contraction & knew it was time.  Siap potong kuku dah to get ready. Texted Amin about it then went to sleep. Well, tried to sleep. I couldn't really sleep though, but I needed the rest. 

Contractions became more intense & regular by 6am. That's when I say lets's to go to the hospital.  Packed our bags,  well finalise la kiranya since I've pre-packed a week earlier.

Rayyan was up early too,  explained to him that the baby is coming & that we need to go to hospital but we are sending him to Hatok's house. Luckily he understood and obeyed.  Tak byk cerita lah.

Dah sampai hospital but my contractions takde la kuat mana, it was ok mehhh gitu je. Adoi but rasa sakit bebenar. By then,  I was already 4cm dilated. 

So Amin went to register for me; great thing was that, nasib baik the room we wanted tu masih available. Walaupun they did not change it as I requested in my pre-register  form. Dah namanya rezeki kan? 

At 12ish, Abah came  with Nek nin & Rayyan to check on me.  Rayyan pun qda therapy on the same day. Jessie took half day to be with us too.  Mom came around 7am but I was already in labour.

Around 4ish, the contractions was still low so the nurses suggested that I go for a walk, so yeah I did. Even went out to lepak with family in the waiting room.  It became stronger at around 7ish. I ate my dinner,  and got back to my bed. Amin was beside me all the way. 

I made up my mind to not take the epidural this time coz I for 1,  thought that I could handle the pain since I was not induced and 2, didn't know what the pain crazy! Hehe. 

Alhamdulillah, the walking around in the ward paid off! The pain got stronger & I was dilating. I finally I took the gas. Oh man,  it only made me maybe calmer,  but oh Damn it! the pain was unbearable. By 8;30pm the doctor was already on her way to the hospital while I was 7cm dilated.  Dia makan dulu,  then only at 9ish she came to  see me & break my waterbag. By then,  I was already 8cm dilated.

Meanwhile, dekat bilik menunggu pulak, dah ramai relatives, uncles, aunties & cousins came to support & sama-sama menunggu ketibaan si kecil ni. I was so happy & terasa sungguh disayangi tambah bersemangat nak deliver. Ye lah knowing all these lovely people yang datang to be here with us. Yes, I am lucky, Alhamdulillah. My parents, Rayyan, Aunty Nin, Jessie, Ayah Jone, Aunty Not, Danial, Iqa, Maksu, Alif, Yana, Tina & Hafiz. Tak lupa jugak pada yang mendoakan dia rumah. 

So sweet of the doctor to come in to my ward again to ask me "Narisha,  are you ok?" haha I seriously wanted to laugh coz sampai jadi risau gak doctor tgk I punya tak tahan sakit.  I just nodded.  By this time dah high with oxygen. Oh man,  I don't understand the concept la gas tu! 

Bila dah 10cm dilated,  tunggu doctor coz she was in the other labour room.  Aiyo.  Sebelum amik gas,  I believe I could handle the pain with my breathing technique,  but oi takde maknanya dah lepas sakit gila tu.  Kelam kabut breathing dah. Hehe.  Menjerit ada la. I think i hurt Amin a little bit by grabbing his hand wayy too kuat. Hahaha.

Doctor was also rushing for another labor, tp a caeserian one so agak stress disitu bila saya pon tak nak dia pegi sana dulu sebelum settle dengan saya. Wah gitu. Selfish. U got to baby. Sometimes, of course. 

Masih ingat lagi, at this point i was already meneran sebab nak menahan sakit. Oh my. But the nurse told me not to, kalau tidak boleh terkoyak dibawah sana. Adoihai, pulak dah. The whole time I was cursing myself for not taking the epidural. Haha. YaAllah, sakit dia memang tiada tandingan. I honestly didnt expect. I thought that I could handle pain but obviously, I couldn't. 

Almost dah tak dapat nak tahan lagi dah penderitan itu apabila contractions pon dah takde gap, tiada rest... Twice or 3 times in a row. Woah. Ini anak kedua, tapi cerita macam 1st time beranak kan? 

Luckily, tak lama lepas tu doctor pun sampai dan sudah masanya untuk meneran betul-betul. Hehe. Dengan sokongan padu daripada Amin, nurses & doctor sendiri menyokong "Come on, Narisha!" Dalam masa 5 minit, selamatlah saya melahirkan bayi ini ;) 

Saya betul-betul terasa meneran kali ni macam was harder this time. Maybe because baby was a bit bigger than the brother? Maybe! But, I was really pushing. Thank god la pulak that I wasn't blur & went "ok, how do I push?" Hehe. I managed to follow  instructions from the nurses; To pegang handle pada katil, dekatkan dagu pada dada semasa 'push' & I pushed pada masa masa yang sesuai. Hoorahh!  Seingatnya,  it was 3pushes. Amin said that Aydan's (that's what we are naming him) head was facing down masa kepala dulu yang keluar. Oh betapa leganya,  apabila dah berjaya push dengan selamat & tanpa bantuan lain.  Memang bersyukur.  

 

Amin sempat record the time when the baby came out, nak dengar his first cry. Walaupun begitu, ia tidak akan di dengari oleh sesiapa. Hehe. It should be kept private too right? Jawapannya,  Yes! :) 

Walaupun menyesal masa tu kerana tiada epidural, tapi I am still thankful for this experience. Alhamdulillah. Now I know for sure how it feels like. A natural childbirth. Epidural is really a shortcut, I tell chu! I can't stop thinking how my grandma did it with her 11anaks ok! Eleven! Bukan ada gas ke apa pulak tu, ok tak perlu bayangkan. (Al fatihah kepada arwah) 

Alhamdulillah, all went well. I am fine & most importantly our baby is ok too. We are naming him Aydan but haven't decided on his second name yet. By far, he's been good & easy to take care of. Cuma macam biasa lah, bila nak susu & diaper dah ada isi tu dia menjerit lah.  Lepas tu then he'll  be ok. Back to sleep most of the time pun. Hehe. Biasalah kan. He's fully breastfed. Umbilical cord tanggal exactly 2weeks lepas bersalin. Uri dia ditanam right next to his brother's, all was taken care of by my parents. Semoga adik beradik ni akan sayang, menjaga each other (dan adik-adik yg lain jika ada lagi) sampai bila-bila, bersatu & bahagia dunia akhirat bersama. YA Allah,  jauhkan mereka dengan perasaan hasad dengki,  benci,  cemburu & sebagainya di antara satu sama lain.  

I am taking this opportunity to say thank you to everyone; Amin, my parents, brother, aunties, uncles, cousins, in-laws, friends & relatives for everything. I am very lucky to have such amazing supprt system. I can never repay what you all have done for me/us. My parents especially.  Big big thanks. Semoga tuhan saja yang dapat membalas jasa baik mereka semua.

Gambar buat tatapan :) 

Seluar Sekolah

Semenjak dah pegi sekolah nih, part tu jugak la most of his seluar dah senteng or yg belum pakai masih belum muat jugak.  Jadi kena la beli yg baru. Cari yang 3/4 kind so senang dia nak active-active dalam class dia kan. 

I went to Brands Outlet kat Ikano tu sebab ingatkan nak memborong jadi pegi la kedai yang murah skit. Mak aih, satu seluar reject pun dah harga rm50an. Hmph. Terus keluar from kedai and move on to the next kedai.

Ada jual baju/seluar Miki. Familiar? Kalau beranak umur-umur I, then pasti kenal. Nasibku baik, kedai tu ada pulak discount. Up to 50%. Ha terbaik. So most seluar I get is RM39. Cantik pulak tu. Ada lagi cantik tp harus la taste mahal, takde la discount kan. Tapi redha je ngan apa yang kita dapat ni. Good enough. 

Check out our hasil tangkapan!  

Pinggan getah so senang nak bukak & pakai

Smart black short pants.

Denim

Extra I beli sebab cantik. Boleh buat gi jalan-jalan

Rayyan goes to school

This little boy of ours, started pre-school last week. We got a free 3-days assessment.

Over the weekend, we kept reminding him that he will start schooling. Not sure if he understood, heck, he's only 2 1/2 yo!

Both of us couldn't sleep, nervous, I don't know.. imagining the worse.

The day came, we all woke up early. Mandikan dia, sangat express tapi siaplah shampoo & gosok gigi. 

I  made Nutella sandwich for his 10:30am break, and also brought a banana for him to snack as well. He couldn't wait for it. All the way to school he kept asking for it, jadi before masuk class I gave him a piece of the sandwich and dengan cutenya, sambil jalan ke sekolah, dia pun happily makan...

We got to his school, bukak pintu.. bukak kasut.. dia masih confident jalan depan when they showed us his classroom. Walau dah introduced to his teacher, he was all good.. mata dah terpegun tengok how colourful and exciting the room was. 

We bid our goodbyes and both of just balik ke office. 

Oh boy! We were expecting some tears at least.  Atau perlu pujuk untuk dia masuk ke class but oh no he didn't. It went so well that both of us was shocked to see how cool he was.

Dad fetched him from skool on the 1st day, when the cikgu gave him his bag and terus berlari dia dapatkan  Dad dia... first thing he asked "Where's Mom?" Awwwwwww...!! He was all happy.

2nd day, I pulak hantar and ambil dia... again, I packed for him the Nutella sandwich cause he liked it. Insisted that I didn't letak his bekal in the bag, sebab dia nak pegang sendiri. Wahh. Berlari jugak dia ke sekolah. Sampai ke gate, terus bye saja. Sekali he patah balik, and asked me to come along with him. Rupanya his classroom's door was shut. Hehe. Dah masuk & kiss me good bye dia pun masuk ke class and terus duduk & main. Masa ambil dia pulak, he was happy to see me. He wanted to tengok fish, I cari-cari tapi tak jumpa... harus la terus nangis when I say that we had to leave. Aiyo.

On his 3rd day, we both went to send him cause haritu jugak ada meeting with the owner of this kindy. buat assessment utk 3 hari Rayyan dah kat situ and also a get to know session. All went pretty well. The feedback that we got :

1. They were impressed that Rayyan never cried or asked for his parents
2. He participate in class cuma tend to find a spot so he can do it alone
3. Not a social butterfly
4. Suka imagine
5. Kurang makan

We are glad that the owners was in the same page as we are. They will help us on the part where Rayyan doesn't eat much. Maybe by tengok kawan-kawan dia makan, dia pun nak jugak...

Everything seems to be OK now. It wasn't easy for us to find him a play school, I've been asking around, went to a few places but only this place that I find it 'different' and 'kisah' pasal students and most of all... its learning thru play.

Rayyan is so much into learning. He's rajin at reciting the ABCs, 123s, shapes, animals & song. Masa mandi or just anytime. apa yang kita rasa is, he needs this. Sekali boleh socialize, mix dengan kawan2 baya dia.

Alrite more updates, pictures, videos soon!