One day, Maryam was being her normal self. Active, running about, chattering non stop. I had to go into the kitchen to cook, so i left her father in charge. After a while, the father complained;
Father "ma, abah geram la kat maryam ni.taknak duduk diam.lari sana lari sini.geram la" Mother "takpe la.buat mcm mama.mama kalau geram kat maryam ma doa dlm hati -Ya Allah ya tuhanku,berikanlah aku kesabaran menjaga maryam,supaya dia bersabar menjaga aku bila aku tua nanti"
Father "Ala takpe.dia xnak jaga nanti,abah nak duduk rumah org tua"
Tsk tsk.that bad?issokay abah,we'll come visit.heheheheh
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Friday, 27 July 2012
Maryam's vocabulary!
What (normal) mom is not proud of their child's progress right?
even her jumping (or attempt to!)makes me proud.For i really am weird like that.
So, Maryam' first word is Aaa-Bah.at around 4-5 months. much to my dismay.haha
Fret not, mama followed soon enough.
Her funniest vocab is "Betul betul besar, yowwww" which means betul betul besar ye, at around 12 months. ke eleven entah.tak berapa ingat. she was watching animal planet with her abah. They were watching a bear serie n abah said "betul betul besar ye bear tuuu"
and she parrot after him and been using the line eversince on lorries.
eg: a huge lorry passes by "loyi! loyi! beto beto besa yowwww"
we would crack up in the car like no other!!
most of her vocabs are courtesy of yours truly, then acik (SIL, she lives with us, n also maryam's best friend), then abah.
so here goes.the maryam-saurus, complete with translation:
abah : abah
mama : mama
aciiik : acik (SIL)
atok bak : atok bak, FIL
aiyyer : air
boi : ball
moi : mole
loyi: lorry
noh : nose
aii : eye
nak : nak
nanak : taknak
nangan : jangan
no niii : no need
buk : book
ship : sheep
bi : bee
layi : lari
datuh : jatuh
batah : basah
petah : pecah
berd : bird
muuiii : moon
titiek : owh well.tetek la apa lagi hehehe
bids : beads
mit : oven mitt
nana : banana
ipet : ipad
bata bata sa : bukak youtube lagu alif bata
bi si bi si : bukak youtube lagu a b c
amiinnn / aminnaaa : amin after doa
awwabat : allahuakbar/ solat
bye bye : bye bye
bibi : baby
no no no : no
nenek : nenek, which is a mystery to all cos none of us taught her n she calls none of her granma that.and she says that over n over at taska.adakah nenek mistik nak bekawan dgn anak aku?
manni : money, bills or shilling
denching : dancing
tacih : terima kasih
dok : dog
namuk : nyamuk
dodok : duduk
tido : tidur
tu : shoe
awetu / tu pe :ape tu / tu ape
well, i think that pretty much it kot.come auguskt she'll be fifteen months! yay!
mama n abah love you, kiddo!
even her jumping (or attempt to!)makes me proud.For i really am weird like that.
So, Maryam' first word is Aaa-Bah.at around 4-5 months. much to my dismay.haha
Fret not, mama followed soon enough.
Her funniest vocab is "Betul betul besar, yowwww" which means betul betul besar ye, at around 12 months. ke eleven entah.tak berapa ingat. she was watching animal planet with her abah. They were watching a bear serie n abah said "betul betul besar ye bear tuuu"
and she parrot after him and been using the line eversince on lorries.
eg: a huge lorry passes by "loyi! loyi! beto beto besa yowwww"
we would crack up in the car like no other!!
most of her vocabs are courtesy of yours truly, then acik (SIL, she lives with us, n also maryam's best friend), then abah.
so here goes.the maryam-saurus, complete with translation:
abah : abah
mama : mama
aciiik : acik (SIL)
atok bak : atok bak, FIL
aiyyer : air
boi : ball
moi : mole
loyi: lorry
noh : nose
aii : eye
nak : nak
nanak : taknak
nangan : jangan
no niii : no need
buk : book
ship : sheep
bi : bee
layi : lari
datuh : jatuh
batah : basah
petah : pecah
berd : bird
muuiii : moon
titiek : owh well.tetek la apa lagi hehehe
bids : beads
mit : oven mitt
nana : banana
ipet : ipad
bata bata sa : bukak youtube lagu alif bata
bi si bi si : bukak youtube lagu a b c
amiinnn / aminnaaa : amin after doa
awwabat : allahuakbar/ solat
bye bye : bye bye
bibi : baby
no no no : no
nenek : nenek, which is a mystery to all cos none of us taught her n she calls none of her granma that.and she says that over n over at taska.adakah nenek mistik nak bekawan dgn anak aku?
manni : money, bills or shilling
denching : dancing
tacih : terima kasih
dok : dog
namuk : nyamuk
dodok : duduk
tido : tidur
tu : shoe
awetu / tu pe :ape tu / tu ape
well, i think that pretty much it kot.come auguskt she'll be fifteen months! yay!
mama n abah love you, kiddo!
baby food recipe!
Seriously, the title above is a joke.
I am a bad cook for adult food, but i am really not bad in the baby food department.
But then again i think this self confidence really come from my baby enjoying the food i made so much.
But then again maybe because she eats anything n everything. (this she takes after me)
Weeeellll, assuming the food is actually goooood, i want to share the meals i made her.
There is no recipe. What kind of misleading title is this ,no? hehehehe
I loooooove feeding her fish though i try my best to stay away from large fish.
Foods that she likes most : fish, broccoli, mushroom (any kind), cherry tomatoes
I normally just dump everything in n add water, voila!
I stay away from salt n sugar so i make sure the vegetables used for the soup/stew has some level of sweetness to them.
I love giving her broccoli, cauliflower, enoki, pumpkin,cherry tomatoes, yellow onion, baby carrots, sweet potatoes, corn for these veggies are sweet on their own.
I always made sure there are at least 3 kind of veggie in one dish.
The combos i like are :
chicken, broccoli, onion, enoki, baby carrots
chicken, potatoes , baby carrots, oyster mushroom, onion
Fish, onion, tatoes, cauliflower, corn (the normal ones, not the baby ones)
beef, shiitake, baby carrots, onion, ginger, tatoes
chicken pumpkin, carrots, onion, cauliflower
well, the combo is endless, though i feel some type of veg n shrooms goes better with some types of protein, and not to have more than 2 sweet tasting veggie in a dish,or it will get a bit confusing for the palate!
once, a makcik comments on how i dont put sugar n salt in baby's meal, like so;
" we need to train their taste buds so that when they get bigger the dont find the salt n sugar taste weird. also they need the vitamin from sugar n salt so their body wont be derived off them"
*awkward silent*
What vitamin la makcikkkk..what are u talking about la..cock n bull.
I am a bad cook for adult food, but i am really not bad in the baby food department.
But then again i think this self confidence really come from my baby enjoying the food i made so much.
But then again maybe because she eats anything n everything. (this she takes after me)
Weeeellll, assuming the food is actually goooood, i want to share the meals i made her.
There is no recipe. What kind of misleading title is this ,no? hehehehe
I loooooove feeding her fish though i try my best to stay away from large fish.
Foods that she likes most : fish, broccoli, mushroom (any kind), cherry tomatoes
I normally just dump everything in n add water, voila!
I stay away from salt n sugar so i make sure the vegetables used for the soup/stew has some level of sweetness to them.
I love giving her broccoli, cauliflower, enoki, pumpkin,cherry tomatoes, yellow onion, baby carrots, sweet potatoes, corn for these veggies are sweet on their own.
I always made sure there are at least 3 kind of veggie in one dish.
The combos i like are :
chicken, broccoli, onion, enoki, baby carrots
chicken, potatoes , baby carrots, oyster mushroom, onion
Fish, onion, tatoes, cauliflower, corn (the normal ones, not the baby ones)
beef, shiitake, baby carrots, onion, ginger, tatoes
chicken pumpkin, carrots, onion, cauliflower
well, the combo is endless, though i feel some type of veg n shrooms goes better with some types of protein, and not to have more than 2 sweet tasting veggie in a dish,or it will get a bit confusing for the palate!
once, a makcik comments on how i dont put sugar n salt in baby's meal, like so;
" we need to train their taste buds so that when they get bigger the dont find the salt n sugar taste weird. also they need the vitamin from sugar n salt so their body wont be derived off them"
*awkward silent*
What vitamin la makcikkkk..what are u talking about la..cock n bull.
Hypnobirth
Hey people!
have u heard of hypnobirth? well, u should! because hypnobirth will get you asking epidural whatttttt?
ha best gila my line, i belong in advertising.not. anyway, i lovvvveeee hypnobirth so this is a must share topic!
Lets see. how does my love story with hypnobirth begins?well, i was then pregnant and naturally started reading up on birth experience. true enough, most of the stories revolve around birthing being super painful, how epidural is a lifesaver, the works.
Now, I am such a wuss and have low tolerance to pain. I wanted to claim super low tolerance but i know there are poeple who are worse than me out there, so lets settle for just low.hahaha
so, I was starting to include epidural cost in my hospital budget. I was so sure im going to resort to epidural!
And then one day, a true wuss that i am, i googled PAINLESS BIRTH. If there's anyone out there who has done this before.then, hypnobirth is definitely for you.For i can imagine how scared u are of childbirth. mana la ada org begitu berharap n penakut gila n desperate smpai google such impossible key words kan.
that's how i came across hypnobirth. i read it up n contacted the only Malaysia practitioner, Soo Wai Han. u can find her at www.hypnobirth.com.my. It was March. I delivered on the 1st of may. Alhamdulillah it was in the nick of time! I had enough time to practise n prepare!
Wai Han's classes are only available in Selangor, so i had no choice but to buy the book. I had 1 months plus to train myself with the hypnobirth technique. I was so into hypnobirth and natural birth. I even wanted to deliver at home. hahahah But since this is the first experience, i opted for hospital.
I managed to train DH since he's going to be my birth partner.We practise breathing, massages, discussed signs of delivery and such.
As much as i love the book, Im sure attending the class would be much much much better.
But i find the book super helpful, nonetheless.
Hypnobirth basically belief that u are able to control the level of pain u are experiencing through relaxation n breathing techniques. Come to think of it, how do you think some people gave birth quietly in the toilet, that even the person in the next cubicle was unable to tell?
As a matter of observation, DH keeps telling me he does not get how other mother's birthing experience is so scary when mine was easy. I almost smacked him. Trust me, it might look easy and undercontrol to people around you, but was it really. NO FREAKING WAY. and thats the beauty of hypnobirth!
So i suggest u prego women who are unable to attend the the class to get the book from the website! super empowering!! expecially you penakuts out there!hahahah
ok toodles!later: my birthing experience!
have u heard of hypnobirth? well, u should! because hypnobirth will get you asking epidural whatttttt?
ha best gila my line, i belong in advertising.not. anyway, i lovvvveeee hypnobirth so this is a must share topic!
Lets see. how does my love story with hypnobirth begins?well, i was then pregnant and naturally started reading up on birth experience. true enough, most of the stories revolve around birthing being super painful, how epidural is a lifesaver, the works.
Now, I am such a wuss and have low tolerance to pain. I wanted to claim super low tolerance but i know there are poeple who are worse than me out there, so lets settle for just low.hahaha
so, I was starting to include epidural cost in my hospital budget. I was so sure im going to resort to epidural!
And then one day, a true wuss that i am, i googled PAINLESS BIRTH. If there's anyone out there who has done this before.then, hypnobirth is definitely for you.For i can imagine how scared u are of childbirth. mana la ada org begitu berharap n penakut gila n desperate smpai google such impossible key words kan.
that's how i came across hypnobirth. i read it up n contacted the only Malaysia practitioner, Soo Wai Han. u can find her at www.hypnobirth.com.my. It was March. I delivered on the 1st of may. Alhamdulillah it was in the nick of time! I had enough time to practise n prepare!
Wai Han's classes are only available in Selangor, so i had no choice but to buy the book. I had 1 months plus to train myself with the hypnobirth technique. I was so into hypnobirth and natural birth. I even wanted to deliver at home. hahahah But since this is the first experience, i opted for hospital.
I managed to train DH since he's going to be my birth partner.We practise breathing, massages, discussed signs of delivery and such.
As much as i love the book, Im sure attending the class would be much much much better.
But i find the book super helpful, nonetheless.
Hypnobirth basically belief that u are able to control the level of pain u are experiencing through relaxation n breathing techniques. Come to think of it, how do you think some people gave birth quietly in the toilet, that even the person in the next cubicle was unable to tell?
As a matter of observation, DH keeps telling me he does not get how other mother's birthing experience is so scary when mine was easy. I almost smacked him. Trust me, it might look easy and undercontrol to people around you, but was it really. NO FREAKING WAY. and thats the beauty of hypnobirth!
So i suggest u prego women who are unable to attend the the class to get the book from the website! super empowering!! expecially you penakuts out there!hahahah
ok toodles!later: my birthing experience!
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
poor little baby..
hey i just realize i havent finished my ipoh trip story! shall find time to do that. With photos hopefully! been meaning to upload photos here so wait for it.
Im on my way back to JB from putrjaya, tired. need to take baby girl cos she's been coughing n having a bit of cold. poor thing.But she's otherwise fine. active as ever with serious appetite. Dont let the slim figure fool ya.That girl can REALLY eat.
typing in a moving car is making me super dizzy. So toodles!
Im on my way back to JB from putrjaya, tired. need to take baby girl cos she's been coughing n having a bit of cold. poor thing.But she's otherwise fine. active as ever with serious appetite. Dont let the slim figure fool ya.That girl can REALLY eat.
typing in a moving car is making me super dizzy. So toodles!
Monday, 23 July 2012
the greatest birthday gift ever : a baby!
I would love to share the story of how we found out we concieved. i have been reading on ttc forums n blogs like forever hoping i would one day have a story to tell.
and Allahuakbar, i did.
it was the holy month of Ramadhan of 2010. my family and i was going to see my brother off to the U.S to study. We gathered at my uncle's place at bandar putra mahkota (ok im not so sure now but its close to KLIA). DH couldnt make it cos of work. I was expecting aunt flow anyday cos my cycle was pretty regular. At noon there was a light spotting. Light brown in color n really small. there she is, i thought. so i broke my fast in the middle of the day, and ate up my niece's kfc hahahah..well, tak boleh puasa kan, then why not?!
so we all went to the airport to wave him bye bye n later than night, i was puzzled as the spot didnt grow.it was just like when i first noticed it. so i bathe, did my prayers and fast the next day. mom was asking me how come ur praying n such. well i said i dont know, the darned thing stopped.
and i waited and waited and the excitement built cos hey no period!!!
so on the fifth day aunt flow was expected, at lunch hour, i went to get the hpt n test right away at the office loo. the second line appeared right away and grew darker.
i was laughing in the loo. so excited n nervous n the fact took time to set in.
since we only saw each other on weekends, so its quite easy to tell the day of conception.
turned out it was a couple of days after my birthday.
Happy birthday to me, thank you Allah, and 40 weeks later, hello my love!
turns out my mom kind of guessed it. of course she would.she's been pregnant n gave birth TEN times!
and Allahuakbar, i did.
it was the holy month of Ramadhan of 2010. my family and i was going to see my brother off to the U.S to study. We gathered at my uncle's place at bandar putra mahkota (ok im not so sure now but its close to KLIA). DH couldnt make it cos of work. I was expecting aunt flow anyday cos my cycle was pretty regular. At noon there was a light spotting. Light brown in color n really small. there she is, i thought. so i broke my fast in the middle of the day, and ate up my niece's kfc hahahah..well, tak boleh puasa kan, then why not?!
so we all went to the airport to wave him bye bye n later than night, i was puzzled as the spot didnt grow.it was just like when i first noticed it. so i bathe, did my prayers and fast the next day. mom was asking me how come ur praying n such. well i said i dont know, the darned thing stopped.
and i waited and waited and the excitement built cos hey no period!!!
so on the fifth day aunt flow was expected, at lunch hour, i went to get the hpt n test right away at the office loo. the second line appeared right away and grew darker.
i was laughing in the loo. so excited n nervous n the fact took time to set in.
since we only saw each other on weekends, so its quite easy to tell the day of conception.
turned out it was a couple of days after my birthday.
Happy birthday to me, thank you Allah, and 40 weeks later, hello my love!
turns out my mom kind of guessed it. of course she would.she's been pregnant n gave birth TEN times!
infertility : the struggle 3
I seriously need to get it going with this infertility series..
aaaaaaanywayyyyyy,
i'd like to continue about the HSG procedure.
went to the hospital with husband to get it done only to be refused by the lab people since we had had intercourse between menstruation to the day of procedure.
well, we werent informed. we wanted to do it, get ot out of the way. so the doctor called his boss whos a specialist to talk to us.
A very nice religious man, lembut je cakap.
he said we should know that should we have concieved and didnt know that n had the hsg anyway, we cant keep the baby because of the xray exposure.
wait now. I knew it was not going to be that easy to concieve, and told the doctor thank you sir but i know its now going to be as easy hahahah. so he said ok n let us do it.
the xray was perfect alhamdulillah no blockage n such.
we were relieved. i did the procedure at hospital sultan ismail n the people there were amazing,thank you.
the next appointment, the doctor sat down with us to disscuss the test results.
everything to their knowledge is fine. so my condition falls under 'unexplained infertility'. meaning yeah there might be somthing wrong with you but we wont know it. turns out there are other conditions that the Lppkn didnt have the means to detect.
one of the possibility is my uterus environment could be hostile to the sperm, killing them everytime they enter. which sounds like the condition that monica character from FREINDS had.but they cant know for sure.
so the doctor put us on clomid (fertility pill) to get the eggs bigger n produce more than one egg per cycle. we tried 2 rounds of clomid before that n it didnt work. so we had a feeling this time isnt going to work neither. true enough it didnt, so we resorted to IUI. Thats for intrauterine insemination.
We were elated n was hoping to concieved twins! pretty Ambitious huh hahaahh
and no the IUI didnt work. aunt flow came. to be honest we werent that dissapointed, as we know it just means we have to try harder. God willing, it will happen, we were sure.
then i got transfered to putrajaya n DH stayed in JB. then i wasnt so sure anymore.
we only get to see each other on weekends, so hows this going to work.
i sat husband down n told him,maybe we should adopt. maybe God didnt mean for us to concieve. Maybe God has bigger plans for us by adopting. I was okay, contented n redha.
husband didnt really fancy the idea. he wanted to wait. by then we have been married for 4 years and seriously trying for 2 years.
i said fine, by the time im 30, if i havent concieved, im adopting! hahaha i made up my mind.
and then we concieved. just like that. Allah is truly Great. Alhamdulillah.
.
.
and so we are now trying for our second one. and should it is fated that we were only to have this one only, insya Allah im going to consider adopting.theres so many children in the world who need love, and i have so much love to give.
And so we began our journey to try to concieve baby #2. send your doa our way ye!
aaaaaaanywayyyyyy,
i'd like to continue about the HSG procedure.
went to the hospital with husband to get it done only to be refused by the lab people since we had had intercourse between menstruation to the day of procedure.
well, we werent informed. we wanted to do it, get ot out of the way. so the doctor called his boss whos a specialist to talk to us.
A very nice religious man, lembut je cakap.
he said we should know that should we have concieved and didnt know that n had the hsg anyway, we cant keep the baby because of the xray exposure.
wait now. I knew it was not going to be that easy to concieve, and told the doctor thank you sir but i know its now going to be as easy hahahah. so he said ok n let us do it.
the xray was perfect alhamdulillah no blockage n such.
we were relieved. i did the procedure at hospital sultan ismail n the people there were amazing,thank you.
the next appointment, the doctor sat down with us to disscuss the test results.
everything to their knowledge is fine. so my condition falls under 'unexplained infertility'. meaning yeah there might be somthing wrong with you but we wont know it. turns out there are other conditions that the Lppkn didnt have the means to detect.
one of the possibility is my uterus environment could be hostile to the sperm, killing them everytime they enter. which sounds like the condition that monica character from FREINDS had.but they cant know for sure.
so the doctor put us on clomid (fertility pill) to get the eggs bigger n produce more than one egg per cycle. we tried 2 rounds of clomid before that n it didnt work. so we had a feeling this time isnt going to work neither. true enough it didnt, so we resorted to IUI. Thats for intrauterine insemination.
We were elated n was hoping to concieved twins! pretty Ambitious huh hahaahh
and no the IUI didnt work. aunt flow came. to be honest we werent that dissapointed, as we know it just means we have to try harder. God willing, it will happen, we were sure.
then i got transfered to putrajaya n DH stayed in JB. then i wasnt so sure anymore.
we only get to see each other on weekends, so hows this going to work.
i sat husband down n told him,maybe we should adopt. maybe God didnt mean for us to concieve. Maybe God has bigger plans for us by adopting. I was okay, contented n redha.
husband didnt really fancy the idea. he wanted to wait. by then we have been married for 4 years and seriously trying for 2 years.
i said fine, by the time im 30, if i havent concieved, im adopting! hahaha i made up my mind.
and then we concieved. just like that. Allah is truly Great. Alhamdulillah.
.
.
and so we are now trying for our second one. and should it is fated that we were only to have this one only, insya Allah im going to consider adopting.theres so many children in the world who need love, and i have so much love to give.
And so we began our journey to try to concieve baby #2. send your doa our way ye!
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