Emma's First Day - Post Mortem

So how did Emma do on her first day at school? Pretty well from what I hear (from herself and from the teacher). Kata Aunty (the teachers call themselves Aunty agar lebih mesra giteww) Emma independent and I swear that was all I heard. Zufri however heard the Aunty add that she is pretty bossy and likes to lead.  Uh-oh.. She can be bossy, but I’d like to think that she is flexible too. Now I’m not gonna tell her to be a little submissive because nanti jadi macam aku pulak, hahaha. Eh? Anyway its just her first day, I bet she’s still trying to adapt to her surroundings.

When we picked her up, she was crying. She was building a tower from blocks (she calls it her Princess Castle) and suddenly a boy came and kicked her tower! Tsk tsk tsk. Boys. And being a girl, Emma menangis hahaha. Sangat stereotype.

This morning I didn’t follow Zufri send Emma off to school. That’s the plan, anyway. He sends Emma and picks her up after work. Mak lenggang kangkung hantar Aisha kat rumah Opah. So far so good. 

Haha ek eleh baru dua hari sekolah nak kecoh. 

Emma Goes To Kindy!

It’s Emma’s first day at any school ever. We’ve been practicing going to bed earlier and waking up earlier this past week. Can’t say that it worked all the time, but today was pretty easy. Last night I gave Emma like little pep talks to get her excited about going to school this morning. So I showed her this is your sabun. Written here is your name, E-M-M-A. This is you toothbrush. Written here is your name, E-M-M-A. Bla-bla-bla. Lepas tu dia kata meh mummy Emma nak tulis nama Emma. So she opened her notebook and wrote E-M-M-A.

Such a proud moment.

Kerana begini. Aku pernah bercerita secara verbal kepada kawan-kawan. Pernah aku cuba nak mengajar Emma huruf. Aku ajar basic je pun, A-B-C. Ya Allah, stressnya aku masa tu. Siap bawak keluar hanger (aku pukul kerusi sampai patah hanger tu), menangis nangis melalak lalak anak aku. Kesian sangat. Mula-mula dia okay je tulis A-B-C. Lepas tu mulalah, aku tanya lepas beberapa minit, ni apa. Dia pergi tengok muka aku, sengetkan muka dia, jari ketuk-ketuk pipi, Apa eh? Aku dah start stress dah masa tu, banyak kali dia buat aku macam tu hahaha. Lepas aku patahkan hanger tu, aku kata kat dia kalau malas nak belajar tak payah belajar! Duduk rumah je jadi orang gaji!

Hahahaha. Adoi. Lepas tu aku putuskan untuk menyerahkan tugas mendidik ni kepada yang arif. I mean, I still try to teach her from time to time, practice her writing bla bla bla tapi tak secara intensif hahaha. Aku yang tak reti mengajar kot.

So bila Emma eja nama dia sendiri tu tanpa disuruh dan tanpa stress on my part, aku rasa sangat bangga. Hahaha. Tu belum reti buat matematik lagi tu. Mau aku pengsan kebanggan. Haha.

So berbalik pada hari pertama Emma di sekolah, aku, Zufri, Pipi dan Aisha semua satu rumah hantar Emma. Sampai je depan pintu, dia salam cikgu dia, bukak kasut, bukak stoking, terus masuk dalam. Tak pusing-pusing tak salam salam tak babai babai pun. Cis. Tapi Alhamdulillah lah yang dia okay aje pagi tadi. Aku panggil dia keluar balik, salam-salam, peluk-peluk (mata dah berair dah masa ni, tapi kalau aku menangis takut Emma pulak menangis (walaupun aku rasa dia tak menangis pun kot)) babai-babai, dia pun turun main gelongsor dengan kawan-kawan.

Alhamdulillah. Harap-harap Emma terang hati untuk menerima ilmu. Ameen.

Saya akhiri post ini dengan gambaran Emma di pagi hari, gembira untuk memulakan sesi persekolahan.

The Case Of Food Poisoning

I had a crazy case of food poisoning last week. I think it was the lala we had at Oyster King at Paradigm Mall. Inilah balasan Tuhan kerana makan di tempat yang tidak diketahui status halalnya huhu. Tak check pun, pakai redah je. Ingat kawan-kawan. Had them on Wednesday night. Zufri, Aisha and I had some, Emma had none, thank God. Tapi kasihan kat Aisha. Early Thursday morning she threw up a little. Then at around 6-ish she threw up a little bit more. I swear it was just a little bit of puke. So I sent the kids to Opah and went to work.

So at work, I was feeling a little queasy. I thought nothing of it since you know, thought it might be morning sickness and all (heh heh). The first time I threw up, out came my breakfast, roti kosong dan teh ais. But it didn’t leave a horrible after taste in my mouth. So I just sort of lepakked on the jamban. Came out, drank some water, and then back again on the jamban, vomiting again. Minum air sikit, muntah balik. Pastu cirit pulak lagi. Ya ampun. Minum lagi. Muntah lagi. Siap muntah tepi jalan (on the way nak ke klinik) dan dalam kereta Pipi lagi (mujurlah ada beg plastik hahaha)

Then Opah called. Said Aisha had thrown up twice. So I thought ah, might as well go home. So off to the clinic we went. Now this is an interesting story. Remember how Emma was admitted to Assunta when she was about 1 year +? Well we went to Klinik Kanak-Kanak Oh at SS2. I remember the nurse being very garang because she yelled at me (then) anak you demam tak bagi ubat demam? She could have a seizure in the car you know???

But I had no choice, so off we went. She asked me apa masalah anak. I said dia muntah-muntah. Dah berapa kali? 4 times since this morning. Dah 4 kali muntah baru nak jumpa doctor????? She could get dehydrated you know??? Hahahaha OMG serius over the top sungguh lah nurse ni. She reported down the necessary information, asked me how old Aisha was. So I said 1 year 4 months. Dia melihat Aisha dengan wajah yang sangat skeptik. But she’s so small!! Her birth weight is so big, why is she so small now?

For the record, Aisha weighed 7.6 kilos at 16 months old (according to her, Aisha had the weight of a 7 month old baby). Emma at the same age was almost 11 kilos. If I looked at just Aisha, I won’t notice how small she really was, only when I compare her to other kids her age, then I can see a difference in size.

The doctor was really concerned with her weight, but was fairly satisfied that she seemed like a healthy child. One of her questions was whether my breast milk was enough for her during the first year? I said well she didn’t seem to fuss and seemed satisfied and full so I gathered that I had produced enough breast milk. I have been supplementing Aisha with formula some 4 months ago, but at home and during weekends its always been direct feeding.

So the doctor told me to stop breastfeeding for a while, because whatever food poisoning virus I had in my system can be transferred to her through my milk, and that lactose causes stomach unsettling. She told me to feed her a lactose free / soy based formula and gave some oral rehydration salt.

Balik rumah, beli susu, aku pun tidur. Mintak tolong Pipi jagakan Aisha, bagi dia susu. I think she was already so tired by then that she just took the milk and fell asleep without much fuss. The moments when she was awake though, was terrible. She kept wanting to nurse and I kept refusing her. Kesian betul. But she wasn’t all that cranky. Malam nak tidur tu, Aisha tidur bilik sebelah dengan Zufri because otherwise, I’m sure she’d wanna breastfeed all night. Rasa lain macam tak tidur dengan Aisha, tapi sekejap je hahaha because I really needed the sleep. I had practically nothing since morning, I was so tired.

Alhamdulillah by Friday everybody felt a little better. I no longer threw up, tapi perasaan mual dan loya itu berterusan sehingga ke hari ini. The thing is that after a meal I’d feel nauseous so I needed to lie down, and after a short nap barulah diri terasa segar.

The only things that got me going were ice cold carbonated drinks (sprite & ginger ale). These two things really kept me going. I tried to eat asam, tapi I cannot go lah. Asam aku beli tu tak best kot. Asam betik yang halus-halus tu. Maklumlah, tak biasa beli asam. Tak masam mana pun, masin je lebih.

Kesimpulannya, jagalah pemakanan anda. Food poisoning really really sucks. Dan aku sangat bersyukur kepada Yang Maha Esa kerana tak diberi ujian morning sickness seperti kawan-kawan ibu yang lain.

Diriku terpanggil untuk mengemaskini blog. Apakah yang terkini? 3weeks ago Zufri turned 31 and we went away for the weekend to Bukit Tinggi. Wish we had stayed AT Bukit Tinggi itself, but no we stayed at Selesa Hillhomes. Pergi sana pun pasal Zufri ada 'tournament' golf haha. Air quotes adalah kerana it was organised among friends for friends haha. Then we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary 1 week later.

Didn't go anywhere fancy, just went to paradigm lepak kejap pasal Zufri lewat. Bawak Kiddos naik teksi. Emma was so excited and happy, she bragged to anyone who would listen. Dinner was at Las Vacas. Delicious food. Yummy company. The restaurant was practically empty so the kids could just run around and let us grown ups enjoy our food.

So this anniversary, Zufri bought me (or the house, rather) a sofa! Hahaha lame I know but I've been complaining for the longest time and I guess he just couldn't take it anymore. Anyway, sofas are so expensive! Rasa macam nak menangis cari sofa je. But we finally settled on this gorgeous and super comfy sofa from Ikea. Asked Emma, whaT did she think of it?

Sekejap eh mummy.

Dia pergi dekat arm rest tu, panjat dan slid down to the seat. Smiled and then said best.

A-ha! Macam tu rupanya cara pilih sofa!




One anniversary he gave us a water heater haha. Oh dear my husband is so practical.

Malam ni asyik hujan kan? Selesanya tidur berselubung comforter. See you guys soon.

Can I just post photos of things that make me happy?



Tengok tu masa berlalu dengan sangat pantas that Aisha's just a blurry vision! Photo taken during Raya Haji di Restoran Hamideeyah, Campbell Street, Penang. We parked at theparking area opposite Line Clear. Ya Allah. Dah keluar baru perasan sejam RM4! Habis RM16!

Lepas tu balik SP naik feri. Semuaorang enjoy, Emma and I especially. Heee.



This is a photo of Emma playing with her cousin Hani Nur Khadeeja. Umur Hani Nur setahun lagi tua dari Emma, but Emme is a bit taller. Si kecik bontot tonggek pasal pakai cloth diaper.

Eh I have to say, I truly support cloth diapering. Its lighter on your wallet especially if you're planning on having more than 1 child. And although the cheaper brands are okay, both my Lunatots have tears in their waterproof lining. And the same with Bouncy Baby. A good, cheap brand of CD is Sentuhan Bayu. Check out senuhanbayu.biz. RM19.99 je satu set. Aisha has 3. Two more are on their way hehe.



Nah gambar Aisha baru bangun tidur. I've introduced her to formula about 3 weeks ago. Aku pun dah start tak rajin nak mengepam 3 kali sehari. Kadang kadang aku pam 2 kali but most days its only during lunch. She's now coughing, with phlegm. Hoping that Insha Allah, everything will be fine.



Another of Aisha. Dahi dia jendul okay!

Okay mengantuk. Good night!