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2nd Day Hari Raya

Mon, 21st Sept 09

 

We only managed to visit ONE house! ok technically two, but the other one is just Simei so it didnt count. Nor did the calories from all their delicious cookies! =)

 

All late morning to early afternoon we entertained guests. and then dropped by 2nd sis’ house which is two blocks away (also not counted).

 

Then one of the great aunt not at home so we ended up in Pasir Ris.

 

While waiting for one other car to come… Camwhoring begins!

Uncle Nightmare clutching Tufeil tight.

Uncle Nightmare clutching Tufeil tight.

 

Trying to catch his 2nd day attire.

Trying to capture his 2nd day attire.

This is a traditional Indonesian shirt with prints called Batik. Parents bought it from their Jogjakarta trip a few months back. It was too big for him then and straight away i allocated it for Hari Raya. Frankly, no other suitable time to wear it again! Hee

 

Me & Ash

Me & Ash

 

Have u talked to my hand already?

Have u talked to my hand already?

 

Wat is their picture doing in my hp?

Wat is their picture doing in my hp?

 

My Current Hp Wallpaper

My Current Hp Wallpaper

I HEART this photo!!!!!!!!!!

 

@ Simei now:

Fascinated by the swift swimming Fish

Fascinated by the swift swimming Fish

Was also distracted by me taking his picture/video from behind that his head almost hit the hard ceramic tile floor! I had to bounce him up to catch him the second time round! *shudder!*

 

Thanks Ayid and Yayan for treating us to Arnold’s and Sarpino’s!! Went home at about 9pm all stuffed like a Turkey :S

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First Day of Eid.

Sunday, 20th Sep. One week shy of 6months old.

Nope, did not go to the festive congregational prayer. But woke up just nice and got ready at a leisurely pace.

First house was Abg Fai’s (my bro in law) parents’.

This is what Tufeil wore:

Peach Baju Kurung

Peach Baju Kurung

It had originally been a high collared neck but my mum, the professional seamstress, removed it and made a round neck instead and sew buttons on it instead of the removeable ones.

 

Not Too Matching

Not Too Matching

The only half decent picture of me with baby from my hp. Haven’t got the chance to copy from my dad’s and sis’ cameras.

While we were eating the delicious Hari Raya feasts with lots of beef lungs, the Hostess and her maid alternated carrying Tufeil. He got restless. Think its feeding time but waited till next house.

Second House: my Pak Long.

First thing I did was to go into my cousin’s room to feed. Ash accompanied me. Otherwise, she’d hafta sit alone outside anyways. hah

First Diaper Change

First Diaper Change

 

I got the idea to document the people who carried Tufeil thru pictures and if he cried or not. Bcos i heard that babies at 6 months might start to get fussy with strangers so i want to expose him to as many people as possible so hopefully he won’t be as shy as his mother when he grows up.

 

Tufeil w Tok Mail

Tufeil w Tok Mail

 

T loves the much added height from my Cousin Zack

T loves the much added height from my Cousin Zack

 

T was cranky, even in my arms. So Cousin Zack, who when we were kids scared me by putting on the flashlight from under his chin in a dark room, offered to carry him and he was taken by the elevated view of the room he was in!

 

in Arina's High Chair

in Arina's High Chair

This reminded Atok to set up Syifaa’s High Chair. Er… but still not done. Busy w visiting.

 

3rd House: My Atok Husaini.

As usual, met up with the Simei Gang.

 

Playing with Aunty NOLL

Playing with Aunty NOLL

 

Is that Chocolate?

Is that Chocolate?

 

w Uncle Ayid

w Uncle Ayid

 

Fourth House: my Tok Long.

 

Sleeping in the crook of Uncle Ee's arm

Sleeping in the crook of Uncle Ee's arm

 

We didn’t dare put him on the floor/bed for fear he would wake up! So Cousin Ee offered to carry. Though he very seldom gets to meet Tufeil, he really adores and dotes on him.

 

The Japanese Mother & Daughter pair

The Japanese Mother & Daughter pair

 

5th House: Tok Lan.

He looked very frail just a bag of bones and skin! May Allah give him peace, health and everything nice in Heaven when he goes.

Orangey Us

Orangey Us

Looks like a traditional pose for a family portrait.

Haha we have since removed Tufeil’s samping which was courtesy of his Titi (Ash) who insisted T wears one for Raya.

 

Last House: Nenek Mon.

Was already 8pm by the time we reached there. 

Changed and ready to sleep

Changed and ready to sleep

 

First thing i did was fed and Changed Tufeil. It was nice seeing Gerald and Francesca fussed over him. They want a baby brother/sister to play with. Bless them! =D

I have a video of them playing but i think i need to PAY to be able to upload videos? Plus its taking me a long time to upload pictures individually. Not sure how to them in a batch??

 

Reached home at 10pm. Contented. Full. Arms aching.

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Geylang & Henna Craze

Fri, 18th Sept 09. 2 more days to Eid

Ash and I drove to Geylang for last minute Hari Raya Shopping. Before that The girls, babies and I went for Ice cream first. It was already 9:30pm by the time we left Causeway Point.

Guess what ? It took us 2hours to find parking!

After exiting from Paya Lebar, I wanted to go to the HDB parking opp the new Geylang Serai Market but apparently its closed to outsiders. I was supposed to drop off something for my mum’s friend who lives there. Ergh!

So we drove straight to the industrial area and turned back via Singapore Post. Long Q. Didn’t even bother to see the carpark there and proceeded towards Lion City / Sheng Shiong, but was signalled by the traffic police to move off a different way!

Passed by the old site of my school @ Ipoh Lane and wanted to park at Haig Road housing estate but was sealed off too and was asked to turn back. So we went the back alley back to STill Road and Queued up from Eunos all the way to the Geylang Serai Market.

It was 11:30pm when we got off the car!

Bought:

  1. Green packets (empty ones of course) lol
  2. cookies for Ash’s office
  3. Singkong (Which reminds me, i still havent opened/eaten!)
  4. Tufeil’s Songkok (cap)
  5. 2 Tudungs for the maid and 2nd sis.

 

Lastly, did Henna @ Pak Arif’s Carpet booth. My cousin and friend were drawing.

Talk to my Henna 
Talk to my Henna!
The Stains

The Stains

The next day…
DSC00838 Compressed

"Ummi, Syifaa' pun nak Flower"

DSC00839 Compressed

"Tufeil, Ummi tgh draw Kakak Syifaa' flower"

 
Complete!
Complete!
 

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Seated & Barricaded

Fri, 11th Sept 09, 5.5 months old.

I was DYING to eat out and managed to convince the family to go to Swensen’s @ United Square after breaking fast at Masjid Abdul Hamid Kampung Pasiran.

Tufeil was so funny. He was all smiles in my lap looking at other pple eating, but the moment we put him down for prayer, he cried his lungs out! But when the speaker resonated a firm Allahu Akbar, he paused and wondered where it came from, if there were more.

He was not quite full and sleepy, the poor boy. Thank god when i nursed him in the car during the short distance to United Square, he managed to fall asleep and i ate peacefully the first 30min.

When he woke up:

FIRST Time on Baby Chair!

FIRST Time on/in Baby Chair!

Syifaa' didn't wanna miss out

Syifaa' didn't wanna miss out

Sunday, 13th Sept 09

Survived trip to Tanjong Katong Complex with babies! As usual, fed him in the car, by the time we put him in the stroller, he was asleep.

Ayah pushed him while i rummaged thru to find a $40 kain batik overlap to go with my $25 blouse for first day and a $75 purple Pesak Gantung suit for another day. The latter was the most ideal outfit for BF!!

Anyway, That night at home i took some pictures.

Playing Animal Talk on iTouch

Playing Animal Talk on iTouch

"Are You Taking My Picture On the Sly, Mummy?"

"Are You Taking My Picture On the Sly, Mummy?"

Mon, 14th Sept 09
All Cushy.

All Cushy & Safe.

 Picture taken only this morning.

Pillows fashioned by Ayah. I often forget to barricade him NSEW now that he’s about to get mobile and everything.

Sighhh… he’s growing up so fast!

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More Toys, please.

1st Sept 09, Tues.
Tufeil went to Mak Ngah’s house in the day and tried out Syifaa’s walker.
"What lovely toys! If only Mummy was with me..."

"What lovely toys! If only Mummy was with me..."

 

Seems he loved the toys! (Or maybe its the mummy who loves it teehee)

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The Two Half Days

Tues, 25th Aug 09 (5months old)

Took halfday in the morning to go for Tufeil’s Physiotherapy check up at KK at 11.45am.

My colleague insisted i drop by the office with the baby. She missed him. =) Said she has developed a bond with him cause he’s the first ever baby she visited on its first day of life. Besides, i thought he looked like her on that day too!

Not so much in this picture tho.

Another cab ride later, we reached KK.

Thank god he didn’t cry today like he did the last time.

Therapist said his right toes are ok. It is also alright NOT to tape it once in a while. The left one is getting better but still need to put it on. She noted how fast i managed to put the tape on now and acknowledged that i’ve been practising a lot. Let’s just say.. i got scared.

However, she still instructed to continue with the therapy: both the taping and the exercise. Oh today she noted that his left 4th toe is leaning the other way too and prescribed another exercise involving stretching it the right way while holding on to the base.

Next check up in 2 months’ time and running out of tape. Note to myself: Ask Ayah for help to go down and buy a roll.

26th Aug 09, Wed.

I decided to go to the polyclinic for my VERY LONG OVERDUE postnatal check up. It was supposed to be done 6 weeks after giving birth. Baby is now already 5 months! LOL

I had to bring Tufeil along cos Mum was out for her own check up. Was planning to bring the stroller and walked all of 15min to the clinic. Miraculously, Mak Long my Aunty came by to collect something just as we were about to go out too and she offered a lift. Alhamdulillah.

When i reached and registered myself, i realised that i was assigned a regular doctor to do this postnatal check up as well as Glucose Test to determine if i still have Diabetes. Worse, i was 100 numbers away!

It was 10:30am and i had been fasting since 12midnight the night before. It would take an hour or MORE before the doctor would see me and issue a lab test form to get blood test and drink the hostile glucose and then would hafta wait another hour to draw another set of blood and maybe yet another hour to see the doctor again.

Went back to the registration counter to ascertain if it’s really regular doctor and not the gynae. It’s correct alright. I told them i had a few questions to ask the gynae and i had to do papsmear too. All she managed to say was that gynae is not in today (wed) but only thursdays and fridays but that she would assign me to a female doctor.

Sorry but i gave up. Mummy suggested i go elsewhere to find out about my diabetes if any.

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Muslim & Muslimah.

Happy 5th Month, my baby!

Work has been crazy. It piled up just after two morning half days. Sheesh. So taking a break before i go mental.

Tufeil with Songkok (Muslim Cap)

Tufeilah with Tudung (Muslimah’s Scarf)

PS: Its Not my doing!! I was against it even, But after it was put on, can’t resist to take a picture!!!

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1st & 2nd Ramadhan

UPDATE!

I forgot to write about this. Tufeil pooped while seated in my lap and his shit exploded to the top of his diaper and smeared his shirt!!! Then Cik Girl magically produced a baby’s sleeveless shirt. It’s just a bit bigger but wearable.

LOL! The last time we were there, two of us need a change of clothes too. They were Mummy and Syifaa’ and now Tufeil!

Cik Girl’s tiny, under-the-bed drawer is like Doraemon’s pocket! Always a shirt or two for all age range. LOL!

Thanks, Cik!

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Sat, 22nd Aug 09, First Ramadhan, Tufeil one week shy of 5months.

Woke up at 5am for Sahur. Just as i was about to put Tufeil down on the bed from my chest, he came awake too. I put him on glider as we ate. Alhamdulillah he just sat in it very quietly, even without having fed yet nor BabyFirst on TV. Then back to bed.

As usual, Baby started talking to himself at 10am signalling time for his bath. Played with him for a bit. 30min before my students were due to arrive, i nursed him to sleep again. He slept all thru my class = 1.5hours! Which is quite rare for daytime naps.

AFter playing with him for a bit, i was the sleepy one and coincided with his feeding time so again i nursed him to sleep.

Nobody else was home so there were not many things we could do. so the next feeding time, we slept again for an hour!

When Maghrib was near, i fed and changed him and put him on his glider = i ate peacefully. For half an hour that is. Before he started getting restless. Truly, he could barely fit in his glider now. His legs are either bent at the knees or his heels hitting the metal edges!

One Day of fast completed. Felt VERY tired and with Kitchen and fridge being near was a great temptation.

Sun, 23rd Aug 09, 2nd Ramadhan.

This morning Tufeil slept thru our Sahur needing a feed just after prayer.

At 10am, we woke up. Nothing much to do also. Couldn’t conjure enough energy to go to the library. At 1pm, we slept again for 2 hours. By then, it was time to get ready for our usual date for group breaking of fast at Nenek’s place.

Shall I have my first taste of “real” food – the date?

Let’s try a few licks, first.

More desserts than main dishes =(

Let’s play with this “rosary beads” with Aunty Tiah.

If i had thought fasting while pregnant was difficult, fasting while breastfeeding is even more a challenge! You are weak and then you still have to feed the baby AND entertain, clean him and everything.

I’m not so worried about supply. Insya’Allah the body can use the reserves in me to produce enough milk for baby. And insya’Allah i have enough frozen ones if truly needed. It’s just i would need energy to keep up with what i’m losing along w production.

Let’s see how pumping goes this work week.

Till then~

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Hari Raya is Coming!?!?

Ok this year, finding the right outfit for our Eid celebration will be a real challenge yet!

For one, It’s diff to shop around with a baby in tow. Make that TWO babies to incld Syifaa’.

For another, I need a comfortable one for BF-ing! ie not as long as the knee length baju Kurung. Also need buttons in front but not all the way. Material also should be cooling and one that won’t irritate baby like sequins and stuff.
We went to Joo Chiat yesterday. I had to resort to feeding the babe in a FITTING ROOM!
Shhh baby.. don’t let them know we’re in here!
Well.. at least my sis did buy something from this particular shop. so i dont feel too guilty.
The new Geylang Serai Market.
I’m prolly the last person in spore who hasn’t been here. and still haven’t cos we just passed by to catch a cab!

And for that, i am not too looking forward for that festival. The Hassle! Yikes! My Best friends would say it was more diff for them last yr when their babies were only 2months old thereabouts .

On the other hand, when i visited a friend with her newborn yesterday, she asked her baby, “Emel, Are you ready to go visiting? to go “Collection”?” Ah! ok! I suppose that’s something to look forward to, although not the MAIN reason *wink*.

But FIRST! Need to start repaying the fast! i missed like… 6 days last yr when i was pregnant. Today, i dont even know if i can survive a single day of fast since going without breakfast would make my body very weak by lunch time!! And the thought of waking up BEFORE Dawn when the baby already keeps me awake most of the night!? How do other mothers do it?!

Ya Allah, please give me strength and Iman to complete this pillar of Islam.

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Tufeil’s The Sleepy Angel

Babies look their best when asleep!

This is Tufeil’s collection Sleeping Moments taken between July & 2nd Aug 09. (4months)

The first time he hugged a bolster to sleep.

Aye Aye, Cap’n!

Hmmm… What shall we eat today?

He fell asleep right after a shower early Tuesday morning when he has to follow mum to class.


Most nights he would be in this position after nursing him to sleep lying down.

Am I cute?

This is MY favourite sleeping position for him. It feels nice hugging him like that to sleep. BUt it would render me a wakeful sleep.

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