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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…
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"Ummi, Syifaa' pun nak Flower"

DSC00839 Compressed

"Tufeil, Ummi tgh draw Kakak Syifaa' flower"

 
Complete!
Complete!
 

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I can’t think right now.

Totally swamped at work! But i have a few t hings to say:

1. Tufeil regurgitated thru his nose! like 3 times the past couple of weeks! it trickled out when he was sitting upright too!! What m i doing wrong?!?! Poor baby.

2. I was on MC yesterday. Doc said i have a CYST. a MILK cyst and she popped me with a pin and told me to use warm towel. Didn’t get 2 days as intended. I sooo dont have time to do all this remedying regime at home, and no stuff at work. Am i doomed for pain all my BF-ing life then?

3. I HATE MY ROOM!!! It’s a MESS MESS MESS!!!! I hate to admit that the cot/playpen has indeed turned into a storage space the past few months. I planned to buy two Winnie the Pooh storage boxes to put his toys and books. Instead, i was given an ugly looking drawer! I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TIME TO CLEAN UP MY WORDROBE!!!

Somebody PLEASE babysit TUFEIL for meee!!!!! *Crying crying*

4. Even without the wheels, Tufeil has been moving around in that walker of his! So strong!?

5. Muslim staffs got their salary 5 days early! Weee…

6. On top of everything else, there’s a bee buzzing on my hp. SHOO! Go away!

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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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Cranky Tufeil

8th and 9th Sept 09

Seems like Tufeil is in a…. Growing Up Cranky Phase?

Mum reported he kept crying during the day, refusing to sleep save for a few 15 to 30min chunks at a time.

Usually, he would be ok by the time i come back and nurse him myself. But not that night.

That night, he was on my left side for over an hour. When i tried to release it, he cried! Lying on the bed sideways, it was a very uncomfortable position for me to sleep in and i almost wanted to scold him! But i just went around to the other side of the bed and give him the right one (more comfortable side for me but still on my back’s the best) and he was soothed.

That raised another scary thought: I think the supply on my left side is dwindling. This is due to Plugged Duct i’ve been having for 2 months now. The visible white plug that sort of corks the flow of milk refuses to go away! When i express, only 70ml came instead of the standard 100ml.

I’ve already called KK’s lactation nurse. She told me to pick at it as i would a pimple! Er…. i soooo dont know how, scaredy cat that i am. She did tell me though that i should contact her again if the condition doesnt get better… Hmm…

In the meantime, Tufeil, please help mummy to get better. and Please be a good boy, theek hai? Accha bachcha.

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Little Bites of Info

Monday, 7th Sept 09 (5months, 2 weeks)

Tufeil has started sitting on his own!!! This is what i’ve been waiting for! Granted, its still wobbly and unstable. He would flail his cute arms around for balance. Sometimes he would topple over, other times he could even play with the iPod while sitting.

Mum said this is because she put him in unmoveable walker quite a bit that he knows how to work his arms for balance.

I have a 3min clip of him sitting but footage is not proper to be posted. Ahaks!

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Thursday, 3rd Sept 09

Played Badminton with the Joyful One (colleague). It’s our practice session before company tournament this Thurs.

Top 8 players will represent the company! Ok i’m sooo totally not in that league. We’re playing for fun, but not anyhow whack lah.

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I’m tired of breaking fast at home. I WANNA GO OUT TO EAT!!!! Cafe Galilee, Please save me from eternal food boredom. Well, at least i got my pizza and Sarpino’s brownie bites yesterday. YUMMY!!! =D

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Fri, 4th Sept 09

Went to Yaya’s place for Iftar with the Besties. It was soo fun with so many babies around and so many varieties of food in abundance! Best part was when we left the hubbies outside in the living room to bond, while we the girls stay in the room to discuss date of our group Eid visiting! 

I want to thank Ma n hub for taking your time to come to Wlands all the way from Tamp to pick up my baby! You both are a God sent!

We left at 10:30pm. Nobody was going up north, so took cab home. $22. Thank you Zi for contributing $10 even though you alighted at $6 mark.

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Sat, 5th Sept 09

Iftar gathering at my mum’s paternal side of the family. I really really hesitated to come along and i should have followed that instinct. BEcause Tufeil was cranky all night.

But the alternative of breaking fast alone albeit at Cafe Galilee or somewhere nice is even more scary.

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Sun, 6th Sept 09

Fun Iftar session at Simei with Mum’s maternal side. The little cousins are also there including the Japanese, Chinese and Paki mix breds. The Indian mix breds were not there though =(

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE MAK Ngah’s goreng pisang using purely ADABI’s flour mix.

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I think i’ve lost the skill / interest to take photos. And i totally blame my SNAIL SLOW Sony Ericsson G705 hp.

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Tufeil’s Umpteenth Jab

Wed, 2nd Sept 09, 5months

Ok I don’t remember how many jabs he’s had already for Immunisation Jab. Only 5 months and i’ve already lost track.

This time, mummy took him on her own. Morning appointment slots usually finish in a zip, which i normally cannot do bcos im not a morning person.

He was wearing this green and red romper Courtery of Nisa and a matching green and red stripes sock and a green songkok. Mum reported that the nurses cooed at him at the ensemble and the cheeky smile he likes to give out when people tease him.

Weight: 7.1kg (No Wonder its tiring now to carry him! hehe)

Height was not measured.

NExt check up in another month’s time for hepatitis B. Mum said there’s no Development Check up by the doc at 6 months but at 9 months. =(

BTW a few things i’ve noticed about Tufeil:

1. When he was approaching 5 months, he started pooping less. now reduced to 1 or at most 2 FULL diapers and sometimes small leftovers thru out the day. It used to be up to even 5 FULL diapers before. A sign that his digestive system has grown nicely.

There was one or two days where he didn’t poop ALL DAY. got quit worried but the next morning he OVERFLOWED like… twice!

2. He seems to have forgotten to want to turn from tummy to back after he’s expert at back to tummy.

3. Last week, i told my friend how come T hasn’t started raising his knee when he’s got tired on his tummy already (pre-crawl position) like how BabyCenter said he prolly would. However, just two nights ago he started lifting his butt in an attempt to fold his legs at the knee while on tummy. Weee Way to go Baby.

Till then!

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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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