I've been writing this since the 3rd of January (but only published this today, 27 January) so all time references are definitely way off.
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KIDS
1. I always gush to theHusband about how adorable the children are when they are sleeping. I have to resist the urge to rain them with hugs and kisses when they are asleep. When they are awake however...
HUDA
2. Huda is getting a bit cheeky in school although I'm not sure whether she knows what she's talking about. She came back from school and as usual, she would tell me about random stuff which happened there.
Among the topics covered was about being a bride. She asked me if I wanted to be a bride. So I told her that I was a bride on my wedding day, when I married Ayah.
She then said, "Huda pun dah kahwin. Huda dah kahwin dengan H----." (I've got married too. I married H----.)
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The next day, we were on the way back home from school. She suddenly said, "Alamak! Huda lupa lah nak tanya H---- dia nak kek apa. Huda nak belikan dia kek." (Alamak! I forgot to ask H---- what cake he wanted. I want to buy him a cake.)
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Sigh. What am I to do with my cheeky little monkey? Anyway, the boy's name is not written out in full so that his parents won't come banging on my door for whatever reasons.
FARAH
3. At 11 months, Farah can now pull herself to a standing position, cruise around while holding on to the furniture for support, clap her hands, wave goodbye and point to her nose. She can smile and laugh on demand. And she laughs when she sees other people laughing, especially her sister. She seems to direct the word 'Ma' to me and 'Dada' to her sister. She hasn't cut her first tooth yet although she acts as if she's been going through severe teething pains since she was 4 months old ~ sheesh.. the drama queens my kids are...
4. Farah is still petite-ish but I do not worry about her small frame the way I used to worry about Huda's. This is because Farah actually eats. And, boy, does she eat!
While Huda refused to even take one bite (literally - before the food even entered her mouth, she would clamp her mouth shut and shake her head violently), Farah readily eats whatever is offered to her even if I don't like the taste of the food. She has brown rice with sishen (tastes awful but apprently is healthy stuff and can help build up her immunity, so the eu yan sang woman told me) for breakfast, porridge with fish and an assortment of vegetables for lunch and dinner. Still no salt in her diet. In between, I stuff her with baby crackers and fruit.
And she's still on breastmilk. I hope I can continue breastfeeding her til November this year. After that, I have to start weaning her off cos I'm going back to work in 2011. (shudder)
5. Farah no longer sleeps in her cot. We've dismantled it because it is a cause of great sorrow to us. Our sleep is affected by it. How so? It's getting too small for her so every time she moves about in her sleep, she'll get frustrated by the knocks and she wakes up crying. Frequently. In the middle of the night.
So, she now sleeps on a mattress on the floor and someone else also insists on sleeping there with her because she likes to touch Farah's hands. *rolls eyes*
And yes, both of them are in the same room. So, when one wakes up crying in the middle of the night, so does the other one.
6. While F does not have a problem eating, she does not like siting in her chair while being fed.
So, sometimes, I have to tie her legs. :p
7. Yesterday, I discovered F's new skill.
AOBs
8. Resolutions schmelolutions - erm. Still the same as 2009's and 2008's and 2007's and 1997's.. which is to get my driver's license. But with no effort whatsoever on my part, I really wonder when this will ever be achieved. My younger sister (younger by a good 12 years) who kinda dragged me to sign up at BBDC together with her sometime last year just got her license and has been driving my father's car (with my father beside her, of course). Is that motivation enough for me to get my fat arse down to BBDC? I hope.
9. For these 2 weeks, Huda has a relief teacher teaching her in school. Who's the relief teacher? My former student who's waiting for her A level results. Gasp. I feel old. She used to know me some 10 years ago as Miss N-.
10. Nerf gun - it's so cool! Go get yours today!
11. I want to thank China for lowering our cost of living somewhat. Every time I see cheap kids clothes, stationeries, household stuff etc, I'll thank China. But, of course, this does not mean I'll be buying food products from China. Still frightened after the melamine scandal which apparently is still in milk products so, choose your milk wisely.
11 comments:
Hahaha! Same here, my husband always says, awww...look at how cute and adorable Ilhan is when he's sleeping. That's my baby. But when he's awake, he's yours!
Gosh, the table pictures looks really precarious! U must be quite a sprinter now eh?
lol! that's a way of putting it. will steal that line from mr azhar and use it on my husband. heh heh heh.. :)
hahaa! sprinting is something i have to work on. but despite looking dangerous, she was safely on the table within seconds. but must rescue her from the table because i'm not sure if she knows how to get down from it.
huda dah main kahwin2?? heheh.. u never play kahwin2 dulu meh??? ni mesti ikut mak dia tau! hahaha! so funny!!!
farah looks so cute and chubby too!!!!! boleh cubit pipi tak???
huda likes to touch farah's hands?? huda is really cracking me up, she's like her mother!!! she's so funny!! so entertaining lorrr!
btw itu tie, it's the father's tie during his glamourous days at grange road rite?? :P
nerf gun? wat's tt? need to google already...
i got play kahwin2 before meh? dont have lah. dont have dont have dont have. *lol* where got ikut mak dia? mak dia not mentel like that. :ppppppppp
tie - hahaa! it's the only long piece of cloth theHusband could find when i asked him for one. i dunno why he still keeps it cos he defintiely has no need for it. maybe the same reason i keep my sec school and jc uniforms. (now that i think abt it - why on earth do i still have the uniforms when i cannot fit into them anymore?)
nerf gun is fun! buy one for hazim lah. then can practise his marksmanship for NS. better still, buy 2. then you and mr armf can feeling mr and mrs smith when hazim's sleeping. heh.
Budak2 bila tido memang look sooooo adorable & innocent...:P
You really have a cute Huda - so sweet pun ada...must touch her adik's hands...hahah!
So who sleeps on top on the upper part of the pull-out bed?
i think it is the children's way of survival. :D i once read that children have big round eyes to make them more attractive (cute, presumably) to parents so that the parents would feed them and take care of them. (and while the rest of the body grow and grow many times over, the eyes will only grow slightly bigger) this would be relevant in the stone-age days lah. now children are backed with lots of laws and legislations to ensure that parents take care of them.
anyway, the top part is now just a place to put pillows. but i must change this sleeping arrangement. i'm gonna put the playpen in the room and farah will sleep there. last night, she woke up at about 3, crawled to the toys corner and started playing. ARGH!!!!!
So they both sleep in the same room? And you and Hubby in another room? Syabas Nad:)
have u done this for your kids?
for the past few weeks, we start off the night sleeping in separate rooms, but when farah cries in the middle of the night, i'll go over, feed her then inevitably fall asleep in their room for the rest of the night. sigh.
Sarah sleeps in her own room for about 3 times a week. She prefers sleeping with us. Adam still sleeps in my room but in his cot.
I intend to move Adam to Sarah's room when he's a lil older, say by end of this year ;-p
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