Eid 2014

Happy Eid Mubarak all! Let's forgive n forget. We went back to our hometown for raya and it was Reallly great spending raya with our loved ones back home. Syukur for that n now we r back in Sharjah. Sob...sob I wish the holiday is longer heeee. But never mind life must go on. As for Nuha, it's her first raya and I must say that I was the one who was so excited prepping for her. Haha. obviously more budget was spent on her clothes, shoes, headbands and etc etc. In fact she even got new sleep suits for raya. God bless u lil girl. 

On another note, she turned 8mo on the first day of Raya but poor baby she was extremely tired and definitely sleep deprived and was caught by jetlag bug. She only slept for almost 2 hours in total during the journey hence the crankiness throughout the day. Though she has tried her best to "entertain" the crowd which consists of her beloved grandparents together with her uncles n aunties. Good job darling! we spent the first day of raya at abang's place in Cheras before making a move to visit paklang's place at Bukit Sentosa,Rawang. Ate a lot there. Nasi dagang lomang lontong kuah kacang n the list goes. Hehe. later we headed back to in laws place at Sabak Bernam where we continued raya session and that was inclusive of nonstop eating raya food n nonraya food cooked with love by Mak n Abah. Thank you! Ok next up will b raya in kelate pulak . My girl is calling gtg

MH 17

It was a heartbreaking news that somehow I wished it was not true. Deepest condolences goes to all 295 passengers and crews on board MH 17. The plane was believed to be shot down and went down in Eastern Ukraine. My husband and I were in the midst of our Iftar when my cousin in Malaysia whatsapped the news about the incident.   I was telling my husband that this could b some kind of joke as obviously we are still not over MH370 incident. I repeatedly asking my cousin whether the news was a real one or maybe someone was faking the news but Allah knows best. It was a red one. As usual I had goosebumps all over and just could not concentrate eveb during my Maghrib prayer my mind was wandering thinking about the tragic incident. I pray to Allah that those innocent lives who were killed in the incident will be granted the highest of Jannah (for Muslims) and rested in peace for the rest. 

7mo old baby!

Like, seriously mommy? Alhamdulillah Nuha Zareera turned 7mo old on Saturday 28/6. Ohh time does fly. So quick that I wish I could press the pause button. 😂

This little girl really keeps me busy during the daytime. Thankfully I have my time off at nights when her daddy is around. She loves all the attention given to her esp when both mommy n daddy are seated around her. We could see the excitement in her eyes! Now that she has grown cleverer, and she knows that mommy or daddy will put and end to any of her requests listening to her cries, man, she is utilizing her skills well I would say. She refuses the stroller. not completely but she could not take it for a long period of time. She would attempt to sit down on the maxi cosi and not lying on her back to show signal that she wants to b carried. 

Mealtimes outside is quite challenging now that she would try to grab anything that is near n reachable. ie plates, the cutleries n OUR food! Bahaha. 

She enjoys her mommy plays "joker" over daddy. kalo daddy does the same thingwith mommy sometimes it could leaf to her crying pulak. Yeah. Mommy power.   Hehehe

Looks more n more like daddy. I've been getting this a lot. It's ok sojuk katenye if girl looks like the daddy,no? 

Attempt to crawl still x bjaye at this point of time. But she has started lifting her body a lot but I guess she still needs time to figure out how to coordinate the movements of hands n legs n the body lifting. No worries abt that. 

She has also cut her first tooth! Yayers! Now da nmpk ade 2 teeth at bottom front side. No wonder she's been putting everything in her mouth. Ouch must b so painful kan. 

 

Another thing I notice is this girl is really fond of labels and tags attached to the bedspread, napkins, pillowcases and etc. ESP for stuff bought from ikea, kan her labels very the besar sgt. Ha she loves to play with that and of course, followed by action of puting them in her mouth la. 

And also she is one bubbly and friendly baby. So far alhamdulillah no signs of stranger anxiety spotted. I'm thankful for that. Hee. A few times when we were out for dinner, the waitresses offered to hold her while we ate n boy, she didn't mind it at all. 👏👏👏 tesengih2 jeee org ambik die. 

Ok lai think that's all for now. Will surely continue later insyaAllah. Before I end, I'd like to wish everyone Happy Fasting May this holy month bring us closer to Allah. And let's fork out as much pahala as we can. InsyaAllah Amin. My major aims remain this year which to not miss terawikh and to khatam again. and of course with other additional ones. Trying my v best. InsyaAllah 

Till then. 

My little boss

Muka mentel kemaen ye. Ever since her recovery from demam, she's been so manja n clingy that she wants to b carried and held all the time! Oh nooo. That left mommy n daddy with so little time to do other things including vacuuming the house n mopping the floor. I hope this is only temporary or else fuhh we r going to live in very "clean" house. Hahah. 

And one thing I notice lately is that it has been very. Yes. VERY difficult to put her to sleep. that included the napping sessions during daytime. She would cry her heart out before finally dozing off. I would carry n try to rock her all I can and yes it works sometimes but there r times where I feel like screaming n crying together with her. Simply because I just don't have the idea of what she wants/ doesn't want. huuu. it does test my patience but I'm trying my best to hold it coz I know she's just a baby and that's part of the skills that she has just acquired-- screaming n crying out loud that is. Hehe

Other than that, she's a good girl. Still loving her bath time, loves to smile n laugh, friendly n bubbly with strangers n never fails to put a smile on mommy daddy's face everyday. Alhamdulillah for that. 

of vaccinations

Nuha had her 6th month injection yesterday. 2 weeks later than the actual date; simply because daddy had to wait for his paycheck (confirm 1k for vac) and mommy still traumatized due to last experience with fever after vaccination; I'm emotional like that. And did this time around, was hoping for things to be better or even better, no fever at all! But, Allah knows best. She is recovering from her fever but if course this time is better than the last time. Alhamdulillah. And mommy daddy are calmer this time. According to my nurse friend here, babies develop fever after vaccinations simply because their bodies are adapting with the "strangers" aka ubat yg being injected into their blood streams. So I guess it is not that bad. It shows that her body is giving signals concerning strangers coming inside. More like it, No?

On another note, Since baby is unwell, there is no going out or outing for us today to celebrate Father's Day. No worries celebration will follow suit later perhaps. Hehe. Happy Fathers Day to my husband, daddy of Nuha, my Abah and also to my father in law! We love you to bits! 

Officially on solids!

Last 28 May marked her 6th month birthday and yay! Hello to solids! Mommy was excited and nervous at the same time. Weeks before, I started buying the necessary stuff the bowl, the spoon, the bibs, the storage jars n the likes at Toys R Us Sahara Mall. I chose Tommee Tippee Explora due to their attractive colours haha. Yeah I'm lame like that. Hihi. Was contemplating to get Beaba/Avent baby food processor and I ended buying Philips Food Processor haha. Speaking if being realistic as I heard baby won't b on puréed food for such a long time. Her first taste of puréed food was banana followed by carrot and now it's the apple. Of all three, so far, I could tell that she enjoys the apple the most. I guess because of its sweet taste. Too soon to tell but let's keep fingers crossed that her journey of "food tasting" will be a glorious one without dramas of food allergies, n other unknown reactions. InsyaAllah. 

a place we call home

Alhamdulillah finally we have moved in to our humble home at BM Towers, Al Nahda, Sharjah. It is a fully furnished one bedroom apartment and alhamdulillah it is more than enough to accommodate our little family. Most of the furniture is from IKEA and I could not be happier. I can't wait to add my personal touch (chewah kunun) to our new place here. But it has to wait a little while as we need to settle other important matters first. No worries. Slowly but surely. 😄. So far we are enjoying life here and guess what ,DH's office is just the next tower. I bet it only takes 5mins ( including waiting for the elevator) to arrive home. Yayness! and baby Nuha is adapting well alhamdulillah. Very good this girl. I'm sure she will be surprised to know how her life revolves as a baby. Moving from one country to another, in fact; different continent altogether. Hehe. A colourful childhood I must say. And now, at 5months old,she can roll over on her own. She surprised us with her achievement few days before her 5th month birthday in which she woke up from her sleep just to mesmerize us with her new achievement and later fell back to sleep.such a cutie. and to date, she caught her first fever after her jabs on 20/4/2014. Daddy was on leave for Easter Day and we decided to taker her for check up. Little did we know that the doc suggested for 3 jabs that day with one oral vaccine of rotavirus. My poor baby. It was an unforgettable moment seeing my cheerful baby feeling and looking so weak and helpless. I did tepid sponging the entire night, gave her medicine which she hated so much; all in effort to reduce her body temp which was 39 degrees that eventful night. To make it worse, she just could not sleep. I could tell that she was definitely sleepy but her sickness prohibited her from doing so. Poor baby. but alhamdulillah things just got better the next day. She was able to get her sleep READ: rest that was really necessary to combat the fever. she was back to her normal self again. I felt so relieved and happy upon seeing her joyful face. Syukur thAt the fever went away. what an experience. Fuhh