oh myyy!

oh dear! tak menyempat nak update blog since ada aimar. managing 3 kids & part time online biz without helper mmg mencabar. tapi if ada helper pun sama jugak mencabar! It's like me having another baby. nak kena monitor makan, minum & kerja hahaha

anyways, aimar is turning 1y6mth soon, airees dah 3yo yesterday and aidan is turning 5yo next week!

they grow super fast!

now aidan dah boleh baca Peter & Jane Book 2a (must practice everynight klu tak confirm kelaut!). we suppose to register aidan kat primary school dah dis year but i'm still in denial! (sedihnya anak dah besar) dah shortlist few school so yeah tunggu le hubs lah yang pilih.

As for airees pulak hari ni first time airees diaperless. so far up til now (almost 5pm) no accidents yet. baguskan?! her vocab dah banyak. mcm mak nenek! sikit sikit "dowan friend mama". so yeah i decide to potty train her early. jimat diapers! heee

aimar pulak. he can say these few words dah
ma ma
pa pa
tee geee (aunty eggie)
nak
no no
uk uk (poo poo)
peppa pig 
bebird
hello

quite banyak kan? jalan tu takyah cakap la.dah berlari memanjat dah.my lil hero sangat! gigi pun dah ada 8! Alhamdulillah feel soo good to update this blog with loadsa happy news! til then. semoga rajin la update blog ni lagi :D

cheeky girl

my cheeky lil mek airees. geram tengok dia ni. dengan mata bulatnya heee

she's daddy lil girl (dahla muka clone papa dia) 

kuat merajuk. 

marah sikit ja dah keluar air mata. 

eee geram!

Bye-bye!

Yey!! definitely big achievement to us. Airees baru masuk 16mo and i berjaya wean off kan dia from her BFF :p 

tak sengaja pun sebenarnya. satu malam tu airees tertidur without her puting terus i decide nak sorok all her puting tu and stop kan je. today dah 2 weeks airees without her puting. heeeee

senang la wean awal. if nak tunggu 2-3yo i pulak pening. nk kena taruk kicap la kunyit la. nescafe la. dah jadi satu masalah besar pulak :p

hehehhe sowee mommies takde special tips la. i just sorok ja puting airees tu. terus dia lupa. mungkin la dia tercari-cari tapi tak reti nak mintak. to bad kekekkek :p

the terrible twos terrifying threes

Whoever called it the 'terrible twos' obviously didn't have a 3 YO! PERIOD!

Aidan was great through the 2 YO stage, but he has recently started the so called 'terrifying threes' phase. GAH *tarik rambut*

camne laaaaah nak deal with this phase?? huwaaaaa paling stress if pegi rumah my MIL. Ya Allah...rasa macam nak jadi HULK okay. GRRrrrr. my MIL plak not helping at. She'll say "Aidan, NO, Aidan, NO, Aidan, NO' and Aidan pulak bila orang cakap NO lagi laaa dia nak tunjuk terror. memang drama. Arghhhhhhhh STRESS!

If pegi rumah my mum tak pulak dia buat perangai. prolly kat rumah my mum ada banyak gila toys so dia takda masa nak buat perangai, whereby kat rumah my MIL toys memang disorok sebab taknak rumah bersepah. mula la lari sana lari sini, ketuk sana ketuk sini, lompat sana, lompat sini. so HMMMMM terpaksa la deal with his tantrum tu kan? what to do?

Kat our house pulak, jarang la dia buat perangai. tapi bila dia boring tu start la bully airees. kesian betul tengok mek airees tu. dah la kecik, kena bully pulak tu T_T

Oh lupa. lagi satu aidan ni sangat sangat sangat susah nak makan. I IS STRESS hokay! kat school teacher dia kata mana nasik 3kali tambah. kat rumah pandang nasik pun tak nak. minum susu je berbotol-botol T_T

I REALLY HOPE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE HIS PERMANENT PERSONALITY! *finger crossed*

Cheeky! 

airees turns 1

oh em gee! i feel so baddddddd.

time aidan 1 yo punyala celebrate besar-besaran. time airees ni update blog pun tak sempat T______T

we just came back from london last saturday and both aidan & airees still jetlag. birthday girl pulak cherry berry cos baru tukar formula milk. huwaaaaaa macam zombie dah rasa.

anyway, happy 1yo my sweet lil princess, AIREES IRISA

today you're a healthy 6.8kg petite lil walker (i guess its from ur papa's genes).

you're very active, social, independent and loving. hahaha thank god you're not having that silly stranger anxiety anymo. i love you so muchhhhhhhhh baby girl!  i'm so happy to see you grown up beautifully each day and I really really hope one day i'm gonna be your bestie ;)

thank you Allah for blessing our life with this beautiful baby girl ♥♥♥

sleep baby sleep

i started sleep training airees when she was 4mo. it ain't easy. trust me ;p 

but now lights on ke lights off ke aidan ada ke bunyi ipad ke semua boleh. hehehe

BTW, i've tried the 'cry-it-out' method. kesian lah. i felt sooooo bad cos airees nangis sampai termuntah.i jugak yang susah kena salin her baju, cadar, blanket etc. huhuh

anyways these are how i've done:

•i trained airees during her evening nap first.lepas da berjaya baru train for her bedtime

•first, u have to ensure that she's full before nap/bedtime

•include all the things that she has learned to associate with going to sleep in her bedtime ritual- lullaby music toy/youtube's lullaby & her paci

•position yourself so that you can gently pat her

•when she begins to cry, try not to pick her up (this will be extremely hard to do, but if you pick her up, she will learn to cry next time until you do again!)

•continue to pat her, sing to her, tell her you love her, hug her & comfort her until she falls asleep(sometimes i yang tertido dulu hahahha)

the first night it may take an hour-and-a-half or even more for her to go to sleep. the following night she may go to sleep all by herself or you may need go to through the same painful process again.

you will probably gonna face about six crying episodes before your child learns how to go to sleep on her own :)

consistent routine every night is the key! all the best mommies :-)

airees at 6 months old

• 5.56 kg (her paed said she's healthy & nothing to worry, so tak payah nak memandai-mandai nak suruh bagi bubur ayam mcd pulak)

• knows her name

• rolls over in both directions

• play with her hands & feets

• loves to play the peek-a-boo

• her first solid food are cerelac nestum & avocado puree (she loves avocade puree more than cerelac)

• sleeps at 10pm every night & wakes up for milky at 5/6am then tido balik until 8am (hehe good girl)

• may start to crawl soooooooon! 

• andddddddddddd to those yang suka sangat tanya 'airees still bf ke'? the answer is 'NO'.airees drinks formula milk since she's 4 months old due to my health reasons masa bf aidan dulu and few other reasons (bagitau awal-awal karang ada pro bf mommies nak sekolahkan i. macamlah if bagi susu formula tu i tak sayang airees) 

OMG next week dah masuk march! oh no! i feel so bad cos sempat update blog sebulan sekali ja sekarang. huwaaaaaaa.

stranger danger

Is it true that stranger anxiety is a common condition in babies? 

It's a new thing for me cos aidan dulu takda plak this kinda anxiety. dengan semua orang okay. macho je aidan.
I started to notice that airees have this since she's about 3 mo. bila orang tegur je mula lah nak crybaby. and airees's strangers list include: her tokma, her aunties, unfamiliar relatives & whoeverlah yang dia tak tengok hari-hari. 

pening kepala i ni haaaa ngan my mum pun dia nak nangis. padahal every week kot jumpa bukannya jumpa sebulan sekali.huhuhu howla airees?jangan jadi anti-social plissssss :'( 

nway i ada terjumpa articles on how to overcome stranger anxiety. so far these are the best advices:

1. give her time to become familiar with new surroundings. allow them to discover things at her own pace to help to reduce anxiety 


stay within sight at all times. hmm this one tak berapa setuju cos if airees sees me lagila dia nak mama dia kan? 


tell friends and other family members to approach her slowly so that she has time to feel comfortable around them and not forced to meet and greet them. tapi some ppl tu taknak dgr.da explain pun tak paham. maybe selama ni semua baby kat muka bumi ni tak nangis kot dia pegang. bila mek airees da meraung baru nak panic


greet friends & relatives with hugs and kisses so babies can discover who is safe, and learn to feel less anxious and be more comfortable

babycentre said that most babies grow out of stranger anxiety by the time they turn 1. I really hope that this phase passes soon. lenguh tangan mama ni airees, nasib baik baru 5kg :p

hehehe nasib baik dengan papa dia tak nangis. kalu tak pengsaaaaaan mama. btw if once a week i bring her to gymboree okay ke? ke tunggu dah pandai crawl?

baru kena tegur, mata da start berair huhuhu

i'm mama new bff - airees