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

twenty thirteen

my first post in 2013. hehe

happy new year!!

twenty twelve was an awesome year for me. Alhamdulillah

hopefully 2013 will be an awesome year too. InsyaAllah

btw, am turning 30 this year. cepat betul time flies. lepas spm, amik diploma & degree, kerja, kahwin, beranak tuptaptuptap dah 30! omaigod huhu nak kena buat list 'things to do before 40' lah. nak tengok mission possible ke mission impossible :p

anyways i nak share few photos from our 2012/13 5days tokyo trip. tak banyak pun gambar. boleh plak tertinggal camera kali ni. so silly me. so we all terpaksalah snap photos guna aifon ja :'(

hehe thanks to airees & aidan for this. tak payah queue pun :p  

yummy sushi & sashimi

airees kena tinggal ngan tok ma huhu next time la ya airees :)

 

we went disneyland during the weekend. rugi sangat cos tak banyak ride boleh naik. ramai sgt orang :(

if you all pegi tokyo. pls DO NOT miss pegi disneysea. disneysea tu actually kena pegi 2 hari baru boleh cover semua. rugi tau tak pegi. and better pegi during the weekdays to avoid berjam-jam beratur for each rides. here's some disneysea photos. 

hujan & sangat sejuk. hujan-hujan pun ramai

one of the rides yang tak sempat nak naik :'(

 

okaylah. gtg now. nak masak ni huhu. 

happy new year you guys!!!!wish you all love, luck & happiness in 2013 ;-)

airees & aidan

see i told ya.. now airees da pandai gelak. lagi 2 bulan da tumbuh gigi & da boleh makan. huwaaa cepat betul kan? 

time goes by fast so be sure to spend plenty of time with your loved ones :-) 

4 months & 2 days old lil airees

abang aidan & airees

oh selalu citer pasal airees kan. lupa pulak nk update pasal aidan. aidan's vocab taklah sebagus his peers tapi adala improvement sikit sikit. especially lepas balik london. makin cepat tangkap bila kita sebut. tapi vocabs aidan banyak english. kat school la tu rasanya dia belajar. cos kat rumah kitorang cakap bm ja. heheh ingat nak ajar jugak kecek kelate sikit-sikit.

tengok la camna kan karang pening pulak si aidan ni :-p tapi peliklah camne orang boleh ajar anak dia 2-3 bahasa tu. i nk ajar 1 bahasa pun payah. hmmmm