Baiknya anak mama...

Nina,

Ingat tak malam tadi mama kupas 3 biji buah mempelam untuk kita dua beranak makan? Sementara Irdina habiskan bahagian Irdina, mama pula masuk ke dalam bilik bermain komputer.

Tiba-tiba Irdina menyapa mama, "mama, mama pun"... mama tak perasan apa yang nina nak masa tu, lalu mama pun jawab, "kenapa?"... nina ulang semula, "nah, mama pun"... Irdina tunjukkan pada mama sehiris buah mempelam... Mama pun cakap, "makanlah"... Irdina masih juga kata, "mama pun"...

Tetiba, hirisan mempelam tu jatuh, "o-oh, gogok dahnya"...

Mama jawab, "aok gogok, mama buang k" lantas mama buang mempelam yang jatuh ke dalam tong sampah. Mama perasan ditangan kanan Irdina ada sehiris lagi buah mempelam, yang sedang Irdina makan...jadi, mama suruh Irdina cepat habiskan.

Kejadian tu terus mama lupakan sampailah pagi tadi sejurus selepas bangun tidur, mama tersingkap semula... dan barulah mama sedari yang sebenarnya Irdina nak berkongsi 2 hirisan mempelam yang terakhir dengan mama. Satu utk Nina, satu pulak untuk mama... tapi mama langsung tak perasan... kesiannya anak mama...

Pagi ini, masa Irdina bangun, mama peluk Irdina... dan Mama ucapkan terima kasih pada Irdina kerana ingat pada mama... terima kasih sayang... semoga Irdina membesar menjadi anak yang baik dan bertimbang rasa.

Perihal Irdina

Rindu pulak rasanya dengan Irdina, walaupun baru je pukul 1 td balik from the babysitter's house. Sekarang ni Irdina dah terer berkomunikasi, itu yang syok nye tu...

Tadi pagi, Irdina nak pakai kasut terbalik, so mama tegur la, "Terbalik tu sayang"... dia terus tukar sendiri... waaaa pandainya anak mama... dah paham sangat dia apa org cakap...

Irdina ni pandai ambik hati orang… Kalau orang kasi apapa kat dia, dia akan cakap “macih” or kengkadang “teyo”. Kalau dia yang kasi barang kat orang pun dia yang akan cakap “macih”… geram!

Setiap kali keluarga telefon, Irdina akan greet mereka specifically, dengan beria2,
Babah – Babah
Nenek – Nenek
Bucu – Ucu
Ami – Mummy
Atok – Tok (yang ni kita kena mention dulu, belum automatic)

Setiap kali dia habis bercakap dengan nenek, dia akan ulang balik apap nenek sebut,
“Babai, Nite, Ayeyem” : “Babai, Goodnite, I love You”.

Kalau dia nak minum, dia dah boleh sebut, “aik num” – air minum; kalau nak susu, dia akan cakap “nenen”. Cepat nya dia boleh capture perkataan yang kita sebut dengan meaning nya sekali… Subhanallah.

Lagi satu benda yang Irdina suka buat ialah - MENGGIGIT... lepas dia gigit dia akan cakap, "o'oh, cacit jijit" means "o'oh, sakit digigit"...

Dia sekarang ni dah pandai plak nak mengikut mamanya pergi kerja masa mama singgah setiap tengahari. Pagi tak pulak dia meragam, tak sabar2 nak keluar kereta tatkala melihat Irah berlari2 menyambutnya kat porch tu adalah. Petang pulak, taknak masuk kereta, kalau masuk pun, tengok je kelibat rumah sendiri, terus meraung, nak ajak jalan dulu, biarlah kalau jalan keliling simpang tu je... alahai! Mamanya jarang ajak jalan2 ni, tapi keluarga babysitter selalu bawak jalan, tu yang terbiasa kot. Tapi sejak akhir2 ni telah keluar 'arahan' dari mama jangan bawak keluar sebab cuaca tak elok. Sekarang ni pun Irdina tengah selsema, sengau je bunyik suaranya yang memang dah serak2 basah itu...

Pagi semalam bawak Irdina pegi Klinik Harmoni kat Pekan Lutong tu, sunyi sepi je klinik pepagi. Kalau gi petang, sure penuh sampai jenuh menunggu. Kami dua beranak memborong ubat selsema dan batuk, just in case... sekarang ni musim demam bermaharajalela...

Sejak akhir2 ni Irdina lewat sungguh la tidur malamnya... Adakala tu sampai pukul 11 tak tidur lagi. Kalau bangun lambat pas tu ok la jugak, tapi dia bangun tetap pkl 7.30... bulan2 puasa, di hujung minggu pulak tu, mama lepas subuh amik peluang nak tidur, anak dara pulak bangun... alahai...

Satu benda mama kena didik Irdina utk tak buat... "jangan salahkan benda lain"... kalau dia jatuh, dia cakap lantai yang "jaik" sambil pukul lantai [jaik means jahat]... kalau nenek marah dia buat something nakal, "nenek jaik"... kalau terhantuk dinding, dinding la yang "jaik"...

Vocabulary...

Banyak dah vocab yang disebutnya sekarang...

Ketara sekali of coursela mama, babah and kakak (semua org termasuk gambar budak-budak dipanggilnya kakak). Dia bahasakan dirinya "Nina", N tu disengaukan sikit, so, rasanya dia nak sebut Dina kot... Kalau tengok her own photo or her mirror reflection, dia terus cakap, "Nina"... Kalau ditanya, "What is your name?" Dia akan jawab, "Nina" tapi kalau tanya banyak kali dia langsung tak layan...

Bila tengok gambar, dia boleh cam Atuknya, Neneknya, Bucu dan Aminya... cuma bila mama and bucu bergambar sama, Irdina takleh nak cakap mana satu Mama mana satu Bucu... tapi kalau gambar Babah dan Aminya, tau plak dia, kenapa ye? ahahaha Sayang, ada boleh jawab ini soklan? :p Tapi nak sebut satu2 Atuk, Nenek, Bucu dan Ami, Irdina belum boleh lagi...

Irdina boleh sebut "TIGA" dengan jayanya tanpa telor... straight je bunyi "TI-GA"... tapi kita kena sebut dulula... SATU, DUA... maka dia akan jawab "TIGA"... dicapital letterkan sebab kena cakap kuat2 baru dia sebut, kalau cakap slow dia kekdg jawab kekdg dia buat derk je... Kalau sebut ONE, TWO ataupun A, B... dia tetap jawab TIGA!!!

Lagi satu, Irdina terer cakap thru phone, biasalah kalau dah long distance ni kan... Hello (dgn lemah lembutnya), and Babai kira dah terer sangatla...

Kalau Irdina jatuh, secara automatik dia akan cakap, Oh-oh Gogo'... maksudnya, Oh-oh jatuh, bahasa Sarawak (BS) nya "Gugok"

Irdina boleh sebut gigi... bila ditanya mana gigi atau teeth, dia akan tunjukkan giginya sambil sebut "gigi"... another one, "kaki"... If you say, "Irdina angkat tangan"... she will angkat both her tangan and kaki ;) But if you say, mana tangan or mana kaki, she will show you the right body part. She is still confused with mata and telinga though :D

Favorite vocabs Irdina - "Maok" (M tu di sabdukan, tebal sikitla bunyinya) and "Noooo" maksudnya takmo la tu... segalanya dia cakap maok or no... kalau dia nak benda, dia tunjuk and sebut "ya"... Ya dalam BS maksudnya "itu"... Kalau dia nak air selain dari susu, dia akan sebut, "ek ya" or maksudnya "air itu"... but sebut "susu" tak pernahla pulak... alahai... dulu ada gak dia sebut "neng" but sekarang ni dia tunjuk carik botol susu and bagi kat kita, mintak buatkan la tu...
If "Maok" is for takmo, then "aok" is for "ya"... "Dah" for "sudah", "yom" for"belum"...

What else? ohhh yaaa... another favorite - "TIDOooo"... kalau mama masih baca buku tak tidur tidur, dia akan sebut TIDOooo tu dengan nada seakan marah... ahahaha...

String of words?

Yang boleh difahami setakat ni cuma "Ney nya ney?" means "Mana dia ye?"... and "nye ya" means "itu dia"... And the best ever feeling when she pronounces the "aeyeyo" for "I LOVE YOU"...

Semoga anak mama sentiasa sihat dan ceria...

Wajah-Wajah Irdina (2)

Again photos of Irdina for safekeeping... muahsss anak mama...

Happy 1st Birthday Irdina

11 January 2009 - Happy Birthday sayang... mmmuuuah :* Mama loves you... Babah loves you too..

Separation Anxiety

All this while, I was the one having this anxiety... Irdina never minded being left anywhere before as she is very friendly with people... she would be the first to start a conversation, be it with another baby or an adult... but TODAY, Irdina started to show her anxiety when i was about to leave the room (at her BS home during lunch time visiting)... wooo, dah besar baby mama ye? Maybe this is the milestone where she'd start to understand reasons... cause and effect...

First step and first clap... all the first things...

These two milestones happened almost simultaneously... about a week ago. To be exact, the clapping started on the 5/11.

She also knows how to say "hey-oh" now, which i predict means hello as she will only mention this when she put things near her ear, as if she's talking to somebody... this 'hello' thing started after i bought the fake handphone for her to play (but she still prefers mine though)...

If you give her the astro remote control, she will automatically point the remote control at the TV, as if she's changing the channel...

clever baby! Never underestimate your baby... they learn really fast. They will do things the way you do it (at least until they start to argue the way you do things when they reach puberty or even earlier)...

Cried again...

Irdina cried again last night... I couldn't figure out why but she'll stop crying if i caress her back... so, i keep my hand on her back until she fall asleep again. She had stomach discomfort (again) i guessed... ermmm... is it because of the milk? she has been taking the milk since before raya... and the symptoms only appeared 2 days ago... or is it because of the teething process? I really hope that this stomach ache / bloating thing will soon subside... i couldn't stand it when she's in pain... she'll become more cranky and needs 24hrs attention (she'll cry nearly all the time i tried to get away for a while to do things)... not that i couldn't stand to be near her everytime... i just couldn't stand seeing her suffer, feel like changing place for a while, let the pain be mine and she be healthy and happy. Kasihannya tengok anak mama :((

Found something in the internet:

What are the symptoms of teething?

The symptoms of teething vary from child to child. Because of these different experiences, parents and physicians often disagree as to the symptoms of teething and how painful it is. The list below shows symptoms that a teething baby may experience. While most parents usually agree that some or all of the symptoms below happened around the time of teething, it is still recommended that if your baby experiences any of these symptoms you check with your pediatrician to rule out other possible causes for the symptoms.

Irritability: As the sharp little tooth rises closer to the surface your baby’s gums may become increasingly more sore and painful, leading to your baby being very fussy. The pain and discomfort is most often worse during the first teeth coming in and later when the molars come in because of their bigger size. This is most often the case since babies become accustomed to the sensations of teething and learn to live with them. But you may find your baby may be fussy during the whole time that every tooth comes in. Every child reacts differently. <--- Symptom 1

Drooling: From three to four months of age you may see your baby start drooling more often than normal. Teething stimulates drooling, which is often worse with some babies than others.

Coughing: The extra saliva can cause your baby to occasionally cough or gag. This is usually nothing to worry about as long as your baby seems fine and shows no signs of a cold or flu and does not run a high fever. <--- Symptom 2

Chin rash: If your baby is a big drooler, the constant contact with saliva can cause the skin around the chin and mouth to become irritated. To help prevent this, gently wipe your baby’s mouth and chin periodically throughout the day.

Biting & gnawing: A baby that is teething will gnaw and gum down on anything she or he can get their mouth around. The counter pressure from biting on something helps relieve the pressure from under the gums. <--- Symptom 3

Cheek rubbing and ear pulling: Pain in the gums may travel to the ears and cheeks particularly when the back molars begin coming in. This is why you may see your baby rubbing their cheeks or pulling at their ears. However, keep in mind that pulling at an ear can also be a sign of an ear infection.

Diarrhea: While this is a symptom that is disagreed upon by physicians, researchers and parents, most parents usually notice slightly looser bowel movements when a baby is teething. While the recent study done by the Children’s Hospital in Australia found this to be the most common symptom of teething, there are still many people that will agree and disagree with this recent study. It is believed that the most likely cause of this is the extra saliva swallowed, which then loosens the stool. Be sure and report any diarrhea to your doctor that lasts more than two bowel movements.

Low-grade fever: A fever is another symptom that doctors are sometimes hesitant to directly link with teething. But there are many parents who will disagree with this and find their baby gets a slight fever while teething. The best thing to do is be extra safe and notify your doctor if a fever last more than two days.

Not sleeping well: With teething pain happening during the day and night, you may find your child wakes more often at night when the pain gets bad enough. Most parents agree that the night waking happens more often during the first set of teeth and with the molars. <--- Symptom 4

Cold like symptoms (runny nose, etc.): Some parents find that their baby will show signs of having a cold. Runny noses, coughing and general cold symptoms are believed to come from the baby having their hands in their mouth more often. Play it safe and always notify your doctor if symptoms such as this occur. <--- Symptom 5


She has some of these symptoms... but what about stomach bloating?

Found another one:

Teething is a phase all infants experience, usually lasting from the age of six months to three years. Some children are just mildly bothered by the appearance of their first teeth, or milk teeth, while others cry a lot, are unable to fall asleep, wake frequently and are generally cranky. The gums are red and sore, drooling is typical and the fingers are repeatedly put into the mouth. It is not uncommon for teething to be compounded by *fever, *stomach upsets and *diarrhea.

1st formula…

I’ve given Irdina her first formula Monday night… She turned her head left and right, initially refuting the milk, but in the end half-heartedly emptied the bottle… My feeling? Sad lorr, and felt a bit guilty… I asked my colleague whether they felt the same way trying weaning for the first time? And the answer, “you’ll feel the same way every time”… One even cried…

I will only substitute the formula 4oz. per day. The remaining feeding would still be the best food, mother’s milk… I am lucky cos Irdina is not picky… after the first denial (so called), she’s now adapted to having both formula + breast milk in the evening.

I need to watch for allergy symptoms these few days. I really hope that the formula is good for her… but after this 1st tin, I thought of buying the next step formula (from the same brand though)…

Irdina, mama always pray for your health… please stay healthy ok?