13 & 14 months Princess

Obviously Sophie has grown. Her hair seemed to grow; no bald indeed. She spoke and she was trying to communicate even though it was tough to quite understand what she actually wanted. She managed to do some of chores whenever she was playing around. We at that time were the busiest time for us to pack our stuff in planning to move out from the rented house. So you could imagine how chaotic it was.

At her 1st birthday, I noticed Sophie could use some words expressively. Even though we didn’t quite sure what it was but her working vocabulary have grown to several words. Most of the time she was trying to practice the inflection, raising her tone of voice as if she asked some question and she babbled something I didn’t understand, I just said : “oo really?? What happened? “ – thats my safe words. Also we noticed she able reached her arms toward her favorite toy such as Leap Frog Lily, her Leap Pad book and and she even said “book” whenever she was trying to reach her books. She also developed some sign language of gestures in communicating with us as well. Sometimes we were pity on her when she struggles to get her meaning across now and then. We have bought her new Leap Frog Music Table with bilingual, English and French which perhaps we could develop her in other languages other than Malay and English. Perhaps, I should learn French too.

We already moved to a new house in Bandar Kinrara 5 when she was 14 months. Sophie looked cheerful and had enjoy with her new house – I think because it’s bigger and organized. The house we bought is well kept by the previous owner. Yup we bought a 9 year-old house and we do not regret in our decision since this house is equipped with kitchen cabinet, tv cabinet and built-in wardrobe. Sophie had her best experience in climbing the stairs, which we worried most. And there is a fish pond in car porch which she excited in looking at the fishes. There were 3 fishes – 2 Kaloi and 1 gold fish. Of course she would always love to see the gold fish but 2 big Kaloi also would attract her.

We spend so much time and money on this new house in made it organized and more babies friendly. I noticed Sophie quite understood on some stuff we forbid her to play with but most of the time she rather ignored it. Anyways, the climbing action had made us worried which leads her daddy in buying the safety gate in her 16 months.

Picts in Bandung

While waiting to depart in LCCT

Nice delicious foods in Pasar Baru FC

Rumah Mode entrance


Sophie looked uncomfortable riding the donkey

@ Gunung Tangkuban Perahu

Nice view

Sari Ater Hot Spring

@ Tea plantation just near by the volcano

Had fun picking up the strawberries

Rumah Mode, the pix was taken by Pak Adi

My 1st Oversea Trip

I was on the limo when I woke up, and mommy had saying that we will be going to somewhere we’ve never been. I wonder where it was, until daddy said this is to be my 1st oversea trip. What is oversea? And he said we are going to Bandung, Indonesia. Oooo.. I got it! Oversea is somewhere out of Malaysia. Ok .. that would be interesting. I wonder what was there would attract my mom and dad decided to go there. Mommy said that was their 1st trip to oversea by AirAsia, which she actually would love to take MAS but since the trip was worth the money, she thinks there was no harm trying. She also said, it’s not that far as they had travel to London for the honeymoon (which she said that was the time I was conceived), so she hoped the traveling won’t be affect much on me.

The trip was actually to celebrate mommy’s birthday. We had travel on the Jan 15-17, and it was worth it, traveled for sightseeing and shopping. When we arrived, there was a man called Pak Ayi, waited for us and mommy said he would be our driver for the whole trip. This man looked decent and we thank him for his effort and his willingness on guiding us around Bandung. Mommy was excited when we arrived at Pasar Baru, one of the small complex selling lots of textiles, hijabs, and etc. Mommy bought herself some textiles and kebaya where she was happy with the price and the quality of all the stuffs. Me? I was tired, had no appetite and I was feeling drowsy.

After some time, we went back to the hotel, had shower and mommy was planning to go shopping at Heritage and some of the FO she knew through internet. However, I was accidentally slipped in the shower and hit a bit on my lips, which I was crying out loud and it was really hurt. Mommy said sorry and she felt terrible on what happened to me. It’s ok mommy, no worries, I’m a bit tough like you :). After we went shopping which actually mommy didn’t have feeling on buying anything, we were up to one diner place for dinner. It was cozy and authentic style of Bandung or Indonesian. The foods were great and I heard them talking about the good service too. I was not paying attention while happy playing around. After we had sumptuous dinner, we were straight ahead to Rumah Mode, one of the famous FO in Bandung.

The next day, after had some breakfast, mommy and daddy was ready to go to one place called Tangkuban Perahu. I do not really know what the place it was, but mummy said it could be cold and cloudy so she wanted me to put on the sweater. I was kind of excited to see the place daddy called a “volcano”. It’s quite a long journey we had to arrive at the location. There were lots of people and the scenery was beautiful, we’ve taken lots of picture. Mommy wanted to ride a donkey with me, which I would say, I was excited at the beginning but I wasn’t soon after that. It might be because of the cold and the riding wasn’t that comfy. Well, I’m not quite sure if I still remember the moment was, but no worries since daddy has taken video on me riding the donkey.

We went to Tea Plantation and Strawberry Park soon after that. I saw mommy and daddy picked the strawberries and heard they were saying the strawberry juice was flavorsome. I was tempted to taste it but mom forbids me to do that. After that we had lunch and went to Amanda Brownies in Jalan Dago for souvenirs. We headed to lots of FO, which I was not quite interested and it was really tiring day for me. I was restless and hungry yet quite happy when I saw daddy bought himself some apparel. After sometime, I heard mommy saying she was not satisfied with the FO and she saw the some of the stuffs were fake. She asked Pak Ayi to go to Rumah Mode again. There we’ve bumped to daddy’s friend, he called him Pak Adi. I was confused, I heard before one is Pak Ayi and here is Pak Adi. Why there were so many Pak in here??? Hmm.. I was wondering why. Never mind.. but I heard at first mommy said she thought she’s mistaken seeing him as Pak Adi since she knew they are in Malaysia. And she was surprised that the person was Pak Adi. Furthermore his family also was there because they’ve came for a wedding. That was surprisingly sweet moment meeting them there.

Mommy and daddy have done lots of shopping in Rumah Mode. We were tired and restless. We just had room service for dinner and I saw mommy packed some of the shopping stuffs in the luggage. The next day was our last day in Bandung. Daddy asked a favour of Pak Ayi to go to ITB because he was looking for a painting for our new home. I saw he was drooling of some paintings but they were quite pricey daddy said. We were soon headed to Diaz where mommy and daddy bought some wallets and stopped for a while at Pasar Baru. Again.. Mummy bought some kebaya and daddy bought hijabs for Opah. We also bought some souvenirs for daddy and mommy’s colleague. We were in the Airport with two luggages which full with shopping stuff and I knew mommy was happy with the trip. Daddy said it won’t be the last time we would travel here. He was happy and thought on buying the next trip to Bandung again. Me? Since that was my 1st trip to oversea, I was really feel delightful and blessed to have a chance travelling around even though it was tiring, I also had fun. Thanks mummy and daddy.. I love you both.

My baby milestones

Ok now.. Milestone chart check… but please be aware that our children is unique and individual, so the development may varies from others.. Please do not get me wrong with this milestone check which I hope do not offend to certain people. And this is just for our Sophie and we do not compare our children for the sake of their own development :)

By 7 months she supposed managed to
· Sits without support - checked!
· Drags objects toward herself - checked!
· Starts crawling - checked!
· Combines syllable – a bit
· Starts to experience stranger anxiety - double checked!

Advanced skill
· Waves goodbye - checked!
· Stands while holding onto something - checked!

By 8 months she could…
· Says "mama" and "dada" to both parents (isn't specific) – checked! – mama only... papa no
· Passes objects from hand to hand - checked!
· Stands while holding onto something - checked!
· Crawls - checked! She already can do it when she was 6 months.. hooray!!
· Points at objects - checked!
· Searches for hidden objects - checked!

Advanced skill
· Pulls self to standing, cruises – sometimes
· Picks things up with thumb-finger pincer grasp - checked!
· Indicates wants with gestures – nope!

Ok.. what about when she was 9 months
· Stands while holding onto something - checked!
· Jabbers or combines syllables - checked!
· Understands object permanence - sometimes
· Cruises while holding onto furniture - checked!
· Drinks from a sippy cup - she also can drinks Vitagen by using straw
· Eats with fingers - checked!

Advanced skill
· Says "mama" and "dada" to the correct parent – checked!

Next when she was 10 months
· Waves goodbye - checked! – but the correct way - - she was like twisting her hands
· Picks things up with pincer grasp - checked!
· Crawls well, with belly off the ground - checked!

Advanced skill
· Stands alone for a couple of seconds - checked!
· Puts objects into a container – nope!

Sophie’s 11 months development
· Says "mama" and "dada" to the correct parent - checked! – but she still couldn’t says papa
· Plays patty-cake and peek-a-boo - checked!
· Stands alone for a couple of seconds - checked!
· Cruises - checked!

Advanced skill
· Understands "no" and simple instructions – nope! Lg dia nk buat ader la…
· Puts objects into a container - checked!
· Says one word besides "mama" and "dada" - checked!
· Stoops from standing position - checked!

Finally.. by her 12 months…
· Imitates others' activities - checked!
· Indicates wants with gestures - checked!
· Takes a few steps - checked!
· Says one word besides "mama" and "dada" - checked! - we also have change mama to mummy and papa to daddy since she could easily call her daddy by now rather than papa

Advanced skill
· Walks alone - checked!
· Scribbles with a crayon – nope!
· Says two words besides "mama" and "dada" - checked!

Sophie 1st anniversary

A day before we were planning to throw out a party for Sophie, we went out to be on a boat. Malacca cruise is actually located in just walking distance from my late grandma’s home. We took the boat around 8 pm with my sister’s and her kids, my cousin and my younger sister. You can’t imagine how excited Sophie was looking around, pointed something she saw and she babbled a lot. We were glad she managed to not fall asleep till the boat has turned back to departure location.

Mommy.. look!! The funfair.. i wanna go daddy..

With her cousins, Mak Lang and Uncle Ahmad

Actually the party was celebrated not even she was 1 year, she’s only has 15 days to become 1. That’s why I called it Pre-birthday which actually we were thinking to celebrate her actual birthday with bigger party in our new house, but we not succeed I would say. Anyways, her Chocolate Indulgence from Secret Recipe that special decorated for her written “Joyeux anniversary Sophie “which means Happy Birthday Sophie. It’s written in French though we are sure our aunt and uncles could not understand that.

Sophie got gifts from her 2nd cousins and uncles/aunties and in reality we did not expect to get anything from them. The celebration was just for ‘makan2’ purposes and too cherished some moment on her birthday party. We were grateful to have them around and many thanks for make it happened.

9 - 10.. Sophie was great!!

During her 9 to 10-month-old, apparently Sophie was quite a fast learner. I think all babies at her age were always been fast learner since they were so enthusiastic and also observer. I was actually worried with her mobile when there was so much mess in our house that time. Her toys are everywhere, the stuff here and there and no matter how many times we’ve clean the chaos, it turned up to be much more messy.. hehe.. maybe we are bored to death with our rented house.

Sophie babbling started to sound like more real words, and I would respond as if I understood what she was trying to say. Well, although her understanding of words far outpaces her ability to use, I knew magic happened. She could respond when I or Hubby said something and she’s so keen to look up when I pointed something to distract her. Furthermore she seems to understand when I said something nice and praise her, she seems pleased and contented. However sometime I did not know how to communicate with which is I couldn’t find any phrases or sentences in making a conversation with her. I should learn more how to communicate with baby.My little ones started to understand the word "no," though she seems to ignore and may not obey it just yet. What I know at this stage, it's best to try to avoid the tendency to use baby talk because I believed hearing the right words is better for Sophie's development.

Soon after that I noticed some words or gestures I actually understand, as well as other forms of communication. Sophie also loves when I sang her nursery rhymes, which we bought for 2-3 months ago. She enjoyed when I was demonstrating the actions that go with words even she couldn’t understand what I was doing actually. The worst part was, when I stopped she would cry and asked for more and more. That was really tiring repeated singing those rhymes.. hehehe..But surprisingly, she would imitate my actions such as clapping her hands together and moved her head for peek-a-boo.

At mealtimes, she was able to grip a cup and drink from it independently and we already introduced her with Vitagen and yogurts which she loved most. Her demands on foods quite unpredictable and we always had a problem to give what she needed. Her weight was not as expected for her age; this was concerned by her pediatrician, Dr. Azam. He said supposedly Sophie have to have almost double from her birth weight. Sighhh…

Her Fisher Price 2 in 1 walker

It was her first walk with her FP walker.. practice makes perfect huh?!! Please ignore all the mess around our family hall, you know how messy it was in our rented house.. urrghh.. so please do ignore ye!!

Poor Daddy...:(

It was Sunday morning when Angah and we have decided to go to Bukit Belacan for picnic. My mom has cooked nasi lemak for us, luckily she had time to do that since she has 3 daughters who was really not real good cook.. hehehe.. That was our 1^st time took Sophie out to picnic to this kind of place, meaning despite of org2 tua advice, that is not good to bring baby to the beach, sungai2 yg dekat dgn hutan.. etc..etc..

Picnic was amusing with Sophie was so excited yet feel cold which her lips became blue and pale. I thought she couldn’t take the coldness of the water but yet she still do not gave up. I was the one who worried that she could get cold and fever.

The next day, her daddy was not feeling well and he’s getting worst. His temp was high to 40 deg C which I believed there was not a normal fever. I took him to the nearest hospital, SJMC, and they took his blood for dengue analysis. He had no clue on this; there are no symptoms but only the fever. Her daddy had 2-day MC and the result has came up and confirmed he had a dengue fever. Apart of the bad experience in SJMC’s management, everything went good enough for him to recover after 1 week and ½ . Alhamdulillah.. Thanks to Angah and Yusliza for visiting us. Sophie said thanks to her aunts and Fariz.

Two weeks after that we went to Terengganu for a vacation cum his fren’s wedding. Sophie’s daddy has booked Awana Kijal for a vacation that we really had fun in there. Sophie as usual very excited in the pool, where we couldn’t handle her enthusiasms on ‘swimming’ talent.

Bkt Belacan picnic.. note that Sophie was shaking cz it was so cold

Yet she still couldn't wait to get in the water

Party buih with mummy.. see.. Sophie wanted to taste the bubbles

@Awana Kijal, swimming lesson with daddy.. push..and kick.. 

Sophie @ 8 months

Sophie had growing so fast. During her 8-month-old, she managed to cruise around and holding onto furniture for support. She’s so mobile while she has started crawling when she was 7-month-old. I have her full breastfeeding till her 6-month-old and she started to eat her solid food soon after that. She’s still not used to formula milk but as my milk supply was decreasing, she had to get used to it. I was sorry for her but I was always trying my best to accommodate her needs.

Her exciting development included the babble, which she would say the same syllable repeated over and over again. She loves birds.. she knew how to said bird eventho she only like 8-month-old. My hubby and I bought lots of toy and books for her. We try to educate her as best as we could since we have just limited time with her during weekdays, that was the least thing we could do.

Sophie experienced her very first solid food

She loved experimenting so much with her both hands, that I didn’t have clue which hand she inclined to. I have heard that handedness does not usually become obvious, not until her 9 months. But then, I believe little ones tend to be ambidextrous, and maybe until they start school. Oh ya.. she also has started her ‘swimming class’ with her mom and dad when she was 5-month-old where we had a career talk in INSTEP, Terengganu. I’ve bought her very first bikini and glad she loves been in the pool.

Her first swimming lesson

I noticed Sophie also became more assertive and expressed her likes and dislikes. Whenever I tried to put aside her toys, she would object and get her toys right away. Sophie is inclined to dislike everyone else, in fact she would also preferred me rather her daddy. In other words, Sophie started being so clingy and showed extreme attachment to me, which I kind of like this ‘separation anxiety’ but sometime it worst when I couldn’t do anything else not even to take a pee.. see my point? Hehehe…

O yeah.. Sophie's baby teeth starts coming in

This video was when she actively started to crawl...

Sophie's very first EID

We spent first few days in Pantai Remis as this is Hubby's turn to celebrate Eid first with his families. Sophie had fun with cousins, have seen some fireworks, enjoyed kutip duit raya..

Sophie felt asleep all the way from her Opah’s home to Melaka. Normally, we will celebrate Eid at my granny’s home in Malacca. Since we are all live in KL except my 3^rd sister, we know that Eid in Malacca much more enjoyable rather to stay and celebrate it in KL. We have lots of family in here plus it is quite pleasant to be around little cousins, aunts and uncles.

Last time we had ‘cukur jambul’ for Sophie placed in PR so we have decided her Aqiqah wil be held in Malacca during this Eid. When we arrived, her aunts, Mak Long, Mak Ngah, n Mak Lang were really excited to see her with her lovely baju kurung we’ve bought at PJ. She’s real cute on that.

We spent time in her Nek Zizah’s and my granny’s house, she was entertain by her little fans, such her cousin, Aiman, Amer, Alisa, Akiff, Haikal, Hakim and Ariff. Yeah.. all of them sound similar which we always have problem to identify each of them. Apa la mama diorg ni… hehhe.. soon after that, her Granny said the ‘qurban’ (goat) has been arrived and will be located at Uncle Udin’s house. We were going to have a look and it was quite a big and pretty goat. This talented uncle Udin also has decorated the swing for Sophie, I would say it was really beautiful swing I’ve ever seen in my life. Well, yes.. she has no reason putting her on that swing but that’s the only deco for Aqiqah ceremony. She’s not used to be on the swing since we taught her to be sleep on her cot itself.

Sophie enjoyed entertain by her cousins and her grandpa

Aqiqah was fine, the event was totally awesome with the helps from my families, and Sophie was stunned with her lovely swing. She got lots of duit raya, some token from the event itself and some of it from her aunts and uncles, and from our colleagues. The total? I think she was getting so much than I had when I was younger – RM1200 ++. Well started for her savings now. 

Her 'qurban' for Aqiqah ceremony - he's at the left of this pix ok

her first ang pow from Pak Ndak

Mak Tam.. Sophie's crying.. what shud we do now??

More pix during fasting month

I don't know i am so popular.. they love taking pix with me!

Mummy n Daddy pose..

Mummy's colleagues - - Aunt Hani, Uncle Haris n Dehto, Aunt Pu3 with her BF & Tok Man

Cheeesssee-- She had fun in Mandarin

Sedapnyer Tok Man makan...hmm yummy

Thankx Uncle Aswad

with Uncle Am and Aunt Moon

Ramadhan 2008

I know it’s been awhile, but since we had no access through internet and our office has blocked the blogspot, I kept all my writings in my Macbook till now, after Hubby subscribed Celcom broadband; it’s pleasure to share with u all about Sophie from Ramadhan till now.We had a few ‘berbuka puasa’ invitation from service provider during that fasting month. 2 of it we came with Sophie and ooohhh the other was the treat from Aswad, my fellow Geo mate during Uni time. My friends said he’s making lots of money right now working as freelance geologist, which we are happy for him, at least there are some of us real succeed as a geologist. Sophie was 7-month-old that time. She was happy, yet sleepy. We were lucky she didn’t moody or crying, been sleeping on her Aunt Sara shoulder approving the comfort of her Aunt’s shoulder… hehehe..

So, that event was in Singgahsana Hotel, and Western Geco invited us in Mandarin Oriental. We had to get back home, dressed Sophie up and.. wallahhhh.. we arrived Mandarin right before Athan. Alhamdulillah, we managed to berbuka with Sophie and some of our fellow colleagues. Again she had a good mood, smiled, and reacts to people who were trying to play with her. She responded as she knew them for quite sometime and perhaps she had a great time with us and our friends out there.

Aunt Sara n Sophie