The travelling to HK took about 3 hours and 10 min with 1,556 miles, means it was the longest period Sophie has been in the airplane. Of course.. she was restless and crying a lot because of the. There are othe babies out there who had the same as Sophie. We had travel to HK for our 2nd anniversary on the 14-17th May,2009 from the package we bought in MATTA Fair. The package includes with ½ day tour to some attractions in HK Island and the mainland, 5* hotel, free tix to Madame Tussauds,free 2 MRT card (1 day full pass) and return air tix. Which I would say, the vacation was great, and even great with the travel guide sent us to every attraction (since it was our 1st time travelling to this country) and it was perfect with Sophie around.
Travelling with her obviously made us happy yet it was tiring. Fortunately I’ve brought the baby sling so baby wearing made our trip much effortless in handling Sophie. Obviously, she was always trying to get free from being stranded in baby wearing all day long but, we couldn’t bear to get her walked around especially, during this H1N1 spreading out. As such, you could have imagined how worried we were but there’s nothing we could do, unless we had to cancel the ticket. We were almost thinking to cancel it, and since we had a consultation from her pediatrician, we were hoping it won’t affect Sophie and Alhamdulillah, with taken some precaution during the trip; we had successfully come home with H1N1 free!!
Here are the summary of the trip
Day 1
LCCT – AirAsia to HKong International Airport, taken to Royal Plaza Hotel by our agent – next thing we did is tido since it’s already 8pm. It was nice to see some night view in HK especially when we have seen the world's seventh-longest span suspension bridge, Tsing Ma Bridge. The bridge was named after two of the islands. It was exhausting; need to revive some energy before the tour tomorrow. We were fortunate having to stay in this 5 stars hotel which the hotel was comfy, with the nice bathroom where Sophie always couldn’t wait to spend her bath time in the bath tub, and the service was good. This hotel actually located in the middle of Mongkok town and easily reaches by the MRT. It also attached together with shopping complex, I think sort of MValley in here. So location wise, it’s brilliant we have had book this hotel with the agent. Made the journey quite easy.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Her first amusement of mirrors - she's 6 month-old
We were in the baby room, The Curve awaiting for her turn to breastfeed. Since the cubicle has fully occupied, i was looking for something to make Sophie distracted. Like any other baby, she was amazed by the reflection might be thinking how cute the person in the mirror was.. hahaha
Monday, August 3, 2009
She's in pain...
Sophie with her bandage and her cute little uniform :)
When she was only a few days to 1, Sophie had these severe vomiting and diarrhea. For a first time parent, looked at her suffering for vomiting and poops more than usual made I cry. I was not sure at first if whether she had diarrhea or something wrong with she ate that day. She started vomiting and frequently poops till on that one evening and we were rushing to Prince Court the first in the Saturday morning when she had fever. Till then, I know there might be something wrong with her diet and we were not sure if it was caused from her nursery or from what we gave her last night. She has got her treatment from Dr. Anthony, the pediatrician which he suggested Sophie to be warded if we couldn’t be sure that we could monitor her by ourselves. Of course we wanted her to be monitored by specialist, so warded she was.
no beautiful smile as always as she still in pain
Sophie was getting worse. When Dr. Anthony given her injection and put the tube in her cute little hand she was crying out loud, the first time I saw her in most pain. I never saw her in that condition, I was crying and even the most unflappable parents like her dad would also seems sad and miserable looking at how suffered she was. The tube was to get the fluids coming in her body since she was dehydrated and Dr. Anthony told us it can be serious even fatal, in a baby. She has to have plenty of waters.
What caused diarrhea? I hope it was not come from us and most probably she got it from her nursery. Dr. Anthony said our baby's diarrhea could be caused by a viral or bacterial infection. It might also be the result of a parasite, a course of antibiotics, or something she ate. Some bacterial infections clear up on their own, however some bacteria like the E. coli can be found in undercooked meat and other food sources and it can be very serious. It can also be caused by food poisoning, but thank God she has not had any trouble in breathing. Her pediatrician also said it could be worse if I was not continuing gave her breastfeeding which Sophie also did not refused to have it.
We have stayed for 2 nights and with the medication given, alhamdulillah she was getting better. Her stool was not as it used to be, no more watery and loose. She even can give us her beautiful smile in the next morning. We couldn’t bear to see her suffered from the pain the last 2 days. I hope it won’t happen again which those experiences gave us more lessons for us for not letting our child easily eat something she’s no used to. Sophie was also gets friendly with the nurses but she still scared when she saw Dr. Anthony, I think she still had this ‘hard feeling’ when she remembered how ‘cruel’ her pediatrician was when he put the tube inside her hands. By the way, it was our first time stayed in PCMC and to look at the level of standard of this Hospital, I would say it was the best. The treatment, the hospitability and the staff nurses, was amazing and we satisfied with the services. However we still went to Pantai Medical to see Dr. Azam, just when we couldn’t get Dr. Anthony and still we want to reconsider either these 2 hospital for me giving birth for our 2nd baby.. which I couldn’t figure it out when the best time is…aaahaaaa..
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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.
Monday, July 27, 2009
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.
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.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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!
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!
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