Reading vs Potty Train

Posted on April 8, 2021 by kau5ar

Those are 2 milestones which are synonym to a four year old. While the latter is essential to be achieved, we still unable to get it done so far on ‘Arfaan. He is already 4y2m btw. Huhu

‘Aaqil fully potty trained before he reached four. Including night time. So when ‘Arfaan time we didnt expect it is this hard since he can speak and understand relatively much earlier than ‘Aaqil.

The thing about ‘Arfaan is he unable to tell when his pee gonna ‘come out’. He can only tell once he already wet. I tried to potty train him when I was still on maternity leave, back in Nov I think. Did for 3 days (daytime) straight then I gave up. Coz he cudnt tell. Even when he wakes up in the morning his diaper is still very wet. So I think emm he’s not ready. No sign yet.

But now its already April. Still no sign of ‘ready’ to b potty trained. We need to get this done at least by end of summer to make sure that he can be enrolled to school by end of this year. Do pray for us. 🥲

Well however good thing is he does very well in reading. Both Iqra’ and Bacalah Anakku. He is now at Iqra 5 and Bacalah Anakku 6 alhamdulillah. He started Iqra in Nov 2020 and Bacalah Anakku in Jan 2021.

Just casually started ‘Arfaan with Iqra’ as he didnt go to school since we moved to Putrajaya and all he did at home was watching TV. So one day I picked up ‘Aaqil’s old Iqra’ 1 and told him ok if you want to watch TV you have to finish one page first. So this ‘houserule’ happens to be working up until now alhamdulillah.

He started Bacalah Anakku when he enrolled at KSCC back in Jan. And when we move to Cairo, we continue the lesson at home. So every morning before they turned on the TV, he has to complete one page each Iqra and Bacalah Anakku. Simple rule eh.

Oh well not sure whether it will work with other kids. Or even with his adik later. Coz morale of the story from the potty train, every child is different, we can put some benchmark but dont compare as they have their own pace, their own specialty.

Goodluck to us in raising these 3 amazing anak syurga with equal love equal attention inshaallah ❤️

Tentang Visa

Posted on April 7, 2021 by kau5ar

Dari jam 8pg disini. Jam 1.30pm baru settle. Imagine dgn bwk baby, cuaca makin panas, orang ramai, takde proper food since morning, the struggle was real ya🥲🥲 ‘Atiyyah siap tido bangun tido bangun ehehe

Alhamdulillah settle la jugak. Lepas kena false hope hari sebelumnya sebab depa tak terima submission, so tadi kira percubaan kali ke-2.

We went there with another Malaysian family, abg Fauzi & kak Ammal. So adalah teman budak2 ni bermain. Lama sangat menunggu siap beli toys kat mall sebelah😆

Lama tunggu ye dik….mujur pakai sleeveless kt dalam ekekke

Balik tu semua dah kelaparan, sekali kereta kami rosak pulak. Berhenti tepi jalan, tggu kereta ganti dtg pick up. Tup2 dah tak sempat nak pi makan kt CFC mall sbb nak kejar Zohor so tapau je drivethru at burger kiosk nearby our house. Lunch dah almost 4pm. Kira tu sekali la dgn breakfast. Haha

Hoping for better experience la next time around wuwuuw. By that time ‘Atiyyah dah ‘dapat kaki’ tak agak2 hmmm

1927 – 2021

Posted on April 1, 2021 by kau5ar

Our last grandparent just left us yesterday night at Taman Selayang.

Atok yg kami kenal tersangat lah kuat dan sihat. Jarang sekali jatuh sakit. Kuat berjalan dan melancong. Orang kuat surau. Cuma sejak tahun lepas atok masuk hospital beberapa kali atas komplikasi kaki yg menyebabkan beliau bedridden dan perlukan penjagaan rapi. Kemudian minggu ni admit lagi sebab pneumonia.

Walaupun kami tak sempat berjumpa atok sebelum fly tempoh hari tapi sempat atok dtg ke rumah kami beberapa kali tahun lepas alhamdulillah

Allah sayangkan atok, 8.10pm 31/3/2021 atok kembali menemuiNya. Kami redha atas pemergian ini..moga Allah ampunkan dosa atok dimasukkan syurga dan dijauhkan dari azab neraka, amiin

Keep Me Warm

Posted on March 31, 2021 by kau5ar

My sister Sulafa’ made the prettiest neatest comfiest cardigans. Best of all, it is made with love awwww

She managed to knit 3 pairs of cardigans in less than a month i think. 2 for ‘Atiyyah and one for ‘Arfaan – well supposed to be for ‘Aaqil but apparently ‘Aaqil has grown exponentially for the past months hence it was handsmedown to ‘Arfaan right away LOL

Bawah ni pulak ‘Atiyyah wearing a paddlepop color cardigan. Sweet kan?

our first outing in Cairo (lunch at Maharaja CFC)

Mujur Cairo masih sejuk sepanjang kami di sini (18c to 10c) jadi sempatlah melaram berwinter cardigan bagai bila keluar. Next winter confirm ‘Atiyyah dah tak muat nak pakai 😝

Thanks Makchik if youre reading this!🥰 Tak sabar nak tgk cardigan ummi pulak next winter. Eh 😝😝

Hello Cairo

Posted on March 30, 2021 by kau5ar

Alhamdulillah sudah hampir 2 minggu kami berlima tiba di bumi Kaherah, Mesir.

Sekadar throwback, ‘kisah’ Cairo ni bermula sejak bulan July 2020 masa tu nama encik suami di nominate utk isi kekosongan jawatan di ofis Cairo. Adui sis pening kepala dah sebab kes covid tgh mencanak masa tu. And i was heavily pregnant. Tapi en suami attend jgk la interview. Ada 2 stages tak silap dan suami kata dia mcm tak konfiden pun dapat. Lepas drp tu senyapp takde berita…

Akhir Ogos 2020 (a month before my edd) it is official that my husband will be moving to Cairo. I was crying bucket as he needs to report at Cairo office as early as a month after – Sept. Emotional rollercoaster took place as we were expecting a newborn anytime soon, we just moved into new house, and he’s going to leave for i dont know how long with covid and all….susah gila nak redha masa ni. Sobs

Cut story short, husband managed to defer his mob to end Oct alhamdulillah. And my mom moved to stay with me&kids. Bless her ya Allah. My mak (and abah) really made everything such a breeze with the transition…

So husband left when our no 3 just turned 2 months. Few videocalls after were full of tears. Just imagine having him around 24-7 during my pregnancy and confinement (thank you WFH), tiba2 dia takde. Fuh…

118days later (Feb 2021) he came back home safe and sound. Allah lah sebaik2 penjaga. Menjaga suami di sana dan menjaga kami di Malaysia…thank you Allah…

Now that we are here in Cairo, new journey, our new chapter in marriage. May Allah ease everything. May Allah protect our kids, our family back home. May this pandemic be over soon. Moga Allah berkati hijrah ini dan berikan suamiku tersayang yg terbaik inshaallah

Make du’a for us! 🥰🥰

Our Princess Birth Story – Part 1

Posted on October 23, 2020 by kau5ar

Alhamdulillah sedar tak sedar hari ni dah hari ke-40 pantang. Lagi 44 hari then im done. Walaupun kali ni pantang mcm byk langgar je especially bab makan tapi takpe yg penting baby n ummi sihat inshaallah.

Think i have to make time for birth story else itll just berkubur sadaqallahulazim kesian baby no-3 takde post birth story huhu.

Ok as usual kita mulakan dgn hari sebelum kejadian. It was Sunday. We spent whole day outdoor. Tghari lunch kat dolly dimsum IOI. Pastu jalan2 kat HomePro cari kipas & tilam utk urut nnt masa pantang and barang2 kat rumah yg neverending tak settle lol. Tup2 dah petang. Balik rumah solat etc pastu keluar balik pergi Ashley Furniture kat Bangi cari coffee table. Otw balik order pizza kat grabfood for early dinner. So far nothing pelik kat my body. Normal je la penat jalan tawaf satu mall lain2 cramp ke contraction ke xde pun…

So i ate 2 slices of pizza that nite. And little did i know that that was my last meal before the labor next day woooot! After dinner solat etc I finish packing my boys and my+baby stuff in 3 diff bags. But for my husband tak sempat coz I already sleepy and we have to put them boys to sleep coz next day was Monday and its (supposed to) work and school day. So i left the bags and put ‘Arfaan to bed. Tatau kenapa malam tu syahdu sikit nak tidurkan ‘Arfaan wp biasanya husband yg tidurkan dia. I seldom put him to bed sbb my belly gettin bigger. Tapi that nite my instinct said lets sleep together. So lepas dia dah tido i went to our room and Zzzzz

Since I entered 34-35wks i have trouble sleeping. Either i have weird dreams or my backache or im just too anxious. But that nite i had quite a deep sleep alhamdulillah maybe sebab banyak jalan siang tu kan.

So sedar dari tidur (masa tu tatau mlm lagi ke dah pagi) I opened my eyes and suddenly I feel warm waters were flowing from my V. And i was still laying on bed okay. Then I carik fon tgk jam, it was 5.10am mcmtu. I quickly kejut my husband “Sayang, air ketuban saya dah pecah..” dgn nada tenang sebab takmau cemaskan husband.sbb i already cemas inside haha.

Way of baby saying “im ready mommyyyyy…”

Within an hour we (my husband) finish packing ALL bags, solat subuh, get me ready w baju ke spital and tudung, put the kids (and me) into the car while I didnt move from the bed the whole time coz takmau air keluar lagi byk. In the meantime I text my parents and siblings ask for their doa and ask for my dad help to fetch the boys at the hosp before we enter labor room. The boys will be staying at my parents’ until we discharge.

The journey Putrajaya-KL that morning was smooth as it was still early morning. And the boys still sleeping. And I didnt have my contractions yet. By 6.30am we arrived at PCMC emergency and the nurse wheeled me to labor room while my husband ‘handover’ the boys to my dad.

To be continued….

4kg lagi

Posted on September 28, 2020 by kau5ar

Selepas hari ke14 berpantang baru lah penimbang ni dpt bateri. So kita pun timbang lah

Alhamdulillah dah lebih 12kg hilang. Berkat gigih sauna hari2 😒 dan breastfeeding mungkin. Ada lagi 4kg nak turun supaya ada buffer utk makan byk lepas pantang 😆

Last timbang sebenarnya masa checkup 36wks, 65kg. Lepastu 38wks terus deliver so tatau berapa berat betul2 sebelum beranak

Moga segala inci terlebih ie spare tyre dapat berkurang berbaki 4mggu pantang ni (ya Allah lamanya lagi 🤦‍♀️)…dan dpt muat segala baju seluar lama…

Our Little Princess

Posted on September 25, 2020 by kau5ar

…. has safely arrived alhamdulillah

Born at 12.26noon on 14th Sept 2020 (at 38wks) . Baby wawasan 2020 katanya hehe. Berat baby 3.18kg. Paling berat antara semua bayi2ku. Awalnya agak runsing sebab masa 36mggu berat baby dah 3kg. So kalau 38wks boleh jd 3.6kg kalau ikut trend oertambahan berat sebelum tu. Alhamdulillah just nice je berat melahirkan. Membesar kat luar je k sayang hehhee

Birth story kita cerita kat next entri ya. Today baby dah 12days. Ada lagi kuning. Bacaan tadi 216. But improving compared to few days back. Prolong macam abang2nya. Takpe ummi sedar ummi darah O mmg kena lalui wuuwuw. Asalkan kuat minum n berak ummi tak risau…

Alhamdulillah. Haza min fadhli rabbi. Now we are party-of-five! New adventure begins 💪

Pregnancy Updates

Posted on September 5, 2020 by kau5ar

Alhamdulillah dah 36wks. Four (or less) more weeks to go inshaallah. I’ve been wanting to update on my monthly follow ups since my 30wks but as usual procrastination wins and 6wks later here I am 👻

Ok lets recap then. 30wks checkup was all about glucose and HB check. Not much concern on the ultrasound coz I was so nervous about going for MGTT. Yeah my first time. Masa preggy ‘Arfaan I was still below 35 so I got away with it. Dah anak no 3 ni baru merasa kikiki.

Left one is the glucose solution. Its like a very99999 thick sugar syrup

Wasnt that bad. One of my preggy friend gave a tips that you just drink in one shot so that you get over it the fastest possible. But I finished in 2 shots within 5secs. Not bad huh. Then I quickly drank the plain water given phewww. The test was in the morning at around 9.30am (blood test first) and I have to come back for another blood test 2hrs later. Then only went for gynae consultation (upon results out). Results? Glucose ok, alhamdulillah however my HB not so good. Gynae prescribed me with sangobion huhu. Also first time. Masa the boys semua tiptop walaupun culas mkn vits… i was much younger back then wuwuwuw. Oh, and baby’s head already kat bawah alhamdulillah…

On to 34wks checkup. Kali ni takde byk highlights. Cuma baby’s head macam senget sikit n duduk belah kanan. So Dr Seri kata jgn lasak2 sangat sbb risau air ketuban pecah awal. Eh suspen ok. So tiap kali nak bangun dari duduk time squat or time solat rasa risau waterbag pecah. Huhuhu.

Gambar ni masa 35wks. Nightmare kaki bengkak bermula masa duduk lama dalam kereta time balik dari raya haji kat Baling. But the swell only lasted for 2days je. Last 2wks we moved to our new crib and my feet getting worse. Swollen yang tak surut. Eversince, I have to sleep with my feet up in the air… huhu. So uncomfortable especially afternoon til evening – the worst swell is during this period. Was worried it has something to do with pre eclampsia (hello doc google! 🤭)

So during 36 weeks checkup (last Wed), I showed my feet to Dr Seri. She said its normal yadayada coz your BP is normal , 125/82. But I pointed out that my normal non pregnancy BP was 90/60 she went hmmmmmmmmm. Then I asked (ceh macam aku yg doctor kahkah), my protein reading ok ke? my urine…? Dr Seri kata yup your urine clear takde masalah. So I lega la sebab bukan pre eclampsia. But she remind me to monitor my BP coz its relatively higher than usual. Guess its due to my office workload now and I cant sleep much at nite nowadays. Positions issue wuwuuw. Resulted to higher BP sobs…

Oh we got to see her face in ultrasound!! After 2 checkups dia sorok muka dia. Inshaallah the baby is a ‘she’. Rupa sape? Hmmm mcm takleh nak cam ikut 3d tu. Whatever it is, ummi risau nak push awak je sbb at 36wks you already 3kg! How now brown cow. And my weight 65.9kg kahkah. Secretly hoping that I’ll lose 10kg during delivery itself 🤭🤭 and another 10kg once finish confinement. Dream big babe. I have to fit to all my pre pregnancy clothes.

Oh did i tell you that I bought 3 diff corsets from Cakenis Curves. Moga rajinlah pakai masa pantang dan semoga badan kembali ke bentuk asal sebelum preggy kan ‘Aaqil. Again, dream big katanya. Ha ha

So thats all folks. I end the entry with a pic of my 36wks tummy ❤️

While waiting for my tapaued lunch. Am gonna miss pregnancies sobs

Hijrah Lagi

Posted on August 22, 2020 by kau5ar

Selepas hampir 11 tahun bermastautin di rumah kesayangan di Setapak, akhirnya tiba masa utk kami ber’hijrah’ ke rumah seterusnya. With heavy heart. Took me few months to actually accept the fact that we need more space. Ada hikmahnya I got pregnant which everything finally make sense. And I justified myself that its time to move inshaallah. May this new crib bring us closer to Him and of course more memories will be created 🥰

In fact this is not an impromptu plan. Kami dapat kunci sejak 2017 lagi. Masa ‘Arfaan baru je lahir. Lama kan? Tapi sebab encik suami baru je mula bertugas di Sabah maka tergendala urusan pindah. Lagi pun rumah tu banyak sgt defek dari developer. Lama nak settle. Infact bila ulang alik KL-KK tak sempat pun nak jenguk rumah tu dibetulkan. 2017 membawa ke 2018. Lepas tu me and kids ke Kuching pulak. Membawa ke 2019. So lepas pertengahan 2019 tu baru lah start balik tgk pembaikian defek rumah. Panjang kan cerita. Apprently the developer did a lousy job and most of the units (same phase as ours) faving the same issue and defects. Sobs.

Settle bab defect, barulah re-engage balik id utk fasa reno. Baruuuuuu je nak mula reno apa semua, Covid19 melanda dunia. Idle lagi beberapa bulan. Sudahnya lepas raya baru2 ni kami mulakan reno rumah. Takdela reno apa pun cuma settlekan esential macam lampu, kipas, ekon, wiring, kabinet, dapur, langsir…….

Alhamdulillah hampir siap walaupun diselang seli dengan pelbagai drama 😌😌 Barulah kami faham apa yg org selalu kata pening dgn kontraktor progress lambat yada yada. Tapi dari sudut positif mujur la kontraktor kami ni tak lari. Dan setelkan jugak walaupun pelbagai onar dan masalah kualiti.

Ni dah pindah pun kontraktor masih keluar masuk rumah settlekan pending items #facepalm.

Moga Allah berkati penghijrahan ini dan kurniakan kami yang terbaik di tahun baru 1442H dan seterusnya, di tempat baru….amiiin 😍

come what may…

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