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Raya 2012 Pics!

22 Aug

Here are a few of our rays pic..

We celebrated pagi raya at my husband’s parents place in PJ.. Sooo bandar, no kampung ambiance at all.. Hahah..

Bella berjalan sakan kacau pasu bunga jiddah.. Mommy almost got a mini-heart attack trying to save a few vases. Fuhhh..

Only look for mommy when she is hungry..

And daddy trying to put her to sleep. Mommy not doing this because B kept pulling my scarf out of place.. Hahaha..

Later in the afternoon, we went back to my parents’ place in Seremban.. More kampung than the one in PJ.. Got little serambi for B to play..

By isyak time, we are already back in KL. Exhausted.. Zzzzzz

How To Survive a Long Haul Flight with Your Baby?

12 Feb

No, it’s not a statement.. it is a question for all of you.. Hehhehe.. Tomorrow we are leaving for Istanbul. Bella’s daddy is giving a talk there.. Mommy and Little B will tag along ;) But what frightens me is the long haul flight.. its gonna be more than 10 hours of limited space and toys for Bella. And no place to go jalan-jalan also in the flight except to the back and front again..

When we went to Maldives, Bella was only 3 month old. She slept a lot more than now. Quite easy back then. My mom was right, it is a lot easier to travel with small babies rather than the older ones.. wait until they can run and keep poking all the flight passengers.. laaaagi susah!! Hhahhaha..

Here’s my baby traveling bag checklist:

  • disposable diapers
  • extra clothes - her sweater and stuff.. it is 0 degree Celcius there..
  • baby lotion
  • minyak yu yee cap limau - panas, good for cold weather . I’m so kampung but who cares :D
  • baby wipes
  • baby powder
  • teether - or otherwise Bella will chew my fingers
  • ipad - I found this app, Baby Fingers, quite good to kill time for babies around Bella’s age where she can bang the her tiny hands on the ipad screen and cute, colourful picture and sound will appear and she will bang more and more picture will come out and she gets distracted.. heheheheh.. it will take a while before she gets bored ;) and I also like a few baby song apps. Takkan I nak nyanyi dlm airplane kan.. hahaha.. malu lar suara tak sedap :D

  • That’s Bella at 3 months plus when we discovered the ipad app. Nope, we don’t leave her with the ipad for too long.. We don’t want her to get addicted to it.. susah jugak nanti.
  • I am glad Bella is still breastfeeding. Otherwise, I have to have another whole lot of stuff to carry like her bottles, milk, warm water, sterilizer.. haih.. leceh jugak tuh.. In our case, I just have to bring a few sachet of 3-in-1 Horlicks and I am done. Easy right?!!
So mommies, did I miss anything in my baby traveling bag?? *nervous*

Quick Trip To Singapore

11 Dec

Hey all!!

Hope everybody is doing great :) As some of you might know, my little tiny family was down in Singapore because Bella’s daddy is giving a speech at the Asia Pacific Region Space Forum.. mommy and Bella tagged along just for fun. Hahahha… own no!! Trust me, I have another motive :D

So we drive down (I said down because in the map, Singapore is on the south of KL, jut in case if you’re wondering..) to Singapore on Wednesday afternoon as planned.. It was a 3 hour journey with just one quick stop to change Bella’s diaper. Hahah.. Trust me it was like the F1 pitstop cause we were in hurry.. It was about to rain at that time. I made it in less than 3 minutes from taking her off her car seat, to digging through her diaper bag, changing it with diaper rash cream and powder all ok!! Hahaha.. We went via the second link at Tuas. The traffic was excellent. There was almost no car at all!! I loike!! After checking in at our hotel, we went out for a walk at the shopping mall nearby..

Bella chilling with mommy and daddy at Starbucks after our long journey.. She’s having mocha frappucino in her own way.. biting the cover ;) NOOO!!! Trust me she did not have mocha frap!! ;)

And here is Bella before she goes to bed.. She doesn’t sleeps with us coz back at home, she sleeps in her own room. Only on this rare occasion, she sleeps with us..

We just spent the next day wandering at Orchard Road.. of course most of the things that we bought are for our little angel.. Check out the hat with huge flower on it!! To whoever who always complain to me, why Bella is not wearing flower hats.. There you go!! Happy??! We didn’t managed to go to see the night Christmas lighting at Orchard Road.. Trust me they have the most beautiful lighting and ornaments and what not for Christmas there.. Just thought Bella might like to see all the beautiful lights and christmas trees at night….

Tak dapat yang besar, yang kecik pun jadilah.. See I told you, she loves lights and balls and stars..

The only place that we went to visit and act like tourist was the Singapore Flyer.. That is like The Eye of Malaysia which was located at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa a few years back.. Now they have shipped it back to Germany! Borrowed for a year I think.. Correct me if I’m wrong.. Hahaha.. It is a huge ferris wheel towering at 165m at its highest point.

This is the view of Singapore harbour, called Keppel Harbour. See how busy they are with all these ships docking..

It has been a long day for Bella.. We made her read the map on her own… Hehehe.. and this is what she did! Laying down looking cute and make me go… aaaaahhh!

After we are done with our Singapore trip, I quietly whisper to my husband.. pretending like I’m cool.. “Can we go to Johor Premium Outlet, S? My friend says it is quite a good place to go shopping. Bargains are pretty good! Alang-alang we are already here.. buleh tak?” *insert cute face here* Padahal dalam hati dah melonjak2!! Hahaha.. The moment he said “OK why not..” I straight away showed him the route map I have googled earlier on.. Hhahahha… *kena jeling balik here*

After 1 hour of driving following my map reading skills.. Hehehhe.. then only we made it to JPO *big grin* To me, it is really a good bargain if you dont mind wearing one or two previous seasons fashion.. I am NOT a fashion victim, I only wear whatever I am comfortable with. So, it is not a big deal for me.. Of course a lot of things a cheaper there as compared to KL and Singapore. I’m sorry I don’t have any picture to share with you coz I literally went berserk there.. *malu* Hubby was very kind to take care of Bella while I do what I do best (cheewahhh!!) Hahahahha.. Rough estimation, I think I have SAVED about RM2k there ;) No.. thats not the amount that I spent.. that’s the amount that I saved!! *another big grin* Bijak kan!! ;)

Till then, XOXO

Another Wedding in the Family

17 Oct

My baby sister finally is married to her long time boyfriend of 10 years!! They have been together since their highschool days in MRSM Jasin, Kolej MARA Banting then further studies together in Dublin, Ireland. 10 years is a long time.. Congrats to those two lovebirds ;) We definite knew they are getting married, it’s just a matter of time. Nikah event was held at Masjid Putra in Putrajaya, then our side’s reception was done at Taman Botani near the mosque. Most of our relatives and friends were there.. One week after that, we traveled to Kota Bharu, Kelantan for reception on groom’s side.. that was my first time in Kelantan!!

 

My husband couldn’t make it because he had to work.. poor thing!! That means I had to go there with Bella alone!! *dang* All our family members have already booked their flight tickets! Unfortunately I didn’t get the same flight with my other family members.. I ha to travel with Baby B on my own!! *dang, dang, dang* How am I gonna carry B with my huge luggage (Kelantan is a batik heaven. how can I not bring a huge empty luggage with me?!) Nervous dah ni.. What if Bella cried in the airplane? *malu ok* What if she pass motion in the airplane and the whole cabin can smell her poo-poo? *double malu* What if while I was feeding her, someone ter’saw’ my boobs?? *triple malu* I had hundreds of ‘what ifs’ in my head!!

I didn’t bring B’s stroller along.. (not another extra thing to carry!!) I only brought her baby carrier where I can carry her like how kangaroos carry their babies!! :D Well, it is kinda easy to carry her using that thing.. and since B has better head control now, she can also face the front and look around.. She was asleep when this picture was taken.. Along the journey, Bella behaved like a perfect angel!! She doesn’t cry.. or poo-poo.. Quietly drinking milk and fortunately there was no embarassing incident like my nursing cover accidentally slipped off my shoulder or any other of my imaginary scenarios :) Thank you, God!

We had a good time in Kelantan!! Food there is awesome!! I whacked almost everything.. Even nasi kerabu there is alot tastier than in KL.. There goes my diet!! Bella had a good time too (maybe, Im not sure coz she hasn’t talk yet!) With all family and relatives around taking care of her, I’m sure she doesn’t mind.. I even brought her along to shop at Bazaar Buluh Kubu to look for batik!! Hehehhe..

Overall, we had fun in Kelantan.. Food was good, People is nice there despite I had difficulties understanding their slang.. :p

 

Till then.. xo

Baby B’s First Plane Ride

6 Oct

Dear all,

We’re back from a working holiday trip in Maldives!! My husband had to give a talk to a university there, me and Baby B came along. It is Maldives, who’s gonna refuse, right? ;) There’s a reason why Maldives is called ‘heaven on earth’.. It’s because it IS heaven on earth.. Well, not the I have seen how heaven looks like but the view is breathtaking.. It’s a shame I’m not well-versed with my camera (I only know ‘auto mode’!! hehehe..) The ocean is crystal clear. You can see beautiful corals and fishes from above. I managed to catch a glimpse of black tip shark swimming below the restaurant when we were having dinner. Apparently there is over 1100 islands in Maldives and only 200 are occupied. The population there is about 350,o00 (only!) There are about 900 resorts in Maldives and one island only have one resort.. I got these facts from my husband, if it is wrong.. then he is to be blame :D

 

First thing when my husband told me that his wanted to bring the whole family (me and Bella!) to Maldives, my first reaction was.. yay!! But after that then I realized, is it safe for my 2 month old baby to ride a plane? The pressure in higher altitude is different from on the ground. Will she has ear ache during take-off and landing? Even we, as adult sometimes feel discomfort in our ears during taking-off and landing. So, as an overly-cautious parents (that is the hazard of having doctor parents, in our case, it is even worse because both parents are doctors!!) I did a mini-research, asked around, did some readings.. just to make sure it is safe for my little Bella to go for a plane ride.

 

Apparently my worries are reasonable :) Changes in air pressure from ground to higher level may cause discomfort to baby’s ears sometimes can be painful too. What you can do for your baby is to let them suckle on something like a bottle of milk, or even just your finger. This is because the act of suckling, yawning, chewing, intermittently opens up the Eustachian tube to prevent damage by equalizing pressure between the middle ear and the atmosphere. Babies will feel more comfortable (and not crying!!) during taking-off and landing where the change of air pressure occurs.

 

What I did for little Bella, I fed her both during take-off and landing. Even when she was asleep, I woke her up and feed her. It is so easy because she is on breast milk, ready-made and always there ;) Both journey, to-and-fro, she didn’t cry at all. Quietly sleeping in her bassinet and both parents also slept soundly at their seats :D

Baby B was well-behaved during the plane ride. I believe at this younger age it is a lot easier to bring our baby to travel. Once they are more mobile and running around, it should be more challenging..

Till then, lots of love from Bella and mommy.. XO

 

 

 

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