Ahli Baru

Presenting our new Bundle of Joy

A.meer N.azeem Bin N.orazman

5th April 2011, Tuesday, 12.50am

3.06kg

Dapat Dah

Ehem.... ehemmmm....

Korang nampak tak?

Nampak?

Pesal pulak tak nampak?

Aku tau lah tak sebesar mana pun......

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Ni haaaa.......

Nampak?

Wakakakakaa

Tak sia-sia aku letak entry sebelum ni.

(Entry ala-jakun-orang-lain-dah-lama-dapat-aku-selalu-je-paling-lambat!)

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Apa-apa pun, saya sudahi entry ini dengan ucapan

terima kasih dan sayang buat Che Man,

serta terima lah wajah seorang heart breaker

ehem... ehem....

My February... kind of...

Sebelum 2 followers aku blah, elok rasanya update blog ni.

Banyak yang nak rekodkan but so little time and energy. So, for my own record, I wanna summarize this entry into few topics.

Birthday & Wedding Anniversary
My birthday & Che Man’s birthday jatuh selang sehari on the first weekend of February. It went quietly except for many birthday wishes I received through FB. Thank you so much people. Tak dapat pun nak reply and say thank you satu-satu. But you know I love you all very the strong kan?

The whole Saturday on my birthday, Che Man had to work from morning to late night. Takde mood nak potong kek pun. Sampai sekarang tak redeem lagi voucher kek yang hotel bagi tu. So, I thought, cake-less ler we all. But, the next day balik kampung and my dear sister made us a very rich very yummy chocolate cake for tea time.

Both Che Man and I took day off to spend our day at spa and dating on our 4th anniversary in the 2nd week of February. Che Man who was skeptical on the spa thingy at last sangat menyesal kerana tak ikut my suggestion to have the 4-steps full body treatment instead of 1 hour couple massage. Tu laaaa… lenkali dengar gak cakap bini. Hal-hal macam ni lelaki mana tau, kan? We also went to movie, makan and shopped.

Muka gumbira dapat minum root bir dua gelas sekali

Aiman
I extended my leave after the anniversary celebration and took opportunity of Chinese New Year public holidays to stay home with Aiman. My aim was to train Aiman untuk pergi toilet everytime nak kencing and berak. Except for 2 incidents – one on the floor and another one on sofa, the few days training went well. Never in my life I felt so happy to see him terberak. Hahaha. Tapi amat-amat letih coz kejap-kejap nak kencing budak bertuah tu. I think Aiman felt the same coz my MIL told me that Aiman mengamuk-ngamuk nak pakai diaper later that week. Aduhai…. Dah beberapa hari ok, dia buat hal pulak tak nak continue. Came another weekend, I tried again but he refused to wear his pants without diaper. Seperti biasa, Aiman menang. Mendidih je darah aku tengok dia screaming, kicking, shouting. So pakaikan dia diaper and went to the zoo.

Ala.... takyah la gi toilet.... sini je lah....

New House
We finally received the house keys on 22nd. So we have about a month to arrange everything including to move into the new house. Must empty the rented house by last weekend of March.

After the handover from developer, straight away we confirmed some works with a contractor. Then we went and searched for kitchen cabinet and lights and fans. Well, actually not that fast la. We have done the surveys many times already. So that day was to confirm things la. It was very exciting and tiring activities.

So now the plaster ceiling is done, the hacking of the kitchen concrete slap done, kitchen plumbing relocated, grille done, lights and fans purchased, kitchen cabinet selected and measured. What left – to install the kitchen cabinet, fix lights & fans, paint the main gate, order curtain & blinders, clean the house, to source for 3 ton lorry untuk angkut barang, to purchase racks for store room, fix curtain & blinders, pack things up and move it! Move it!

Allo? Kenapa itu ceiling manyak tinggi?

Wa tarak rasa tu angin kipas pusing-pusing wa punya kepala atas

Rumah wa tarak aircond ma....

I also have put ‘FOR RENT’ signage in front of my rented house. I hope my nice landlord will receive fews calls on that. I have made claim for late delivery of property from the new house developer. The house was delivered about a month later than promised, but have not received any news yet. Yes, I’m kiasu like that, but I need the money to install aircond plak. Panas giler kan sekarang ni?

WORK
February was a short month. Rushing many things this month. Then, there was an annual dinner. Aku dah lama berazam dan dah lama berjaya tidak involve directly with annual dinner preparation. Bagi chance la kan kat budak-budak muda untuk buat semua ni. But this year, ntah macam mana termakan pujukan pulak terus jadi invitation and program manager. Invitation tu ok, but program ni sangat leceh. Nasib baik ramai yang volunteer tolong. But annual dinner deserve a different entry lah. So later with photo maybe.

Rokers Unite..... hahahaha

There are some changes in the organization structure. There some problems and issues that need urgent attention. There is refurbishment project coming. My boss is particularly busy running here and there to sort & solve things. I have no choice but to chase him *semput*

FAMILY
There are many issues that bothering me now. It seems, since last year satu-satu hal datang menjengah. Just to think about it makes my heart beats faster. Mostly about my younger sisters. You guys dah dewasa. I don’t want to keep talking about the same old stories. I don’t want to bagi nasihat itu dan ini as if I have a perfect life. But I love you all so much and I want you all to be happy. But I really hope you will do what you guys suppose to do. If you have to make life changing decision, pleaseeeeee discuss it with other family members with open heart and mind. The key word is : B.L.E.S.S.I.N.G.

My in-laws are busy now with wedding preparation for Che Man’s younger brother. I feel like I have not contributed anything meaningful in the process. Sibuk dengan hal & masalah sendiri je. I want to improve this situation. Kesian MIL & SIL, dapat menantu and in-law like me eh?

All in all, syukur pada Allah, I managed to stay alive & healthy till I am now 33 years old. My relationship with Che Man is stronger and happier. Aiman is growing fine, healthy, comel, bijak, entertaining and all that. We are going to experience new home and new place. I have made a list on how to improve my work performance and work attitude. Now, I felt fresh, motivated and excited about work all over again. I only hope some issues in my family resolve one by one.

Alhamdullillah.

Bedtime Stories - Dah Boleh Start ke?

Aku suka ke kedai buku. Paling suka tengok buku berderet-deret atas rak. Naper tah. Yang best juga kalau dapat menyelak magazine pasal artist-artis luar negara. Nak beli, tak mungkin lah. Harga bukan main. Tak lupa jugak aku suka tengok buku kanak-kanak.

Dah banyak kali, aku asyik berkira-kira nak belikan bedtime stories untuk Aiman. Aku belek buku tu dan buku ni, tapi masih tak beli-beli lagi. Banyak sangat yang aku pikir.

Paham ke Aiman kalau aku bacakan dia cerita ni?
Dia masih terlalu muda untuk bedtime stories.
Nanti bosan pulak dia sebab tak paham.
Kebanyakkan buku pulak dalam bahasa Inggeris.
Tapi buku bahasa Melayu pun, belum tentu dia paham.
Bila kalanya aku nak baca untuk dia.
Mamat ni tidur lambat benar.
Aku yang selalu tido dulu pada dia.
Habis camno ?

Balik-balik aku akan letak balik buku-buku tu kat rak. Kembali menyelak-nyelak magazine cerita artist luar negara. Tak pun membelai-belai best selling novels yang aku cuma boleh beli kalau ada 40% off.

Malam tadi, aku tengok si Aiman membelek ‘Health’ Magazine gambar joga instructor atas katil. Bukan Yoga instructor tu atas katil. Anak aku tengah membelek magazine tu atas katil. Kelakar pulak aku tengok dia menyelak-nyelak majalah tu macam paham benar dia.

Jam dah pukul 12.30pagi. Terus aku padamkan lampu. Jam-jam tu jugak aku rasa bersalah pasal padam lampu tu. Aiman menoleh and looked irritated pasal dah gelap. Dia baring, magazine tak lepas. Masih membelek. Aku pujuk dia lepaskan magazine tu tapi dia tak mahu. Seronok agaknya tengok gambar-gambar perempuan cantik dalam tu.

“Aiman nak taca butu ni lah....”.

Entah pukul berapa la dia tido.

Patut ke aku start bedtime stories session dengan dia. Tak kisah lah dia paham ke tak. Tak cuba mana kita tahu response dia kan?

He is going to be 3 years old this March. Korang start bedtime stories session dengan anak-anak korang bila?

I Like the Sebelum

SEBELUM

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SEMASA

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SELEPAS

Emmmm....... Nampak lain yek?

Selasa Aku Yang Semalam

Hari Selasa, tepat kul 10.30 malam aku mesti dah siap-siap semua kerja rumah. Sebab utama, aku kena duduk depan TV, tengok Desperate Housewives, sambil lipat kain.

Jadi, malam tadi takde pengecualian.

Tapi Aiman pulak buat hal. Bising-bising dia suh tukar channel. Sib baik sempat aku sorok-kan remote TV. Aku pujuk-pujuk dia untuk lupakan hasrat tu, sambil ajar dia lipat kain. Sebab aku acuh tak acuh je ajar dia (sibuk tengok TV lebihnya), dia pun start sarungkan baju-baju ke badan dia, betul-betul depan aku, menghalang TV.

"Tepi la Aiman…! Ibu nak tengok TV ni!” Aku tolak-tolak dia ketepi.

Sudahnya dia sungkupkan kepala aku dengan kain. Arghhhh ! Bertuah punya budak! Che Man pulak tolong gelak jer.

Pastu dia buat hal lagi. “Nak cucuuuuuu. Nak cucuuuu……”.
Aku minta tolong Che Man “Bang, tolong buat susu”.

Che Man bangun gi dapur. Aiman kejar dan tarik tangan dia.
“Naknak! Nanak ayah! Nak Ibu…… wat cucu…”

Che Man datang balik. Tak jadi buat susu. Aiman tarik tarik tangan aku. Tak dulik dia aku cakap “Jap jap aaaaa. Tunggu iklan”. Aiman terjerit-jerit. Aku buat tak tau jer.

Tiba-tiba dia berlari kedapur dan datang balik sambil bawak botol susu kosong. Dia letak botol atas lantai dekat aku. “Ni….ni… cucu… cucu….” Pastu lari ke dapur balik. Kali ni datang sambil peluk tin susu pulak. “Cucu…. Cucu la….” Letak dekat aku juga. Lari ke dapur lagi. Kali ni datang balik dengan tin biskut Jacob’s. Letak sesama ngan botol susu dan tin susu. Sambil tu mulut membebel-bebel. "Nak cucuuuu….. nak cucu….. nak cucu laaa..... ni la… ni la.. cucu la…".

Kali ni Che Man punya turn mengamuk dengan aku. Terus capai botol & susu, pi dapur nak buat susu.

Desperate housewives belum iklan lagi.

Tapi gegak-gempita kat dapur menyakit telinga. Kat dapur, Aiman dah bergayut kat kaki Che Man - tak bagi dia buat susu. Aku pun ambil alih.

Dah sumbat susu, aman sekejap.

Desperate Housewives belum habis lagi.

Che Man gi mandi. Aiman mana tah. Aku masih melopong tengok TV. Tiba-tiba aku dengar benda jatuh. Aiman terlolong. Panik. Aku lari cari dia. Kat dapur takde, masuk stor takde. Rerupanya kat dalam bilik. Table fan, dia dan bangku tempat letak table fan semuanya tergolek. Melolong-lolong si Aiman (mamat ni drama memang kuat!)

Aku angkat dia letak atas katil. Checked kepala, kaki, tangan, badan. Nasib baik semuanya ok. “Apa jadi? Aiman buat apa tadi?”

Dia bangun pergi kat table fan dan angkat fan tu sambil cakap “Camni la… camni la….. ".- dia buat demo incident tadi. Ohhh.. paham. Aku pernah nampak dia angkat table fan dari atas bangku, letak kat lantai, pastu heret bangku tadi letak kat depan dressing table and panjat. Objektif dia untuk ‘mengemas’ dressing table aku.

Tetiba aku rasa macam geli hati pulak.

Turn aku pulak tergolek atas katil gelak sorang-sorang. Teringat dia protes channel TV tadi, Macam mana dia menyarung baju tak tentu hala depan aku untuk alih perhatian aku daripada TV, pasal kesanggupan dia menyungkup kepala aku dengan kain bila aku tolak dia ketepi supaya aku boleh tengok TV, pastu sungguh-sungguh sediakan bahan buat susu dia depan aku dan gaya dia tergolek, terkial-kial cuba bangun kat dalam bilik tadi.

Adoi la…. Dah lama tak gelak camtu.

Selain daripada Desperate Housewives, Selasa aku yang semalam memang menghiburkan.

Korang?

Buah Hati Pengarang Jantung

"Tak lama lagi saya berumur 2 tahun 3 bulan.

So please excuse my one-size smaller t-shirt tu..."

(apa kena mengena?)

Beberapa bulan dulu, Aiman sibuk mengejek cakap-cakap orang,

tapi sekarang dia dah pandai berlagak bila bercakap.

Scene 1:
I went to visit a friend.

My friend’s mother introduced herself to Aiman “Ini Tok”.

Aiman looked at her with confuse face and replied “Nenek la…..”

then pointed his finger at my friend’s father. “Tu Atuk…”.

Scene 2:
Aiman was eating in his nenek’s kitchen when he spotted

his 5-year-old cousin sister climbing the staircase backward.

He said “Adikkk……. tatuh (jatuh), adikkkk…..nanti tatuh laaaa....”.

His atuk suddenly appeared in the kitchen and said to him

“Wah pandai pulak nasihat kan orang ye?”.

Aiman replied “Hi Tuk…. Makan atuk?”.

Sambil suap nasi dengan selamba. Dah cam gaya orang bujang je.

Scene 3:
I had severe headache and rested on my bed.

I called for Aiman to teman. “Aiman sayang. Ibu sakit ni. Meh urut”.
He came and asked “Ibu takit maner?”
I touched my forehead.
He rubbed my forehead, kissed it and said “Dah?”.
On his way back to the hall, I heard him reported to Che Man,

"Ayah…. Ibu takit ayah…..”

Again I called him (bosan pulak baring sorang-sorang).
He didn’t answer.

So Che Man said to him “Aiman… ibu panggil!”.

But Aiman buat dunno jer.

Ada la empat lima kali Che Man ulang ayat tu.
From my room, I can see Aiman finally came to Che Man sambil cekak pinggang,

looked irritated and mengomel :

“Hey Ayah ni….. ibu pangil, ibu pangil!”.

*He came to me and rubbed my forehead anyway*

Lega sikit rasanya.

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During his 2nd birthday party - March 2009

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2nd day with Chicken Pox - March 2009

Today A.iman is 2 Years Old

For my own pleasure,

I have uploaded few photos

(eh.. tipu, many photos actually) of him .

Happy Birthday my dear A.iman N.uruddin.

May you always have His blessing & love.

Have wonderful years ahead.

1 Day Old

1 and half month.

Masa bersiap pergi specialist.

He had lump in his neck. Luckly, nothing serious.

2 months.

Finally at our house in Klang.



3 Months.


6 Months.
Cukur Jambul.

After cukur jambul.
First time botak.

7 Months.

Baru pandai meniarap.

7 months.

Got his Kad Pengenalan.

8 months.

Sedang belajar berdiri.

9 Months.

First Aidilfitri for him.

1 Year.

During his birthday party.

11 months.

After herniotomy operation.

14 Months.

15 Months.

Exploring children playground for the first time.

16 Months.

His style of sleeping.

17 Months.

Pantang tengok kucing, mesti nak tarik ekor.

19 Months.

His second Aidilfitri.

20 Months.

He loves camera.

22 Months.

Mula belajar naik basikal.

22 Months.

Dah pandai nak cuba main video games.

23 Months.

First time in swimming pool.

Dah la Ibu.... Malu la bebanyak gambar camni.

Hadiah harijadi mana?

Cerita Si Aiman

He is now 1 year 8 months.

Perkara yang paling ketara dengan Aiman sekarang ialah, dia sedang belajar bercakap. Dia dah ingat banyak benda dan belajar sebut macam-macam. Chatter box budak ni.

Dalam kereta setiap pagi & petang about 20 minutes to / from his nenek’s house, apa yang dia nampak dalam perjalanan semua dia try nak sebut dan tunjuk. For examples; Lo..ie… (Lorry), Bash (Bus), Oto (Motor), Ka..kar.. (Car) yang paling tak bleh blah is ‘Ayah Pin’ which means ‘Airplane’!. We never teach him; but he could associate some vehicles with some names; like whenever he sees Innova, he’ll say ‘Pak Yong’ (Pak Long = my BIL who is driving Innova). When he sees a motorcycle that look likes his uncle bike, he’ll says ‘Achik’. Whenever he sees river / pond, he’ll say ‘Iskh’ ‘Iskh’ which means ‘fish’. Kekadang tu, nampak air lopak pun dia tegur "Iskh ishk"' jugak. Bila dah dekat nak sampai tol, he’ll say “tit tit” (smart tag / Touch & Go). Balik dari ambik dia, kalau kami melencong dari jalan ynag biasa kami ikut, he’ll get risau. Tengok kiri kanan and look at us. Dia tau tu bukan jalan yang biasa kami ikut. Expresi muka konpius.


He has been calling Che Man & my self ‘ayah’ and now he has started to call me ‘BU’. It melts my heart whenever he calls us coz the way he calls us is sooooo manja. Words can’t describe my feeling whenever I hear him calling us like that. Heaven! However, at times dia sengaja menyakat aku ngan Che Man by calling us ‘Pak Tam’and ‘Mak Tam’ like how his cousins call us.

So sekarang, tengah sibuk nak belajar bercakap ni, macam-macam benda dia dah pandai minta / arah. For example:
· Nak mam achik (nak makan nasi) – sambil panjat kerusi makan.
· Ting ner? Ting? (punting mana? punting?) – sambil angkat-angkat kening
· Bush tess (brush teeth) – sambil ketuk pintu bilik air
· Nak Air
· Nak cucu / mirk (nak susu / milk)
· Bik Bik / Tip tip (ambil / kutip) – sambil tunjuk barang yang dia nak.

He could counts, tapi tak pernah sampai sepuluh. Nampaknya dia sangat cepat bosan bila kita start to teach him 123 atau ABC. I can ask him to urut my legs – those lovely-so-smooth-little fingers really can make me relax. But as I said, dia cepat bosan, urut tak sampai seminit, pas tu lari.

When he plays, he likes to play with round things lebih-lebih lagi kalau benda tu berpusing. I think he is quite obsess with round things. Sejak kecil lagi dia suka tengok benda bulat & berpusing. He recognizes mcam-macam jenis kipas. He’ll say “fan fan” when he sees one. Macam tu jugak dengan tayar. Lori yang lalu sebelah kereta tu punya la besar, dia sibuk nak tengok tayar je.

Asyik betul dia kalau dapat tayar

Sekarang dia dah faham yang dia mesti baca doa sebelum makan, sebelum kereta bergerak dan sebelum tidur. Tapi masih tunggang terbalik dan pelat dan omit itu dan ini. Bila orang lain baca doa, dia aminkan. Yang aku tak larat, selamba je dia angkat takbir & sujud depan bilik air. Itu alas kaki la sayang, bukan sejadah!

Tengah baca doa makan

Bila dia ambil barang tangan kiri, kami akan tanya, “Tangan mana?”. Dia akan angkat tangan kanan pas tu baru hulur kat kita. Mula-mula dulu, aku tanya spontan je, rupa-rupanya dia dah belajar dari nenek dia. Satu lagi yang dia biasa buat tapi bukan aku yang ajar; he’ll say ‘masehhh’ (terima kasih) bila kita bagi dia something atau sambut barang yang dia hulur. So cute.

Ya Allah! That is very nice word from him everyday, many times a day. He’ll say this at almost perfect tone and pronounciation whenever he sees something patah, tumpah, pecah, berselerak --------> konon-konon terperanjat sangat lah. tu. Kadang-kadang yang pecahkan / tumpahkan dia la culprit nya, dia akan just walk away and later come back, pura-pura terrrrr…nampak kesan perbuatan dia tadi and shout like he is so surprise “Ya Allah! Ya Allah! Empahhhh! (tumpah) ” Emm…... aku nak marah pun tak jadi.

Dia sekarang dah tinggi. Dah dapat capai barang dari almari dapur dan dah boleh buka pintu bilik air sendiri. Terpaksa aku takut-takut kan dia pasal hot bowl / pot / mug by saying “Hot! Hot”. Bila dengar camtu, dia tak berani usik (mula-mula nak ajar dia dulu, aku sentuhkan sikit jari dia pada hot mug). Taktik ni jugak yang aku gunakan bila aku tak mau dia kacau aku minum kopi. I’ll say to him “hot! hot!” terus member tak jadi usik mug aku. Kalau kat bilik air, he’ll say “icin icin” (licin) sambil tunjuk lantai, but he will step into the bathroom anyway.

When it comes to food, he loves spicy & hot food. He also prefer mee, pasta, roti rather than rice. But he does not eat a lot. Nasib baik dia kuat minum susu and has no problem taking his vitamins.

Suka makan sendiri

Satu yang buat aku pening. Hampir setiap malam dia tidur lebih kurang kul 1.30 pagi. We all dah tak larat dah. Macam-macam cara aku buat, dari pujuk, tepuk, tutup semua lampu, takut-takut kan dia, marah dan lepuk; semua tak jalan.

Like last night, it was around 1am, lepas kena marah ngan Che Man dia baring mengiring arah dinding. Lama camtu, ingatkan dah tido. Aku pun tertidur. Alih-alih aku sedar dia senyap-senyap dan pelan-pelan cuba melangkah aku & Che Man. Cuba nak turun dari katil. It was so funny to see him keras when I move a bit, pas tu continue his project. Sekali tu, Che Man yang sedang tidur kalih badan, Aiman cepat-cepat melompat over me to his side of the bed, pretended to sleep ------> tu kes takut kena marah ngan ayah dia la tuh! Pelakon! Cam tu la everynight.

Entah pukul berapa dia tidur, aku pun tak pasti.

This morning, Che Man told me, he found Aiman punya mainan dalam bilik. Meaning, si Aiman ada bangun (masa kita orang dah tido), ambik mainan tu dari bekas permainan dia kat living room and bring them into the bedroom. See? Dengan lampu semua dah tutup, tinggal lampu garage je, berani dia tu!

Dulu, Aiman guna buaian. Memang asalnya tak mau kasi dia tidur buai, but if you follow this blog earlier, you know how & why I changed my decision on the matter. Later, after buaian at his nenek’s dah ranap, he has problem sleeping there also. Kesian nenek pening kepala, we sent the buaian there and now we have this problem pulak! We endured for few months hoping things will get better but it getting worse.

So this week, we all dalam dilemma whether or not to buy him a new buaian. And this morning, I could not stand it anymore “Beli buai dia malam ni jugak!” I told Che Man. “Esok je kita gi beli. Esok kan kita cuti” sib baik Che Man setuju.

Tinggal satu malam lagi.

In the Mood of Entertaining

Aku rimas tengok Aiman punya rambut dah panjang. I was thinking, kalau budak perempuan, boleh la aku sepit kan. Nak hantar kedai, risau dia tak boleh duduk diam. Si ayah pulak berura-ura nak botak kan terus. So untuk mengelakan dia dibotakkan, aku belasah je potong rambut dia last weekend. Surprisingly takde pula dia melasak-lasak. Agaknya takut jatuh sebab aku duduk kan dia atas kerusi tinggi.

"Huarrggggg...... lambatnya gunting rambut. Dah ngantuk ni..."

"Confirmed hensem ke ni, Ayah?"

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Instead of taking Aiman jalan-jalan kat shopping mall macam selalu, kami ke Tasik Shah Alam dengan berbekalkan tikar, air sejuk, hot coffee and homemade donuts.

Dah lama betul tak ke situ. Tak sangka ramai betul manusia sampai nak paking pun susah.

Sementara aku layan berketul-ketul donuts, Che Man brought Aiman to see bangau, ikan & kura-kura. After Che Man & Aiman kenyang, we put our picnic items back into the car and brought Aiman to children play area.

"Emmmm.... cam ni rupanya Taman Tasik ye?"

"Ishk... Ishk... keras giler donut ni"

"Ibu.. ibu.. ada jaws kat sana!"

"Jaga-jaga Ayah. Orang nak gelongsor dah ni"

I know Aiman had a good time. So did his paresnts.

Missing His Progress

This happened when Aiman was 13 and half months. So, it is quite a basi story. However, I think it is important for me to make a record here.

When Aiman was 1 year old, we got worried that he still showed no sign of walking properly. In fact he was so lazy to try. Dibantainya lah merangkak ke hulu ke hilir. I had tried so many times to encourage and train him to walk, but he didn’t even want to stand properly. So I just got fed-up and leave it to him to take action.

Few weeks berlalu. In those weeks we picked him up late almost everyday. So kesian him. Kadang-kadang belum sampai rumah, dia dah tertido dalam kereta. Kalau dia tak tido pun, sampai rumah, I golek-golek dengan dia atas katil sekejap and later put him in his cot so that I can start doing the house chores. Or else he will play with Che Man till he feels sleepy.

I was so selfish.

I just wanted him to sleep early so that I can do the house chores faster and then rest / sleep. He had not much time anyway coz we only reached home about 10pm every night.

So, one day we came back late as usual. When I opened my MIL’s front door, I saw Aiman walking around the living room.

Terpaku aku sekejap. Ni bukan nya jalan-jalan jatuh atau jalan berpimpin. He was walking unassisted.

I grabbed my camera to record him but the memory card decided to ‘full-itself’ after few seconds of recording. Sudah camtu, tak sempat adjust brightness. Ni ler yang dapat dirakam.

According to my SIL, it has been quite sometimes that Aiman berani walks many steps. Actually she did mentioned it to me few days before that. Aku rasa, aku jer yang tak berapa beri perhatian pada progress Aiman these few weeks sebab dah penat bila balik kerja.

Lame excuse. I know.

Aiman sayang,

I am so very sorry that I did not pay much attention to your development these past few weeks. I promise I will make more time to play with you. I’ll pick you up earlier so that we have more time together. I will dedicate more of my time and energy to care and teach you the ABC and 123 – something I postponed too often.

I will bring you to play outside on weekend, coz I know how much you like to be outside the house. I’ll show you the real birds, cats and dogs. I know you already tired of seeing lorry, busses, cars, traffic lights, shell, esso and mat rempit every morning and night.

I will take out all toys that I put away from you and let you play with them in anyway you prefer. I’ll make no fuss over the house condition after your playing session.

I will cook for you different types of porridges and let you taste different types of biscuits, fruits or drinks. I will let you touch your food and explore the texture with your cute little fingers. Nevermind if I have to mop the floor after that.

I will let you climb the staircase whenever you feel like it and still be around should you miss a step or two or three or four.

We have changed the TV channels subscription so you could select your favorite programs other than CSI, House, Desperate Housewives, Konsert Akademi Fantasia Musim ke-6, Ugly Betty and Nip/Tuck. Later you can introduce me to Thomas & Friends, Pinggu (I don’t even know how to spell it), Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Spiderman, Ultraman, etc. However, I would not encourage you to watch ‘T*m T*m B*k’ – budak pompuan pakai mekap tebal, baju sexy, menggoyang kan bontot nya pada lagu Shakira is not very suitable for you sayang.

So,

In years to come, when you have access to internet and if I remember to give you my URL and when you able to understand my horrible English & terrible Malay, you have no choice but to accept that I am not a perfect mother but at least have tried to be a good one to you.

I love you Aiman.

Pst: Just try not to sleep too late everynight.

Bye Bye Hydrocele

When Aiman was 4-month old, we noticed he had a bulge at his left groin area. After checking with a local doctor, a child specialist and a surgeon, Aiman was diagnosed with hydrocele. Apparently, it is quite normal for babies (boys) and we were asked to wait until he is one year old, to which the thing might disappear, just like many other cases.

So, after he reached 1 year old, the bulge still there. In fact at times it went into his left testis making it (a lot) bigger than the right one.

We took him to the same surgeon (at S*r*mb*n Sp#cial*st Hospital) and ultrasound revealed that the bulge had become more significant. A minor surgery called herniotomy was later scheduled for him.

Posing with dear ayah infront of the Clinic few weeks ago

We took sometimes to confirm the date. I know it was only a minor operation but (besides being in denial), we wanted to make sure that we were ready for it. I searched the net for more information, I asked around on how to take care of him during and after the surgery, we expedite his medical insurance issues, we sorted things out at work so that we can take few days leave peacefully and we prepared Aiman by adjusting his susu and tido time, to accommodate the fasting requirement.

My first concerned was about he has to fast 8 hours prior to surgery. My son milk-drinking pattern at night (wee hours) is inconsistent. We can’t predict what time he will wakes up for milk. However, eight hours is definitely too long for him.

On 3rd April last week, I set few alarms clocks a.k.a mobile phones at 1.30am before I went to sleep. I was so worried that I won’t get up in time for him to have his susu at 2.00pm. Just imagine, if I wake up at 4am? How la? Anyway, I managed to get up at 1.30am and prepared his hot milk. I waited till the last minutes and woke him up. He took the 7oz milk without any protest and handed me the empty bottle. I prayed to God that will be good for him until the surgery is over.

The admission process was fast since we already submitted the admission form and signed the consent form a day earlier. We were given a room nearby the operating theatre (OT). Within 15 minutes doctor came to check but the operation were delayed for about 30 minutes because the same doctor had to attend to an emergency. We tried to distract Aiman from susu by playing with him in front of OT.

We were palying around infront of the OT to distract Aiman from his susu-time

Later both Aiman and I were wheeled to the OT. I was asked to change to a uniform. It was a heart-wreaking moment to see Aiman lying on the OT table, looking so scared and cried his heart out. He must be so scared to see all strangers, pakai semua biru, tutup rambut and muka, nampak mata sahaja except for me. He begged me to pick him up form the table. Menitik juga airmata. I watched him felt asleep. I kissed him and was ushered out. I waited outside the OT with Che Man.

Preparing to go into OT

After 50 minutes I was called in and again had to change my clothes. The moment I came out from the changing room, I heard Aiman cried. From far I saw him nangis menongeng-nongeng while two nurses trying to calm him down with ballons and all. When I took him, he quickly hugged me but kept crying.

Another doctor came to explained to me that the operation went smoothly and Aiman is actually not in pain because he has been given pain killer. He maybe crying because he was a little bit disoriented and confused with what is happening to him.

The Wound After Surgery

The Culprit

Che Man received him outside the room and again I had to change my uniform. From outside the ward, I can still hear Aiman crying.

He refused to lie down on bed and we had to dukung / riba him all the time. I guessed that reminded him of the OT table. Not that we didn’t want to hold him, but we were afraid that we might hurt him. He refused to drink milk or water despite the fact he had not taken any water for more than 10 hours. He also refused to be touched by nurse who tried to fix drips on him. After sometimes, I told the nurse to just do it while he meraung dan melenting-lenting kan badan. Takut betul aku kalau-kalau luka dia terbukak. Only when he was in his deep sleep, we managed to put him on bed.

After the Surgery, nak beriba saja

Resting

Whenever we are not looking, he will try to pull-out the wire

The rest of the day filled with Aiman tido, bangun, nangis and our struggle to give him the pain killer. Aiman got so scared with nurses and doctor who occasional came to our room – he will hug me tight every time he sees them.

He was a lot better that night itself. He ate porridge and entertained his visitors.

A lot better now...

The next morning he was discharged.

Remember I mentioned about medical insurance? Okay… it was totally our fault. We were late at signing up and the medical card will only be effective next month. We could have waited, but we decided not to. Takan pasal anak punya well-being pun nak berkira kan?

Now, we are poorer by few thousands. Padan muka we all, but we have no regrets.

The plaster has been taken off last Tuesday. The wound heals nicely.

Aiman sekarang dah berlasak-lasak macam tak sakit lansung. Harap-harap memang tak sakit la.

Alhamdullillah.