Happy One Year old my Baby!

Alai Rayyan will turn one in the next half an hour or so....I really couldnt believe how time flies so fast! So what has he learnt so far? Lets see:

(1) He's learning to walk! Still lesen L though and ikut mood...if he wants to walk he will make his rounds in the living room but if not he wont even work for that day...so I dont know how long will he take his lesen L for...lets hope not as long as Mama Mieee hehehe

(2) He knows how to marah you...by saying Eppp just like how Mummy would marahkan him hehe...the last time when we were in DFO and he was throwing a fit, I decided to ignore him. So when I finally tried to calm him down (coz he was reallyyyy LOUD!) it took him quite a while to forgive me and when he finally did, he hit me on my arm and said eppppp! hehe

(3) He knows how to give flying kisses.

(4) He knows how to play with his toy car! hehe this really amused me! I bought him his first car toy when he was 9 months old? Because I remember my nephew really loves playing with toy cars...but the car remained in his play tent because he doesnt know how to play with it. I tried to show him a few time but he refused to even look at it. Then suddenly a few weeks ago I saw him playing with that car! he was crawling around the living room pushing the car here and there :) So I guess Alai Rayyan is a self learner kind of baby (or should i say toddler now?)

(5) Alai Rayyan can recognised characters from his books.

Hey its past twelve now...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA'S BOY! Abah and mama really lovesyou to bits! And we're so proud to have you as our little one, our one and only (so far hehe), the apple of our eyes.

We will be having a little birthday celebration today and will have another one once we're in Brunei. Since its in the middle of the exams period, it will only be a very small one but i will try to make it as proper as possible. After all its Alai Rayyan first birthday party ever! hehe I will post some pics and hopefully videos of the party soon after.

As for now, I shall leave you all with Alai Rayyan's walking lesson video taken a few days ago. Will head to bed now as I will be having a very busy day tomorrow...preparing foods for the party and setting up our living room. Have a very good night you all.

Alai Rayyan Official First step

I wish to mark today as Alai Rayyan official first step as I finally managed to catch it on video and plus he did try seeral attempts before I took the video so I'm guessing Alai Rayyan is going to walk very soon...yaynesss!!!



Okay, back to my revision as I will be having my first paper tomorrow. Wish me luck people :)

Some recent photos...

Alai Rayyan enjoying his favourite biscuit

Me & Lina on the way to Wet and wild theme park

Widya, Me, Alai Rayyan, Sis and Lina in the train station

Alai Rayyan with his new sunnies

Sis doing some modelling with Montergueil

Cleaning up the spiderwebs

Lyssa messaged me from Brunei saying my blog is full of spiderwebs, so here I am with the intention to do some spring cleaning and updating the blog before it rots hehehe yes people, I know I have been super lazy in maintaining and updating this blog...which is unfair for my beloved one in Brunei especially Hubby...kept on asking when am I going to update.

So what have we been up to? My sister is here to help me baby-sit alai Rayyan.... OMG Alai Rayyan was making his few steps just now!!! he was standing a few metres away from me where suddenly he moves forward for like 5 steps...but when he saw i was looking, he sat down! Thats the thing with Alai Rayyan that I've learnt...he wont let other people sees his weaknesses. Like he knows his not good at walking yet so he wont walk infront of you. The same thing as crawling, he didnt want to do it everytime we insisted but all of the sudden there he was crawling all over the room! Ok back to my story, hehe I was just overexcited seeing Alai Rayyan making his moves forward...ok ok, so my sister is here and we have been going around. Yesterday, we made a trip to Wet and Wild in GoldCoast. It was a lot of FUN! Other then that, been really busy with assignments and all, thank God the sister is here...reducing the amount of stress and helping me a lot with Alai Rayyan and doing the house chores. But she will be going home next Sunday though sob sob...I wish she could stay a little big longer...I miss the feeling of being pampered...hehe thanks Sis...love you much! So today, we decided to go to the DFO, as my sis wanted to get some souveniers for families and friends. This might be our last outing before I have to really sit down and focus for my papers which start this Thursday! and I will have 3 papers in a row!!! Wish me luck on that.

To make up for all the missing posts, here's a video of Alai Rayyan taken last night, and some of his recent pics.

Staying true to my motto

A lot of people has been suggesting to me that I should change the name of my blog to Rayyan.blogspot.com or something like that as all I do in this blog is talk about him...Well..I don't want to...simply because I really love PINK and SHOPPING is like my medicine for any given conditions...so I decided from now on, apart from updating about our daily life here..I shall also blog about my other passions (which involves shopping, shops and shops) and I would stay true to my motto, which was created by Audrey actually "Who says motherhood will rip you off your shopping rights?" :)

To be honest, I havent been really doing a lot of shopping this lately...well not as excessively as before la..I guess mostly because I'm living my student life, thus I dont earn as much as I used to..and also have been really busy keeping up with Uni and taking care of Alai Rayyan. Only after my recent outing to the city I realised, i've been neglecting my inner wants and needs (sound so dramatic isnt it huhuhu). It's like I couldnt stop myself from buying all the unnecessary stuffs just to indulge in my cravings to spend and spend. So that day, I bought myself a few bajus, some make-ups and a travelling bag hee hee...Well actually I was supposed to get a beneFit foundation for Lina's Birthday, but as they were offering a free gift if you bought over $100, might as well get something for myself isnt it? (Im a sucker for free gifts, its like a catalyst for shopping to me) hehe plus I could get the travelling bag for only $20! what a bargain isnt it?? Plus plus benefit is such a good make-up brand if you want to go for oh-im-so-naturally-pretty-but-not-so-natural kinda look..I've tried a few of BeneFit products and they never fail to amaze me. This is what I got:

Get Even pressed powder: to blot away your shines and discolouration

They also got a new colour for benetint and its a nice shade of Pink! Thinking of getting that after my next allowance come in.

Posietint: poppy-pink tinted cheeks and lips

Oh and living-proof of how good beneFit is, I got Lina hooked up onto it, that she's decided to use BeneFit as her hantaran make-ups! So, we will be off again to the City tomorrow to buy lots and lots of BeneFit..yayyyy!!!

Welcome to the World, Mumtaz Rania

I wish to congratulate my little brother and his wife for the born of their beautiful daughter, Mumtaz Rania on 7th August 2008. I am so delighted that its a girl as my mum have already had 2 grandson, Alai Razi and Alai Rayyan. Yayyy!!! Now I have someone to play dolls with hehe..really cant wait to go home and hug alai Rania.

Happy Ramadhan

First thing first, some pictures for hubby, will upload more soon okay, I haven't transferred some of the pictures from the camera.

Alai Rayyan sticking out his tongue as I tried to dress him up...my least-favourite thing to do at the moment

UQ-Brunei Student Hi-tea reception

Mummy bullying Alai Rayyan (actually it was Yasirs idea but being a cruel mummy I am,I joined in hehe) Oh and notice the pink cheek, that's all the rashes coming out. Sian Alai Rayyan, will post some more of his rashes pictures soon

Secondly, tomorrow is marked as 1st Ramadhan in Brisbane as the moon had been successfully sighted here. Too bad Brunei would only start fasting on Tuesday, I would really want to fast with Hubby though we are now separated by the oceans (but again what else is new right? I couldnt recall the time when Brunei had ever successfully sighted the moon, kenapa kan tu? I think its about time they change their 'binocular' to a better one hehe).

It has been a busy week for us, I got a mid-semester exam last Monday and it was really hard! Then Alai Rayyan rashes strikes again on Tuesday, and with a temperature as well making me all panicky again. Went to the GP again and the DR said that it could be due to the bacteria is still in his system and he needs to carry on with the antibiotic. Sigh~ I really couldn't bear seeing Alai Rayyan with all the rashes, I just hope he will recover soon. Aminnn.....

Oh on a happier note, received a wonderful news from Brunei. One of my dearest bestfriend~ Hadrie, got pregnant!!! Yeay!! The long awaited moment is finally happening! I am so happy beyond words, and I cant wait to see her with the tummy...hehe..

So back to us, we spent the weekend with Amy and family - hanging out at their place on Friday, watched the fireworks festival in Southbank on Saturday followed by watching Long khorn 1 and today we continued with Long Khorn 2 at their place again. hehe spending time with them is sooo addictive...makes me feel like home...Thinking back, I was adamant that I would be miserable this semester especially that I don't have any of my family member here to help me. But Alhamdulillah, with the blessing from Allah, I've been given a lot of helping hands which I truly appreciate. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Okay dokie, time to go and prepare food for sahur...happy fasting everyone, and happy 'beramal ibadat'...

Happy Birthday dearest Lyssa

Just a quick note to wish my dearest bestfriend - Mummy Lyssa a wonderful happy birthday. Sorry I cant be there to celebrate it with the rest of you but Im sure u had a blast regardless esp with the super advance bday presie from Hubby ;p

Oh and Alai Rayyan also wanna wish his mummy a happy birthday. He wants mummy to knows that he's damam at the moment. He got a very high fever last two nights and yesterday he developed some rashes. Went to see the Dr again this morning (thanks Amy and Yasir for the lift :D) and the GP reckon that he has an allergic reaction towards the prescribed antibiotic. I do hope its true because I couldnt stand seeing Alai Rayyan with all the rashes...my poor baby...

Anyho, back to Mummy Lyssa, we love you to bits and jangan merajuk-rajuk ok, we're sure umi and bonda do remember, maybe they have their reasons...Miss you a lot...

P/S: Hugs and kisses for Alai Aaqil Hensem...

Greetings Earthling....

I don't know where to begin as it has been a while since I last blogged. Mhmm...feels like I have lost interest in sharing all the what and the when in my life. But again to think that I initially created this blog to record the wonderful developments of alai Rayyan, I shall continue narrating and capturing Alai Rayyan's moments :)Alai Rayyan is now 9 months old (yeay!)His developments so far:

1) He could stand up using anything that he viewed as a support object (and that includes anyones body while we are sitting or standing).

2) He could crawl! That happened when we first reach here from Brunei which was on 16 July. It was our first day in Brisbane and there was crawling around the house and sit on his own when he was tired!

3) Today, Alai Rayyan is able to clap his hand! yeayyyyy....and this happened when I was busy sleeping (I know, I know, but Alai Rayyan woke up sooo early and I was really sleepy, so I let him entertained himself hehe dont worry Alai Rayyan is not the type to crawl away from me, he would just sit beside me and babble away, and if he's tired he would just search for his 'pacifier' and go back to sleep, hehehe)

4) I think he now knows the meaning of Mama, Baba, Nenen and Mamam as he had correctly used it for several times now.

Those are his major developments that I could think of at the moment. oh, oh and most importantly Alai Rayyan now have a friend; Alai Insyirah. She's 6 months Old and such a cutie pie! I'm sooo grateful that Ive gotten to know her parents, Amy and Yaser...they turn out to be such a great couple and we ended up having lots and lots of family outing, hence adding up to the reasons of my lack of entries (hehe...sorry for putting the blame on you Amy :P, but x kire, nak jugak)

I'll call the night off for now as I need to spend some quality time with hubby on MSN (Sad, I know...boohoo) Night you all and I shall leave you with my fav Sony moment of Alai Rayyan and Alai Insyirah :)

Ameda Purely Mine!!!

Yes! MyAmeda Purely Yours had arrived today! That was quick...yeay!!! I cant wait to use it but as Huaida was suggesting, I need to buy a converter for it. Oh well, I guess it has to wait as I got group assignment to do now and I've been procastinating since last week. It seems like the rest of my group members are almost done while I'm not even halfway there! Sigh~

The Box

My Backpack :)

Dual Hygienic Milk collection system

A separate Cool n Carry tote

Its day two of not going out for Alai Rayyan so as usual he became extra fussy and cranky. This evening, he was so mengusut and he even refused my BM! So my sister put him in his stroller and brought him around the living room...it didnt take him more then 5 mins to fall asleep in his stroller!

No-no mama

Our semester is now officially over and we'll be moving into our revision week starting this Monday. I still have one assignment to submit though, luckily my first paper will only begin on 13th June 2008. That should give me enough time to prepare InsyaAllah..if my procrastination is not making an appearance that is...hehe

My sister is now here...thank God! Being a stayed-home mum for 1 week plus had really drained me out...not because I was tired taking care of the lil one, No...its just doing the same daily routine and not being able to go out was really driving me insane. Even Alai Rayyan was bored to the max, the first thing he did when he was finally able to handle his walker was walked to the door and peek through the glass window beside the door hehe my poor lil baby.

Alai Rayyan had an instance connection with my Sis and it took him no time to be in her arms. So my life is much much easier now and I was able to finish my 2 assignments on time. Got one of the result back and I actually did great! I got 27/30 woohooo...couldnt believe my luck! So for that course I've actually collected 43 out of 50%. (16/20 for mid-sem exam)...the rest of 50% would be from the final exam. I hope I could atleast get a distinction on that.

Thats on my achievement. Alai Rayyan has a few things for me to be proud of as well...here's some of his major developments so far:

1) He is learning to shake his head as a sign of saying NO....though sometimes he just shaked his head randomly.

2) He's not only growing one tooth, but there is now four! (2 visible one on the middle and 1 whitecap on each sides- all on the bottom gum)

3) He knows how to salam people

4) He knows how to express his dissatisfaction - by bitting your hand! hehe...he'd done it to my sister a few times when she was trying to stop him from messing around with her laptop (Oh Alai Rayyan really loves to play around with the laptop; once when i was webcaming with hubby to sleep and suddenly I heard a 'tinggg tinggg' sound, and I opened up my eyes to find out there Alai Rayyan was betiarap quietly infront of my lappie playing with the keyboard! Usually, when he woke up in the middle of the night, he would cry for my attention but not this time. He was taking his oppurtunity to play with the laptop while no one is watching! lol!)

Oh my lil angel is just growing up so fast...he's becoming more berakal each day. I know I should be happy, but a part of me couldnt help feeling a bit sad...

Anyho, some pictures to share with all of you and a video of Alai Rayyan saying no to medicine (oh he got a slight fever after his vaccination few days ago) and FOOD! hehe

No-no mama (my room was quite a mess as it was the middle of the night when Alai Rayyan started screaming and had a bit of temperature. My sister and me were a lil panik!)

His cute teeth - halfway up :)

After shower - its getting harder to dress him up now as he keeps on rolling away

Alai Rayyan peeking outside

1st day out after berkurung for 1 week plus

Happy Birthday to Nadia a..k.a Umi Rayyan

This post is especially dedicated to my bestfriend of 18 years; Nadia.



Dearest Nadia,



Happy 2*th Birthday (Just incase you don't want people to know how old are you today hehehe). I started counting again last night how long we had known each other...and it has been 18 wonderful years! It all started when we were in the same Ugama class in SR.HMJM. Kiulap. We were in Primary 1, and I remember feeling a bit intimidated by this smart-beautiful girl sitting quietly at the back of the class. We never really talked to one another until one day for some reasons I couldnt quite remember, I was told to sit at the back of the class, just beside this smart-beautiful girl. I learnt that the name of this smart-beautiful girl is Nadia, I also learnt that she's a very kind person and it was so easy to get along with her. All the teachers in that school then learnt how close we have become and so everytime there was a class promotion, we would be put together. We became inseparable eversince.



We've been through a lot together; all the dramas, ups and downs of our teenage life, the heartache caused by those stupid boys :D, and like all other friendships we also had some 'break-up and make-up' moments. But nevertheless, our friendship remains and the bond became stronger as we grow up. We have survived the distance ( I was in UK for 2 years while she's in Brunei and now she's in UK and I'm in OZ) and the family hurdle (we're both are now married and have a child of our own). You are more like a sister to me and I know we will always be friends till death do us part :)



Happy birthday darling, wish you all the joy and hapinness in this world and don't forget our second project, hehehe...in 2 years time? Love you so much and life would never be the same without you.

Found these photos in my photobucket.

Myanmar Cyclone - Help those in need

Found out that two of my ex-collegues from Uni are involved in doing a fundraising charity for the Myanmmar cyclone victims. I couldn't helped feeling a spang of proudness seeing my own generation doing something big like this, something I never actually thought of doing...

I would love to go to the garage sale held by wardrobe inc if only I'm in Brunei right now. As for you lucky people in Brunei, why don't you head off there and provide a helping hand to those in need. For further information, please refer to the flyer below or visit Wardrobes Inc

Oversupply????

Alai Rayyan had been poo-ing green for the past weeks and its worrying me. I was so afraid that he got 'senudung', i don't know what that is but Lyssa told me if baby got green poops, that's one of the sign he got 'senudung'. And from her explanation, it basically means that the baby got some stomach bug.

So, I did what I usually do - i turned to my online guru; the google! (My MIL pun tau dah nie, coz everytime my in-laws asked me something that I was unsure of, I would said 'entah ah, cuba goggle...' lol). Most of the webs that I've found said it's common for baby to have yellowish-greenish poops but if it goes on continuously, it's wise to consult a Dr. Oh God! I don't know any pediatric here, but then I remember Wid got friend whose a pediatric in Malaysia. So I asked her to get an online advise (through her Yahoo Messenger hehe). Dr Amir said its okay. as long as baby is not vomitting, the poo is not watery and no strains of blood found in his poo. I was relieved to hear that but then, its been weeks!

I tried to recall any changes in Alai Rayyan's diet or mine when I remembered, my supplements!? I started googling, 'Fenugreek side effects to baby', 'blessed thistle side effects to baby' as well as 'red raspberry side effect to baby' as I realised the green poops started almost the same time I took my supplements. And yeah, some webs did mentioned that Fenugreek could sometimes caused the baby to poop green. But then, I've been taking Fenugreek all this while, and it did'nt caused Alai Rayyan anything. Then I came across a web where it says oversupply could caused your baby to have green stools. I tried googling 'oversupply and green poops in baby' and surprise surprise here's my finding:-

When a mother has more milk that her baby can handle, the following behaviors may be common:

• Baby cries a lot, and is often very irritable and/or restless - I guees Alai Rayyan was a bit restless lately but I thought that was because he was teething.
  
  
• Baby may sometimes gulp, choke, sputter, or cough during feedings at breast. Baby may seem to bite or clamp down on the nipple while feeding - Yes, he had been gulping awfully loud everytime he feeds! and sometimes he would choked too!
  
  
• Milk sprays when baby comes off, especially at the beginning of a feeding - It does happens occasionally.
  
  
• Mother may have sore nipples - Yup, especially when my B felt full

• Baby may arch and hold himself very stiffly, sometimes screaming - Alai Rayyan did scream in the middle of his feeds a few times .

• Feedings often seem like battles, with baby nursing fitfully on and off - Yup, and God it is so annoying! I thought he was just playing around.
  
  


• Feedings may be short, lasting only 5 or 10 minutes total - Yes, it was getting shorter in times
  
  


• Baby may seem to have a "love-hate" relationship with the breast - Yup, see feedings with battle.
  
  


• Baby may burp or pass gas frequently between feedings, tending to spit up a lot - Yup, there were a few times when Alai Rayyan would screamed in the middle of the night and couldnt stop crying, when i picked him up, he would let go a loud burp!
  
  


• Baby may have green, watery or foamy, explosive stools - Definitely!
  
  


• Mother's breasts feel very full most of the time - Yup, full and leaky!
  
  


• Mother may have frequent plugged ducts, which can sometimes lead to mastitis (breast infection) - Yeah, I woken up with three lumps near my armpit the last few days! The lumps still there now but i guess its getting smaller now as I kept on massaging it and feeding Alai Rayyan on that side of my B.
  
  

(Taken from Le Leche League)

And it all started after I took those supplements! On the bright side, it means that the combination of Fenugreek, Blessed thistle and Raspberyy Leaf work wonders! But I still didnt managed to express much! So it all comes down to my breast pump!!! Maybe I have no issue with supply to begin with, its just my breastpump is not working properly and when i took those supplements, I started to face an oversupply issues! Matters made worst as my breastpump couldnt empty my B as well, so Alai Rayyan was left with a constantly full B that he couldn't handle...my poor lil baby. And all this while, I've been assuming that I had a low supply, sasak ku my breast pump!

As i was upset with the situation, I began to google for a double-electric pumps. And being an impulsive buyer I am, I purchased myself an Ameda - Purely yours double electric pump that cost my hubby US$260 plus shipping. Its cheaper then the PISA hence the reason I chose it and the reviews are not bad pun. But now I am a bit nervous about it as I've purchased it from some US website which I'm not even sure of. I kept on checking the status of my purchased and I even wrote email to them, lol. The status now says 'in process - shipping on Wednesday, which is tomorow...yeay!! But until the item arrives, wish me luck. Oh and thanks hubby for the pumps hehe...u've granted my wish :)

So I have stop all the supplements since 2 days ago to confirm my suspision and Alhamdulillah, Alai Rayyan has been pooing a nice, beautiful yellowish poops since yesterday hehe (I've become one of those poop-obsessed mommy!)

The reunion; A peek on his little tooth

Alai Rayyan's little tooth decided to make an appearance while daddy was here :) At first, we didn't realise it...he kept on grinding his gums together and one day I just like "eh napa kan ia mcm orang gergitan ani, cuba liat gusinya atu!". To our surprise, there it was, the little white cap! I didn't expect it because I always have in mind that the teething will come with a fever, but Alhamdulillah, Alai Rayyan has not got any yet. Hopefully he won't get it at the later stage as well..ameeeennn...

But he is getting fussier though and its harder for him to sleep soundly during night time. Oh and he poo-ed a lot too. I couldn't wait for his little tooth to make a full appearance :)

The reunion; Coffee & Doughnuts

( WARNING: Some pictures in this post will possibly caused some cravings and extreme droolings :D )

Yes, Krispy Kreme doughnuts are now available in Brisbane City! It took like a week for the queue to ease down. Everytime I went to the city, I would take a peek at the queue and there was always a long one!

A few days after hubby was here, while passing Krispy Kreme, I noticed that the queue was not bad, told hubby I wanted to grab some donuts. But while queuing, changed my mind and decided to have lunch there. I was sooo greedy that I told hubby we should order 2 dozens of donuts! hehe...Luckily hubby won't listened to me and bought a dozen instead. I think the price was : AUD$14.98 for a dozen of Glazed, AUD$17.98 for a dozen of 6 glazed and 6 of assortments, and AUD$28.98 for 2 dozens; a dozen of glazed and a dozen of assortments. But to my disappointments, all the assorted donuts that I tried was really sweet! But the glazed ones are as good as ever...(or is it my tastebud is getting more sensitive as I'm getting older? hehe)

Wahhhh...!!!!

Slurpp!!!


Alai Rayyan's meal (besides the Krispy Kremes box)






Yummylicious!!


No doughnuts for me? :(

The reunion; Alai Rayyan new wheels

Second thing that we did (actually hubby did) upon his arrival was fixed Alai Rayyan new wheel - the baby walker. I think Alai Rayyan kinda like it as you can see his bright smile while riding his baby walker. But he does not really know how to use it aside from using it as a tool for him to jump up and down hehe, he does know how to reverse occasionally though. Maybe its better this way as I wont have to worry much about him pulling stuff everywhere as he has not got the mobility yet.

Apparently, Alai Rayyan has not only got one wheel from daddy, he got another wheel the next day - 3-wheel pram!. I was so excited as I have been eyeing on it since almost all the local here are using it. Hubby was sooo kesian with Alai Rayyan current stroller - apanya orang lari allignment and brake nda makan lagi hehe..and its sooo hard to fold it, there's this 1 time, the bus driver had to come down and helped me fold it since it was taking me ages to do so! (Only God knew how malu I was then hehe).

Alai Rayyan seems to love his new pram very much! Maybe his thinking "ani barutah sama mcm baby org putih, I'm sooo in man!" lol! But seriously, he could never stand being in his old stroller but with this one he would sit proudly macam kan show off hehehe...maybe this new pram is more comfy and spacious for him. The only downside is its quite heavy for me to carry once I fold it but as long as my little one is happy, thats all matter :)

The reunion; Hubby's blated b'day surprise

The first thing I did was had a little celebration with hubby the very minute he arrived here. Since I'm living a low-budget student life and trying to make my effort seemed more sweeter ~teehee, I baked a cheesecake instead of buying a cake from some bakery shops. I still haven't got hubby any present yet, I have something in mind but have to do some saving first...sabar ah hubby hehe..

The ugly cake :)

Hubby and me

My home-made lambchops

Express delivery from Brunei - yummmy

Happy 6 months to Alai Rayyan

Alai Rayyan is now six month old. Can't believe time flies so fast, the next thing I know he will be walking and calling me Mama :)

One week of love, fun and joy

Its been a week-well-spent with hubby...sadly its time to be apart again :'(

I will have no one to look after Alai Rayyan for now til 21st June (My sis will be here then) so I guess I have to skip lectures and tutorials unless my housemate is home and is able to baby-sit. Oh well, atleast I get to focus on my two assignments which will be due on 22nd and 23rd of this month.

On a different note, Alai Rayyan had shown a lot of new 'pemandai' while Abah was here! He managed to roll over (finallly!) and he talks a lot too (not that we could understand him but there's definitely a lot more then gagigu...mcm2 udah bunyinya hehe. Oh and we saw a white cap on top of his gusi bawah...will definitely see some teeth coming out soon :) I do hope he wont get any fever tho..aminnnn

Oh and I have been noticing that my EBM is reducing more and more. I'm guessing its because I've been really busy going around that I have been skipping meals and I don't even have time to express my EBM anymore. And Alai Rayyan has been feeding non-stop during night time which adds more value to my assumption. I tried expressing my BM the last few days and only managed to get 2 0z on one side! Tried to search for the Milkmaid tea high and low but it was nowhere to be found. So I decided to search for the other recommended herbs as Fenugreek on its own doesn't seems to help much anymore. Managed to get Blessed thistle and Raspberry leaf in the pharmacist shop at Indooroopilly. Been combining these 3 herbs the last two days and it seems to work. I woken up with an engorged and leaking B yesterday but when I tried to express, only managed to get 3 oz out of it! Funny that my B still felt full but I couldnt expressed anything anymore so I ended up feeding Alai Rayyan directly. Does this means that my Breastpump is not functioning properly anymore?? More reason for me to get a new BP...(hint hint to hubby hehe).

The herbs

Oh well...time for me to sleep now. Will definitely continue with my rambling soon as there's just a lot of photos to share plus I sure will have a lot of free times since I wont be going to lectures and all.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Alai Rayyan first sit?

My life has been really hectic for the last 5 days - entertaining my Mamah and hubby from Brunei. Yup she was here to visit me hence the reason for my MIA :D


I've been so mobile this past few days that I didn't even have time to go near my laptop hehe...I am now feeling a bit upset and lonely as the taxi had just picked up all my Guest including Bibi and Razi to send them off to the Airport. Today marked their last day in Brisbane...I am sooo gonna miss them especially Bibi and Razi :'(



Oh well, atleast I get to see Hubby tomorrow..yay!!! And I think Alai Rayyan is able to sit down now..mesti plg I sit behind him just incase ia landing...not that stable yet :) Here's some shots of his first successful attempt in sitting down on his own.