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Decision on playschool umar

Umar will turn 3yo by may next year. First let me recap few schools that i have survey near to my house area. (Damansara uptowon, ttdi):-

1) Lets Hop - monthly fees is RM400. I luv their teaching method and they only take 6-7 students for 3yo. THE ONLY thg lacking is it is in shop lot area at level 3. And the parking area there....is simply stressfull.

2) Brainy Bunch - too many students! 1 teacher for 10 students in a very small room. Simply NO! But the fees are cheap. RM290.

3) Qdees - i luv this school because they have gym day and swimming class once in a week. I always prefer kids to play more at their 2-3yo age. Simply because they are developing their motor skills right now. Their uniforms are cute too. Sadly they started teach islamic program at 4yo and above. For 3yo no islamic program. Other than that their fees are expensive. Monthly rm290 like that but have to pay extra (the extra is alot like RM600 for every quarter) for certain thg every quater month. Gahh. For 3yo kids i think not worth it but 4yo and above is ok. They teach mandarin too! I think this will be perfect school for umar when he reach 4yo. But not next year. Pembaziran sbb umar baru 3yo tahun depan. Too expensive for his playschool at umar's age.

4) Little Calliph - i read alot of good reviews about this school at other branch but not at TTDI. Everythg so kesian. It's at the corner house, their swing is broken, rumput so panjang, students ramai, and lot more i dun want to mention here. Sorry i just have to tell the truth here. The management really have to do somethg for the school. Kesian budak2 plz.

5) CIC - i would consider this as the best among the others. Fees pon ok. RM300 je monthly. Students tak ramai. Cikgu2 nampak passionate nak ajar budak2, ada playground dlm sekolah. Cuma bila masuk dalam so-so je tak berapa bersih. I mean a bit berdebu. Tapi ok la sbb aircond manjang. Other thgs are ok kot. Program dia pon nampak ok. Cuma i tak rasa diorg speaking 24hours with children. Pon tak kisah sgt. Sbb umar ni ok je ckp bm or english. Umar mmg ckp manglish haha mcm blog aku. Aku tak la fussy sgt bab tu. Sbb sebagai parents pon kita kena memainkan peranan kita mendidik anak. No school is perfect for your lil ones. As long persekitaran nampak ok, harga ikot budget n cikgu ok, dah memadai.

The only school yang aku tak sempat survey is Smart readers kat bandar utama. Sbb nye we already made decision to homeschool umar for this year only. Aku da study sikit2 pasal homeschool tidak la susah mana, cuma kesabaran kena setinggi gunung haha. Tapi aku da ckp ngn husband kena invest sket kat kawasan belajar umar. Seperti rak buku, meja n kerusi umar. Every month insyaallah kitorg akan put aside budget utk beli buku2 umar yang sesuai. DIY stuffs utk aktiviti homeschool dia nti aku buat.

Kenapa at the end kitorg decide utk homeschool? (Tahun ni je tau)
1) sbb kalau hantar g playschool, umar kena tido seawal kol 8 or 9 malam and bangun kol 6.30 pagi? Bila la bonding session umar and daddy dia gitu kalau alip pon tetiap malam balik kol 8 and 8.30? Bonding session anak and ayah penting dan mengatasi segalanya. So for the time being rasanya biarla umar belajar kat rumah dulu setahun ni.

2) semua school pon aku rasa mahal je lebih tapi kurang pada aktiviti bermain. Pendapat aku je la. Ada 1 tu kat mutiara damansara and kat ttdi, tapi dah full house. N soooo expensive. RM500 monthly. Wahhh tu aku tanye harga kat tepon je la. Malas nak g sbb tau tak mampu. 

3) umar tak diaper free lagi. Hehe insyaallah bila badan aku da kuat amik shaklee nti, boleh la aku start train umar diaper free kie.

4) aku nak start ajar umar makan sendiri sepenohnya and without ipad. Makan kena ngadap ipad. Grr tp kalau kat luar takya sbb byk distraction. Anak aku mmg terbalik.

Gitu la. Wish me luck to homeschool umar and insyaallah i will share the activities soon here supaya jadi rujukan kita sesama parents. Jadual aku pon akan berubah gila2 but that's ok utk kebaikan bersama.





How to make a toddler (umar) happy

1) Greet him "good morning" with a happy tone!
2) breastfeed him sambil membebel borak2 pasal apa nk buat harini
3) make his fav food for breakfast 

Today i made him star toasted bread and he eat it well. Very kusyuk actually.

4) kasi air yogurt strawberry sikit dlm 3oz
5) play with him like kick a ball or read a book
6) do housechores with him.
7) make him his fav lunch - as long got somethg that he can pegang a bit like ikan bilis, telur, or tempe he will be happy! Bribe him with convincing promise like if you finish this lunch ill bring u to the playground later
8) now he's full lets read book or play with him for awhile like 15 mins.
9) ok now i can do my own stuffs like 15 mins since umar still bz playing.
10) he must be full, tired and almost sleepy by now.
11) bf and nap time!
12) When he wakes up make sure u r around or else he will cry like theres no tomorrow.
13) make him some snack. Biscuit with yogurt or anythg.
14) let him watch cartoon on ipad while you cook for an hour.
15) bf and play with him for a while
16) if have time and not rain bring him to playground
17) dinner time - as daddy is around umar will b happy so no problem
18) leisure time till umar get tired play and making mess
19) let him sing twinkle2 lil star. Dun interrupt when he sing. He dun like it hehe.

Thats roughly my routines. It didnt always works by that way. Sometime it works sometimes not. So i have to twist here n there. Umar love go jalan2 either post office or when we just go out to buy groceries. So dlm seminggu few times i will go to that places.

How bout u? How u make ur lil one happy? I notice if he's happy he is not so cranky. 


Random updates


Umar and hair cut
Umar ni jenis rambut lebat.
Rambut dia memang jenis 2 bulan sekali knr gunting rambut.
Tp aku and husband asik delay je nak gunting rambut dia setiap kali da smpai time nak potong coz he will create a BIG DRAMA at the salon.

Husband nye excuse taknak g gunting rambut umar is "eh okla rambut umar tu cantik je panjang camtu"
Geram je dgr.
So untuk mengelakkan big drama pada weekend i bring him to the barber shop during weekdays.
Senang. Ko nak jerit and nangis2 1 mall pon xpe sbb tak ramai org. Haha.
Mestila i da settle kan dulu paper yg patot beli brg semua so pas gunting rambut, tros balik.
Dia nangis sampai tahap gigil2 k. Nyampah tau. Nape ntah. Bukan ada luka ke hapa. Nasibla laju dorg potong rambut umar. Dlm 10 minit settle. 

Before hair cut

After hair cut


Not gonna drive tru or buy any fast food during weekdays
Told you in prev entry sometimes my daily routines didnt really go smooth under certain circumtances.
For example yesterday i had to rushing doing somethg for our web projects for our clients.
By that means i have to cook after i finish up my stuffs.
Which means by that time umar already wake up from his nap.
So i only half way doing preparation to cook before pick up my husband from lrt.
Normally i finish up cooking before i fetch him.
So yesterday, rainy day and bad traffic and my husband really hungry so he said lets just drive tru or tapau any fast food when heading back home.
As the traffic was bad so we decided to just tapau from the nearest fast food.
Guest what? We have to wait for 30 minutes for the food to be ready.
If i knew it will take that long ill just cook when reach home rite?
Why it's called 'fast' food when it's not fast enough? Pfft.
Of course i am a bit angry as i have to handle the tantrum umar who wants to hold the gear, key and stereng. 
Really pissed off i nearly dun want to eat at all but thinking im a breastfeed mom, i tried to comfort myself but watching 1 episode of korean drama series and let husband entertain umar for awhile.
Then i straight away cooked daging masak merah for the next day's dinner.
I just keep in the fridge and will heat it before dinner.
Save time like this rite.

Daging masak merah. Hope it taste good.

Seriously being a housewife aint an easy job.
But i wont complain much as im grateful to be able to raise umar by myself.


New bottle for umar
Btw husband and i will go for his company's annual dinner by end of nov.
By that means someone has to take care of umar. Kejap je pon dlm 5 hours i guess?
I already ask my sis to help taking care of umar when we go as my parents are sick and i dun want to trouble them to drive to kl.
As umar always direct feed for every feeding session, i hope he's gonna drink his ebm from the new bottle.


Ada je tangan menyebok huhu. I think this bottle is great. Not only it's just RM15, it can work as sippy cup and feeding bottle as well. U can just change the teat! Ok maybe i yang ketinggalan zaman sbb da lama x beli bottles for umar. Last time masa dia newborn. After dia reject bottle at 4 months, so da lama tak beli bottle baru. Skg da start train umar balik with this new bottle. So far he's ok drink plain water from it. Should try with ebm or fresh milk soon!

I bought it from cold storage at ikano if u looking for the same type of bottle. :)

Okla until next update.


Sunday morning

Sabtu lepas sajer la inform husband jom la picnic kat pullman lakeside putrajaya.
Sajerla nak kasi umar main pasir.
Coz i read that it's good to expose him to sand and beach at his age.
Pastu sabtu mlm tu tetiba husband kata x jd.
I is sad.
Malasla nak bgun awal on sunday. Lepas solat subuh tros cont tido.
Tiba2 husband kata jd plak g.
Tp time tu dah kol 8 pagi. Cuaca plak macam cerah.
Sigh tak sempat nk buat sandwich ke haper.
So pk nak beli je la paper on the road nanti sure ada org jual nasi lemak.

Husband kata turun g dapur dulu.
Sekali my MIL dah siapkan nasi lemak siap2 utk bawak.
Omaigod rasa terharu giler.
My MIL xle join sbb ada kelas pagi tu kol 10.

So kol 8.15 gerak dari bangi.
I suh husband waze je bukannyer tau katne.
Sekali sampai2, eh mana nye pasir2 nye?
Suh husband call kawan dia yg dok putrajaya boleh plak dia badmood xnk ckp aku x buat research dulu nak g.
Geramnye tp terlalu awal untuk bergadoh haha plus bau nasi lemak sgt la sedap x kuasa la nak gaduh.
Terus cal wife kawan dia which kawan aku gak.
Tanya jalan, rupanye depan sikit je lagi.
So korg boleh la waze 'taman rekreasi pullman lakeside putrajaya' ok.
Sampai2, ada family day tp dorg tak kacau kawasan beach.

Tapi nape takder org picnic or budak2 main air ke apa.
Confius tau sbb kitorg je.
Ke sbb da lambat sgt? Tp baru kol 9 pagi.
Takperla kalau knr halau balik je la bukan susah sgt kan haha.

Bila letak umar atas pasir boleh plak dia nangis.
Haha taknak gerak.

Dia diri je static camtu selama 15 minit.
Yg baju2 merah tu group family day.

Haha aku suh husband mkn breakfast dulu sementara aku cuba kasi umar panas.

Nasi lemak my MIL buatkan. Tq mama!! Sedap giloks sambal sotong.

Macam2 aku buat suh umar berjalan. Takde makna. Dia merengek. nebes? Takot?
Last kitorg bawak dia g beach rasa masa dia 10 bulan or 11 bulan umur dia.
Skg dia 1 tahun 5 bulan.
Ohs lama la jugak x bawak haha patotla jakun.
Cian umar.

Lepas husband mkn suh husband main bubble mana tau umar nak kejar2.

X jugak. Dia pecah kan bubble depan mata dia je. Haha

Husband ajak main pasir. Main cmtu2 je. X bergerak jugak. Haha

Ok giliran aku plak main bubble. Haha umar tetap xnk gerak.

Ok la cuba tanam kaki umar. Haha mana tau nti dia rasa nak gerak.


Last sekali baru dia berjalan atas pasir lepas letak tin air depan dia.
Haha sabo je la anakku.

Kol 10 camtu baru la ramai org dtg.
Ler dorg baru bgun tido ke? Hehe matahari da naik.
Panas. Kitorg lepak situ dari kol 9pagi smpi kol 10 pagi je.
Dah umar pon tak enjoy sgt baikla kita balik kan.

Chinese mom melayan anak2 dia main air.

Ok la not bad nice place utk bwk budak2 lari main pasir or cycling here.

Insyaallah akan dtg lagi. :)




Happiness are...


...when i able to prepare breakfast for husband before he goes to work. When im lazy nowadays, i just make overnight oats for him. It's healthy. We love it! Nanti i share camne nak buat. Or u guys can just google it! :)

....when umar wakes up in a good mood and do this kind of stuffs really cheer me up.

...when we both took shower. Oh rasa segar sangat otak.

...when i able to prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner for umar and he ate it well.

...when i able to prepare dinner on time before umar wakes up from his nap and before husband get back

...when i have enough time to do house chores and at the same time play with umar


...when i able to prepare minum petang for umar and i. Weeee

...when i had time to bring him to the park. Now dah jarang sbb hantar n amik husband, haze past few weeks and rainy days.

...when the 3 of us had great laugh together before sleep


...and of course when umar sleep on time follow his routines. Not wake up late and not sleep at 3am. This past few days he slept at 3am because daddy wakes us early and his nap time goes haywire. Haha daddy gak yang salah.


Well x selalunye smooth. Kdg2 dugaan yang dtg...
- tak ckup masa nak prepare breakfast husband sbb time tu la umar nak ngempeng
- umar bgun lambat and ngempeng lama gila
- tak sempat nak make lunch for myself. Makan je la apa yg ada.
- rainy days so i xle bawak dia g park.
- terkejar2 make dinner if ada dateline for client
N so on....


So how bout u? What makes u happy?


Umar and his milestone (almost 1y 5m)


Tengok cik hazz update pasal anak dia hana baru teringt nk update pasal umar gak. Hehe.

1. Dah kenal banyak huruf. Alhamdulillah. Thx to abc apps. Buku2 abc dia semua tu. Tp jd parents pon knr rajin guide. Jgn biar je dia tgok sorg2.
2. Dah kenal numbers 1-10. Tp ikot mood dia la nak sebut.
3. Dah paham byk benda - wash hands. 'Can you please take ur pirate book?' Betol2 dia amik buku pirate dia ko. Kagums. Means he digest well whatever i teach him. Rain. Car. Daddy. Mummy. Monkey. Barney. Dibo. Elephant. Cat. Bubbles. Air. Water. Carrot. Byk word dia da boleh sebut n paham.
4. Pandai goyang2 badan ikot lagu.
5. Suka sgt banana. But any buah pon dia ok. As long lembut.
6. Tapi tak suka makanan lembut sgt. Mesti ada benda keras sokit. Carrot is a must. Bagus tak payah pakai spec da besar nti kie umar.
7. Still breastfeed. Botol2 susu dia masa newborn tu semua tersimoan rapi dlm kotak. Haha
8. Kalau nak tido, daddy yg kena pimpin dia naik atas. Haha naper ntah.
9. Takot sgt ngn ayah mertua aku. Padahal hampir every weekend jumpa. Ko ni naper umar? Haha sian FIL aku.
10. Suka sangat ngn bubbles. Vacuum. Penyapu.

Sbb suka sgt main tepon, aku beli kan dia fisher price phone. Rm27. Naseb sale. Kalo x jgn harap.

Kalo x dia main campak2 tepon umah, tepon aku n husband.



Penakut g gunting rambut. Nanges beria2. Drama sgt. Wuwuu husband n aku tension smpai kitorg asik delay nak g salon/ kedai gunting rambut.



Suka tengok umar tido. Sbb nanti mulut dia ternganga2.

Setakat ni huggies dry pants yg paling serasi. Dah try diapers mamipoko, drypers and few more brand tp tak sesuai ngn umar. Pakai x smpai 6 jam da bocor kat tilam. Hoi penat tukar cadar. Huggies pakai pukul 7/8mlm bertahan smpai 7-8pagi. Best kan? Anak korg pakai brand aper? Macam nak try yg lain gak.


Tp awakla pengarang jantung mummy daddy. Suka bau masam and peluh umar. Haha. Giloks. Masam tapi sedap. Paham? Daddy tu sayang sgt kat awak kalo tido asik ckp baik2 jangan terpijak tangan umar padahal mummy sipi2 lagi nak jatuh katil nak kasi space beso kat awak. Cmtu la besarnye sayang kitorg kat awak umar.

Yap masih share sekatil tido ngn kitorg. Nantila dah bercerai susu nti tidola asing. X kuasa mummy nak angkat awak every 2-3 hours for each feeding session. Suggest kat daddy cabut sebelah pagar pintu baby cot awak tp daddy x approve. Hurms. Malas la nak argue. Nti dah susu formula 2 tahun nti baru la train kat baby cot insyaallah.

Okla nti update lg.


Umar and some of his early words

Umar is now officially 1 year 3 months.
and im so thankful for his quick growth progress.
Im not sure either his development is ok or not but alhamdulillah is great at my eyes.
All parents will say the same towards their kids haha.

I wanna list down his early words here for my reference in future. hehe

  1. a....apple
  2. b...ball
  3. b...banana
  4. c...cat
  5. d...dog
  6. d...daddy
  7. e...elep (elephant - cant pronounce full word yet)
  8. f...fish
  9. g...guitar
  10. h...hat
  11. i...ice cream
  12. m...mummy
  13. n..no no no
  14. p..pig (hahahaha blame those youtube abc)
  15. q..queen
  16. r...rain
  17. s...susu
  18. t...turtle
  19. u..umbre (umbrella - cant pronounce full word yet)
  20. v...van
  21. x...xylep (xylophone)
  22. y...yoyo
  23. z...zebra

Quite impress he can pronounce most of the alphabets except for j,k,l,o, and w.
Thanks to abc apps, youtube abc songs, abc books and flashcards.
Those really works. 

There are some words he still confuse tho like he pronounce barney and monkey as
mummy too. -_-
n daddy will laughing non stop. grrr
ok la tu awal2 lagila d for dog. lama2 baru reti sebut daddy hehe.

n he call shower as rain. and i think that's cute. hehe
i want to correct him but maybe later.
for now i kinda like he pronounce it as rain haha.
coz there's 1 week that every evening was rain so i cant bring him out to the playground.
so i kept telling him it's rain and show it as well.
so he kinda understand it by now.

His favourite word when wake up is a for apple.
b banana.
haha i think he wants to say good morning.
but he dunno yet so he said those words.

other words he can say are butterfly, flower, and piano.
maybe there are some more but i cant remember right now.
His development is so fast and alhamdulillah i be able to witness it everyday.

InsyaAllah for another update soon! :)
from tiny baby

to this...

i love u son!