messy breakfast

i was reading Annabel Karmel: Top 100 Finger Foods few days ago when i came across this:

"one very common thing that paediatric dieticians talk about is children who are afraid of mess. this seems to be at the root of many toddler eating problems. allow your baby to experiment - they are bound to get into a mess but it's not a good idea continually to wipe your child's face clean when they are eating"

erk?
experiment? mess?
why on earth they invented the baby's bib at first place huh?

feeding time with aunah is fun, if you like to have porridge whole over you face =P
i mean aunah memang senang nak bagi makan tapiiiii......bila dia dah bosan mulalah menyembur-nyembur...tarik-tarik sudu and yang paling best bersin! haha. tak tau lah apa kena ngan cik sorang tu. asal makan jek mesti nk bersin. makan jek bersin. time mulut tengah full pulak tu. baek punye sembur oke!

im not a clean freak but memang tak suka tengok muka aunah comot-comot. tak semenggah rasanya! leleh sikit, lap. comot sikit, lap. but after reading that, i was like 'ohh boleh effect sampai jadik eating problems ke'. isk..terpaksa lah rela jek untuk biar aunah comot-comot.

and tadaaaa!!!

hamek kau sampai ke kening bagai. ni belum dia gigit-gigit jari then gosok-gosok mata lagi.

motor besar

had conversation with wan this morning otw to the office.
cerita pasal kondo yg ttdi buat harga ratus riban but still orang beli.
orang malaysia kaya-kaya. manalah korang korek duit eh?

then nampak ada this girl naik moto so i asked him seronok ke naik moto since he travel back and forth using his motorcycle.
dia kata seronok sebab tak jem and bla bla tapi dia cakap kalau naik moto besar lagi best. laju jek vroom vroom.
i told him it's like 'pakai gen2 ok tapi kalau dapat ferrari lagi best!'
then he told me 'ferrari tak mampu la kot tapi dia nak sangat ada motor besar nanti. it makes his life more meaningful'
erk...?

i tot having me and aunah dah more than meaningful to him skali ada yang lain lagi meaningful daaaa! ces!
imagine, having a big bike in your garage [insyaallah akan adalah rumahnya untuk ada garagenya. haha]
hurm...
and imagine anta anak gi skolah naik big bike...hahaha!
and i dont think he will let me bonceng his bike kecuali i maintain my size macam sekarang. haha!

ohh btw, dia aim nak beli moto besar tu when he reached 35!
7 years to go before my darling husband become mat rempit moto besar =P

ramadhan

ramadhan kedua bersama wan, ramadhan pertama bersama aunah
things so far?
h.e.c.t.i.c!

first of all, the ramadhan working hours set by the company didn't help much. keluar pukul 5 adalah tidak membantu sebab ramai keluar pukul 4.30. so u kinda stuck at the middle. rumah yang sekangkang kera pon dah jadi berkera-kera.

secondly, adalah sangat susah memasak untuk berbuka since i have to deal with my little girl. sebabnya waktu petang adalah playtime for her. she expect me to stay with her playing peek-a-boo or singing or just sit there with her, watching and clapping whenever she manage to standing or cruising on her own. this thing about cooking during her playtime adalah sangat tidak dipersetujui [oleh aunah]. haha!

so i did what moms did best. multitasking! cooking and playing and so far it works ok..erk? [dah rasa macam badut ok tengah masak melompat menyanyi bagai]

untuk puasa yang barunya dua hari ini, rutin adalah:

• 5 petang keluar ofis terus shoot balik rumah. around 5.15 sampai [thanks to the heavy traffic!]
• 5.15 - 5.45 - keluarkan segala lauk, siap-siap barang-barang nak masak, hiris bawang ke, tumbuk cili ke. once dah pegang aunah takleh da sentuh-sentuh cili ni. pijar la pulak cik tu.
• 5.45 - ambik aunah from babysitter. feed her then maen-maen kejap. pastu baru mandikan
• 6.30 - start masak! ni time yang paling adventure sekali kalau aunah tak tido. most of the time she will take her power nap around this time tapi dah 2 hari puasa ni dia dok kebil-kebil jek. terpaksa la main peek-a-boo tengah masak tu. konon menyorok kejap kat dapur then cak cak dia. fuhh! penat kot tapi tu je kekdahnya.
  

will try to finish everything 15 mins before berbuka so that sempat nak mandi semua. sambil-sambil masak kemas la meja hidang segala kan. terasa lelahnya jugak la tapi maybe lagi 2 3 hari dah ok kot. start-start puasa memang camtu gamaknya.

eventhough our cooking routine changed a bit during this fasting month, i don't think we should mess with the baby's routine too. i mean memanglah kena memasak untuk berbuka dengan penatnya lagi tapi adjust apa yang kita buat so that tak kacau rutin baby. maintain the playtime or else she will feel neglected. trust me, baby memang boleh terasa semua. just cara dia display the feeling tu je different =)

moment to treasure

The best conversations with mothers always take place in silence, when only the heart speaks ~ Carrie Latet