Miya made a Father's Day Card!!

When spring comes to Australia, so does Father's day. This sunday is father's day & look what Miya made for papa.

Miya Bergaya Untuk Raya!

Bab nak melaram ni serahkan saja pada Miya, the Drama Princess!

That Irritating Habit- Whining!!

Pregnancy is one of the things that can make a mom feels like she is up high on a throne in the sky and the next minute lost in the gutter. What can make it worse? It is when she is handling a “tantrum-lovin” toddler in her hands. Any moms out there who have experienced this would 100%ly understood on what I mean.

Alhamdulillah, Miya’s tantrum dah makin kurang lately.....However, a new things pula she pick up on. She learned the art of whining, using her voice tone along with her words in trying to get things to work her ways.

Okie, to me whining ni is not as bad as tantrum. Tantrum can make my blood boils. Tapi whining ni more of a very irritating habit that can make us feel very very “menyampah”.

With tantrums, kids thinks that crying can make things go their way because that is what they are used to as a baby. But now dia dah toddler who’ve learned a few vocabularies to request for things.

Anyway, it’s pretty normal for kids of any age can go through periods of whining, it's most common with two and three year olds.

According to Child Psychotherapist, Janet Morrison, whining seems to increase during those times in a child’s life when they feel frustrated with themselves. “It tends to come in periods of a child's development when they're a little overwhelmed, when the child is feeling that she's not coping very well, and when the child has an expectation of failure or disappointment,” explains Morrison. “The child who expects things to go well tends to holler or shout. The child who feels a little defeated or overwhelmed tends to whine.”

Miya ni sikit-sikit “Nooooooo”, “Stoooooooooooooop”, “Don’t toooooooooooooouch”, “Naaaaaaaaaaaak” or “Pleeeeeeeeeeaseeeeeeeeeeee” with a very pitch “mendayu” tone. Menyampah kan? Tapi rupanya ada bersebab juga whinning ni. It’s all about getting our attention when our child is not feeling great.

So what to do?

From my reading, experts say that do not give in to whining.

Firstly, we should do is learn to recognize on when our child will do her “whining performance”. Perhati dia mengantuk ke? Lapar ke? Tak puas hati with something ke? Terasa tak sihat ke?

Secondly, get them to stop using the whining voice. Let them know that we can only understand or listen to a proper or happy voice and not the whiny one. Example, when your toddler starts whining, dengan penuh selambe kita kata “Eeee, kenapa cakap merengek-rengek ni. Mama tak paham. Eee apa Miya nak cakap ni. Miya tak reti cakap elok-elok dah ke? Eee tak paham.” or “Stop whining and talk properly coz mama tak faham” or as repeatedly said by all nanny in Nanny 911 “Don’t whining. Use your proper words so that mummy can understand you or else she won’t listen”.

If they persists, repeat that you can’t listen to the whiny voice. Bila dia talk properly, we should praise them and attend to her needs as requested.

Another thing that might work is to ignore the toddler's whining. If there is no response to their whining, they will eventually stop. You have to be really patient because it is a long process that is going to have to be repeated consistently until they get the point.

So mommies, these are the stuff that kinda works for Miya & me. How about u?

"Miya ni ada nampak cam a whining girl ke aunties? Miya baik kan kan kan?" kata Miya proudly.

Surviving the 1st Trimester as a Not-So-Supermom

Motherhood is perhaps the most wonderful and cherished stage of a woman's life. However, being a mother isn't always the easiest thing in the world..... especially if you are pregnant with your second child.

Second pregnancy is still special, but not as special as your first pregnancy. This time around, you are no longer a princess (boleh memanjakan diri or dimanja). You are a wife, a mother to your first born (it is more tiresome if you are still breastfeeding and your child is going thru the tantrum stage) and an oven to the bun that is growing healthily inside you.

You have a duty to make sure your household doesn't fall apart, a responsibility in mothering your child, an obligation to ensure your body is healthy for the growing foetus and most of all, ensuring that your darling husband doesn't feel neglected.

I guess Allah sahaja tahu betapa beratnya responsibility kita ni kan? Nak kena buat semua benda ni while being so tired, mabuk, cramping here and there, mood swings, no appetite and macam-macam lagi lah. Ni semua kerja durjana hormones la ni. We are not like our usual self. As for me, there are times I feel so frustrated with myself because I know I can do better or I know I can do it well if I am not pregnant, but nothing is happening.

So how are we going to perform our duty as a supermom while our hormones are shooting up to millions and being cruel to us. Here are some tips:

1) Have a strong mentality and always blame it on the hormones if things doesn't go well. I know playing blaming game is not good, but atleast it gives you a certain comfort after knowing your weakness.

2) Try not to be a control freak, as there are things we can and can't do.....and there are things beyond the control of a pregnant woman. Maybe dulu we can do a million things in 1 hour, but now it may take it a whole day or 2 to complete it. Or maybe dulu we do things in certain perfect way in the best manner, but now due to morning sickness or sakit-sakit badan, we do things less perfect. Don't sweat it, just syukur that atleast your get the job done. Work with the flow & not against them.

3) Ask (or beg) your hubby for help in completing certain chores that might be too "heavy" for you. As for me, usually I mintak hubby tolong buat laundry (no more heavy lifting for me after the spotting dulu), get groceries on the way home from work and at times bila I mabuk, I will ask him to do the cooking. Since I can't smell bahan tumis-tumis, usually I will prepare the stuff for cooking. Then I duduk jauh sikit (with tutup mulut & hidung dengan towel) while he cooks under my instruction. Tapi jangan lupa to appreciate and thank them ok? However, kalau suami tak dapat nak bantu apa-apa, mintak sajalah moral support, urut-urut skit and babysit anak while kita rest pun jadilah kan. Janji ada kita rasa that, "Yes we are functioning well as a team and in this together". Sometimes all we need is just a positive support to make the world a better place while we are having self-doubt.

4) Be comfortable. To be comfortable is to dress comfortable, to have a comfortable daily routine (plan & organize to make things easier to do) that works for a 1st trimester preggo, to do your daily chores comfortably at a comfortable pace, to have food that you are comfortable with, and many many more comfortable stuff that can help a tired/nauseated/moody pregnant mom go thru her day, without having a breakdown. It may sound mengada-ngada, but this is what works for us and the last thing we need is something stressful to add to the existing 1st trimester pressure.

These are a few stuff that works for me. How about you?

1st Trimester Screening

Had my 1st screening today, Alhamdulillah everything is ok, cukup sifat & organs developing well. InsyaAllah baby low risk for Down Syndrome & Spina Bifida.

Adik Miya ni pun macam Miya jugak, bila scan being found that the development is advance by a week. So I suspect, awal jugak la kot deliver nnt, InsyaAllah....

As for me, Alhamdulillah masih berjaya berpuasa penuh sambil pregnant & breastfeeding. So far so good. Ada hari tu melepek jugak la, especially bila morning sickness datang.

As for Miya, makin petah berkata-kata tentang baby & kakak. Kekadang tu tiba-tiba aje dia kata "baby nangis..wek wek". Mana dia dengar? Entah. Tapi yang pastinya now dia dengan megahnya berkata "Ameeya Kakak Ok?"

Ni dia muka serius kakak tu.

Halal Meat?

Pregnancy & Weird Dreams.

Lately ni tidur dah mula tak lena. Bukan sebab fizikal or gangguan luaran, tapi gangguan mimpi.

During my 1st pregnancy, I did have some series of weird dream. Some buat I kerap terjaga. Some buat tak boleh lena terus after that. Most of them happen at 3rd trimester.

Tapi this time around it comes early. Almost every night and even during day nap, I will have mimpi yang karut sangat. Some are funny, some are horror, some mencabar iman/hati isteri/mother and some are totally 18sx. Hihihihi...Mimpi makan soup ular, mimpi anak hilang, mimpi ada darurat & terpisah dgn suami, mimpi kita bunuh orang, mimpi boleh terbang sambil jd super mom, mimpi jadi well respected leader, mimpi boleh maki mat motor harley sukasuki dan macam-macam lagi. tak boleh ku cerita detailnye. Biarlah rahsia. :P

So kenapa this is happening?

Tak silap, from my reading time 1st pregnancy dulu, weird dreams are common sebab our subconscious are flooded with worry thought for the unborn child plus the usual stuff we moms slalu worry (dah mmg semulajadi, we ladies think a lot). So luahan perasaan ni hanya can come through thru dreams. Jangan di interpret sebab its just a purge of our worrisome emotions. Bukanlah mimpi worth interpreting by Nabi Yusuf. Hik hik hik..

Moreover, our body tengah flooded by hormones. So hormones ni amplified pulak kuasa subconscious kita ni. As a result, slalu lah kita mimpi entah apa-apa.

Dreams can become very troublesome when they cause you to lose sleep. Worse case kalau kena insomnia. Dulu when it happened to me, I was up at 3am baking stuff and serve kat office. However, I takde la rasa letih or tak sihat. Tapi, there are a few women who will need to seek professional help due to the disturbing nature of the dreams that pregnancy brings on. If you feel like your dreams are causing a problem, you should seek the advice of your practitioner.

Last Week Yang Mencabar Iman

Alhamdulillah last week berjaya jugak I ganti the remaining 3 days of puasa. Syukur sangat-sangat mabuk tak teruk sangat. However it was still a challenging week for me.

Puasa and low sugar level tu dah buat rasa giddy sikit-sikit, sekali Miya mula demam starting on Wednesday. She kept on touching her left ear, saying sakit. So I tot its an ear infection and buatlah apa-apa patut. Nak tak nak, layan aje lah kerenah dia. Tapi, demamnya makin teruk when Friday comes. During sleep she kept on twitching, you know macam kita tengah tidur and mimpi jatuh gaung tu.

I know the body twitching when the body heat & cold clashing. I guess demam Miya mmg makin teruk. So tengah-tengah winter yg sejuk gedi ni, I let Miya pakai baju nipis aje and every so often I will wipe badan dia dengan kain lembab.

Memang la mencabar iman melayan ragam dia while I tengah puasa and mabuk. Since Miya kuat menyusu, I bet my sugar level memang makin jatuh (semua benda tak larat, until chinta hati ku kena tolong buat laundry for the whole week).

Miya doesn't want to eat much, so I feed her icecream aje. Itupun, tak habis 1 cup. Imagine tu, budak makan icecream tak habis. So mesti memamg la tengah sakit giler kan?

Ended almost daily you will see this mother & daughter, baring cuddling depan tv melayan perasaan. Whatever susu yang mama boleh produce tu, Miya minum lah.

Finally its only yesterday I realized that rupanye one of her 2nd premolar cut out. Ya Allah, patut la anak aku demam panas. Kesian aje. Dah la ear infection, lepas tu naik pulak gigi garham. Sakit sakit sakit.

Ni belum lagi mula puasa. Jadinya doa-doa lah Ramadhan ni Allah permudahkan ibadah kita mommies ye. Amin...

--psst..i dah fall into cliché preggy moms yg tak larat/malas nak update blog. tunggu la hormones ni stabil sikit ye kawan-kawan, nnt kita cerita best-best lagi.

Breastfeeding benefits you from birth til death?

New research has linked the nation's chronic disease burden with the absence of breastfeeding.

Thirty per cent of people aged between 35 and 40 were not breastfed as babies.

The Australian National University research assessed the outcomes of dozens of existing studies, with the aim of explaining what factors trigger chronic diseases such as diabetes, digestive diseases and heart problems.

Researcher Dr Julie Smith says she found adults who were prematurely weaned as infants are more likely to suffer in the long term, compared to those who were breastfed.

"The risk associated with lack of breastfeeding in infancy was 30 per higher for many conditions compared to breastfed infants," she said.

Dr Smith says mothers need more support in hospital and the community.

She is challenging federal, state and territory governments to do more to ensure breastfeeding is a realistic choice for mothers.

"The universal health recommendation is around six months of exclusive breast feeding," she said.

"With only half of women in Australia even making six months of breastfeeding, we have got a considerable way to go to make it possible for many women. Sometimes that is about parental leave."

Kisah ngidam yang karut-karut.

Time pregnant Miya dulu takde la mengidam sangat takat nak gulai lemak udang my mom (2nd trimester), ice-cream baskin robin (tiap2 ahad), kopi ais Killiney Kopitiam (every weekday after lunch) and risotto (dekat2 nak bersalin). Alhamdulillah semua tu di layan.

So apa kisah mengidam adik Miya?

This time around, its more mengarut. Its early pregnancy, but selera I dah macam-macam dah. If I don't eat or food tak meet my craving, I akan mabuk. Lawak kan?

I pernah nak makan choc donut, halwa arab (tahiniya), choc pudding, air teh limau, nasi tumpang (mmg tak dpt layan ni sebab takde org kelantan terdekat boleh bantu), biskut colek dgn humus, tomato sos with almost everything (termasuk nasi), sour tape, and baru-baru ni bubur pulut hitam.

So mmg la mana boleh layan I layan. Mana mmg tak dapat tu, mintak maaf la ye selera weh.

Ni nak masak bubur pulut hitam ni, dok mencari beras tu since friday. Akhirnye jumpa jugak beras ni kat kedai Indon dekat dengan sekolah Miya. Sampai-sampai rumah aje, tak ingat benda lain, terus masak bubur. :D

Siap aje bubur, tak tunggu sejuk sikit pun. Terus bedal...Nikmat!!!

So itulah kisah mengarut I buat masa ni?

Care to share your kisah mengidam yang karut-karut?

Breastfeeding & Pregnancy

Yay! I’ve reached a point where I can finally write about breastfeeding during pregnancy.

Eventhough Miya is over 2years old, I am still breastfeeding her. Bukan sebab sentimental, but more of convenience. So kalau I tengah mabuk-mabuk, tired tak larat nak sediakan food for her or we all tengah on the go while running errand, Miya still takkan kelaparan because I can just offer her some milk. My milk is always nutritious and the best food Miya could have. Her feeding amount pun dah reduced, yet I know that the immunological benefits are still very valuable.

So how does it feel?

As early as 4weeks pregnant, during breastfeeding I terasa sakit kat nipple. The pain is similar to the feeling when I first breastfeed Miya after her birth while having a cracked nipple. It feels like the kid’s mouth have this powerful suction. Ada rasa macam budak tu mengigit juga, walaupun sebenarnya dia menyusu saja. Also I feel tired frequent and bila menyusu lama sikit, badan rasa lenguh/sengal.

Happily I declare that breastfeeding during pregnancy is not a problem for me.

However, baru-baru ni after a series of blood test, I found that almost everything is ok. Its just that I kena vitamin D deficiency. Nasib la kan, dah le pregnant sambil menyusu, pastu now tengah winter pulak. Mana nak cari matahari sihat. Matahari pun segan-segan nak kluar.

The doctor said there shouldn’t be any problem for a pregnant mom to continue nursing, but she reminded me that I should really really really take a good care of my diet and never miss without a “pregnancy & breastfeeding multivitamin”.

She said for normal and healthy pregnancy (with no previous history of miscarriage in the first 20 weeks or preterm labour after 20 weeks) there is no evidence to suggest breastfeeding is threatening to a pregnancy. If you do miscarry, it is unlikely to be because you are breastfeeding. There is no such thing that breastfeeding is taking 'the goodness away from the unborn baby'.

Dah memang Allah tu Maha Kuasa kan? In reality it is your unborn baby has the first call on all the nutrients it needs, the second is your breastfeeding child and lastly whatever nutrient left is for the mother. Memang Allah dah jadikan badan mothers like that. Kasih saying ibu tu not limited to perasaan aje tau.

Miya's 1st Catfight!!

While I was busy being poked and tested in the ER, Miya had her 1st cat fight.

Bila Miya & Papa-nya masuk dalam ER, the minute Miya nampak Mama, terus la dia drama; mengadu sakit kena cakar.

Papa-Miya & I dunno the whole story, so we all malas la nak fuss about it. For all we know, entah-entah Miya yang cari pasal dulu. Or you know, kids being kids. Sometimes ada problem with sharing. They might push or rampas stuff from each other, in which might spark a fight.

Anyway, bagus gak la whatever 1st aid yang cikgu dia bagi tu. Papa-nya said the cikgu gave a cold compression and apa entah lagi. Memula I saw part kena cakar tu, it was bright red. But a bit later, makin kurang merahnya. See dalam gambar-gambar ni, that is about 4-5 hours after I 1st saw her in the ER.

My 2nd Pregnancy- No such thing as a confident pregnancy!!

It's time to make it official. Yes Mommies, I'm pregnant!!

Well... we found it out early as soon as the 5th week because we were trying for our 2nd child and the minute my period was late, with no hesitation I did the home-pregnancy-test.

Alhamdulillah this time around the morning sickness is not as bad as when I was carrying Miya. Teringat lagi kisah 6weeks pregnant with Miya, when I was hospitalized for 3days & kena drip about 14 bags of fluids. The morning sickness was so bad. I could not hold anything down to the point I was severly dehydrated.

For this 2nd pregnancy, so far I will feel mabuk if my tummy build up wind sebab kosong. Memang lah kerja I kena makan aje. Tapi makan sikit-sikit aje. If too much, there comes the heartburn or bubling gas. Haa..pastu rasa senak or nak muntah la.

Now 8 weeks pregnant, something similar of both pregnancy occurs. Last Saturday I started to have spotting. I didn't pay much attention as I thought that it might have something to do with my UTI. However, the spotting becomes heavier when Monday comes. Suddenly I mula teringat my bleeding during early pregnancy time carry Miya. At that time the doctor gave me a hormonal jab (dah le mahal RM120 sekali cucuk, sakit giler plak tu) and I was put to bed rest for a few days.

Thinking that this is a similar case, I called my GP and she told me to rush to the ER of the Women's Hospital that I've registered with. After almost 5hours with them, 1 urine test, 1 blood test, basic medical check-up, 1001 questions of medical history, 2 uterine sample; the doctor finally concluded that my pregnancy is safe for now and almost everything doesn't point to the miscarriage. However, they are not 100% sure unless I come over again the next day for an ultrasound scan.

And so, the next day, tergedek-gedek Miya & I jalan to the ER for that Ultrasound appointment. Yang bengkeknye, since we are at the ER, they will have to make way for more urgent case dulu. Jadinya berjanggut la Miya menunggu and Mama-nya nak terlelap-lelap dah.

Anyway, Alhamdulillah bila scan, we saw the heartbeat. Miya pun cam pelik aje. Gambar apa doktor tunjuk kat screen tu. I said "Miya, that's your adik". Dia makin blur kat situ. Gelak aje la I, the Midwife & the Doctor.

So the doctor concluded that the ada luka sikit aje. Dunno the reason. Maybe ada silap ke or terlasak or maybe the baby is just growing fast. Only if the bleeding doesn't stop in another week or 2, I kena rush to the ER again.

The lesson I learned here, there is no such thing as a confident pregnancy even though you have had the experience before. Worrying is the key to a healthy pregnancy..hahahhahha...But over-worrying is another. :P

If any moms out there are planning for 2nd pregnancy, I would recommend on getting your hand on this book "Twice Blessed" . It was one of my must haves and now I'm enjoying the read.

2-3years old Creative Activities

At the age of 2-3 years old, it is natural for a child to become more creative & imaginative.

He/she will learn the function of a paint brush strokes or a line from a crayon. From a certain combination of lines/strokes, the child can create shapes. Shapes can then create characters.

From there, their imagination and pretend play are in use.

Here's what we did today with coloured papers, scissors, glue, hole puncher, pen & marker.

We made Baa Baa Fashionista Sheep With Pink Shoes.

And Itsy Bitsy Witsy Stylo Spider.

After dah siap the artwork, try to get the child to explain or tell a story about the artwork. Then you tell your version of the story pula.

And the Crown goes to.....

Bahagia sangat hati dia dapat ada crown sama macam princess dalam kartun tu.

Syok Tengok Anak Berselera Makan

Toddler DIY Project - Pasta Craft!!

Miya & Mama Busy Pampering Ourselves

Cam ni la gaya kitorang berdua tiap-tiap hari. Berendam dalam tub. Best woo berendam air panas di tengah winter ni.

Budak Yang Malas Gi Sekolah

Do I have to? Tak boleh stay at home with mama ke? Tolong mama kemas rumah kan kan kan?

Last-last, at 10am mama hantar juga budak ni pergi sekolah....

In the name of Art?

Si Muncung Pipi Molat?

Home remedy for Mama & Toddler

No drugs and great for pregnant mom, breastfeeding mom & lil kids.

-psst..i'm still under the weather...ouchie.........

Cerita Makanan & Masakan Lagi

I'm a bit under the weather....tapi nak blogging gak.. Rasa itchy kalau blog dah 2-3 hari tak update.

Since I didn't read much & have not much words in my numb brain, kita cerita pasal makanan aje la melalui cerita bergambar.

1)Pumpkin+cheese muffin.

Actually pretty easy to make, macam buat muffin biasa. Pukul butter, egg, gula, milk & pumpkin until sebati. Then fold in flour, baking powder & a bit garam.

Scoop into cups, letak cheese kat tengah-tengah & bakar til golden.

2) Salad "guilty conscious".

Sebab nak makan ayam deep fried gitu ala-ala popcorn chicken, kena la contra dengan green vege. Great balance meal for Mom & Daugther.

3) Puffy Spinach Cheese.

4) Pasta jahat tapi banyak khasiat.

Mula-mula buat bechamel sauce.

Pastu rebus la any pasta yang ada dalam your pantry.

At 200deg C, roast pumpkin & onion with a dash of olive oil.

Now gaulkan semua bahan, letak bits of meatball & topped with the bechamel sauce. Then bakar til golden brown or some parts are crispy.

Nikmati tengah panas-panas.....

Its never too young to do housework...

Lepas Miya dah vacuum ni, jangan gatal-gatal nak sepah and buat kotor..ok?

Hish...Vacuum mama ni harap aje besar, tapi tak power. Pakai vacuum Miya yg lagi hebat. Its green & it talks.

Manners Matters

Kalau Melayu dia seloka, kalau Melayu dia bermadah, kalau Melayu manis bicara, Kalau Melayu manis bahasa.... I think I got all the wording right from a song by Ahli Fiqir, I once suka sebelum jadi mak mak ni.

I teringat these lyrics as I was sitting down with a coffee while watching the breakfast show on7 this morning. They were discussing about Suri Cruise yang ada potensi to be a brat as she is now being treated as a little diva. Then they discussed on manners to teach our kids untuk elakkan dari jadi brat, eventho we shower them with luxury like a little diva.

Memang lah we all want our children to be well-mannered, but we also know how hard it is to convince them to do anything, much less be polite and respectful. I remember my own difficulties dari kecil sampai lah nak jadi bini orang, getting remark where someone said “Modern and educated sangat sampai lupa adap. Mat salleh sangat la tu”. What the f... , indeed....

Could it be that I was too into intellectual & modern stuff, till I lupa adat & adap Melayu? Could it be that the current generation of interlectual have discarded themselves from being bounded to adat & adap? Could it be we watch too much American movies & tv shows, yang buat kita Melayu terikut-ikut akan simple lifestyle where certain stuff aje matters and we don't need to sweat the small stuff yg adat kita suruh?

Tapi after a while menetap di rantau orang, I could feel that its not just Melayu facing this kind of problem. Commonly I find mat salleh pun having problem sama. Biasanya yang buat macam-macam would be the young kids, while pakcik makcik matsalleh ni cukup manis sopan santunnya. Murah senyum, selalu greet me eventho I wanita bertudung and even main-main dengan Miya macam cucu sendiri.

So? Apa sudah jadi until its giving such result toward the younger generation? Could it be poor role models on television or persekitaran anak? What can we do?

After dah membaca from a few articles from many various expert, I share with you the summary:

· Sopan Santun berbicara: Bila kita bercakap or sambil-sambil membebel menyusu or tukar nappy dia, kita cakap lembut-lembut. Never ever forget “please” and “thank you”.

· Sentuhan/Socialize Penuh Love & Care: No biting, No hitting, Loads of XOXO, pat a pet. Experts shows, kalau dari kecik anak dah biasa begini, anak takkan opt to violence when frustrated.

However, ni maybe a bit susah nak apply for kids yang most of the time duduk kat daycare and exposed to many kids with many attitude. Young kids only paham the concept of “an eye for an eye”, so kalau orang buat aku gitu, aku patut bela diri and buat balik kat orang lain. Then all of a sudden it became a common attitude acceptable among toddlers at daycare. Even Miya yang pegi daycare seminggu sekali ni pun ada aje attitude tak best dia pick up cam, jerit-jerit bila mintak benda & hit bila marah. I'm not blaming anyone but dah mmg children live what they learn. Cepat menangkap & applies what works for them. We should remind anak kita “an eye for an eye can make the world go blind”. So what can we do? If we see such No-No attitude going on at home, we must put a stop to it. Make them realize that these kind of No-No does not work. I know its a bit leceh, but believe me, kalau kita dok pahat ukiran cantik kat anak kita, insyaAllah ternampak hasil dia suatu hari nanti.

· Hormat: Practice well-mannered activities in front of your baby, cam hold the door for someone, kata sorry or excuse me bila terlanggar orang, tolong angkat benda jatuh or say thank you after orang tolong kita or bagi barang kat kita.

Lepas tu bebel lak kat anak kata, kita kena buat camtu. Kena tolong orang or hormat orang. Kita kena hormat orang kalau nak orang hormat kita. InsyaAllah anak akan register dalam otak, then learn to make sense of the action & menunggu masa aje untuk apply it to his/her life.

· Sabar: Ni antara benda paling tough untuk tanam dalam diri anak especially dia going through the “terrible two” stage. Tapi nak tak nak we must, kalau tak for the rest of his/her life dia bawak perangai tu. I read it helps by putting one hand on the child’s shoulder while with a serious voice we say “sabar/wait/tunggu/patient”. I also rajin bagi anak makan kurma, as it helps untuk bina kesabaran anak.

One simple thing as basic as life itself, try to practise what your religion ask you to do. Islam, Christian, Buddha, Hindu, Judaism, Taoism, Confucius and many more...semua have the same basic. Do good to other as how you will do good to yourself, Don't harm other as much as you don't want yourself to suffer from other's harm,...and commit actions or support action contributing to WORLD PEACE.

Sapa sokong saya angkat tangan!!

Among the Joy of Having a Daughter