16 Month Old dude...

A future muslim leader, InshaAllah

Your Daddy and Ummi calling is heart-melting. Your curiosity is overwhelmingly growing. Your supremacy is now very outstanding. Your 16 months of life is so far an excellent journey of learning and understanding, inshaAllah...

You can now manage to repay me with wonderful favors such as to slip on my glasses on me, feed me with your food or bottled milk, and lead me to any places you would want to go.

You are getting stronger, bigger, taller, and smarter...Alhamdulillah.

Happy 16 months old Houddy.

We love you!

A charismatic feature, descended from the Daddy

Aaron terkunci dari dalam

Semalam rasa macam penat sangat. Tak tau lah kenapa. Maybe sebab hipoglisemic, lepastu pulak guna banyak tenaga sepanjang hari... Balik rumah terus kena take care of Aaron. Disebabkan masa I keluar rumah dia tengah tidur, so masa I balik tu dia punya manja bukan main lagi. Nak dukung, nak ikut kemana I pergi. Maybe sebab takut kena tinggal dalam keadaan tak sedar...

My maghrib prayer pun dah dekat pukul 8. Aaron was very energetic he didn’t seem to fall asleep in the mean time. I pulak mengantuk yang amat...

The daddy was back at around 8.45 kot. I was a bit relief bila my hubby balik sebab I rasa ringan sikit. Boleh la minta tolong dia jenguk2kan Aaron while I was doing the chores. Tapi I tak sampai hati jugak nak minta tolong dia banyak sebab dia mesti lagi kepenatan dari I....

At around 9.00, I minta tolong my hubby untuk suapkan Aaron makan balance porridge dia. He ate the porridge. Tapi sempat makan 1-2 sudu je... Sebab?

Masa my hubby feed Aaron, Aaron tengah sibuk main pintu. Dia main peek-a-boo dengan the daddy. I pulak baru nak lelap mata sekejap I minta my hubby untuk kejut I around 5 minutes later... Tapi mata pun tak sempat nak tutup, I dengar bunyi Aaron tutup pintu. And you know what, it was locked!

I terus bangun and as I rememberd, the first thing I did was asking my hubby how did that happen, with half blaming tone. I tak berniat... Tapi in my thought that second was selamani I jaga Aaron tak pernah cuai macamni, macam ne dia tolong jaga sekejapppppp je pun boleh jadi macam ni.

Aaron masatu apa lagi, menangis meraung... Dengar suara dia menangis tu rasa macam luluh gila hati. All the spare keys and room keys ada dalam bilik solat/library yang Aaron terkunci tu. Aaron ketuk2 pintu dari dalam and panggil Daddy, Ummi banyak kali.... Ya Allah, terbayang apalah agaknya perasaan Aaron ketika tu...

My hubby pulak, he’s a banker kan.... bukanlah reti sangat kerja2 nak bukak tombol pintu macam James Bond buat. But at least he tried many times with different approaches. Me? Apart from blaming my hubby, I cuma duduk kat tepi pintu tu je. Kejap I menangis, kejap I panggil2 Aaron... But actually I was trying hard to eradicate the blaming part sebab I tau my hubby tak salah langsung. Dia memang tak sempat nak tahan pintu tu and before that dia tak perasan yang Aaron ada tolak pintu tu kuat sampai kena dinding, menyebabkan tombol terkunci sendiri... so, yes, I was calming myself actually... more than I calm Aaron.

Tangisan Aaron kejap lemah, kejap kuat balik. My hubby tak boleh nak just kick the door sebab Aaron ada betul2 kat belakang pintu. Momentum kuat sangat nanti confirm Aaron cedera. So, patiently, calmly, he tried to kopak tombol pintu tu menggunakan screw driver. Oh ye, selain semua kunci ada dalam bilik tu, my hubby’s toolbox pun ada kat dalam bilik tu jugak. So hammer, torch light, and apa sahaja lah alat yang diperlukan untuk memudahkan kerja terkunci bersama Aaron Houdd...

After 20 minutes of trying, akhirnya tombol pintu tu kerkopak jugak. Cepat2 my hubby buat apa ntah bagi unlock the door. Bukak je pintu Aaron dah lemah sangat, menangis tak berhenti kan.... Terus my hubby dukung dia and peluk dia. All Aaron said was “Ummi, Ummi”... I was so sad...

Alhamdulillah everything selamat. Aaron pun lepas 2-3 minit dah OK balik. Dah gelak2 macam biasa... Tapi I takkan lupe peristiwa 20 minit ni, maybe selama 20 tahun akan datang, or mungkin untuk selama-lamanya...

Biasanya kalau anything bad happen toward our child, we tend to point finger to each other. We least support each other even as we know exactly that we need each other damn much. We become weaker because we drown ourselves in negative thoughts and conflicts. Quite the reverse, it gives us no good. It doesn’t solve the problem. It alternatively invites another problem that would make the situation more complicated.   

Morale 1: Make sure you child-proof your house especially if you want to let your child play alone

Morale 2: Do not panic if situation like this happen. Coz panic invites irrationality and creates only blunt end solutions

Morale 3: Do not blame your spouse coz it brings no good at all. The first thing should be countered is to find for a solution, not to find the culprit.  Sometimes, it’s nobody fault.

hasil usaha Daddy...

Oh, disebabkan kejadian ni berlaku semalam (22/6), pada usia Aaron genap 16 bulan, I'll update milestone Aaron later on....

How to make chicken stock

Salam,
OK. Before I go further, I want to make a claim that "I'm neither a good cook, nor a diligent one" Hehehe.... Dulu masa memula pindah rumah sendiri, every day masak... tak kisah la balik malam pun... than preggy, tak masak. Hubby tak bagi... Bersalin just masak sikit untuk makan sendiri masa berpantang. Itu pun kalau hubby tak sempat balik belikan mknan and ibu tak sempat singgah lunch hour...

Sekarang? Herm... Busy membesarkan anak yang sedang aktif... (Alasan tak boleh blah. Esok besar bila Aaron baca ni mesti dia perlekeh statement ummi dia ni, Hehe)

Anyway, my hubby pun tak prefer I masak selalu sebab dia kesian kot tengok I terkontang kanting nak uruskan rumah tangga (nampak sangat tak pro)....

Tapi untuk Aaron, I memang agak rajin sikit masak sebab for me dia budak kecik, tak boleh main telan semua benda. Kita orang dewasa tak kisah sangat.

So, untuk permulaan bagi entry berlabel Yummy-4-Tummy ni, I share cara nak buat chicken stock...
Biasa kalau kita nak buat sup, bubur, and macam2 lagi, kalau nak sedap letak chicken stock kan? (or biasa kalau yg instant chicken cube tu)... Tapi I tak guna cube. selalu I reneh je isi ayam. Tapi kalau dapat buat chicken stock lebih senang... Boleh store buat stock, guna bile2 and masak apa2....

So, here are the recipes.

Method 1. Leftover Chicken Bones

• Leftover bones and skin from a cooked or raw chicken carcass
• Celery
• Onions
• Carrot
• Parsley
• Salt
• Pepper

1 Put the leftover bones and skin from a chicken carcass into a large stock pot and cover with cold water. Add veggies like celery, onion, carrots, parsley. Add salt and pepper, about a teaspoon of salt, 1/4 tsp of pepper.

2 Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to bring the stock to barely a simmer. Simmer uncovered at least 4 hours, occassionally skimming off the foam that comes to the surface.

3 Remove the bones and strain the stock.

4 If making stock for future use in soup you may want to reduce the stock by simmering a few hours longer to make it more concentrated and easier to store.

Method 2. Chicken backs, wings, and legs.

• 4 lbs of chicken backs, wings, and or legs that have been hacked with a cleaver into 2-inch pieces. You can ask your butcher to prepare the chicken pieces this way.
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped.
• Olive oil
• 2 quarts of boiling water
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 2 bay leaves

1 Heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a large stock pot. Add one chopped onion. Sauté until softened and slightly colored - 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.

2 Add half of the chicken pieces to the pot. Sauté until no longer pink, about 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer cooked chicken to bowl with onions. Sauté the rest of the chicken the same way. Return onion and chicken pieces to the pot. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until chicken releases its juices, about 20 minutes.

3 While the chicken pieces are cooking, fill a large tea kettle with 2 quarts of water, bring to a boil.

4 After the chicken pieces have been cooking for 20 minutes, raise the heat level to high, add the 2 quarts of boiling water, 2 teaspoons of salt, 2 bay leaves. Return to a low simmer, then cover and barely simmer for about 20 minutes.

5 Strain broth and discard solids. Broth can be covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for several months.

recipes are from: http://simplyrecipes.com...

P/S: Wahhh... tak sangka I akan buat label untuk cooking/recipe.... bajet macam takkan buat (sebab nak letak apa je dalam label tu kalau tak selalu masak. hehe)

Cucuk kat punggung dia.

takleh tahan muka poyo dia tu...

The last time Aaron kena cucuk adalah pada usia dia 10 bulan. We didn't send him for 12 month's IV coz we opt for the 3 serangkai plus chickenpox vaccines, which would be on the 15 months old.

Last saturday, we went to SDMC untuk Aaron punya 3 serangkai tu. Itu pun dah lewat sangat dah sebab last Sat dia dah 15month 4 weeks. Dah ujung2 sangat... Nasib doktor tak marah...

Before that, I was cuak jugak sebab dah lama sangat Aaron tak kena cucuk. Sebelum2 ni since his 1MO punya cucuk (2nd Hepatitis B), dia tak menangis. Paling teruk pun dia jerit sikit for about 10 seconds then dia  OK dah... Tapi kali ni kan dah besar, dah tau rasa sakit... Dah tau mengamuk (ni point utama sebenanya.hehe), so I cuak jugak takut dia menangis tak berenti. Paling I takut is kalau dia pegi tumbuk doktor (dia boleh buat gitu kalau dia tak berkenan. Aiyyo)

Pagi2 I dah prepare macam2. Beg dia penuh dengan corn flakes, buku2, carcar (kereta replika dia), etc... Konon nak buat pujuk la kalau dia nangis nanti... Tapi Aaron ni, dia takde pape favorite. No fav toys, no fav bantal bucuk, no fav food. So susah nak bagi dia leka.

We arrived a little late that morning. So dapat giliran ke 20. and masa sampai tu baru no.3. waktu tu dah pukul 10.30pagi... Jadinya, we all melencong ke IKEA (melencong tak agak2. ingat IKEA ngn SDMC sekangkang kera ke?)

So kitorang sempat belikan dia baby chair (sebab Aaron ada masalah table manner.huhu). And a few other things...

Sampai2 SDMC balik ada lagi 5 orang. So kitorang pegi lunch dulu kat kafe bawah. Naik balik, OK tinggal 2 orang... Tak la lama sangat nak kena tunggu...

Mentara menunggu, Aaron main dengan nurses and a few anak dara orang yang lebih kurang umur dia. Tapi dia tak layan sangat anak dara orang, dia pi tackle mak pak anak dara tu. Dia pi senyum2 and salam mak pak anak dara tu... haiyya, strategi baik punya...

Pastu dia sebok nak masuk bilik doctor and say 'hi' to the doctor....Sampai nurse kata "Aaron belum lagi, OK. tunggu kejap" as in budak tu faham je kan.

Sekali bila nama dia kena panggil, dengan macho nya dia jalan sendiri masuk ke bilik doctor... nampak je muka doctor n bila doc tanya kabar, terus dia jalan ke pintu nak keluar...

Bila seluar kena selak nak cucuk kat punggung dia, dia dah mula gelabah.... masa kena cucuk dia nangis and menjerit jugak... Tapi dalam 10-15 seconds je... Pastu terus diam. Tapi pandang muka doctor sikit pun taknak... dah tak main 'hi hi bye bye' dah...

After cucuk, kitorang terus ke Melaka. And on sunday pun program Aaron agak penuh. Tapi so far Alhamdulillah dia OK. Doktor cakap utk cucuk kalini kalau demam, is after a week kena cucuk. So tunggu la dalam masa seminggu ni samada dia akan demam or tak.... Hopefully tak lah. Sebab so far Alhamdulillah dia tak pernah lagi demam akibat kena cucuk kat punggung...

.... Next IV is about a month from now, for his pneumococcal booster. Hai, Ummi yang tak sampai hati sebenarnya anak kena cucuk.....

right before entering the doc's room

His first professional hair cut

 Hi there, lama dah rasenya tak update blog ni... Sorry, been extremely busy lately (lame excuse,dowh!)

Sebab dah lama tak update blog, so there are quite many things to tell about. Yet, most of them are just an ordinary routine of daily life.... So takpela tak citer kan?

But there's one major thing just happened last night. It was all started with just a little thought my hubby and I have had - About the messiness (but still so lovely) of Aaron's hair. And did he need a trim?

The hair wasn't growing evenly. Some of it grew longer than the others. Some grew wildly to the opposite direction, criss-crossing each other and tangles. Others chose to grow stern, with no direction at all...... Anyhow, I like his hair colour – not too dark, complementing his skin tone. The texture was so soft that you would want to stroke that silky piece of art gently with your palm over and over again.

But yes, it was a little bit too messy that sometimes I could find scrap of his food samples glued to the strands.

Another thing that sometimes does annoy me is that people tend to ask me whether he’s a he or a she.  They sometimes go beyond the “Owh I thought he’s a girl”. I always feel awkward every time I hear the question. Of course he’s a boy. I mean, can’t you see how strong, cheeky and lively he is? He’s not sissy at all! Herm, maybe the hair has somehow contributed to the misunderstanding. So, yes, it’s good to have him a boyish hair style.

Aaron Houdd went to the hair salon with the daddy while I was having my Iftar. And when they came back, I was so shock by his new look. That’s not the trim that I imagined! I just want him to get some neat hair cut, not him getting bald. Seriously, I was overreacted. I cried then and there. Funny right? It’s not that he’s completely bald. There’s still hair on his scalp.... But the point is that’s not as I have ever imagined. The last time we had him bald was on his 13th day old, and it took him almost 8 months for his hair to become visible with naked eyes :D

Then the daddy revealed the story. Once Aaron was sat on the chair, he got agitated. He screamed to people’s deaf and became so unruly. The barber had to use the machine to maintain safety. And tadaaaa.... that’s the end result.

before

after...

Aaron dah mengecut?

Daddy Aaron beli baju ni masa Aaron berusia 2 bulan. He bought them in a pair of I love Mom & I love Dad.. From the tag, the rompers are for the size of 6-12 month old baby. At first, we thought to wait until Aaron reaches that age... Until one day, I saja je bagi Aaron try pakai, tengok2 it fits him just nice...

And pada usia Aaron 10 bulan, romper ni dah tak muat dah... I love these rompers so I keep them underneath the other clothes yang masih muat di pakai (Selalu baju yang tak muat I simpan separately)

And yesterday, Aaron's Ibu (my sis) bathed him, and tried to wear this romper on him... And surprisingly, it fits him, again, just nice....

 Aaron Houdd 3 month old's version

Aaron Houdd 15 month old's version

Herm.........

He was born with the weight of 3.5 kg, and now, for the past 4-5 months, he keeps his weight off the track (approx 9.5 - 9.8kg), sampai doctor suruh Ummi Aaron spend lebih masa untuk Aaron, and be more creative in preparing his meal... (you know, toddler being a super picky eater... And he is now one of them)

But as a genetic student, I couldn't help but to claim:

It's genetic, doc! like, can't you see it? it's kinda obvious! :-p