Alya & Ilya

They are 2.5 months apart and yet now they are of the same size.

Is my babe big for her age or is it Ilya who is petite?

Hmmm...

Anyway...

Unhappiness do arise when there's competition.

Give and take hunny-bunny, Ilya is after all your cuzin and a guest in your home.

Big Bully??

Again, we sought another doctor's opinion on Little Alya's incessant cough and worsening phlegm. This time, the doc had her hooked on a nebulizer. The discomfort of having the mask on her makes her wailed. But she does sound better after that though the phlem is not totally cleared yet. Little Alya was given four different kinds of liquid medicine to clear her sinus, phlegm and lungs. Despite my reluctance, I had to give her the medicines in the hope of clearing away her problems. I hope she gets better. It pains me to hear her snort and cough away and not being able to do much abt it.

Lately, Little Alya loves sticking her index finger by the side of her mouth. And chew she does. I tried sucking mine (chewing is painful lah), wondering what it feels like tasting one's own finger. And it sure has a funny aftertaste. Why does she enjoys it? Her gums probably itch... I wonder if Little Alya is teething...

Little Alya has been showing some sleek moves...

Butts up!!

And down...

to get what she wants...

And then she turns....

Yeahhh...

So clever...

Keep practicing hunny-bunny and you will start to crawl soon...

Its a day late, but its still not too late to wish my hunny-bunny a Happy Birth Month!! Little Alya turns 5th month yesterday.
She's showing signs of crawling, not on fours but through the army style. On her stomach, she will raise her bums up high and push herself forward, reminding me of a caterpillar style movement too. The bed has to be baricade with pillows around to prevent her from toppling down from that movement and the fact that she rolls to her side pretty quick now. Dangle a carrot and her movements get more vigourous...

Little Hadi in his Baju Melayu

Sunday evening, we brought Little Alya to meet a new friend, Lutfil Hadi, for his majlis cukur rambut. Such a handsome little boy, donning a small baju Melayu, fitted to his tiny little size. I kinda miss my little babe at that age, where most of the time, she will stare at me blankly, without batting an eyelid. The stare will end with a little smile and a mischievious wink. Probably trying to fit my image into her brain... Looking at Little Hadi, makes me realise how time really flies and how fast they will grow up...

Early morning, we whisked Little Alya back to Raffles Children Centre for a consultation with her paedi after she had a bout of bad whooping cough the night before. Little Alya has been having cough for over two weeks. Just when she's about to get better, the attack came again. After a clinic visit with no medication given (no medication for babies under six mths of age-cough syrup is said to be too strong for them babies), we finally decided to send her back to the Children Centre for the expert views. True enough, no cough medicine was given, instead, Little Alya was given an oral solution for her cold (she had a slight runny nose). It is said that the medicine will help to dispense her cold and at the same time get rid of her phlegm which is causing her throat to itch thus the cough. I'm not all for medicines, but on the expert opinions on whether the cough is serious and requires immediate attention. The whooping cough that she had the night before seems bad enough, so I will definitely have to try out the medication that the doc gave. Well.. the doc said its a common thing especially when both her parents are having cough as well. (she had the cough before I do!)

I've never actually fathom to the idea of feeding her with medicines over the slightest discomfort that she had. I hold over the thought - the lesser medicine she take, the better, since her immune system is not that strong yet (the doc agrees with me okie...). For the same reason of my refusal to let her have the 5-in-1 immunisation. The immunisation is said to prevent babies from getting sick often, but yet i've heard of babies who took the jab, and yet gotten sick again & again. And Alhamdullillah, despite not having taken the 5-in-1 jab, Little Alya has been fine all along and only had a short fever that came with the DPT jabs. I attribute her likings of putting anything that she can get hold upon into her mouth and sucking it, as the main factor for her incessant cough.

Hopefully, with the given medicines and the hole in our pockets, Little Alya will get better. In the meantime, i will just have to put away cloth-like toys from her grabbing hands...

Little Alya awaiting her turn

Little Alya with mummy at the mosque

Little Alya had her Aqiqah done during the recent Hari Raya Aidil Adha (many thanks to Pak Long Pasir Panjang for the sponsorship). Early that morning we brought Little Alya along to Ar-Rabitah Mosque to witness her first aqiqah ritual. Amidst the kambing smell and noise during the slaughtering, Little Alya was pretty cool about the whole thing... It's her mummy who eventually gotten airsick about the whole kambing thingy... hehehe..

That's Alya's kambing

An Overdue Entry

Its been quite a while since I've posted anything on my little babe. Bizi is the word but i do wonder what made me SO BZ? Is it the little princess aka budak manja? Is it due to the opening of the school term? Or is it the mummy yang dah tak kuasa? Anyway, here's a long overdue entry on my little hunny bunny...

Little Alya is turning 5 months in about a week's time. She's getting more active, giving whoever is holding her flying kicks and sharp claws on the cheek... she seems to love mutilating herself too...hehheh..forgive her mumy please. Her nails grow so fast and most of the time i have to wait for the rite day to trim it. Biaselah... ada hari-hari tertentu kuku tak boleh dicepit. And by the time the right day come, small tiny scratches had already made a display on her fair smooth cheeks! Macam Edward Scissorhands pulak!!

Little Alya enjoys reading too. i hope to cultivate reading habits in her but at the same time do not wish to emphasize too much on academic excellence. But seeing her interest in it makes me kinda happy too.. that's the way my gerl! Let's hope her interest is not short lived! hahaha...

Things definitely move so fast. It seems like yesterday that Little Alya has just seen the world and its been almost 5 months. The school year has just started and mummy is definitely going to get really busy. It saddens me to leave her every morning and the same morning i will resolve to be home early and be with her and yet i can't. Oh well... the 2006 resolution is to manage my time better and and to be home early so that i ould spent some quality time with my hunny bunny...

till the next entry then... (if i could update this blog regularly shows that i've met my resolutions! hehehe...)

Oh btw, a short statistic;

Little Alya is 6.5kg and 66cm tall!! My little bunny has definitely grown....