First Salon Haircut

Sabtu mama bawak Z pegi gunting rambut - for the first time - di kedai. Mama nak dia gunting betul2 pendek, tapi org tu gunting pendek sikit jer.. Lebih kurang mama buat jer.. Rugi duit n air mata Z jaa.. Tak pe la, first experience for Z hehe.. 

Masa mula2 sampai tu, mama biarkan Z melayan ride peppa pig kat luar. Bila tiba giliran Z, baru masuk dalam. Masuk2 jer terus melalak.. Ada 4 seat (cars n plane) then setiap seat ada tv kat depan. Diorang kasik belon n pasang peppa pig, bila Z macam dh calm down sikit, baru helen start. 

Of course la dia melalak semula lepas tu.. Mama suruh helen carry on jer, he wont stop crying. Walaupun Z melalak, at least dia tak meronta2. cuma tangan tu kadang2 libas sana sini jugak la.. Hehe mesti pressure jer aunty helen tu gunting rambut Z. Senget2. Memang tak berpuas hati. Tapi pendek la jugak.. 

Actually sejak seminggu ni mama perasan rambut Z banyak gugur. Memula tu mama tak kisah sangat, maybe biasa jer kot ada musim2 rambut gugur (ada ke?). 

Tapi last 3-4 days ni macam bertambah teruk jer.. Kalau bangun tido tu mesti ada kat bantal n tilam. Dalam bath tub pun. Kalah rambut mama.. Kalau sikat pun mesti ada jer kat sikat. Sebelum nih x pernah nampak pulak.. Dekat jaket pun ada.. 

Something is not right here, so macam biasa i started googling.. Masih belum habis membaca lagi. But hair lost happen to about 10% in DS. 

Mama dah start risau nih.. Hopefully its not alopecia areata (AA). Harap2nya hanyalah sebab irritatation kat scalp. Sebab Z memang slalu garuk2 kepala, especially lepas mandi. Allergic to something or maybe just heat. Sekarang nih summer kan, panas sikit. Dia memang selalu ada masalah kulit time2 summer..

Hopefully rambut dah pendek nih, gatal2 dan ketidakselesaan Z akan berkurangan.. Tapi kalau still gugur jugak lepas nih, kenalah jumpa doctor..

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2 tahun 10 bulan

Dah dekat 3 tahun dah anak mama.. dah lama mama rasa tak update pasal development Z.

Berat: 10.9kg (latest)

Tinggi: 89cm (April)

In term of skills, mama rasa in the last 2-3 months Z has improve a lot. Sekarang nih sedang galak memanjat. semua tempat dia nak memanjat. Cruising pun makin jauh. InsyaAllah, harapnya tak lama lagi Z boleh berjalan la.. Haritu physio Emer datang and buat full asessment. Dia cakap in term of physical, Z memang tak ada masalah (except the low tone of course). His legs are fine, his posture is perfect, his spine also good. Mama risau la takut dia ada flat feet ke, curvy spine ke.. because all those could affect his walking ability. Alhamdulillah everything is ok. Cuma dia jer yang tak nak berjalan lagi. Manja. He has no interest to explore around, that's why dia tak nak berjalan.

Speech pulak, Z dah banyak babbling sekarang nih. Sejak awal tahun ni memang bertambah tambah bising mulutnya. Tapi still tak de words keluar. Sebut mama pun belum. But he likes to sing (not so much in tune) to his favorite song. Twinkle-twinkle little star.. Dora.. Head & Shoulder.. Old McDonald.. etc.. kalau those songs keluar kat TV or mama nyanyi, mesti Z akan turut serta; dalam bahasa dan irama dia la.. but I noticed the sound he makes is always the same. So memang dia menyanyi la..

Anxiety pun dah improve a lot. Z dah tak menangis di sekolah. Pagi mama hantar (sejak hari pertama ke sekolah after surgery) dah takde drama air mata. Cikgu pun dah tak perlu nak dukung Z. Biar jer dia merayap merata kelas.Dengan home teacher, Mairead pun Z dah ok, walaupun di rumah. Paling aneh 2 minggu lepas appointment dengan Kerri SLT. Sebelum ni Z kalau nampak Kerri macam nampak hantu. Infact, appointment dengan Kerri la the first time when I noticed Z has strangers anxiety. Ingat lagi tahun lepas, dia punya melalak.. mama pun nak tumpang sekaki. Since then, jumpa jer Kerri, memang tak payah pujuk la, meraung jer kejanya. But 2 minggu lepas, for the first time, at home pulak tu, Z tak melalak!!! bukan tu aje, siap ajak Kerry main bola lagi. Bila Kerry nak balik, baru dia melalak - tak bagi Kerry balik sebab nak main bola. AMAZING! 

Di sekolah

Masa jumpa Maeve (Psych) re austism (nanti la mama update pasal nih), dia tanya do you think his anxiety level now is reducing, because he is really recovering or because he just get use to those people? That's make me realised.. Actually bila jumpa orang baru (eg: ENT) Z still melalak. strangers menyapa di tengah jalan pun Z tak layan. Pegi tempat baru pun Z masih melalak. So he still has anxiety, but the level might have lowered and the reason his life is much more calmer is because he just know or get use to a lot of people now. His circle of trust is expanding.. Tak per la, at least ada improvement kan... :)

I now focusing on his hearing. Walaupun his ABR test comes out normal (20-30 db), but mama tak rasa Z dengar dengan sempurna. Dah 2 kali jumpa ENT. The first one, tak dapat buat apa pun sebab Z melalak and he got bad congestion as well. Last week jumpa lagi, dah boleh la test sikit. But he still not cooperate much. Plus his ear canal is too narrow, doctor tu tak dapat nak access betul2. But she thinks he has fluid in his middle ear. But he never had any ear infection. Dia cakap tak semestinya kalau ada fluid, kena infection. Banyak jer kids yang not even realised they had fluid in their ear. He probably had those since he was little, he already get used to that and the sound surrounding. No wonder he is not able to say any words. Papa pun jadi 'wawa'. because that's how he heard it. 

Masa first time jumpa ENT dulu (early May) dia suggest letak olive oil untuk clear the wax. Mama dah try banyak kali prior to 2nd appointment. Memang takde apa langsung yang keluar. Dia cakap maybe fluid tu dah keras dah, thats why tak boleh cair.. So she has refer us to ENT surgeon. Z might need grommet/tube on his ear.

the appointment will be in Augus - kebetulan Z dah dapat appointment untuk his tonsil (re sleep problem), boleh sekali harung.. 

Sedih jugak mama rasa sebenarnya.. 'If' his hearing was sorted earlier, he probably wont have much problem with speech now.. Hearing test normally done when they were 3 months old. tapi Z dah pindah randah.. Pastu susah giler nak masuk health system kat sini.. Everything is delayed. ABR test tu pun buat with private masa balik bercuti di malaysia last year. Kesian Z.. Dia boleh la dengar, cuma bende yang dia dengar tu lain jer la.. That's why he is confused and wont be able to pronounce it.

Tak per la, better late than never.. I dont think I can wait until August. August nanti examination jer dulu. kalau betul, ntah bila pulak surgery nya (some people on DS ireland forum say they have to wait 3-6 months just to get that tiny grommet surgery..) I read from few other forum, some people recommend EARDOC, katanya boleh membantu open up the midle ear and loosen up the wax/fluid. So mama dah oder semalam. Hopefully membantu and tak perlukan surgery. Tapi mama rasa ear wax Z tu dah keras batu dah kot.. tak sure la berkesan ke dak.. tengok ler macam mana nanti.. yang penting kita berusaha yer dak?

My Baby Can Read :)

Video Z 'membaca' pagi tadi :) bangun2 pagi jer terus pegi ambik buku then baca.. lampu pun mama belum sempat buka.. Alhamdulillah.. semenjak recover from surgery mama notice Z dah banyak 'bercakap'. More kepada communication than random bubbling. Cuma mama tak berapa faham jer la.. in term of reading pulak, as I said before, Z memang dah boleh sight reading few words. Cuma dia tak boleh sebut jer lagi.. at least now nampak la sikit his interest to pronounce the words :) 

Recovery Phase

Z had surgery yesterday for small bowel obstruction. Alhamdulillah he is recovering now.

We went through the worst week of our life so far. If somebody could have listen to me since the past 2 months, thing wont be this bad ;(.

I feel so upset, angry and scared for my child. The pain that he had for the past few days were unbearable even for m to watch..

Anyway, what hv to be done is done. Will blog about the details story later. Now we must focus on Z's recovery process. Hopefully he will be back to himself soon.

Mama loves u soo much darling!

2.5 Years Old!

Alhamdulillah harini umo Z dah mencecah 2 tahun setengah. Ke 2 setengah tahun?

Nak ke sekolah di pagi hari

Sejak 3-4 minggu nih banyak juga perkembangan positif yang mama nampak. Z lebih alert dan more aware of his surrounding. Bukan saja di rumah, di sekolah juga. Komen dari cikgu Aoife last week 'looks like he just 'found' himself'.

tengah bercerita sambil air liur menjejeh2

Paling ketara bubbling la. No meaning words yet, tapi mmg pot pet. Paling suka dengar dia 'baca' buku. Mak aii..ntah cerita apa la yg dia reka. Bangun pagi pun riuh bercerita. Mimpi indah kot, sayangnya mama x faham.. Tak per la.. Soon insyaAllah :)

physical pun bertambah kuat. Dah boleh berdiri lepaskan tangan for few seconds. Tapi sangat lah malas untuk practis jalan. Walker memang x layan langsung. Mama pegang pun 7-8 langkah dah takmo gerak. Bila la nak boleh jalan kalau cenggini..

Berat masih lagi 10.5. Dah dekat setahun dah bertahan ditakuk 10.5kg. Mama rasa sebab lately asik muntah n cirit jer, tu pasal berat x naik2..

tertido depan tv @11.45am!

4-5 harini jugak Z tidur tak jerap. Sejam dua mesti bangun. Tonggeng sana tonggeng sini.. Perut tak selesa ke? Akibatnya siang2 mesti Z letih. Pukul 11 lebih dh tersangap2. Pastu nap 2 jam pun macam x cukup. Letih jer waktu petang. Cikgu pun notis benda yg sama.. Hopefully Z will be back to his normal sleeping pattern soon..

Whatever it is, I am so proud of you sayang :) happy 2 and a half years!! Muahs!!

 

Majlis Kasih Mesra

Ingatkan dah malas nak update, tapi sebabkan baru keluar newspaper, kena la jugak update kan.. Bukan selalu mama dan Z boleh masuk paper nih :p 

Majlis ni berlansung masa kami balik M'sia November lepas. Kebetulan tarikh yang terpilih adalah 24 Nov. Dapatlah kami menyelit sekaki sekali hehehe.. Group ni agak baru sebenarnya. Tercipta pada mulanya pun sebab nak plan majlis ni lah. Tapi ahli-ahli tu most of us berkenalan dalam 4-5 bulan sebelumnya la..

BH 22 Jan 2013. Thank you to kak Lailetaty.

24 Nov tu juga merupakan hari terakhir kami di Malaysia. Flight balik Dublin pukul 8 malam, pukul 6 dah kena ada di aiport. Majlis start pukul 1 hingga pukul 5, tapi pukul 3 kami dah terpaksa mengundur diri. Sedih nak tinggal sebenarnya, apa nak buat kan.. Itupun kami dah lambat sangat dah, nyaris2 tertinggal flight. bayangkan, pukul 7 lebih baru dapat check in. Jalan jam teruk, sampai pukul 6 lebih dah. Sekali tengok punya la ramai orang beratur nak check in. Nasib baik ramai lagi yang lambat haritu, so flight delay sikit. Tapi memang kelam kabut ler jadinya..

Berbalik pada majlis tu, kami sampai pukul 1 lebih dah sebenarnya. Malu2 jugak sebab first time jumpa kan. Tapi alhamdulillah semua ahli sporting sangat. Macam dah lama kenal jer.. Z sorang jer yang kurang sporting. Masa sampai dia tido, bila bangun tu tengok orang ramai pulak, apa lagi melalak jer la.. hihihi.. Baru semua orang tahu kepakaran Z kan? ;p

hihihi..kembang kempis kejap hidung mama. Tengok la hero yang tengah melalak tu.. :p

Sedih betul masa nak balik tu. Tak sempat nak join activity. Tak sempat nak ber group photo. Tak sempat nak ber huha huha. Hopefully dapat jumpa lagi di lain kali. Tapi mesti lepas ni diorang ber geder2 tanpa mama dan Z (jeles nih waaaaaaaa!). Apa-apa pun, mama tetap menyokong segala aktivity kumpulan ini. Semoga kita terus berhubung dan berkongsi suka dan duka dalam membesarkan ahli-ahli syurga kita. Sayaaaaang korang ketat2!

WAWA

2 tahun 4 bulan sudah..

His main achievement for the past 2-3 weeks is calling papa 'wawa'. For the last year he was bubbling a lot, but he still call papa or mama 'aah'. We only know he called us because of his voice tone and he will stare to one of us while saying 'aah!' to show which one he called. Now he specifically mention 'wawa' when he wants papa. Nampak jer papa, terus 'WAWA!'. Merajuk dengan mama, mesti carik 'wawa'. Papa takde pun dia still carik2 'wawa?.. wawa?'

Tapi mama still bunyi 'aah'.. sabo jer laa.. huhu..

Tak kisah lah.. every little improvement made by you is a HUGE achievement for me..

Mama loves you so so soooo much!!
xoxo

Autumn

Angin sangat kuat, daun2 berguguran, sejuuukk!  




sejuk pun kena exercise jugak.. @ playground

New Hair

3-4 minggu sekali mesti kena trim rambut depan tu.. Asik cucuk2 mata jer.. Rambut belakang pulak 2-3 bulan sekali baru mama potong. This time mama kasik pendek sikit. Hopefully lama lah sikit bertahan.. Bukan ape, tiap kali nak potong rambut tu macam nak berperang jer -__-'  

25 months

Dah 2 tahun 1 bulan dah.. Terlupa pula mama nak update perkembangan terkini Z dah masuk umur 2 tahun ni..

Weight: 10.6kg

Height: 87 cm

Head C: 50cm

Mama rasa Z having growth spurt last month. For the past 6 months beratnya consistent at 10kg (+-0.1kg), tetiba jer bulan lepas naik ke 11kg! That's something :D. But turun balik semenjak2 tak mo makan or minum di sekolah :(

Z masih kurang crawling on his knee. lagi selesa bergerak on his tummy. kalau nak bergerak dekat2 (1-2 meter) tu dia merangkak lah, tapi bila nak pergi jauh sikit, dia mesti meniarap balik.

Activity paling digemari adalah memanjat. naik sofa turun sofa (tapi turun x pandai lagi, selalunya main terjun ja), pastu suka berdiri lama2 kat furniture, bila berdiri still tak pandai duduk sendiri. bila nak duduk, dia bising lah suruh orang sambut. paling pening bab panjat sofa tu lah, dia suka bounce 2 atas sofa. tapi dia bukan pedulik tepi ke tengah. dah banyak kali dah terjatuh, so far mama masih sempat sambut lah. bayangkan kalau tak de orang.. kalau bibik not around, mama suruh dia letak something atas sofa, so Z tak leh panjat. risau lah mama..

Walaupun dah semakin galak berdiri dan memanjat, Z still tak mau cruising (bergerak side by side using furniture). boleh la 2-3 langkah. pastu mesti dia berhenti. so, that will be our goal at the moment.. :)

Overall he is physically active now. like really active! walaupun pergerakannya masih terbatas, tapi dia memang tak pernah duduk diam. penat jugak lah mama and papa melayan..

He also easily bored. main benda kejap2 ker, then dia dah mengamuk2 nak benda lain pulak. sekejap2 mesti mengamuk. vocal kuat pulak tu.. babbling jer lah, but memang 'banyak mulut'. kalau keluar pun sama lah, dengar suara dia aje. entah apa yang dia bisingkan pun mama tak pasti. menceritakan kisah hidup kot.. mama sangat sangat berharap Z akan boleh berkomunikasi secepat mungkin. I can feel his frustation, but I dont know what exactly he want :(.

Last month pergi jumpa kerry (Speech and Language Therapiest). Banyak lah improvement from last assesment although still on communicator stage lagi. So, kena work a bit harder. Plus dia still insist untuk mama pegi training Lamh sign language. Bukan mama tak nak, tapi haritukan balik malaysia, memang tak dapat lah. Hopefully they will have new course end of this year..

Favorite toys still benda yang berbunyi. Sebabkan piano favorite dah kena sorok, now dia dah takde preferred toy lagi. most toys memang ada bunyi2 pun, so dia suka jer lah. then balls. memang suka sangat push ball ke sana sini. cars/truck pun sama lah. tolak then kejar sendiri.

Then TV. mama dah limitkan tv. pagi, tengah hari and petang jer.. (bunyi macam seharian jugak la kan.. hehehe) but at least ada lah masa2 yang tv kena tutup. So dia boleh concentrate on benda lain. Favorite Tv still waybuloo, INTG, Team Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies. Favorite DVDs still Your Baby Can Read, Brainy Baby, and the latest one is nasyid Doa Harian by kumpulan Wardah..

In term of books, again YBCR is still his favorite. sampai dah lunyai dah those books -__- Another is ABC from Brainy Baby. Buku lain pun dia suka 'baca' jugak, tapi tengok mood lah. Yang nyata memang he could spend hours on books. Kita simpan kejap jer, nanti dia selongkar balik. Kalau boleh semua buku dia nak buka serentak.

Sight reading.. Mama confident few simple words dia dah tahu. On top of my head; cat, dog tiger, horse, mouth, nose, clap, umbrella, zebra, arms up/down, wave, hi, monkey, rabbit etc.. itu yang memang confirm tahu lah. Bila mama 'test' and suruh dia show words cat, dia akan selak2 the book sampailah ke page cat. pastu dia akan tepuk2 that page (dengan penuh excited) sambil tengok mama :) untuk words yang lain2, more about hit and miss kot. Basically nearly half of YBCR books dia dah tahu kot. Other 'game' yang mama buat, if he turn the book to page 'toes' dan 'giraffe' yang sebelah menyebelah contohnya, then mama tanya 'where is giraffe?', then dia akan tepuk2 page giraffe tersebut. Meaning dia dah boleh differentiate between the 2 words la rasanya.. Tapi kalau mama suruh dia carik word 'giraffe' from the beginning tu, sampai ke sudah la dia tak dapat.. heheh..

Hmm.. tu jer la kot so far.. kalau ade teringat lagi, mama update lain jer lah..

2 Years Old Celebration

Dah 3 minggu berlalu baru mama berkesempatan nak update :)

balloons

Pada mulanya mama bercadang nak sambut birthday Z kita sekeluarga jer. Bukan apa, mama tahu Z mesti melalak jer kalau jemput orang ramai. Tapi kawan2 mama nk jugak mama host makan2 sempena bulan puasa nih, so dah alang2 diorang nak datang tu, mama buat jer lah sekali party kecik2 untuk Z. Hanya rakan terdekat jer.. buka puasa pukul 9.30pm, susah sikit lah nak jemput kanak-kanak tengah malam gini.. InsyaAllah tahun depan kalau Z dah baik from anxiety, kita boleh jemput kanak2 yer.. :)

In The Night Garden

Anyway, theme 'In The Night Garden' (ITNG). Mama nk carik Waybuloo sebenarnya sebab Z kan peminat setia Waybuloo, tapi tak jumpa. so, INTG pun ok laaah.. mama beli jer set party pack tu, senang.. then tambah decor lain sikit2.. pastu mama order cake from Johnnies Cupcake Johnnie Cupcakes. Itu jer lah.. makanan untuk berbuka pun mama masak simple jer. Tak sempat lah mama nak buat semua sorang2. Nak tempah pun macam tak berbaloi jer, tetamu around 10 orang jer pun hehhehe..

Giant Cupcakes

Seperti yang dijangka, as soon as tetamu sampai, Z pun mulalah meragam.. end up terpaksa bawak masuk bilik jer lah.. then, mama kak yah and papa bergilir temankan Z, while the others entertaining our 'guest'...

Sebelum tetamu sampai.. Happy jer :)

Birthday boy menyorok dalam bilik :(

Foods - Caroline kantoi x puasa :P

Yang paling kelakar tu time nak potong cake. Mama bawak la Z keluar, nampak2 jer orang ramai, terus dia meraung. terpaksa bawak masuk bilik semula. Then kawan2 mama berpakat untuk menyorok. so, diorang semua tunggu kat hallway, while mama, papa, Z and kak yah potong cake n bergambar!! bila dah siap potong cake, terus bawak Z masuk bilik, and guest pun keluarlah dari persembunyian mereka :D aiyooo! sampai begitu sekali lah special nya birthday boy nih. Nasib baik lah guest semua sangat memahami situasi Z. thank you all.. ;)

cake cutting

Birthday Boy yang melalak

keesokkan harinya Z dah back to normal. mama risau gak takut dia demam ke apa sebab melalak banyak sangat.. Alhamulillah he is fine :)

Happily playing with balloons

Pressie time :)

sekian saja sambutan harijadi Z yang tak seberapa tu.. I wish he did enjoy his birthday like any other toddler would, biarpun dalam tangisan.. :)