Adi and Ummi @ Labuan

It has been a month since Ummi started working and live with Adi in Labuan. Fuuhh...mmg cabaran. Ummi tabik la semua single mother. Mmg hebat. Ummi yg baru experience sebulan jadi single mother pun rasa mcm kelam kabut. Hopefully this is only temporary. Please pray that we could live together (Adi, Ayah & Ummi) again ASAP.

Alhamdulillah, kat Labuan, we live with our landlord. So, ada la jugak org nak tlg jenguk2kan Adi if Ummi nak pegi tandas. And kadang2 tuan rumah ajak skali makan ngan family dia. But most of the time during weekdays, lepas isyak ummi dah keletihan dan hanya akan lepak dlm bilik melayan adi main sampai la adi nak tido. Hihi....Adi sekarang makin suka nak main. Sampai dah menguap byk kali and mata dah layu pun nak main gak. Tu yang kadang2 Adi sampai jadi cranky sbb keletihan.

Babysitter plak, it took Adi 2 weeks to get use to her. Every morning, he will immediately scream when he was handed over to the babysitter. Ada jugak beberapa kali, bila kereta berenti je depan rumah babysitter, Adi dah nampak resah and mcm nak nangis. Jeritannya mcm kene dera. Sayu Ummi dengar, rasa mcm tak nak pegi keje. Biarla Ummi yang jaga. Tp skrg alhamdulillah Adi dah ok. Jumpe makcik pun dah senyum2. But still, Ummi rasa sayu and meleleh air mata everytime tinggalkan Adi.

Skrg Ummi balik kerja pun on time. Selalu tak sabar nak balik jumpa Adi. Everyday jugak, to make us feel at home, we will call Ayah and the rest of the family. Sampai dah puas bercakap, baru letak telefon.

In terms of daily schedule, everyday Ummi will wake up around 3am - 4am to wash Adi's diapers and bottles. Tp ada gak beberapa kali terbabas bila dah letih sgt. Kalo sempat tido balik before subuh, dpt la Ummi tido jap. Kalo terlambat siap keje and Adi bangun awal, tak dpt la Ummi nak take nap before pegi keje. Mmg memenatkan. That's why Ummi mmg tabik la mak2 yang kene jaga anak sorang2. Ye la, time baby berjaga, kene jaga baby. Time baby tido, blom tentu bole tido. Kene buat keje yang tertangguh.

Ayah Adi, being so understanding and helpful, sgt membantu Ummi masa Ayah dtg Labuan jenguk Adi and Ummi. Dpt la Ummi rehat sket. Makan pun ayah tak bagi Ummi masak. *thanks a lot Ayah.

Apa2pun, it is not easy to raise a child on your own. Ya Allah, bantulah kami agar kami dpt tinggal bersama semula sebagai satu keluarga. Amin.

Doakan kami ye.

We're leaving on an Air Asia plane

Note: entry ni Ummi tulis a day before balik Labuan. But due to kekalutan berkemas, ummi tak sempat nak post before fly ke Labuan and di Labuan plak ummi tak de internet.

Adi sebelum ni dah pernah experience naik plane balik Kota Bharu untuk raya haji. Alhamdulillah Adi tak meragam masa dlm flight 1 jam tu. But tomorrow Adi will be on a plane longer than before. Kali ni Adi akan terbang merentasi Laut China Selatan ke Labuan.

Ummi's honeymoon is over. She has to return to work next week. Huhu..cabaran ni. Dah berapa bulan cuti. And Ummi is taking Adi to Labuan with her. Hopefully everything will be fine. Please pray for us.

5 bulan sudah...

* Ayah tolong post la...Ummi kat Labuan susah nak access Internet, kecuali masa kat opis hehe...

Alhamdulillah sekarang Adi dah boleh meniarap. Asyik nak meniarap je kerjanya. Suka la tu, dapat tengok dunia dari pandangan baru hahah! Tapi belum pandai patah balik untuk baring terlentang. Jadi, bila dah puas meniarap tu, Adi mula la meraung / menjerit sikit. Nak suruh pusingkan dia balik biar terlentang.

Speaking of which, sekarang dah tak banyak menangis. Adi dah acquire skill menjerit atau meraung dah. Bukan la meraung macam tak pasal, more like testing suara atau meraung with high pitch noise with happiness. Alah, macam budak- budak yang selalu lari- lari dalam surau tu, takpun dekat RnR ke, playground ke. Kalau dulu, nak apa- apa, kena menangis sikit, atau mencebik. Sekarang, Adi meraung atau menjerit. Kadang- kadang muka happy, menjerit jugak. Hmm, banyak bercakap anak Ayah ni bila dah besar nanti agaknya hahaha!

Insya Allah, esok Ummi dengan Adi nak balik. Kenduri kawin Tok Dan Ahad ni. Boleh la jumpa Opah yang dah rindu sangat- sangat dah kat Adi tu. Tok Ma dengan Tok Ayah KB pun insya Allah ada.

Timang tinggi- tinggi, sampai cucur atap, belum tumbuh gigi, sudah pandai hapal kitab. (demam Aduan Rakyat Karam Walia le ni hehe).

Sekian dulu, Ayah Adi melaporkan untuk blog Light of Our Life.

Adi is 4 month old today

Our dear Syed Adi Hatmi is 4 month old today!!

Alhamdulillah...thanks to Allah for such wonderful gift. May he grow up to be a great muslim.

We love you so much dear!!

Transportation

Soalan Mingguan Didik kali ini: Apakah pilihan pengangkutan Adi?

A) Dengan tangan (masa lahir 3 kg, sekarang nak dekat 6 kg dah...lenguh tangan Ayah dan Ummi...natural dumb bell xD..)

















B) Dengan sling (yang mana menarik perhatian ramai semasa di Jusco...macam artis pulak keh keh..Gugu gaga Adi..)
* Sedapnya tidur...















C) Dengan car seat (yang agak berat, tapi nama pun car seat)













D) Dengan stroller
*excited nya muka...












E) Dengan carrier (Kurang lenguh- lenguh tangan hehe...)


















F) Semua di atas.


















Adi - "Ummi, bila besar nanti nak jadi menteri, boleh?"
Ummi - "Boleh, tapi jadi la menteri yang hafal Quran...menteri yang hafiz..."
















Adi - "Ayah, bila besar nanti nak jadi hacker, boleh?"
Ayah - "Boleh, tapi jadi la hacker yang hafal Quran.. hacker yang hafiz..."
Ummi - "Hoh? Boleh pulak cenggitu?"

BM on BM (Breast Milk on Black Market)?

Do you know that in Australia, aside for blood bank, they also have bank for breast milk?
And the cost is about $50 a liter?
The awareness of breastfeeding has caused so much demand that breast milk costs $1000 a litre in the Internet?

(or maybe the mothers don't have enough milk or too lazy to pump, no?)

Ummi just can't stop smiling...

****Excerpt from The Daily Chilli****

A black market in breast milk is booming Down Under as parents Down Under are desperate to feed their babies the natural elixir.

They are being charged up to $1000 (RM3,433) a litre in sales done through the Internet.

One of the mothers contacted the Gold Coast-based Mother's Milk Bank to ask what the real "going rate" was for breast milk after online sellers sought an exorbitant amount when she placed a web advert seeking human milk.

Mother's Milk Bank director Marea Ryan told her that the not-for-profit bank sold milk for $50 (RM171.675) for 1.2 litres.

"I think that it is increasing more and more as people become a lot more aware of the benefits of breastfeeding," the Courier Mail quoted Ryan as saying.

Lactation expert Dr Jennifer James from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) said she was aware of the growing unregulated black market.

"It is very dangerous because in an unregulated fashion there are no checks and balances, the milk would not have been tested for viruses and bacteria," said Dr James.

Black marketing of breast milk has increased with the advent of the Internet where women advertise.

James said there should be breast milk banks in all major hospitals but blamed inconsistent legislation for making them difficult to set up.

****End of the excerpt****

Say thanks to Allah...Alhamdulillah.

"Ya Allah, bagaimanakah dapat aku bersyukur kepadaMu, selayaknya yang Kau layak disyukuri? Perbuatan bersyukur itu sendiri memerlukan syukur terhadapMu." - Nabi Musa A.S.

1. Rumah sewa di Labuan, insya Allah dah dapat. Lega bila Ummi dapat sewa lagi murah dan tak duduk sorang- sorang pulak tu. Adi nanti boleh jumpa nenek baru dan abang- abang baru di rumah sewa tu nanti. Extra hands, I hope. Sementara tunggu Ummi dapat tukar ke Semenanjung.

2. Kereta Ummi di Labuan dah repair, which costs quite some grands, yet Ummi doesn't have to pay a single cent, and the insurance premium will decrease instead of increasing, yeay! In fact, boleh claim lagi duit travel for every day the car is sent to workshop. Memang semua insurans kereta nowadays macam ni ke? Ayah tak tau, hehe... Yang penting, when we be arriving in Labuan this January insya Allah the Altis is great like usual.

3. Future tenants untuk rumah baru kami, offer nak bayar lagi mahal dari current rate kat surrounding area, lebih 50% extra! Tapi, kesian gak tenant tu ada family, anak- anak nak ke sekolah semua, nak bayar lori pindah ke rumah baru dia lagi. So, win-win situation, ambik 25% je la extra. Dia happy, kami pun happy! Jimat banyak, monthly payment loan rumah ni nanti for awal- awal ni, considering Ayah seorang je yang nak masuk rumah masa ni.

4. So far, Ayah plan dapat jumpa Adi dengan Ummi once every 2 weeks, insya Allah. New Year, middle Jan (yang ni bukan public holiday, so, kena la amik cuti), Cuti Wilayah, Chinese New Year, Maulud, are conveniently placed 2 weeks apart. Yang harga tiket je, tak pasti conveniently priced ke tak, ahahaha! But that's another story. Now, either Ayah ke sana, atau Ummi balik sini dengan Adi. Tinggal Mac ke atas untuk plan.

Alhamdulillah, terima kasih Allah, sebab mudahkan banyak perkara untuk kami.