Rafiqh Tsuyoshi is 18months and baby is 32weeks

Alhamdulillah, today Rafiqh turns 1year 6months old and my pregnancy marks 32weeks...

For toddlers at his age, like other parents we are looking forward to see our growing baby to be able to talk, but all I could say is he is yet to talk. Oh kalau ikut web, buku atau experts, they considered baby tu boleh bercakap when he could say more than 20words with the appropriate meaning, never mind if only you and your spouse yang faham his language. Huh, kalau gitu dah lama laa Rafiqh ni dikira boleh bercakap :-p. Personally, dalam kamus I kebolehan bertutur tu dikira hanya bila Rafiqh is able to combine 2 and more words and pronounce them clearly which not only us could understand what he is trying to say! Haa, susah jugak tu, gambare baby, hihi...

Dia memang peramah, he talks to almost everybody, even sekarang dah pandai angkat telefon and talks huhahuha, tapi hagham sepatah tak faham. Currently he uses all the 3 languages-malay, english and japanese, carca marba! And he can understand most of our instructions too, kira ok laa tu kan...

I really don't mind bila dia nak bercakap, slowly laa kan, karang dah petah penat pulak nak melayan, hihi. Lagipun kepetahan budak2 bercakap ni bukan ukuran kepintaran dia. Mak selalu kata, budak yang pendiam tak bermakna dia tak pandai! Contoh paling dekat ialah my own siblings. Dari 6beradik ni, I dan my sis-ateh paling pandai bercakap masa kecik2 dulu. Ateh tu umur setahun dah boleh sebut banyak words dengan jelas. My sis-alang pulak jenis yang pendiam. Tapi bila tengok dari segi pembelajaran, alang sejak kecil lagi tampil terkehadapan. While me setakat ala2 kadar je, hehe. Kesimpulannya, tak kesah laa Rafiqh nak bercakap bila pun, mama tau you are smart boy!

It has been almost 2months since he had weaned breastfeeding. Alhamdulillah both of us didn't experienced any difficulity throughout that process. Rafiqh dengan rela hati nak berhenti dan sekarang bergantung sepenuhnya dengan freshmilk. Sometimes dia boleh minum sampai 1liter per day! But I still have to mix his milk with cocoa powder, if not dia tak layan! Haihhh bila laa nak minum pure milk ni... Dia minum pakai botol susu, malam2 sebelum tidur dia akan minum sebotol penuh susu siap2, so selepas dah tidur kalau terbangun dia akan minum cocoa(kes ayah mama malas nak bangun tengah malam bancuh susu :-p), tu pun tak pernah habis padahal buat 150ml je. I target dia tak minum susu lagi sepenuhnya pada waktu malam(read:lepas tidur) bila cecah 1tahun 8bulan. Dan berhenti guna botol susu sebelum usianya 2tahun...

Rafiqh minum breastmilk without campur dengan susu2 lain hingga usianya 1tahun 2bulan, then I introduced freshmilk, he weaned breastfeeding at 1year 4months, and I've planned to give him formula milk around june, and yes I did it! Seperti yang dijangka, dia tak menolak! Good, balik Malaysia nanti senang mama nak sumbat bagi minum susu, apa2 pun boleh...

So far I don't have any problem regarding milk, but I have a big problem to feed him foods. Kecik2 dulu semua telan, sekarang sudah pandai pilih2. I know it's a common issue bagi budak2 tengah nak membesar, ada hari dia makan non-stop, and the next day he might refuse to eat anything!!! Dalam dok tak makan tu pun, sehari poop lebih dari 3kali jugak, huh! Apa2 je laa, as long as he is gaining weight gradually, nothing should be worry about, right?!

Pagi2 pukul 6 dah bangun, sama2 sibuk dengan mama kat dapur nak buat breakfast dan sediakan bento(=bekal) ayah. Pukul 6.40pagi dah siap mandi, tidur balik pukul 9pagi for average 2-3hours. Petang2 memang jarang sangat nak tidur, sebab tu laa dia tidur malam awal. Pukul 8 biasanya dah lelap, paling lambat pukul 9. Yang penatnya ialah petang2, dia kerja lari ja dalam rumah ni, hadoi kadang2 tak larat nak bergaduh dengan dia sebab takut bising nanti obachan(=makcik) bawah ni marah lagi! Kalau I larat memang I bawa dia turun bagi dia lari kat bawah tu kejap, 30minit pun cukup dah, dia nak burn lebihan energy dia je...

Kalau nak cerita pasal Rafiqh ni sampai esok pun tak habis. All in all, I bersyukur amat sangat tengok development dia, alhamdulillah...

Cerita pasal baby pulak, sedar tak sedar sekarang ni kalau orang tanya "bila due?", the answer is "end of next month!", what??? next month? ish dah dekat sangat dah, hihi... Dah nak masuk 8bulan hamil ni alhamdulillah semuanya berjalan baik, just like when I was pregnant with Rafiqh. The only different is sekarang malam2 memang I dah kepenatan tahap gaban, sebab siangnya pulun buat kerja dan tak banyak masa nak baring2 berehat. Tapi I rasa lagi bagus I buat kerja, berjalan pi mai pi mai dalam rumah sekangkang kera ni daripada dok melangut atau baring je kan.

My anternatal check up on this coming thursday is going to be my final check up in Japan. Yeay, nak pi ambil surat kebenaran naik plane dan rekod kesihatan I! Sampai Malaysia nanti dah nak masuk 35weeks, so kena terus pi jumpa gynae, my sis-alang nak walimah masa I dah 38weeks, few days after the majlis we have plan nak balik Melaka, arghhh really hope I'm fit enough to travel 4hours in car, tapi kena tanya gynae dulu sebelum tu. Kalau ikut hati ni memang nak baby lahir awal, masa ayahnya masih kat Malaysia tapi at the same time rasa macam tak bersedia lagi, sebabnya lepas majlis kat rumah pengantin perempuan, next week tu majlis sambut menantu kat Kuala Lipis, mesti semua orang(read:my family) pi sana, kalau terberanak awal kan ker ganggu majlis alang. Siapa pulak nak jaga kami ni kan, hek! Berserah je laa pada ketentuan Allah, mana2 yang baik kami pasrah...