Thursday, March 1, 2012

Nursery issues : just my 2 cents...

To be honest, mana ada mak bapak yang akan hantar anak dia ke pusat2 penjagaan (taska/nursery) kalau kita tahu anak2 kita depa nak buat tak tentu hala, betoi dak??

tapi sebagai mak bapak yang punya tanggungjawab besar menjaga amanah Allah ni, kita patut melawat2 (survey) la dulu mana nak boh anak sebelum kita mula keja kan. Ramai yang prefer hantar anak ke Baby Sitter (BS) sebab maybe enviroment umah dan kita rasa nak kita lebeh terjamin di sana. tapi bagi i, ke mana saja kita hantar anak kita TIADA JAMINAN sebab apa saja boleh berlaku tak kira tempat. kadang anak di bawah jagaan kita pun boleh injured or kita misshandled kan...

Pusat2 jagaan or nursery ni dah lama wujud kat  M'sia ni, cuma baru2 ni saja issue tentang anak2 yang tidak dijaga or diurus dengan baik timbul. i memang tak sanggup tengok video yang depa dok upload. gambar muka depan metro tu pun tak sanggup dah nk tengok apa lagi nak baca. naluri mak2 dalam diri ni buat i tak sanggup nak baca. masa video tu tersebar luas, i was thinking " betoi ka ni kat M'sia? macam tak caya lak orang M'sia buat camtu kat anak2." serious tak pecaya langsung. Naseb baik la tuan punya nursery tampil betulkan keadaan. kalau dak, lepas tu mesti kuar berita pemilik taska dijumpai mati dibunuh di hadapan taska lak kemarin. hahahah..

Isu yang aku cuba address kat dini ialah, kita sebagai mak pak, sebelum hantar anak pastikan dulu taska dipilih mempunyai lesen yang diiktiraf oleh JKM. takkan la main hantar ja nak korang tak cek dulu tempat tu berlesen or tidak???

LOOK AROUND IT, bersih ka tak, CONDUSIVE ka tak, nampak selamat ka tak, pandai2 laa ushar keliling..

 Dah hantar anak, skali skala cuba la buat spot check. i mean do show up at the place unexpetedly during working hours just to check your baby or to check whether depa ni buat keja depa or dok kerjakan budak2 kat sana. PENTING sangat. jangan main tinggal saja waktu pagi and ambik waktu petang. skali skala datanglah. i think the care takers or the baby sitters there would be very happy to see us datang tengok anak kita jugak. cam tempat yang i hantar maryam, memang depa alu2kan mak pak pi lawat anak2. sama ada utk menyusu or untuk pantau keadaan anak. tapi jangan lah pulak kita pi hari2. baik keja saja kat situ...kan? but do maintain a good relationship with them ya! ;)

DO NOT EXPECT PERFECTION from the people who are not related to us to take care of the baby the way we take care our baby. biasalah dah hantar anak2 kat tempat2 macam tu, ada lah kekurangan di sana sini. the way they handle our baby memang almost completely DIFFERENT from us. so, kalau sikit2 hal tu tak yah nk serious sangat. cam Maryam kat sana depa suka laa bedakkan dia from top to toe. (rimas tengok anakku penuh bedak cam tepung)

Macam mana nak pastikan Taska tu mematuhi garis panduan or not, salah satunya kita tengok sajalah jumlah kakitangan dengan nisbah baby.  kalau ikot AKTA TASKA 1985, umur 0-3tahun 5:1 so silalah tengok2 keadaan sekeliling taska tu, cukup ka dak pengasuh. baca seniri lah akta tu. ;)

Kalau nak rajin lagi, pi la cek dokumen kat nursery yg kita hantar anak kita. boleh tau pihak JKM ada pantau or tak. i think since dh jadi big issue ni, sah2 la JKM will have a lot of works to do pasni nak pantau taska2 seluruh negara. bagus lah!! at least kita tau, anak2 kita selamat dan ada lah sedikat jaminan di situ.

Agak bengan hatiku ini bila terbaca komen2 negatif yang datangnya dari parents di FB yang TIDAK PERNAH HANTAR ANAK KE NURSERY tetapi ayatnya gaya seperti dh biasa hantar ank ke nursery penuh dengan negative remarks towards the day care center. HELLO, u should be grateful dapat duduk sahaja di rumah menjaga anak u seniri dengan kudrat n tangan seniri, God bless u.

BUT, the reality is, many of modern women like us go to work. And many of us have no place to send our dearest babies but to a nursery. so please don't make us feel like we are a bad mother cos only Allah knows how many times in our days we do feel like a bad mother when seeing our baby being handled by others.

Don't overgeneralise.by thinking all nurseries in M'sia ni tak jaga anak dengan betul. that is not fair for them as well.

i was saying to my friends just now, kalau ikot hati mau ja i bawak my Maryam ke office, masuk kelas mengajar pun usung anak skali, tapi what to do, many of  have no choice but to send our lilttle darlings to a nursery.

We are the parents. And InshaAllah, we do know what is best for our child, right? kita keluar membanting tulang bekerja from morning till evening or late nite and do multiple things all at once and by the end of the day we will go back to our children and be the parent pulak. this is the reality. normal lah hantar anak ke nursery tu, cuma pastikan saja anak kita di bawah jagaan orang yang bertanggungjawab. itu pun dah cukup bagus. jangan buat assumptions yang nursery tu sucks. that really shows how ignorant and stupid we are.

Setiap pagi i nak hantar Maryam, macam2 dalam otak ni fikir, tapi i tak mau layan semua negative thoughts sebab bukan i sorang hantar anak ke sana. but, berdoa lah sekuat hati to Allah dan tawakal sajalah.

Akhir kata ( oii tetiba cam ucapan pulak) it was all happy moments during prengancy, kalut prepare segala macam presiapan menyambut ahli baru, during labour, ehh sakit2 tapi happy tau nak beranak! it was all great during confinement, cuti 3 bulan - HEAVEN jaga anak, belek anak, bela badan. BUT as soon as we are back into the reality, time tu baru kenal erti susah payah menjadi ibu bapa...a lot of things need to be done, need to be looked at, need to be given attention to and need to be beared in mind especially if u are working mothers.

kita hantar anak nursery ka, baby sitter ka, jaga seniri ka masing2 ada risiko. cuma kita takdak la sampai bedung budak ketat2, pastu tape mulut depa..tu ja la nak kata. sekian, Wassalam...

i love you baby! ehh, 3 bulan still pakai mittens?hihi...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY


Look Maryam!! You were inside mom's tummy!! cool huh??

Monday, February 20, 2012

Maryam First Day At Nursery

...and she was the first baby to arrive..hahahah...mak excited tak sabar ka hapa? huuu...

 I AM A FIRST TIME MOTHER & DOING EVERYTHING FOR THE FIRST TIME. so i put everything that my baby might need in a BIG baby bag! hahahha...rupanya mak2 lain bawak beg kecik cinonet saja oiii!

On top of that. i FORGOT to write MARYAM BAHYRAA's name on her stufss...sabar sajalah. Aku memang blur

 i sent my baby to the day care center with perasaan yang sangat la berat. i am sure all mothers would understand this feelings. when u have been with the baby since birth, for 24 hours, 7 days a week, for 3 months and suddenly u have to send the baby to a place where u know your baby is not gonna be at the center of attention anymore cos there are other babies as well. *sigh* again, like i said previously, IT BREAKS MY HEART *sobss*

i can only pray to Allah to protect my baby from any harm.

okay, sudah laa bercerita tentang keluhan rasa yang akan membuatkan energy2 yang negatif terpancar. let's focus on the positive part instead.

Well, at least she is placed very closed to my office, i can always cabut lari dari opis go and see her. hahhaha.. very important aspect.

My baby is the type of baby who cannot be alone. seriously. she would not be at peace if she sees nobody around her. at least at day care, there are a lot of people around her. hopefully she would be excited. for me it's important for her to be able to adapt with situations where there are many people around her.

i heard a lot of people said that babies who stays at a day care center are very independat babies, socialable babies, less fussy babies. in other word anak tak la "Peqak buih" or manja sangat sampai bila tengok orang tak dikenali nak nangeh tak tentu hala or susah nak beramah mesra dengan orang. Wallahulam...it all depend jugak kan? tak semestinya...BUT if it's true i hope my baby will be one. at least dia tak la melalak tengok orang yang dia tak biasa. susah tu sebab i don't want my baby to be clingy...asik nak begayut dengan i saja.. no..no...cannot.

The reason Maryam is placed at a day care center is that i cannot find her a good baby sitter around here. a good baby sitter to me means somebody i can trust. that's all. It is very important for me to find  someone that i could trust. if i could not find one, so it's better for my baby to be at the nursery intead. at least at nursery, their job is mainly jaga budak, bukan memasak,membasuh,mengemas rumah,etc.

i have heard so many stories around here where most of my friends' BS always ambik
cuti without telling them earlier. susah tu, kita ni keja mengajar. kalau kita tetiba ja cuti tanpa inform students, hmm..pening la nanti nak pikir class replecements and stuffs.

IF i could find a somebone yang i percaya untuk jaga Maryam, definitely i tak hantar Maryam to a nursery. but, i can't find one. i dunno anybody kat sini. beruntung lah sesapa yang ada BS yg memahami antara satu sama lain.


okeh, sudah la tu senarai2 points untuk menenagkan hati ini..i hope i am doing the best so far and the rest i leave it to Allah.

Ikot hati mau ja benti keja jaga anak sendiri...haihhhss..sabar saja laa~ hati seorang ibu, hanya ibu2 saja yang tahu.. bapak2 belom tentu akan tahu...kan?? ;p

Semoga Maryam selamat di situ, happy, ceria dan selalu dilindungi Allah. Amin...


i miss u already baby *sigh*

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012

cucuk 3 bulan Maryam Bahyraa ku...

Amazingly, she didn't cry not even the "eekkkk" sound. her doctor was surprised a lilltle. mom?? like i said, was amazed...apahal anak aku diam ja?? i swear i was waiting for maryam to scream or something and i was ready to grab and soothe her if she ever cried. i was there behind the doctor during the shot. siap tolong baca Bismillah dalam hati...but, she just lay there and gave us her toothless smile, the brightest eyes..cuteness sambil pot pet pot pet bahasa german dia. hehee...

 Maryam, mom is sooooo pround of u baby! mmmmuahhh!! She's currently a 5.5kg baby and 62cm long. panjang kan! ;) other than that, she's is one happy and healthy baby. Alhamdulillah.

BUT, at 4pm today, i notice paha KFC maryam was swollen a little. and she was crying out of pain...what to do? terpaksa gave her ubat yang dibekalkan..and Alhamdulillah, she was ok after waking up from her sleep an hour later.dah ceria2 kembali. adoi...panic seketika tengok anak nangeh...rasa nak gantikan rasa sakit or tak selesa dia.

Her Paed didn't gave her the Pneumococal vaccine this month. it is sheduled for next month check up together with the Rotavirus vaccine.

At the beginning i thought of only giving the Pneumococcal, but her Paed asked us to consider the Rotavirus as well. Seeing the cases reported on the media lately about the virus, i immidiately said YES, let's give her that too...


Too all parents, please, please, consider giving your child Pneumococcal and Rotavirus vaccines...InsyaAllah, tak rugi apa pun kita bagi anak2 yang terbaik. After all, PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. ;)

ohh lupa, The price for the vaccines at KPJ Specialist Hospital,Penang: -

Pneumococcal : RM 228
Rotavirus         : RM 150 


The price is for one injection. Pneumococcal must be taken for 4 times and Rotavirus for 3 times. but not every month. your baby's doctor will schedule the vaccine for you.

ohh, lupa lagi, Rotavirus vaccine is given orally while the Pneumococcal vaccine is through injections.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Maryam Bahyraa is 3 Months, & mommy first day at work today!

Ohh cepatnya masa berlalu! Alhamdulillah, today 7th  Feb. 2012, my lil' darling Maryam is 3 months old... and today is MY 1st DAY AT WORK. okay, kepala i still ting tong, so i tak leh focus nak masuk kelas mangajar lagi, so i stay put at the office looking at the pictures of Maryam!! huuuu...


As for tha cake, dun be surprised..it's actually othe ordered that i made last saturday to "cure" my obsession over the Rainbow Cake. sangat teringin nak makan sebab kek tu cantik & warna warni. uishhh....SEDAPPPP!! so i figured, what to write on top of the cake...why not put MARYAM BAHYRAA IS 3 MONTHS kan..since sabtu lepas tu i pun dah cukup 90 hari on meternity leave. ;)

Today masuk keja, buat selamber lagi la..get the mood first, boleh?? actually i have sooo many to do but dunno where to start. *uwaaaaa*

Anyways, layan dulu la a few pics..



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 she's at home safely with my mak looking after her, naseb baik mak sudi ikot kami balik ke perlis ni sementara nak bg baby & i adjusting to new life... so just now i went  for my 1st session pumping. i'm not sure wheter i could still supply her with a lot of BM since my work requires me to teach in the class and i am very sure i cannot comply to 3 hours pumping every time...ntah la..too many things to consider at this point. bukan mudah menjadi exclusive pumping mom...seriously, SANGAT MENCABAR! setakat mana la i boleh pump saja without the direct feeding...T_T but, i have done the best i can, i hope no one will judge me. and true enough i really envy those who can successfully breast feed their babies...but i always calm myself, maybe Maryam wants to be independent. i have tried the gentle way and the almost forcing way too. but she seems to be happy with the bottle intead. dah la, i malas nak focus cita ni, it breaks my heart sometimes...but i will only focus on the positive part saja laa.. ;) which is, Maryam masih minum susu i... ;)



okay, i am still PHAT!! sekian...


HAPPY 3 MONTHS OLD MARYAM BAHYRAA... MOMMY ALWAYS LOVES YOU SO! XOXO

how do i loose all the weight that i've gained??tell me? huhh!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

KESEDIHAN MULA MELANDA...

The person whom i love the most. 
The responsible person that has been taking GREAT care of me & my baby since day 1 i gave birth to my lilttle darling, Maryam Bahyraa.

I can never repay all her deeds.

She is my MOTHER! ;)

...and soon it is time for me and Maryam to go back to where we are supposed to, and i am sad thinking of separating both Maryam & my mak. Cos, seriously these 2 are best buddies! she can recognize her maktok already...


*sobs*

okeh, sambung packing!