For the first time, Nora slept through the night! I put her to bed at 7:30pm last night and I picked her up at 6am this morning! I woke up at 4:30am puzzled and have been pottering about waiting for her to stir. And when she did wake up, she wasn’t crying at all. I looked in the moses basket as I heard her babble as I passed the door, and she gave me one of her big smiles!

After changing her her nappy, playing with her and give her her feed, she’s sleeping soundly in her hammock.

Maybe she knows that I was stressed yesterday and doesn’t want to give me a hard time; maybe it’s her New Year’s resolution.

The Islamic New Year came and gone yesterday, without me doing anything again. I didn’t do anything for Eid-ul-Fitri, and I didn’t do anything for Eid-ul-Adha.

This year, it’s going to change. I will celebrate each important dates in my calendar as Nora is part of me too. I might have taken things for granted, but I can’t anymore, for her sake, as she needs to know where half of her comes from.

And that… I guess… is my new year’s resolution.