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January 3, 2010
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Grab What You Can

Nora has a new scream. It’s more high pitched than her usual. She practices her new scream every chance she gets!

In between her screams, she giggles.

About a month ago I commented how I wished Nora was a grabber like Baby I, who is three months older than Nora.

And now… Nora grabs everything she can get her hands on and tries to put them in her mouth… that includes my hand.

Most of the time I have my hair in a bun, because if I don’t, she’ll grab my hair and starts pulling.

I’ve put her on her gym mat and as she could not pull the bee’s head into her mouth, she just grabs it and then put her hand in her mouth.

A couple more months, I will start my little girl on solids… and then she’ll have something yummy to put in her mouth… like apple and broccoli puree… hmmm…

December 29, 2009
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Last Jab…

For now that is… until Nora is one year old.

Jules is taking her this time… and she’ll have three sets of jabs. Poor little mite.

I’ll have Calpol ready for her when she gets home.

December 24, 2009
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Out Shopping

Nora had a little shopping trip with her daddy to Oxford Street on one of the busiest shopping day of the year!!

And what did I do with my free time? I thoroughly vacuumed the living room carpet! It was really dusty and it confirmed my fear that I am losing hair like nobody’s business! At this rate I’ll be bald by the end of the year…

Hope the two of them bought me a wig for Christmas.

December 24, 2009
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That’s Not…

A couple of weeks ago Nora and I had a shopping date with Mommy L and Baby I. Mommy L wanted to buy some pants at M&S for her hubby for Christmas.

We stopped at a newly opened Mothercare on the way and I found Nora her first of the ‘That’s Not’ books titled ‘That’s Not My Monkey’. She loves it! Well… at least I think she does as she stares at the pictures intensely when I read it to her.

Now she has That’s Not My Robot (Jules aghast when I asked if I should get that or That’s Not My Tractor); and while we were at Nora’s first baby Christmas party thrown by Mommy L and Baby I yesterday, Jules bought her That’s Not My Polar Bear, That’s Not My Penguin and, most importantly, That’s Not My Monster.

The one and only book that we won’t be buying from the series will be That’s Not My Fairy. If it’s the only one left from the series, I’ll start buying her Hans Christian Andersen’s books… starting with the Snow Queen.

December 19, 2009
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A New Year

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.

December 15, 2009
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City Girl

Nora has been out and about but she’s never been on public transport… until today!

Today, she’s been on the tube to go in and out of town, and then a couple of stops on the bus.

She was asleep most of the journey as she was strapped up to me in her carrier. I decided to us a carrier instead of a pram because I wasn’t sure how we’d be traveling and if we had taken the over ground train, then a pram would have been a nightmare as there’s no lift or escalator at the stations we were going to.

And no way I would get in a bus with a pram! As we got on the bus, two moms with prams got on it… no way would it fit another pram in the limited space!

Now that I have the baby carrier, I might take her on the bus more often and go places! Yeay!!

December 8, 2009
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Tepuk Amai-Amai

I’ve said it so many times on how Nora just loves to check her vocal chords. Sometimes it helps to sing to her… as sometimes she does stop crying and starts humming along.

However, one song that she seems frustrated with because she can’t follow the gesture is the above title… so, it doesn’t really work at the moment but will just have to wait until she could clap her little hands.

Tepuk amai-amai
Belalang, kupu-kupu
Tepuk Nora pandai
Nanti malam minum susu

Susu lemak manis
Santan kelapa muda
Nora jangan nangis
Mama banyak kerja

Translated to

Clap amai-amai (not sure what it is)
Grasshopper, butterfly
Clap clever Nora
Later in the evening you’ll drink some milk

Rich milk
Young coconut milk
Don’t cry Nora
Mama has a lot of work

December 7, 2009
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Working Mama

I’ve been off work for four months now but that doesn’t mean that I’ve been having a holiday. I am doing a full time job at the moment.

Jules and I had a conversation yesterday which may mean that I might have to go back to my nine to five job earlier than I want to… and it breaks my heart to leave Nora at a very early age.

And I’m not looking forward to having two full time jobs!

Especially days like today.

Nora didn’t really sleep the whole day yesterday… and since I was so tired, I fell asleep with her around 6pm, after her 4pm feed. This meant that I was late at preparing her feed on time. After I changed her, she was on my boob for 40 minutes and then she had her formula… and she finally fell asleep after 10pm… her bedtime is 8pm the latest.

I went to bed after midnight and she started grumbling around 3am.

After changing her, feeding her, playing with her, finishing her feed… she still did not want to sleep… until around 6.45am (her next feed is at 8am)… and as I’m typing this, Jules’s alarm just went off and it won’t be waking Jules up, but Nora is stirring in her hammock.

I really do not know how I’m going to cope if I go back to work right now. I might be cranky at work and and home… and won’t be able to do a good job anywhere.

This is one reason why I’m feeling homesick. I come from a huge family and there would always be someone to look after Nora… which will save nursery money and me worrying because she’s with family instead of trusting a stranger.

My mom’s been looking after my aunts kids ever since she retired from work. My aunts would either leave my cousins over on their way to work or once they are older, my cousins just head over to mom’s after school.

Mom’s thinking of helping out by coming over to look after Nora for a month when I go back to work… and I can’t thank her enough. And knowing mom, she will follow my instructions… plus she’ll get Nora potty trained in no time!

Did I say mom has retired? She’s retired from her paid job and now have a full time unpaid job!

December 3, 2009
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Bad Days

There are good days and there are bad days. The past few days have been bad… making me feel homesick.

The house is in a mess again. I think I’m going to gather all the stupid tat and get rid of them. All they do is collect dust. Nora’s been coughing a lot lately… I don’t want her to develop asthma. It’s not fun having asthma.

Mom’s away for a week… and so is my little sister… I think I’ll give my grandma a call.