Again, sorry for not posting any entry for so long, and for not responding to the comments left. So take this entry as my reply for the comments left in the previous entry
Thank you for all the congratulatory notes and messages. Terima kasih. Arigatou gozaimashita.
The name
Muhammad Asim Hanniya was what was written in the application form for birth certificate.
Muhammad Asim Haniyya was written in the birth certificate.
And I only realised that when we applied for his insurance (takaful).
(Prior to that I thought it was just a common mistake when the nurse(s) at the clinic/hospital registered my baby's name with Haniyya instead of Hanniya...)
My colleague Azhan commented that it is yet another difficult name for my kid.
My reply? Blame it on having an ustaz-who-spent-8-years-in-Egypt as a father
By the way - Asim is spelt 'ain alif sod mim in arabic.
So, it is way different than the sound of a sneeze...
Making adjustments
Huzaifah is adapting well to having another brother in the house.
Like he knows Ibu won't be able to grab the extra chocolate he's having while the baby brother is being breastfed.
Humaidi is still making adjustment.
When he feels like it, he still insists on sitting on Ibu's lap even while the baby needs to be fed.
So sometimes Ibu has to make up by straightening her feet on the recliner seat and let Humaidi sits on her thighs while she breastfeed.
And lets not begin discussing who gets to sleep next to Ibu at night.
By the way Kak D, Humaidi just turned 2 on the 5th of April.
But yes, it does seem like only yesterday when I was talking about my newborn in Japan...
The all boys club
Edot - there's you, there's Gee, there's Aidil and now me...
I can't complain - it runs in hubby's family.
To date, with the exception of one sister, all of his married siblings only gotten their first daughter after the fifth try.
So there.
Maternity leave
I enjoyed being away from work.
There was not much pampering due to moving into my own house and other familial stuff, but I got more res this time around compared to the previous confinement periods.
(Which is not necessarily a good thing if weight is an issue because I gained less and lost a lot more during the previous confinement period than this time around)
I managed to finish a lot of books that I'd been wanting to read though.
It's true that breastfeeding hours could also be best reading hours.
And I must thank hubby for being very supportive.
He brought me to MPH Stock Clearance sale when I was still in my confinement period, and refrained from making any comment on my purchases.
In fact he was the one who pointed out that there was a book clearance sale in Carrefour Alamanda and recommended some titles as I tried to spot some treasure in the bargain bin.
There were two weddings that I attended during the confinement period - one of hubby's close friend when Haniyya was about a month old in Seremban; and my half-sister Meera got married in Langkawi when Asim was 39 days old.
I know that mothers in confinement period are supposed to stay at home unless it's really necessary for them to go out, but I wouldn't miss these two weddings just because of my confinement.
We'd waited ages for Abil to get married.
And after missing my brother Azrul's wedding in 2007, I really did not want to miss another sibling's wedding. Besides, Meera is the only blood-related sister I have.
The new home
By now, I am probably on the home maintenance contractor's list of frequent callers. It's been about two months, but there have been numerous complaints - leakages, blocked drainage, stucked doors, doors that could not be locked, cracked tiles, etc.
It really makes me wonder about the quality of building materials used in the first place...
Nevertheless, alhamdulillah, I'm grateful for having friendly immediate neighbors.
And really glad to have a spacious home for the boys.
With kids their age in the vicinity.
And a playground nearby.
(Funny how the absence of physical gates and fences could sometimes seem to be replaced by a harder-to-penetrate 'invisible' gates and fences)
Anira - the kemas mengemas thingy?
It's still work-in-progress
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