Aaron is Almost Two Years Old

Today's post is a special entry to my second son, Aaron Idris. Aaron will be 2 years old in 2 weeks time. I delivered him on the 26th June 2011, at around 3am. It was a normal delivery and alhamdullillah, it was pretty easy. My husband, Juma, was there, giving me support and welcoming his new hero. 

At almost 2 years old, Aaron is an active boy. Like the meaning of his name (full of strength), it seems like he never lack of energy. He is like a robot, working non-stop. It starts once he opens his eyes and stops when he falls asleep.

His best friend is his big brother, Maleec Ismael. He will holds Maleec's hand whether they cross road or climb stairs. He will imitates Maleec's action. One thing that I'm so grateful is that they love each other unconditionally. Maleec will check on his brother whenever he notices Aaron is not around. Same goes to Aaron. He will ask on his brother where about when he realizes Maleec is not around. They hardly quarrel and fight. They share toys, food and stuff. 

Maleec also gives a lot of impact in Aaron upbringing. Like I mention above, Aaron will try to act like his brother. He also loves to wear what Maleec wears. He always want to put on whatever Maleec is wearing. After taking bath, Aaron will rush to his bother's wardrobe, looking for Maleec's clothes. Therefore I exchanged their wardrobe. So far Aaron hasn't notice the changes and will bring his clothes that he thought from his brother's wardrobe, but actually it is his now. Aaron also speak the same language and 'accent' like his brother. 

Maleec speaks in English, at most of the time. And with that, Aaron speaks in English too. But he can't pronounce the words correctly. If the word is having more than a syllable, he will pronounce the last syllable. It is so cute looking at his lips when he is talking. I feel like tying a ribbon on his lips. 

Aaron is a great explorer. He doesn't know fear. If his brother will scream when he sees lizard, but not Aaron. I guess if I don't stop him, he will pick up the lizard and play with it. He wouldn't play with children toys much but he prefers the 'real' thing. If he wants to play cooking, he will ask for the real utensils. He also loves to play with eggs. how many times he drops eggs at my house and his grandparents' house. He is calm when he got his immunization injections. He also doesn't afraid of taking medicine, which is the opposite to me and Maleec. He loves green color and will go with anything that is in green. 

Aaron is not a picky eater, unlike me and Maleec. He will eat anything. like his daddy. But he doesn't like spicy food. He loves juices and any cold drinks. And now too, Aaron's fondness towards cartoons is growing. He loves to watch Hi-5, Timmy Time and Banana in Pyjamas. He is becoming like his brother, a television junkie. Hahaha.

Oh, one thing about Aaron. He loves animals, especially cats. He cried out loud once when I caught a kitten in my house and hand it to our handy man for him to bring back home. Aaron was swimming in the pool, came out of it and chased the guy till our house gate. He cried loudly when he saw the guy when off with the kitten. 

At almost 2 years old, Aaron is still drinking his milk from the bottle, and sucks his thumb to soothe him away. Aaron is mummy's sweetheart, daddy's lucky charm and Maleec's partner in crime. Happy birthday sayang!

Hello Baby Wira!

Assalamualaikum... How are you people? I'm fine. My kids are happy and my hubby is in the house. yes, he is not travelling abroad this week. I can sleep with him every night though I'll go to sleep first and he will stays up late, attending his work. But I'm blessed!

On 18 May 2013, my big family welcomed a new addition, Wira bin Syarimie. The first son my my beloved cousin and the second child in their family. Syarimie, or I call him Imie, is my cousin that I treat like my own big brother. We grew up together by our grandparents. Our parents are so close and when we started dating, we always double date. His wife, Suraya, is my good friend. The three of us attended the same university. 

Rambut lebat

Hidung mancung

Maleec is enjoying Anggun's toys room

The mess

On that day itself, I was scheduled to fly to Seoul, Korea. Yes, I went to South Korea. And I'll blog about my visit very soon! So stay tune!!!

Suraya was due a day before, but the baby was still comfortably stayed in his mother's womb. I called her on that and promised her that I'll stop by to her house tomorrow, before I fly off to Seoul. Unfortunately, my car couldn't get started because of the battery. And I have a lot of packing work to be done. 

When I reached my phone to call Suraya, I saw a message from Imie that Suraya is safely delivered a healthy baby boy. I called him up and he told me that Suraya delivered the baby through normal mannered. However, Suraya had been bleeding heavily since the delivery. I couldn't give any advise since I never experience that before. Right after returning from my mother's house (I went back to fetch the kids since I left them to their grandparents while I ent to South Korea), I went to pay her a visit. 

Suraya told me the story which still haunt me till now. I wish to have a daughter some day, but her story made me think twice. Here's what happen. I jot it down in point form as I'm afraid I might miss out few things if I write it in para. 

1. 17 May 2013- Suraya met her gynae and seek for advise. The baby is exactly 40 weeks today. The doctor said that it is not possible that she is giving birth today. Therefore he performed sweeping technique. You can read more about it here.

2. 18 May 2013, 6am - Suraya felt the pain and contraction. Imie sent Anggun, their daughter, to her grandparents' house. Later Imie sent Suraya to the hospital. She was sent straight to the labor room. The nurse reported that Suraya is 6cm dilated. 

3. 18 May 2013, 8am- Suraya was fully dilated. The doctor, nurses, Suraya and Imie, all were ready to welcome the precious baby. Suraya pushed few times but the baby isn't out yet. While pushing, Suraya heard a loud beeps at a machine that monitor the baby's heart beat. Suraya saw the doctor's eyes were glaring and heard that the doctor instructored the nurses to look for pediatrician. Suraya also heard the announcement from the PA system that pediatrician is needed urgently to her labor room. The doctor said to Suraya, 'Ummi, you have to push hard now. Your baby has no heart beat.' With the pressure from the doctor and the energy that left, she pushed. But there was no cooperation from the baby. The doctor vacuum the baby out as she could see that Suraya couldn't help to push any longer. The baby was out and the nurses were working on the baby. Later the pediatrician arrived. Actually, the baby's umbilical cord came out first, before the head. With that, the baby had not enough oxygen and lost his consciousness. 

4. 18 May 2013, late morning - Suraya been pushed to her ward. She complained to the nurses that she still felt the contraction, as strong as when she was about to deliver. The nurses checked her wound and pressed her stomach. The nurses told her that it is normal and gave her pain relief pills. Suraya had to keep on changing her sanitary pad since it was soaking wet with blood. 

5. 18 May 2013, late evening - The gynae came to check on her. She told the doctor about the bleeding. The doctor checked on her wound and pressed her stomach. She put her hand in her vagina, searching for the source of the blood. Suraya was losing her consciousness.  Her blood pressure was dropping. And was almost dozed off, the gynae instructed he to sign a consent paper and explained that she has to through a surgery. 

6. 19 May 2013, morning - Suraya was awake, in the ICU room. The doctor explained that she just went through a minor surgery. They found a cut/tear in her vagina. This is might due to the vacuum machine entering her vagina roughly. So Suraya been stitched twice; one when the delivery and the other one during the operation. As she lost too much blood, she went through blood transfusion and four bags of blood is inserted through her vein. 

7. 19 May 2013, afternoon - Imie was called to the hospital to sign a consent form for the baby to go through a minor surgery. Apparently there is air in the baby's lung. The lung was pushing the heart further and for a longer period it will crash the heart. The air was in the lung perhaps due the massage performed by the doctor and nurses to gain the heart beat. 

8. 22 May 2013 - Suraya and her baby, Wira, were discharged from the hospital. 

Oh my! I'm happy that both mother and child are healthy. Baby Wira looks like his daddy a lot. Love love love you guys!

Baby Wira with his big sister, Anggun

The kids and their mother, Suraya

Siblings bonding time

The kids with their father, Imie