#EivieSays : Episode 2

"Mommy. This is a cow. I like cow."

"Good job, Eivie."

"Yes, I like cow, I don't like hantu."

Ok, baby, whatever makes you happy. 

#EivieSays : Episode 1

"Mommy, apa ini (while touching)?"

"Breasts."

"Eivie tak de pun."

"Eivie 15 years old nanti, Eivie ada la."

"Papa ada?"

"Papa tak de, because he is a boy."

"Boy tak de ini (while again touching)"

"Tak de."

"Nanti suruh mama dia beli."

Anak Mak Dah Besar : Part 3

I used to have the phase of my-ambition-is-to-be-a-perfect-mom when we only had Eirsa around. When things get emotionally beyond control, I also have this moment that I always regret; yelling at my kids. I regret it because I know, when the syaiton takes control over my emotion, the yelling is basically to satisfy my anger and it's no longer about the kids' behavior. It hits me even harder thinking what have I contributed to the kids' development when yelling is totally a no-no? Ya Allah, please grant me patience, O Allah you are the best Protector of my heart.

And as I grow up as a mother (5+ years into motherhood now) I learn that motherhood/parenthood is about knowing the right things for your child, doing the best as a parent and the rest is to go with the flow and to leave it to Allah. You can never control everything. Every phase of your child(ren) development is different, this method is effective now but not later. That method is effective with your 1st child but not with others. Really, the kids are learning, so are we.

Throughout the time we learn that it's the voice tone and consistency in our actions are the best and the most workable for both our girls. If we don't want Eirsa to do certain thing, we state it in a firm voice tone and the stand has to be consistent every single time. And. The stand has to also be applicable to Eivie too, even though she's still too young. Really. This has to be done to portray our seriosness and fairness. For instance, if Eirsa needs to pick up her toys, then Eivie has to do the same too. No age selection. She'll get the same punishment if she doesn't want to do as per 'rule' says. For instance, if she refuses to pick up her toys and will I refuse to bancuh her milk. I'll stand up there for 5 good mins waiting her to pick her toys until finally she does. No mercy man, no mercy. It's not some kind of if you want me something from me, you have to do as I said. No. It's more like I've aksed her to pick up her toys but she refuses and stubbornly sticks to her decision. Later she wants something from me (for instance, susu) and now baby, you'll see who's the boss. Pick it up or no susu. Ha. Lebih kurang macam tu.

And don't forget to reward them with good words like thank you, good job and if the financial and time is right, bawa pergi makan di kedai and some toys. It's motivating and they'll feel appreciated. It's just that mind the fine line between rewarding and bribing.

With Eirsa, she's a good follower. May be she's not when she's younger especially during 'trouble two' but she rarely spoke those days. She mumbled. Hence we did not know exactly her response in the form of words when she disagreed. She would just cry or throw things or mengamuk. At the age of 5 now, it's easier to talk to her and for her to follow our instructions and rules. Even though sometimes her actions are accompanied by tears. But she gets things done. Well done.

With Eivie, it's a different case altogether. Because she knows how to respond back in word and she knows how to manipulate too, even at the age of two. She will eventually grumpily follow, but she will still want to project her dissatisfaction. She will always have to say something. And usually it's funny because she'll unintentionally do it in a very cute way. And I have to tahan gelak or tahan senyum; not to spoil the important teaching moment.

And many times, once she finally gets what she wants after having to go through the correct things that I ask her to do, she'll say,

"I don't want to friend you forever."

or

"I don't like you (pointing at me), you (pointing at papa), you (pointing at Eirsa). And you also (pointing at opah)."

Nak tahan gelak is always a struggle with this mini-me weh!

Solat pandai, menjawab pun pandai, ini orang

Annual Concert 2014

Dan hari itu, yang hari-hari direngek untuk memakai sepatu hitam baru dan berbedak bergincu seperti mommy, pun tiba. Malamnya semua dikerah untuk tidur awal seperti hari-hari bukan hujung minggu, supaya semua dapat bangun awal dan bersiap dengan tidak tergesa-gesa. Lokasi konsert tidaklah jauh tetapi siapakan tahu apa yang bakal menanti di tengah dan tepian jalan. It turned out to be true. Ada pula jalan yang ditutup, menjadikan beberapa jalan hanya boleh dilalui dengan satu arah sahaja. Lokasi konsert yang tidak familiar juga menyebabkan ramai ibu bapa yang tersangkut dan menjadikan konsert hanya bermula 45 minit dari masa yang dijadualkan. Makanya, kami yang sampai tepat jam 11.45 pagi ini, perlu menunggu sehingga jam 2.00 petang baru acara bermula.

Eh. Cepat sangat pula bercerita engkau ini, tahu-tahu dah sampai ke lokasi konsert. Haha.

Pagi itu. Opah tolong masakkan nasik lemak, bekal perut anak cucu supaya tak lapar sehingga nak menyampai penyudah konsert. Konsert dijadualkan pada jam 12.30 tengahari hingga 3.00 petang. Mommy bawa juga bekal pisang sebiji dua, walaupun anak-anak akan disediakan snek ringan oleh cikgu-cikgu, tapi perut mak pun sama manja tak boleh lapar. Mau migrain karang kalau makan lambat.

Menyiapkan anak-anak pun mudah, lancar saja. Walaupun nak mengenakan gincu pada bibir Eivie ya Allah, kelakar betul. Orang suruh buat aaaaaa dia buat aaaooooaaooooo. Bibir dah la kecil, main calit je lah mana yang dapat. Puji je cantik cantik very nice very nice dia terus ok. Lipstick mak kau pulak ada warna cair-cair je, dah nak habis pula. Terpaksa pinjam lipstick Opah sikit. 

The assembles. Semua costumes, sekolah sediakan, Kasut dan stokin sahaja mak pak kena sediakan.

Orang yang tak berapa pandai pakai gincu, memakaikan orang lain memakai gincu. Lantak.

Pukul 11.10 begitu, bergerak lah kami ke lokasi konsert. Dalam kereta kena pastikan Eivie tak tidur. Kalau dia dah tidur dan disuruh bangun, ada potensi menjadi amukan sebab tak cukup. Mood Eivie adalah salah satu perkara yang perlu dijaga pada hari itu. Kalau tak, mungkin ada kejadian meraung di atas pentas. 

Sampai-sampai je dah hampir 11.45 pagi; yakni masa yang tertulis dalam guidelines untuk parent hantar anak-anak ke belakang pentas sebagai persediaan. Melihatkan tak ramai parents yang datang, mak budak-budak ni pun ambil kesempatan untuk buat final touch up. Tahu sajalah kalau dah keluar dari kereta, baju, seluat, skirt, rambut, semua senget. Tudung mak pun senget, sikit.

Dan kemudian berduyun-duyun lah kami ke belakang pentas, menghantar budak-budak. Masih kelihatannya cikgu-cikgu semua sedang sibuk membuat persiapan. Khabarnya telah dijadualkan pada hari yang sama adalah hari untuk konsert oleh beberapa cawangan yang lain juga. Cawangan sekolah budak-budak ni mungkin yang kedua atau ketiga. Perlu ambil giliran untuk membuat persiapan.

Dan apa lagi, sementara menemankan budak-budak di belakang pentas, mak bapak pun buat lah beberapa perkara yang perlu.

A ah. Perlu SANGAT aktiviti bergambar di belakang pentas macam ni. Kakakaka.

To the advantage to get Eivie to familiarize with the stage. At this point I had the feeling that she would not create any scene during her performance slot. 

Dan kemudian kami beralih ke tempat penonton, meninggalkan kanak-kanak berdua ini.

Menanti menanti menanti menanti menanti. Risau juga hati kalau budak-budak ni tak senang dan bosan menunggu lama. Bosan -> tak de mood -> tak mahu menyertai pesembahan. Kasihan cikgu dah buat segala persiapan. Crossing our fingers dan akhirnya konsert pun bermula.

Dimulakan dengan Eivie. Ramai yang tak sabar nak menantikan persembahan oleh Eivie ni, haaa.. 

I did say that she won't create any scene while performing, right? Yes, she didn't! Alhamdulillah. But it's just too literally that she did not do anything at all but just standing!

Tu, yang paling kanan, yang could not bother much.

My poor little baby!

And here's the video, capture by her Uncle Pi. You can watch up until the end of the performance, but she would still remain the same; standstill.

Ya Allah! Kesian pun ada, kelakar pun ada. She's still not even 3 years old, these whole things about getting on the stage and performing and getting big clapped from the audience, might scare her. That's what I was afraid about. Dia tak nak dance tu aku tak kisah, she'd always act depend on her mood. Tapi tu la, I didn't want this to contribute to her list of bad experiences thus affect her mental and emotion development. I hoped not. I might be all dramatic and exaggerating but yeah, that's what mothers do.

Another good thing was that she did not cry until end of the performance. Tapi masa aku jemput dia di belakang stage, mata ada bergenang air sedikit la. Hugged her tight and told her she did a good job and everything was going to be ok and mommy's here baby! Air mata aku pun bergenang sikit (mengada). Teachers were all fine about she didn't dance. What did you expect, kan. She was the youngest. Dia nak naik dan tercegat atas stage tu pon dah cukup baik. Daripada dia lari ke bawah mendapakan mak dia.

Got back to our seats, and waited for Eirsa's performance slot; 4 slots away from Eivie's. When we asked her why she did not dance. She simply said, "I don't want." Rasanya ok lah jawapannya begini, daripada katanya takut ke, I want mommy ke ye dak? Too cool, baby, Too cool.

In the meanwhile, captured and gave big claps to other participants too, they did great job at this young age.

And there came my Eirsa. YOU CAN DO IT, BABY! Biasalah, mak bapak over. Lantak.

Menjadi lumrah, tak senang duduk mak bapak budak tengok anak masing-masing nak perform. But I quite disagreed with the choreography; berderet budak-budak berbaris ke belakang. Anak-anak yang di belakang tu tak berapa nampak, until they did some formations. Dapat lah nampak sikit. Mungkin disebabkan anak aku kena letak kat belakang, aku bising lah sikit ye dak. Cuba cikgu letak anak aku kat depan, tak de la pulak complain. Eh. Tak juga. I believed the teacher could better on kids placement during the show since they knew well that mak bapak mesti mesti MESTI nak tengok anak masing-masing masa buat persembahan. So, kalau dibariskan anak-anak tu di selebar-lebar stage, lagi bagus. Tak pe lah, I hoped they would improve in this segment. The teachers had done a great job organizing this event pon, kan.

Still, I was glad she did enjoy herself during the performance. Kami duduk di depan sekali, ada potensi budak ni tak nak perform bila nampak mak bapak opah and adik dia kat depan. But nah. She's so composed and so determined to entertain us. 

Ini yang dah penghabisan. Before they took a bow.

Semangat weh berjoget. Kadang-kadang dia akan memandang ke hadapan mencari kami dan kami terkinja-kinja melambai kembali.

And the video. Eirsa yang di kumpulan belakang, kanan. Rambut paling pendek, goyang paling comel. "We are so proud of you, baby! Weeeeewit!!" Pada hampir pengakhiran video, kelihatan Eirsa tersimpul simpul senyum nya sambil melambai pada kami. Yeah! Keberanian seperti ini yang kami mahukan! Go baby, go! (Tak sudah-sudah over nya mak bapak)

Dan acara kemuncak tahunan ini diakhiri dengan majlis penyampaian sijil kepada murid enam tahun dan majlis sukaria (read : berlari, melompat, menjerit, menyanyi, dan juga tidur, seperti Eivie) oleh murid-murid lain di bawah pentas.

Graduation ceremony.

Sementara menunggu habis majlis graduasi.

Eirsa and Ibrahim Shabin.

Alhamdulillah. Settle satu benda penting untuk tahun ini. Matlamat tercapai bilamana anak-anak gembira (dan sorang tak berapa nak endah) dan memperoleh pengalaman baru yang menyumbang kepada perkembangan menttal, emosi, rohani dan jasmani (amboi). Eivie's participation is more than sufficient for her at this age, bak kata Papanya at least she participated and had got to wear cute costumes too. InshaAllah, tahun hadapan ada lagi dengan Eirsa sendiri yang akan menyertai majlis graduasi. Bagaimanakah chaotic nya? Sama-sama kita nanti!

Pre-Concert Photos

Eirsa and Eivie's first school concert ever is scheduled this coming Oct 12th. Prior to the concert, they have weeks of practices, rehearsals and also some photography sessions. Eirsa's practice sessions were usually extended even when she reached home, even when she's taking a shower. Ya. Sunggu bersemangat. Eivie on the other hand, ikut mood. Kadang sama terkinja, kadang dia buat dek je.

For pre-concert photography session, the school hired a professional team and parents will be given samples and a form and we can opt to buy our children photos 2-3 days prior to the concert. Of course we would, lebih lebih lagi dengan gambar-gambar yang sebegini menghiburkan :

Eirsa
Oh my darling! Oh my darling! She's all grown up! Look at her all looking so sweet and very good at posing! Great at singing and dancing too! Kiss hug kiss hug kiss hug, never fail to make me proud.

Eivie
And this person. This person. Even now I'm laughing ROTF (not literally, of couse) when looking at this photo! Surely she's very adorable, good at singing and dancing, but why so serious? Kahkahkahkah!

Will send the kids to their respective teachers latest by 11.45am on Sunday and we will only able to pick them up after the concert ends. The teachers strongly advise (warn?) that parents should not interfere during the preparations, we believe to avoid chaos. You know budak-budak, kalau dah nampak mak bapak, apa pun tak boleh. Masa tu lah nak menangis, masa tu lah nak terkencing, masa tu lah nak terberak, masa tu lah lapar. But when parents are not around, semua pun boleh. So let them be. Pandai lah teachers uruskan.

We choose to put our expectation low during their upcoming concert. Both ada hangin dan mood masing-masing, with Eirsa is expected to be behaving well but Eivie tu aku doakan supaya tidak menyusahkan teachers sudah. Haha. Janji dia nak naik atas stage dan tak nangis, syukur sudah. I do hope they have good time and it's going to be a valuable experience and memory for them. InshaAllah.

Calories Burning - The Alternative

What did you do when you go to Ikea?

Getting some ideas?

Window-shopping?

Browsing?

Actually DID some shopping?

Budgeting?

Killing time?

Bonding time?

Looking at people's behavioral (wow!)?

Pretending to know about stuffs?

Taking measurement?

Taking measurement for a millionth times?

Taking selfies and posting it to social medias? (dengan niat bermegah-megah aku-dah-sampai-sini-hoi! atau mungkin tidak, saya tidak judge anda)

Planning for the new house?

Planning to revamp the current house?

Planning to revamp your mom's house for as a surprise birthday gift?

Dreaming?

Or.

Sleeping, like these two did?

I was actually scheduled for a 5km running->jogging->walking->crawling TM Fan Run last Saturday. But I've got chickened out several weeks prior to the event, disebabkan langsung tak training hapah benda hamjadah pun sejak bulan puasa. Kot ye pun semangat kobar, aku masih kenal hati budi stamina sendiri.

Thus, I scheduled another form of calories burning activity cum aktiviti menggembirakan anak-anak cum tengok calon-calon perabot untuk rumah cum breakfast session; at Ikea.

Arrived at 8.40am, breakfast started at 9.00am, continued buat macam rumah sendiri di seluruh pelosok Ikea afterwards until 12.30 pm. After acah-acah surveying (survey apakah namanya kalau 80% of the time entertain budak-budak sahaja), one thing for sure; we needed to find other candidates for our dining set and sofa. It's either the price didn't suit with our budget or the cheaper options were not at par with our angan-angan tinggi tak sedar benchmark. And another thing for sure, benda-benda yang pasti akan dibeli di Ikea memerlukan satu lagi sesi membeli-belah yang lebih serius dan fokus dan tenang dan waras (read : sesi tanpa anak-anak). And another another thing for sure, the kids had fun there, lalu kuota bergembira mereka telah dipenuhi untuk minggu ini.

Lagi gambar-gambar kegembiraan.

Lagi 8 minit sebelum pintu dibuka. Ni yang dinamakan pepagi lagi dah pergi beraya rumah orang tuan rumah pun tak bangun lagi.

Dah besar sikit, layankan je permintaan untuk guna pisau garfu sendiri, dengan pemantauan secara terperinci dan kadang-kala boleh mengundang sakit hati si pemakai.

Yang ini pun sama. Asalnya mahu taraf yang sama dengan si 5 tahun Eirsa, padahal awak baru 2 tahun, pisau lebih panjang dari lengan. Sebagai alternatif, mommy bagi peluang bercomot-comot menyuap sup sendiri. And Ikea was being thoughtful by supplying this disposable bib for free!

Dan ada kalanya budak-budak ni tak nak makan. Mak dan bapak kau kena la lebih kreatif bagi menampakkan aktiviti memakan itu adalah satu aktiviti yang menggembirakan, bukan setakat aktiviti bermain sahaja ya menggembirakan. Berikan kayu aiskrim/pengacau kopi, lalu jadilah lollisausagepop. 

Acara wajib, lebih kurang highlight of the day. Gitu. Sekarang aiskrim ni dah semakin murah, RM0.80 sahaja.

Si Penghibur Hati

Eivie sudah mula bercakap patah perkataan yang boleh difahami oleh seorang dewasa seawal umur setahun empat bulan.

Mau kau tak terperanjat kami laki bini bayi tak sampai setahun setengah dah pandai bercakap. Sebab Eirsa dulu memang keluar perkataan Jerman semata-mata. Dan kadang kala mungkin Rusia. Sampai umur dia dah nak dekat tiga tahun baru boleh faham butir perkataan.

Disebabkan Eivie dah pandai cakap seawal umur itu, maka setahun lebih selepas itu yakni sekarang, dia dah sangat petah bercakap. Macam orang tua-tua. Nasib baik mak dia tak tua sangat. Eh.

Setiap hari tu mesti ada benda baru yang terkeluar dari mulut Eivie. Memang sangat menghiburkan!

Dan beberapa minggu lepas.

Mommy, I want to go downstairs.

Upstairs lah Eivie.

I want to go upstairs.

There's nobody upstairs lah. Everybody is downstairs. Semua nak makan.

I want to go upstairs. Yesbody upstairs mommy, yesbody upstairs. Ha see? Yesbody upstairs. Ha. Atuk ada. See?

Masa dia berjaga, aku sangat terhibur tapi lelah menjaganya. Masa tidur, rindu sangat rasanya.

Bontot, Bonta dan Perang.

Apakah itu 'bonta'?

Bonta adalah satu perkataan yang dicipta oleh si dua tahun lebih Eivie. Asalnya pada satu-satu ketika dia sangat suka sebut perkataan bontot. Entah kenapa sedap bebenor agaknya sebut perkataan bontot lalu segala perkara yang disebut akan dikaitkan dengan bontot. Yang paling selalu "Mommy bontot." I die.

Oleh itu, setelah ditegah beberapa kali (tegahan yang paling laku : Eivie cannot say bontot, saying bontot is not nice.), beliau masih lagi cuba menggunakan perkataan bontot. Namun begitu, setiap kali terkeluarnya suku kata 'bon', mommy akan memberi renungan tajam atau meng'Eivieeee-nak-cakap-apaaaa?'kan beliau, beliau akan terus menukar perkataan bontot kepada bonta. Lalu sehingga kini perkataan bonta menjadi kegemaran.

Kadang-kadang, si lima tahun Eirsa juga turut mahu menceburkan diri dalam kegembiraan penggunaan perkataan bonta ini. 

Contohnya pagi tadi. Dalam kereta, seperti sehari-harian anak-anak berdua ini mengharungi kesesakan trafik di Kuala Lumpur dari rumah menuju ke taska.

Eirsa menyebut-nyebut perkataan bonta dalam kegembiraan. Sekonyong-konyong Eivie menyampuk, "Bonta is not nice." 

Eirsa lawan, "Bonta is nice, bontot is not nice." 

Eivie sahut, "Bonta is not nice." 

Eirsa mengadu pada papa, "Papa, bonta is nice, bontot is not nice, kan?" 

Papa balas, "Yes." 

Eivie masih mahu menyahut, "Bonta is not nice." 

Eirsa berusaha lagi, "Eirsa dah ask papa, papa said bonta is nice."

Eivie, masih lagi, "Bonta is not nice."

Dan anda boleh bayangkan aksi perang mulut seterusnya.

Bowling, Eirsa and Eivie's First Time!

Well, Eivie bukan lah menghiraukan sangat permainan bowling ni. She's more running here and there, touching as many things as she could and achieving her best escape of 1/4 of a bowling alley. Dalam sekelip mata, ok. Dalam pada dia dekat depan papa tengah tengok bola bergolek, ok. Nasib baik papa sempat kejar dan tergolek atas lane. Lane tu kan ke licin. Haih.. Eivie.. Eivie..

At first she said, "Eirsa sit here only. Papa and mommy mayen (main), ok?" Tapi lepas dapat golekkan bola sekali, terus addicted. Longkang pun longkang lah. 80% of the games pun masuk longkang, but she enjoyed it! Tapi dia tak reti nak grip dan lempar lagi, tak pe, next time. Mommy pun tak plan nak bawak selalu, so tunggu lah beberapa bulan lagi, kot la masa tu jari dah besar dan kuat sikit.

 

 

Baking Projects, Our First Time!

Rumah kami tak dak oven. Microwave oven tu bukan oven sejati ye.

Oleh itu, tak selalu lah kami membakar kek.

Bakar kek guna periuk nasi ni dah lama dah tau. Sejak dari beli periuk nasi, iaitu 4 tahun lepas. Ni baru terfikir nak bake, tu pun sebab nak ajak Eirsa join sekali.

Eirsa tak de la kelihatan teruja sangat, sebab dia tak gemar sangat benda-benda yang comot ni (buat sepah rumah tak pe, sebab tak kena kat dia comot-comot tu, kena kat lantai, dinding, almari and whatnots je. pffftt.) Tapi aku yang teruja. Sebab nak tahu keputusan macam mana. Turned out menjadi weh! Not bad at all! Boleh tahan sodap, walaupun tak rasa pisang sangat sebab aku pakai pisang Dole kot. Tak pe, next time boleh cuba lagi.

Cream cheese aku beli instant je, gasak.

Wordless Wednesday

Our First Nebulizer Experience

Yes, it's our very first. We never had any experience with it, neither Eirsa.

But Eivie yang merasmikan pengalaman ini.

We noticed that whenever she's affected with flu, it would take quite sometimes to subside. All in all, it might take around 2-3 weeks. Even with without-fail medicines regime.

We went to our regular panel clinic on Monday, she started to show sign of flu on Saturday (Eirsa yang mula-mula kena on Friday tapi alhamdulillah cepat surut), fever of around 38 Deg Celsius every night and early morning starting from Sunday. The doctor only prescribed her with the regular flu, cough and fever medicines and told us to come back after two days if fever still re-occurred (on and off basis).

Drugs (ubat lah) on, sedut hingus on, Vicks on, she still had fever at night and early in the morning. I suspected this caused by her throat; high possibility she breathed through her mouth, hidung tersumbat kot. Sapu Vicks (for baby, of course) kat tapak kaki, sarungkan stoken, bernafas ikut hidung tetapi sekali sekala ikut mulut, pun tetap tekak dia akan kering. Memang pesen tekak senang kering atau sakit, macam aku. So we brought her back to the clinic yesterday (Wednesday), but this time another doctor was in-charged.

And after checking her current body temperature and her breathings, and listening (or not so) some updated information from us, she advised us to bring Eivie straightaway to the nearest hospital's ER. I requested for antibiotics as advised by the doctor who attended Eivie on Monday, but this doctor refused. She wrote a referral letter and we left the clinic with only the letter (and syringe, aku mintak pasal hari Isnin hari tu tak bagi. kahkahkah).

Eh, takkan dah nak kena pergi hospital? I didn't think Eivie's condition was that bad. But yes, her chest ada bunyi sikit (wheezing). But it's 5.30 already I know my parents-in-law needed to prepare for berbuka meals and all.

Then my parents-in-law proposed us to bring her to her regular pediatric clinic (a bit expensive and not claimable though) for second opinions. Berdangkor-dangkor lah kami anak beranak pergi klinik jam 6.15 petang. Bawa bekal kurma dan air. Dan biskut bentuk ikan untuk anak-anak.

Lucky us there's only a patient when we arrived and we were next.

After thorough check ups (this is why I love pediatric clinics), the pediatrician prescribed her with 3 meds and of course an antibiotic. She also suggested Eivie to be on nebulizer for 5 minutes, to prevent more infection. Oh Eivie was doing fine with the nebulizer, not comfortable but not meraung meronta sepak terajang either. May be because the 'mask' was not placed directly on her face but close enough for her to breathe the gas in (note to self : bring some toys to ralit her).

And the pediatrician asked us to come back the next day (today) for follow up check up, for another round of 'nebulizing' if required. And papa reported to me this morning that Eivie didn't like the second session (he brought her pulak, gilir-gilir) and decided to cry her lungs out sampai berjejes keluar hingus. Bagus, lega sikit hidung dan paru-paru dia.

So parents, second opinions are always (very) helpful. Dan aku pelik kenapa doctor yang kendian tu tak nak suggest nebulizer. Aku rasa nampak je mesin tu kat klinik tu.

Sebelum jumpa doctor, boleh la tenang-tenang main piano.

Ini orang pun sibuk nak mengikut. When she's younger, she hated doctors. Now, she even requested to see a doctor.

I went to the clinic tumpang my parents-in-laws car, i.e no carseat. Moments di atas hanyalah 5% dari keseluruhan aksi Eivie sepanjang perjalanan. Selebihnya sama ada dia memanjat, atau melekap di cermin tingkap, atau berada di tempat kaki, atau memaut pemegang, atau aku peluk dia kekuat dan dia meronta kekuat. I could not imagine parents with young children in a car but without carseats, for more than 1 hour journey. *_*

P/S : We understand that it's perhaps wiser to bring her to the hospital, with all available the experts, equipments and assistants but we also believed that her condition was not that kind of bad. Dia sangat aktif macam biasa and only with the second opinion kami decide tak perlu bawa ke hospital (please take note that second opinion is from another expert, not from tok bomoh ke jiran ke). Tambahan dengan bulan puasa bagai, lebih mudah sekiranya rawatan dilakukan di klinik atau rumah. Tak yah la nak cakap "Bawak je lah budak tu pergi spitaaaaal" pada kami sangaaaat. Kihkihkih.