Welcoming a new baby into our family

My beloved sister, As just gave birth to her 4th beautiful baby boy a month ago. Alhamdulillah everything goes well and again my dad got another grandson this year. Almost every year my dad got a grandchild. Berselang-seli kakak - adik ni bersalin. Hahahaha..~

So, here's our new family member.. 

 Muhammad Addin Shah

Born on nice dated/time :: 01-01-2011 @ 1.09 pm

Weight :: 3.6 kg

Anyway, I am so excited and can hardly wait to meet a new bundle of joy. So, we paid a visit shortly after their discharge from hospital. Tak sabar sungguh makcik sorang nie.. hehe..

Lil' newborn hero wiz his truly cute "Mak Chik"

(Ermm.. I guess I'm not SO suitable to wear this kind of tudung. 

Rasa macam pelik dan bulat jer muka ni..)

Actually my sister did asked me to buy a birthday cake for her beloved hubby as his birthday was fallen on the next day, 03 January if I coming on that evening. So on the way to her house, we stopped by and bought one nice cake for him at Baker's Cottage area Shah Alam.

Birthday cake in advance.

 Birthday boy..??

P/S: Congratulations to my sister on your newborn cutest baby.. Astalavista bebeh! Bertambah meriah la rumah abah tahun ni.. :) 

Sitting Pretty..

Baby's development is amazing. It probably doesn't seem very long ago that I brought my baby, Adel home. Then, he smiled for the first time and always make my heart melted.

Day by day I seeing he grow stronger. Today, Adel able to sit independently on his own without any support.

Adel is ready to be "sitting pretty!" 

Like everything else in life, practice makes perfect..

Freely sitting on my own..

"Please, don't leave me!" 

*Smile*

"Wanna take a ride with me.."

"Nobody want to follow me?" Uwaaa...!!

Watching my baby grow in size and unfold the various stages of development is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating moments. Apparently, Adel has started properly crawl and tried pulling himself up to stand using a chair. I'll update about his new skills later.

Shhhh... Baby is Sleeping

Shhhh... This sleeping handsome lil' boy is trying to get some shut eye. Here's a few of my adorable baby, Adel snoozing pictures since he was born till today (6 month).

The first hour after birth.. 

Adel on his 2nd day of life..

Adel @ first week.

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One month old..

Two month old..

Three month old..

3+ month old..

4 month old..

4+ month old..

5 month old..

 

5 month old..

And apparently, this is Adel's most favorite style of sleeping.. 

tidur meniarap + menonggeng (sometimes)"

6 month old..

Truthfully, being a mom is the greatest blessing God gave to me. The joys of motherhood are never full experienced until the baby is in bed. 

The 'Botak' Boy

At last I got chances to had my new baby, Adel's head shaved. Adel was about three months old on that day. As usual I asked the expert person, Tok Manis to do it. Although she already over than 80's ( I guess), she is still strong and healthy. She's the one who shaving my other two lil' girl. I'm very impressed saw her hand playing on Adel's head. With a flash Adel's head was totally bald even though Adel was being so aggressive kicking her. 

Before Adel totally loss all his hair..

The well experience 'bidan kampung', Tok Manis.

Well wrapped.. Help! 

The stuffs.. beras kunyit, limau kasturi, sintok, sirih, pinang, kapur..

Just wondering what she did..?

"Tok nak cukur rambut saya ke? Cukur elok-elok ya!"

We need to hold Adel as he was being so aggressive..

Bathing with beras kunyit, limau kasturi and sintok to reduce the itchy head.. 

Takde bath tub, besen pun jadi la.. 

Tada..! Adel has no more hair..

Adel was cranky and not very comfy wiz his itchy head.. 

Fall asleep after had a tiring day.. 

I'm the mommy's 'botak' boy!

Prolong Jaundice

Jaundice is very common and occurs 50% of babies in the first week of life. It will probably disappear naturally in a few days.

My baby is five weeks old and his sclerae (white of the eyes) still yellowish. He is very active and feeding so well. Between his siblings, he is the only one who still yellow for more than 14 days. FYI, my baby was admitted twice at NICU since he born for 'photo-therapy'.

Adel was naked under the bluish-colored light..

The day before we went back to kampung for raya, I did bringing my baby to Pediatric Clinic for check-up. The doctor said my baby was fine and I should not too worries about it. It is not a disease but rather a sign that can occur in many different diseases. Some breastfeeding baby just take longer time to recover. At this moment, I'm still not taking any herb or jamu yet.

At 5 weeks old..

Btw, they do take his urine and blood for the test. The next appointment would be on December. So let's wait for the results.

I wonder how prolong this jaundice will be.....??

Lookin' for Me?

Here goes few pictures of baby Adel on his one week of life. 

Are you lookin' for me??

What will I look like in the future..

 

Did I look cuttie? Please say so.. :)

Hey.. hisap jari la pulak..

Mommy.. I'm hungry..

Why do babies smile while sleeping..?

More pictures will be coming. Stay tuned.. :)

Birth Story of Baby Adel

Tuesday, 18th August 2009

04.56 pm

Hospital Putrajaya

MUHAMMAD SYAHMI ADEL BIN MOHD SHAHAR

Sex: Boy

Weight : 3.3 kg

Height : 50 cm

Here goes the birth story of baby Adel......

8.30 a.m... I felt so 'malas' to go for work besides my head was still spinning. I had a bad headache since the night before. So I'm just thinking to take an emergency or medical leave.

I had noticed blood on my panties when I was peeing. OMG! This is one of the sign that I'm going to labor. Is it the day?? Actually, I not really ready for it yet even though this is my third baby. I just 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant.. another two weeks more to go. I told Shahar there's blood and we had to get ready to the hospital. I took a nice long shower and got all fixed up for the hospital. Sempat lagi basuh sarung bantal/tilam baby tu.. :)

I called up my sister and she asked me to go to the hospital immediately. She also did reminded me to eat something because I would need a lots of energy later on.

Around 12.30 pm we headed to the hospital, which is a 10 minutes drive-away from our home right after Auni went back from her school. One the way over to hospital, I was having some minor-minor contractions coming maybe every ten minutes. 

When we arrived at the hospital, I straight away to registration counter with Auni while Shahar looked for parking. FYI, the ward was full house on that day.. It's means that I've to wait at the labor room until the other patients check-out. The hospital staff took my blood pressure, weight and monitoring my contractions. The doc who checked me told me to go back first because I still not dilated yet and there's no contractions at all. My Hb dropped by at Teja Food Court to buy our lunch on the way home. At this time, the contractions started to begin and getting stronger but manageable. I was tired and figured the contractions would stop. I tried to have some rest but soon I realized that the contractions were probably not stopping and that I was likely going to have a baby soon. I decided to go back to the hospital.

At 3:45 p.m... when I arrived at the hospital, the contractions was getting slow. So the hospital staff left me alone on bed while waiting for the doctor came and checked on me again. All of a sudden I felt the baby move and drop. From that point on the contractions were coming every minutes and were VERY painful. Then in less than two minutes it hit me again, the feeling to push. At this point I really had no idea how many centimeter I was dilated. The hospital staff who heard my screaming came and do checked me. She looked so surprised... I was fully dilated and gonna to labor at anytime.

Then all of the sudden I heard people screaming and I was surrounded by hospital staff and someone yelling. They rushed me into the labor room where everyone there knew what happened and were waiting for me (like - TV ER)..swinging the door opens, yelling and rushing me into the room, help me changed into hospital clothes and put a drip on. It was a crazy experience and so 'kelam-kabut'. In the room I was telling my midwife I wanted to push. When she went to break my water bag, I was almost ready to push. I just take about 10 minutes to push. Thanks God!!

I really felt like I was in a dream. I just couldn't believe I had a boy. I was exhausted but elated. The labor was truly an awesome experience. Within a few minutes of Adel's birth, I had him on my chest. My midwife keep saying that I'm the lucky person because going so easy for laboring. 'Isteri solehah ke? ' ..hahaha :P

"I'm not in Mommy's womb anymore..!!"

Daddy adhan to his hero.

Auni meet her lil' brother..

Syukur Alhamdulillah, everything went smoothly. I can hardly describe the joy I felt in welcoming our son into our family, or how thankful I am to midwives and hospital staff who were with me and shared this miracle.

Shhh.. baby is slepping..

"I'm going home now"

*** I really need a long rest after this for the next baby. Let's concentrate with this three kids first.. Quality vs Quantity .. :)