4 months old SN Jr

Kononnya lepas ni nak semakin kerap update blog tapi memang impian tinggal impian. I'd rather spent my precious time with my two beloved sons or spent my 'me' time (i.e. sleeping) while the boys are sleeping hahaha. Kalau dudlu rajin okeh buat scheduled post untuk seminggu masa weekend, sekarang ni haremmmmmmmmmmm. 

Baiklah, straight to the point..mari mengupdate milestones SN Jr lepas dah cukup umur 4 bulan on 17th February (dah lepas 10 hari baru mommy terhegeh2 nak update).

+- SN Jr is 4 months old -+

(1) Growth

• SN Jr’s weight have doubled from birth = 6kg. not much gain of weight since last month as he's down with fever + cold + cough for the past 2 weeks. 

+- dah nak sama besar dengan Abg SN -+

(2) Motor skills

• His hands now work together to move a toy or shake a rattle. In fact, those hands will grab for just about anything within reach, including a stuffed animal, my hair, and any colorful or shiny object hanging nearby. 

• Anything he is able to pick up will likely end up in his mouth.

• He has pretty good head control (with a little wobbly) while sitting supported

• He can hold his head and chest upright while lying on his stomach during tummy time. 

• Able to bear his weight when I hold him up on his legs

(3) Sleep

• By now, we both are enjoying almost a full night’s sleep. He will just wake up 2 times for feeding at night, so if I'm rajin enough, I'll expressed the breastmilk at 5 a.m as this is the best time to get optimum EBM. 

 

+- kalau SN Jr menyusu sekali je malam, bgn pg boleh lah dpt banyak ni -+

(4) The Senses

• His eyes can already move together smoothly and follow objects and people around the room.

• Loves Abg SN's companion so much that he'd laugh over anything that Abg SN was doing to him regardless whether Abg SN jump on his playpool, push him away from mommy or even stepped on his arm huuhuhu.

+- muka SN Jr bosan bila Abg SN tidur -+

 +- muka ceria bukan main bila Abg SN tolak dia, bajet Abg SN ajak main hahaha -+

+- SN Jr redha je apa Abg SN buat kat dia, sikit pun tak nangis -+

When he's down with flu + cough for the past 2 weeks, he become extra cranky. Memang selama ni pun suka berdukung dan suka nangis kuat2, tapi masa tak sihat tu lagi berganda2 dia punya manja mengada-ngada sampaikan mommy terpaksa dukung dalam sling carrier tu sebab dah lenguh tangan nak dukung dia. Takpe lah anak, makin naiklah muscle di lengan mommy nih....mommy redha je, sebab mommy tahu SN Jr nak mommy exercise kan? eheheh.

+- budak manja nak berdukungggggg je -+

 

Yang bestnya pasal SN Jr ni ialah dia tak pandai jeles lagi dengan Abg SN, tapi Abg SN yang suka menjeles dengan adik especially during bedtime. Masa nak tidur, Abg SN nak mommy hug dia dan adik pulak nak menyusu. Sudahnya adik menyusu sambil tangan mommy riba kepala adik kat sebelah kiri dan tangan kanan mommy pulak peluk Abg SN. Ini baru 2 anak, kalau dah 3 anak nanti....celah mana pulak mommy nak letak sorang lagi tu? ekekkeke.

+- gaya tidur pun sepesen je -+

Walaupun Abg SN jeles dengan SN Jr, Abg SN tetap sayangkan adik. In fact Abg SN dah boleh di harap untuk jaga adik masa mommy solat. Alhamdulillah, semoga hubungan anak2 mommy ni baik2 saja sampai akhir hayat..Ameen.

 +- ketawa bersama...menangis bersama ♪ ♫ ♪ -+

Psssstt : orang cakap anak ke2 lebih berdikari dari anak sulung, betul ke?

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Alhamdulillah..it's over :)

Alhamdulillah...Alhamdulillah.....Alhamdulillah, I've completed all the things that I was supposed to do in order for me to graduate in my PhD studies. All the computer work + simulations + paper submission + journal submission + thesis writings + power point presentations + closed defense + public defense has come to the end last Saturday (9th February 2013). 

 

+- cam-whore to kill the butterfly in my stomach -+

+- bla bla bla...'goreng' sesedap rasa -+

 

 +- Q & A session -+

As for now, there's some administrative thingy to be done i.e thesis bindings, thesis hard cover printings and thesis submissions to the student office and then I will just have to wait for the graduation ceremony to get the official certificate which will be held on 26th March 2013.

Man, I couldn't believe that it's almost over. To be honest, throughout this 3 and 1/2 years of my PhD studies, I am thinking of QUITTING it!. 

If you've been reading this blog for quite some time, you do know that our family's favorite activity is to go for sightseeing and traveling almost every weekend. So I couldn't really blamed some of you who might think that getting a PhD certificate is so damn easy that Yatie Chomeyl and her family have soooooo much time to enjoy themselves (refer Asyik jalan2 je, study ke makan angin?).

The truth is, I don't really like sharing my 'down' time in this blog. I used to share my melt down moments in these entry -> Bila rasaKU ini rasaMU, Tanda Kasih yang Chomeyl dari kalian, Permanent Finite head damage (T_T) and the next thing I know, the negative feelings become stronger depsite all the supports and nice words given by readers of this blog. 

So, I decided to just share my sweet moment in this blog of mine and to keep the negative feelings all by myself.

Of course, it wasn't easy to keep all the negative feelings inside me on my own. So, sometimes it'll blow up and the next thing I know, I'll be crying non-stop and saying negative thing to hubby such as "I don't know what to do, I feel very stupid. I don't want to do this anymore!". 

Only Allah know how many times have I uttered those sentences throughout this 3 and 1/2 years, thankfully we Muslims has Allah to help guide us in this difficult journey.

I'm so grateful to have Solah as my husband, I really do. As he has finished his PhD earlier (Tahniah Dr Solah), he totally understand my feelings and he is the one who keep pushing me errr...actually more to kicking my butt to make sure that I continue my study till the end. 

 +- hubby and I in front of Kyushu University (photo archive back in Sept 2011) -+

This also explains the lacks of updates and entry published in this blog for the past 6 months. I forced myself to really focus on finishing my works and at the same time trying hard to adapt between my role as a student, a wife and a mother of 2 boys...huhuhuhu. 

+- 3 charming and handsome heroes in my life -+

I am lucky to have Prof Ohya and Prof Uchida as my supervisors as their expertise, understanding, and patience, added considerably to my graduate experience. They were very understanding whenever it comes to my family matter and for that I could not have imagined having a better supervisors and mentors for my PhD study.

+- my supervisors -+

I was also delighted to be given the chance to interact and mingle with the secretaries (Ono-san and Yoshii-san) in my laboratory; so I decided to give each of them a pair of 'baju kurung' as a farewell gift so that they'll always remember me and hopefully they'll wear it one day (of course during the summer season).  

Also, not forgetting one of the technical staff (Dr Nagai) who speaks English fluently. These 3 people treat me as one of their friend and helping me to stay sane during the ‘crazy’ period of my study (i.e when it gets closer to paper/journal/thesis dateline). 

+- my friends at the laboratory -+

Despite all the sleepless night, all the breakfast + lunch + dinner at the laboratory, all the straining eyes in front of the computer, all the departing moment with my family, all the long distance relationship with hubby and baby, all the tears + sweats + struggles that I have to face for the past 3 1/2 years, I could finally take a longgggggggggggggggggg deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath now as it's over. Dude, it really is over...finally it is over!.  

Alhamdulillah..all praise due to Allah.

Now, could you please excuse me. I got some last minute shopping and packing to do. Hasta la vista peeps.

Psssssttt : It's 13th February 2013 today, which was supposed to be my late mom's 57th birthday. She's the one who really wanted to see me getting my PhD and she left before I could do so. Well at least I've fulfill my promise to her....Al-fatihah Ma...I miss you so much. ♥

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Permudahkanlah urusanku Ya Allah

 Salam,

Jarang2 I update blog on weekend kan? Just in case if ada yang tengah  baca entry ni, sudi2kanlah sama2 doakan supaya urusan I hari ni di permudahkan. Salah satu urursan terpenting demi menamatkan perjuangan di bumi Jepun akan I hadapi hari ini.

Mohon doa dari semua.

"Ya Allah, lancarkanlah pertuturanku dan permudahkanlah urusanku hari ini..Ameen".

 Pssssttt : dag dig dug jantung ku berdebar.

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