Hello there!

September by far is my most busy month.. Yet here I am, blogging as if i do not have 5 reports to review, 2 guidelines to finish, one important assessment.. all due by next week. 

Gila.

Ok, not that gila. I believe if Allah has presented me with these tasks, it means He knows i am capable of completing it, each and every. It's just that, my peers (or the ones who know what I'm doing) recognizes these as a plateful. Yep, indeed.

Have i told you, by next week too, right after this busy month, we're embarking on our first huge project? Not work related though. It is exhilarating, nerve wrecking and so far it has put smiles on my face, I hope and pray everything will go on smoothly insya Allah. I hope i will have some time to blog on it once it ends, because it will be memorable :)

So, baby updates.. Raihanna is turning 10 months in a few days! Oh that reminds me, need to schedule her 12 months jab *shrieks* time really jets, huh... let's see if can remember each and every:

Appetite and meals: Three times of porridge (rice + veggies (carrots, butternut squash, pumpkin, potato, Japanese yam, spinach) + fish (introduced last month, we usually buy slices.. jenahak, cod, tenggiri, salmon) + fruits (avocado, dried apricots) + occasionally mild cheese

In between meals she'd have milk (alhamdulillah!), fruit snacks (banana, watermelon, Medjoul dates, prunes.. and water of course.

*note that i put in comma instead of backslash because most of the time it's AND. hehe i know i know.. she's got good appetite.

Movements: has yet to crawl, for now it's commando .. but she loves to cruise! and she rolls everytime she senses her mom is near but nowhere with her.

Sleeping pattern: she sleeps better with us, obviously.. i don't know how to train her without involving waterfall scene here. She does not sleep through the night, but I'm ok with night time feeding because we're both lying on the side, and the gap in between feeds are extended now. Basically I won't wake her like I used to when she was a lot younger.. when she does wake, then I will nurse her. 

One fellow pumping staff asked me (ok, she ridiculed me) for not training my baby to STTN. Complete with comments that I looked tired and unwell. Honestly? To each her own, i believe. Obviously you did not give birth to MY daughter, so you do NOT know her appetite, her jaundice history that led to frequent feeding (albeit a brief spell) . and most importantly, i did not complain about it... so, why are you so bothered about in the first place?

I did not say that, but let's just say I am on a silent mode whenever she pumps the same time as I do.

Social behavior: she reserves her smiles.. i don't know why, and sometimes i feel shy. Haha. She gives us, her parents her most biggest smiles and laughter. But once she goes out to wherever we go, it's like all formal and no kidding mode. *sighs* 

Ok, that's all for now. Work is calling!!