attributes of D3

the little one is 5 days old my how time flies and already i'm wishing she would stay that tiny forever.

a few things i've noticed about her almost a week after she's born:

- she's definitely a night owl. it's true when you say how she behaves in the womb will be brought over after she's born. in the womb she was dormant during the day but such a kicker in the night, you practically had to nudge her to get her up during my early morning ctg scans. now that's she's out she mostly snoozes through the day and gets mummy's butt up during the night with her frequent wakings @_@ adjusting a baby's timetable ain't that easy either. she never fails to wake up at 5am like clockwork - mommy's personal alarm clock for subuh lolz.

- did i mention she loves to poop? back when the elder two were teeny weeny i was busy worrying when they didn't poop for four days straight (and to expect a poopie explosion in the making), but for this little one i'm busy worrying whether pooping too much should be something to worry about lol (the homecare nurses told me that i shouldn't be worried). am so glad i don't have to deal with latching problems, she seems to know what to do all by herself.

- which brings me to another point - she's an impatient little one. she gets really red like a tomato if she doesn't get the boob when she wants it, or when she's unsettled (like too gassy or when she gets the hiccups or before a poop). she has very strong limbs too, if she's agitated her hands would be free from her swaddle, her mittens will go bye bye, socks pun ntah ke mana. aaaand her face will scrunch up right before she showcases her lung power. most of her hand-me-down mittens don't fit her well, they've probably loosened after previous heavy duty usage lol. can i donate them anywhere?

- she has the potential to not like bathing sessions. she puts up quite a fuss whenever i give her sponge baths, much like how Dayana was back then. you'd think she was going through torture or something. am patiently waiting for the cord to drop off before dunking her in the bathtub, apparently she had a really thick cord and it hasn't fallen off yet. three kids and i'm still unsure about cord care, heu~ the homecare nurses finally shed light on how i'm supposed to use the alcohol swabs you get from the hospital *smacks forehead in idiocy*.

- she's a swaddle baby, definitely. if she isn't swaddled she'll end up not sleeping. she's like Dayana in most ways, Dinara was ok with not being swaddled. she seems more comfortable being swaddled than letting her limbs go free. she also seems to like being held, she settles easier in my arms compared to putting her down immediately after a feed. i need smaller hand mittens, i gave up putting them on her because she never fails to take both of them off on her own -_- (no chance of me producing a michelin baby). swaddling prevents her from scratching her face with her super long nails which i am still afraid to cut at the moment hee~

- she spits up milk quite often, and burps alot. haha. was it something i ate? even Dayana and Dinara didn't have this problem. apparently if i don't burp her properly i'll probably end up sporting 'shushu' as my new perfume T___T. i'm not kidding. you'd have to wonder if she's getting enough milk. the homecare nurses told me that was normal (waddahel?) to frequently nurse her throughout the day so that she won't get winded and at the same time adjust her sleeping time. i took out my medela for the first time today after 3 years abandoning it, managed to get 3oz total from both boobs. i've forgotten which side produces more. must keep reminding myself to drink lots of water.

idso nursing wear for public use. any suggestions?

hi D3!

fresh from the hospital

the third angel

lol meet the latest addition to complete my own version of Charlie's Angels.

hello world! this is our baby Dxxxxx Nur xxxxx.
we're still deciding on a name for her though. HAHA.
i guess we were running out of ideas on what to name her. that's ok, plenty of time to finalize her name =D.
date May 13th, time 1347 hours. weight 2.6kg. length 51cm.
the meaning of her name? err we'll know when her fickle minded parents have decided on a name for her =P~.

like the first child, she also wanted to make her own mark in this world. especially after Daddy specifically told her to wait one more day before making her debut - her first act of defiance.
bahahahahaha...

i'm still here

you know sometimes you wish for something, hopefully wanting it to come true?

well. i was shy 2-3 weeks away from my due date and by that time i was literally feeling like a whale - constantly out of breath, looking bloated and humungous, alternating between outfits because there was nothing in your closet flattering enough to wear, experiencing back pains, eyesight going out of whack due to unstable hormones, et cetera et cetera. heck my brain was in shutdown mode, i refused to allow new information enter my brain. i was already too tired to go to the office T__T.

the only thing that kept repeating through my head was: deliver. now.

if i ever have the privilege to be pregnant again in the near future, i'm just gonna tell everyone the actual due date of the delivery as told by my Doctor. i think i jinxed everything the moment i opened my big mouth saying that the baby might pop out by the end of April. whoever said that the EDD of subsequent pregnancies will be much earlier compared to your previous pregnancy(ies) is hogwash. week 38 and i'm still FAT.

did i tell you the baby never allows me to settle in a comfortable sleeping position at night? oooh she is one happy clam, depriving mommy of contractions whatsoever to indicate her arrival. i don't think i even experienced a single baxter hicks.

here's to another long wait. some people purposely go on maternity early to prepare for the little one's arrival, but if your little one still hasn't made an appearance by then, wouldn't those days go to waste? well that's me lah. whole point is to spend it WITH her, not with her still IN YOU haha.

happy Labor Day!

second to last of soho progress

i've finally hauled the carpet to the unit to flatten out the edges  because they start to curl upwards after being rolled up for a long time.
and what's left to do before i lose my sanity completely:

in the bathroom:
- install water heater
- install bathroom mirror
- install towel hanger
- install toiletries stand
- replace bathroom light
- install door stopper

in the kitchen:
- add another light point
- install cabinet lights * 3
- install fridge
- plaster brackets to conceal wiring
- cabinet bracket missing

in the main hall:
- install washing machine
- figure out a way to cover up washing machine outlet
- install fan with 3 feet extender
- replace living room lights with drop down ones
- *KIV* add 4 light points (recycle original bedroom n living room lights)
- add 4 power points
- replace switch initially installed for main hall
- double check main door (not closing on itself properly)
- install door stopper

outside:
- install outdoor ceiling light
- install doorbell

upstairs:
- add 2 power points
- replace bedroom lights with LED lights
- touch up plastering around LED lights
- install tv
- polish stairs
- polish flooring
- touch up area around switch/plug points
- replace side table's broken wheels

curtains

doorgrill

things to add on:
- dresser
- bed headboard
- dustbin
- floor mats
- microwave
- cleaning utils

ganbatte kudasai... chaiyyokkkk

36 weeks

i'm now 36 weeks fat!

had my 35th-36th week checkup on Monday. after friday would be the 'anytime now' waiting game, which annoys me because you have no idea when that will be. today? tomorrow? lusa? tulat? next week? after voting day? especially when you have so many things left to do before delivering a baby leaves you temporarily immobile. sighhhh. am so not looking forward to a surprise delivery. baby has grown from 1.7kg to 2.2kg injust 2 weeks. i'm tired of taking so many toilet breaks, and turning from one side to another is like torture to some of the organs in my body, haha.

last Sunday i somehow lost my appetite, what a mistake that was. i ended up experiencing my first round of Braxton hicks this third pregnancy. sakittttt ok. Significant Other asked me if i wanted to head to the hospital. i merely said that i wanted to eat =P. today is probably his last week before he finishes for good at flying school. am gonna miss Langkawi, but i'm definitely not gonna miss the sun's scorching heat which rather nastily made my skin turn dull.

am in the midst of packing my hospital bag. i can't remember if the hospital provided me towels or not during my last delivery. during my first delivery at the old building at section 9 they never provided me with anything except for a small bag of toiletries. i've cleared out the kids' wardrobe and found a whole bunch of junk - unused 9oz bottles since Dinara prefers drinking from the 4oz bottles, menstrual pads people kept giving out for free at expos and fairs, a whole lot of baby wipes i totally forgot about, some blankies that i got during hospital checkups (and would like to give away or donate, anyone interested?), to name a few of many. anyone wants obimin plus? i have an unused box too. i've just completed a round of clothes washing for the baby, and still have a few more rounds to do, including washing the new towels that i've gotten for the little miss sunshine (about the only new item of clothing for the baby, the rest is 100% reuse recycle). the cot is still untouched, and the car seat is still stored on top of the cabinet in the guest room.

next week my gynae has set an appointment with me for a ctg scan, i don't think i've ever done one before save for a few hours before i delivered Dayana, and not even once during my second pregnancy because i kept delaying appointments as my due date got closer. on the day i delivered Dinara pun tak sempat nak do any kind of check up, i kinda admitted myself into hospital at the last minute, hebat sangat konon (actually i was waiting for Significant Other to finish bathing T_T).

i gave up looking for my nursing cover. i reckon i'd come across it when i'm not even looking for it. i've already overhauled the kids room and my closets, still no nursing cover T_T (but i found my dot's training pants which i misplaced, hahah). i'm tired of running out of storage space in my room. as the years go by, total number of accumulated stuff pun increase. i'm slowly learning how to throw stuff away without mercy, no kidding. i recently threw out a 6-year old bottle of expired perfume, sayang konon. but the smell absolutely gives me a headache. the only setback of recycling clothing from one baby to the next is those yellowish spots they tend to get over time. but the baby won't mind. wait for another 2 years or so for her to start having fashion sense, like how Dinara is at the moment. hari2 dia boleh pakai baju yang sama, if she doesn't get what she wants, mengamuklah cik kiah tu takmo pakai baju. tsk.

btw, LTE is now available for iPhone5 users (and other selected mobile devices) at certain locations only. download speeds up to more than 40Mbps, kalah unifi Significant Other says. mana aci iPhone4s tak dapat ok. in fact, i keep getting E these days, which doesn't justify the price i'm paying to maxis for my data plan.

both kids are having fever right now. mommy yang penat. at least the eldest takes her meds. the youngest one puts up a fight like we're trying to poison her, sigh. hope you're having a jolly good weekend. all i wanna do right now is put up a fight with the dust in SOHO. haha. nesting, much?

curtain affairs in soho

well, at least the curtains are up. if you ignore all the dust and comotness, the unit might actually be livable by now.

it's like putting on a show pulak

this is Significant Other's big idea in lieu of a sliding glass door. and i must admit, zaira's workmanship wasn't too bad either.

the view from downstairs

all the curtains in the unit were of the same design, only different color. we chose off white/beige as the room divider, and chose golden-brown for the main windows because i can just imagine the curtains 'changing color' after a year of being rented out, it goes without saying that if it's not yours, why bother taking care of it, right? huhu.i wonder how efficient the curtain divider will be able to act as a way to trap the cold air from the upstairs aircond.

but in terms of display, Macy did a better job i guess for my SR unit. they hung the curtains in such a lovely way that it felt almost sacrilege to ruin their presentation, or even to undo the drapes to close the windows, haha. ini zaira? this was how they left the window curtains at:

ta-da, upstairs windows. simple pimple

they did the same for the downstairs windows, so i tried to connect the two edges to get that drapey effect. as nice as it looked, i think it kind of limits the amount of sunlight that enters through the windows. heck natural lighting within the whole unit became limited once the curtains were up that you had to turn on the lights.

pretty presentation

how the curtains look drawn

now i feel like ordering curtains for my own room, haha. last time i was a total noob, back when there were limited curtain shops in the area we bought material and had them sewn into curtains, all from Ikea. material pun bodo-bodo je, haha.

House of Zaira
No. 51, Jalan Plumbum P7/P, Pusat Komersial Seksyen 7,
40000 Shah Alam, Selangor.
+603-55233090 
Operating Hours Daily: 11am - 8pm

what's left, for mister contractor to complete finishing touches to his workmanship, acquiring a dresser + sidetable for upstairs, and clean-up then i hope we're good to go. oh and there's two defects that managed to spring up only after renovation was completed:
- all four of the upstairs side table's wheels were damaged, as if someone deliberately stood on top of the side table T__T
- the stupid connector for the bottom of the kitchen cabinet went missing, as if someone deliberately stole it, initial defects included this as well so that's why i'm pissed

and by mid of next week i HOPE i can finally show the unit to an agent. i can't remember already when i first got the keys to the unit, defect-fixing and renovation took so long i'm sick of the place already, haha.

oblivious

i'm not really a fan of Tom Cruise really, despite him acting in all those awesome action movies (and despite having a drop dead gorgeous daughter). but this recent movie of his ain't too bad. the storyline that is. it beats G.I. Joe: Retaliation any day. i thought the movie would be sucky since it's sci-fi based (and my initial reaction at watching the trailer was 'ugh'), but seriously, it makes a good watch. these days it's difficult to find movies you can truly be satisfied with (or perhaps people are more harder to please as they grow older hoho).

Oblivion, currently in cinemas

the heroine look familiar? she's a Bond girl. Russian. there ain't many main actors in the movie, the other two being Morgan Freeman and some girl that i am not familiar of. the rest of them consists of a bunch of extras supposedly being the 'aliens'. hmmmm.

the drones are scary imo. i wouldn't go out fixing them on my own, for you can never predict the behaviour of machines, they might be your friend one moment, the enemy the next. the movie's setting kinda reminds me of some sort of video game, like a cross between Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy hahahah.

but the aliens could be a bit more... aggressive?

anyhoo, Iron Man 3 will be out next week. mau tengok!

tony stark. eep!

i'm also looking forward to Despicable Me 2. i can never ge enough of this funny-looking blown up fat yellow pills... the minions! or the 'cousins of Gru'. Dinara absolutely loves them. i know i can bring Dayana to the cinema because she knows how to behave, but Dinara? -____-

coming in July?