He loves the swings!

It truly amazes me what a 4 month old can do. I must admit I've been too excited to try new things with Ayden and I try not to do too much with him at such an early age. But I really can't help it! He's just so much fun!

At 4 months old we took him to the playground to play at the swings! And surprise surprise.... he LOVES it! He laughs in delight the faster and higher we push!

Ayden Iskandar you are amazing. Mommy LOVES you so much!

He rolls over by himself!

Ayden has just begun rolling over on his tummy by himself. Before this, he could turn but his arm on the side he turns over gets stuck. So we have to help him by freeing that arm. We also have to give his bum a little push to help me roll over. Yesterday he figured out how to roll over and "unstuck" himself by himself!

He is also laughing a lot lately. He is such a funny boy! He pretends to be upset and then when he catches us looking, he would give a giggle…. Even a loud laugh sometimes!

He is definitely becoming more and more human and very very fun!

We had such a fantabulous weekend!!

I took Friday off to sleep in because I've been so exhausted with all the photoshoots and editing work. Ayden and I slept in until 10am. We were suppose to go for Bumps and Muffins at Fit For 2 at 11.30am so I quickly got him and myself ready and off we went.

It was a good turn out at Bumps and Muffins that morning! Bumps and Muffins at Fit For 2, Bangsar Village 2 is where mums and mums to be gather and share experiences or just chat over free mini muffins and ginger tea. That morning we were meant to talk about babies and swimming but since there were lots of pregger moms and new mums like me, Debbie, who runs Fit For 2 decided to talk about Birth Experience instead. I dragged along my dear friend Kaz that morning who also brough her 6 week old baby Dean. We also met Magda, my Swiss classmate from my pregnancy yoga class. Her baby is also about one month old. So there were lots of new mums and definitely lots of sharing happening that morning! Not to mention we also scared the 'mums to be' with our birth stories. Its so nice to be with other new mums as it makes me feel more 'human' with my crazy first month mum experience.

After the sharing session, which was an hour long, Ayden had his lunch and I decided to have my lunch too. Did I mention that food at Fit For 2 is delicious?! Its very healthy too! I had the chicken quesadillas which also had a small portion of salad with a very yummy vinaigrette dressing.

The reason for my day off was also to do some shopping. After lunch we headed downstairs and to my pleasant surprise Zara was on sale! I was sooo excited and almost could not contain myself! Haha! Its been a long time since I've been shopping and since I LOVE Zara, it was a GREAT surprise that they had a sale. Cuffz was also on sale, they had 70% off women shirts! So I ended up buying 2 for RM107! A real bargain! By this time Ayden was already sleepy and cranky so I sent Ayden and his nanny home and I came back for more Zara! I did not buy that many stuff at Zara, not as much as I would like to anyway. I bought a jacket, a pink top, new work trousers (larger size than what I used to wear! Oh my!) and a long sweater top thingy. With the 2 new shirts I got at Cuffz, I got plenty of work clothes now! Unfortunately all one size up! OH NO! But hey, we've got to face the reality haven't we.

After I was done shopping, and since I was blissfully by myself, I decided to have cake and coffee at Marmalade. The cakes in display was too tempting. I ordered the carrot cake to go with my long black. BIG MISTAKE. I never thought they could go wrong with carrot cake, but they did. Probably the worst I've had in my life. Oh well, what waste of calories!

So that was a fantastic Friday, although I forgot about Friday rush hour traffic going home and got stuck for TWO HOURS where otherwise it would have taken only 20 minutes to get home.

Saturday morning Ayden had a birthday party. A friend's daughter turned 6 years old and the theme of her party was Barbie Mariposa! How sweet! Ayden had a little tattoo done on his arm. We wanted to do face painting but the queue was too long and the radio that they had right next to the face painting counter was too loud for my poor 4 month old. All my girlfriends Oooooh'ed and Aaaaaah'ed at my bunny, which of course makes mummy very proud.

After the party I had to drop off Ayden home and I had to rush off to a dental appointment, not so exciting but I guess it had to be done.


We had Sunday brunch at Harrods KLCC. I had the breakfast set while hubby had the salted beef sandwhich. Both were yummy. It cost an arm and a leg to eat at that restaurant but I guess it was a treat, since we don't really eat out that much nowadays.

After that we took Ayden swimming at the pool at my sister's condominium. A few weeks ago we tried getting Ayden to go into the pool but he screamed because the water was far too cold. It was shortly after the rain and dumbass mummy did not think about water temperature at that time. This time we are cleverer (hopefully) and went out during the hottest time of day hoping that the pool water would be warmer for my first timer. He cried for the first few minutes and clearly looked uncomfortable in the not so cold(not so warm either) water. After he discovered he could kick and float, my bunny paddled like a natural swimmer! We were SO SURPRISED! Ayden was SO EXCITED swimming. He kicked his legs and waved his arms as though he was actually swimming. I supported him under his armpits and laid him on his tummy in the water, and he paddled and kicked like he's been swimming forever. My 4 month old loves swimming!!

We took him out of the water as soon as we saw that his toes were wrinkly. He was about 15 minutes in the water. We took him upstairs, got him into a warm shower, gave him some milk and he slept like a log! Haha! My bunny was exhausted from his exciting first time swimming in the pool.
So that was an exciting and fun long weekend for all of us. Weekends used to be boring and we thought hanging out in cafe's sipping coffee watching the world go by was fun. Having a baby in our lives tips the scale in what FUN is all about.

Have a pleasant week!

Ayden is 4 months old!

Ayden turned 4 months old on the 19th of July. It’s amazing how much he has grown, developed, learned, and changed over the months. If you think about it, what was 4 months before baby came along? That's just over a quarter of the year. We were probably busy hitting quarterly business targets. Just work, work and more work.

The last 4 months has been the most amazing in our lives and it gets more and more exciting as Ayden becomes more interactive with us and more aware of his surroundings. At 4 months old, Ayden can definitely see better now. He watches us as we move around the room, or watch his train set whirl around in its tracks. He smiles back at us, even giggles and laughs out loud when we try to amuse him. He loves looking at himself in the mirror and really cracks up when we play “hide and seek” at the mirror. We disappear by moving his view out of the mirror and back again. It really cracks him up. He loves being kissed, he loves hugs and loves chatting with us. He just loves everything we do with him. He hardly ever complains except when he is hungry and when he wants to sleep. He does this funny thing when he is sleepy, he whines on and on in until he falls asleep. It is actually hilarious!

Without me realizing, Ayden is actually a very easy baby. When he had a stuffed nose he does not even complain or cry, he just looked surprised! He had an expression that says “whats going on?” and wiggles his head side to side. It was so funny! Although it was difficult for him to suck for milk he just breaks for air every now and again. We took him out to an afternoon kenduri last week, one of hubby’s nephews got married and he did not mind the heat at all! I was surprised! Mommy was absolutely melting in the heat. I don't usually like these afternoon outdoor kenduri’s but I wanted Ayden to experience it and meet his cousins. He surprised mommy by being absolutely ok. That's my boy!!

He LOVES his Atok! Atok loves talking to him and Ayden seem to talk back at him. Such a wonder to watch. He does not even do that with me. Atok asks him a question and he makes a sound back as though answering him :)

Sometime over the last few weeks I think he went through a growth spurt. He suddenly wanted milk every 2 hours no matter what amounts we gave him. He was on 4-4.5oz. We pushed to 5 oz which he sometimes finishes and sometimes does not. At 2 hourly feeds he feeds 5 times a day while I am at work. Nowadays I can only express milk for 3 – 4 feeds, that makes one feed short. We supplement that missing feed with formula or sometimes frozen BM. I also wanted to introduce formula to him once in a while just incase I am not able to give him BM. At least I know he will be able to take it ok. So far so good, Ayden has no problems with BM. He also woke up twice at night for feeds instead of once. But just this week as he entered into his 4th month, he is back to once a night feeds and 4 feeds a day. I guess growth spurt is over!

Every little thing that Ayden does amazes us. He has brought so much joy to our lives. I feel that I don't do enough for him. It makes me feel so sad that I have to leave him at home during the day while I go to work. I really wish I can be with him every second of the day.

Mommy loves you so much Ayden.