Friday, December 07, 2012

Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy


Since last summer, Feyruz has a sleeping problem. He would wake up in the middle of the night no matter what. Sometimes he cried, sometimes he scratched, and sometimes he just walked to our bedroom. At that time, he also had seasonal allergy – watery eyes, stuffy nose and frequent sneezing. So we thought that the
allergy was the culprit that he couldn’t sleep at night. He also had a few asthma attack episodes, and one time Amin had to rush him to the ER.

We went to see his doctor a few times when he was very miserable. Every time the doctor told us that he had a sore throat. And that was why he had all the mucus in his nose and throat. It took 3 weeks to get him better after taking the medicines. But a few weeks later, he throat hurt again.

Then came Fall and now Winter, and supposedly no more allergy problems. But Feyruz’ condition got worse. Now he woke up almost every hour after midnight. He just couldn’t sleep, and he snored very loudly. We can hear him snoring from behind close door.

After 6 months of miserable nights for all of us, 3 times he had sore throat, one time he got a high fever; we decided to go for a surgery to remove his tonsil and adenoid. It’s going to be a painful one, and I’m pretty sure he’s going to be really mad after the surgery.

Please make a doa that Feyruz will have a speedy recovery, and hopefully this will solve his sleeping problem.

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One happy boy, but not so happy now.

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Feyruz at the Liberty Hospital yesterday for his pre-screening surgery check-in.

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BBQ chicken for dinner. This is going to be the last few chickens before the surgery. After that he’s just going to eat popsicles.

Monday, December 03, 2012

My Little Fayyad is Growing UP


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This plastic snow slide is very handy. Keep Fayyad from rolling rolling around the living room.

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His third tooth showed up yesterday. Been crying while sleeping at night for a while now, and this is what came out.

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Fayyad trying to sit on the rider. Well his feet are still hanging so he couldn’t sit there for a long time without any assistance.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

The New Shawkie in the House


You might be wondering who that is…

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Those pearls showed up when he was 5+ months. Been teething ever since..

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He loves chewing on cold wash cloth.

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Play time with Fayyad.

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Playing together Smile

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@ 7 months old
Taadaa… BEWARE: FAYYAD BITES!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Mr. Bookworm


Ever since he learnt to sing ABC, Feyruz loves to read books again. He spells the words and pretends he’s reading. During the storytime at the library, I could see him paying more attention to Ms Melissa.

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Feyruz spelled the title of the song ‘IKAN KEKEK’. Felt like he’s doing a spelling bee LOL


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Pretending to read Boboi Boy.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Fayyad Sitting Up



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All by himself! He can sit up straight for more than a few minutes now before he goes wobbly Smile

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This morning looking at Feyruz book of animals. Ni dah mula nak berebut2 buku dah. Sikit lagi entah2 mula la nak bergaduh nanti.

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Eyeing for Feyruz’s cereals.

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Fayyad is currently 17+ lbs and Feyruz is almost 25 lbs.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Fayyad’s First Breakfast


His bottom 2 teeth came out 2 days ago. He’s almost 7 months now and I think he’s ready for some cereal.

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This morning tried to feed him. Mix some milk with oatmeal cereal. Bukak mulut Fayyad “Aaaa..” well, he refused to try some. Just playing around with the cereal.

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Ok now Abah gave it a try (with Feyruz’s help).

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“Takmo.. takmo”

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Sedey kena paksa makan huhu.. tomorrow we’ll try again k Fayyad.

Thursday, November 08, 2012

Ready for Winter?


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Well.. we are not going to get any snow until January I guess.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Showing Some Luvs!


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“Fayyad sayang Abah”

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“Feyruz sayang Fayyad”

<3

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Fall Festival


There are a lot of festivals held this month around KC. I’m not exactly sure why when Fall comes, it is kinda a celebration around here every weekends. We went to a couple of kids’ friendly event, turned out Feyruz had so much fun.

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@Hay Bale Maze

Feyruz was initially confused by this! He couldn’t figure out where Abah was, or how to get to Abah. Took a while for Abah to explain to Feyruz about the maze. When he finally saw the maze as a puzzle, he got excited to find the way in and out. Cool!

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Petting the lambs.

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Live Puppet show.

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Feyruz first pony ride. He was so excited to see the pony that he wanted to ride on it. All by himself. Kinda surprise me how brave he was.

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Pumpkin decorating @ Cerner.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

What’'s So Funny Fayyad?

 

Watching Feyruz skidooing :D

Hope you are laughing too!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Fayyad is 6 months old Today


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Happy 6 months baby! Fayyad is so playful. He recently shows tremendous affection towards his brother. I’ll show the video of them some other time. But he is still a bit shy with his Abah.

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Feyruz sayang kat Fayyad <3

P/S: Feyruz is so talkative nowadays. He likes to count 123, sings ABC and other nursery rhymes, and yesterday he said his first sentence ‘Moon is hiding’.

Sunday, October 07, 2012

Fayyad @ 5 1/2 Months Old

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His weight is already 16 lbs! Feyruz was 8-9 months old when he was at the same weight.

Fayyad just started talking ‘ma’ and ‘ba’ two weeks ago. But he still hasn’t sit up yet. His doctor says that will be his next milestone. Oh and his bottom teeth is coming out soon. I can already feel it while nursing him.

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His favorite new toy is the jumperoo. He knows how to turn the wheels and shakes around.

Lompat.. lompat.. lompat!

The only problem with Fayyad is that he’s itchy too, but not as severe as Feyruz. I initially used some of Feyruz’ cream to treat the rashes on Fayyad’s skin. It works very well, but the rashes keep coming back a few days later. After having a discussion with his doctor, I decide to stop taking egg for now, since I noticed Fayyad rashes flared up whenever I ate egg. Now it’s been a week since I ate egg, and I can see his skin looks much better now. It just that he keeps scratching as much as before. I’m not sure how to make him less itchy. The doctor won’t prescribe any antihistamine until he is 6 months old.

Anyway, he was fussy with the milk/milk products when he was a newborn. So my next trial is to stop taking milk too. Well this is kinda difficult for me because I love pizza and chocolate! I won’t give up milk now, but soon when I’m ready.

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”Hiii..”

Sukaneka


When the weather outside is nice and breezy, we spent some time at the deck. Here’s what Feyruz loves to do:

Hooree hooree.. next I tried to show him how to walk like a duck, but he was clueless LOL.

If anyone has interesting ideas what else I can show/teach Feyruz, please give a shout!

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Playing Together is FUN

 

Can’t wait to see them playing together for real :)

Apple Picking at Alldredge Orchard


This year we went to a different farm located at the country side north of Kansas City. The orchard was not well maintained actually. Lotsa rotten apples, bees and bugs around the area. I got scared a couple of times when Feyruz walked thru the bushes and under the apple trees wondering if he got bitten or something. So after a while, I took Fayyad and Feyruz to the farm while Amin picked the apples all by himself. Took him an hour to get a bucket full of apples!

The farm and playground were much more exciting. They have a lot of chickens (I really meant a lot, like 50s of them running around), kittens, goats and a pony. Feyruz was so ecstatic to see all those chickens. And he kept running around with the chickens. He even tried to get into the chicken coop! Sabar je laaa..

Where are you ayam?

We bought a big bag of Jonathan apples and those mixed apples that Amin picked. Some I made apple pies.

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Where’s the chicken?

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