Hannah n daddy...

last weekend was a hectic weekend for me. I had promised my 1 year old daughter to take her out, spend some quality time with her. I know, she's only 1 year..she doesnt speak yet..but a promise remain the same. So i had to make some adjustment and brought her with me to my dinner appointment. Believe it or not, that was the first time that she was left alone with me...no mummy, no bibik to back me up..

Since shireen gave birth, Hannah's been stuck in the house for the past 3 weeks. since we wont be needing her car seat in the car i placed her carseat in the house. I noticed she kept on sitting on her carseat n thats when it struck me that she missed her 'quality time' in the car. As she is the boss in the car, she gets to watch her barney, her chugginton vcd and some other cartoon in the car. if we drive back to ipoh for 2 hours, thats how long she wants her barney.

so the journey from our house to curve was somehow pleasant. she sat comfortably in her seat, singing along to her favourite cartoon, clapping and dancing excitingly. once we made it to curve she sat in her stroller for a good 45 minutes (trust me she never sat that long) until she saw some balloons at the shop. so i quickly strolled her to Marche where i met some friends there.

In the presence of strangers im quite impressed at how she behaves..at dinner she sat quietly, staring at people and trying to register each and everyone there.( i secretly think that mummy has taught her to give full report on daddy's activities.)

so we sat nicely and i managed to make conversations with friends until she saw some balloons there.. oh how it turned into chaos when she wants to play, running around holding her balloons.

And when she got tired, she became cranky and thats the cue i've been waiting for. i gave her formula and she rested in her stroller until we made it to the car. And hannah cant never sleep without her bolster (bob) and pacifier (puting).

Cut the long story short, without those two things, all hell broke loose.. she cried and not even barney can calm her down when she's tired and cranky. boy was i glad it was only a 10 minutes drive..

It was a meaningful weekend for me.. and for hannah too i think. we needed that father-daughter quality time away from mummy and annoying bibik.. hahaha.. I Heart You Hannah Raeesa...

Jadi Bapak dan Cabarannya waktu malam..

EMMIR SELEPAS 3 MINGGU
EMMIR LAHIR 11/5/11

Tajuk seakan akan satu kertas kerja yang dibentangkan dalam diskusi ilmiah di universiti. Hakikatnya ini hanyalah cetusan rasa daripada seorang bapak yang tak cukup tidur bilamana anak kedua yang baru 3 minggu meragam malam.

Semalam Emmir rengek-rengek, nangis-nangis. Sepanjang 3 minggu semenjak kelahirannya inilah pertama kali 'milk monster' bertukar menjadi 'monster' sahaja. Jika sebelum ini dia hanya mahukan susu, samada bergayut dengan mummy ataupun bila habis disambung dengan formula, malam tadi sangat mencabar bila dia menangis sekuat-kuat hati. Diangkat dia menangis, diletak apatah lagi..semuanya jadi serba buntu. Selaku penolong ketua darjah aku cuba membantu ketua darjah (bini) memujuk Emmir. Masalah jika anak rapat adalah sindrom jangkit. Jika Hannah menangis, Emmir akan turut berkoir, begitu juga bila Emmir menangis..Hannah akan turut bangun dan menyertai sewaktu korus. Jika tidak tahan dugaan memang aku dan Shireen juga akan terjebak boleh menangis.

Kembung malam untuk bayi adalah satu masalah normal dan kerap terjadi. Tak ada penjelasan perubatan mengapa ianya terjadi. Yang ada hanyalah teori org-org tua. Angin, sejuk, pemakanan ibu sewaktu menyusu dan sebagainya gagal menjelaskan secara tepat kenapa ianya berlaku. Tapi bagi bapa dan ibu muda tidak dapat lari dari masalah ini. Selepas puas digosok minyak yu yee dan dituam perutnya akhirnya dia belahak (burp) dan dapat tidur lena.. Sebenarnya itu ringkasan cerita..yang diceritakan pagi tadi oleh Shireen kepada aku kerana sebelum anak lena, bapaknya lena dulu... :p

Aku rasa sedikit bersalah pada Emmir.. harap nanti dia tak baca blog ini kerana sebagai bapak aku kena jaga air muka... mana boleh beritahu anak bapak bersalah.. :p Kerana sebelum lahir sering membincangkan betapa kesiannya kami pada Hannah yang sudah mahu dapat adik sedangkan dia sendiri cuma setahun. Betapa nanti dia akan terabai atau diabaikan secara tidak sengaja oleh mummy dan bapaknya. Kerana kerisauan melampau itu aku secara tidak langsung telah tersangat memanjakan Hannah dan sangat kurang membelai Emmir dan mummynya.. Maafkan bapak ye Emmir.. Akan cuba berlaku lebih adil selepas ini.

Jika dulu kelahiran Hannah dipenuhi dengan 'tweet' secara live daripada hospital.. di penuhi dengan gambar gambar yang dinaikturunkan ke laman FB, Emmir sangat bersederhana. Tiada 'tweet', tiada gambar sebanyak kakaknya.. kata kawan-kawan memang anak pertama lebih jiwa, lebih segala-galanya kerana dia yang pertama.. entahlah.. mungkin ada kebenarannya. Tapi diharapkan aku akan lebih berlaku adil dengan anak anak aku...

P/S: Best siut ada anak sepasang... walaupun headache bini dah sibuk pilih warna tema baju raya.. :p Alhamdulillah...