Kiss Kiss - Mom and Josh

Yeay, Josh kiss me :)

I love the kissing moment when Josh with his two tiny hand, hold my cheek and then give me a kiss with sound "mmmmuaaahhhh".

Below picture taken by Daddy, Josh in the mood for kissing me. So daddy quickly take the shoot. 

He usually kiss me on my cheek but here he kiss me on my lip.

Hey, can you see a droll? - Ok, that's not mine for sure!*hahaha* :p .

Open the Door Please!

It was happen one early morning where we were to lazy to accompany him. He got bore and tried to opened the door and Yes, he did it and ran out to kitchen, say Hi to grandma and grandpa.

Since then, I could not block him out of our room. The only way was to lock the door.

Even tough he can put the key inside the hole, but he still need more effort to turn it open.

Good thing, I'm not afraid to leave him alone when he was sleeping in the room. Also, He barely cry when find no one there.

For this what I called a new mastery skill, I captured some of the pictures for sharing with you.  

Enjoy!

Hmm Baaaaa

Josh and Sunday School

I owe Josh to writing about his Sunday School activity.


Honestly, when I was child, I refuse to go to Sunday school. I was around 8 years old and I felt I can't join the peer group. I came to the Sunday service for all age kids but not the school.


Now I want Josh to feel comfort in Sunday School. I started to bring him early - 6 months old.
Off time if Josh fall sick, cause I didn't want other kids got the virus, mm and the truth I didn't want their parents starring at me also *hehehe*.


There other thing that I still struggling with, it was Josh who can scratch to show his unlikeness, most happen on playing time when kids snatch the toy from other. 
Last time, If he refuse to do or didn't something, he will lick the floor.
I can say I'm afraid that he unintentionally hurt other kids. But it won't make me not taking him to Sunday School. I shall quickly hop to the middle to prevent it happen. 

The duration of Sunday School was around 1 hour, considering that kid can't concentrate for a quite long period. Start with Sing a Song to praising Our Lord. 
Kid's Bible Song is easy to sing with lot of movement so the kid will attract and enjoy.
Then the bible story telling time and Teacher will show the pictures, illustration, etc.
Close with the craft activity which amazed me of how creative the Sunday School Teacher must be. 
Their really do a hard work to prepared this all.
I keep it in home, you can guess what happen if I gave it to Josh. Broke into pieces, surely thing he will do for fulfill his curiosity. 


I'll show you the pictures:

Lion Head band, arm watch, bible, etc.

What I love about Sunday School is the teaching of God's Word for kids.
Just believe that we shall prepare their heart since early days.
Build a good habit as early as we can, and hope it's continue till they grown up.


Have a great Sunday every Week :)

Mom's love for us - Food

I visit josh's grandma home twice a week. 

One day, my mom make a roasted fish. 
When eating time come, conversation happen like this:


Mom: come and eat, I buy a fresh fish from the market, so I decide to roast it for josh.


Me: Thanks mom, ok, I will eat it. Josh can only eat half of the fish. Mom take the rest okay.


There were 2 fish on the plate.


Mom: no, you eat it. Beside, your brother will eat it later on. Mom can have the rice with other food (last night cook).


On the night, my bro came home, but he has bring his own food. The rest of fish untouched.
My mom still keep it on the refrigerator for tomorrow morning, cause she believe this good quality of fish shall be eaten by her child or her grandson.
These kind of thing not happen once in a while, but all the time.


Today morning, I see my mom cook a fried rice with meat ball (own made),"lap coi",egg, and pees, other veggie.
We always love this. My sister n bro bring it to office.
Still left lot enough for 2 stomachs. But instead of eating it, my mom just give it to me and Josh.
She says: I'm full. I eat the porridge with soup.
I know she made porridge from yesterday rice that left so much. And may be we will not enjoy to eat it.

I never understand why n why my mommy seem so naturally sacrifice for her children.
I can disappointed with my bro and sis and sometime not easily forgive. But my mommy, even she disappointed, but she can forgive in a click.


Then when the day I became a mommy, I got it! that sacrifice feeling was really came naturally when I first seeing Josh out of womb and I hold him on my arm.


Now I look like my mom *grin*.
I try to serve a good quality food for Josh.
I like to eat yogurt, but now, I prefer to buy yogurt for Josh than for my self. Consideration: Import yogurt price in here was still expensive. I compare with singapore supermarket last August for the same brand, the price here was 30percent higher. Buying for two people (me and josh) really cost us.
Yet, Josh sometime refuse to eat what I have try hard to made, even when I think that I have offer the best part of my food for him.


At the end, I might say, may be today n may be tomorrow or may be the next next year, josh will never understand what and why I do right now.
But I can't just abandon this natural feeling which I believe it's given. 
It's also a lifetime learning to snip a little bit of feeling when God let His Son sacrifice for us in the Calvary.
I believe when God trusted us a child, He also grant us power and comfort day to day for raising and nurturing our child.
So when I feel exhausted, when I have so much drain moment, I keep in mind the providence of God, keep in mind that my mom has going through this phase and the day surely pass, just enjoy and give thanks to what I still have now and focusing on the final aim.


Love you mommy and love you Josh.

Dating time with Daddy - Concert Time

In these two weeks I have dating with daddy twice.
I thanks my mom for giving us the chance to having a partner time by taking care of josh for at least 3hours.

First - last weekend, we have dinner together in Paulaner Brauhaus. We order the specialties, all pork meat. The ambiance was nice for hang out. From 9pm up, there was live music everyday. They serve beer, no wonder, more people will come at night. I came there at 6pm and saw many family with babies too having dinner.
But as I prefer food cook with spicy and I don't like beer, I might choose other restaurant next time.

Second,
For almost one and half year, finally I can enjoying the concert again.
Moments never came twice, when my mom agree take care of josh and the concert was held from 5-7pm (wasn't josh's sleeping time), I decide to ask daddy for dating out.


It was a blessing for us who living in Jakarta when there was new concert hall built.


"Aula Simfonia Jakarta, officially opened in 2009, was built as an answer to this big city's need of a 'proper' concert hall, as well as to fulfill the cultural mandate given by God. As the first, and currently the only concert hall in Indonesia, Aula Simfonia Jakarta accommodates 1,200 seats and offers a world-class acoustic experience. Both local and international musicians have performed in this hall, and Aula Simfonia Jakarta welcomes more good quality music performances in the future."
www.aulasimfoniajakarta.com


Yesterday Event was Beethoven Night 6 - my fourth time watched concert in Aula Simfonia. Performed by: Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra with DR. Stephen Tong as Conductor and Iskandar Widjaja - Violin.

Here I copy paste some word of Iskandar told to newspaper. 
“These days everything is so fast. All pop music pieces last three minutes. It’s like a package of emotions that you can consume quickly. Same with the internet and five-minute YouTube clips,” Iskandar says.
But classical music needs more time… Iskandar pauses. “I like that; you can really celebrate it [classical music]. You can go much deeper into it. I feel like classical music has this quality… There is lots of thought behind it. You can be both emotionally and intellectually challenged. I think it’s very necessary for people to listen to this kind of music.”
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/10/18/iskandar-widjajahadar-flying-fingers.html


I can't play music, but I truly enjoy seeing people with their hard work and passion when playing the music.
However, sometime I got disturb by the audience it self.


Here what I want to say as an additional tips if we want to attend a concert:
1. On Time please!
It's really distract other audience attention and may be the player, when there was people walking. I might say the official was generous for latecomers. They still be seated in between pieces (not an intermission) which was really a short time for placing people.
That Sunday at 5pm, I believe there no heavy traffic jam.
 2. Turn Off all sounding devices.
Now days devices was equipped with Silent mode. We can switch to that mode if you don't want to turn off. I hear a phone rang when there solo violin performed. Good the lady can turn off quickly after the first rang.
3. Wear a Proper Shoes (if you visit Aula simfonia, you will know that all made from Wood panel, including the floor.)
If we don't want people starring at us with their bloody eyes cause our high heels "tack tock tack tock" (especially latecomers), please just wear a knickers.
I hear couple of time of heels sound - not pleasing when it was on solo violin part.
4. When you get cough, stay at home please.
Won't be funny if we cough when there is a Solo performance.
5. Eat well before you go there. Please go to the bathroom before the show starting.
You don't want to be starving and you don't want to be on hold for pee along the performance. 
6. at the end, Read the Rules carefully and follow it.

 So what you are waiting for, quick search for another concert, grab the ticket and Enjoy!

Josh 16 1/2 Months - Refuse to Drink Milk

Almost a week when Josh start to refuse any milk that we offer him.
Honestly, I plan to weaning when he reach 18 Months. So early July, I start to giving him formula milk or fresh milk and hoping the intake increase gradually.

Total intake of milk for kid having 3 times meal shall be: 20oz - around 600ml.
Today, for having Josh drink 400ml milk, is like punishing him for a decade.
He will shut his mouth, running away, screaming, push away your hand, etc only for you to stop.

First, I consider his stomach might be full. But, when I offer him in early morning (after poop), he also refuse it.
I offer him fresh milk - full cream, to chocolate milk, to honey formula milk and nothing work!
Grandma make a fresh strawberry milk and he drink only for his lip to wet.
He seem to loose interest on milk and be fascinate by all new food surround him.

What I'm trying to do this days to increase the milk intake (hope for maintain the balance of nutrition inside his body):
1. Serve Yogurt 1-2 small cup a day
2. Put Cheese on his food
3. Baking Cake contain milk and milk
4. Making Milk Pudding
5. Let him watch his music video and give him a milk pack in 200ml then press the packaging gently, so the milk spurt directly form the straw to his mouth. Still working good as of now cause I can put the straw in corner of his mouth where the teeth has not totally grown (no biting).
6. ............

I can't imagine the situation if baby below 6 months refuse to drink milk, while the main food for them is only milk. This real happen and I read several discussion about this. I can say It was a blessing that I can breastfeed Josh from his birth till now.
Hope the condition getting better day by day.
If you read this and face the same situation, please share. Thanks :).

2 Major Changes starting October

I get back to work 

+ 

I Win a Jackpot

Hehehe, that the two things you might guess when you read the title.

No no no - not that. But this two major changes have a great impact on my life also.

1. Josh is giving up his first nap.

2. Josh refuse to wear diapers during the napping time.

Yeah, sound a mundane talk and I will forgive you if you log out now *grin*. 

According to www.babycenter.com, toddler - 18 months old need a total sleep 13 1/2 hours with 1 Nap time.

Josh is 16 Months old and he can take nap for three hours long then sleep for ten hours in the night.

This new sleeping habit changes my daily schedule on preparing food and feeding time.

But he still back to his two napping time on needed.

If he have one nap time - he will sleep in the night around 08.30pm

If he have two naps time - he will sleep in the night around 10.00pm

I will choose option one, make him sleep only once - if we don't have any plan to go out in the night and we want to have a movie time in home.

I will choose option two - if we need to go out at night - having dinner outside, etc. 

Sleepy Josh

Then, I never thought he will refuse to wear a diapers this soon.

Here the stories, I never know why Josh always wake up in the middle of his nap and crying.

My guess - Josh has a bad dream or Josh found nobody near him or the diaper was wet.

But, it was happen all the time, and sometime he back to sleep after crying.

Then one day when he cried, instead of asking him back to sleep, I opened his diapers and asked him to pee. After done it, he back to sleep easily.
Mmm that Interesting for me. From that day, I didn't let him wear a diapers, and put a cloth below his pant.
When he awake and start to cry, I bring him to the pee pot and ask him to pee.

The challenge was he still unable to open his pant and go to the pee pot. So whenever he awake, I shall quickly bring him to the pee pot. It's also means I couldn't do something far from my room, otherwise I will miss the time and a water on my bed will be my present.


New milestone, New challenge, But only last for a while, So Enjoy ^^/

Josh Photo Album

We have request our friend to design Josh's Picture Album. From he was born into our family, till he celebrate his first birthday and our first holiday as family.
Ten years from now, I know that we will appreciate this more.
I didn't bring Josh to the studio for taking his picture, so I choose whatever picture we have capture, and bring it to the specialist ^^.

Here was the album result.
I add music which Josh like to hear as the background.

We love it! Hope you enjoy.

If  you want to have one, you can contact: hiri.amaze@yahoo.com or amazepix.com

Amen Song

Sometime ago, I teach Josh how to say "Amen"
I quite surprise, he easily follow me saying "AaaaAaa Mien".
I also sing Amen song several time, and he gladly follow.


Happy to practice and show us he can, whenever we asked him to pray, he will folding his hand to pray.


Last sunday, on the night, I asked daddy lead us pray.
Josh happily follow us, sit n fold his hand.
Then daddy start it. Second by second flies, suddenly Josh said "aaa mienn" and walk away. *ermm*


Here what I thought, daddy never accompany Josh to Sunday school, so daddy unfamiliar praying with toddler. While Josh might think, why daddy pray so long and with no tone, he just said "amen" for finishing his purpose (showing us he can say that word).
Anyway, I hope and pray someday Josh might saying Amen faithfully to the Word of God.




Note:
Amen - Hebrew word - so be it - declaration of affirmation. (Wikipedia)


But here where I found a good explanation of what Amen means:
God told Abraham that he will has descendants as many as the stars. While at that moment, Abraham has none child. Then it's said that Abraham Believe  in God. Believe here refers to Amen.
www.talkjesus.com/stories/13278-true-meaning-amen.html

Josh and Photo Contest

Last Wednesday - 9/11 - I saw a photo contest information "Me and My Little One" on Kompas Newspaper. So I sent one of Josh with Dad's picture.

Every week they will choose 6 unique pictures base on the theme and will be announced on Sunday.

It's held from 9Nov-11Dec2011.

The first round was yesterday. I opened the Newspaper and found out Josh and Daddy picture. Yipeee *big smile*. Wait for the souvenir.

Could you see where was Josh?

Here was the original picture.

I love this shoot.

It was on our holiday with friend and their kids. And what the best place to spend a holiday with kid - Of course the swimming pool :). 

My friend (who is a photographer also ^^ - amazepix.com) took that shoot. No wonder, the picture look great :)

Foto Credit: Hiri - hiri.amaze@yahoo.com
Picture taken on Casablanca Apartment.

Have a nice Monday Everyone ^^/

Josh's SOS - "Style on Stairs"

He suddenly like to sit on the stairs in grandma home. So I taken some of the picture of how he pose while sitting there.

   

 

Banana Choco Muffin

Very Ripe Banana? Don't throw it away!


I did some searching on blog who bake banana muffin, and found out on http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2010/09/making-fail-proof-banana-muffins/. 
You can snip the original recipe there. 
I baked three time already and the last one, I did some change by coincidence, turn out good and most important thing, Daddy and Josh Love it.


Here the recipe (8 servings depend on the tin):
7-8  Banana Mashed - medium size (i.e. pisang madu medan, pisang ambon)
3/4  Cup caster sugar (you can put less if you want too)
1/3  Cup Butter melted. (It's will give your muffin surface oily look)
1     Slightly beaten Egg
1     teaspoon Baking soda
1     teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2  teaspoon of Salt
1     Cup of Flour (original recipe - 1.5Cup)
1/4  Cup Choco chip (for garnish only)


Mix all ingredient step by step and it's shall mix well.
Pour 1 spoon to the greased tin, then put some choco chip in the middle, then pour again till full. 
I did put some choco chip in the surface, but it's not really melted. I shall dip it.
Bake it for 20 Minutes on 170 C and watch.


P.s. 
I used whatever small cake tin available in home, If you can get better one, Do it :)
I used less flour (from 1.5 Cup to 1 Cup by coincidence), and it's turn out softer and moisture. It's based on preference, just try it.

First time I left Josh alone with my Mom

After 1 year did not cut my hair (oh oooo), I rushed to saloon once my mommy agree to take care of Josh.

I needed to smooth my hair, it's the way for easily dress up when I need to attend an event.

Well, at least 3 hours to done this all.

The routine that he done every time in mommy house:

Straights walking to the stairs and climb it

On the 2nd floor, search for the fan, and click the button for playing. (I always turn off to avoid something worse happen)

Repeatedly climb up n down the 2 lower stair.

Moving the water (rain water) from one bin to the other. 

Josh cried for a moment when I left him.

My mom did the morning shower and feed him lunch.

When I arrived home at 1pm, he still sleeping. Hmmm for the first time after 1 year old, he got to sleep by other.

When he awake, he chasing me and asked me to hug and bring him everywhere.

At least I have tried to left him alone with other and it was seem working well.

A private dinner with daddy seems near to come. 

Josh Got Flu

When My mommy arrived on Tuesday, Josh also starting sick - He got Flu.

Since last Sunday school, I felt he not really well, and when we wait for Daddy, someone pass by and suddenly sneezing. Oh No... He start sneezing also the next two days.

I'm not bringing him to doctor if there was no fever.

I make him take a twice nap, sleep at 9pm. Drink plenty of water and Juice.

In early morning, take him for sunbathing so the mucus can go out.

He has no mood for eating. The mucus trapped between nose and mouth canal, make him hard to swallow.

I tried to make a porridge and he only ate 2 small spoons.

He want to eat rice, but hardly swallow it, even I gave him a soup.

He also refuse when I offered his fav food like peas, carrot, hmmm. 

Moody Josh

Fortunately, he still want to drink a milk, that's help. He still want to eat a white egg (refuse the yellow one). 

For fruit, he can only swallow his fav one - manggo and papaya.

There were one night (3Nov) He wake at 2am and could not slept till 2.30 am. He wake me up and I measured his body temperature, showing 38 C. I gave him warm water and did massage so he can back to sleep. But he can't so I gave him a 0.5ml Sanmol - paracetamol as the first aid. Then, He cuddled into my arm, he like asked me to hug him and he fall a sleep in my arm. Good, on the morning, no fever anymore and he get better day by day.

Hope you get well soon my dear.

A Mark - Sun Bathing

Hey, is this a birth mark?
People tend to questioning and pointing when they saw a mark in Josh's head.


And we always answer with "No, That was Sun Burned." Ideally, we would like to give a honest explanation.
You will know that the answer won't stop there, it's continue with "WHY" then explaining time started.
For couple of time, we still tempted to clarify it.


Till we get tired and one day, we say " Yes, that was birth mark".
Bang!... No further question.
Ok, me and daddy agree that a good answer, no need to explain more and we can save our energy ^^/


Cause I keep forgetting, better I tell the story here, so one day Josh will not come to me and asked "Is this a birth mark mama" or "What do you do to me mama".


When Josh born to the world, his skin color was white, and in couple of day his Bilirubin was getting higher. Large amounts of bilirubin in the body can lead to jaundice.

2Days old Josh - Sun bath in Hospital

2 days old Josh after taking bath.

As a first time became a mommy and who also afraid, I gave him a sun bathing every single day in a month.
When we have stopped the sunbathing, We even didn't notice that he turn out black till my friend Yohana told us "Why josh getting dark?"

Sun bath - see how dark he was!

As time goes by, his skin color back to normal again, but left some little mark here and there. And the obvious one was on his forehead.
Nothing we can do, unless wait till he grown up and see whether that gone or not.
We have consult with our doctor and it was no harm at all, no procedure needed.

A mark on his forehead!

Ok, actually nothing wrong with the sunbathing it self.
The Problem was the sun was very hot at the moment and we shall limit the time as 15minutes. While I think we put him more and he was directly under the sun.


Otherwise you want your child look like Judge Bao or Harry Potter, please do the sunbathing wisely ^-^.


For keep your baby safe in the sun - go to http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-keep-your-baby-safe-in-the-sun_421.bc




P.S.: Dear Josh - hope you understand your anxious mommy at that moment.
We love you for who you are, even for that mark :)