DIY Woody Toy Story Costume for Year End Class Party

I've been meaning to blog about this but never quite found the time to do it properly ... so, here goes :

Dec 26, 2013

Lil button's year end class party

As the previous year, the class teachers gave us an invitation card for I1 year end class party, complete with the theme and activities planned for that day. The theme was 'Wild wild west'.

Oh wow.

We were excited. I mean, I am excited ... but I thought Encik Mon biasa-biasa aje. I started to imagine clothes that lil button own at home and whether any of those can fit into the theme. Encik Mon cakap, "wah ... lil button nak jadi woody toy story laaahhh..." . I started to google woody toy story costume and found quite a lot of reference in personal blogs and youtube tutorials. I am totally ecstatic!

We refer most of the Woody Costume tutorial from here and the cowhide vest from here .

First, we took a look at what we already owned that we could use. Lil button already got a pair of jeans, so checklist, tick!

Next, it was a coincidence when we were window shopping at FOS and stumbled upon a yellow shirt. We bought it straightaway although Woody wears a long sleeve yellow shirt.

It was also a good time to drop by at textile shops ie JAKEL because of the sale season since it was school holiday and end of year. I wanted to buy Felt but the sales people in JAKEL did not understand what Felt is. Our mistake as well ... we often hear malaysians say Kain Felt, so naturally, we will go to kedai kain to get kain. Later, we found that kain felt is available at kedai menjahit. hihi. So anyway, back to JAKEL, since they do not have felt, I asked for any type of material that has a cowhide print. Muka tersenget-senget ... pastu macam paham dan kata, ada!ada! Lega sket hati ni kan ... so I added, even better if you have it in velvet. velvet? Baldu lah .. oo baldu.... ada!ada!

We followed the salesperson excitedly ... susup sasap ... and then...tadaaa ...... he showed us leopard prints material. adui. kita kata nak corak lembu. ditunjuknya kita corak rimau. aummmmm

kensel plan. kita beli corduroy in the end. with black jersey material and red coloured cotton. bersemangat ni nak menjahit costume woody.

Then, we went to Bunga Reben. This shop has most of the things under one roof. I discovered that Felt is sold here. must make that a mental note. tehehehe. We bought yellow and tan coloured felt material, oversized buttons, UHU, special thread for thick materials and these cost Encik Mon a few puluh ringgit. uhuh .... the vest better be nice ... otherwise I would feel guilty towards Encik Mon ....hoho

By now, I think we have almost everything to execute the d-i-y Woody Toy Story Costume except that we lack of the accessories that would totally complete the look. The cowboy hat, buckle and set of pistol and holster. ahhh.......

The buckle can be diy. pistol and holster, not a problem. the big problem is the cowboy hat. We have scoured in and out of shops but couldnt find a toddler's sized cowboy hat until one day, after paying our groceries at Tesco Mutiara Damansara, we saw Peekaboo's children performing dance at the void area ... all clad in cowboy attires. perfect! we asked one parent where he bought they cowboy hat, and he answered, diy shop upstairs. betul ke ni.....topi koboi kat mr diy? kita checkout je lah ... sekali betul you ... ada!! and it was RM6.90! Berbaloi-baloi ... !! The pistol and holster set was bought at a shop in Kg Melayu Subang for RM5.90.

So one sunday, kita pun sinsing lengan baju dan start projek diy Woody costume ni.

We also prepared some goodies for the teachers and his classmates ...

On the party day .... 

Yeehawwww!!

He won the best dressed boy :)

Irfan Naufal's Exclusive Breastfeeding Journey

when little button was 5 months ++, I started to do some research on introducing solids. and I stumbled upon an insightful forum, susuibu.com, whereby there was a discussion on exclusive breastfeeding for 2 years. exclusive breastfeed here means no complementary food or drink and the baby feeds solely on the mother's breastmilk. I became intrigued and very interested with the discussion. some excerpt from the person who started off the discussion as below:

maksud "penyusuan 2tahun secara sempurna" yg disebut dlm al-Quran tu ulamak mensyarahkannya sbg memberikan susu ibu 2tahun penuh tnpa bg ape2 mkanan tmbahan lain pd anak.

and so, I started to discuss with Encik Mon. honestly, just before I started off the discussion, both of us had this conversation with Encik Mon's sister (a doctor) on babies who delay solids and she told us, infants/toddlers in that situations will be underweight, and malnourished. so, when I started to discuss with Encik Mon, hoping for him to agree with to delay solids, he started to get irritated ... "did you hear what N said abt delaying solids..???" terkedu-kedu pwincess dibuatnya ... then I said, najis mukhaffafah cakap apa Mon? 

let me paste from JAKIM's official portal  :

Dari Ummu Qais binti Mihsan katanya:Dia datang kepada Rasulullah s.a.w dengan anak lelakinya yang belum makan sesuatu selain dari susu ibunya; ketika anak itu dalam pangkuan Nabi s.a.w, ia terkencing. Berkata yang meriwayatkan hadith ini dari Ummu Qais, bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w tidak lebih dari memercikkan air ke tempat yang terkena kencing itu.

Huraian Hadith:

Islam menggalakkan kebersihan. Bersih meliputi semua perkara termasuk tubuh badan, pakaian, tempat, makan minum dan hati. Bersih bukan sahaja daripada najis bahkan juga kotoran dan segala pemandangan yang tidak menyenangkan, apatah lagi yang menyakiti. Tiap-tiap yang kotor (tidak bersih) itu tidak semestinya najis tetapi sebaliknya tiap-tiap yang najis itu adalah kotor (tidak bersih). Umpamanya pakaian yang terkena Iumpur, kopi atau kicap adalah kotor (tidak bersih). lanya tidak najis tetapi pakaian yang kotor. Najis Mukhaffafah ialah najis ringan seperti air kencing kanak-kanak lelaki yang belum sampai umurnya dua tahun dan belum makan makanan secara mengenyangkan melainkan susu ibunya sahaja. Jika kanak-kanak itu makan atau minum selain susu ibu seperti susu tepung, maka air kencing kanak-kanak itu tidak lagi dianggap sebagai najis mukhaffafah bahkan ia adalah najis mutawassitah. Mana-mana pakaian yang terkena najis mukhaffafah memadai dengan merenjis air ke atas pakaian-pakaian yang terkena najis itu.

Encik Mon pun terdiam ... dan agreed. Dah memang terang-terang kata najis bayi lelaki bawah 2 tahun yang hanya minum susu ibunya sahaja....apa lagi yang nak disangkal? Kita percaya, mesti ada hikmah dalam Islam tentang sesuatu perkara itu ... memang tak salah kalau nak introduce solids after 6 months ... tapi tak salah jugak kalau nak bagi susu ibu sahaja lebih daripada 6 bulan....maknanya susu ibu tu mampu membesarkan anak sehingga umurnya 2 tahun ....

and so, litte button continues to feed on mama's milk ....

when he reached 6 mos, debaran tu masih tak terasa lagi ... seminggu .... 2 minggu .... his classmates has already started on semi solids ... one by one .... we can see jars of baby food at the counters and refrigerator. the caregivers also smiled encouragingly at us, everytime we send off and fetch little button ... sometimes they tell us which type of fruits/veges we can start off with our little one.

then, when little button reached 7 mos, the teachers asked us when are we going to start off little button with semi solids ... we told them a white lie ... we said our paed strongly urge us to delay solids since he has sensitive skin. so that quieted them down for a while. during parent-teacher meeting in early this year, when it came to column 'ability to chew and swallow food' .... it was a very awkward moment for all of us. the teacher again, asked us, when are we going to give him food. tak tahan beb ... at the nick of the moment, we said, the paed said to wait until he is 1 year old.

did i mention what we went through with our families? asyik kena haruk je .... there was once, my mom was eating a slice of papaya and the juice was dripping .. and she gave little button to lick her fingers ... oh goodness. my in laws tidak ketinggalan jugak .... asyik tanya je ....and said kesian kat budak tu ....

one day, while we hang a bit while fetching irfan naufal ... the teacher with a serious expression came up to me and said, Puan, you mention to hold the solid introduction until your son is one year old ... and now he is already. when can we introduce solids to him? memang taken aback ....because we actually dah terlupa what we told the teachers....

i wonder , ada ke parents out there yang betul-betul kejam nak kebulurkan anak sendiri ? for us, one of the ways to demonstrate our unconditional love for little button is to give him the best food ... and the best food at the moment for him is mama's milk that Allah has anugerahkan ... so why do people throw cruel remarks to us ... just because we choose to be eclectic and not conforming to common practices?

 

I almost lost my temper yesterday ... the teacher called me up and told that my son has high fever and had given some meds to him. despite that, the temperature still remain high. and so, I was asked to take him home or to the clinic. my parents were kind enough to drive all the way to the day care centre and fetch my baby (but I had to accompany them to the school compound, of course). when I reached the sick bay ... my baby was like relieved to see me and wanted to cling to me, and my maternal instinct was of course to give in to him ... and then, came the matron and began attacking me with all sorts of questions ... kenapa tak bagi solid lagi .... which paed I am seeing ... which specialist .... what kind of reaction does the boy get when he gets solids ... yada yada ... she was actually judging and questioning our parenting decision!! oh membara beb ... and my mom wasnt helping at all ... dah dia pun mmg nak budak ni makan kan  ... so she was adding to the matron's comments ... stating something is wrong with us, the younger generation of parents .. yada yada ... so I said about there's nothing wrong with giving breastmilk ... it's stated in our religion ... in Quran. hah! there you have it.

terdiam kejap dia ... and she said she's not questioning my religion ... but again, she mentioned abt how unhealthy it is for the child only to get nutrition from breastmilk alone ... well mam, that's already questioning my religion.

she's also attacking of my child being unhealthy as maybe it's due of low antibodi that he is getting from my milk ... I have no answer to that, wallahualam, but kalau bende nak jadi, then dia akan jadi. if you ask my opinion, my child is most healthy when he is at home .... and he is exceeding all of his milestones, has an abundant of energy and is the happiest baby on earth! and he rarely gets fever everytime he gets his immunisation ...  

 

my patience is thinning out already ... I really want to give exclusive breastmilk to him .... but I do not know sampai bila boleh bertahan with all the busy body ppl around me .... Ya Allah, berilah kami kekuatan dan keyakinan atas sesuatu yang kami lakukan ke atas jalanMu yang benar.

Embarking on a new journey - - Cloth Diapering!

Salam!

When my little button mencecah umur 11 bulan ...  dengan tidak semena-mena, kitaorang telah terjebak dengan modern cloth diaper! asalnya.....nenek little button actually gave him 1 CD when he was a newborn ... tapi mase tu mmg kitaorang terima dan terus simpan dalam almari. rasa mcm tak tercapai akal nak pakai lampin-lampin time tuh .... dahla masa pun semakin kurang dgn adanye si kecik .... nak tambah pulak dgn penggunaan CD kan .... quite a while after that, my mom gave another one CD ... katanye, tanak ke cuba .... cubalah dulu..... so one day tu, encik Mon baru je salin pampers si button .... sekali .... pooplosion pulak .... bisinglah Mon ni. then, I suggested, nak tak cuba cloth diaper ? siap kitaorang bukak youtube nak tgk cara nak guna cloth diaper ni ... hehe ... and they say, the rest is history.

 

cewah.

to be honest, i am actually loving every moment of cloth diapering my baby. i love to gawk at websites selling cloth diaper. i love to read reviews of other mommies on cloth diapering. currently, we only do it on part time basis -- night diapering during weekday and all the time during weekends or public holidays. our CD stash is small, since it has only been 2.5 weeks from the starting of our CD journey. so it makes sense that my hands are itching to click 'proceed to checkout' at online cloth diaper websites to add on to the stash ... tehehehe. by the way, am still learning all the lingo and what nots on CD. mind you, they have a whole lot of jargons when speaking of CD-ing ...!

just after they came in the mail

someone is sporting his lime cloth diaper...

Parenting tips

Salam Ahad!

KHAS UNTUK IBU BAPA SEKALIAN.... TAHUKAH ANDA BAHAWA..

1. Anak tunggal selalunya lambat cakap.

2. Anak pompuan ckp byk 3 kali daripada lelaki.

3. Bermain dgn anak2 meningkatkan kegembiraan emosi mereka.

4. Anak lelaki suke fizikal touch dgn bapak. Main ultraman, pergi padang. Klu anak lelaki x dapat fizikal touch die akan suka bergaduh dgn adik2 dia.

5. Interaksi antara ibu bapa dan anak dgn bermain akan membina bonding antara anak dan parent

6. Anak2 pun stress sbb x keluar rumah. So cuba cari masa bawa anak keluar dari rumah.

7. Anak perempuan mempunyai potensi lebih besar dari sudut kemahiran berbahasa (verbal)

8. Anak lelaki mempunyai potensi yg lebih besar dari sudut kemahiran visuospatial (ruang). Asuh kelebihan ini dengan memberikan mereka peluang bersukan seperti bola sepak, menunggang basikal. Doktor galakan belikan anak basikal kerana ini akan meningkatkan skill mereka.

9. Kanak-kanak yg mempunyai kemahiran membaca akan mempunyai kemahiran bertutur dan berbahasa yang baik.

10. Kanak2 yg sering berdamping rapat dgn bapa mereka didapati lebih berdaya saing dlm byk hal. Lebih berkeyakinan diri, sayangkan diri sendiri, mudah menyesuaikan diri di sekolah, kemahiran interpersonal yg baik.

Source: Facebook

Renungan bersama...

One of my friends shared this through the FB. Something to ponder upon ...

1) Jangan pukul anak dari lutut ke atas
2) Jangan gunakan tangan/anggota tubuh kita utk memukul anak dengan tangan dan jangan sesekali mena

mpar anak pakai tangan kita. nanti anak jadi bertambah degil dan nakal dan tak boleh control
3) Rotan/pukul anak di telapak kakinya . Secara saintifiknya ada kaitan dengan refleksologi dan merangsang ke bahagian otak
...Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w.
“Berguraulah dengan anak kamu kala usianya satu hingga tujuh tahun. Berseronok dengan mereka, bergurau hingga naik atas belakang pun tak apa. Jika suka geletek, kejar atau usik anak asalkan hubungan rapat. Lepas tujuh hingga 14 tahun kita didik dan ajar, kalau salah pukullah dia (sebagai pengajaran)”
4) Mulakanlah hidup anak anda dengan nama panggilan yang baik. Nama panggilan yang kurang baik akan menyebabkan anak anda malu dan merasa rendah diri. (Dalam Islam sendiri nama panggilan yang baik adalah digalakkan).
5) Berikan anak anda pelukkan setiap hari (Kajian menunjukkan anak yang dipeluk setiap hari akan mempunyai kekuatan IQ yg lebih kuat daripada anak yang jarang dipeluk)
6) Pandanglah anak anda dengan pandangan kasih sayang (Pandangan ini akan membuatkan anak anda lebih yakin diri apabila berhadapan dengan persekitaran)
7) Berikan peneguhan setiap kali anak anda berbuat kebaikan (Berilah pujian, pelukkan, ciuman, hadiah ataupun sekurang-kurangnya senyuman untuk setiap kebaikan yang dilakukannya).
8) Janganlah mengharapkan anak anda yang belum matang itu melakukan sesuatu perbuatan baik secara berterusan, mereka hanya kanak-kanak yang sedang berkembang. Perkembangan mereka buatkan mereka ingin mengalami setiap perkaratermasuklah berbuat silap.
9) Apabila anda berhadapan dengan masalah kerja dan keluarga,pilihlah keluarga (Seorang penulis menyatakan anak-anak terus membesar. Masa itu terus berlalu dan tak akan kembali).
10) Di dalam membesarkan dan mendidik anak-anak, janganlah tuan/puan mengeluh. Keluhan akan membuatkan anak-anak merasakan diri mereka beban.
11) Dengarlah cerita anak anda, cerita itu tak akan dapat anda dengari lagi pada masa akan datang. Tunggu giliran anda untuk bercakap (Ini akan mengajar anak anda tentang giliran untuk bercakap)
12) Tenangkan anak anda setiap kali mereka memerlukannya.
13) Tunjukkan kepada anak anda bagaimana cara untuk menenangkan diri. Mereka akan menirunya.
14) Buatkan sedikit persediaan untuk anak-anak menyambut harijadinya. Sediakanlah hadiah harijadi yang unik walaupun harganya murah. Keunikan akan membuatkan anak anda belajar menghargai. (Anak2 yg dtg daripada persekitaran yang menghargai akan belajar menghargai orang lain).
15) Kemungkinan anak kita menerima pengajaran bukan pada kali pertama belajar. Mereka mungkin memerlukan kita mengajar mereka lebih daripada sekali.
16) Luangkanlah masa bersama anak anda diluar rumah, peganglah tangan anak-anak apabila anda berjalan dengan mereka. Mereka tentu akan merasa kepentingan kehadiran mereka dalam kehidupan anda suami isteri.
17) Dengarlah mimpi ngeri anak-anak anda. Mimpi ngeri mereka adalah begitu real dalam dunia mereka.
18) Hargailah permainan kesayangan anak anda. Mereka juga dalam masa yang sama akan menghargai barang-barang kesayangan anda. Elakkan daripada membuang barang kesayangan mereka walaupun sudah rosak. Mintalah kebenaran mereka sebelum berbuat demikian.
19) Janganlah membiarkan anak-anak anda tidur tanpa ciuman selamat malam,
20) Terimalah yang kadangkala anda bukanlah ibubapa yang sempurna. Ini akan mengurangkan stress menjadi ibu bapa.
21) Jangan selalu membawa bebanan kerja pejabat ke rumah. Anak-anak akan belajar bahawa kerja pejabat selalunya lebih penting daripada keluarga.
22) Anak menangis untuk melegakan keresahan mereka tetapi kadangkala cuma untuk sound effect sahaja. Bagaimanapun dengarilah mereka, dua puluh tahun dari sekarang anda pula yang akan menangis apabila rumah mula terasa sunyi. Anak-anak anda mula sibuk mendengar tangisan anak mereka sendiri.
“Anak- Anak ibarat kain putih. Ibu bapa lah yang mencorakkannya menjadi yahudi, nasrani atau majusi”

 

Mama doakan anak mama mempunyai iman, akhlak, akal dan rupa paras yang sempurna