Her 1st Year Birthday Celebration

Her 1st Year Birthday Celebration

Without Tubes Soon

Thursday, 23 December 2010


Today, we made a visit to "The Royal Children Hospital" for a follow up respiratory check with Dr Alan.

Little Princess had an oxygen saturation monitoring session at a lowered oxygen setting of 125 mls/min (from previously 250 mls/min) using the pulse oximetry machine (the white box device sitting on the chair in photo above) and the result was fantastic!! Dr Alan said, all she needed was at least 85% of oxygen saturation but our little girl had about 98-100% throughout, which was really good. He also said that she is well on track and adviced that she should continue to grow with enough oxygen. Because of that, her oxygen supplement was lowered to 125 mls/min from now on. This would be the lowest setting before she is breathing on air. Alhamdulillah!!

Her developmental progress has been fantastic!! She is gaining weight well, now 3.9 kg (50.2 cm in length), a gain of about 100g since her weigh-in during the community nurse visit at home last week. Since her last appointment with Dr Alan, about 3 weeks ago, she was never irritated or crossed or had any difficulty when feeding. Dr Alan was happy with her progress that in about a month time, if everything goes well, he planned to put a stop to her supplemental oxygen, completely. Yippie!!

Hubby and i really cannot wait for her oxygen prongs to be removed entirely so that we can see her cute little face - without the tubes. We take comfort that this is not going to be forever. We just need to be patient and take things a step at a time. Please help pray with us so that she would soon grow big enough not needing any oxygen supplement.. Amin!!

She is one little fighter and she never complains. We are strong believers that positive things will come out of this. We take our inspiration from her!!

Barney Time

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Let's learn how to count 1 to 10..
Our little baby tentatively watching TV

It has been a while now that our little Princess has shown some interests listening to sounds and following toys, faces or moving objects. Her head control has improved tremendously and now starting to suck her thumbs. She smiles often when spoken to and would wave her arms and kicks her legs whenever she is awake.

Another big milestone for little Rania is being able to pay attention when watching TV. She would just sit down and watch for hours. I noticed she has a long concentration span, which is amazing. Just take a look at her photos watching her favourite educational video - Barney.

Welcome Back Daddy

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Missed you so much Daddy!!
I've always loved Kangaroo cuddling with Daddy!!

It feels good to be able to spend the end of year and new year with Hubby!! This is our first time spending the new year together as a family.

It has been a crazy travelling year for Hubby this year. This year alone, he has been travelling quite alot, he has made about a total of 7 return trips from Brunei to Brsbane, back to Brunei. In fact, he has come to Brisbane almost every month especially since little Princess was born. He managed to get his work done despite the buzy travelling schedule, i'm really amazed on how he still managed to juggle between his work and family. Thanks for all the sacrifice dear..

Now that Hubby is here, we will cheerish every moments we have and enjoy our time together to the fullest!!

Playtime

Friday, 17 December 2010

Olalala... Who is that cute girl?
Hello Princess, i'm Patrick, the dragon, your best friend!!

Little Princess Rania is now 8 weeks of corrected age. She has started to show some interest to play especially her colourful toys. She is mostly fascinated with moving toys or things.

Baby Rania has started to smile a lot more too. It is very fun to play with her as she has now starting to interact with us when we talk to her. If you noticed, her hair has grown too! HeHe...

Community Nurse Visit

Thursday, 16 December 2010


A community health nurse came to visit little Rania at our home in the morning. The purpose of visit was to check how Rania is progressing at home. The nurse asked a couple of questions about her development at this stage i.e. 8 weeks of corrected age. Some of the questions asked including whether she had already started smiling, managed to lift her head up while on her tummy and hand to the mouth suckling. The answer to all the questions are yes!!

I'm very much happy that our little daughter is progressing well and her development is on track at the moment, which is really really good!! Little Rania was also assessed on muscles development. Alhamdulillah, all going good!! I couldn't be more happier to hear all the good news coming from the nurse.. HeHe.

Childhood Resemblance

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Cute little Princess' 27th Blogspot:
 
1984: Family photo taken when celebrating Daddy's b'day.
I definitely got my good looks from my Daddy (center) - who
by the way loves to cuddle, just like me!!  
1987: Family photo where Mommy is the one with the
cute little smile (left), very chubby, just like me.. I definitely 
got my cute looks from my Mommy!!

I have been thinking to find out where i got my looks from. Many people think that i got most of my looks from my Daddy. But it is really difficult to be 100 percent positive right. So i have a better idea, the best way to really find out is to compare my looks with how Mommy and Daddy looked like at their childhood. Really classic but i think that is a fair comparison. Mommy and Daddy were so cute when they were little, just look at them in the photos - aren't they adorable?? 

Hmmm.. even after taking a good look at the childhood photos, it is still hard to say, i think i got my good looks from Daddy and my cuteness from Mommy. Overall, i think i got most of my looks from Daddy, Mommy, Daddy??!! I cannot make up my mind really, what do you expect, i'm just a 5 months old girl. HeHe. Lets be fair, lets say i got my looks from the two most amazing person in my life, Mommy and Daddy. Love you Mommy, Daddy!!

Get Connected

Monday, 12 December 2010

Hi Daddy! Really miss you.. Why can't Daddy come here
like now?! Orite.. I guess this weekend is also not that bad.
I'm excited to see Daddy this weekend!!
Hello Iring Sija!!!! How's Brunei? I cannot wait to go home
to Brunei to meet everyone. Say Hi to GranPa and everyone!!
When will Iring come back visit me again? 

We are starting to introduce the little one to the world of internet video communication - Skype. We've actually known about this all along but couldn't be bothered until Sis Sija, who are currently in Brunei, started video conferencing with us, that was when we realised that it would be a wonderful idea for Hubby to see his little Princess while talking over the phone with us and we did!! Skype is very easy to use and the best of all, its free of charge! Little Rania adapted with the video skyping really well, so well that most of the time she was looking at the screen, as if she was talking to her Daddy being present right in front of her. HeHe. She is one SMART girl!!

On another note, its been a quiet start for the new week, this week. I'm feeling much better today. Mom and Sis Miah had been taking the role of some night shifts, while i was recovering. HeHe. But tonight, i'm back on duty again - back to waking up 3 hourly for nursing the little one. It is very exciting, yet challenging to be a mother but with plenty of help around, life is so much easier! Especially during the day because i need some time out to do some reading for my literature review.

I couldn't wait for Hubby to be around this weekend to help me out especially with the mid night feeding and tummy playtime. Excited and looking forward!!

First Headscarf

Friday, 11 December 2010


An Adorable Little Muslimah Princess - a description of her given by her Daddy when video skyping today. Thanks to Wawa Miah and Iring Sija who bought the headscarf from Brunei.

Little Princess was very much awake almost the whole afternoon today, so we made use of this opportunity to play a little dress up game, which in fact, is her first headscarf dress up!! It was fun actually. HeHe. The headscarf fits her very well. She was a bit angry when we first put it on her. I think being the first time wearing a scarf must be awkward for her, she is simply not used to having something wrapped around her head. HeHe. But after a while she was all right and happy.

I have not been feeling well since a couple of days ago, had a bit of cough due to changes in weather and eating too much mangoes, i guess. I had to keep myself away from our little Princess for a while because i didn't want to transfer the virus to her. GrandMa and Wawa Miah had been a great help with her feeding. Thanks you guys!! You're the best!! But i'm getting so much better today, hence this dress up game. I hope i could get much better tommorow so that I can start cuddling her again!! Amin!!

Crab in Tomato Sauce

Thursday, 10 December 2010

One of my mum's cooking specialities is "Cracked Crab in Tomato Sauce". I love this dish so much!! There is one problem, it is hard to get it here in Brisbane.

But after a long search, we finally found a shop in Chermside that sells this particular type of crab, not sure what it is called, Coral Crab maybe? But back in Brunei we call it "Ketam Suri". It was a bit expensive though, about AUD19 per kilo. Whereas in Brunei, we could easily buy it at only BND$7 per kilo. But the cost would not deter me from buying it, i would pay however much to get this favourite dish of mine. At the end, it was really YUMMY!! It was worthed because the crab was very meaty, if there is such a word. HeHe.

Hi Again Wawa Miah

Sunday, 5 December 2010

Welcome back Wawa Miah to Brisbane. She just arrived last night. Wawa Miah bought lots of gifts for Princess Rania including new hats, a dress and tummy play time mat. Thank you Wawa Miah and Iring Sija for all the wonderful gifts for our little princess. I wish Aunty Sija is here as well! But i know she will come and visit Rania a bit later.


Take a look at our active little Rania making some progress, trying out her new tummy play mat!! She is very much loving it!!



Cute Bips

Saturday, 4 December 2010

As usual on every Saturday, there's fruits and vegetables market close to our apartment. Apart from that, some stalls are also selling some nice baby clothes and items. One stall was quite new there selling some baby items such as clothes, mitts and bips. I was very much interested with the hand made bips! It was not just any usual bips, it is quite wide and colourful too. Managed to get two pieces for Rania at $10 each. What do you think? Cute isn't it? :)

Tummy Play Time

Saturday, 4 December 2010

Little Princess' 26th Blogpost:

Hi Daddy.. Look at me!! This is for you Daddy!!

After hearing my physiotheraphist advising Mommy to let me have lots of tummy time, i have been doing as much tummy time as i could lately. Of course, i couldn't do it without Mommy helping me around. Today, I made a bit of progress, i moved myself slightly forward. I managed to hold my head straight up while on my tummy!! But just for a little while, of course! It is quite a big progress for a little girl like me!!

I think practice is all what i need, lots and lots of them. Mommy took a couple of photos while I was trying to show off my skills. HeHeHe.

Learning to play on tummy is really hard work! But I know one day I will be a pro! Daddy, please come back and train me with my tummy play time!!