Tadika Iman ELC

For almost 3 years kami hantar anak ke Tadika Iman kat JB ni, rasa macam nak share our own experience. Kami start hantar Amna since Amna 4 tahun, 2017 sampai la Amna 6 tahun, kat same branch. Firstly, kami tahu kewujudan Tadika Iman ni pun dari kawan. Memandangkan tadika yang kami nantikan belum bukak lagi di kawasan kami tinggal, so kami pun hantar la Amna mengikut suggestion kawan.

Yuran bagi tadika Iman sama macam any good reputable tadika yang ada nama. Which is, for pendaftaran kali pertama, required lots of money sebab including fee for bulan Jan dan bulan November. Rasanya, itu biasa la kan. We're talking bout full day punya class. Yang half day pun sama rasanya, cuma montly saja yang berbeza. Fee ni termasuk la baju dan sekian peralatan. For anak 5 dan 6 tahun, boleh repeat pakai baju yang sama saja.

Persekolahan. Okey. Ni macam biasa la. mana-mana tadika swasta, maybe akan beroperasi sama saja, from7.00 to 6 pm.

Kalau dari segi yuran, rasa sama saja la dengan tadika swasta yang lain. Tadika Iman ni dah beroperasi for more than 20 years, ini untuk salah satu branch. Jadi, ada branch yang baru and ada branch yang lama. From what we heard, usually parents yang hantar sini, memang dah aim untuk sekolahkan anak di Sekolah Al-Hidayah, salah satu sek agama yang bagus di JB ni. Rasanya, founder pun orang yang sama.

Kat sini medium perantara adalah bahasa melayu. Dari segi keagamaan, tadika Iman memang sangat bagus. Our kids, sampai umur 5 tahun, dah banyak surah yang boleh depa hafal. Around 12 atau lebih surah la yang betul-betul depa boleh hafal. Sekali dengan all the doas, and everything. This is the basic foundation for us. Anak kena hafal awal sebab surah-surah ni la yang kita akan praktik sampai besar. 6 years, memang dah solat kat sekolah, solat zohor and Asar. Bab agama, alhamdulillah, memang dah kenal dan sebagainya. Belajar jawi and everything. Especially, darjah 1 sek agama Johor, semuanya dalam jawi. Imagine kalau anak belum kenal, banyak la kita kena guide anak.

Kalau dari segi akademik, macam biasa. For our daughter, alhamdulilah, 6 tahun dah boleh baca dengan lancar. Kiranya, masuk 6 tahun, memang teacher dah suruh bawak balik buku cerita untuk baca kat rumah. Untuk anak yang 5 tahun, still lagi kena baca buku suku kata tu kan. Ini berlainan pulak dengan anak lelaki kami. This year dah 6 tahun. Masih lagi kami kena guide. Ya la. Ragam anak ni lain-lain kan. Overall, ok saja la perkembangan anak-anak ni. Bagusnya tadika Iman ni, setiap Khamis hari sains. macam-macam gadget(peralatan pembelajaran) yang depa bawa baik. rasa standard tadika nowadays la kan. Macam-macam belajar kat sekolah.

And tadika Iman bukannya exam oriented. means tak ada exam. Anak-anak belajar, bermain. Itu yang setiap 3 bulan, mesti ada parents teacher meeting untuk tahu perkembangan anak. Overall, anak kami nampak happy. Ada banyak permainan pembelajaran, main taman. Kiranya, bukannya rigid duduk dalam kelas dan belajar. Teachers banyak guna alat bantuan yang sangat menarik untuk anak-anak.

Every 3 months, biasanya akan ada perjumpaan parents teacher. So, kita boleh tahu perkembangan mental dan emosi anak, pembelajaran dan boleh la melawat sekolah anak kan. For us, sangat memadai untuk kami ambik tahu dan discuss dengan teacher.

Tadika Iman ni, usually setiap tahun akan ada hari sukan. Dia akan bahagi ikut zon utara, zon tengah dan zon selatan. Ada beberapa gabungan tadika dari zon selatan ni. Tahun 2017, hanya melibatkan anak-anak saja. Semenjak tahun 2018, parents pun join sekali. Macam sukaneka la. Main dengan anak-anak sekali. From baby, sampai anak dah besar, semua boleh join. Tadika Iman jugak ada banyak aktiviti menambah ilmu untuk parents. Selalu akan diberitahu awal dan free sebab dah include dalam fee awal tahun dulu.

Since kami pun dah pindah kawasan, kami tukarkan anak ke branch yang lagi dekat. So, start from that, banyak jugak yang rasanya nak kongsi ilmu dengan orang lain. Dulu, waktu nak cari tadika untuk Amna, merata cari review/kongsi pengalaman rakan lain. Sangat la susah. Jadi, terasa pulak nak kongsi kat blog. This is my personal opinion, mungkin jugak tak sama opinion kita kan. tapi, boleh la kongsi sama-sama.

Tips pilih tadika anak;

1) Tengok location
Kalau boleh, cari location yang senang dengan kita. Senang tu, dari segi masa ambik dan masa hantar. Kita nak spend time dengan anak jugak kan. Kalau jauh dan menyusahkan, cari la pilihan yang lagi baik. Kalau dah pilih taska yang kita nak walaupun sukar, kena bulatkan tekad.

2) Keadaan taska
We both prefer taska yang luas. Rumah corner lot atau rumah double storey or single storey tapi ada kawasan yang luas. Kami agak kurang gemar kalau taska hanya di lot rumah kedai bahagian atas (ini berdasarkan personal experience kami). Bagi kami, kawasan luas, anak-anak senang bergerak, ada tempat main, tak perlu nak bersempit-sempit dan paling penting, kawasan yang selamat. Ini sebabnya kami stick dengan taska yang sama hampir 3 tahun. Kawasan dia sangat luas. Kami pernah survey tempat lain, tapi rasa macam kurang sesuai untuk anak kami. Tau la. Anak lelaki. Lagi la ligat dia tu macam mana kan.

3) Modul pembelajaran/Teachers
Yang ni pun penting since asas kita hantar anak sekolah, sebolehnya untuk anak mengusai sesuatu kan. Kami tidakla terlalu strict dengan anak. Asalkan, anak kami boleh belajar dan happy, we were more than that. Anak boleh menguasai 3M tu dah cukup untuk kami. Selebihnya, kita usaha la kan.

4) Bilangan pelajar
Ok. Yang ni jadi point ke 4 dan menjadi comparable untuk kami bila anak kami berpindah cawangan. For us, anak lelaki kami lagi sesuai belajar dalam group yang kecik. Previous taska rasa macam ada lagi ramai anak-anak. Jadi, kita sedia maklum la. Kalau anak kita jenis required attention, mungkin kurang sesuai kerana teacher pun banyak benda nak kena buat. For us, new branch ni, nampak lagi tersusun dan kemas (kemas dari segi managing). Mula bila hantar anak ke tempat baru, kami takut kalau dia tak boleh catch up. For 3 months, alhamdulillah. nampak positive progress untuk anak kami.

4) Yuran
Kadar mahal atau murah sebenarnya, bergantung pada poket kita. Mampu bagi setiap orang tu tak sama. Jadinya, ukur la pada tahap kewangan kita. There were lots of tadika/taska out there. Mesti ada salah satu yang sesuai dengan kita, samaada yang kerajaan atau yang swasta, yang penting niat untuk kita bagi anak bergaul dan belajar tu tercapai. Jadi pilih la, baca dan banyak tanya dengan kwan-kawan untuk tahu kesesuai taska pilihan.  Rasanya, yang paling penting, bila kita melawat taska tu, kita akan rasa, keselesaan. Insyallah, anak kita pun akan selesa jugak.

Sekian la bebelan dah lama tak menulis.

Till then, bye.

Real bubees review

Rasa macam nak review breastpump real bubees, just because I'm impressed. hahaha.. After nearly 4 years, dah banyak breastpump yang canggih-canggih and murah. Since there were a sale on 11.11, I was just browsing Lazada and encounter a breastpump for 39 something. Since, dah ada medela swing, I was planning to buy double pump. Tapi tanak yang mahal la sebab saja-saja nak beli kan. And I also have collective cup, so just nak cepatkan proses pump. I was so tired because it will take 1 hour just to pump. Dah la mak jenis cukup-cukup susu ja untuk anak. It was a hassle la for me. Rasa macam, hari-hari kat lab tu, kerja pam saja.

Size: The breastpump is small. Controller dia besar lebih kurang macam mouse laptop, just besar sikit ja dari mouse tu. It operate using usb, no replacebla battery. So, senang kalau nak travel. Boleh pakai power bank, or charger phone ja. Usually, I will cucuk dekat laptop and pump.
Cleaning process: Part dia banyak, besar-besar part dia. Haha.. i mean like, kalau medela swing tu, ada 3 part ja kan. Tapi, kalau nak mencuci tu, susah sebab kena pakai brush and banyak sangat celahan. Lama-lama akan ada mould kat celahan dia. So, nak mencuci tu hassle la. Yg real bubees ni, part dia senang tanggal. And pakai span basuh pinggan biasa pun dah ok. Yang ni, paling disukai la. Senang basuh, kurang la hassle dia kan

Sound: Other than that, the sound tu macam acceptable je la. Takde la kuat sangat and takde la senyap sangat. Dengar la kalau tengah pump tu kan.
Yielding: And yielding macam sama ja kalau guna pump biasa. Suction tu, tak la sakit sangat, adjustable. But for now, dah pakai almost sebulan lebih, rasa biasa ja kot. Cumanya, kalau swing tu, suction dia slow and tak la sakit for standart suction dia tu. And taktau la this one for heavy duty or not. But, for 40 ringgit, I guess it worth the money. The downside maybe, I dont know where to get the sparepart. Maybe, beli baru jer la kan. Overall, I guess, will repurchase it later if yang ni dah tak function dah. Best buy ever. Infact since dah ada real bubees ni, berapa kali ja guna swing tu. 

Baby number 3

Currently, I'm in my 35th weeks. Rasa macam lamanya pregnant. Sometimes rasa macam tak sabar nak bersalin, sometimes rasa macam eh takut pulak nak masuk labour room kan. Dah 9 bulan mengandung, takkan la tanak keluarkan pulak. Hahaha

This pregnancy macam plan-unplanned. Both I might say. Last year memang tengah gigih g gym semua. If possible i wanted to shed some weight sebab memang plan nak baby 2018 macam tu. Dah dapat yang ketiga, mesti lagi susahhhh nak kurus balik kan. So at least, time pregnant tu, takde la melampau sangat berat naik. Actually, my husband was the one yang memang nak-nak-nak sangat. Haha..dia jugak la yang pujuk since katanya, umur dah meningkat, bila lagi nak tambah anak kan. Well, I'm on the other hand, macam okay jerla. Bila Allah nak bagi, terima jerla kan. But since dekat lab tu, dalam 2 orang tgh pregnant, perasaan nak baby tu meningkat la kan.

Sebelum tau pregnant tu, selalu rasa perut cramp. Perut cramp ni memang automatik time pregnant ja jadi tau. Time tak pregnant tak pernah pulak rasa cramp macam tu. That was the moment yang I was suspecting that I am pregnant. Lepas tu, tetiba rasa nak makan macam-macam, since I was on diet before, so takde la rasa macam betul kot prengnant. Hahahaa..husband siap cakap lagi, bini dia kalau mengidam macam-macam tapi tak pregnant, memang betul la sebebnaqnya bini dia kuat makan.

So I was late around 3-4 days, since I am the type yang memang punctual, so we wait for several days. Tapi, hati rasa nak check sangat. Yerla, kalau pregnant, kita teruskan jaga kan. Kalau tak, I was keen to go back to my gym routine.

Malas nak test guna pregnancy test yang biasa tu, terus beli clear blue sebab boleh tau berapa weeks  pregnant. I buy the test kit from nearby pharmacy then test kat rumah. Sementara nak tunggu husband balik tu, punya la rasa macam nak cakap je ''Sayang, I am pregnant''. Hahaha...sebab dia la yang paling teruja and excited sekali kan. I placed the test kit in the toilet sambil tunggu dia kat bilik. haha..well actually, kitaorg pun memang dah suspect kan, cuma tak confirm. So, dia dah keluar toilet, he was smiling and being him, cakap tahniah. macam yb dah laki aku ni. Bet that, gambar test kit ni pun dia yang beriya ambik tau. Siap dia la orang first yang duk heboh dekat his mom. 

First 3 months, macam biasa la, tak lalu makan, muntah-muntah and my weight drop. Ewah, time tak pregnant susah pulak nak turun berat. And tak suka langsung minum caffein sampaikan taktau dah nak minum air apa. AIr masak ja.maybe sebab tu kot senang turun berat. And syukur, sepanjang pregnancy ni, berat pun takde la naik mendadak and takde komplikasi. Test air gula pun semua okay.

Since my health semua okay, I was having cramp around my tummy literaly like, every night. Tanya Dr semua cakap, since nothing irregular, xde darah or anything, baby pun macam biasa, so I guess okay la kot. Maybe jarang kena cramp kaki, dia jadi macam cramp perut. And this baby, suka sangat mengeras.Ya Allah, nurse pun tegur, perut keras je. Hai la baby, buat apa la dalam tu kan.

The labour story

I mean to write bout the labour story longg time ago. Ya Allah, it's already oct so that mean, she now 6 months old. It's a cliche. But, time really flies so fast.

Well, where do I begin. I remember everything like it was just yesterday. Tanya la mana-mana mak pun, mesti ingat punya.I experienced the contraction for the past 4 weeks before but it was only braxton hicks. so takde la mengelabah. people said, if it was very often, you should be worry. 

I was very worried as my due date is nearer. If possible, I dont want to be induced. I want it to come naturally. Everybody said, kena banyak berjalan.Come on, with 9 months belly, I rather sleep in or watching tv. hehe.. who care. That's the only time you have your 'me' time before err..having baby.Haha..judging from this blog, that is so true. My world is resolve around her nowadays!

that night, i was missing my husband. We both agreed that he will not going back till the due date which fall in the middle of the weekdays. I was on the phone talking to him. But I felt something different. You knew it was different. You just knew.

I told him I wanna go to the toilet.But I am puzzled. I saw a tiny red spot.Is it a blood strain or it was my only blind sight.hehe..I told my mom, when suddenly, a fresh blood coming down. My mom ask my father to go to the hospital.but, he said that Im not feel the pain yet (It was a mild contraction). And continue to sleep. Nasib tak terberanak kt rumah.

Mom was insist we go to the hospital. It was nearly 1.30 am. I called my husband and told him. He was about to sleep in. So kesian as he didnt get his sleep yet but had to drive nearly 700 km at that time.

At the hospital, the nurse check on me. Pasang ctg to check baby heartbeat(if im not mistaken). Amboi baby. siap tido lagi macamkan takde apa pun. A dr came and check the procedure and all. Then, he had to check on the bukaan. Hurm, it was painful but not as painful as a contraction. HAHA.well, nothing beats that matter.

I was 4cm dilated. I was then ask to be in the labour room. I change to the pink gown, then nurse give me something to help my bowel movement. So effective. the minute after, I have to go to the bathroom like right now.haha..She also gave milo with crackers.  Dad bring me a bread and kaya, but I cant eat. I already eat since Friday morning till that night. yes, I am that full. mom was feeding me like a p*g and like she sense that I'm going to give birth that day. I also drank 3 glasses of air zam-zam.

Surprising, when they asked me to go to the labour room, I was so sleepy. I don't know. Am I that freaked out when i I heard labour so that my body react that way. Haha. Entering that room, I can feel that it was so cold. Ada hati lagi nak mintak selimut dari nurse. Belum tau nasib sendiri tu.kahkahkah.

It was nearly 5 am. I can heard a woman saying that it was painful to her mother. If husband was there, of course I'll book the room where husband also can accompany. At that time, the pain come and go. It was still bearable. Nurse came and inject something. Even I felt so sleepy earlier,but I can't sleep.

6 am, 7 am .It getting continues. I taking a glace at the reading. The thing that they put aside your bed. Im sweating a lot. Lucky me many intern that day. And not so many patient in the labour room. So they came and help to ease the pain. She help to refresh me with water and another intern help to rub my body.

I thought I will give birth at midnight. HAHA.well, because my sis were like that before. So I was pretty sure I will experience the same. I dont know that most probably, it will takes 1 hr to dilated 1 cm. 

At 9 am, a dr came to check on me. She then said that, you were about a time. You can push whenever you want. The funny thing is, the pain is gone. Where you were going, Im about to give birth, contraction! come back okey. 

They waited for me. Hurm for a long time. Until I cannot tahan anymore. I was surround by nurses and dr. They keep motivating me to push. Well, how I'm gonna push. Teach me! After a while, the dr told me that she going to help me by using forcep.While they were preparing, wearing glove and other,they put on a stick (for resting the foot) at that bed. Spontaneous, I got an idea to push without she help me using forcep.Hey, I can use my leg to help me pushy you know. haha..after 3 trial, allahuakbar, she was born. Dr then put her on me. I only can see her hair. After they cut her umbilical cord, nurse want me to confirm 'she'. Masyaallah. She is red. It was a quick one before passing her for other procedure. I can heard my baby crying so loudly while me being stitches. So loud.haha..I can see a chinesse dr carring her around the room, like showing her what is the world. I know that she is my baby daughter from her pink blanket. I can believe that I am a mother.

She then given to me for her first latch. Ya Allah, I was tear up. A bit emotional when she latched on. What a beautiful baby. Alhamdulillah.  I smell her hair. The heavenly smell. And, at that moment, all the pain were gone. I can barely remember what is the pain of a contraction.

On her first day in this world