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Niki and the suspense.

This morning began with a suspense. the boys were looking for Niki. We haven't seen her since yesterday evening. The last time she was seen by Ibit at around 4 pm. Hurt, lying near the fence.

Nanny said Niki's leg might have been crushed when Dan unpark the car out of the carport. I was opening the block gate. The kids we're at their friends' house. So there was no one who made sure no cat were lying under the car.

As the car went out, Nanny heard Niki crying out. She got out the house to check out and found Niki's leg was hurt.

No body told me about this until this morning. So I was kinda panic. We tried to seek Niki but couldn't find it. I went to office with so not abysmally feeling. I thinj I cried a little bit thinkin of Niki.

This afternoon Ir texted me saying Niki was found. One of his leg was lame and at seem hurts. I told him to just let her have some rest, give her some milk and food for her to soon be healed. Hopefully.

Huft...

Parking and unparking has been a traumatic moment. Two kitten has been killed accidentally. Now Niki get her leg hurt.

Think we have to be more careful after this.

Pancake by Ar Ir

they wanted it and they made it. I and Ibit just watched and helped a lil bit. It is dark because we ran out of milk. we could only find chocolate milk, and it just did.

taa daaaaa!

Visual Game Session

Putting pictures in sets has been Dek Ai's favorite session during speech therapy. The therapist puts (up to) 20 cards of different picture on the table. Dek Ai' has to put every card the therapist gives him on the card with the same picture.

I've been wanting to make some at home and finally last night I did. I made cards of numbers 1 to 10. I'm not planning to introduce the concept of numbers now, but at least he recognize the shapes of the numbers. Hopefully it will be easier for him to understand when it comes to the concept.

We had fun. I still have more pictures of animals and fruits to work on. Soon.

Shadow Exploration

I don't know what he was thinking. but I can see he was amazed with his own shadow on the wall.

Otot

Kemampuan bicara memang sangat dipengaruhi kekuatan otot mulut ya. Itu mungkin kenapa bayi diciptakan harus menyusu sesaat setelah lahir. Menyusu dari tetek ibunya, bukan dari dot karet atau silikon.

Sejak awal Dek Ai' memang tidak sabaran kalau menetek. ASI memang tidak langsung keluar sekali hisap. Harus beberapa kali hisap dulu. Nah ini yang dia tidak sabar menunggu. Menghisap beberapa kali, ASI belum keluar, dia ngamuk. Lalu nangis sejadinya. Kalau sudah begitu, susah didiamkan. Dan ndak jadi nyusu.

Iya, kalau pakai botol, susu langsung keluar di hisapan pertama. Dek Ai' bukan ndak mau ASI. Dia ndak mau netek. Sampai usia Dek Ai' tujuh bulan, aku masih berusaha meres siang malam. Lalu diminumkan pakai botol. Tapi lama-lama capek rasanya. Aku mulai males. Perlahan sufor berkuasa.

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Dulu, Ibit sudah bisa minum pakai sedotan di usia tujuh bulan. Aku masih rajin-rajinnya ngurus bayi yang cuma satu. Ndak ada kerjaan lain. Aku buatkan alat khusus untuk melatih Ibit minum dengan sedotan. Ar dan Ir bisa dengan sendirinya, di usia 14 - 15 bulan.

Aku tidak meluangkan waktu khusus untuk mengajari Dek Ai' minum dengan sedotan, dengan harapan dia akan bisa sendiri; seperti mas-masnya. Ternyata sampai usia hampir tiga tahun dia belum bisa. Juga baru saja bisa menumpahkan air kumur dari mulutnya. Jadi sampai beberapa waktu lalu dia belum pakai pasta gigi, dan masih kumur dengan air matang, langsung ditelan.

Baru minggu lalu dia bisa nglepeh air kumur. Tapi aku belum berani kasih pasta gigi. Biar dulu.

Minggu lalu aku membuat alat seperti yang dulu kupakai mengajari Ibit minum pakai sedotan. Dari botol air mineral. Tutupnya dilubangi pas sebesar diameter sedotan. Ketika sedotan di mulut, botol sedikit ditekan untuk membantu daya kapiler air agar naik. It works. Setelah beberapa hari latihan, Dek Ai' mulai bisa menyedot, meskipun masih perlu dibantu dengan tekanan, sedikit-sedikit.

Iya, aku tahu. Botol kemasan air mineral tidak baik dipakai ulang. Jadi aku sedia beberapa buah botol, untuk ganti.

Mudah-mudahan dengan bisa minum pakai sedotan, otot mulut Dek Ai' bisa lebih kuat. Dan dia bisa lebih cepat bicara.

Double Ten

you are now officially ten
I don't have much to say
happy birthday

you both have been magics live's brought to us.