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Jibran udah seminggu lebih nggak mau makan niih..huhu..sedih deh. Jadi kurus sekarang, muka nya tirus gitu…asli nggak mau makan sama sekali..Gue sampe udah nggak tau lagi harus gimana, di kasih apa apa nggak mau, paling yang di makan kaya kerupuk, French fries, chicken nugget gitu..itu pun Cuma dikit aja makannya. Yoghurt yang biasanya dia doyan banget juga ogah ogahan gitu makannya sekarang, pudding juga dikiitt banget. Ampun deh, susu nya juga berkurang banyak konsumsinya..kalo dalam keadaan sadar nggak bakalan mau dia minum susu. Jadi di kasihnya kalo udah setengah tidur gitu huhuhu..gimana dong??. Biasanya se nggak napsu makannya Jibran tuh makanan yang masuk tetep lumayan lah, masih bisa di akal akalin..kalo sekarang asli nggak bisaaa. Kayanya Jibran berkurang deh beratnya, terakhir nimbang rabu kemaren sih 9.3 KG. Sampe berpikir untuk beli bubur penambah berat badan buat bayi, kan ada tuh…tapi tetep aja kalo nggak mau di makan ya gimana??...


Jibran emang waktu pulang dari Bali sempet sakit bentar. Kayanya dia kecapean, selama jalan2 kan makan jadi nggak teratur, tidur siangnya apalagi. Mana sering kepanasan kan main2 di pantai dan main pasir juga. Mungkin pasirnya ada yang masuk mata ..jadi agak infeksi matanya, keluar kotoran ijo2 gitu pas hari rabu. Trus agak anget badannya..dan idungnya meler juga trus batuk pula..baru sekali ini nih Jibran batuk, duh kasian banget deh. Akhirnya rabu sore nya di bawa ke dokter adi tagor di rumah sakit pondok indah. Di kasih obat tetes mata, vitamin untuk penambah daya tahan tubuh, obat pileknya, obat batuk sama antibiotic. Sekarang udah sembuh sih..tapi tetep aja napsu makannya nggak ada sama sekali!!!!.


Anyway..on a happier note..Jibran sekarang udah banyak kemajuannya. Dah bisa tereak manggil MBAAAAKK gitu, gara2 orang rumah gue biasa deh dikit dikit mbaaak dikit dikit mbaak..jadi deh dia ikut ikutan tereak2 mbaak..hehe. Trus jibran juga udah tau telfon, kalo liat telfon di taro di kupingnya trus ngomong2 sendiri gitu. Kalo liat sisir juga langsung nyisir aja gitu. Trus juga Jibran udah bisa minum pake sedotan..yaayyy...udah bisa wave goodbye. Trus juga Jibran udah bisa joget sekarang, jogetnya sambil berdiri gitu sambil cengar cengir..hehehe…

Oh iya Jibran kemaren rambutnya di botakin lho…hehehe..lucuuu..mukanya jadi keliatan agak tembem dikit..=)).

We just got back from a weekend getaway to Bali this afternoon (all 16 or us..hehe)..it was FUN FUN FUN..sayang endingnya amat sangat membetekan gara gara GARUDA!! Harusnya kan balik ke Jakarta jam 8 malam, tapi katanya karena sesuatu hal jadi harus di delay sampe jam 9. Oke lah masih sejam, lagian what do you expect from garuda airlines kan..kalo nggak delay kayanya nggak afdol. Tapi pas jam 9 di umumin lagi kalo delay nya di perpanjang sampe jam 11.00 karena masalah teknis. Daamn…padahal kita di airport itu udah dari jam 7. Asli nyebelin banget. Dan yang lebih nyebelinnya lagi…pas jam 11..di umumin kalo pesawatnya di delay lagi..sampe..BESOK jam 10.30 pagi. What the hell!!!. Nyebelin banget kan..kita udah cape nungguin 4 jam di airport kok malah di undur lagi sampe besoknya. Udah gitu yang bikin kesel tuh nggak ada permohonan maaf yang sincere dari garuda. Cuma di umumin gitu aja tanpa minta maaf..kayanya mereka berusaha untuk nggak berhubungan langsung dengan penumpang pesawatnya. Akhirnya banyak yang protes ke counternya Garuda sampe pada marah marah dan teriak teriak gitu, ada beberapa yang minta kalo kita semua harus di terbangin ke flight yang paling pagi..(jam 6). Yahh kalo jam 6 pagi sih gue maleesss..berarti tidurnya Cuma sebentar dong, tambah cape lagi. Mendingan ikut yang jam 10.30 aja. Trus ada yang pada bikin petisi gitu untung nge-sue garuda dan mau minta kerugian 1 milyar per orang, hehehe..gue sih nggak ikut ikutan..ngapaiiin..kaya garuda ada duitnya aja. Trus juga banyak yang teriak teriak minta koper2nya di balikin..soalnya kan kalo nginep satu malem lagi berarti harus ganti baju, bawa perlengkapan mandi, ini lah itu. Tapi pihak garuda nya nggak mau ngeluarin koper2nya..trus banyak yang mempertanyakan keamanan isi koper mereka. Wah ribet banget deh…kasian orang orang banyak yang schedule nya jadi berantakan..ada yang harus ngebuka seminar senen pagi nya, banyak yang ujian, ada yang harus menghadiri board meeting, ada yang punya connecting flight...trus kasian juga yang pada bawa anak kecil. Untung aja barang2nya Jibran di tenteng ke cabin, jadi nya nggak ada masalah..dan untungnya lagi dia nggak rewel.


Anywaayy..akhirnya kita di anterin Bus nya Garuda ke Sanur Beach Hotel..dan besok pagi nya (tadi pagi) di jemput lagi untuk di anterin ke airport. Untung aja nggak di delay lagi yahh…kalo iya mungkin itu counter garuda udah di bakar kali sama orang orang. Kacau deh penerbangan Indonesia. Semalem itu dari Star Air, Sriwijaya Air, Lion Air, Garuda..semuanya delay…kayanya bercanda banget deh sistem operasi nya. Asli airport Bali semalem udah kaya terminal pulo gadung..we got the privilege to wait at the mandiri priority lounge, tapi tetep aja malah pengap gitu karena orang2 pada ngerokok, biarpun di airportnya udah ada smoking lounge juga tetep aja pada ngerokok di mana mana.


Orang orang pada berspekulasi kalo mungkin sebenernya pesawatnya nggak rusak, tapi di pake sama orang orang Golkar yang pas hari itu balik dari munas di Bali. Soalnya ada rombongannya akbar tanjung dan pejabat2 golkar lainnya yang juga naik garuda yang jam 10. Padahal waktu beli ticket kita minta nya pesawat yang paling malem dan di bilangnya pesawat kita GA 419 itu flight terakhir..(jam 8). Tapi kok tau tau ada flight GA 429 yang berangkat jam 10. Lagian di in flight magazine nya Garuda kan ada schedule nya Garuda dari bulan oktober sampe maret 2005..nah disitu juga nggak ada tuh GA 429, adanya 419 dan itu flight terakhir Denpasar – Bali. Berarti yang GA 429 itu cuma di ada adain atau gimana yah??


Anywayy..yah begitu lah endingnya, tapi ya nggak pa pa lah, mungkin kita kurang lama di bali, jadi di bikin supaya nginep lagi…hehe. Lumayan puas lah jalan jalannya, hotelnya enak di Kartika Plaza, puas berenang dan main main di laut sampe kulit gue merah merah begini, nonton barong, belanja di sukowati, dipasar seni, alan jalan di kuta, di legian..ke pulau penyu di nusa dua, ke GWK, liat sunset di tanah lot, ke uluwatu and the highlight was the banana boat ride…hehe. Sayang nggak sempet nonton kecak dan ke seminyak. Jibran juga seneng di ajak jalan jalan..asli dia tuh nyenengin banget di ajak jalan jalan, nggak rewel sama sekali..Cuma makannya aja yang jadi berkurang..kayanya Jibran sekarang kurusan deh..dan iteman juga..hehe..abis main main di pantai terus..main pasir..tapi dia agak takut sama ombaknya. Kalo di ajak berenang di kolam renang seneng banget. Kayanya beberapa hari ini Jibran nggak di ajak jalan jalan dulu deh, biar istirahat dulu di rumah…=)


Ok dehh..nanti di sambung lagi...masih cape berat...;) To my STL family..we miss you guys..have a fabulous end of the year…and don’t forget to bundle up!!!...

Sebenernya dari minggu lalu Jibran udah mulai discover the power of his own two feet..he started to take one or two steps when I kneel infront of him and hold out my hands. Tapi gue nggak ngerti aja apa itu beneran apa dia ngelangkah cuma karena terpaksa aja *gimana sih??!* . But Jibran sure is a show off..waktu hari jum'at di rumahnya tante Manda..he took about 3 to 4 steps quite a few times..and he did that again on saturday night in front of everybody. And last night...boyy..last night was something...i was sitting on the couch across the TV and doing something on my laptop and Jibran was standing in front of the TV *he likes to watch TV right in front of it while holding on to the TV stand..his face is literally 20 cm away from the screen*..and suddenly he turned around and decided to walk towards me...wahh asli gue kaget banget ngeliatnya dan jadi bingung sendiri harus gimana..between excited dan panik takut dia jatoh...hehehe..daddy was smoking in the balcony but he witnessed everything through the sliding door. Walaupun Jibran jalannya masih sempoyongan gitu kaya orang mabok..hehe..but he was able to manage his balance until he reached me..i think it took him about 8 steps..waahh asli dehh...senneeeeeeng banget liatnya...of all the milestones..nothing beats seeing your baby first few steps. I picked him up right away and kissed him all over his face, I think he sensed my excitement and felt proud too. Tadi juga dia lagi berdiri senderan di sofa tau2 langsung jalan ke box tempat mainannya..tapi akhirnya jatoh di tengah jalan.


Sekarang nih masa masa nya jatuh bangun buat dia..kasian sih..tapi mau gimana lagi, it's part of the process kan. Belum tau sih how long it's gonna take him to master this walking milestone..I let him take his time. Tapi gue udah seneng banget karena udah keliatan kalo dia berani and believe in himself that he can do it..dan juga keliatan ada kemauan yang keras dari dirinya..and that's all that matter to me...that's one of the parenting methods that I wanted to apply to him..that's why I never intentionally make everything easy for him...life is tough..so i might as well toughen him up from now on. Contohnya ya dari hal hal kecil aja..kaya waktu belajar makan cheerios..emang sih it would be easier to feed him one by one, lebih cepet dan lebih bersih kan..tapi kalo di suapin terus kapan bisa nya..I want him to learn to feed himself..so i just dumped cheerios all over his tray..kasian sebenernya dia susah banget mau makan cheerios2 itu cause he hadn't mastered his pincer grasp at that time...jadi palingan yang kemakan sedikit dan kerjaan gue jadi bertambah karena harus mungutin cheerios2 itu di bawah..hehe..but that's ok..i want him to learn from his mistakes. Sekarang pincer grasp nya udah mantab..ada beras satu biji di bawah juga bisa dia pungut..hehehe.


Anyway...most babies have teeth by this time around... they even have one as early as 5 months..but Jibran doesn't even have one yet now that he is 9.5 months..so go figure...all of his energy goes into his legs cause he craves for mobility so much. Wow... my baby is gonna be a toddler sooner than I expected..but just so he knows..I'm still going to call him my baby even when he is 16 and going on his first date...=))

Jibran had a 9 months doctor check up last saturday. He got one shot..but he didn't get the flu shot..it was available for high risk babies only. Jibran is not considered high risk cause he wasn't born prematurely and he doesn't go to day care..so the dr thought it would be wiser to give it to those who are more exposed to the virus..ya emang bener sih..ya mudah mudahan aja kita nggak ada yang kena flu..dan lagi kan mau pulang ke jakarta for one and a half month so we won't be exposed to the germy season as much.


Jibran sekarang beratnya udah 20 pounds (9.07 KG) at the 50th percentile and his length is 29 inches something..kurang lebih 74 cm and it falls on the 75th percentile and his head measurement falls on the 90th percentile..hehe..emang jibran bagol banget deh.. kepalanya gede bener..kalo beli topi aja untuk yang umur 1.5 sama 2 taun baru muat..hihi..nggak pa pa deh big head means big brain and big brain means smart brain..hehe..:P


I asked the dr about his gum that still remains toothless...she said not to worry about it as the later the teeth erupt..the better they are..so all good. Anyway..since Ramadhan began, Jibran has been taking 2 to 3 bottles of formula during the day..I know moms who breastfeed can be exempted from fasting but I don't wanna miss another year of fasting..and plus i'm trying to wean him off the breast anyway so I'm just gonna use this occassion to support my decision..:P. Some people stop breastfeed their childs abruptly..but I wanna do it gradually..kasian dia nya soalnya and plus i'm not ready to give it up all together..and i know i would miss it more than i thought i would when I'm finally done with it. But hey I breastfed him exclusively for the first 9 months of his life *he only gets a bottle of formula like once a week before*...and i'm so proud of that, the fact that I gave him the best he could get...never thought i could make it this far.


Anywayyy..Jibran turned 9 months last week (I'm now 9 months Tante Dinar and Tante Etha..not 8 months!!..I'm not a little baby anymore..:P)....Happy 9 Months ya Jibran sayang, It's been a sleepless wonderful and enjoyable 9 months for me, hope you feel the same way too.i wuff you!!

How's that for a headline after the election day next month?..;). I just watched Fahrenheit 9/11 last night..*finally..finally*..and i should say..WOW..i'm impressed with how neatly all the scenes, series, footages and soundtracks are being put together..I thought it was going to be a boring documentary..turns out I was wrong. He keeps the whole movie interesting..and the movie is a really thought provoking one. Definitely a must see for everybody despite his/her political bent or even if he/she is not into politic at all. It'll make you laugh, cry, sad and mad at the same time.


There are a lot of aspects that Michael Moore brings into the movie, from the connection between President Bush and the Saudis, to the war on Afghanistan, 9/11 attack, how the bush administration exploited 9/11 to heigthen the fear level of the public so they'll turn to their leader and allow him to do whatever it takes to make them feel safe..*and that's when the administration use it to make the people believe that the war on iraq was justified*. He was also talked about the election in Florida, the President Inauguration day *where an egg was thrown into Bush's limo*, the US military recruitment, the companies that benefit from the war and the allegation that Bush helped the family of Osama to fly out of US ater 9/11 without questioning them, etc, etc.


Some of the soldiers in Iraq were interviewed and it is disturbing to me to find out that some were so pumped up to kill those innocent people that they sing "Burn, Motherfucker, burn" while attacking them..there is also a scene when the soldiers were making fun of the hostages. I think the message that Moore wanted to convey from that scene is, when you send them into an immoral war, they, in turn will act immorally.


Moore also talked about how Bush has cut budget for veterans, and when the woman whose son died in Iraq received his son's last paycheck..it was cut for 5 days for the days he didn't show up for work, because he was dead. I couldn't believe what I just saw!!. Other scene that I found interesting was seeing the reaction of President Bush when he was told that the nation is under attack. He just sit there, somewhere in florida kindergarten and continued on reading the story to the children for seven minutes. Don't you think a normal president would act immediately, excuse himself and tend to the most important matter of this country?? Didn't he want to know what exactly was going on, make a plan or whatever it was that he had to do??..Something is seriously wrong with him...and I hope the american will send his sorry ass back to texas next month.


For me personally, watching the movie makes me feel like i have finally found the validation that i've been looking for, he puts into context and connects all of the bits and pieces that I've only seen and heard abstractly. Sure, the movie may have been fabricated and some are probably misleading but at least there are footage of documents and interviews and news reports to back it up. Besides, I've come to realize that no matter how deep you look into, you can never find the truth about all of these..so I decide to just believe what makes sense to me..and the movie does make sense to me...and plus one thing that no one can argue is that the basic premise is true that Bush has led the american into an illegal war. Sadam was not a threat, even Condoleezza Rice (national security advisor) admitted that in the summer of 2001 and that you will never find the weapon of mass destruction in Iraq.