baby iyad was down with mild acute gastroenteritis (AGE)

at almost 9 month old, it was the first time my baby iyad had AGE...he was not that sick though but had bouts of vomiting with loose stool...he had meals of sweet potatoes with chicken the day before, that might be the cause of it..probably the sweet potatoes were already spoilt..poor baby..he had sweet potatoes before and did not have any problems with it..

it started with vomiting episodes soon after breastfeeding...it was projectile and copious in amount..he also had stomach upset and was frequently crying during his sleep at night...we applied some ointment and that settled him a bit...the following day, he started to have loose stool...yes, baby iyad had well-formed stool which was sometimes hard stool after he was started on solid food..so when he had vomiting and loose stool, there's something wrong here...he also had a low grade fever too..

so we decided that he should stop eating his food and only be fed with breast milk...so we rested his bowel from processing complex food..he got better the next day, when i decided to try feeding him on his food...that was the day when we were supposed to send atok, wan and makngah to the airport as they were leaving for umrah... initially baby iyad was well, he managed to finish his food...and  i breastfed him after bath..then he started vomiting out his food and milk and had loose stool...oh dear..it's still not resolving..so, we were unable to send the troop to the airport...

he looked quite flat and was not active as usual...and i continued breastfeeding him on demand so that he would be well hydrated and that could excuse him form hospital admission..alhamdulillah, he recuperated quite fast and i was able to feed him with fruit puree the following day and no more vomiting and loose stool since then... then i cooked him pasta with salmon, carrot and spinach and he was enjoying tit so much...

now, at the recent 9 month check up for his pneumococcal vaccination, baby iyad weighed 6.5kg.. alhamdulillah..he might be small for his age but on the Down Syndrome weight chart he's growing well...

when he was not well..we missed his smiley face...

our 9th anniversary

we celebrated our 9th anniversary early this month...alhamdulillah, thank you Allah for this wonderful marriage and blessed us with our adorable juniors...

the day before our anniversary, dear hubby and i spent a day out together, had a hefty breakfast and watched Iron Man 3 in a gold class cinema...the last time we had our movie date was a year ago...it was fun just the two of us and we were seated in a very comfortable recliner seat, side by side and was served by the movie hostess... the movie was awesome, the best of the three...

on our anniversary day, the whole troop went out early, had breakfast at the teh tarik place in the curve  and i got a homemade clay bangle from the kids...jihan made it herself from flour and baked them in the oven with the help of wan...oh, it brought tears to my eyes...

after breakfast we went into ikea for inspiration and had ice cream and the famous ikea currypuffs treat before moving on to the next agenda....

so next, we went bowling...yes all of us! we managed to get a lane with rails so that jihan would be able to hit the pins without missing it *wink* ..and the rest of us got the privileges too... imtiaz also had the chance to bowl together with papa as papa wore him in his soft-structured carrier at the back...well, i did not wear iyad though as it might tip off my balance so iyad was held by our maid and i managed to breastfeed him in between until he dozed off...

we had great, hefty lunch after that- seafood and others at bubba gump...it was a wonderful day and the kids we were exhausted by the end of the day...

we pray that Allah will keep us together for many years to come, insya allah till jannah with stronger bond and good iman, health and wealth...