Of Family Days, Baby Wearing, Car Crashes and Zombie Apocalypse (in that order) ~ Part I

How was your long weekend? Did you enjoy yourselves? Did anything productive? Awesome! 

I suppose that from the title of my post, you can pretty much guess how my extended weekend went. I might be have to post in two parts to fill y'all in. Or maybe I'll just condense everything into bite-sized paragraphs. It depends on my ISP's mood. Right now, it's being a bit temperamental. Hmmmph. 

Episode I: Of Family Days

From 26th to to 28th was Baybe's Family Day. This year, his company is doing it in Cherating, Pahang. We didn't go last year because Baybe had to work. Hey, at least he won a lady's handbag and purse for me in last year's lucky draw! Albeit, I'm sure the person who chose it was partially blind or at least, blind to fashion,  but I digress. 

Anyways, we thought it would be a good idea to go with the kids and spend quality time as a nucleus family, or some term like that. But of course, Murphy never rests, even on a 3-day weekend. Note to self, even a well organized trip could turn into a disaster in the form of a bored toddler and a harassed infant in a compact Myvi, thus resulting in an exasperated Mama and distressed Ayah. Halfway to Kuantan we realized that our bag of adult toiletries (the kids' stuff was packed separately, thank God for small miracles) got left behind. Not a good start. 

Arriving at 4.30 p.m,  we barely had time to refresh (Hit F5! Hit F5! ~ computer joke, sorry! I couldn't resist) before Baybe had to join the inter-department volleyball match. Erm, let's not focus on the outcome. After all, it's the good sportsmanship that matters most *SNORT*  The accommodation and FnB was below average. I mean, I know the hotel is only 3-star but sheesh! Thankfully, it's not coming out of my pocket or there'll be some choice of words for sure.

As a last minute thing, Syakirah and Asyraf signed up for 'Pakaian Beragam' and 'Bayi Paling Comel' competition. We didn't even bring anything fancy for the kids to wear, just normal stuff (Guess, Baby Gap, Carter's.. y'know, same 'ol same 'ol LOL) so no fair! I mean, we decided to "give face" and let the boss' kids win. 'Coz we're just nice like that *wink*wink* We didn't even win anything for this year's lucky draw. Boo!

The itinerary did not include a lot of activities for spouse and children under the age of 4, so it was not as enjoyable as it could be. Plus, we skipped the trip to the turtle sanctuary on the account of it being hot as heck and the kids weren't feeling up to it. But we did manage to get lost all the way to Kemaman and buy some keropok lekor! 

Next year, I vote for Bali! 

Episode II: Baby Wearing


In the midst of my BW phase, I figured it would be a good idea to borrow a Mei Tai baby carrier to Cherating to fully test its compatibility with Asyraf, and maybe if we're really lucky, Syakirah as well. Erm, we weren't so lucky with Syakirah as there were no opportunities for us to even test it with her. Thanks a lot to Lixa for making the effort of borrowing the Mei Tai from a fellow baby wearer for us *hugs*kiss* As a Plan B, I brought along my trusty Littlepods Pouch 'cause you just never know..


The only position I dared to try was the front carry. From the numerous videos we've seen on Youtube and through Lixa's careful guidance, I attempted to put Asyraf into the Mei Tai with both the froggy legs position and one leg in, one leg out position. At first, it seemed like the second position suited better since it was a better fit. Upon a few tries later on our own, Asyraf seems to prefer it with froggy legs instead. Fickle eh, anak mama ni! 


Loads of testing still required. Need to practice, practice, practice. I'll need to be returning the loaner Mei Tai soon and I am still no closer to deciding if I'm going to get one of my own or a SSC instead. "Decisions! All the time, decisions!"

Note: If you can where that quote is from, I'll get you a cookie. Like for real, I'll courier it to you and all ^___^

Wearing a baby carrier seems to literally bring out my ass  LOL

One thing I'll admit is that I have not been able to carr Asyraf around in any baby carrier, either a pouch or MT, while he is awake. If he's asleep, putting him in and carrying him is a cinch. He sleeps really well in them. But if he's awake, he starts to get fussy and dislikes being confined/restrained. Am I doing something wrong or is he just like my daughter and dislikes being carried around in a carrier? Eh.

To Be Continued...