We had to take Hassan for his follow-up appointment. We got there at 4pm and didn’t see the doctor until two hours & a half later. As the ENT Doctor was doing his regular checkup, he noticed that there was something up my son’s nose but he couldn’t tell what it was. He tried pulling it out with a metal object but it was still stuck inside. At first when the Doctor checked his nose I thought to myself how unnecessary it was to do that since we’re here for his ears not nose. Boy how happy I was when he suctioned out some tissue he had stuffed up his nose on our way to the hospital. That was a close call, ilhamdillah!

The Doctor mentioned that his ears might have fluid in them and it’s perfectly normal after an infection. So we’ll have to wait and see if it dries up in the next few weeks, inshallah it will. I don’t know if he’ll need ear tubes, I’m reading on that at the moment to see our options. Inshallah he wouldn’t need one.

Another crazy thing he’s tried doing a couple of days earlier was getting on his tricycle and wanting to ride it down the stairs. Trust me it can get quite crazy!

P.s. Turns out the nursery I saw in Bayan was Marafi nursery, a nursery I won’t recommend to anyone, only if you’re that desperate. I checked it out from the outside and I didn’t like the house, I wish I had the time to go in but I had other things to do. Tel: 5379111/5379222/6355349

1. I’ll have to go through three more shots before I can relax again, last night I was feeling so nauseous at the thought of him being pricked again with a needle. children trust their parents blindly, I saw that trust last night, it hurt me so much to put him through this

2. Have to return a toy that I bought yesterday to cheer my son when he got his 2nd shot but too bad it wasn’t working and yareet that was the only thing! when my throat gets better I’ll let everyone know the details of that

3. Go to the circus

4. Try to make it for my next appraisal appointment, plus I wasn’t fasting. I should remember to do that next time. I joined Step 1 class. I hated everything about it

5. Find myself a swimsuit

6. I’m looking for a dress for a wedding party and I’m not sure where to shop. I want sth simple but in style

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For the first time in 3 months I’ve arrived 10 minutes earlier and hopefully I’ll be leaving with the rest of the girls too. Dropping and picking up Hassan from nursery everyday made me late to work. Yesterday was his last day until he joins back in September. It was so hard for me to leave the house with a toddler crying and screaming, not wanting to get out of bed and get changed lol. I’m still not relaxed because yesterday after he came back he was not feeling right. He had a fever and an earache.

On Sunday I took him to Dar Al Shifa and the ENT doctor there told me that his ears were fine. He didn’t remove the wax maybe he didn’t feel like it, or he was too scared. Well guess what? Last night I took him to another ENT doctor in Sallam Hospital and I was told his ears were all red and infected AGAIN. He took out balls of wax from both his ears, one was black and another was orange. He’s been having Otitis Media since he was little, which is all weird. I’ve always fed my son the correct way and held him in the right feeding position, plus I was breastfeeding him until he turned 3months. He weaned himself off the bottle all on his own before his 2nd b-day. And back in May we got rid of his pacifier too. And still, he’s getting this over and over again.

Research says kids are prone to such recurrent ear infections because of wrong bottle feeding positions and long term pacifier use. Well, with my kid that’s not the case. I believe he has an allergy and probably this is the cause for his repeated ear infections, though I’m not so sure I can confirm this. Anyways, ENT doctor put him on antibiotic shots for 5 days. His fever went down after his 1st shot, nose got unblocked and cough actually sounds better. Everyone who knows me knows I hate antibiotics but yesterday I gave in because this is different, he’s been having one day fevers for the past month. I’m guessing because infection is left untreated. Inshallah he’ll grow out this phase.

I need to find myself a modest swimsuit and I haven’t found anything I like yet. I know that the gym I go to is a ladies only gym but I still want sth a little conservative and I don’t mean the Islamic swim wear lol. Another thing I’ll be needing are new trainers, mine are so worn out and they’re hurting my toes. I need to check out Athlete’s Foot. I’m leaning towards Nike.

I’m checking a couple of online shops too. My co-workers say BHS has the largest collection of swimsuits, so I’ll have to check them out. I also want to check out the ones in Debenham’s, Topshop and Mango.

I really wanted to try out ATB exercises today but we arrived 5 min late and we couldn’t get in because there was no room for us. Someone recommended FitBall which starts at 4:30pm. We had 30 minutes extra so we decided to walk 15 min on the treadmill and stretch a little before going to class. If I had to compare this class to last week’s ABS and aerobics class, I’d say this class was way better than them because it made me feel every little muscle that I had. I’m definitely a huge fan of this sport now

Progress: I trust my tummy muscles more than before

And finally, 3yrs later I joined. I can’t wait to start working out. All I need is to stay in shape. I need this so baaad. I want to exercise my back, tummy and shoulders. I feel they are the most places that need so much of work.

For now I’ve taken the 3months membership, my sister says it’s more than enough. She’s like you’re going to gain weight. I don’t mind gaining as long as I look fit now. I’m dying to get fit! I remember at 16, I was obsessed with my weight but I was never fit. Back then I weighed 48kg and I did everything to lose more weight. I always hated my tummy.

When I got pregnant I was terrified of my weight gain, I couldn’t look at the scale but I always thought it’s all for the good of the baby. Husband wouldn’t let me sleep on an empty tummy, though many times I wanted to sleep without sth to eat.

After gaining a couple of kilos, I’ve come to love my body better than before, it held my baby for 9months that’s more than enough to make me proud of it ilhamdillah. I don’t care if I lose this extra baby fat anymore, in fact I love what those extra kilos had done to me. It sure made me look & feel better about myself.