Mommy, What are the differences?

Cheetah

And the most confusionable

Jaguar

Leopard

Most of the time in najihah’s animal board books (especially if the pics are actually a drawing) I’ll come across these animals; leopard,cheetah and jaguar. If you notice, these 3 animals do have similarities in appearance.

Since I tried to teach najihah both language simultaneously, meaning if the board book is in Malay, I’d also tell her the English word for any word mention in the book and vice versa.

This is when the problem came, when I’m trying to translate these three animals I got mixed up (might also because of my poor English).The most confused one is leopard and jaguar. When I search In the Oxford Dictionary, these are the translations for these three cats

Cheetah: Sejenis harimau Kumbang

Jaguar: Harimau Kumbang

Leopard: Harimau Bintang

Additional: Puma: sejenis harimau (aka harimau dahan)

So, I tried to seach in the internet and this is the most interesting answer I’ve found;

Jaguars and leopards are the same family, but jaguars are in south and Central America and Mexico, and leopards are in Africa, Asia, China, and India. Cheetahs are a different family.

Cheetahs are day animals as well; jaguars and leopards are night animals. The Cheetahs rear legs are also longer and its spine is suppler, allowing its stride to go up to 23 feet (that is part of why it is so fast). Its claws do not fully retract like the jaguar and leopard which enables it to have better grip so again, it can run faster.

Jaguars and Leopards are far more powerful however; they can behead a victim with one swipe of the claw. They are lone hunters like the Cheetah, but their strength far outweighs that of the Cheetah. They have over 500 voluntary muscles they can use at will.

And the answer about the similarity in appearance;

A Jaguar has black spots on its body. The Cheetah also has spots, but is distinct because it has black 'teary' lines from its eyes down to its nose. The Leopard has black spots with thin black circles around them.

I hope this answers could somehow help us in future (^0^) - when our children are curious enough to ask ‘mommy, what’s the difference between these animals?’

If any mommy got a better answer, please do share. Appreciated.

Can anybody please share

Najihah should be given the 18 months jab of DTP and OPV dose on the 26th of January. But unluckily I have to go for a one week course at KL and at that same moment najihah got the Chicken Pox. So the nurse advised me to take najihah for a jab anytime after she heals.

I took a leave last week and went to the clinic with najihah. I was told that najihah was not in a very good condition, she still look a bit weak (this maybe caused by a diarrhea that she had). So she didn’t get the jab yet.

This week she’s on top of the world, healthy and active as always, so I took her to the clinic for that 18 months jab at the age of 19 months!. Again, the nurse said that najihah had a fever, because she saw najihah lips are red-der and her body temperature (thermometer applies at the armpit) is 37 degrees. I’m shock, since najihah seems comfortable, and I don’t think 37 degrees is fever around her age (advice please..)

I don’t want to push it to the edge, since the nurse already said that this 18 months old jab can cause fever and if she’s already feverish it may cause seizure... surely no moms would wants that to happen.

So, the question is, does it really can cause fever, I mean is it a MUST? Mommies, please do share with me.TQ

My First Precious Parcel for 2010

Just so you know, this entry is a late post. I’ve been kind of busy lately.

It has arrived, my first happy happy parcel for this year. To Pn.Lynn, thank you so much for your very good service. One satisfied customer.

The parcel consist of one Rita’s Rump Pocket CD, handmade by Pn.Lynn. I haven’t give it a try yet because Najihah got a diarrhea for almost one week recently and I don’t want to spoil the moment of officiating this CD… ;) I had an entry about DIY Cloth diaper before and now that DIY CD is mine! You can read about it here

I personally like her handwork and she’s kind enough to sew a Velcro to that CD, since my najihah can’t stand the waiting...even nak pakai baju pun berguling2. It's so nice and I cannot wait to see my baby wearing it. (update: najiha dah pakai today, the CD fits her very nicely and she's being active as always, the absorption is very good, no leakage at all after around 5 hours of wearing.. (^_^))

To any mommy who wants to try this handmade CD, please do visit her blog.

The outer layer, pinkish for a princess

The inner layer, purple checkers and a soft micro-cotton soaker (lynn, did i mention this right?hehe)

Finallly, the diaper cover with a moo moo on it ho..ho..

Hot Mama’s Hairstyle

Mommies,

Ever wonder what’s the right hairstyle for you?
Even though we wear tudung, but the fact is we do show off our precious crown in front of our dearest husband right? So, there’s nothing wrong in having a fashionable haircuts... to impress that one guy and elevate our self esteem.

First off all we should know what our face shapes are

Oval? Round? square? Heart shape? Triangular? Search on this site;

http://www.thehairstyler.com/features/articles/hairstyles/the-right-hairstyle-for-your-face-shape

Then only after that we could pick the most suitable hairstyle for our kind of face shape. This site also shows the right and wrong hairstyle for those particular shapes.

The fun side of this site is this, the Virtual hairstyle. Kind of like a 10 year old game, but maybe it could give us on some idea on how to style our hair or maybe just get the celebrities haircut?? Who knows?

Ok… mommies, take your time off and heads off to the nearest hair saloon (^_^)

Fireflies - Owl City

Mommies… take your time off just for 4 minutes k :)
This song is addictive!!
The lyrics- such an imaginations... love this song!

Poor My CDs

Last night i washed 7 of najihah's soiled CD, and yess.. I'm using washing machine like any other day and like most mommy do.

But last night was a bit different… I'm not aware that that our water supplies were not as clean and clear as always, when I say not clear I mean the heavily ‘keladak’ and ‘keroh’ water supplies.

Actually, aware is not the right word, i know the evening before that water supplies were keroh at the sink, but it was ok in the morning-at the sink, and what did it done to najihah Cds??.. each one of it, the insert the CD itself, including the White coloured (putih mulus lagi) one looks like its been washed with mud, not exactly the PUL material but the flannel material inside was history.

I tried putting a little soda bicarbonate and vinegar- no improvement in looks.

Can any mommies help me on how to get rid of that muddy looks and if by any chance will this muddy looks be clean? will the inserts' absortion be like always? huhu..so many Q!

p/s: no usb cable - no photos - sorry