2nd Ramadhan : Mana Darrel, Mama?

Air yang dicincang tak akan putus.

Familiar quotes??

Pagi ni, I was sending the boys as usual. Daniel was still feverish tapi main cam biasa. Darrel tak demam tapi nangis sebab nak didukung. 

"Baca doa naik car, Daniel."

"Subhanallazi......"

Daniel dia ingat ayat depan and a few ayat belakang je doa tu. Sambil sembang2 then, we arrived at the nursery. Daniel was out first, then the bags, the foods, and then Darrel. Tapi Darrel, Ibu Nani dia yang ambil. So Ibu Nani dia bawak la duk kat kerusi luar. So Daniel was waiting for his little brother inside, kept on asking me "Mana Darrel, mama?". Dia ingat Darrel tertinggal agaknya, so he started to cry. Loud and getting LOUD! Risau adik dia hilang.

I never noticed Daniel develops love towards Darrel. Yela budak, tau main, berebut mainan, gaduh dengan adiknya. Tambah-tambah lagi dua2 hero. Dulu sebelum Darrel lahir, siap baca buku lagi how to develop love between siblings. I was always worried back then what if Daniel feel alone, dipinggirkan, tak disayangi. Macam-macam. Till one day, I cried the whole day thinking of this. And for mummies out there who have this kind of worries when you are expecting second, third child , don't worry, it is normal.

Putting Darrel to sleep.

These are a few things that I did and still do to build strong siblings relationship between them.

1. Kalau Daniel gaduh dengan Darrel instead of me comfort them, I will ask Daniel to say sorry to Darrel and kiss him.

2. Make Daniel feel important as he is the eldest one. Bila dia ambil mainan, minta dia ambil mainan untuk adik dia jugak. Bila dia ambil pampers, minta dia ambil pampers untuk adik dia jugak. Bila dia ambil makanan, ambil makanan untuk adik dia jugak.

3. Let them have bonding time. Baca bedtime story sama2, makan sama2, kadang2 kalau biarkan diorang sendiri, a few time I noticed Daniel main cak-cak dengan Darrel.

4. Pray and pray a lot so that Allah semaikan kasih sayang tu antara diorang berdua.

Simple 4 tips right? There are a lot more, but these 4 are the most usual , common things that I did everyday.

No doubt that there will always be some a few days that they will have their siblings rivalry, tapi I believe it is just a healthy rivalry .

Masak apa berbuka hari ni?? Nak masak western lah!

Till we meet again,

Mama Anis.

mummy tummy one two thee!