You say u drive carefully..but what if a child/a reckless motorcyclist/a cat/a dog/etc etc suddenly cross the road in front of u..or what if there's a big hole on the road..and what if..lotsss of what if..Malang tidak berbau bukan?? You say 'Ala ini jalan kampung aja'..OR..'Ala dekat je kedainye setakat 10min tak payah la nak duduk dalam carseat'..etc etc..hmm
Okay now talking about Eimaan, being a super active boy, its not easy to handle him..he's active since his 1st day in this world..ha..nampak beno menipunye kan..Ha..what i can say is, he's not an easy boy..like i remember to feel scared to bring him out after tamat tempoh berpantang dulu..risau dia menangis..he's a boy yang tak boleh duduk diam setempat lama-lama..kalau keluar, pasti makan pun rasa tak tenang sbb dia akan menangis, etc etc..hubby sgt fobia!Bila tgk anak orang, Eh rilex nye dia bawak anak dia ke mana-mana..Diam aja anak dia..Kalau didukung pun rilex nya tak meronta ronta spt Eimaan..with Eimaan it's like a DREAM..berdoa kami hubby n wifey agar Eimaan cepat besar..;)
Eh sudah melalut ke mana hala..continue tentang car seat..ok, so being a first time parent, i believed car seat is a very essential thing to buy..in fact it was the first thing i bought for my baby during pregnancy..masa tu dalam hati kata, my baby mesti baik budaknya, duduk diam dalam car seat, dalam stroller, tidur dalam baby cot, tidur bilik asing..eh!!berangan..;) Whatever it is, itulah benda wajib ada..sebab masa tu i tau that baby and me gonna live in Putrajaya berdua..jadi siapa mau pegang bila nak hantar ke nursery? siapa mau pegang if we need to go to clinic? etc etc.. Susah bagaimana wajib train dari baby..
Eimaan first time duduk dalam car seat ialah masa umurnya beberapa hari(dalam pantang)..we traveled back to my hometown in IPOH..tapi sekejap-sekejap saja..being a typical Malaysian, i juga asyik dukung my baby kerana dia menangis duduk dalam tu..sampai hubby pun kata tak guna je beli sbb Eimaan tak mahu duduk..Kemudian after pantang, i mula drive sendiri from my house to MIL's house which is 10-15mins drive..sebab boring duduk rumah..at that time, that car seat was in rear-facing(because of baby's age) and was put at the passenger seat at the back..bayangkan..sorang2 dia duduk kat belakang tak nampak mommy dia..harus la nangis kan..kalau nak keluar/balik dari rumah MIL i had to make sure dia sudah cukup tidur..there are times dia akan menangis menjerit kuat-kuat sepanjang sampai rumah tu..when Eimaan is almost 4 months, MIL suggested to put the car seat in front sebab kesian kan dia..kami juga sudah perlu pulang ke Putrajaya at that time..;(
Begitulah seterusnya..consistently put him on the car seat despite of the crying and screaming..Im proud of myself sebab berjaya buat Eimaan tau yang dia perlu duduk di situ everytime we travel by car..despite of hubby's lack of support sometimes, selalu kata Eh tak perlulah bawa car seat, dia bukan nak duduk dalam tu pun..tapi berkat kesabaran i yang sentiasa terus menerus letak kan dia di dalam tu, walaupun kadang dia menangis meronta-ronta dan sebagainya, sekarang tak ada masalah lagi..our journey always smooth with him sleeping all the way inside his car seat..dia sudah tak minta dikeluarkan unless sometimes he got over excited lihat his cousins at the back ramai-ramai..dia mahu join sekali di belakang..but usually i wont let him la..;)
So mommies out there, kalau boleh cubalah train anak dari kecil lagi untuk duduk dalam car seat ya..also bear in mind, car seat adalah TAK ADA MAKNA if you just put your baby on it but did'nt properly latch on the seat belt OR/AND did'nt install the car seat correctly..if u feel baby's car seat is way too expensive to buy, try buy this for alternative..cuma ianya tak sesuai digunakan oleh baby yang belum boleh duduk..
