Surviving Another Night

Ammar and his favourite locomotion choice; Rolling!

Dia memang suka rolling sekarang ni dan beberapa kali jugak lah terhantuk dinding tempat tidur malam dia. Kalau cot, boleh letak cot bumper. Tapi kalau dinding? Aku kena beli bolster mungkin.

Satu lagi cara yang Ammar selalu guna untuk pergi ke sesuatu tujuan adalah dengan mengesot (macam ulat daun tu). Yang tu aku suka sangat tengok sebab punggung dia naik tinggi huhu - kemudian dia guna siku dan heret lutut dia untuk maju kedepan.

Hari tu ada orang cakap anak mama ni LAMBATnya nak merangkak. Tapi mama tak kisah sebab mama sangat bersyukur dan bangga dengan apa yang adik dah achieve setakat ni.

Alhamdulillah… Ammar is half a year old today. He’s very active and noisy especially when it comes to sleep and bath time, like he’s trying to tell me, “Ma - I need to sleep” “Ma - I need a bath” by making a really long “aaaaaaaa” sounds.

Developmental Milestones

Ammar at 6 months can:

1. reaches for object accurately
2. enjoys peek-a-boo game

This is by far the longest wait for me as a first time mom. Macam dah tak sabar2 dah nak Ammar cecah 6 bulan. Why? Coz I just can’t wait to feed himsolids! I’ve been meaning to start his solids at a later age, like 7 or 8 months but his weight has been static at 7kg since 4 1/2 months, so I kinda worry a little. Some moms feed their baby solids at 4 months, but I’ll stick to 6 months as recommended by paed.

My mom taught me how to make baby porridge. Nasi masak dengan air yang banyak - kemudian campur dengan ikan bilis dan bayam (sebab ia tak pahit) yang dah diblender dan buh garam sikit. Bayam had to be changed with carrot due to storage problem (bayam kalau simpan dalam fridge lebih sehari dah layu, but not carrots!) But, because I am sooo RAJIN, I put all the ingredients in the pot! Of course the carrot pieces and anchovies is added a little later to preserve it’s nutrient. Then, when everything is cooked, into the blender they go!

I was this close to buying a baby blender, tapi sebab tak nak membazir disaat2 sukar ni, I just use the existing blender. Luckily ada extra blender body, kalau tak anakku makan bubur pedas bekas blender cili!

Face of Ammar Izzudin Wafiy get excited for his first solid food.

After: Not up to your expectation huh?

Anyway, feeding him solid food was fun! I’m looking forward to making another porridge for Ammar. Do u have any other recipe for us to try?

Developmental Milestones

At 5 months, Ammar can:

1. Bear weight on legs
2. Rolls onto front
3. Grabs objects
4. Plays with feet - we noticed it yesterday!
5. Turns to sounds across the room
6. Makes long and short sounds
7. Gurgles and laughs

Ammar trying hard to turn, 3 days ago. Actually he turned at 3 months ++ but he kinda forgot about it, and now he’s trying again. The next day, he turned effortlessly. He even turned front to back today. Way to go, my boy!

Hari-hari inilah kerja aku. Lepas hubby pergi kerja. Buat house chores. Ehemm..

Tapi yang paling seronok ialah waktu main2 dengan dia. Dia dah pandai pegang dan masukkan benda dalam mulut. Sangat concentrate aje bila menggigit.

Mula2 jilat handfon. Tak leh gigit, sebab tebal sangat. Nasib la handfon ‘kalis’ air(liur).

Gigit teether.

Masih teether lagi.

Main playgym, tangan sangkut dalam ring pulak. Mama la to the rescue.

Dah penat main, tido. Heaven bila tengok dia zzzzz.