Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Watch Me Grow, Ibu!

WATCH ALIFF GROW

Last Friday, Aliff has turned 3 months old. His colic nightmare is finally over, though he still has that teeny weeny gassy behaviour occassionally. He is back to his usual self - placid and contented, alhamdulillah. The good thing is he has started to sleep well at night. Thus, we decided to bring Ashraff to sleep in the same room again. Now, we are sleeping as a family again..alhamdulillah. I'm less lethargy now since I got a good rest at night. Memang syukur sangat-sangat since everything is settled down now.

Now, a check on his development track (source:babycenter):-


3-Month Old Development
Even though your baby has been able to recognize you since he was just a few days old, he may now be able to show it. About half of babies this age begin to exhibit an obvious recognition of their parents.
(It's pretty obvious that Aliff recognises familiar faces. He smiles and coos instantenously when he sees me or his Ayah, bibik, or Abg Ashraff (he simply idolise his brother). But when he sees strangers, he will start to look straight into their eyes, and if he does not prefer them, he'll start crying. Like he has started developing stranger anxiety, which is very unlikely in Ashraff. Ashraff is a social butterfly... )

At times, Aliff is trying hard to roll-over. He is not as persistent as his brother, but he shows good effort in doing so. I hope he'll be able to master the skill soon, probably with tangan tersepit in the beginning.


This is what I love about babies. They show significant development every month, in fact every week. It's so fun to watch them grow (of course it comes together with bags of worries and lack of sleep).


Weight-wise, Aliff has not increase much as compared to when he was 2-mo. This is resulted from a ight drop in the mid of last month where he weights only 6.1 kg. Then he picked up really fast after full recovery. Now he weights 6.8 kgs!


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WATCH ASHRAFF GROW

Ashraff nowadays is so into pen and paper. He likes to scribble down things on paper. So far, no damage is done on other places i.e. the wall, cabinets, floor etc. We've been training him to write and draw only on paper since the first time we saw him holding a pen. Alhamdulillah, he obeys to the rule, hopefully sampai bila-bila...

At times, he would insists us to draw Ultraman or Power Rangers so that boleh lawan dengan dragon, katanya... I'm not a good artists so if he asked me, I can't fulfill his desire..hubby too. But Tok Mak is his saviour...

Ashraff has been writing on rough paper using a pen all this while. So I thot of giving him proper materials for him to express his imagination. Thus, I bought these while book browsing at T1mes...

He was thrilled by the newly purchased arts materials. Of course, the penggeli Ashraff will look at his dirty hands everytime he draws something. But, I told him it's washable so he continues drawing...one after another...


Here are some of Ashraff's masterpieces for the time being...


I'm sure more will come after this. I was thinking of buying some arts and crafts books for kids so I could explore together with Ashraff during some of my limited free time. Something which I'm longing to do since Ashraff is merely a baby. Or perhaps the cheapskate me can just browse at the Net to get some free arts and crafts ideas...should I have extra time...

Next on my list is finger painting...We bought the necessary materials last weekend but we haven't try it as yet. I don't know whether my super-duper pembersih and penggeli Ashraff will like that idea...Belum cuba, belum tahu...

Oh yeah, did I tell you we have enrol Ashraff in a weekend programme for kids his age at L0rn@ Wh1st0n at Taman Tun last Sunday? We went for the trial and Ashraff seems to enjoy the class, so we sign-up for the programme. Will give it a go for one term and we will see how thereafter (see how means see Ashraff's acceptance, our budget and our willingness to travel from Ampang to Tmn Tun every Sunday!).

19 comments:

zan said...

uihh bot botnya alifffff :)

pandainya ashraff, he sure has talents...i bet he will love his arts and craft at LW at no time. love to see the kiddos with apron. so cute!!

Juliah & Faridah said...

pipi aliff sungguh gebussssssssssss...!!

baru smlm kitorang pon melukis.. :)
masing2 tunjuk bakat..

Unknown said...

arghhh!!!! aliff so comels...
of, kat mana that weekend place tu? maybe would be a good idea to send Nadya there in the future

Anonymous said...

alahai comelnya ariff...gigit pipi dia bley tak??? heheh..

nurin pun sama, sekarang sibuk nak menulis, masa umur dia 3 tahun lagi i dah belikan pensel warna dan water color, suka betul dia, dan nasib baik la tak dikalernya dinding ke, lantai ke, kabinet. macam mana nak menulis/melukis, dia akan cari kertas juga..

rafiqaheliza said...

zan: I hope Ashraff does love arts & crafts at LW. Dia penggeli sikit so nak pegang glue pun mcm geli2. Kekadang geram tgk..-:)

haaris's mom: Lukis jgn tak lukis. Best layan diaorg melukis. Guess that's what they normally do in a playgroup...only in grouplah. Eh, bila mau update blog?

Izreen: Nadya is cute too! That place is at taman tun. Can check this website www.lornawhiston.com.my
I think they have programmes for 6mo and above. Try and ask them. But your place tu melambak programme2 macam ni. I 1utama and the Curve got them.

Noha: Sakitlah aunty, jgnlah gigit2. Oklah nurin is trained like that. So far, no murals on the wall yet...

mommamia said...

yeay,aliff dah sihat!6.8kgs at the age of 3mths?wah,irina dulu seingat i baru 4kilo kot masa umur 3bln,babyboy mmg cpt besarkan?and that class yg u plan nak enrollkn ashraff tu,basically apa activiti dia?maybe boleh try kat irina jugak for early education exposure kan

Shue said...

Hi.,Heard so much of good review from my friend who sent her son to LW. Their activities soo interesting lah. And ALiff is soo yummy! geraammnye..

rafiqaheliza said...

Marfuza: It's good if u can give early exposure to irina. Actually i kesiankan ashraff memerap kat rumah takde kawan, tu yg hantar tu...Tgklah kalau ada masa I cerita lebih psl LW. U marfuza aka mommymia kan? I tried to view your profile tapi tak dpt.

Shue: Fitri suka tempat tu sebab sumenye native English speaker so no opportunity for Ashraff to speak in Malay. But I send him there basically to let him socialize. Aliff mmg cam gitu. Nak pakai baju ada collar pun tak boleh.

eiseais said...

adussss geremnya tgk aliff. on sunday at the hosp, they weighed asyraf. ok lah...5.2kg at 2 mths & 2 weeks. kalau lagi berat dari tu, tak larat mummy nak kung dia.

pandainya ashraff draw. i dah simpan all of amir's coloured pencils, crayons etc. takut dia conteng dinding :erkkk: so far dia draw on the magnetic board je :) heyyy...i pun interested in that english place in tmn tun. kena buat research ni :)

Anonymous said...

hhehhehe lurve em babies. Ashraff's artwork is not bad heh.. nampak la rupa bentuk.

mommy@lif said...

wohohoho... hihi sgt fair.. ada dua reports :)

tembunnyaaa pipi itu aliff :) hihii sama nama ngan my son but mine is single f.

nway best la ashraff sebab you rajin layan dia draw.. i ade jugak belikan my son color pencils tapi dia refuse to ikut ape yg i ajar. hihihi eh you perasan tak? toddlers their age nih asyik draw circles je? (like one of the shown masterpieces)

mommamia said...

i la ni mommamia,i pun tak tau ada certain blog termasuk blog u bila i nak leave comment akan kluar nama i then tulis tepi tu (your blogger display name),i pun boh je la terus click publish comment,boleh jer i tukar choose identiti 'other' pastu key in jer nama blog i tp nak cptkan hihi

Anonymous said...

Mak oi geramnya tgk pipi baby...

Looking at the number of his drawings you will need a big folder to keep them all :)

rafiqaheliza said...

eiseai: I don't know bout Aliff tapi ashraff was big & heavier in the beginning, and mengecut di kemudian hari..I lepas Ashraff drwa, i terus simpan jugak, takut kelain pulak perginye...

Roti2: Haa..apa lagi, make more babieslah...Yang ada rupa bentuk tu is my drawing. Ashraff is mere scribble:)

Mommyalif: Cuba nak kasi fair treatment ni:) Mmg dia draw circles je..but lately, ada jugak dia draw vertical line..

Butterflutter: Thanks for reminding me bout folders! So far, the drawings just laying ard in the hse. Eh, I can't enter your bloglah. probably u ada slide.com. My office firewall that thing...

Unknown said...

kau bagi aliff makan apakah yg badan dan pipi nye begitu tembam skali?

Mummy Rizq said...

how old is asraff erk? he's a picky eater yer? rizq pun terlampau lampau susah nak makan! dah blank dah nak kasi dia makan apa...

Juliah & Faridah said...

alamak. blog tak update. pasal .. MALAS. eheheh..

rafiqaheliza said...

Fina: The 'exclusive' milk made specially for him-:) But Ashraff pun bfeed gak, but I can't remember him being this tembam...

Marlina: Ha'ah, very the picky eater. Now, I just go with the flow..Ape yg dia nak, i sumbat je. Janji makan. he's 2 1/2 yo.

Haariz's mom: I pun dah lama tak update ni..tgh takde idea..

famyGirl said...

aliff is so comei! ni susu mommy dia punya pasal lah ni jadi gebu camni hee hee