A Gift for Mother's Day

Ashraff's vocabulary has significantly improved for the last one month, much to our relief. At least now he can repeat the words we are saying sensibly. Pandai jugak anak ku berkata-kata. Now, it is easier for us to communicate.

Here are some of Ashraff's vocabs, and most of it baru sebulan ni je pandai sebut:-
Words
1. Car (perfect!)
2. Train (perfecto!)
3. Bus (nicely said!)
4. Am (when he sees McDonalds or any foods)
5. Air (perfecto!)
6. Ayie (lebih kurang mcm air, but it's lorry actually).
7. Wa-wa-wa tu (bulan. Ni atok dia ajar wa-wa-wa tu bulan).
8. Bawang (ni Bibik yg ajar).
9. Water (can use interchangeably with air).
10. Where? (perfect!)
11. Goong-Goong (for dog)
12. Auw (for cat. Macam bunyi kucing gatal je).
13. Duck (perfect!)
14. Bee (lebah)
15. Bai-bai (sounds like bye-bye, but it's for butterfly. Guess, butterfly is a hard word for him).
16. Api (for fire)
17. Bang-bang (for his gun or everytime he sees tembak-menembak action on the screen).
18. Patah (everytime his toys patah / damage).
19. Bear
20. Pish (Fish)
21. Wow! (everytime he sees something impressive).
22. Ouch! (sakit lepas jatuh).
23. Allah (everytime nampak kita solat, nampak sejadah or telekung, or azan berkumandang).
24. Ukh-ukh (bila "membuang", if u got what I mean..hehehe)
25. No! (for almost everything that he refused to)
26. Atas
27. Bawah
28. Star
29. Goal! (this is his first word).

Phrase (more than one word in one go)
1. Nak am (Nak makan)
2. Nak air (nak air suam or susu..pandai2lah figure out which one).
3. One-Two-Bee (for one-two-three).
4. This one (everytime he pointed out something in the book, he'll say "this one" then he'll look at our face for us to tell him what is the thing he is pointing)
5. Dah habishh dah (bila cerita kat TV dah habis, or dah selamat "membuang", or dah habis minum susu).
6. Air..Bawah (nak swimming. Maknanya nak pergi main air dekat bawah).
7. Bang-bang patah / Ayie patah / Car patah (depending on which toys yang damage).
8. Ayah car (Ayah's car)

People/Character
1. Barney (perfect!)
2. Jojo (Jojo's circus)
3. Oo-oo-oo (for Bob the Builder. I don't know how he got that.)
4. Ayah
5. Abah (for tok abah)
6. Adok (for tok mak)
7. Abang
8. Kakak
9. Ana (for his Aunty Ana)
10. Nenek (for Nek Lon).
11. Bibik
12. Baby (lebih kurang sama macam Bibik bunyinye..kena dgr betul2).

Wow! Quite a lot when I listed it down. But, how come there's no "Ibu"?
That's because he just refused to say it, or probably he finds it hard to do so. Not even a simple "Bu" comes out from his mouth! Tension babe!!

At one time, I felt the urge of changing "Ibu" to a simpler word like "Mama" or "Ummi", which apparently he can say it perfectly. Tapi hubby kept on reassuring me that one day he'll say the word. "He is saving the best for last," kata hubby.

Indeed, it is true.

On 12th May 2006, for the very first time, Ashraff looked at my face, straight into my eyes and said the word that I am waiting to hear since the day he was born...I-B-U. Sempurna sekali bunyinya. Ya Allah! Bergenang air mata...

I asked him again "Ni siapa Ashraff?" while patting my chest.

"I-BU" followed by a wide grin on his face.

I could not help it but to hug and kiss him on his cheek.

"Ibu, Ibu, Ibu"...He repeated the word few times, while clapping his hands, showing a sign of achievement. He looked satisfied that he could say the word. Nampaknya bukan ibu sahaja yang puashati, Ashraff pun puashati dapat cakap "Ibu".

Then, I rushed outside the room together with Ashraff to break the news to hubby, who was watching Astro (most probably channel 80, 81 or 82).

I asked him to ask Ashraff who am I.

Ashraff replied with a wide grin "I-BU"...then he clapped his hands.

Me and hubby both celebrated the success by clapping our hands too. Ashraff is so excited that he can say the word, he ended up ketawa sambil guling-guling atas carpet. What a moment to remember...

That is the best Mother's Day gift I have so far!

I hope it is not too late for me to wish "HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!" to all mothers out there!!