at 15 months

time flies. when i look back at asyraf's photos and videos taken last year, i cant believe he's grown so much. when he was young, he was really very "young" then all of the sudden, he's grown and matured and able to do so many things.

asyraf now
- has 11 teeth. a weird number, i know, usually teeth grow in pairs. but he's got only 3 bottom teeth. i thought he would grow the 4th but all his 4 molars came out first. i think he's like me...i too have only 3 bottom teeth;
- talks like there's no tomorrow. still gibberish but he seems to know who to direct what he says to;
- is drinking loads...8-9oz at a time. but he drinks less number of times now. he can wait for 2-3 hours before his first bottle and can go to sleep without a feed (although the bottle has to be in his hands);
- doesnt take morning naps anymore, but takes a long lunchtime nap. sometimes he sleeps for 4 hours straight;
- loves music. if we start singing "if you're happy and you know it..." he would clap his hands, if we sing "i love you, you love me" he would sway his body from left to right, it we sing "round around the garden..." he would circle a finger on his open palm;
- loves the imaginarium tiza gave amir. he would play that for hours;
- can show his anger. if he's not happy with abang long, he would scratch and pull amir's clothes. then he would throw himself on the floor and cry out. we hardly go out anymore. we took the boys out to 1utama and asyraf wanted to walk everywhere. as soon as we hold our hand out to him, he would throw a tantrum on the floor;
- understands a few words like no, babab, nak, tak nak, close, tv, abang long, adik;
- doesnt play with drawers anymore after hubby babab-ed him hand. would quickly close drawers if we call out his name;
- doesnt nod, he only shakes his head no to every question we ask him;
- loves climbing. he can climb up and down the sofa, the bed, the changing table, the playpen, the table, the chair;

being a hero

yataaaa...asyraf is way more brave than amir. he used to run to the edge of the stairs, not fearing the height. now he's into climbing...he would climb up the sofa, the bed, the bannister, ariff's bouncing chair...anything...

growing up

asyraf is really growing up and taking in new skills. i'll update more when he turns 15 months at the end of the month.

for now, some pictures of asyraf over the month of january...

cheeky

asyraf has added "cheeky" to his ever-growing personality...

abang or adik

i get confused calling asyraf at times. i'm so used to calling him adik when around amir. amir's been calling him adik as well. now with ariff around, we call him abang. but i get confused all the time. usually adik comes out when asyraf's gotten himself into mischief or is all sad and pouty. abang is used when i'm angry at him for something he's done. (having said that - i really hate the term adik to be used, actually)


a lot of people warned us about the middle child syndrome. i personally believe asyraf may be able to avoid this as he has a very strong personality and has a way of making people remember him. helping asyraf to overcome that, i try to get him involved with both his brothers. amir has a certain bond he develops by himself with both brothers. with asyraf, he loves playing and eating together (which is why i stressed on not separating them when they went to daycare) and with ariff, he's always singing him to sleep and giving him his bottle.


asyraf hasnt had the opportunity to bond with ariff just yet. he would watch from afar and smile...and smack when he's nearby. i cant even get them to lie next to each other long enough to take a photo. oh well...there's still time...

doctor's visit

took asyraf & ariff to visit their pead for their monthly jabs today. asyraf was due to get his mmr (measles, mumps & rubella) shot. i thought that he'd get his final pneumococcal jab as well but the doctor said that will be next month.

what we thought was a normal immunisation visit turned out to be one of asyraf's "normal" nebuliser visit. he got 2 doses in fact as the doctor said his breathing was very loud and phlegmy. he wanted us to continue giving asyraf his nasal spray before he starts wheezing.

hmm...i was surprised actually. when we think there's something wrong with him, the doctor always reply with "ni tak dak apa-apa ni..." but when we think he's well and fine, he's not.

i was actually more afraid the doctor will ask what we have been feeding him as he was a bit blotchy the past couple of days. i've been giving him various food to see what he can take and what he cant. i've also been monitoring his doo doo to see whether he has adverse reaction to the food. so far, he's ok with corn flakes, full cream milk, biscuits and honey stars cereal.

after his jab, hubby took asyraf out to the nebuliser machine. i could hear him crying and screaming from inside. as soon as i left the office, i prepared a bottle of milk for asyraf, afraid he'd be thirsty after using the machine. the doctor prescribed him with a couple of medicines to clear his phlegm and cough.














other than the time he was using the machine, asyraf was very active at the hospital. he tawaf-ed the lounge area thousands of time with amir and wanted to walk around the pharmacy area. all the walking around and the crying out loud made him tired and he slept the whole journey home.

current weight - 9.2kg (hmm...i thought he was heavier than that, actually)

my first entry

current
age - 1 year, 1 month, 2 days
weight - 9kg
height - 60cm

birth
date - 20 november 2006
time - 2:05pm
place - damansara specialist hospital

firsts
smile - 13 january 2007
food - 24 march 2007
laugh - 30 april 2007
tooth - 14 june 2007
walked - 17 november 2007