b3 b0rn.. c0nf0rm, b3 si|3nt .. di3

came across dunstan’s secret language of babies i think a year back, when i was blog-hopping and was wondering whether it would really work.

recalled the same concept when aryan was just a few days old but never got round to locating the video again.

just a recap, newborn babies normally would only cry when they’re hungry, sleepy or uncomfortable and the concept identified 5 main sounds that we need to respond to:

1. Neh means I am hungry

2. Owh means I am sleepy

3. Eh means I need to burp

4. Eirh means I have gas/wind

5. Heh means I am uncomfortable

For further details on suggested ways to respond to each sound (well, just for 4 & 5 – 1,2 & 3 is pretty self explanatory) – go to this page and download the comprehensive booklet – then go to youtube to listen to samples of the sounds.

2 weeks ago, i finally found the video on youtube – and managed to identify the ‘Neh’ and ‘Owh’ sounds quite easily & have since been trying to respond to aryan depending on what sounds he makes.

the other three (Eh, Heh and Eirh) is not that easily differentiated and am still working on identifying. which explains why aryan spits up milk quite regularly.

i still have 6-odd weeks left to figure the final 3 out before aryan starts introducing new words and start confounding me with his oratory prowess…

and i am psyched!

of course, us being the first time parents of a primary-one-er – went a bit crazy with buying  her new school stuff .. and she will be decked in all-pink – from her trolley-school-bag (good buy since the kids have like tonnes of books to carry), to her pencil case, to her art supplies and her drinking bottle + lunch box. nasib le skool regulates the color of the hair accessories, if not – am pretty sure kakak will be putting on her pretty pink head band!

as am typing this, kakak is already asleep as tomorrow is her big day whilst abang is still wide awake. since i have passed my 40-day mark in my confinement, am declaring myself fit to accompany her to school (with the whole clan of course!) and it will only be the 3rd time aryan & i will be leaving the home compound since 25th nov!

now to see whether i can sneak a few shots of her entering her classroom tomorrow

heh. hepi niu yer.

never been big on resolutions – since i tend not to keep em or achieve em.

if anything, it will be more on ensuring ashley, anaqi and aryan gets the best that we could afford to provide for them in terms of material, spiritual and also of course, family time!

so whatever can contribute towards achieving the above – goes!

here’s to another decade in the (not-so) new millenium!

update:

just discovered i did come up with a few for 2009 – let’s see whether that went well?

• overcome my fear of drowning and just get to learning how to swim - achieved by aug 2009
• see through whether this new specialisation offered to me works out - still in progress
• make a point to reduce tv time for the kids by doing more activities - not so much, if anything – while in confinement, the kids ended up watching more since i need them to be occupied.
• resume working out.. slowly though.. don’t wanna end up pulling any muscles - achieved (if swimming counts) can’t go into crazy gym neophyte mode as i was expecting & it’s never a good idea to suddenly work out like crazy while preggers when you never been exercising regularly before
  
• and start cutting down on those calories intake that was all important when anaqi was exclusively breastfeeding - achieved prior to 2nd trimester of pregnancy.

see how getting pregnant after you made your new year resolutions excuses you from not achieving some of them? heh!.. so here’s a tip.. if you fear not being able to achieve your goals, you could try getting preggers!