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he has managed to push himself onto all fours and enjoys rocking his body… basically just testing out this new sensation of no longer hugging the earth. lunges forward at times. mostly ends up scootching backwards.

he’s sometimes goes totally bonkers and starts babbling non-stop for a duration and then suddenly drops into a snooze.

has a bad case of rash on his neck, and scratches himself like a cat.. often resulting in unsightly broken skin and blood-letting (a tad)

should have taken his 2nd dose of rotavirus vaccine earlier this month – but due to this FDA press release , was advised by the paed to wait until the results of FDA investigations. we have since decided against continuing that line of vaccinations. shall focus on the mandatory schedule PLUS pneumococcal vaccine.

he’s still feeding exclusively on breastmilk – so, yeay me! and yeay to the rest of mi familia who are super super supportive of that. though nenek is now keen on giving aryan solids. i still intend to wait til he reaches 6 month mark.

have yet to manage that solo excursion with my three stooges in tow. weather not cooperating with my moods. i’d be keen to go to the playground, but then it rains that morning. i’d feel like being a homebody, then it’s a sun-shiny day.

vital stats shall have to wait for his next checkup – either this or next saturday.

til then, byebye blog

the vital stats: -

• weight: 6.2 kgs
• length: 68 cms
• head circumference: 45 cms

he was supposed to have been given his 6 in 1 jab last friday – which was the reason i took the day off – but as he was still recovering from the high fever and sniffles, will probably do it today instead.

on his development, as displayed in the fb photo albums – he was able to have good neck and head control @ 2.5 mths, goes bonkers when he’s left on his back for too long – we got him a bumbo seat so yaie would not need to hold him upright all the time.

last weekend, he managed to rollover from his back to his tummy on his own.. we had to help out a bit though with freeing up whichever arm that gets stuck under him.. and he’d happily do those mini push-ups until he gets tired & starts screaming for help.

of my 3 stooges, aryan has exhibited the earliest interest in getting mobile – kakak & abang were pretty content with lying around til they turned 4 mths. i think it’s due to having older siblings running & tumbling around him so it got aryan all pumped !!!

this is a precursor of how things would be when they grow up.. hopefully sticking together through thick and thin!

had a suspicion that aryan may be catching something when he was fussy thursday morn – he woke at 3 am and didn’t want to settle down until it was time to get kakak ready for skool.. then noticed his body was a bit warm but tried to deceive myself by attributing it as due to him throwing a tantrum.

yaie was already unwell and nenek has taken the day off to look after the two heroes.. i left for the office with a message that if aryan does end up with a fever – to call me and i’d be back after a meeting that was set for 10:30am.

at 9:30am, yaie called to say that aryan registered 38.8C on the thermometer.. which is damned high.. delegated to my trusty team member to attend the said meeting (of course with the necessary ammos).. and hailed a cab home and was greeted with this image of kesian-ness… and abang also showed signs of having contracted the same thing..

fast fwd today… aryan seems to have recovered from his fever – tho there’s residual crankiness. abang’s temperature shot up early this morning and had to resort to using the torpedo medicine. he finally sweated the fever out and now is running around like he was never sick.. i am thankful that they’ve managed to recover this son – alhamdulillah.

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…