Friday, November 18, 2005

Your 2-month-old's development


The first real smiles
This month all your efforts will be rewarded with beaming, toothless baby smiles. The first genuine smiles are certainly among parenting's most heartwarming milestones. In a sense it's payback time. You've been nappy changing, feeding, bathing, kissing, and cuddling without much response from your little bundle of joy. But one day, it happens: Your baby smiles, and you're certain he wasn't just passing wind. This will probably delight you, even if you've just had your worst night yet.


A growing preference for complex designs
By two months of age, a baby begins to move beyond his early preferences for two-colour objects toward more detailed and complicated designs, colours, and shapes. Let your baby look at and touch a wider variety of objects now — good choices include plastic toys and soft balls.

Sleeping for longer chunks of time
If your baby is sleeping through the night now you're one of the lucky few. Most babies will still want a middle-of-the-night feed at two months, or even a couple of feeds. But the good news is, he should be sleeping for longer stretches and staying awake for longer periods of time. Most two-month-olds have two to four long sleep periods and as many as 10 hours a day when they're awake.

Movements less jerky
He's no Fred Astaire yet, but he will now be co-ordinating his movements better. You'll notice that the jerky arm and leg movements of his newborn days have given way to smoother, more circular motions. Your two-month-old is also able to grab objects voluntarily now, though letting go comes later. In the early days grabbing was mostly involuntary and instinctive.

Is my baby developing normally?
Remember, each baby is unique and meets cognitive milestones at his own pace. These are simply guidelines to what your baby has the potential to accomplish — if not right now, then shortly.

And if your baby was born prematurely, you'll probably find that he'll need time before he can do the same things as other children his chronological age. That's why most babies born prematurely are given two ages by their paediatricians — their chronological age (calculated from their birthday) and their adjusted age (calculated from their due date). You should measure your child against his adjusted age, not his chronological one. Don't worry. Most doctors assess a premature child's development from the time he should have been born and evaluate his skills accordingly.

If you have any questions at all about your baby's development, check with your doctor.

** penulis **WANITA ISMA  ** jam **4:30 AM

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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Wafa'..



Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum dari ummu wafa' n wafa'.. Kullu 'aam wa antum ilallahi aqrab! Innana nasytaaqu ilaikunna....Nuhibbukunna fillah wa natamanna lakum al khair daa-iman.Fi amaanillah..Selamat berjuang!

acik2 di NZ..cepat balik..wafa' nak jumpa ujung bulan ni..;)
acik2 di NC..wafa' rindu juga..
Perth, Brisbane, sydney..semualah wafa' nak jumpa..
acik kat adelaide..acik2 kat Melbourne..
acik kat mesir..izzayyik..wafa' teringin nak pergi sana lagi..;) wafa' nak panjat sinai n jalan kat mansyiah..:)
wafa' teringin nak lawat acik2 kat jepun juga.acik2 kat irealand...acik2 kat UK..teringin balik kampung kat coventry..
lawat amu omar n u.omar kat brunei ;)..lawat acik2 kat singapore..semualah acik2...

pengembaraan wafa' baru bermula...


Wafa'
2 hari..
keluar hospital seremban..
4 hari..
musafir dari seremban ke klang..
5 hari..
bermalam di MMC
8 hari
bermalam di hospital klang..
14 hari..
ikut kelas International Business umi di UKM
17 hari..sekali lagi menemani umi ke UKM..
21 hari..
exam di UKM
22 hari
exam lagi..
28 hari..
ambil exam di ukm..
30 hari
ke klinik..kena cucuk..
32 hari..
sekali lagi ke ukm ambil exam
40 hari..
accident di ulu bernam..km 435
45 hari..
jalan raya ke setapak,pj, subang..


dan hari-hari yg seterusnya...
masih jauh lagi pengembaraan kita bersama..
bersama umi n abi..
semoga wafa' kan setia n terus menemani..
dan kita akan lalui hari depan bersama...
berkorban untuk mendapatkan redhaNya..

** penulis **WANITA ISMA  ** jam **3:25 AM

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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Berkat doa ibu..
27 ramadhan..alhamdulillah..bermula dgn solat dhuha..solat musafir..dan doa seorang ibu..akhirmya perjalanan dimulakan walaupun hujan masih bersisa..wafa' diletakkan diatas riba..lena sungguh bintun solehah ummi ..terus mata dilelapkan..11.30pg..sudah berlalu sejam rupanya perjalanan kami..mak masih memandu dgn tenang..wafa' sudah mula merengek..lantas terus bintun solehah ummi di pangku..dan dipujuk..
entah bagaimana..secara tidak terduga..kenari didepan berhenti secara tiba2..ditengah highway dan kelajuan 100km/j..what do u think? Mak cuba brek..tapi khalid terus melungsur laju dan membenam kenari dari belakang..khalid tergelincir sedikit ke kiri krn jalan yg basah...maybe khalid boleh berpusing kerana hentakan yg kuat.. alhamdulillah ditampan oleh bas yg sedang bergerak di sebelah kiri.abang Hanief dibelakang juga brek emergency..tapi masih membenam khalid dari belakang! Kami didalam khalid (wafa'..ummu wafa'..mukhlis..mak..n syida) hanya Allah yg tahu..kena dari arah depan..belakang dan kiri..tersepit di tengah2..alhamdulillah Allah selamatkan kami..dilihat dari rupa khalid selepas accident..tentu tak sangka kami yg berada di tengah2 selamat semuanya..cuma syida tepelanting dan terantuk..tapi dalam khalid je..wafa'..ummi peluk kuat2.. wafa' menjerit n menangis kerana terkejut mungkin..
kemudian..sehari suntuk kami berada dibalai polis..4 kereta n satu bas..cause dia kereta satria di depan yg terbabas masuk longkang..maka kereta2 lain dibelakang tak sempat brek..brek, tapi tetap menghentam kereta depan..kerana kecuaian kereta lain..khalid cedera parah..anyway..alhamdulillah semua selamat..syida pun dah pergi berurut tadi..dan kepala dia luka sikit terantuk..ummu wafa' pun lebam skit..wafa' je tersenyum..tersengih2 sepanjang hari..sihat walafiat ..belum mengerti apa2..alhamdulillah ummi peluk bintun solehah ummi kuat2..sampai malam kami dibalai polis..dan akhirnya pulang dgn cik mi ke meru balik..maka tahun ni tak balik lah kampung..kerana khalid sudah cedera parah..namun Alah takdirkan ia masih belum syahid..khalid ditarik ke bengkel..alhamdulillah takaful cover semua termasuk tow ke meru balik..anyway khalid masih dihospital dan doa dia cepat sembuh..alhamdulillah alassalamah..mak solat musafir..solat dhuha b4 perjalanan..supaya kami semua selamat..alhamdulillah doa dimakbulkan..khalid teruk..kami semua tak apa2..walaupun kena dari 3 arah berbeza..alhamdulillah Allah takdirkan bas menampan dari kiri n wafa' terjaga..lalu ummi memegangnya..semoga ramadhan kali ini adalah tarbiyyah..

** penulis **WANITA ISMA  ** jam **4:59 PM

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