Baby SN's 17th months milestones

Every time I am about to write about Baby SN's milestones, I will realize how rapidly he has grew up. Thus, I feel it is very important to write about his achievement so that I can still remember all these great moments and hopefully, if panjang umur ..I'd be able to share this story during his growing up phase with baby SN later.

=- mommy & daddy's best friend -=

Here's some of his achievement a.k.a baby SN's 16th & 17th months milestones :-

1. Can understand what mommy & daddy are saying
~ he is able to do things that we ask him to, like to throw his disposable diapers into the dustbin, we will say the words "GOMI" (rubbish) and he will do it excellently.
~ he will then waited for our compliment upon his achievement, simple compliment like saying "jouzu" (great) and clapping hands will blow him away lepas tu terus tersengih suka ria hehe

2. Latest addition to his vocabulary
~ he'll says "MAMA" when he wants to eat, *bila lah dia nak panggil "MOMMY" nih?* huhuhu..sob sob T_T
~ he'll shout for "DEDE" if he want anything that he couldn't take on his own
~ "TOTOP"= tutup
~ I'm a bit worried about his speaking skills as he might find it difficult to converse in 3 different languages that he listen to everyday i.e. Japanese, English and Malay. But, I keep thinking positive and assure myself that kids his age are linguistic genius, therefore we should just keep talking to him to help him in his communication skills.

=- socialize dengan baby Jepun, mommy tak faham apa yang dua baby ni borak kan -=

3. Master some part of the Japanese gesture
~ By Japanese gesture here I'm referring to the bowing gestures made by Japanese
~ whenever someone said "ARIGATOU", "ITERASYAI", "KONNICHIWA", "OHAYO GOZAIMASU"; baby SN will respond by bowing his head... *super chomeyl okeh terngok dia terbongkok2 kepala kadang2 sampai terhantuk kat lantai* kui3x.


4. A little more handful to mommy & daddy
~ besides able to throw the rubbish into the dustbin, baby SN always eager to let us involve him in house chores activities such as tidying the futon and put in inside the closet.
~ though he can't do it perfectly yet, but he was able to pick up the pillows and arrange it inside the closet, nanti bila dia dah pandai kemas sendiri.....senang kerja mommy ngeeeeeeeeeeee.
~ he'd be more than delighted to help me when I'm hanging the clothes tapi lepas 3 minit tolong mommy, mula rasa bosan agaknya.... dia buang je baju2 tu merata2 atas lantai huhuhuhu.

=- video baby SN tolong mommy & daddy kemas futon -=

5. Become too obsessed with Laptop, DVD player and iPhone
~ he wanted us to always PLAY his baby Einstein video or Siri Doa video or Nursery Rhymes video allllll the time when he was staying at home. Tengah2 malam pun kalau takleh tidur, tetaplah nak tengok video..adoyaiii.

=- bangun je dari tidur terus suruh PLAY video -=

~ at the same time, while watching his video he'll ask me to PLAY the ABC song in my iPhone and if I refuse to do that, he'll cry out loud sampai satu blok boleh dengar suara nyaring dia..huwaaaaa...iPhone mommy dah tak de urpa henfon dah, comot dengan cap jari dia bertompok2 kat screen... uwaaaaaaaaaaaa.

~ I risau jugak dengan obsession dia ni sebab I ada baca this article about Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All By Alice Park ; tapi buat masa ni I memang tak mampu nak halang keinginan dia untuk tengok his educational videos and songs whenever he ask for it huhuhu

=- tak nyempat2 nak buckle seat belt dalam car seat, terus suruh ON DVD player dia huhuhu -=

6. Still Breastfeeding
~ baby SN is a big fan of mommy's milk that everytime I come back home, he'll straight away say the word "NAK NEK"; kadang2 mommy tak sempat bukak tudung lagi dia dah ambik bantal untuk menyusu hehe
~I dah tak pam susu lagi untuk bekal dia sebab kat nursery, diorang bagi fresh milk untuk baby over 1 year old.
~ infact Doctor pun dah advise untuk baby SN stop minum susu ibu tapi I tak sampai hati nak stop kan lagi though I have to admit that there are times that I feel like I nak stop, tapi bila fikir2 semula..tak jadi la nak stop lagi..erm, takpe lah,selagi I mampu dan selagi ada rezeki dia nak minum susu ibu...mommy will continue nursing you darling.

~ everytime I feel like giving up and start weaning him, I'll look at this video of Claire(one of the 12 finalists of ANTM season 10). I'm encouraged by Claire's will, though she was so keen on pursuing her dream to be a top model, it doesn't stopped her from pumping her milk while she's away from her daughter....that's is super sweet effort by a mother to her baby.

7. Started using training pant
~ as part of potty training effort done by his nursery, we have to provide at least 3 pieces of training pants for him everyday
~ It is easy to potty train your baby using training pants because children connect the immediacy of wetness and the prompt consequences of wetting, they learn how their body works.
~ This helps them learn how to sense a full bladder and communicate their needs to adults.

=- baby SN's collections of training pants -=

8. Super grumpy and cranky 24-7 a day
~ as I've mentioned in my entry Up and down of being a perasan chomeyl mommy, baby SN is being ridiculously manja sekarang ni that I sometime miss the time when he was little baby yang baik dan jarang nangis dulu2.
~ Here's are some of the tips shared by my beloved friends in the entry to help me to overcome this problem :-

• read the book pasal handling tantrum (The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition, by Dr Karp)
• bisik kat telinga baby kata2 nasihat & baca surah fatihah & 4 Qul.
• baca pada air (mineral atau zamzam) surah Ar-Rahman ayat 1-5 dan surah Taha 1-28, bagi baby minum air tu

=- sessi tunjuk perasaan di atas lantai -=

~ Bayangkan dia punya kehebatan untuk tunjuk perasaan tantrum tu tak kira masa dan tempat. Even kat city ward office masa his 17th months check up pun dia boleh menjerit2 tak puas hati hahahaha ..anak oh anak.

=- tengah tunjuk perasaan menjerit kuat2 sambil geleng2 kepala lepas tu diam bila tengok ada baby lain nangis hahahaha -=

Whatever his behavior is, and doesn't matter how much I'm super annoyed with his tantrum and cries, I still love him so damn much. After all, I guess it is true when people said that "children's behavior is a reflection of their parents action". Hehehe..I wont be blaming him for acting so clingy and manja and mengada2, sebab I pun memang manja dan mengada even dah tua bangka macam sekarang ni ekekekeke.

=- mommy's boy; like mother like son -=

Pssssttt : yang hairannya, bila mommy takde elok je perangai dia dengan Daddy. Bila Mommy ada je, terus bertukar jadi manja 200% hohoho.