Milestones; 6-Month

I know one day I'll forget the tiny wee details..as we humans always always do. I know one day I want Gib to read this and know what he was like, what it was like for us to raise him. I know one day I'll die and I don't want the stories to die with me. (Ok ok I'm morbid this way!!).. So jotting down milestones is very, very important.

Now, at 6 months, Gibran loves to;

- Roll... and roll... and roll... and roll... (think Bollywood Hindustani movies dancing scenes. Hehehe...)

- Be on his tummy. He can lift up his butt to propel himself to the front, but the effort is a big one for him, so thus far he has only managed one front-propel per session. Then he'll cradle his head in his arms..so tired lah!

- "Mexican Hat Dance"! It's the only song that can put him at ease and off to ZZzzzZ.

- Eat cooked mashed fruits and veges, especially the sweet ones like bananas, carrots, apples, pears. But today (6/6/07)...he had a big helping of boiled mashed potatoes with his carrots, and he loved it.

- Watch his cousins' wild actions/adventures like watching a thrilling movie. Captivated and thrilled.

- Make "errkkkk" sounds and goes red in the face when he poos :p

- Nurse and nurse and nurse and nurse at night time :( Makes mummy tired but mummy wants to try to breastfeed him as long as possible.

- Take a poo in the morning as early as 8 a.m. Hey this is early yeah for a baby that sleeps at 11 p.m. sometimes. Like a clockwork he goes. This is another tiring thing for mummy because after nursing the whole night...very tiring to wake up early in the morning.

- Laugh.. and laugh... and laugh. When notti Nabeel throws a tantrum and makes fists, Gib thinks it's a big joke and he'd laugh and laugh. Tsk tsk!

- Demands to be carried, demands to be walked around the house. Especially by his Bibik, whom he seems to think he can bully. He laughs when he sees the kain batik that the Bibik uses to "kendong" him (carried-indon-style lah) coz he knows that he's in for a good walking session (not as if he's the one who walks! He's being walked like a VIP, that is!).

- Gets into an excited frenzy when he sees his Baba coming back from work. Baba = Play Time.

- Chew and chew on everything he gets his hands on because his gums are very itchy.

- Listen to the "Hat Dance" ringing tone on mummy's handphone while holding it in his hands possessively.

- Listen to mummy or baba's phone conversations when we put it on loudspeaker mode.

- Smack his hands on anything and everything. More like clapping his hands on and on and on...on the bed while rolling around...on the car door when mummy's nursing him..on mummy's shoulder when being carried...everywhere possible lah. Bam bam bam bam bam..smack smack smack smack smack he goes.

- Pull at his socks til they come off. He'd suck and eat them while pulling them too. I still put socks on him because of his bout with cough and colds..worried he'd get a chill or something. Hopefully he'll be a fully healthy boy sometime soon, then I can finally take em socks off.

- Play with pillows.

- Bath-time. He'd laugh to hear me filling his bath tub :)

- Struggles when I do the colic massage on him and when putting his diaper on. Hoooboyyyyyy it can be really tiring, I kid you not. The trick is to give him a complex toy to hold, so I reserve a few particularly complex toys for this purpose.

- Taking pictures! I kid you not. He loves looking at the camera!

- Fall asleep lying down on the bed cuddled in mummy's arms. No need to dodoi or put in swing or anything like that (phew...!).

- Look for mummy at night. He'd roll around and reach out for mummy all the time. He'd often wedge himself as close as possible to mummy's body and sometimes mummy's body would be cramped by morning time.

- When he's upset he cries like this..; "Giiiii giiiiiiii giiiiiiiii..". The nurses in Assunta said; "Yes yesss Gii for Gibran!"


He seems to dislike...

- Being on his Bibik's lap when there's no entertainment around (i.e. no wild cousins to entertain him, no impressive or interactive toys to fiddle with - which are usually not his toys lah). In such situations he'll do his "crocodile tears" routine (nangis tipu!) and reach out like Superman for mummy.

- Bath-time ending! Sometimes he'd whine and whine when we take him out of the tub.

- Sleeping in unfamiliar places. He wants his room in my parents' house. Quite set in his way in this aspect because it can be pretty hard to put him to sleep elsewhere. He'd whine a whole lot before succumbing to dreamland. If in unfamiliar places (like our apartment, the in-laws house or shopping complex)..he'd whine and rub his eyes and would only fall asleep on mummy's shoulders while mummy sways and sings "Mexican Hat Dance". Quite embarrassing to do this in OU with everyone watching.

- Being forced to suck on the pacifier when he wakes up due to a nightmare (yes he dreams ALOT..)..or when his gums are itchy. He'd take the pacifier out and chew on the hard plastic part instead.

- Plain rice cereal and infant formula. He seems to think it's yucky :( Dunno how to introduce formula into his diet la..

- Sitting in his car seat at night. Maybe no scenery to watch...? He's fine in it during the day though (thank God!).

- Having blanket over him. He'd kick it off real good. His kicks are really strong..not kidding here. He'd left black and blue marks on me before.

That's all I can think of for now, but will definitely update this entry should more info comes to mind. Hehehe..

Here's Gib falling asleep in mummy's arms..


Hmmm...mummy's not really watching so I'm gonna get this irritating sock off!


Almost there..


Ahhh... there you go...nothing like chewing cotton..