Four Months Birthday Pressie

Hakeem got a late four month birthday present last night. It’s this awesome playmat that we got from Mothercare which was on sale.

I just feel sorry for him having to play on the floor on a duvet right next to our main door (because there is no other place to put him) so we thought we’d get him this mat.

The sides can come up so that we can enclose him in the mat if we want to leave him to do housework. Don’t worry, we keep one eye on him all the time while he’s in there.

But so far he’s enjoying it and being so sakai with all the included toys! Mission accomplished then! Heehee.

Chup-Baa!

Oh one more thing I forgot to add in my previous post is that he has started to laugh at peek-a-boo games as the carers at his nursery likes to call it; we just call it chup-baa! Heehee if previously he used to be totally unimpressed by our chup-baa games, now he is excited by them as you can tell from this video.

*edited* I can’t seem to upload videos on here so I’ll just link you to the YouTube page. Click here! =)

Four Months Update

Hakeem turned four months old last weekend and I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I feel like he’s grown so much over the past few days. Heehee it’s true when they say that at this age, they’re beginning to be a lot more fun and here’s probably why:

1. He laughs a lot! And not just tiny giggles, but big hearty laughs!
2. He’s beginning to show interest in his toys.
3. He can grab a rattle and his Huggies teether/stuffed toy.
4. He smiles at every face he sees in the mornings – including his toy Scout.
5. He drinks 3oz every 2-3 hours now instead of 4oz every two hours.
6. He seems like he’s enjoying nursery. When he comes home from nursery he’s ever so bibiran and tends to give a bibi face when it’s too quiet.
7. He doesn’t sit still in his bumbo seat anymore and always tries to get out.
8. He is a drool factory! I especially noticed it today when he opened his mouth, he has plenty of spit just pooling in it.
9. Last time we checked, he was 7kgs!
10. We’ve been putting him on the floor a lot more now to let him practice rolling over:

And he finally did it! =)

 He’s been a good baby so far, Alhamdulillah. There are just a few things that he does that sends me into blind panic. Whenever he doesn’t feel very well (for instance, if he has the snuffles or just had his vaccinations) he will cry blue murder and that always paralyses me. I know, I’m such a scaredy cat.

Also, he’s still having to sleep in our arms which we hope to slowly ease him out of. After Hafidz’s oncall this week, we might start sleep training him which I dread because I know this will involve a lot of crying and screaming that will just break my heart. But like Hafidz says, he’s got to get the “tough love” once in a while which is fair enough.

Apart from that, nothing else is new. Oh we just got him a fresh batch of 3-6months clothes that fits him nicely. He’s also wearing size 4 nappies now and he will be wearing this size for a while, I think. And that’s it! He’s awake now from his nap. Time to stretch him out! Toodles!