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February 07, 2005
Farizah Month 3
SH asked me
if Farizah had started turning already cos she was getting anxious that her daughter,
who is about the same age as Farizah, had not.
I told her
no, but I remember distinctly that Azmina was already twisting and turning trying
to get on her tummy at around this age.
I think
Farizah has strong musculature and coordination for her age so I don’t worry
about it at all. I have always sat her
leaning against pillows and propping her within the pillow’s / couch’s indentation. She’s already used to being put to sit on her
own, on our couch – until, that is, she gets bored, which was usually in a few
minutes. I think that’s why she has been
trying to sit by her own when she’s lying down… you know… that thing you do when
you try to do sit-up crunches. I just
laugh at the sight of her ridiculously over-ambitious attempts. I think I should put her on her tummy more often
and maybe she’d try turning on her tummy instead.
Her hair
has already grown a few millimeters since the day we shaved them off. She’ll thank us for it when she sees her
sister’s photos with uneven hair when it just started to grow properly.
Apart from “Cawww…”
and “Caaah….”, no other words had come out from her. She has a preference for N even at this very
early stage. She would see my face when
I hold her and would cry 4 out of the 5 times I do that. N had already gotten Farizah to laugh several
times during the second month. I am not
hopeful cos I know she’ll unleash her very own little hell for us and get N
running to her.
She gets
excited when Azmina talks to her, and Azmina gets excited when Farizah
responds. “Adek cakap Ina”, which
translates to “Small sister is talking to Azmina” she’d say proudly, and
smilingly.
We have let
Farizah use pacifiers cos anything is better than the cries Azmina let out when
she was 3 months old. Farizah likes to
suck on her fingers, and we let her cos Azmina grew out of it very quickly.
Sleep had
been inconsistent, sometimes Farizah would wake 3-4 times a night, and
sometimes only at 6 am. She’s a bit less
difficult to get to sleep than Azmina was, but all those are cancelled when they
answer each other’s cries at night.
Photos
above were taken when she was exactly 3 months old.
Dear
Farizah, this is more or less what your dad can remember at this time… And I am
sorry that every time you try to smile to me, you find this big thing blocking
your father’s face, sometimes with red and white flashes – it’s called a
camera. And the funny sounds between
calling your name – comes from your dad… not from the camera.
Posted by quickness at February 7, 2005 02:20 AM