Flashback...

I would like to do something different today...."FLASHBACK"...am trying to recall what was it like 11 months ago in Naomi's life and development...

1-month old Naomi...

Naomi can focus on an object a few inches away, but does not see detail. I gave her toys with mostly Red, White & Black colours to play with.
She will react to noises and sounds.
She watches intently when someone talks to her and imitates their facial expressions.
She will follow an object slowly with his eyes, but may often lose it.

She enjoys her bathtime.
Her weight @1month: 4.4kg

2 months old Naomi...

She smiles directly at people and expects to be given her turn in "conversations."
She can locate a sound in front of her, but not one behind.
She kicks and waves her arms when she is excited.
She learns to make things happen.
She still enjoys her bath time.

Her weight @2months: 5.6kg

Tiny Feets & Hands....Taken during 3months old....

3 months old Naomi...

When lying on her stomach, she can lift her head up and prop herself up on her elbows.
She is interested in faces and recognizes mummy!!
She can hold onto objects and wave them around.
She does not deliberately reach, but may swipe at objects and if they move, will swipe again.
She can laugh out loud and scream on top of her lungs!!

4 months old Naomi...

This is Naomi's first solid encounter. I gave her rice cereal when she's 4 months old. Actually I was still exclusive breastfeed her during that time and was reluctant to feed her solid yet....but the paediatrician advised me to try rice cereal so i tried since this is doctor's advise =)

I still remember, the first time when I tried feeding her, i just put a bit of rice cereal only and then mix with 3oz of breastmilk...it was too watery and it's difficult to feed her. She's struggling to eat the cereal as well..I was planning to give up on solid and wanted to put on hold till she's six months old...then my father in law asked me to put more cereal instead and try to make it richer instead of too watery then i told him but doctor said let her try watery first...hmmm...then i thought to myself why not try and see.

2nd attempt on rice cereal: Put more cereal, still 3oz of breastmilk and then mix. Naomi loves it and she finished the whole bowl of cereal. Feeding her was no problem at all...Slowly, I introduce her to fruits puree. She can take them very well and she seems to eat everything that I put in her mouth. She's not choosy when it comes to food.

Another progress she made during her 4th month is she's able to roll to one side and then back again.

Punk Hairstyle @4months...

Look, ma I can reach my toes.....

Naomi's co-ordination skills has also began to develop during this time. She's very hyper and playful most of the time.

Weight @4months: 6.8kg

Slurrrrrrrp.........toe sucking in "action"....@5months old...

She smiles at other babies, especially the one in the mirror.
Her hands are open and he reaches out to touch and grasp.

She can also sit outside support for a short while....

She's teething during this time....I can see 2 tiny white dots on her lower gums....and she's drooling a lot...

Surprisingly....she began to show sign of crawling position during this month.

First few weeks, she began to crawl, she crawls backwards...then slowly she learn to crawl forward....I've capture in vide and will download soon after i crop some of it as the file is so big!!

It's like she's so determine to learn to crawl as I can still remember her face and body trying so hard to move...with all her strength....arrrgh...arrghh....

Comando Crawl....@5months...

She's crawling, she's crawling forward @6months!!

Naomi can crawl from one end to the end (short distance) and reach for an object. I will try my best to give her "floor time" as much as possible as this encourage her to crawl faster. She can sit on her own without support now.

She has grown 2 teeth on her lower gums. She likes to make funny faces a lot too now.

Since she's doing very well in eating her solid. I started to give her "porridge" at 6 months as per my paediatrician's advise. I will cook the porridge in slow cooker with carrots & potatoes and only will feed her plain porridge with "ikan bilis" powder. First attempt: Successful!! =))

She finished her porridge in less than 30mins!!

Her weight @6months: 8kg

As white as snow...

Naomi @7months....

She's pulling herself up to standing position at 7months old. Everytime when I put her inside her play pen she will use her 2 legs to fight with me (I wanted her to sit inside and she wanted to stand, so imagine her leg will be like jelly (gobble, gobble - trying to stand while i try to bend her knees to sit down...she's trying to stand again....and i try to bend again.....lolz) I was worried that she wants to stand at this stage so i checked with the doctor is it ok cause I'm worried that her legs are not strong enough and etc. Doctor said it's fine.

See the mobile at the back of her?? I have removed the mobile totally as she's grabbing on to the mobile everytime she stand up on her cot. Havoc...

Since her appetite has changed, she no longer wants to eat her plain porridge so @7months old, I mix in fish for her. I will shred the fish meat to small pieces and then mix to the porridge. Sometimes, I will shred some chicken or prawn meat to the porridge. I rarely use pork as I'm lazy to wake up and go to the market and buy...=(

I gave her some bananas, sweet potatoes and papaya during tea time.

Messing around @8months...

I still remember when I went to pick her up at Alice's house. She was crawling to the coffee table and then pull herself up and hold on to the coffee table and started walking a bit a bit. She's trying to walk!! My baby is trying to walk at amazing 8 months!! wow....I'm excited!! We need to keep an eye on her every move as she's very active and can easily move from one place to another place easily.

This is the month I introduce to her more variety of food such as natural yogurt. Look at her face when she eat them. But she still will eat the yogurt when I feed her although it's sour. She will open her mouth wide and eat when I offered the yogurt to her, and another one and another one until she finish the whole bowl. She's teething again and this time she has 2 more teeth growing on her upper gums.

Yii.....so sour......but i like.....

3 of US @Naomi's 9 months....

Naomi cruising @9months....

Grandma gave her this toy for Christmas and Naomi has been holding to this toy to walk around the house. At first she's not really good at it but after some practice she's an expert!!

She practically run when playing the walker....hehe

Naomi's First Christmas!!