Personalize the Baby

I subscribed to babiesonline.com and they send me updates of baby's growth every week via email. The info is very handy as it will help me to be calm and make me excited most of the time like "ooohhh no wonder zahra like this" and "heyyyy zahra already can do that!"

Anyway this week's news is quite interesting that I would like to share with you.

Your Baby Week 22

Personality is the theme for this month. It is hard to believe that 6 months ago you delivered a baby who slept, cried, and ate all the time. It is even harder to believe it, now that your baby is playing, laughing, eating regular food, and talking to you. Your baby's personality is really starting to show now. Is he an adventuresome baby or he is content to just sit and play quietly with the toys you give him? Is he outgoing, interacting with strangers, or is he shy and quiet, choosing to hide his face in your arms when you are out?

Play peek-a-boo with your baby, tickle him, and let him explore more of the world around him, including you! Babies are fascinated by faces, eyes, noses, mouths, even glasses. Watch out for hair though, as they tend to start pulling it at this age.

I just can't stop having this amaze feeling thinking how fast they grow from can do nothing, slowly discover the world and their body. It's really amazing. Anyway I still can't really tell what Zahra's personality going to be, but she surely start to show some temper! She will utter angry grunt when she wants attention and everybody is ignoring her, and cries angrily if she's too sleepy.

But she also knows how to win back our heart. Laugh ticklishly whenever we clap to praise her doing something like, *clap clap as the background* pandainya zahra pusing!!

Couple of recent pic:

When she starts to get angry, "stop taking my picture, mommy. Play with me!"

Admiring face anatomy. She likes the mouth the most.

What Might Concern You at 22 Weeks

Is your baby still not sleeping through the night? Believe it or not this is normal. We all awaken several times a night, it is just at some point we learn to put ourselves back to sleep. Until your baby learns how to put himself back to sleep, you will be awoken at night when he awakens. A helpful hint is to get rid of the aides that the baby uses to sleep, whether it be a bottle in bed, a pacifier, or you rocking him to sleep. This may help your baby not feel like he is "missing" something, or lacking something in his schedule.

Ok this is a bit tricky. She wakes up quite a lot lately asking for boobies that I thought she's going through a growth spurt or ready for solid. But I also notice that she only sucks it slowly like for fun, not really drink the milk. So I guess, I AM THE AID. Maybe I should start to put her into baby cot and don't spoil her with my boobies.

Oh yes, she still sleeps with me! Hope it's not too late to train her.