The baby is still such a baby now at 15 months..YAY!!
It's been a while since I have written about my baby girl Shamsa. She is 15 months old. Time surely flies for babies. One moment they are this squiggly, flailing thing and now she's all over the place. I still find it amazing that she's here with us. This person who didn't exist years ago is right here now. And she came out of me! How awesome is that?
A lot of things have changed since my last update. She's taller now. Standing at 29 inches. Her hair curlier than ever and longer which reaches to her shoulder when wet. She has about 6 teeth now. She pretty much can eat anything. She loves bananas though. She would have about two bananas a day. And she will scream 'Nana!' when she wants one.
She will want to eat what we're eating. She likes snacking too. Crackers, cookies, ice cream, chips, mango, sandwich, bread, cup cakes. She likes fruit-flavored yogurt. She loves Cadbury milk chocolate but will not have anything to with chocolate cookies. She is very picky with chocolate for some reason. She does not like tuna. She likes oatmeal though.
As for drinks, she likes juices, cold water, and cold milk. She's such a neat eater. We didn't teach her to do that. We are pretty much anticipating that at her age, she'd make a huge mess of herself and get food stuck in her hair, on her clothes, on her feet, all over her face. But no. She's not like that at all. When given a cracker, she takes human bites and holds the cracker with her right hand and takes time to chew. There will only be a few crumbs but that's it. When she's given a piece of bread, she will try to chew while slowly shoving the rest of it in her mouth. Sometimes she even picks up what fell down. It's amazing.
Because she loves eating banana, she tends to make really big bites out of it. One time she took a really big bite and I got worried because her eyes started to water. I knew this as a sign that she is trying to chew her food but it was too big. She threw up chunks of it. But even then what she threw up was only what she put in her mouth and even then had neat bite size pieces into it. My goodness!
However, when feeding her with a banana, I have to make sure that I peel it in front of her. She can watch me peel it gradually after every bite she makes. Never make the mistake of completely peeling off the banana before giving it to her, she does not like that. She stares at it all weird and moves away from it. No amount of coaxing will convince her to bite into it.
I have read that at this age, a baby thrives on her parents' attention and she really does make an effort in trying to get our attention whenever she can or feels like it. She likes it when Duston and I lay on the bed with her, she at the center and she pulls off every antic she can do. She laughs easily. She smiles easily. She squeals, shrieks, yells, shouts and whines. She can be difficult at times but only when she's hungry, pee or poop-filled, too hot, or when she can't get her sleep yet. Other than that, she's a smiley baby.
She kissed me 15 times in one sitting. I dunno what triggers her to do that but she just leans forward and kisses me. Very affectionate baby. She likes bath time even if she still clings to my legs as I slowly pour water on her. She's getting used to the temperature of the tap water. She almost never cries, but she will squeal. While I soap her body, she smiles.
She enjoys it whenever my mom visits her. She is all smiles and showing off and tugging on whatever Ma is wearing whether it's a necklace, earrings, eyeglasses, etc. She is very playful.
Now speaking of playing, she has long since figured out how to play her toy drum but as for the other toys, she still plays it her way. We try to teach her how to play with them but she ends up doing her own thing. Oh well. The only thing that is annoying though is that after she plays with them, she will throw them off her crib. All of a sudden, we'll hear this loud BAM on the floor and there's the toy on the floor. Balls are even worse, she will throw them on the floor and watch them roll around while I have to pick them all up. She has also found it amusing to throw ALL her pillows on the floor. After everything has been thrown out, she will hold her quilt and her eyes wide and is seriously considering of throwing her quilt next and that's when I say: NO!
It usually works and she gives up throwing off her quilt but I think maybe it's because she's standing on it at the same time and she can't quite throw it off so easily compared to everything else. She loves poking at things especially shiny things or anything round and small like a button. She LOVES to point. Point. Point. Point her finger at me, anyone, anything.
She is very sensitive when I have my hair tied into a pony tail. She will turn my face and just pull the clip off my hair. Same thing goes when I am wearing a head band, she pulls the thing off my hair and puts it on herself. Same thing goes when I am combing my hair, she wants it too. She waves it around like it's a trophy and then walks away and around the bed.
She loves it so much when Duston flies her around in his arms and being tossed. She's so brave. I have a niece who is freaked out being carried that way, not Shamsa. She wants more. She laughs and squeals.
When Duston leaves for work, she waves to him and say : DAI DAI! Very rare that she is still asleep when Duston leaves the apartment. And she has a sense of time when Duston is about to arrive home. As soon as she hears the door being opened, she goes round and round in her crib and her eyes all wide anticipating it's her daddy at the door. She's all smiles and starts to jump in her crib.
She loves to clap her hands. It's very easy to get her to clap. At first when you clap in front of her, she will clap but now she claps by just the sound of clapping. When she hears clapping sounds from the PC, she will clap. When we cheer her with something she does, she claps. She even claps while I'm bathing her.
She waves much easier now. And she knows when she has to do it too. When the train passes, she waves. When someone leaves for the door, she waves. When she tries to get our attention, she waves. Waving for her is hello and goodbye. It's all 'DAI DAI'
And from watching her baby video, as soon as she hears the intro music, she says HAWU because the first word said on the video is HELLO. When we say hello to her, she says HAWU back. She says this word over and over. And even while I'm opening the video player application on the PC, she is all anticipating that I'm gonna be playing her baby videos any time now.
When we read a book to her, she will like to poke the book too. When we point the words or images to her, she watches and then later she will will hold the finger of either mine or Duston's and make it point to the image on the book. She likes flipping pages but since we're trying to avoid papercuts, we give her only those thick cardboad book pages. She likes flipping the pages and just pointing at the pages and then later, she will gnaw at the book. LOL. She still cannot be trusted with cardboard or carton things. She will chew at it like a goat.
Last Saturday was one of the rare times we went out without her. My mom and aunties wanted to borrow her so after we dropped her off at my mom's place, Duston and I left to spend some time together with our friends and of course watch Transformers 3 on 3D. As much as it was a wonderful time spent with friends and being able to watch movies together, it felt weird without Shamsa. I'm so used to having her with us and I found myself missing her more whenever I see babies around the mall and when I hear babies crying. Uhm...I think I'm not going out without her again. It feels so weird and kinda awkward too. It's almost like walking around without an arm.
We are getting her papers completed to get her started with her application for a US passport. She's the easiest to accomplish and once that's done, it's gonna be my turn to complete my requirements. It's gonna be a matter of time when we get this all filed and we'll be leaving for the US sooner than we expected, inshaAllah.
A lot of things have changed since my last update. She's taller now. Standing at 29 inches. Her hair curlier than ever and longer which reaches to her shoulder when wet. She has about 6 teeth now. She pretty much can eat anything. She loves bananas though. She would have about two bananas a day. And she will scream 'Nana!' when she wants one.
She will want to eat what we're eating. She likes snacking too. Crackers, cookies, ice cream, chips, mango, sandwich, bread, cup cakes. She likes fruit-flavored yogurt. She loves Cadbury milk chocolate but will not have anything to with chocolate cookies. She is very picky with chocolate for some reason. She does not like tuna. She likes oatmeal though.
As for drinks, she likes juices, cold water, and cold milk. She's such a neat eater. We didn't teach her to do that. We are pretty much anticipating that at her age, she'd make a huge mess of herself and get food stuck in her hair, on her clothes, on her feet, all over her face. But no. She's not like that at all. When given a cracker, she takes human bites and holds the cracker with her right hand and takes time to chew. There will only be a few crumbs but that's it. When she's given a piece of bread, she will try to chew while slowly shoving the rest of it in her mouth. Sometimes she even picks up what fell down. It's amazing.
Because she loves eating banana, she tends to make really big bites out of it. One time she took a really big bite and I got worried because her eyes started to water. I knew this as a sign that she is trying to chew her food but it was too big. She threw up chunks of it. But even then what she threw up was only what she put in her mouth and even then had neat bite size pieces into it. My goodness!
However, when feeding her with a banana, I have to make sure that I peel it in front of her. She can watch me peel it gradually after every bite she makes. Never make the mistake of completely peeling off the banana before giving it to her, she does not like that. She stares at it all weird and moves away from it. No amount of coaxing will convince her to bite into it.
I have read that at this age, a baby thrives on her parents' attention and she really does make an effort in trying to get our attention whenever she can or feels like it. She likes it when Duston and I lay on the bed with her, she at the center and she pulls off every antic she can do. She laughs easily. She smiles easily. She squeals, shrieks, yells, shouts and whines. She can be difficult at times but only when she's hungry, pee or poop-filled, too hot, or when she can't get her sleep yet. Other than that, she's a smiley baby.
She kissed me 15 times in one sitting. I dunno what triggers her to do that but she just leans forward and kisses me. Very affectionate baby. She likes bath time even if she still clings to my legs as I slowly pour water on her. She's getting used to the temperature of the tap water. She almost never cries, but she will squeal. While I soap her body, she smiles.
She enjoys it whenever my mom visits her. She is all smiles and showing off and tugging on whatever Ma is wearing whether it's a necklace, earrings, eyeglasses, etc. She is very playful.
Now speaking of playing, she has long since figured out how to play her toy drum but as for the other toys, she still plays it her way. We try to teach her how to play with them but she ends up doing her own thing. Oh well. The only thing that is annoying though is that after she plays with them, she will throw them off her crib. All of a sudden, we'll hear this loud BAM on the floor and there's the toy on the floor. Balls are even worse, she will throw them on the floor and watch them roll around while I have to pick them all up. She has also found it amusing to throw ALL her pillows on the floor. After everything has been thrown out, she will hold her quilt and her eyes wide and is seriously considering of throwing her quilt next and that's when I say: NO!
It usually works and she gives up throwing off her quilt but I think maybe it's because she's standing on it at the same time and she can't quite throw it off so easily compared to everything else. She loves poking at things especially shiny things or anything round and small like a button. She LOVES to point. Point. Point. Point her finger at me, anyone, anything.
She is very sensitive when I have my hair tied into a pony tail. She will turn my face and just pull the clip off my hair. Same thing goes when I am wearing a head band, she pulls the thing off my hair and puts it on herself. Same thing goes when I am combing my hair, she wants it too. She waves it around like it's a trophy and then walks away and around the bed.
She loves it so much when Duston flies her around in his arms and being tossed. She's so brave. I have a niece who is freaked out being carried that way, not Shamsa. She wants more. She laughs and squeals.
When Duston leaves for work, she waves to him and say : DAI DAI! Very rare that she is still asleep when Duston leaves the apartment. And she has a sense of time when Duston is about to arrive home. As soon as she hears the door being opened, she goes round and round in her crib and her eyes all wide anticipating it's her daddy at the door. She's all smiles and starts to jump in her crib.
She loves to clap her hands. It's very easy to get her to clap. At first when you clap in front of her, she will clap but now she claps by just the sound of clapping. When she hears clapping sounds from the PC, she will clap. When we cheer her with something she does, she claps. She even claps while I'm bathing her.
She waves much easier now. And she knows when she has to do it too. When the train passes, she waves. When someone leaves for the door, she waves. When she tries to get our attention, she waves. Waving for her is hello and goodbye. It's all 'DAI DAI'
And from watching her baby video, as soon as she hears the intro music, she says HAWU because the first word said on the video is HELLO. When we say hello to her, she says HAWU back. She says this word over and over. And even while I'm opening the video player application on the PC, she is all anticipating that I'm gonna be playing her baby videos any time now.
When we read a book to her, she will like to poke the book too. When we point the words or images to her, she watches and then later she will will hold the finger of either mine or Duston's and make it point to the image on the book. She likes flipping pages but since we're trying to avoid papercuts, we give her only those thick cardboad book pages. She likes flipping the pages and just pointing at the pages and then later, she will gnaw at the book. LOL. She still cannot be trusted with cardboard or carton things. She will chew at it like a goat.
Last Saturday was one of the rare times we went out without her. My mom and aunties wanted to borrow her so after we dropped her off at my mom's place, Duston and I left to spend some time together with our friends and of course watch Transformers 3 on 3D. As much as it was a wonderful time spent with friends and being able to watch movies together, it felt weird without Shamsa. I'm so used to having her with us and I found myself missing her more whenever I see babies around the mall and when I hear babies crying. Uhm...I think I'm not going out without her again. It feels so weird and kinda awkward too. It's almost like walking around without an arm.
We are getting her papers completed to get her started with her application for a US passport. She's the easiest to accomplish and once that's done, it's gonna be my turn to complete my requirements. It's gonna be a matter of time when we get this all filed and we'll be leaving for the US sooner than we expected, inshaAllah.