what Dayana can do

on Monday i took EL half day to send my daughter for her third booster. i hadn't planned on taking leave that day but due to unforseen circumstances and since i was already late for work, i took her anyway.

at 4 1/2 months old, Dayana is 4.5kg! ok la, better progress from 3.6kg last month, ey? i've only just retired her newborn outfits and tiny baby rompers. but the Dr. said that she's still too light for her age and i should supplement her with weight gain. i msged my doctor-in-the-making friends for their opinion but they think otherwise. they say breast milk is the best (obviously). as long as she is healthy and steadily gaining weight, they see no reason as to why i need to supplement her with formula. i do give formula occasionally, but it's only 10% of her total intake. anyway, i think i'll just stick to my current routine =P.

Dayana was doing pretty good throughout the visit. she cried when the Dr. gave her the shot but quieted down soon after. sudah besar itu my little lady! *all smiles*. i asked the Dr. about the optional shots but he said just taking the compulsory ones should be fine. in the first place i hear they're costly, but they're really recommended. what do the other Mommies out there think? this time the visit didn't take too long as there weren't many patients, so i was out of there in an hour.

now that she's a big girl, i let her be mittenless most of the time, unless she's sleeping because that's when her hands love to merayap all over her head and face. unfortunately that means i need to make sure that her nails are always short, and my eyes are already juling because of this =P. now that her hands are mitten-free, she loves grabbing onto stuff. she can already grasp her rattle and shake it vigorously, although her hand coordination isn't too hot yet. my mom has taught her to play with her lampin as an alternative to having her hands all over her head (is that some kind of habit?). so she hangs on to it whenever we offer her the lampin. haha. this reminds me of Linus from Peanuts. even when she's nursing, she'll grab my blouse or fiddle with my necklace, or even better yet, grab my glasses and refuses to let go T_T.

if you hold up Dayana under her arms, she'll push her legs off the floor. it's as if she wanna skip the rolling part and go straight to walking *rolls eyes*. her kicks are very powerful, and this makes changing nappy time close to impossible (wiggle here, wiggle there, haih).

she still isn't fond of tummy time, but she'll stay longer on her tummy now. her neck is getting stronger and she can hold her head up longer before collapsing back onto the bed. hihi. my mom is trying to teach her how to roll. so far she can only twist herself half way. i think it's because her butt's too heavy. hahahahaha! but when she's lying on her back she likes to grab both her legs, like she just discovered them or something.

when people ask me what can my daughter do now, i really dunno how to answer that. each baby progresses at their own pace, right? so i'm not really worried about what Dayana can't do. i'll let her learn at her own pace, slow and steady, easy peasy.

sometimes she likes to talk as if she's having something in her mouth. is that normal? i hope it doesn't turn into something to worry about. Daddy sometimes manages to catch her babbling on our video cam. hahaha. and she bites now. clamping down with her two hard gums sungguh sakit ok. sometimes i think she deliberately does that to see how i react. she looks up at me, then she gives me her gummy grin. cheh!

did i tell you that out of all the songs i usually sing to her during bedtime, she loves Twinkle Twinkle Little Star the most? oh, and she's warming up to the Peekaboo game! yay! sudah pandai gelak, tihihihi~~

my mom tells me that everytime she talks on the phone, Dayana will stare at my mom in awe, as if she's listening in and understanding every word (or maybe she finds it fascinating that adults sometimes talk to themselves... haha). i found it to be true when i was on the phone myself and Dayana kept staring at me with rapt attention. haha.

i now have 6 cloth books for Dayana to read. so far i've offered her three, but when she's with me she loves the Fly Away Ladybug book the best. i left the Dinosaur book at my mom's place because whenever i offer to read it with her she seems to turn away in boredom. so i let Grandma read that to her instead. Daddy says when she turns 5 months old we'll give her a dose of flash cards =D

that's it for her monthly progress at the moment that i can think of. am still thinking if i should purchase a Bumbo seat. i want one in lilac! i already bought myself a pair of Malindi crocs in black because the shoes i was wearing at the time was killing my feet so i had an excuse to get them =P.