the meniarap deal

you know the question people usually ask you once they know you have a baby, the 'baby pandai buat apa sekarang? dah pandai meniarap?' question? well, i didn't really know how to respond to that at first because at the time my daughter was quite contented to stay put wherever and however i placed her and occasionally exerted to twisting herself onto her tummy should there be anything lying around to tempt her to do so. and even so she'd start to complain because she wasn't used to be placed on her tummy. so... i didn't really understand what the big deal was.

well, when bringing her home from my parent's place last weekend, i finally understood the whole big deal of 'meniarap'. heehee.

it seems that during previous week with my parents she managed to master the art of meniarap. at every chance she gets, once placed on her back on the floor, she'll twist herself around from a lying position to an upright tummy position. my mom told me one time Dayana woke up in her crib and couldn't see anyone around so she rolled on to her tummy and reached out her tiny hand to pull down the crib bumper just to see if anyone was about. haha. when it's time to go to sleep she'll still insist to turn around on her tummy even after i turn off all the lights. but she won't sleep in that position, nOoOoOOo. she'll start wail really loudly because she can't see anything in the dark and refuses to go be lulled to sleepyland.

even during nappy changing time it's a war between her and me, where my challenge is to get a nappy fitted on her properly while she attempts to wiggle away from my grasp. haha. her most favorite place to roll is on the bed, where we really need to keep an eye on her, or we build a barricade around her by creating a pillow fort for protection. else she'll do a rolly polly olly and fall off the bed. which i know it isn't recommended to put her on the bed of course, the uneven unsolid surface not good for her development and all, but our room has limited floor space and if we put her in another room, there isn't anyone around to watch her. she watches tv on our bed too (frankly i think it's the theme songs that she enjoys rather than the shows itself, lol).

my maid commented that since she has now mastered the art of meniarap, we need to keep many more eyes on her than before. haha. and she hasn't even turned fully mobile yet, haha (maybe i should pasang a GPS tracking system on her to keep tabs, hahahahah). i'm contemplating getting a playpen for her, but i dunno if it's practical or not. what do you think? we haven't even babyproofed the house too. and our house staircase poses one big potential hazard for the baby.

i'm getting good at this!

the meniarap stage passed and checked. coming up next: the crawling stage.