Rafa’s Baby Milestones – Birth to 5 months

Dear Rafa,
Mummy, Daddy and Miki loves you so much we want to remember every single thing about you as a tiny little adorable baby. So before Mummy forgets, let me jot down this entry about the growth and milestones of our precious gem Nuh Rafael bin Mohammad Azman who was born on 29 June 2012.

Birth to 1 month:

Weight at birth – 2.8kg, Length – 50cm,
At 1 month : Weight – 4kg,  Lenght 58cm

Mummy and Daddy’s little angel. Abang Miki’s new found love. He smiles a lot. He can look at people and concentrates on their faces, mengagah so cutely, he can say “agugu” and a few other sounds, he enjoys his baths and will falls asleep after each bath, sucks fingers,  falls asleep on his own, recognize Mummy’s voice. He is getting rounder and rounder and his skin is getting darker and darker. He is in pink of health, got just a lil bit of jaundice that was cured by the morning sun. Taking care of the newborn Rafa is such a breeze. Since birth he is such a pro at nursing and can latch on perfectly almost immediately after he pops out into this world.

Nuh Rafael at 3 days old

Rafa dalam pantang in Penang

Rafa after pantang.. 🙂

2 months : Weight – 5.9kg
Although Rafa is very vocal and talkative, he laughs in mute! LOL! Mummy tries very hard but it is very difficult to hear his laughing voice. He will smile and tersengih-sengih tak berhenti-henti! He doesn’t mind Miki kissing and hugging and gomoi-ing him endlessly. His gibberish talking can go on non stop for a long time. He rubs his eyes when he is sleepy, pulls his blankie and puts it in his mouth. First time carried by Daddy in a baby carrier at Bj Complex, Penang and he fell asleep. Can watch TV. Bersembang – extremely cute, he will speak gibberish, stop when others reply him and starts talking again just like in a real conversation.

Sucking on his finger- cute!

3 months: Weight : 6.5kg
Akhirnya Rafa meniarap! Yay! He rolls from back to tummy and tummy to back, and a week later he keeps on rolling and rolling until he fell off the bed and gave Mummy and Daddy a huge scare. He turns towards sounds and voices especially Mummy’s and Miki’s. He cries when Mummy walks away from him. He laughs at Daddy’s jokes so we finally can hear his laughing voice. He is clearly so menyampah kat Abang Miki sebab suka gomoi. He rubs his eyes so adorably, scratches his ears and head when sleepy, he loves his baths very much, he starts laughing tergedik-gedik when he sees the bathtub. He loves looking into the mirror and see his cute self.  He plays with his hands and likes sleeping with a blankie. Can imitate sounds. Likes to play with his tongue and rubs it over his bottom front gum. His skin is still so dark… kesian anak Mummy hitam betul! LOL!

Rafa 3 months check up at Hospital Azzahrah Bangi

Rafa meniarap for the first time and Miki by his side cheering!

Rafa sleeping in his crib and pulling the net all over himself! tsk tsk tsk

Rafa bergolek from the red blankie until he got stuck half body under the couch. He likes to do this a lot we dont know why! hehe

4 months : Blowing raspberries. He cannot take Abang Miki’s endless gomoi-gomoi anymore that he can now push Miki’s face away from him and pulls his hair. He even starts screaming when he sees Miki coming near. He stretches his arms out when he wants to be picked up which is so super cute. In fact he will immediately wave his arms and moves his legs as though he is walking tergedik-gedik if we hold out our hands to pick him up. He does it with his cheeky grins and smiles that look so comel!!  He tries to snatch Miki’s milk bottle if he comes near and tries to drink from it. He can look at the direction we are looking at which I think is really smart. Rafa can grab on his toys and bats at the hanging ones. Has very high concentration as he can play with his favorite toys for a long time. Tries to grab our mobile phones too. He recognizes familiar faces and only smile or laugh to the people he knows, concentrates well on TV programs and videos on the Ipad. No longer wants to imitate sounds. At four months he becomes fairer a lil bit and looking so chubby and comel I wanna chew on his cheeks omnomnom!

 Rafa 4 months old and Daddy

5 months : Weight – 7.2kg Lenght – 68cm

He can cries out Mamma! Mamma! when he wants milk or simply wants Mummy. This is extremely cute and simply amazing! He can still falls asleep on his own although he is starting to dislike the loneliness of sleeping in his crib. He likes to stick his tongue out. Now he has his own favourite TV shows like Mickey Mouse Club House and Jake and the Neverland Pirates. He totally hates Ultraman, Chuggington and Fynn and Jake. Will cry once his favorite TV shows end and if somebody change the channel. Blowing raspberries objectively to show remorse, if he is crossed with Miki especially, he will start blowing bubbles. Responds to his name – Rafa! Very mobile even while sleeping and he can sleep on his tummy or back. Still no teeth although the signs like slobbering has long started. Since birth until 5 months Rafa is such a good boy, he drinks from the bottle without a fuss and can be left playing with his toys or watching TV by himself while Mummy cooks dinner in the kitchen after work. He is still breastfed and has not started on solid food. He cannot crawl yet but he tries very hard to lift up his bumbum and chest off the ground.

Rafa playing with one of his favorite toys… Look at that cheeky smile!

Rafa you are like a gift from above. Thank you fo making our lives so much more meaningful.  Watching you grow is so mesmerizing we don’t wanna miss a minute. But in case we have too, this blog will be a diary for that baby you! Be good son, may Allah always bless you!
Muahh!