3 days from being an 8 months old little boy

pilar is almost 8 months old now, how fast.. sometimes i miss the moment when he was still a baby, petit and calm. now he moves a lot, grabs anything new, so determined to get what he wants, ... (how can't we adult be like him at all time? hehe).

he's eating rice porridge now, with minced beef meat, carrots, chicken liver, something new. when he reaches 8 months, i will add another new menu for him: more and more veggies (since his digestive system is supposed to be ready now), minced chicken meat, perhaps fish (still searching which type of fish safe enough to be introduced to babies), oat, and...this one is mommy's favorite: yoghurt :)

so far, pilar likes soury fruit like apple..huhuuuu can't wait to see his reaction after eating yoghurt :) but above all, hope he won't get any allergic reaction due to his meal. amiiin.

some motoric improvement: he now can sit still, he's still in the sthrive to crawl (already lift his body but apparently it's still too heavy for him), crawl backward sometimes, he can jump from sitting position to crawl position, his feet starts to be strong enough to support his weight.. he can grab something for long time..then move the thing to the other hand, vice versa.

he enjoys observing (always does) stuffs...he knows to express his feeling better now. yell, making faces, smile, move his head, yawn. i rarely hear him cry now, only when he's with "strangers" and at night when he's searching for his mommy's milk :) ahh, another thing, i think he wants breastfeeding time as his privacy. easily disturbed by other people around him except his mom, even if it's his nanny or daddy. he wants it to be just him and me :) so cute isn't it? 8 months old wants a privacy :)

o ya, he went to baby school 'gymboree' once and he seemed to enjoying it, smiled a lot. after the school, he also smiles or laughs whenever we sing to him "gymbo, gymbo, gymboo.." :) we should continue i think.

some pictures of 7 months old pilar arezki..

love you son!

my boss came to my office, before starting the conversation he looked at the board with pilar pictures on it.

'how cute'
'how old is he?' - 7,5 mos
'what is his weight?' - 9,5 kilos
'woow, quite big huh?' - indeed, a "costaud"
'he's such a smiley boy' - yes he is
'what's his name' - pilar

then he looked at my desk, with an old "bible" to off-shore installations, created by our prof who recently came to our office in jakarta.

'ah, you keep the bible' - hehe, yes i do

then, the serious conversation took place.
no need to describe here.

bbrp dilema saat ini:

pengen nurunin kasur, takut pilar jatoh karena sekarang dia udah guling2 dan gerakannya cepet bgt. tapi bingung alas kasur sekarang mau ditaro di mana..? padahal tiap kamar udah penuh. masa mau ditaro di ruang tengah?

just found out that..bayi yg langsung berdiri-berjalan tanpa melewati fasa merangkak, ada kecenderungan sinkronisasi otak kanan dan kirinya kurang baik, juga keahlian motoriknya ga bagus. bbrp waktu lalu susternya pernah bilang, pilar kayanya nanti langsung berdiri deh bu. duh, harus segera merevisi pemahaman dia. better crawl first. and i won't buy any walker before.

harus lebih sering ngajak pilar "gaul". what i mean by gaul here is benar2 ditenggelamkan dengan suasana dan (terutama) orang2 baru. so far kalo di tengah keluarga dekat (aki, nini, anggut, uci, uwa, emang, pak tuo, pak ngah, mak tuo, ...) ga ada masalah. tapi kalo total stranger, pilar bisa ngamuk berat... dilemanya adalah, the only time we have is week-end. kadang kami, ortu, pengennya istirahat aja di rumah. atau kadang ada ketakutan pilar jadi sakit kena virus di luaran sana. no, wrong. harus sering2 sowan dan ngenalin pilar ama keluarga or kerabat lain. kebayang weekdays dia udah di rumah terus, masa week-end juga. papa mamanya masih mending ngantor tiap hari, keexpose sama dunia luar. kepikiran buat ngenalin pilar sama baby-school, biar dia "kenal" ama baby lain, aktivitas lain. jadi inget, waktu pilar di day care selama 3 hari, dia cenderung lebih pendiam dari biasanya. malah jam tidur siang yg biasanya ga lebih dari 2 jam, bisa bablas sampai 3 jam. hmm, well itu cuma 3 hari ya. ga bisa dijadiin patokan.
anyway, i will ask papa pilar opinion on this. the sooner the better.

umur 7 bulan lebih beberapa hari, pilar akhirnya bisa duduk sendiri untuk jangka waktu yang lama. kadang masih dibantu tangannya, kadang lepas tangan :) selamat ya nak, more and more achievements each day..

belum bisa bangun sendiri dari posisi tidur, baru setengah bangun, tidur lagi, masih keberatan kayanya :)

mamamnya tambah jagoan..sekarang udah nambah makan bubur dari beras (bukan dari tepung beras). tapi harus diuyek2 dulu biar ga terlalu besar butirannya. udah makan brokoli dan labu hijau. proteinnya dari kaldu ayam kampung dan kaldu iga sapi. sehabis makan kaldu ayam, ada sedikit merah2 di sekitar mulutnya. lalu dicobain 2 hari berikutnya, merahnya lebih sedikit. 2 hari berikutnya lagi, ga ada merahnya :) harus rajin2 trial makanan nih, dan ga langsung mencap salah satu makanan sebagai pencetus alergi. oya, kaldu sapi lancarrr, ga ada merah2nya sama sekali.

minggu depan mama coba sayuran lain, mungkin bayam dan wortel udah boleh, karena udah mendekati usia 8 bulan.

oya, hampir seminggu kemarin mama dan pilar di bandung, kebetulan mama ada training. senangnyaaa :) ga rela rasanya hari minggu harus pulang ke jkt.

well, life goes on..

trop mignon

belakangan ini kebiasaan pilar kalo udah mau bangun tidur adalah guling2 kesana kemari. kadang sambil ngigau ga jelas :) trus dibuka matanya...dan senyum2 deh :)

udah 2 hari pulang kantor nyampe rumah jam 6 lewat. pilar dah bobo :( jam 9an mama deketin ke susu, dia mau nyusu, trus bobo lagi. tengah malem biasanya kebangun buat nyusu juga. subuh deh pilar bangunin papa mamanya. mama mompa dulu buat stok, baru nyusuin pilar. semoga, walopun weekdays ditinggal mama ngantor, malem dan pagi pilar tetep rajin mimik sama mama, biar asi mama tetep banyak dan pilar bisa full asi sampe 1 tahun ya nak :) amiiin.

i'm having a headache..
miss my pilar at home..
want to go home quick..

pilar is 7 months now!

hay, back in business, after 2 weeks of lebaran vacation. just got back, and work is tough already. this is going to be quick.

@ 7mo, pilar..

is a big boy! i wouldnt call him a baby, no more. my guess, he's over 9 kilos now. grow grow my baby, grow. oops my boy i mean :)

his words turn to BBBB, PPPPP, and MMMM
so i heard already some words similar to mama, like: AMMAMAMAMMMA... or MAMMAAM
i dont know if he means MAMA or MAMAM (-eat-) hehehe, both perhaps?
or similar to papa, APAPAPAPAAA
to ABAH, ABBBAAA
to ABU, ABBBUUUUBUUUBUUU
only him and God know :)
anyway, it's great that he's improving his speaking skill. his nanny is quite confident that pilar will speak sooner than average. well, hope so :)

he's rolling back and forth now. yes, we must be very careful as he can fall easily from bed :(

he's not yet able to sit still. i'm sure he's strong enough, but he seems more attracted to reach his feet (then lick them)than sit still :D

he grabs everything near him, keys, mobilephones, remote controls...

he eats: brown rice porridge, red rice porridge, green beas porridge, puree of pear, kabocha, zuccini, banana, avocado, papaya, potato,...
his favorite: kabocha, pear, papaya :)
he enjoys more tasty and textury food lately. good boy :) we'll switch to real food soon ya!

he sometimes cries while sleeping lately. mama dont know why exactly. sometimes changing his sleeping position could calm him down, sometimes didnt work. are you having nightmares sweet heart? dont be afraid, mama & papa are next to you, we'll protect you, dont worry sonny!

what else ya..i'll come back when i have ideas :)

love you smiley boy :)