Syawal 1430H

Approaching the 3rd week of Syawal 1430. Truly a memorable Raya as a family of 3 for the very first time. Dressed Hamzah in traditional cara melayu complete with sinjang and songkok, albeit he would throw his songkok away in a matter of a hundredth of a second! He never liked hats or anything put on his head for that matter, a trait i recognised since he was a few days old...odd!

Visited quite a number of relatives' houses this year but with a downside of Hamzah's routine disrupted. He gets cranky if he is late, or worse, misses his naptime which I as a mother is quite strict about. I, and am sure mothers out there, do agree discipline is important to instill in children no matter how old or young they are. Eventhough Hamzah is still a baby, discipline in sleeptimes and mealtimes is important and I dislike anything that goes in the way of this. At the end of the day, the parents AND the child suffers if this is disrupted.

Hamzah has behaved quite well with visiting this year, but got really cranky at home when there were too many people. I think he may have felt overwhelmed and tired with the attention people have been giving him. And OH YES, on the 3rd day of raya, Hamzah at age 11 months 9 days, started walking on his own!!! Yayyyyy!!! Mama was in tears, the Babah in disbelief and Hamzah very excited. But soon, fear and a bit of sadness overcame coz he's growing up so fast, becoming more independent and is fearless = time to babyproof the house!

Hamzah's become more sociable now too. He gets excited when he sees children his age. Apatah lagi, Ayden jadi mangsa! Kesian Ayden, he was slightly shocked when Hamzah started to come to him all shrieky with his hands up in the air and trying to hug (more like grab Ayden's hair) him. 1st day of Raya they were 'wrestling' each other and ended up in a fight where Hamzah's purple fan got ripped! Haha.....