Week 15 - making her laugh coz crying..she can do that on her own.

Ilham...LOL! (Laughing Out Loud for those who don't speak tech).

I found out that I can make her laugh two ways :

1) Playing Peekaboo

2) Making funny faces like Mr. Bean

Playing Peekaboo is easy at this age. All I have to do is put up a barrier between me and her like a burp cloth so she can't see my face, then I pull down the cloth and say "peekaboo" in a high voice. Her eyes usually was not even looking at the cloth so when she sees my face, she smiles or laugh.  At this stage, she still hasn't learn about object permanence yet, so the theory is, she doesn't know I'm behind the cloth. I appear as if by "magic".  

Making funny faces employs a part of not being self conscious about our appearances. The more exaggerated my face is, the more she laughs. I'll try to get a video of her laughing coz she sounds so cute. They said that babies will lose that unique laughing sound after a year old so its best to record it now.  

I'm trying to teach her how to nap in her crib in the morning to not much success. She will nap on me though like if she's in the chunei or sling. But she hates napping in the crib by herself.  She will cry loudly if I leave her there. As per some of the books say, it's okay and necessary to leave the baby crying for up to 20 minutes. I break after 5 minutes of crying. It's hard and stressful for me. I also read that some kids will just naturally be able to nap on their own when they're older so I hope that will happen to her.  Whatever it is, most books say that we won't spoil the child within this age by holding her anyway.

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Just now, I swaddled her with a SwaddleMe blanket. It uses velcro to keep the blanket in place. Very easy to use. I kept her arms in it and velcro her up. She totally hates having her arms tied down though. I left her in the crib and sat down in the couch for a few minutes to see if she can settle down on her own then looked at her. She was smiling and looking at me with the most peculiar expression, it's like, "hah, I got the better of you", one of her arms is out waving about, and the other is half out.  That little Houdini.  :)  I just pulled her arms out at this point but she didn't want to be left in the crib so I "wear" her with my Slinglings.

I'm worried about her skin though. She has rashes on her body and face, she also have cradle cap all over her head and to the side of her forehead. I'm going to ask the doctor about this coz I I thought that all the skin issues should disappear by now. Since her back is fine, right now I assume that it's the almond oil we use for her massages. So, we're going to use the baby lotion for massaging and see if the rashes will go away.  Oh, and some parts of her skin is rough like the old skin is there.  I'm so confused. Other than that, she seems healthy but I'd rather be paranoid than not.

Oh, and this swine flu virus is just making me nuts. It's considered an epidemic in Mexico and there are people infected with it in California. I'm praying that we'll be okay coz we'll be flying off in a plane with re-circulated air.  

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Anyway..onto the best part (for me at least)...the many faces of Nurilham..

a little smile

a little cry

Kevin making her laugh

Having a little tantrum..

what color are my eyes?

Little Love Bug giving a small wink