This blog is intended to be the diary of my baby's firsts. She's already come so far and I don't want to forget how beautiful she was in her first days, months...years.
So here's what I remember so far:
She was born on March 22, 2007. Labor was easy but a grueling 14 hours long. Amin was so nervous. Especially when he saw that I was in pain. I think my calmness calmed him =) I was more bored than anything...until they gave me the pitocin...that's when I asked for an epidural and squeezed my Amin's hand every five minutes. I pushed for about 45 minutes...then out came the love of my life. I had to wait for what felt like an eternity while they cleaned her up and my husband had all the fun; reciting the athan in her ear, talking to her and taking her picture.
They placed her in my arms and my life changed forever. I love my daughter so much! She's so beautiful and amazing! She's so advanced for her age in so many ways masha'Allah. Saaida and Liyana call her an alien because since she's been born she's acted months older than she is. She never looked like a red winkled baby but instead her features were so defined and cute. She was so wide-eyed and alert from birth on. All the nurses and doctors in the hospital commented on how alert she was. She's been lifting her head as long as I can remember but I don't think babies are supposed to do that until 4 to 6 months. She smiled for the first time when she was only two weeks old! No one believed me but I know it wasn't gas!
Now she's about 2 1/2 months old and she's kicking and talking (well she says aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, ooooooooohhhhhhhh, and aagggaaaaaa) =) She's been drooling and sucking a lot lately and is very moody. I think she's teething or is in the precursor stage at least because sucking and biting on my shoulder and thumb has been her only relief for the past couple of days. At 2 months she started flailing her arms while nursing (that's also when she started "talking") so I have to dodge the blows.
Amin loves her so much. He told me before she was born that he would not hold her or do anything for a couple of years...he was so nervous about hurting her. I in first few days and weeks he only held her when he felt he had no choice and looked so scared doing it, poor thing. He would comfort her and rock her to sleep in the beginning but that's all he felt comfortable with. But now he holds her and burps her and talks to her and loves her =) He's a great father!
Let's see...she loves the tv but I try to block her gaze 'cause the doctor says it's not good for her to watch it. Her right eye has been leaking since birth and she hates it when I clean her eye boogers. I feed her vitamins once a day and I try to save it for when she has the hiccups because drinking seems to help them go away...she hates the hiccups! She gets scared sometimes when people sneeze...it startles her and makes her cry. She loves bathtime and the bathtime song I sing to her. She likes to kick her feet and make the water splash around. I wrap her in a warm fuzzy pink blanket...she always has such a nice nap after a warm bath.
She grew sooo much the first month. She went from 7 lbs 3 oz to around 10 lbs! That's the 75th percentile for growth masha'Allah...and they thought she would come out like a withered prune (I had a rough pregnancy...vomitting and nausea made me lose my appetite). Well we showed them, Aliyah! She went to get her vaccination shots two weeks ago...oh what a horrible feeling it was to see that look of shock and then pain on her face as they gave her the shots. But she only cried for a few seconds. She's such a good girl. Amin says she's a champion and that she's from halfway down the mountain (he's from the mountains 'cause he's Afghan but she's only half Afghan) ha ha.
She loves Mommy! She's a friendly baby and talks to everyone and smiles at everyone but there's definitely a special spot in her heart for her mommy =) She loves to eat me...she's doing it now in between typing spurts. I call her slobber monster.
Well that's about it for now. If I can think of anything else, I'll include it in my next post.
So here's what I remember so far:
She was born on March 22, 2007. Labor was easy but a grueling 14 hours long. Amin was so nervous. Especially when he saw that I was in pain. I think my calmness calmed him =) I was more bored than anything...until they gave me the pitocin...that's when I asked for an epidural and squeezed my Amin's hand every five minutes. I pushed for about 45 minutes...then out came the love of my life. I had to wait for what felt like an eternity while they cleaned her up and my husband had all the fun; reciting the athan in her ear, talking to her and taking her picture.
They placed her in my arms and my life changed forever. I love my daughter so much! She's so beautiful and amazing! She's so advanced for her age in so many ways masha'Allah. Saaida and Liyana call her an alien because since she's been born she's acted months older than she is. She never looked like a red winkled baby but instead her features were so defined and cute. She was so wide-eyed and alert from birth on. All the nurses and doctors in the hospital commented on how alert she was. She's been lifting her head as long as I can remember but I don't think babies are supposed to do that until 4 to 6 months. She smiled for the first time when she was only two weeks old! No one believed me but I know it wasn't gas!
Now she's about 2 1/2 months old and she's kicking and talking (well she says aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, ooooooooohhhhhhhh, and aagggaaaaaa) =) She's been drooling and sucking a lot lately and is very moody. I think she's teething or is in the precursor stage at least because sucking and biting on my shoulder and thumb has been her only relief for the past couple of days. At 2 months she started flailing her arms while nursing (that's also when she started "talking") so I have to dodge the blows.
Amin loves her so much. He told me before she was born that he would not hold her or do anything for a couple of years...he was so nervous about hurting her. I in first few days and weeks he only held her when he felt he had no choice and looked so scared doing it, poor thing. He would comfort her and rock her to sleep in the beginning but that's all he felt comfortable with. But now he holds her and burps her and talks to her and loves her =) He's a great father!
Let's see...she loves the tv but I try to block her gaze 'cause the doctor says it's not good for her to watch it. Her right eye has been leaking since birth and she hates it when I clean her eye boogers. I feed her vitamins once a day and I try to save it for when she has the hiccups because drinking seems to help them go away...she hates the hiccups! She gets scared sometimes when people sneeze...it startles her and makes her cry. She loves bathtime and the bathtime song I sing to her. She likes to kick her feet and make the water splash around. I wrap her in a warm fuzzy pink blanket...she always has such a nice nap after a warm bath.
She grew sooo much the first month. She went from 7 lbs 3 oz to around 10 lbs! That's the 75th percentile for growth masha'Allah...and they thought she would come out like a withered prune (I had a rough pregnancy...vomitting and nausea made me lose my appetite). Well we showed them, Aliyah! She went to get her vaccination shots two weeks ago...oh what a horrible feeling it was to see that look of shock and then pain on her face as they gave her the shots. But she only cried for a few seconds. She's such a good girl. Amin says she's a champion and that she's from halfway down the mountain (he's from the mountains 'cause he's Afghan but she's only half Afghan) ha ha.
She loves Mommy! She's a friendly baby and talks to everyone and smiles at everyone but there's definitely a special spot in her heart for her mommy =) She loves to eat me...she's doing it now in between typing spurts. I call her slobber monster.
Well that's about it for now. If I can think of anything else, I'll include it in my next post.
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