a visit to Kiwanis

alhamdulillah, baby iyad is already 4 week old today...he is already gaining a few hundreds gram from his birth weight and that is such a good achievement of both of us as we work very hard together to give our breastfeeding journey a great start..it's still a long way to go, we pray that baby iyad will continue getting the very best from mama's milk, insya allah...

4 week old today

when i first wrote about baby iyad's condition and posted it on this blog, i didn't expect to get such an overwhelming support and encouragement...we were really touched with all of these which keep us strong and positive...a dear friend of mine, S who is my schoolmate back in mrsmpc wrote to me on  kiwanis down syndrome foundation malaysia...and i'm very glad to know that she works there and she was very kind to offer us all the information regarding the early intervention program (EIP) that is available in the centre...i did some search on EIP in malaysia before we knew about baby iyad's confirmed diagnosis but i wasn't really sure what to look for...and when S contacted me, alhamdulillah she has brought light to brighten our way...once baby iyad's diagnosis was confirmed, i contacted S again to arrange a visit to kiwanis kuala lumpur to see how the program is conducted...

my ever bubbly, friendly, pretty friend, S

so today, we brought baby iyad to visit his school...insya allah, baby iyad is going to start his class in january...and that makes baby iyad the earliest to go to school among his other siblings...wow, way to go baby iyad! we got to tour the whole place (thanks to S) and met some children with DS having their lessons with the therapist and teachers...we were also greeted by friendly parents who were waiting for their children attending classes there and they gave us soothing, comfort words and encouragement to boost our confidence and to keep up our positive spirits...masya allah, this is such a beautiful place with friendly people...we can already feel the warmth of love showered by our new friends even though it was our first time here...

S gave us great details on the classes here...baby iyad will be going for the infant stimulation program which will start in january..meanwhile, we hope to join the school holiday program in november to give a kick start to the whole thing...insya allah, it's going to be an exciting journey for baby iyad and all of us...

the center is such a fully equipped place...it has a small swimming pool for the children to do their water therapy and play..the resource centre has books that the children and even parents can borrow and toys that we can borrow too..isn't that exciting!

we are looking forward to start off this journey, aren't we baby iyad..? he was soundly asleep in the hop tye while we were touring the place and only woke up for his dose of superfood (mama's breast milk) in the admin office (and poo-ed soon after that)...

baby iyad sleeping soundly and comfortably in his hop tye

insya allah i will surely update on baby iyad's progress when he starts his class and put up a lots of photos of him in action and probably videos too...