Baby Iyad's developmental milestones...

alhamdulillah, it has been a while since i last wrote about baby iyad's developmental milestones...we are very much excited and looking forward to every single new things that he is capable of doing... he cheers up our gloomy days with his cheeky attitudes and funny acts... he is such a determine boy, even though he doesn't like to be pushed when he's not ready, he actually tries very hard to attain a particular skill until he is able to surprise us with his achievement in his developmental milestones..

at slightly over 1 year old, baby iyad surprised us with a moving forward commando crawl...it was not only one or two steps, but he was trying very hard to get on hold to his toys when we purposely put it far in front of him...

now he's quite good at it, alternating it with rolling over and moving forward.... but wait..! there's another surprise....!

at about 14 months, he impressed us with his skill to sit on his own... baby iyad has slightly shorter arms, which is a known feature of children with Down Syndrome...that can make sitting up on their own quite difficult for them because they can't push themselves to sit as easy as their peers who have a proportionate arm span...

so what he did was, he started by crawling backward and rest his bottom on the floor and pushed himself hard to sit up straight!...that was simply amazing...! at times he failed and he fell forward or sideways, but after he successfully sit up straight he would make a satisfaction scream that he's able to that on his own..! i have yet to video this skill...

alhamdulillah, even though he's slightly delayed in his development, we know that he is working hard to do it...we are very proud of his every single achievements... at 14 months, he adores food very much and is still on fully breastfeeding.. alhamdulilillah, i am still given the chance to feed him with my own milk even though the supply is not as great, but it is sufficient for his intake and requirement...

keep it up my dear baby iyad!! you are such an inspiration in our life and we love you dearly with all our heart...