My baby is on the last week of his seventh month and at this age he has shown a lot of development that amuses us. These are development that we expect to be evident on the eight month. One of them is his sense of belongingness. Babies has there own sense of belongings. Just like on this following pictures, my little boy knows that the toys they’re playing with is his. He also has the sense that he is on his own place or that he owns the place.
Those toys are mine
Give me my toy
That's mine...
Another thing that we found out is that our baby at this age already knows how to respond to what we would like him to do. For instance, he cries and so for us to pacify him we call his name and tell him to smile for a photo shot, he then will cease crying and smiles to face the camera. Not a camera shy baby huh… Just take a glance of the photographs.
Smiles and tears
From cryin to smilin
Posted in Baby Care, Discipline, Family Life and motherhood, Monthly activity, Mother and Child Relationship, development
Tagged camera, camere shy, development, pacify, recognition, responsiveness, Sense of belongingness, seventh mobth activity, seventh month, shy
Little ones has there own world. It seems that they have their own language to understand each other. They have their own conversation in ways that we adults seem not to understand. We see them enjoying even they don’t speak well. They look amazing. We don’t know how their conversation goes. When they get bored and if we don’t keep an eye on them they may end up fighting. Here are some pictures of my little one playing with my friend’s baby.
Zach and Zy Talking
Zach and Zy smile for a shot
Zach and Zy fighting for a toy
Game time-out
Posted in Baby Care, Family Bonding, Family Life, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Monthly activity, Mother and Child Relationship, Nurture, Parent responsibility, Parenting, Recreation
Tagged baby's world, communicate, Communication, communication skills, conversation, language, playing, playing toys
My baby is used to his surroundings and recognizes familiar faces. We use to go out every now and then away from home so that he would be exposed and get acquainted to unfamiliar things and people. We visit some friends; we go out sometimes in some unfamiliar places to interrupt his sense of security and routine.
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Zach amazed at his new sorrounding
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Zach unscarred getting in
He has shown a lot of development. A lot has changed. Last few days, I notice he is very irritable, I didn’t understand what he wants, that time I don’t know what I was suppose to do. My husband really got mad at me, because I only watch him crying. My husband took the baby to his arms and appeases the baby. Perhaps my baby just wants to feel the warmth of our embrace.
This few days as well I noticed that he like to crumple papers, watch television, and make more noise with his toys. He is more attracted in colorful thing. His sense of security has developed slowly, he knows who is with him and now seems to be selective of who he wants to carry and cuddle him. He easily responds to activities like taking pictures, he smiles every time we call his attention for photograph shots.
Posted in Baby Care, Family Bonding, Family Life, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Monthly activity, Mother and Child Relationship, Parent responsibility, Parenting, Recreation, Uncategorized, Weekend Activity
Tagged acquintance, child development, development, Familiarity, irritability, responsiveness, routine, security
Babies at age of seven months start to distinguish the real form unreal. It is at this age that they appreciate the things around them like colors and size. They recognize sounds and movements and recognize where it came from. They get easily attracted especially to colorful things. With all that we may need to guide them so they would be aware of those things. Kids at this age are very curious so we better keep an eye on them to keep them away from harms.
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Amused by The Beard old Man
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Trying to talk to Santa Clause
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Dont kid me. You’re not real!
The previous day we were at Ayala mall to get his last immunization shots for HIB as well as his monthly check-up and while we are busy at our window shopping, we noticed that our little boy was attracted at something and he kept on turning his head looking for that something that may have amused him. We found out that he is eyeing on a red mascot. He was focusing his sight on a big battery operated Santa Clause. He may have wondered if the moving thing is real or fancy. So my husbands immediately took him and bought him near the moving thing. As soon as they get closer, our little boy smiled and his father tried to make him interact with the machine. His eyes were glaring and he switches looks from Santa Clause to his father as if he is comparing what he is seeing trying to find if he is interacting to real persons. I saw the happiness in his face while he’s talking to a battery operated Santa Clause. They stayed for awhile to take some picture for his collection.
Posted in Baby Care, Family Bonding, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Immunization, Monthly check-up, Mother and Child Relationship, Parenting, Recreation, Weekend Activity
Tagged Babies, baby, Baby Immunization, baby's interaction, bonding, care, caring, Carrying a Baby, changes, color recognition, development, Guidance, Immunization, Monthly check-up, Santa Clause, sound recognition
Baby grows faster as we don’t notice their development. By the end of seven months, the baby should be able to sit without support and maybe feed himself something small. He has learned what he likes and what he doesn’t and will likely object cries if you grasp away a toy or an object he’s playing. At this age the baby’s learn how the world works around him, how to use his arms and legs, what he likes and what he doesn’t like. His social skills develop together with his physical aptitude. He can move his leg. He may kick something near from him. He cries if nobody around him, if he can feel that there is somebody with him, it makes him feeling better.
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big smile
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I got something
My baby is now turning eight months. We noticed that he can sit without our support. He cried if he wants something with some sort kicking feet act. Added with to his development, he tries to stand on his own two feet. He easily catches any unfamiliar sounds. He feels most comfortable sleeping on our arms at any time of the day. But at evening, he likes to lie down in bed. We also notice that he has improved more on playing with his hands, he learn a lots of sign language. Most of the time, he is babbling with his saliva. We’re just always focusing our attention to him because he is curious on everything that catches his sight.
Posted in Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Love, Monthly activity, Mother and Child Relationship
Tagged babbling with saliva, baby's development, comfortable sleeping, physical aptitude, seven months, skills development, turning eight months, unfamiliar sound
The mother’s work often seems to her an unimportant service. It is a work that is rarely appreciated. Her days are occupied with little duties, all calling for patient effort, for self-control, for tact, wisdom, and sacrificing love. She cannot boast of what she has done as any great achievement. She has only kept things in the home running smoothly. Often weary and perplexed, she has tried to speak kindly to the children, to keep them busy and happy, and to guide their little feet in the right path. She feels that she has accomplished nothing. But it is not so. The true mother will perform her duties with dignity and cheerfulness, not considering it degrading to do with her own hands whatever it is necessary to do in a well-ordered household.
Sometimes the member of the family or people around misunderstood the work of the mother. Somebody would tell us, why don’t you go and find a better job, to have a career. They underestimate the fact that the work of the mother is more than any profession work.
There are many of mothers that just seem born to take care of children especially in the culture of the Philippines that the mother should be in the house just to take to her family. She is prioritizing her children to assure that everything will be alright. She has something to sacrifice, maybe her career. Mother works twenty four hour, no holiday, no day off, it’s a kind of work that nobody does. No one really prepare for this exhausting job only the mother. Mother wants their children feel that they have loved enough. Motherhood is one of the toughest of all genetic responsibilities and one that is so tightly scrutinize by societal expectations that many mothers feel like failure. The commitment of motherhood is lasting, hardly ever talked.
Before I decided to get pregnant, I also have decided to give up my work once the baby born. And I’m going to be a hands-on mother to my baby. I have to commit myself to be a typical Filipina mother to my baby just to take care of him. I really would like to get back to work but I have to sacrifice that desire especially that I am breastfeeding my baby. That is also because I don’t want to leave my baby into anybody else care. Today, I am a full time mother to my baby.
Immunization is one important tool to fight against infection. If the baby have enough immunization shots then that baby is protected against the disease. This is known as herd immunity.
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trying to crab something
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Last HIB immunization
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the doctor checking
We took our baby to the doctor for his last HIB immunization. We have to go to his Pediatrician for his immunization as well for his monthly check-up. When the doctor starts to check him, he cried, perhaps he already had associated the doctor to pain. I and my husband take turns to calm him but he still kept on crying. He doesn’t want to be laid down on the bed perhaps he already knew that pain will come next once he is laid down. He cried and cried until his doctor finished checking and injecting him with the vaccine.
Posted in Family Bonding, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Ideal Family, Monthly activity, Recreation
Tagged appointment with the doctor, child explosure, craving for pizza, expose to other places, Family Bonding, family time, food chain, food to eat, little boy in yellow cub, snack time with family, snacks
Mothers, let your hearts be open to receive the instruction of God, ever bearing in mind the fact that you must act your part in conforming to the will of God. You must place yourself in the light and seek from God wisdom, that you may know how to act, that you may acknowledge God as the chief worker, and realize that you are a laborer together with Him. Let your heart be drawn out in contemplation of heavenly things. Exercise your God-given talents in doing the duties which God has enjoined upon you as a mother, and work in partnership with divine agencies. Labor intelligently, and, “whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
The mother should surrender herself and her children to the care of the compassionate Redemeer. Earnestly, patiently, courageously, she should seek to improve her own abilities, that she may use aright the highest powers of the mind in the training of her children. She should make it her highest aim to give her child an education which will receive the approval of God. As she takes up her work understandingly, she will receive power to perform her part.
The mother should feel her need to the Holy Spirit’s guidance, that she may herself have a genuine experience in submission to the way and will of the Lord. Then, through the grace of Christ, she can be a wise, gentle, loving teacher of her children.
Posted in Baby Care, Child's Training, Discipline, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Hygiene, Ideal Family, Love, Mother and Child Relationship, Parent responsibility, Parenting, Respect, development
Tagged care, children care, duties, exercise the power, first teacher, Guidance, instruction, mother's abilities, mother's duties, Mother's influence, mother's understanding, mother's work, partnership
