Monday, September 10, 2007

Pasha is a big boy now







Top row, left to right: 17/04/2007 and <1 month old
Middle row, left to right: 1+ and 2+ month old
Bottom row, left to right: 3+ and 4+ month old



Hello everyone! I am 4 months plus now and below are the skills that I have mastered. I have even got myself some skills that are for the 5 and 6 months old baby. Not bad ha! I am not in a hurry to grow up but those skills just came by themselves. However, there are still a few more skills that I need to polish up and those are the ones indicated by **.

Child's Age Mastered Skills (most kids can do) Emerging Skills (half of kids can do) Advanced Skills (a few kids can do)
1 month Lifts head when lying on tummy
Responds to sound
Stares at faces
• Follows objects briefly with eyes
• Vocalizes: oohs and aahs
• Can see black-and-white patterns
Smiles, laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree angle
2 months • Vocalizes: gurgles and coos
• Follows objects across field of vision
• Notices his hands
Holds head up for short periods
Smiles, laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree angle
• Makes smoother movements
Holds head steady
• Can bear weight on legs
• Lifts head and shoulders when lying on tummy (mini-pushup)
3 months Recognizes your face and scent
Holds head steady
• Visually tracks moving objects
• Squeals, gurgles, coos
• Blows bubbles
• Recognizes your voice
• Does mini-pushup
Rolls over, from tummy to back
• Turns toward loud sounds
• Can bring hands together, bats at toys **
4 months Smiles, laughs
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him
• Can grasp a toy
Rolls over, from tummy to back
Imitates sounds: "baba," "dada"
Cuts first tooth
• May be ready for solid foods **
5 months Distinguishes between bold colors
• Plays with his hands and feet
• Recognizes own name
Turns toward new sounds
Rolls over in both directions
• Sits momentarily without support **
• Mouths objects
Separation anxiety may begin
6 months • Turns toward sounds and voices
Imitates sounds
Rolls over in both directions
Is ready for solid foods **
• Sits without support **
• Mouths objects
• Passes objects from hand to hand
• Lunges forward or starts crawling **
Jabbers or combines syllables
Drags objects toward himself

Well, nobody is perfect and I am not a nobody. I am Pasha! By the way, I do learn a lot from Astro's Playhouse Disney Channel where I got to watch shows such as, Pocoyo, Elmo's World, Jojo's Circus and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

P/s:
Don't tell my mama and papa that I do not need them to do those silly faces to make me laugh but I just pretended that I need them so that I could watch how they made a fool out of themselves... (evil grin)

6 comments:

Nadia said...

Hi baby!! *waves*

eh mana rambut pasha??

4 months?? how time flies kan??

Diah said...

rambut saya dicukur mama diah laa... and yes i am going to be 5 month old soon.

Lollies said...

waahh sudah pandai tengok tv ya

Diah said...

bosan tak tau nak wat apa lagi arr aunty lollies... nak jalan belum boleh :p

elisataufik said...

he's definitely filling out!! So bulaaatttttt.

Geram nya nak gomol dia hritu, but I had a cold, so didnt want to make him sick. :(

This only means one thing: I have to meet Pasha again! :D

Diah said...

pasha will be waiting with open arms... :p