Say Merci for Allah's Mercy

Maman is back in the paediatric department since a month ago. Praise God, I'm right on track in the field I wish to pursue :) and for the past solid 1 month, I was placed to take care of NICU, the neonatal intensive care unit - basically a place to nurse and treat very sickly babies.  whenever I attend to them, i would be reminded  of how fortunate we are compared to the babies and their parents... It s soo sad.  Being a parent myself, I know what every mom would have imagined and expected out of their newborns - a term , vigorous and perfectly healthy child. But that is so not what it turned out to be in their cases. some were delivered prematurely complicated with piles of problems along with it such as immature lungs, heart failure, necrotic intestine, anemia, infections and the list goes on. some were born with anomalies, some with brain damage due to asphyxia during labour, some need immediate surgical intervention.. so sad, so so sad :(


It breaks my heart to see all these. but one thing that keeps me going is I know I am doing something to help them get better even if it could not be fully cured. Every morning, I pray that Allah keeps us healthy and fine as we are now and I  also  pray for the kids under my care to be healed and could be discharged as healthy as any other infants. God willing, they would..

Back to your milestone assessment , little Harris,  speech wise you are now able to babble 2 syllables like 'am ma mam mam' and 'ba ba ba bu ba bu ba'. soo cute! visual and hearing - very sensitive, turning to sound and able to corelate visual and auditory senses. fine motor - still palmar grasping but your pincer grip is developing. Very good at transferring objects and becoming more selective nowadays when reaching out for things. hmm mr picky? :p  gross motor : harris is very good at pulling head from couch , can be pulled to stand easilly, sit with support, able to lift abdomen and thigh but not yet sustained, and as mentioned previously, reversed commando crawling! socially : this little baby is a heartthrob! very charitable with laugh and smile, no stranger anxiety but  can be very picky when he is sleepy at night, only chooses to be carried by maman n nenek huhu ( not even the maid).

Now say, Merci Allah!

peekaboo!

Harris zain

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