A heavy bookcase, chair or even a chest of drawers can be dangerous things for a young child at home.
Just yesterday, Ayeed was pulling himself up by holding on to a chair in the kitchen. He fell backwards and the chair fell on him.
And today his brother, Ajab, ‘enhanced’ the stunt by toppling over a chest of drawers in their room. No harm done, except for a shocked baby and a sorry toddler who got more than an earful from his daddy.
This boy’s gonna be walking soon!
Barely 9 months old and he’s already standing up and letting go of whatever he’s holding on to - in this case the kitchen basket on an Ikea shoe rack converted to a kitchen rack.
And he loves it too!
He’s given us a fright when he lost his balance a few times. Luckily he fell on his Dryper-ed bum.
I have been tagged by Nadia. The meaning of Ajab’s and Ayeed’s names?
The meaning of Ajab’s name and how it came about has been well-documented on this blog. Muhazzab, of course means “well nurtured and well educated”. As for Syaheed, it means “witness”.
Our criteria for choosing their names is very simple - pick out a name that starts with “M” for Ajab, to coincide with the first letter of my name and a name that starts with “S” for Ayeed’s name to coincide with the first letter of Trin’s name.
I have no idea what letter to use if we ever have a third. ‘X’ maybe?
I took a sniff of Smillow*, which has dropped down Ajab’s list of must-have items for sleeping.
Damn!!
Time to take Smillow out to the dumpster!
*Smillow = smelly pillow
Yay, Ayeed!! 8 months old today! You cheeky monkey!
Grow up fast so we can all go on another holiday, ok? Or at least learn to be more independent like your Abang Ajab. When are you gonna learn to sleep without Mummy patting you?
And learn to walk fast so we’ll have fewer heart attacks whenever you tumble and hit your hit on the floor because you insist on standing up unaided.
Go, Ayeed! Go!! pfffttt …. !!
