My son

Salam everybody,
let me introduce you to my only child (at  least at this moment). His name is Muhammad Naqib Bin Nizam. He was born on 2nd January 2009 at my 37 week of pregnancy at Hospital Penawar, Pasir Gudang.

His development during his first 12 months was quit well. I might say that it was according to the graph. He crawled at 6 months. His first teeth showed at his 10 months and he walked at 12 months.

However, during his 18 month, I realized that he was unable to pronounce mama or papa. At this stage he called me as 'dada' and unable to address his papa. There were only a few simple words that he managed to said like 'cat', 'no', 'na nak (tak nak)', 'goal', 'cake'. All those words are the things that he likes most. So, I decided to refer him to pediatrician. During the check up, there were a lot of questions asked by the doctor. From my pregnance till Naqib's current development / achievement. As far as i can remember, he was at 26 month back then. Result for that check up was really a relief as i was really scared if he was to be diagnosed as austisme. Syukur, he was a very healthy kid. What we need to do is to refer him to speech theraphist and do some audio test. Both test was first scheduled to be done on last June. Since, I just started my new job at that moment, I have to postpone the test to September. Now, I am re-considering to bring him to meet both specialist since Naqib has shown a very positive development.

On June 2011, Naqib was actually at 30 months (ikut kata orang melayu, 2 tahun setengah). I realized that since then, he was able to call me as "moamma' and hia papa as "bpoabpa". I am sooooo touched when he first call me momma. hihi.. His papa were even more happy than me since he actually had a feeling that Naqib was kind of ignoring him... alahai, what to do. I was unemployed for 12 months and be around Naqib 24/7 while his papa was only at home during weekend. Comfirmla, si anak manja dgn his mama.

So, by now (he is 2 years 7 months old), his vocab is improving. He likes to imitate what we said. Well, i believe that every mother loves this moment kan?. Ha, and the most thing that impressed me is that yesterday i heard him singing "twinkle, twinkle little star" .  The only word that he sang clearly is "star", others were replaced by nananana.. hihihi.. so cute!!

I would love to share some tips  for a mother having a child who still can not talk at age of 18 - 24 months.
1) Do not worry to much. Your child may be concentrating on their other development i.e. motor skill. In Naqib case, he is excellent in playing football. He started kicking ball as soon as he managed to walked.
2) At the same time, consult your peaditrician. Just in case your child DO have any problem, it will be lots of way to solve/cure/improve.
3) Well, some child may be categorized as "lambat bercakap". Sooner or later, they will be able to talk.
4) Do not give up teaching them. They may not respond it immidiately but they are actually absorbing the information you taught them. This is really work for me. I taught him the "twinkle-twinkle" song since he was very small. He then suprised me when he sang it himself when he was 2.5 years.
5) Last but not the least ; pray to Allah for the best for your child. Allah know everything. There must be a hikmah on any thing that Allah have planned for us.


Cheers!!
FZL