Watchful Eyes of a Little Girl

Hadeef Hafiy is now one month old, our youngest grandson and brother to Haadieya, the only girl of four siblings in Bintulu. Little Hadeef does not seem to need much attention and is also quiet. He hardly cries and only made baby sounds when he is hungry. Generally he cries when he is being cleaned and when being bathed, especially when his private parts are touched. Will he grow up to be a private person? I wonder.

The elder sister, who wanted a little sister very much but made do with a little brother instead, tries not to show any emotion when attention are showered to the little baby. However one day Mummy told me that Haadieya confided that Tok Bah and Tok Mi does not love her anymore. I asked Haadieya why she said so and she scolded her mummy for telling me that fact:

Haadieya: “Mummyyyyyy, I told you not to tell Tok Bahhhhhhh” and was about to cry
Mummy: “Sorry, sorry, sorry”
Tok Bah: Holding Haadieya tight, “Why do you say that Tok Bah and Tok Mi don’t love you anymore?”
Haadieya: “Because you always hold baby and call baby only……” Yes we do that often and I had to think up a good answer to diffuse her negative thoughts,
Tok Bah: “Now, now, you must always remember that Tok Bah and Tok Mi love you very much and still love you very much”
“Because baby sleep always, Tok Bah got to keep calling baby to attract his attention”
“That does not mean that Tok Bah and Tok Mi do not love you or for that matter your elder brothers. We still love you very much”
“We continue playing with you, do we not?”
Sometime later, I hugged her again and with her lying down I held her supporting her neck in my left hand and hugging her at midriff with my right hand called “Haadieyaaaa, Haadieyaaaa, where are you” several times and rocking her while doing that the way I called baby every time I hold him. I can see the change and brightening up of Haadieya’s face enjoying the attention given to her. Ha ha, an overgrown baby, certainly jealous of the little brother. I must remember to keep her attention going always…..

Hadeef’s little belly button came off clean within a week after birth. Our experience was that when belly buttons of his siblings came off clean there was a slight change in the baby’s condition, like a rise in body temperature or baby becoming stressed up, crying and noisy but not with Hadeef. He was very quiet and showed no change at all. I do suspect that he is going to be a very private person…….
Shaffik made it a habit of taking Hadeef for a short ‘sunbath’ several mornings, on his first week at home, at the gazebo as his skin showed a tinge of yellow, a possible indication of ‘jaundice’, but it was only a tinge and does not look serious. It is common to note that babies had to be retained in hospital for several days after birth, to treat for possible ‘jaundice’ infection. The tinge of yellow on Hadeef’s skin however disappeared soon enough and nothing to worry about, but he does seem to enjoy the morning sunbath heh heh!! He was awake but kept wriggling his hands and feet, with eyes closed and no sound from his mouth….. starting to enjoy life a little early doesn’t he?……….





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