muhammad nashwan nasr is 2 years and 8 months. his speech development was quite slow though he tries to communicate in all the ways he knows how. he started calling me maa for a long time but other than ball, bola and a few other words, he spoke very little. his verbal communication was limited to single words only and it was back in ipoh during my confinement days when he was 2 years and 4 months did i notice that his speech development accelerated.
i attribute it to his close communication with his playmates, his cousins! well, i guess he had people whom he wanted to communicate with. i could see his eagerness to play with them resulting in him wanting to communicate with them.
there was once when he saw my photograph under the glass cover, he tried to tell that to his ummamma. Knowing that she didn't understand him, he held her hand and took her to where the photograph was. slowly but surely, he picked up words and started talking. he is still so baby at this age now. he would look so cute when he tells you something in his still so baby-talk.
being a mother, i try to be attentive to what he is trying to say. there were times when my patience were running thin, as i am always rushing for time around them, i will upset him either by ignoring what he wants and says or wrongly interpreting the same resulting in him throwing of tantrums. he can express himself quite alright and he is always trying to but we need to be patient around him. his frustration for not being able to make others understand him also contributes to his behaviour.
some of the things he says will make me melt...
the one thing that worries me is that due to the delay in speech development, he has become very physical in expressing himself, more so if there is an audience. he is such a loving boy otherwise. i love to see him concentrate when he is into things. he is some sort of a perfectionist too i suppose. i made this conclusion when i observe him carry out some tasks i give him. he is also very particular about principles. no one should take what belongs to others but he can do it anytime anyday. i am really not happy getting comments about how naughty he is. having read about why he is behaving the way he is, i would blame it on his environment as well as the lack of attention and platform to channel his excess energy.
i cannot treat him the same way i treat my daughter as she is matured, yet a baby in her heart, not just yet but surely he will have his own set of rules to follow. i may be a bit harsh but i am a believer of doing the right thing no matter how distasteful it may seem. i really need help with my routine chores so that i can concentrate on each of my babies. they are sufferring for having a monster of a mum right now since there is so much to do, so little time and an infant!
i am his mother and i see beyond what everyone else sees. i really hope that school will really do him good. i love you babies...
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