My Adorable Cottage: August 2009

Salam & Hi to my all frenz…

Today I just sign up with Mom Bloggers Planet as a member. I’m really excited when they have a Mom Bloggers Planet Cutest Baby Photo Contest and as for this month of August 09, the theme is “Cutest Baby with TOY(S)”… Wow! I was thinking this contest is suitable for my sweet little baby Hafey. Thanks so much to littlemama @ Mom Bloggers Planet for organizing this great contest. This is a really fun contest with awesome prizes! So if you ever want to get to know this contest here better, you just visit at MomBloggersPlanet contest page:

http://www.mombloggersplanet.com/1312/cutest-baby-photo-contest-august-09/

Therefore I am very keen to share the sweet moment of my little baby Hafey playing with his favorite toys. I’m so happy because this is the first time my lovely baby Hafey joins the baby photo contest and maybe someday my Hafey will be a winner in this contest as well… Who knows? And that sounded pretty awesome to me... LOL… :)

Hafey
D.O.B – 1st December 2008

Hey there frenz! This is my sweet, lovely and adorable son, Hafey. My gorgeous baby Hafey is growing up so fast… at the moment he is 8 months old. My precious prince was born on 1st December 2008 at KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital, Shah Alam.

Early childhood learning and early stimulations helps to set the right foundation for my baby’s learning and advancement…

The most important way I can help with his brain development is by providing stimulation during this period to set the right foundation for my baby’s future learning...

In the first 2 years of life, babies learn through their physical sense and their movement experiences. We as a mother, can enrich our baby’s learning experiences by providing appropriate toys and props to stimulate his visual (sight), auditory (hearing), motor (physical), tactile (touch) and communication (language) capabilities.

Let's Play!

Hafey loves to play with his Kick & Play Piano

AHA! My lovely Hafey with his favourite toys... He loves to play with Kick & Play Piano with musical play modes, dancing lights and adorable animal friends from around the planet… Ha ha ha… of course, my baby enjoys a continuous medley of songs & sounds… even I’ve seen how my baby’s leg starts moving with excitement… Yeah, I’m really proud to have a baby like him because he is so cute, happy baby and always smile with his cheeky smile. Papa, mama and Mimynn will always love you my darling Hafey…

Now that my little guy is mobile. Hafey loves to explore and learn about his new world. He learns from looking at, holding and putting his mouth on different objects. He is eager to move his body towards the people and toys that comfort and interest him…

Hey... My Little Hafey is playing a ball!! So sweet...

And so, my sweet little Hafey started kicking, rolls over, creep and begin to crawl at his 7 month old. He likes to creep and crawl to everywhere in my house especially under the table… :) … yet he tries to catch and propel a ball across the floor. Ha ha ha… do you wanna be a football player, Hafey? Oh dear… maybe someday my baby Hafey will join his papa to play futsal… hmmm…

How can I help…

What can I do is call to him or hold out a favourite toy to encourage him to crawl short distances.
This is good to stimulate his gross motor development.
This helps my baby move through stages from crawling to sitting…

Hafey & Baby Gym

My baby Hafey likes to play with his fingers and toes, and can eventually start to hold his toys more securely… By now he likes to play Baby Gim with it’s cute and sweet hanging little duckling and ladybird. He tries to grasp that little duckling and ladybird and plays with his toys until he feels tired and fall asleep. This is precious time which is I captured the lovely moment Hafey with his favourite toys "Baby Gim"… so sweet my dear Hafey…

Baby Hafey is playing with a baby mirror - Baby Gym

Early childhood learning and stimulations help to enhance curiosity, attentiveness and concentration…

How I can help…

Let my baby play with his fingers and practice his grasping skills.
Place a small toy in my baby’s grasp, then gently pull.
I always use toys in various shapes and texture for my baby to chew and grip for added stimulation.

Hafey is playing Block Sorting

At 8 months old, my sweet baby Hafey increases to holding toys, picking up small objects and using his palm and fingers to get a toy…

How I can help…

I show to him how to put in and take out different objects in varies textures from a container – a good choice would be the colourful Block Sorting.
This toy will help him to improve his development of fine motor skills…

Go Hafey Go!

Hafey is playing musical toys while he is learning how to walk!

Hmmm... Playtime!... Look at My Little Baby Hafey with his new favourite walker with exciting musical toys... Hafey really happy with that walker, he can sit and play too – tapping, pressing and listen to lively music & animal fun sounds... Yeah, he also can play with the toys while he is learning how to walk or enjoying a ride!

How can i help...

Helps baby discover the joy of music and instruments.
Strengthens fine motor skills with hands-on activities.
Builds self-confidence as baby gains new physical skills.
Enhances balance, coordination and gross motor skills as baby learns to walk.

Anyway, that's all 'bout my entire baby’s first year… a journey of mind development and early childhood learning…

Yes! CUTEST BABY PHOTOS CONTEST For Everyone!

To all my sweet frenz, MomBloggersPlanet will have a different exciting theme for Cutest Baby Photo Contest for every month… The theme of this month is “Cutest Baby with TOY(S)”. Thus, if you’re a Moms or Dads who has a cutest baby playing with their favorite toys, you’ll love this contest and you’re welcome to join this competition… To enter this contest the contestants just have to follow the easy steps below and you could grab one of the wonderful prizes…

Get a photo of your baby with his/her favorite toys.
Write a blog post about this contest with title MomBloggersPlanet Cutest Baby with TOYS Contest.
Include your baby’s photo in the post and mention his/her name and date of birth.
Write about the TOYS in the picture.
Write your opinion about the usage of TOYS in early childhood learning.
Include a link to this contest page, PhotoBook Malaysia and AliceWonders in your entry.
Leave a comment here with link to your blog post.

Hmmm... that's all... It's s super easy to participate, visit MomBloggersPlanet group for further information.

DID You Know…

Guess what?… yeah… I’m just dreaming of the wonderful prizes, perhaps I’m the winner…*wink… hehehe…
Hmmm… Lets see what the great prizes are for the winners of this contest…. Ho ho ho…

1x FIRST PRIZE

One Medium Landscape Hardcover or Medium Portrait Hardcover Photobook by PhotoBook Malaysia (worth RM144)
One bag of his/her choice from AliceWonders (worth from RM50-RM200)

1x SECOND PRIZE

One Medium Portrait Softcover or Medium Portrait Classic Softcover by Photo Book Malaysia (worth RM80)

1x THIRD PRIZE

One Large Landscape Poster by PhotoBook Malaysia (worth RM68)

3x CONSOLATION PRIZE

One PurseHook each from AliceWonders (worth RM20)

Wow! That’s great… Hey, what are you waiting for my frenz, lets join the contest and send your entry by 15 August 2009 to MomBloggersPlanet …. you just need to dig into your baby’s photo collection and find a photo that the best suit the theme of this month… For more information, please log on to MomBloggersPlanet website…
http://www.mombloggersplanet.com/1312/cutest-baby-photo-contest-august-09/

And, for this month’s Baby Photo Contest, the great prizes are courtesy by:

PhotoBookMalaysia : http://www.photobook.com.my/
AliceWonders : http://www.alicewonders.com/

Thanks again for the great team of sponsors… You guys are awesome! I’m lovin it!