musa update
did i mention that musa is "saying namaaz" now? it's only whenever the mood strikes him, and in his own way, but he stands up, and then bends over all the way so his head is on the floor, then comes back up but squatting and bends his head back, moving his lips mysteriously, then bends forward into sajda again. today he did it with me when i started my dhuhr prayer, and on occasion he will do it when i ask him, "do you want to say namaaz?"
i never intended to teach it to him in such half urdu half english. i meant to teach him "make salaah" or something like that. but something about babies brings out the urdu in me, for some reason...
still not really any identifiable words, except for "baa baa" for byebye (accompanied by a miss-universe wave) and "DAAA!!" for dog, and apparently for other things as well but definitely for dog. but his understanding is clearly miles ahead of his speaking language... pointing at things he wants and reacting to certain words and phrases. he's getting to be a confident walker mashallah. and his eating is getting a little better alhamdulillah, though he's still waking up like a newborn through the night and will only nurse back to sleep. but i've resigned myself to that for the time being, though i'm starting to think about how on earth i will ever wean him if he doesn't wean himself...
i never intended to teach it to him in such half urdu half english. i meant to teach him "make salaah" or something like that. but something about babies brings out the urdu in me, for some reason...
still not really any identifiable words, except for "baa baa" for byebye (accompanied by a miss-universe wave) and "DAAA!!" for dog, and apparently for other things as well but definitely for dog. but his understanding is clearly miles ahead of his speaking language... pointing at things he wants and reacting to certain words and phrases. he's getting to be a confident walker mashallah. and his eating is getting a little better alhamdulillah, though he's still waking up like a newborn through the night and will only nurse back to sleep. but i've resigned myself to that for the time being, though i'm starting to think about how on earth i will ever wean him if he doesn't wean himself...
posted by Ayesha | 6:12 PM
6 Comments:
that is very cute.
and they definitely understand a lot more than they can say at that age. we have good friends who would teach their kids some basic sign language so they could ask for things and say 'please' and 'thank you'.
...and the liberal arts academic in me says: teach him all the languages you can as early as you can: i.e., urdu is good for him! trying to learn foreign languages as an adult stinks!
best wishes,
LoA.
The only difference from you Ayesha is that he makes these sounds so close to the words and you were quiet until you decided to speak. You too continued minimal sounds and other gestures to communicate with us which was no problem. You were able to tell us everything you wanted to in your own way. I love you.
He is mischievous. trying tricks of all kinds (using his intelligence in that direction) and I love him.
Dont worry about languages they all go in and stay in the memory, trust me on that. Lawrence of arabia is right.
Mashallah! How adorable.
great blog, well done.
Masha'Allah, that's adorable. I say let him learn Arabic during lessons (whether at home or elsewhere) and "keep it real" with the Urdu during daily life. Neither of you speak it as your first language, so you probably want to give him as much exposure to it as possible. Besides, outside of prayer itself there's nothing any less legitimate about "namaaz" than "salat". That's Arabophone imperialism. One day he'll be grateful for every bit of Urdu you've given him over the years regardless of how much he ends up using it.
and thus it falls to paindu mamoo to teach little mooster punjabi...
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