Today my beautiful baby has reached a major milestone - it's her one-month birthday. In lieu of a celebration (she's not allowed any birthday cakes till she's at least one year old), we took her to the paediatrician for her Hepatitis B jab and check-up. Alhamdulillah, Aiesyah is growing wonderfully, sustained on a diet of on-demand breastmilk. In fact she now weighs 4.5 kg, which accounts for almost 50% of the 10 kg I have lost since giving birth to her. In a couple of weeks she'll probably outgrow half of her new baby clothes - better start shopping for more girly stuff!
She also went through another rite of passage for newborn baby girls - circumcision. This was performed by my gynae in her clinic. Contrary to the misconceptions perpetrated by many Western articles regarding female genital mutilation, the procedure involved making just a small 'nip in the bud', literally. In fact, there was hardly anything removed as far as I could see. Aiesyah, of course, screamed her head off. That drama queen!
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