Hammer All The Way!!!

This toy has a hammer, in which the toddler suppose to use it to hammer the ball down.

We never introduce the hammer to Sean because he is a strong boy. We were all afraid he will hit things or us badly.

And because he doesn't know it was suppose to be hammered down, he used his own way...:-)

Thrust me, he has a strong arm at his age.

Peeping Tom??

Ever since Sean discovered the fun of "open & close" the drawers, we need to lock the drawer as he really BANG it!

There was one day...he did this!

Guess he must have found 'gold' inside there, in which he needs to peep this way!! LOL

To see more, clip on below clip. :-)

How We Communicate with Sean??

Sean is only able to mumble a few words, like "mum" (eat), "pah" (daddy) & "cheh" (call Ern)...YET we "talk" everyday via the primitive method - body language

He understands what we talk and react to it.

Scenario 1:
Sean: * walked towards me asking for food while I was having dinner *
Me: Sean, go to Poh Poh for mum mum
Sean: * walked to Poh Poh and ask for food*

Scenario 2:
Me: Sean, where is your "chit chit" (pacifier)?
Sean: * crawl to the spot where we normally place his pacifier and take it*

Scenario 3:
Me: Where is your teddy bear?
Sean: * he would look around and search for his blue color bear*

Scenario 4:
Me: Wave bye bye and french kiss
Sean: * he does the right way** At times, he doesn't want to do it at all, depending on his mood. He thinks he must act cool!


Scrap credit:
Paper: Whimsy
Frame: unknown author

His 4 Pearly Whites

Finally, I am able to snap a nice picture using my compact camera on a mobile toddler. This one is able to show his 4 teeth with a smiling face!

Thrust me, it's not easy! I have lost count how many attempts I have tried to take a nice and decent picture of Sean! Whenever he sees my camera, he would crawl/walk to me, trying to take my camera!

The plan of getting a SLR is on the way :-) I know very well that would solve my problem. :-)


Scrap credit:
Paper:whimsy
Frame: coliescorner
Button: Klund

Tantrum

When Sean can't get the things he wants, this is the tantrum he throw!!

Long way for me to work/handle on this!! More to come, I am sure. *Sweat*

13 Months!

I am way way behind in updating Sean's progress. Now busy catching up blogging and snap photos before it get brush off again! At 13 months:

Vital Stats:
Height: 79cm
Weight: 11.7kg (he lost the chubbiness after started walking)
Teeth: 2 top & 2 bottom incisors.
- Milk: 2-3x per day. I still have like ~20 packets of EBM. So he is on 1 feeding EBM (mix with formula) per day. The rest of the time, he is on full formula

- Meal: porridge (lunch) + cereal/fruit puree (dinner) + whenever we eat!

- Snack: fruit, baby biscuit & JUNK food (only when we eat)

- He dislike plain water. So we have to add 1-2 drops of flavoured juice and he will finished 4oz at 1 goal. Not a good thing but no choice. We need to get him to drink water to avoid constipation and dyhydrated.

Development:
- Sean walks more than crawl now. Of course, still not fully balance and thus, he fell down almost everyday. So, he cries everyday! LOL

- He is able to point to the things when we ask him:
--> Fan
--> Light
--> Aircon
--> Moon/Star (and look up in the sky)
--> Chit Chit (pacifier)
--> Milk
--> Dog & cat (on his board book)

- When he wants us to bring him to his 'desired' direction, he will point or move his body in signaling the direction.

- He is a cry baby, at least to us. Anything that he can't get, he will cry, with tears I tell you.

- Started to fight toys with his sister.

- He likes books more than toys. Phew, at least something good that we see on him..haha...hopefully this will continue

- He needs to hold and touch our hands in order to sleep :-( I tried to change that many months but it doesn't work. No watter how tired he is, without hand he just can't sleep. After we gave in, he slept in 5mins.

Vocab:
- Mum: eat
- Pah: Daddy
- Cheh: His sister, Ern

Scrap credit:
Paper: Whimsy
Frame: Lindsay J
Word Art: Scarletheels & Misticato

Teeth Eruption

This time, we discovered 3 teeth at 1 go: 2 upper lateral insicor & lower left.

No wonder he kept on 'biting' this few days...Must be the inchy gum!!

Mr Cool

Sean used to be very friendly to strangers when he was a baby. He can smiled to anyone who played with him.

BUT.......

It's not anymore now! He looks very cool or unfriendly to strangers. Infect, he would turn away or even made a fuss when someone tried to touch him, especially the face. :-(

Well, something that is out of my control for now.

Kids Screaming

Sean is in the phase of SCREAMING. He finds it very fun and interesting, I supposed.

When he screams, his Che Che Ern also screams. It is like seeing 2 kids scream in duet! LOL

If you are in a good mood, it's fun to see how they laugh at each other after each scream. On the other hand,it's annoying when you are not in a good/tiring mood! Really can create headache to you...:-)

But hey, that's part of their growing childhood, isn't it! So patience is key!

The Do*nald Walk

2 days after Sean officially turned 1 (18th February 2010), he walked!

It took me a while to snap the picture/video clip as I was stucked in the situation of:

"Oh, where is my camera?"

" Sean, walk few more steps for Mummy to take picture!"

" Ern, stop taking/blocking the camera!"

Nevertheless, after many attempts, I got this :-)