Expressing Himself

Sean has started to "speak" to us. At least, he is able to express himself more via words. Though the pronunciation is not 100% accurate, we can catch and understand what he says...well, only his care takers will know what he says. Things that how he expressed himself:

- Mummy, come (and) go (watch) TV.
- Mummy, see Pololo (the penguin cartoon Pororo)
- See Mouze ( his version of watch Mickey Mouse)
- Up tairs (Upstairs)
- bokey (monkey)
- Mummy, go!! (when we stop and wait for traffic light to turn green)
- Want Blehkeh (want blanket, he needs blanket in order to sleep)

He is getting ready for potty trained. He is able to tell us (at times) that he wants to pee. Instead of saying "shee shee", he said "ng ng" and press on his bi*die. So we have quickly put him on potty.

I have been cuddling him a lot because I know he will grow up soon.

Kai Kai

Sean is in the stage of separation anxiety with us, especially seeing me going away. So sending off to nanny at times can be quite a struggle for me. Thank goodness his nanny has been training him to wave/say bye bye to me. At times, he is all fine.

So now, whenever he sees me put on my spectacles, he is able to relate I am going out. I have low power shortsighted. So I don't really need to wear my spec when I am home unless I need to watch TV or computer. He will run to the shoe rack and put on his shoes! Waiting patiently at the door. If we don't make a move, he will drag our feet and say "come! Kai Kai!"

At 22 Months Old

Our boy was overdue in one of his 'must take' immuneration injection. Due to year end holidays and my business travel plan, I didn't get to do it send him on time. So I don't get to measure how heavy and tall he is right now.

Dietary:
Milk: 3-4x per day at 7oz each feeding
Meal: porridge (lunch) + rice(dinner) + snacks in between. During weekend, he will eat what we eat. So I don't specially cook for him anymore.
Food preference: He is a "meat" person, just like his Che Che. He loves roaster pork (char sio & sio bak).

Development:
- Speech is still his biggest growth milestone. He is able to form simple sentences like "mummy..plee (please)..come..gert (yogurt)" when he needs me to open the fridge and take yogurt for him. He is in the phase of repeat what we say.

- He loves puzzles, both the chipboard and phone game types. He is able to slide the puzzle pieces real fast on the touchpad screen. Daddy bought him several puzzle games online.

- Other than books, he likes car now. Because of that, we got him cars as part of his Christmas gift.

- He is extremely attached to me when I am within his sight. He always 'check' if I am around. One good thing is, he is ok most of the time when I dropped him off with the nanny. One thing I am so thankful about his nanny, she has been training Sean since young by telling him "mummy needs to go to work. Say bye bye to Mummy!". So it makes thing much more easier for me. Well, not everyday is a smooth sailing day as he cried at times still!

- He mimic what his Che Che is doing. If she jumps, he will follow. I hope he will not ended up in the stage of asking the "how high?" question later! Then surely I will pengsan.

- He has lots of falls this month, until we lost track of which blue black marks were happened on which day. Before the old wound recovered, the new one happened!!

- Nanny's son took him to Taiping Zoo sometime back during his off day. Well, I was so touched when nanny asked me if they could brought him out. The son knows Sean likes animal, so he make it to the point of sacrificing his off day by taking him to the zoo! I am very very thankful of having such a good nanny, not only take good care of Sean but gone extra mile by taking him for outing.

- He enjoys cutting his chair now without having me around to coax him. He knows what needs to be done throughout the whole process by being a very cooperative boy! This allow me to bring 2 kids to the salon at one go as Sean is not struggling anymore.

Boy, in less than 2 months, my boy will turn 2!!!! Time flies, I can still clearly remember my labor story on Sean!


Scrap credits:
Quickpage by cheznaninette

Mummy's Boy

Sean is close to me and to certain extend, I have to admit he is really a mummy's boy!

Not that he sticks to me like a glue but i can feel the "i need you, mummy" feeling from him. Good and bad, I tell you. :-)

One thing good is, as long as we divert his attention to either 'kai kai" (outting) or "mum mum" (eat), he is quite ok.

BUT.....

He looks very much like his daddy from his apperance. It's really you see Khoo Sr & Khoo Jr! The type where you don't need to crack your head hard also can tell these 2 men are father and son!

It May Not Be the Best Picture...

But it was the best smile that I get to capture on Sean!

Sean is in the stage of "I see Mummy take camera, I need to run!"!! Very very difficult of snapping his photo now. Have to curi curi take. :-)

21 Month Old

At 21 months old:

Vital Stats:
Height: 13.6kg
Weight: 88cm
Teeth: A lot!

Dietary:
Milk: 3x per day at 7oz each feeding
Meal: porridge (lunch) + rice(dinner) + snacks in between. This guy loves bread

Development:
- Speech development would be the biggest milestone for this month because he is starting to repeat after what we want him to say. this is really a fun time because we get to laugh whenever he says something funny. The latest that we are teaching him right now is numbers in 3 languages - English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

- He is still that bad temper when it comes to "I want my thing'! He will 'show' his anger by raising his hand and hit us.

- I have started naughty corner on him. He was "more than willing" to stand at the naughty corner for a good 20+ minutes and entertained himself (dancing and sitting doing something). Really cannot tahan with this little boy. Only after I 'confronted" him if he could repeat his act, then baru he cried, ran to me and hugged me for forgiveness. VERY stubborn boy.

- His learning speed is faster compare with his che che. On most occasion, I just need to teach him once and he is able to do things. For example, I just need to show him once on my iPhone how to play a baby puzzle, he is able to slide the animal and place on the right box.

- He is able to balance himself well and ride on the kiddy bike alone, operated by battery type. He is able to move the 'sterling" although the sense of direction still out a bit! Considering at this age, not bad. Talking about bike, I told his daddy this boy will grown up a "tekan minyak kaki" because he moved his body forward and lift his butt up during the ride, as in to help him speed up!! Will see.

- He is able to play the puzzle set pretty well. The puzzle set that i have introduced to him are 1) matching the animal with their house 2) pair the same animal of a mother & child (like dog and puppy). I am in the midst of teaching him 'opposite'.

- When it comes to the last night feeding (around 9pm), he is willing to drop the toys/books that he is half way doing, took a pillow and lye down waiting for us to give him the bottle. it's fun seeing that actually...but i tell you, if he is not coping well, there is NO WAY we can force him to even drink a sip! So we more or less know this guy is someone cannot be 'forced'!!

- He is in the stage of mimic what his sis is doing. Mimic EVERYTHING and at times, they will fight after playing for a while. So we will hear 1 crying (Sean) and 1 complain person (his sis). It's noisy at times but that's part of sibling growing up together.

Scrapbook Credits:
Flower by krista
Stitch by Cynthia Sanchez
Papers by Sharon Kenealy

Yay!!!

Honestly, taking children photo never easy! It needs lot of patience , especially when you need to get 2 kids (or more) together in a picture!

The composition you had in your mind on how you want to take a picture can hardly happen on young children because they RUN everywhere and get distracted easily!! Just when you about done on the setting on your camera, they are gone! So, it's all about impromptu!

I love the facial expression of Sean in this picture! He is SO happy.

I brought the kids to the nearby park one of the Sunday evenings. I find this is a good outdoor activity because I can drain the kids out (of coz they have their share of fun) and call a day off early like 9pm.