Our little chatterbox has learned quite a few new words recently....so here's an update on his 'sometimes not so accurate' vocabulary of spoken words.
Animals: dog-bark-woa woa, cat-meow, duck-ark ark, cow-moo, panda, skunk, bird-fly, baa-baa (sheep), ma (horse), crab, snake-ssss, bear, ger (tiger), pard (leopard), fish, bug, pig-orh orh & barney!
Family & people: mommy, papa, ma (ah-ma), gong (ah-gong), gu-gu, jie jie, kor kor, bao-bei (precious, which is himself)
Food: milk or neh-neh, nana (banana), papa (papaya), per (apple), grapes, cake (or for biscuit), mum mum (for food),
Body: hair, nose, eyes, mouth, back, bird (my mum taught him that for u noe where!)
Things in the house, chair, cup, clock, book, ball, shoes, pants
Others: bus, car, boat, truck, star, don't want, mei-you (don't have), hua (flower), good, bright bright, dark dark, purple, ger (triangle)
Things he can recognise but can't say: tree, head, ears, teeth, tongue, hands, fingers, legs, tummy, belly button, toes, monkey, piano, cloud, orange, strawberry, bed, table, fan, lizard, spider, light
We have been teaching him through pictures and sight all these while, so I think it's time to try alphabets n words. My first attempt using flash cards of animal names that he knows seemed quite positive, and he also showed interest in the alphabet mat which I laid out on the floor. It's a good start....so will try more words next weekend :)
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Zoo
Daddy managed to secure free corporate passes to the zoo, so off we went on Saturday morning. Maybe Josh was tired out from the trip to Sentosa the day before, so he didn't seem excited to see the animals, many which he has seen the pictures from his books. The only place which he got pretty excited was the sight of the toys at the shop in the kids park!
Joshton staring at Inuka the Polar Bear
Joshton staring at Inuka the Polar Bear
Punky new haircut to the beach
Last Friday we brought Joshton to Sentosa to have some fun at the beach. His only outing at the beach was a long time ago when he was 6 months, and he was too young then to play (he actually slept through the whole time at the beach!).
It was a fine sunny day and we drove to Vivocity for lunch first to avoid the peak hour entry of $7. Call me cheapskate but that's very expensive compared to $2 from noon to 2pm. We also decided to hop over to Toys"R"Us to try out the kids hairsalon. Josh's hair was getting too long and I am starting to get weird questions from strangers like "Is your baby a boy or a girl?"!!!
We were attended by a nice auntie, and I was impressed that she managed to make a decent haircut for our restless boy whose itchy backside cannot sit still for a minute. And hairdresser auntie finished off by styling a spiky hair look with a bit of gel. Finally Josh has a big boy haircut! Hope it will last till chinese new year :)
So here are the photos of Josh with his punky hair, playing at the beach!
It was a fine sunny day and we drove to Vivocity for lunch first to avoid the peak hour entry of $7. Call me cheapskate but that's very expensive compared to $2 from noon to 2pm. We also decided to hop over to Toys"R"Us to try out the kids hairsalon. Josh's hair was getting too long and I am starting to get weird questions from strangers like "Is your baby a boy or a girl?"!!!
We were attended by a nice auntie, and I was impressed that she managed to make a decent haircut for our restless boy whose itchy backside cannot sit still for a minute. And hairdresser auntie finished off by styling a spiky hair look with a bit of gel. Finally Josh has a big boy haircut! Hope it will last till chinese new year :)
So here are the photos of Josh with his punky hair, playing at the beach!
Sunday, 17 January 2010
True Blue Singaporean Baby
I am proud to announce that Joshton is a true blue Singaporean baby, and this is how he shows it:
a) He knows how to say "Singapore"! I must say it caught me by surprise as so far his words are limited to 2 syllables and the first 3-syllable word he said is Singapore. I think he's very proud of himself cos he kept repeating this word for the past 2 days.
b) He ends his words with 'ah' - Eg "Ma-mee-ah" for Mommy; "mei-you-ah" for Don't Have. Sounds very typical Singaporean rite? :)
Anyway the speed at which kids pick up new things is simply amazing. At times Josh can immediately repeat the words that I said even though he has just heard it for the first time. And he can remember things that he learned from the picture books very well, and can point to them correctly. Last week, I showed him a picture of some turtle swimming in the ocean from a book and he actually picked up the green turtle from his ocean creature bath toys and said "Turtle". It's really a fun stage now to watch him learn and speak new words everyday!
a) He knows how to say "Singapore"! I must say it caught me by surprise as so far his words are limited to 2 syllables and the first 3-syllable word he said is Singapore. I think he's very proud of himself cos he kept repeating this word for the past 2 days.
b) He ends his words with 'ah' - Eg "Ma-mee-ah" for Mommy; "mei-you-ah" for Don't Have. Sounds very typical Singaporean rite? :)
Anyway the speed at which kids pick up new things is simply amazing. At times Josh can immediately repeat the words that I said even though he has just heard it for the first time. And he can remember things that he learned from the picture books very well, and can point to them correctly. Last week, I showed him a picture of some turtle swimming in the ocean from a book and he actually picked up the green turtle from his ocean creature bath toys and said "Turtle". It's really a fun stage now to watch him learn and speak new words everyday!
Saturday, 2 January 2010
14 months on the New Year
It's the new year again...time really flies past in a daze once you become a mummy!
Our cheeky little "monkey" is 14 months and 1 week old this week, so here's a brief update on his current development:
Weight: 10.2kg
Height: 80cm (hope he will be a tall boy, as his growth is still on track within the 75-90%)
Spoken words: dog, bark, cat, meow, bus, car, clock, star, blur blur, don't want, mei-you (don't have), duck, hua (flower), good, nana (banana), papa (papaya), per (apple), baa-baa (sheep), bird, cup, book, bright bright, dark dark, crab, bear, ball, truck, ma (horse), papa, mommy, gong (ah-gong), ah-ma, back, bao-bei (precious)
Other things he can recognise and point to: X'mas tree, teddy bear, hair, head, eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, hands, legs, tummy, nose, toes, monkey, piano, cloud, orange, strawberry, grapes, bed, chair, table, fan
Actions: flying kisses, squints his eyes (mi-mi-yan), pats his tummy when he's full, lift his hands up in the air (when you say tall boy), claps his hands when you sing "Happy Birthday" or "If you are happy and you know it", and the best one is when he kisses us on the cheeks :)
Names he will respond to and point to himself: Joshton, Hong Rui, Baby, Bao-Bei, Darling, Bao-Bao
Our cheeky little "monkey" is 14 months and 1 week old this week, so here's a brief update on his current development:
Weight: 10.2kg
Height: 80cm (hope he will be a tall boy, as his growth is still on track within the 75-90%)
Spoken words: dog, bark, cat, meow, bus, car, clock, star, blur blur, don't want, mei-you (don't have), duck, hua (flower), good, nana (banana), papa (papaya), per (apple), baa-baa (sheep), bird, cup, book, bright bright, dark dark, crab, bear, ball, truck, ma (horse), papa, mommy, gong (ah-gong), ah-ma, back, bao-bei (precious)
Other things he can recognise and point to: X'mas tree, teddy bear, hair, head, eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, hands, legs, tummy, nose, toes, monkey, piano, cloud, orange, strawberry, grapes, bed, chair, table, fan
Actions: flying kisses, squints his eyes (mi-mi-yan), pats his tummy when he's full, lift his hands up in the air (when you say tall boy), claps his hands when you sing "Happy Birthday" or "If you are happy and you know it", and the best one is when he kisses us on the cheeks :)
Names he will respond to and point to himself: Joshton, Hong Rui, Baby, Bao-Bei, Darling, Bao-Bao
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Drama day at the hospital
It was another busy afternoon in office yesterday when my mum gave me a call from the clinic. My poor baby had fallen down at home and had a nasty cut under his chin. I got a bit panicky when the GP said it was an open wound and I should bring him to KKH to check if he needed any stitches. Gosh, must be a bad one! Rushing madly home thinking of the worst, I was relieved to find Josh looking like his normal self, with a plaster on his chin. The GP made it sound so bad over the phone!
So off we went to KKH A&E dept and oh boy, that's where the nitemare started! I saw the cut for the first time when the doctor took off the plaster, about 1.5cm long. The doctor's diagnosis was that although the cut was wide, it was not a deep one, so no stitches required. She would use tissue glue or a 3M special sticker to close up the wound. At first, 2 nurses tried to clean his wound and put the sticker on, but Josh was crying and struggling so hard that it was an impossible task. So they had to call for back up for a male nurse, who recommended using the tissue glue method after consulting the doctor again, as an active baby like Josh would probably try to peel off the sticker. Poor Josh was strapped down and bundled up as he was struggling too hard and it took 4 nurses to do the job (1 to hold down his body, 1 to hold his head, 1 to close and hold the wound and 1 to apply the glue). Heart-pained to see him crying so hard, face all red and almost choking on his saliva. Even after the ordeal was over, it took quite a while to calm him down. My poor little darling :(
After all the drama yesterday, I thought all should be well till I got a wakeup call from my mum this morning. Josh has rubbed off part of the tissue glue in his sleep, so part of the wound is opened again. So it's back to the doc again! Hope he will be a good boy and keep his hands off his chin!
Some useful knowledge every parent should know, which we learned yesterday:
1) Do not feed your child any water or food after a fall, as the child needs to fast for 3 hours if GA is necessary for stitches.
2) If there is a head injury, vomiting or unconsciousness, bring the child immediately to the A&E.
So off we went to KKH A&E dept and oh boy, that's where the nitemare started! I saw the cut for the first time when the doctor took off the plaster, about 1.5cm long. The doctor's diagnosis was that although the cut was wide, it was not a deep one, so no stitches required. She would use tissue glue or a 3M special sticker to close up the wound. At first, 2 nurses tried to clean his wound and put the sticker on, but Josh was crying and struggling so hard that it was an impossible task. So they had to call for back up for a male nurse, who recommended using the tissue glue method after consulting the doctor again, as an active baby like Josh would probably try to peel off the sticker. Poor Josh was strapped down and bundled up as he was struggling too hard and it took 4 nurses to do the job (1 to hold down his body, 1 to hold his head, 1 to close and hold the wound and 1 to apply the glue). Heart-pained to see him crying so hard, face all red and almost choking on his saliva. Even after the ordeal was over, it took quite a while to calm him down. My poor little darling :(
After all the drama yesterday, I thought all should be well till I got a wakeup call from my mum this morning. Josh has rubbed off part of the tissue glue in his sleep, so part of the wound is opened again. So it's back to the doc again! Hope he will be a good boy and keep his hands off his chin!
Some useful knowledge every parent should know, which we learned yesterday:
1) Do not feed your child any water or food after a fall, as the child needs to fast for 3 hours if GA is necessary for stitches.
2) If there is a head injury, vomiting or unconsciousness, bring the child immediately to the A&E.
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Super glue baby
After 10 longs days apart from baby, I missed him so terribly and was looking forward to seeing my precious boy. Every day while in Japan I was wondering how was he doing, was he eating well or healthy, and whether he would missed us (which we guessed he won't :( as he's so comfortable at Por Por's place and we being weekends parents).
I was hoping that he would be happy to see us and was visualising in my mind how he would rush to me to carry him.....sadly that didn't happen. 10 days apart did create a little distance and Josh seemed to shy away initially. Where is the warm and enthusiastic energizer bunny who comes running to us everytime we visit him? SIGH... that's my pay back for going away for a holiday without him.
Another repercussion of the 10 days away, Josh became super grouchy and very sticky to mummy, even ignoring poor daddy, who was trying haplessly to carry and play with him and was snubbed by his son. Maybe Josh was worried that mummy will go away again, so even when sleeping, he stuck like a glue to mummy, koala bear style.
I'm so happy to be with my baby again, but the attention and energy needed to look after him is really tiring! It's like a 10kg pack of rice strapped to you all the time. And plus chasing him around the house screaming "Don't touch this", "Careful", "Don't go there". I will be back to work tomorrow and most colleagues might be expecting me to look fresh and recharged after my holiday. Well, they will be seeing a worn out mummy with panda eyes!
I was hoping that he would be happy to see us and was visualising in my mind how he would rush to me to carry him.....sadly that didn't happen. 10 days apart did create a little distance and Josh seemed to shy away initially. Where is the warm and enthusiastic energizer bunny who comes running to us everytime we visit him? SIGH... that's my pay back for going away for a holiday without him.
Another repercussion of the 10 days away, Josh became super grouchy and very sticky to mummy, even ignoring poor daddy, who was trying haplessly to carry and play with him and was snubbed by his son. Maybe Josh was worried that mummy will go away again, so even when sleeping, he stuck like a glue to mummy, koala bear style.
I'm so happy to be with my baby again, but the attention and energy needed to look after him is really tiring! It's like a 10kg pack of rice strapped to you all the time. And plus chasing him around the house screaming "Don't touch this", "Careful", "Don't go there". I will be back to work tomorrow and most colleagues might be expecting me to look fresh and recharged after my holiday. Well, they will be seeing a worn out mummy with panda eyes!
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