Took many tries over the last months to capture these videos....lots of NGs as he will run over and snatch the camera. Surprisingly Josh was very cooperative last weekend.
Monday, 7 June 2010
Josh Sings Baa Baa Black Sheep
This is a rare footage! We have been trying very hard to take a video of him singing but he's either very conscious when the camera is on him or will try to snatch it to view photos. Superstar in the making? :D
Please tune up the volume due to the background noise from the fan.
Please tune up the volume due to the background noise from the fan.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
3 magic words - "Say bye bye"
From a few months back, I've been trying to teach Joshton to keep his toys and books after playing. But on most occasions, they turned into dramatic episodes of tantrums and tears as he stubbornly refused to cooperate, even thou he knew what was expected of him. I would handle it calmly and tell him in a firm tone repeatedly or just walk away if he starts his tantrums.
I haven't had much success till recently when I changed the way of asking. The magic words? - "Say bye bye"... Here's what happened last weekend:
After playing with his building blocks, I told him "Say bye bye" and started to put one block into the bag. He followed suit immediately and kept all his blocks.
Next I tried the same way on his animal flash cards. Usually he would throw them all around his room. So I started with "Say bye bye to your animals", picked up one of the cards, said "Bye bye rabbit" and put the card into the box. And voila...he picked up the cards one by one, said "bye bye (animal name)" and slotted them into the box. Yay!:D
Josh's bath time usually stretches to 30 mins, as he would play with the foam alphabets and bath toys n refuses to come out of the tub. So I decided to test the magic words again. And it worked perfectly! He was such an angel, putting back all his bath toys into the bag and came out of the tub when he was done.
My boy is not quite the obedient type and most times he will do the exact opposite of what you asked him. With this method, he didn't feel that I was telling him to do this or that. It also gives him notice that it's time to move on to something else.
Next milestone for me is to teach Josh his P's and Q's....still cracking my head for a good way to work around that!
I haven't had much success till recently when I changed the way of asking. The magic words? - "Say bye bye"... Here's what happened last weekend:
After playing with his building blocks, I told him "Say bye bye" and started to put one block into the bag. He followed suit immediately and kept all his blocks.
Next I tried the same way on his animal flash cards. Usually he would throw them all around his room. So I started with "Say bye bye to your animals", picked up one of the cards, said "Bye bye rabbit" and put the card into the box. And voila...he picked up the cards one by one, said "bye bye (animal name)" and slotted them into the box. Yay!:D
Josh's bath time usually stretches to 30 mins, as he would play with the foam alphabets and bath toys n refuses to come out of the tub. So I decided to test the magic words again. And it worked perfectly! He was such an angel, putting back all his bath toys into the bag and came out of the tub when he was done.
My boy is not quite the obedient type and most times he will do the exact opposite of what you asked him. With this method, he didn't feel that I was telling him to do this or that. It also gives him notice that it's time to move on to something else.
Next milestone for me is to teach Josh his P's and Q's....still cracking my head for a good way to work around that!
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
2nd week at school
On Monday, I got an sms from Cherie Hearts that Josh tripped and fell on the way to the playground and bumped his forehead. He had a small scratch on his forehead as well. Was quite relieved that it was a minor accident, cos I am still quite tramatised by the last visit to the hospital when he cut his chin.
He was sound asleep when we came to visit him after work. Grandpa said that when he came back home after school, this was what he told them.... "Baby, Kick, Fall, Forehead, Cry". Pretty descriptive, huh!
Josh @ school in uniform
He was sound asleep when we came to visit him after work. Grandpa said that when he came back home after school, this was what he told them.... "Baby, Kick, Fall, Forehead, Cry". Pretty descriptive, huh!
Josh @ school in uniform
Mother's Day
For this Mother's Day, I got two presents from my darling son. The first gift was a paper flower made up of his hand prints done in school, which I was really surprised and touched to receive. The second gift was a big blue black on my hand :( ...think I got the bruise while playing tumbling with him on the bed. He can be quite rough at times.
On Sunday, we went out to celebrate with daddy's family at Majestic Restaurant in New Majestic Hotel. It's a small boutique hotel located at Bukit Pasoh Road. The restaurant has many good reviews and highly rated, so we decided to try it out. Some signature dishes that we had were Peking Duck, Wasabi Prawns, Shark’s bone soup with fish maw and beijing cabbage and Crispy Durian Ice-cream.
For the Mother's Day promo, a complimentary "Buddha jumps over the wall" was given to my MIL, and the main beneficiary was her dear grandson. After being fed the yummy soup, grandma became Josh's best friend and he kept calling her "Ah Ma". Sigh, this boy is so practical.
The funny faces of Joshton:
Pixar Exhibition @ Science Centre
Last Saturday we went for the Pixar exhibition @ the Science Centre with jiejie Kitlyn n family. The exhibition didn't turn out to be what we expected as it was more for adults who are interested in the history of Pixar and how they create the animations, but Josh had a fun time running around and we not so fun time chasing him. Both kids were quite shy with each other initially and we asked them to go to each other to shake hands. At first it was very sweet, n they shook hands n hug each other. Then I asked Josh to give jiejie a kiss. Kitlyn was shy n ran to her mummy n Josh actually chased after her to try to plant a kiss! In the end, the over zealous passionate boy grabbed her n both kids fell down....to my embarrassment!
We went to tour around the Science Centre too. I used to find the exhibits there fasinating, but now the experience seemed rather boring. At least Josh was entertained by anything with flashing buttons and watching the chick hatching.
Sunday, 2 May 2010
18 months
After the 3 days at the childcare observing other kids, I came out with this assessment of Josh's development:
Social / EQ skills: Very poor - Josh is the only child and grandchild in the family, and he does not have much opportunities to mingle n play with other kids. He doesn't understand how to share or wait for his turn. He snatches toys from other children and throws tantrums when others take things that he wants. I definitely need to put more effort n attention to correct this behaviour. This is one of the main reason that I decided to put him at the childcare.
Gross motor skills: Below average - He still walks and runs on tip toes, which I hope he will grow out of it soon. At the indoor playground, he dare not crawl up the steps and obstables, and seems terrified to take the slide. The only thing he likes to play are the balls. Guess he's not a sporty child! He is also not confident to walk up steps. At 18 mths, he should be able to do so with support.
Fine Motor skills: Good - he's super good at picking up the smallest dirt on the floor (to mummy's horror) and likes to scribble and draw. He can stack up 5-6 blocks and fit simple puzzles.
Language skills: Superb - I think he is expert level with his ABCs, can recite without missing any letter, and say correctly any letters you point to him. He's moving on to A for Apple, B for Boy, C for Cat, D for Daddy, E for Elephant....to Z for Zebra. Except for a few letters like N, Y & X (which we thought the corresponding words are too hard, so didn't teach him yet), he can say out what each letter stands for. He can differentiate letters and numbers, eg saying "Letter A" or "Number 1". He can also recite 1-10 in English and Chinese without missing a beat.
Also starting to string words together, like "mummy over there", "mummy long hair", "joshton short hair" and singing a few continuous words in simple songs.
Physical growth:
Height = 83cm (his height development has slowed down, wonder is it cos he's fussy eater)
Weight = 11+kg
Hair = getting thicker, but still very sparse!
Social / EQ skills: Very poor - Josh is the only child and grandchild in the family, and he does not have much opportunities to mingle n play with other kids. He doesn't understand how to share or wait for his turn. He snatches toys from other children and throws tantrums when others take things that he wants. I definitely need to put more effort n attention to correct this behaviour. This is one of the main reason that I decided to put him at the childcare.
Gross motor skills: Below average - He still walks and runs on tip toes, which I hope he will grow out of it soon. At the indoor playground, he dare not crawl up the steps and obstables, and seems terrified to take the slide. The only thing he likes to play are the balls. Guess he's not a sporty child! He is also not confident to walk up steps. At 18 mths, he should be able to do so with support.
Fine Motor skills: Good - he's super good at picking up the smallest dirt on the floor (to mummy's horror) and likes to scribble and draw. He can stack up 5-6 blocks and fit simple puzzles.
Language skills: Superb - I think he is expert level with his ABCs, can recite without missing any letter, and say correctly any letters you point to him. He's moving on to A for Apple, B for Boy, C for Cat, D for Daddy, E for Elephant....to Z for Zebra. Except for a few letters like N, Y & X (which we thought the corresponding words are too hard, so didn't teach him yet), he can say out what each letter stands for. He can differentiate letters and numbers, eg saying "Letter A" or "Number 1". He can also recite 1-10 in English and Chinese without missing a beat.
Also starting to string words together, like "mummy over there", "mummy long hair", "joshton short hair" and singing a few continuous words in simple songs.
Physical growth:
Height = 83cm (his height development has slowed down, wonder is it cos he's fussy eater)
Weight = 11+kg
Hair = getting thicker, but still very sparse!
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