On the talking front, he seems to be wanting to talk more or imitate more sounds, but he's still at the stage of making one or two syllable sounds to communicate. We have noticed that he is able to recognise certain numbers (especially number 7) and letters of the alphabet.
He's now up and running (horrors!) and trips only occasionally. The problem is that he seldom wants to go in the direction we adults want to go. Worse still, he doesn't like to walk holding hands. So, we usually have to make it look like a game to attract him to "chase" us in the right direction. We have also noticed that he is more confident going up or down lower/shallower steps unaided, but would still go on all fours to ascend or descend higher/deeper steps (e.g. staircases).
He is still a picky eater, only taking meat when it is minced or in small bits that is "hidden" in rice or porridge. He loves eggs, especially egg yolks. He also loves crispy snacks (oh, oh!) (e.g. biscuits, salty banana chips, papadums, etc.).
On the social front, he is liberal with his hugs and generous with his "bye"s and flying kisses. He can also be anti-social when he chooses, though seldom. He has demanded us to end phone calls and shoo-ed people away (by saying "bye!").
Other observations:
- when the car stops (e.g. at traffic lights) he likes to imitate the car engine sound and pretends to turn an imaginary steering wheel
- when watching his favourite shows, he can somehow remember what scenes would appear next
- he can choose the shows he wants to watch and can even load the DVD by himself (but he still doesn't know how to turn the TV on to the right channel)
- has thrown tantrum at the mall (he refused to leave a toy shop at Queensbay Mall)
- he stops us when we sing him a song he doesn't want to hear
- he can pretend to eat by making chomping sounds
[The TV Lover *roll eyes*]
[The Cake-cutting Lover: it's more like he loves to "jab" the cake *roll eyes again*]
4 comments:
2-3 years is a rough time ;-)
Hahaha sounds like Julian can be a buddy for Lucas (who only likes the egg white)!
Aiyo...try to keep him as far from the TV screen as possible ok or it's glasses too soon. We're really strict with Lucas on this point.
Hehe...I'm a 20/20 ma
kittycat: actually, in the photo, that distance is already reasonably "far". He sometimes stands right in front of the screen! We totally agree that he should stand much further and actually, and many, many, many, many times, we've either told him to stand back further, carry him away and plonk him on the couch, and even blank-out the screen (which he will respond by standing further away). But he eventually ends up "too close for comfort" *sigh*... will continue our in our efforts...
Good that he is active and running around! He is so cute...
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