Julian at 40 Months

Julian turned 40 months on 28 September 2010. Here are his updates:

• He still watches a lot of TV. His current favourite is the Magic School Bus. He's able to manipulate the player independently, including 'skipping' the trailers at the beginning. He only needs us to turn on the main switch.
  
• He still likes to play on the computer and has progressed to showing preference for Daddy's laptop because of the Internet connection. His favourite website is www.starfall.com, an educational website. This site can keep his attention for quite a long time.
  
• He has begun to show some interest in books again... thank goodness!
  
• He likes to 'help' when we are washing milk bottles. Read: play with soap water!
  
• He shows some sense of logic. One day we told him that there was no 'grey computer' (laptop) at home. Immediately, he took a toy (which resembles a bag) and headed for the door. When asked where he was going, he replied, "Buy grey computer." Talk about consumerism!
  
• He still throws tantrums.
  
• Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night crying and is difficult to pacify.
  
• He has this bad habit of holding water in his mouth. When asking him to swallow doesn't work, we would ask him a question so he would have to swallow in order to answer. Sometimes he tries to answer with the water still in his mouth *slap forehead*
  
• He can be quite defiant. When we ask him to hold his pencil/crayon in the correct pencil grip, he would purposely hold it in a 'fist' grip.
  
• He often insists that he is correct. A typical conversation would be:
  Julian: There's a crane. Got stick.
  Daddy: The crane has an ARM.
  Julian: No, not arm. STICK! (recently, however, he said that the crane has an arm :-))
  
• When we correct his pronunciation, he would sometimes insist we "stop", e.g. "Daddy, stop!" while holding out his hand towards Daddy.
  
• When he is scolded, he would switch to his 'don't want' mode: "I don't want Mummy/Daddy" (whoever has scolded him).

[Julian on the computer]


[Julian eating marshmallow]


[Julian spraying water]


[Julian chair-camping]