Kendrick turned 16 months old about 1.5 weeks ago but I kinda forgot to make an entry about it, so here I am writing this now. Here are some things we've noticed in Kendrick's development so far:
Physical / Motor skills
Physical / Motor skills
- Beginning to show some signs of wanting to run. Kendrick has been walking steadily for many months already, but lately he seems to walk quite fast at times and it seems like he wants to move towards running, though he still can't really do that yet
- Will dance his cute 'tap dance' style of dancing when we ask him to dance
- Learnt how to kick a ball though still not very good at it. Better at throwing the ball around
- Enjoys climbing up and down steps with our help
- Climbs up and down our sofa easily
- Sometimes he would turn himself in circles just to make himself feel dizzy and wobbly!
- Knows how to bring us objects that we ask him too, be it a particular book or household item or toy. At times, we get him to do 'mini-errands' like when I asked him to pass some clothes from the kitchen to the hall where his Papa is sitting
- Knows how to use the telephone in the correct manner by putting at his ear and pretending to talk
- Scribbled with crayons that I recently bought for him to play with
- Has shown temper tantrums when frustrated. Either by his body language or even shouting. Sigh....
- Wants attention...he will keep calling us until we fully pay attention to him and see what it is that he wants to tell us before he stops calling us
- Still a very loving little boy...always affectionate to the ones he loves. Also affectionate to his stuff toys...kissing them whenever he holds them
- At times can be friendly towards strangers, calling out to 'kor kor' or 'jie jie' when he sees young children who are older than him. More willing to wave and say 'hello' as well as 'bye' even to strangers when we tell him to
Actually Kendrick never fails to amaze us with his recognition of patterns and daily things that we have taught him here and there. He knows what to expect every day when we bring him home from his Ah Ma place. He knows that when we say 'let's go' it's time to leave and he will start waving good bye to everyone and even make an effort to look say good bye to each individual person! He knows that downstairs our house there is a 'star' that is associated with Caltex station (which he calls 'tec')...He seems to recognise the flats or areas that is supposed to be his Ah Ma place or even his Great Grandma's place. In photos, he can correctly identify all our family members....and the list goes on...The main thing is, he loves to tell us things that he knows by pointing them out to us and saying it out loud. Well, the mind's a sponge for him now..so keep on surprising us Kendrick :)
- Numbers that he recognise and can say: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
- Letters he can recognise and say: M, O, P, A, S
- Things he understand and will respond in action: Go home, let's go, wear shoes, go out, come here, brush teeth, where, whose, what is this, throw away dirt, take out socks, keep, lie down, on and off
- Some new words & objects he has learnt to say and recognise so far: donal (McDonald's which I taught him to recognise...LOL), papaya, wallet, plate, fish, spoon, ter (computer), up, down, cheese, play, wain (rain), lightning, bow (rainbow), un (sun), pull, tar (guitar), please (to ask for things), 'peng you' (friend in chinese), key, tee (teeth), bama (Obama - yes...this one Dear taught him by showing him this book we have. Lately I've also been trying to tell him to pronounce O-ba-ma and he's still learning)
Well, as he gains increasing independence, Kendrick has also shown that he can be very mischievous and cheeky, always testing the limits of his actions to see our reaction. We try to teach him right from wrong but I'm really not sure if we are successful...have to continue guiding him as this is quite a critical stage in their learning process. Hope we succeed!
