Little Monkey

When I look at Sean's sleeping face, he looks so angelic.
When I see him smiling and laughing, he is just so adorable.
However, Sean is mostly an active little monkey who can't sit still!
Just last night, he climbed the back of the sofa and fell backwards.
I tried catching him but it was too late, he feel on his neck!

We were so worried because he cried and cried.....
After a while, he stopped and said "ne-ne"
When I carried him up to the room, he waved good-bye to everyone as usual.
I was so relieved because I know that he's alright.

Just this afternoon, he climbed the arm chair to get into the staircase through the side!
When I pulled him off, he threw a major tantrum.
Later, I was trying to feed him some yogurt while he was sitting on the arm chair.
He avoided me and almost fell backward and hit his head on the marble top drawer!

I think from now on, my blood pressure will rise a little each day.
The time when we can leave him on the chair while we do something is over.
Have to keep an eye on him at all times!!!

At least when he is in bed with his books, he's quite a good little boy.
He can occupy himself by turning the pages and pretending to read.
I'm just glad he has one thing he likes that isn't dangerous! =P

18 months!

Time flies... I can't believe that Sean has passed his 18th month.

This is a rare picture of him smiling. Most of my photos have turned out blurred and it's been extra difficult to get a picture of him smiling since he smiles after the camera takes his pictures! =P

What is he like now?

He's a spirited boy who seldom sit still unless he's zoning in front of the TV! Now he doesn't throw tantrums if I don't switch on the TV. He's a little more subtle than that. He runs to his seat to show us what a good boy he is. He expects us to turn on theTV for him when he sits in his chair. ha ha. If we're busy,he'll come after us and run back and forth to his chair.

Although Sean still doesn't speak much, he communicates pretty well by pointing. Maybe it's because we respond to him too fast that he doesn't feel the need to speak much.

His favourite words are : "buk buk" (book), "bok" (box), "neeeee - neeeee"(breast milk), "Brrrr" (car), "Mum mum" (food), "num num" (drink), "da" (can be daddy or mummy, although he can say "ma ma" clearly when he wants to), "Ot" (hot), "izit" (what is it), "de" (there), and an emphasis "unngghh uuuggghhhh" with lots of finger pointing for everything else! The latest thing is he points to his diaper when he poops, and to his mouth when he's teething and it hurts. I hope he'll outgrow this and speak more soon though.

He loves to flip through his books and listen to stories.
His favourite books are:
"The Dinosaur who couldn't sleep" (uncle John's old book),
"Harry and the dinosaur says Raaaahhhh",
And since yesterday "The guide to The Incredibles" which I bought for my nephew and he found on my shelf. He has torn a page, so it's his now. =P

His new toy is the cardboard house that I've been building for him. He'll sit inside with a book and flip it as though he's reading seriously. We'll play Peek-a-boo together through windows. I think he's starting to have an imagination and is learning to do some play acting. One thing great is that he can play by himself now.. ha ha ha, especially since I've been spending so much time raiding gold and seizing people in Knighthood.

He's a warm and loving boy. When I ask him for a kiss, he'll go "mmmuuuaaaahhh", and if Sam is nearby, he'll spread his arm for a group kiss. When we go jalan-jalan, he loves walking while holding both our hands.

He has a few quirks. He walks with a tiptoe which cause him to stumble and fall when he runs too fast. It seems I tiptoe too. I'm not sure since I don't do it consciously. He also has a crouching and side-sliding walk. I don't know where he gets all these from. *roll eyes*.

He likes good music. When he listen to a pleasant song, he'll sway to the rhythm. When he listen to good dance music, he'll do a little jig. Although it's just a lot of arm flaying and jogging feet. It's funny how when we pass a shop playing a good dance music, he'll let go of our hands and do a jig suddenly. I can't help but smile when he does that.

He loves a good joke. He loves the part when Dory speaks whale in "Finding Nemo", and the first time Mator speaks to Lightning McQueen in "Cars". And oh yeah, he loves South Park, much more than anything else, especially Terence and Phillips. Sigh... I'm worried about the language he may pick up.

Mostly, I love the fact that he can understand us so much better now. When Sam and Sean send me to work, I'll tell Sean " Go home and have a nap, ok. And be a good boy." He'll nod sweetly... he he.. so adorable.

It's confirmed. Sean is naughty!

We just came back from meeting Margaret and son, Eugene, for lunch. We went to Ikea Cafe because it has an area for kids. I've had an inkling that Sean is probably not the angel we wish him to be. Today confirmed it!

He's the loudest and naughtiest kid in the kids area! He can't sit still, run around the whole place all the time. We've had to run and chase after him umpteen times. The last time we went there, he pushed a little girl out of the way to play with one of the toys. He's so loud too .....

Everyone must have wondered who's this little kid who makes a lot of noise, going right to the front of the TV and blocking everyone's way, toppling all the chairs, and who keeps running away, causing his mummy to chase after him all around Ikea cafe. *shake head* So naughty.... = }

Bedtime Reading

I have wanted to get into the habit of reading to Sean before bedtime. I try to read to him every night, but he was only interested in flipping pages, not stopping long enough for me to even finish reading the words on the page. However, the last few days, he has let me flip the pages and read the stories to him. So I'm really happy! =D

Although, it doesn't end at one story. He wants to read his favorite books a few times, and of course, he still wants to flip through them himself. But that's okay. I'm just glad that he's finally listening to the stories rather than just flipping through them quickly.

On other things:

I've been hooked of Knighthood, an online game on Facebook. It's Sam's fault! He has been enjoying himself so much playing the game that it intrigued me. So now I'm hooked! Luckily, Sean has been vastly entertained playing in his cardboard house, which I'll blog about when I've finished constructing it. So now I can play online while Sean plays in his house in front of me. I've also been playing Scrabulous regularly on Facebook. Anyone who wants to join on the Scrabulous or Knighthood game, message me! =P

On milk: I've finally found a great combination of milk that will interest Sean. It's still not all smooth sailing. I still need to trick him into drinking, but it's getting better and better. Sean now likes a concoction made of 2/3 Strawberry& Raspberry Yogurt drink with 1/3 full cream milk. Actually he just likes the yogurt drink, but we've decided to add the milk so that he gets his fats since the yogurt drink is 0% fat. This way, he gets to drink some milk!

On Food: It's still difficult. Sam just told me that when he was younger, his grandma had to force him to eat too and he only started liking food when he was in Standard5. So maybe it's just genetics. I haven't asked my mum about me, but I've always been skinny, so maybe I was a difficult eater too.