My Little Walker

Milestone 1: Standing up be himself, without support
Milestone 2: Striding out his first step!

Haha yup yup, Monster O finally decided to walk.. But alas, this doesn't mean that he can walk fully already :p
We were playing today and I wanted to see if he could stand on his own yet. And to my surprise, when I let go of my hold, he began to walk a few quick steps! Unstable but still..... :p
I thought it was my imagination so I tried again, keeping him within my circle of arm but not touching him. he thought I was playing a game with him and was happily obliging me : )
After a while he got tired and became too lazy to even stand,
Of course he is still unable to stand with balance so he will still fall on his behind, as with walking, he can only manage a few quick steps before falling on his bum.
As for the standing part, he was able to stand by himself for a while but he still needs some support to pull him up. Today, he was crawling on the bed one moment and the next he is standing up already! : )
Mama J is so terribly proud of Monster O!

My little chatterbox

Milestone: Calling papa & mama correctly ... 4 times


Haha actually Monster O has been babbling for quite a while already. His first words are jie jie & papa. Jie Jie - credit given to his all time play mate, Andrea 表姐。

我的表姐是老大！ Papa - because he likes it bah... Made me sore for a while because I was hoping he will say Mama first.. Anyway, after that he went on to learn his now favourite word 'ball'. He loves playing with a ball. He will roll, throw and chase after a ball for an extended period of time. It is a good distraction for him. Of course, along the way he learnt how to say Mama as well, but he sometimes get it mixed up. He will call me Papa & Jimmy, Mama. We correct him every time he makes a mistake and we will ignore him. But I think it will take a while before this really register. So today's milestone - he called us correctly 4 times each!

He did it!!

Milestone: Standing without any support for....... 10 secs! :P

Ha ha, this might not be a very big achievement but to me, I was so happy to see him try...
Actually I think Monster O doesn't know that he is standing without any support.
He was actually leaning against a small table, playing with a ball
As the table is small, it is not really able to take his weight.. So as he was throwing the ball, then table actually slide away bit by bit...
I was sitting next to him, my hand on his waist and watching the table slide further away bit by bit.. and I also remove my hand bit by bit...
And finally, my monster stood on his own 2 tiny feet!!!!!!!!!!!
After a while he starts to wobble and I brought my hand and the table back again : P
This might be a small small achievement but I am still very very proud of my monster : D

New words

Eversince Ocean started on solid food like porridge, his care taker - my sister in law has been giving him loads of things to try. So to date this 馋嘴猫 has tried food like potato, carrot, fish, pork, zhui kueh, ice cream etc.
All these while my sister in law is also trying to teach him say "mum mum" to indicate that he wants to eat instead of shouting and today her efforts paid off.
Monster Ocean said "mum mum mum mum" when she is having her dinner and his reward is - a small piece of yummy potato.
Food is indeed a good motivator ; p