26 Months Old

Dear all, I turned 26 months old yesterday and it was a good coincidence that it was also a Tuesday. So at around 8pm, Mama wished me happy birthday and Papa opened some past picture and video files of me when I was born.

Mama is thankful to God for bringing us through the past 26 months and I have surely grown to be very different compared to when I was born. If it's not for the video that Papa took, Mama could not remember that I was actually crying very shortly after I was born. ;p

For the past 2 months, I had been very interested in clipping buckles. I would clip on the buckle of the safety belt when I am in my high chair as well as the buckle of my stroller. See, even when I am not in my stroller, I will actually spend some time buckling the belt.

In fact, I love buckling to the extent that some of my nail cuticles had been pushed back during the buckling process when the buckle slided over my finger. Occasionally, Mama thinks I will also hurt my fingers cos I will show my fingers to Mama after I finish the buckling. 2 evenings ago, I passed by the Mac Cafe at Yew Tee Point and would have buckled all the high chairs I saw if Mama had not stopped me and taken me away. Also I still do not know how to unbuckle though Mama had shown me a few times.

At 26 months old, I still love to watch Sesame Street. Mama has erased most of the Hi-5 shows she used to record for me last year with the Sesame Street shows she taped from TV channels.







From watching Seasme Street, I learnt the song "Where is Thumbkin" and I actually attempt to follow the actions of the song when I saw it play from the Sesame Street website. Mama was very impressed that I tried to curl my fingers in my attempt to follow the actions of the songs.

I could not curl my finger to do the thumbs up which is part of the song and so I end up curling the whatever fingers I could curl.

I also know very well when my pictures are taken and here is me, striking a pose for Mama outside Chef Daniel's Kitchen at Illuma.

I still love to talk on the phone and I know how to operate the camera that is in built in Papa's phone. I am also appreciating ice cream better. This is me at an ice cream joint last week and I got to enjoy Papa's cookies and cream flavoured ice cream as well as Ma's durian flavoured ice cream. Yum... :)

As you can see, I can also feed myself. :)

I am also sprouting my molars and I tend to put my thumb or index fingers in my mouth to kind of soothe my teething gums when my pacifier is not with me. But other than my mouth, I also like to place my index finger in my nostril too. eee..... ;p Of course, Mama will try to dissuade me from doing it and sometimes, she even smacked my hands gently to try to stop me but I am not easily persuaded.

At this age, I am curious about many things and yet, I am also timid when it comes to trying new things. Last week, when I went to Jurong Bird Park with Mama, Nai Nai, Gu Gu and Gu Zhang, I was keen to watch the panorail. But when Mama actually bought a ticket for us to ride in it, I wanted to hold Mama's hand when the ride first started.

If Mama remembers correctly, last month, I started to take note of accessories. I had removed the hair band that was holding the ponytail on Mama's head. This picture below was taken when I wore Mama's watch for a brief moment.

Not only had I started to take note of accessories, I attempted to accesorize myself. There was once when I was to to out with Mama when I took Mama's thumb drive and put my head through loop formed by the thin band that was attached to the thumb drive. This attempt to accessorize myself surprised Mama somewhat. Then at Nai Nai's place, I saw this small strand of silver tinsel which is about slightly less than 10cm long with 2 small bells attached to it. I actually placed it on my head. Mama said that was another attempt at accessorzing myself.

Now, my parents are no fashionistas, keeping to the basic essentials for their wardrobe choices. Could this be where I differ from them?

Taling about accessories, my parents bought me 2 pairs of shoes recently as I am outgrowing my older pairs but I am refusing to wear them, preferring to stick to my old shoes. This is really me with quite a mind of my own. :)

For the past few days, I had suddenly started babbling quite a lot and quite a lot of babbling I did. Yesterday morning, Mama went to the market and Papa was supposed to keep watch over me as I slept. When Mama came back, Papa told her that I woke up and started babbling for about 3 minutes according to his estimate. It's as if I was telling him what I dreamt of when I was asleep. The way I babble seems to imitate the sounds of Mandarin and Shu Shu said I may start speaking in Mandarin. I could go on and on for quite a while and my parents both think I will be very talkative next time.

Gu gu said I am definitely communicating except that I don't use a language that many can understand. Mama recently found out from Nai nai that Papa also started talking at around 3 years old. In fact, when Papa started school at 4 years old, he was still not talking very clearly. The knowledge of this family history makes Mama think that is probably where I got my delayed speech from. But my parents are not worried anymore. It's a matter of time when I will open my mouth to speak and when I do, there is perhaps, no stopping me. :)

Alrightey, time to rest our sleepy eyes. Thanks for reading this far. Don't you think I look sleepy in the picture below? Perhaps it's just that moment when Mama's camera happened to catch me looking like this. I was actually still pretty active after this picture was taken ;)