28 Months Old!

Dear all, I am 28 months old today!

This picture was taken at a shopping mall at Pasir Ris on my 28th month birthday. Nope, we didn't go there to celebrate my birthday. We were there because Papa read about a child-friendly mall at Pasir Ris and so there we went on Sunday after church and breakfast at Amoy Hawker Centre.

At 28 months, I still love the song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and I can enjoy it almost anytime and anywhere probably except at Nai Nai's house because I am too busy exploring her place to bother myself with this song. That aside, I even know how to sing the song. Yup, no kidding, I can sing the song. But only 1 word, "Head". Somehow, when I want Mama to sing the song to me, I will say/sing "head" but I will pitch my voice higher as if I am really singing it and so there you have it, my one-word song and the lyric goes "Head".

At 28 months old, I communicate more clearly, saying more words like "baby", "ok" (though I say ok without really meaning it). My most used word is "this" as I refer to things that caught my attention. The other day, Papa brought back 4 small packets of raisins from his meeting for me to snack on. The raisins were kept in the kitchen, meant to be given to me one packet at at time. There was once when I saw the raisins, referred to it and said "This, this". Mama knew I wanted to eat the raisins and so she gave me a packet after my nap.

Recently, I learnt another word and it goes "eeeeee". Yup, that means dirty. There are many dirty things around me like the balls of dust that fell off a fan and I have got lots of chances to say "eeeee"..

I also communicate via non-verbal means. This month, I started "telling" Mama or Papa to sit beside me by patting the sitting area next to me.

This month, I get more positive feedback from Teacher Yati and I show a lot of eagerness to go to school when I am at the corridor outside the classroom.


On a few occasions when I arrive early and the classroom door is still closed, I actually knock on the door. When I enter the classroom, I will turn back and say bye bye to Mama.

I also show understanding of biding farewell by saying bye bye. I not only curl my fingers but I also say bye bye. I say bye bye to my neighbours whenever I meet them at the lift lobby and they are taking the lift to their apartments. Once when Mama was giving me a shower, I peed. I actually said bye bye to my urine before Mama washed it away using water from the shower head.

A fortnight ago, Mama hurt her toe and I saw her blood on the floor. The last 2 weeks, I kept saying "ow-fu" when I see Mama's injured toe because when Mama's toe hurts, she would say "ouch". I wanted to say "ouch " too but it just comes out as "ow-fu".

I am also pretty strategic. Without anyone teaching me, I had learnt to use my body as a shield. for example, if I am playing with Mama's handphone and Mama wants it back, she will ask for it from me. If I do not want to return it to her, I will turn my body away from her thus shielding the phone from her using my body. Don't basketball players do the same when they use their bodies to block their opponents?

See, this is me being strategic again. Mama wanted to wipe my face but I refuse and so I hide my face in the armchair. Clever, yah? :)

This month, my parents noticed I had somewhat became more "sticky" as I seek more physical contact. When Mama feeds me my meals in the living room, I sometimes climb up to her lap and lean against her. Mama said she felt like she is my human throne as I lean backwards against her body.

Mama also started to let me play with the games in her Nokia phone though I am no good at it at all. When I see her handphone, I will say "car, car". You see, there is this game where the player is the driver of a car in a race and it's somewhat like the Daytona game Mama used to play in her younger days. Since Mama introduced this game to me, I will say "car, car" when I see her handphone.

This month, we had also been spending Saturday mornings exploring various parks in Singapore as Mama had her tuition shifted to Saturday afternoons. This is me at Mac Ritchie Reservoir where Papa took us. Mama injured her toe and rested at the cafe, reading her bible while Papa and me walked around the reservoir.

Talking about Papa, since Mama's toe injury, Papa has been taking care of me more. He was the one who came home to bring me to school on the morning Mama injured her toe. Though he was very busy with meetings in school over the following 3 days, he still came home and bathed me every evening. Then he had to take care of me while Mama showers. It has been hard on Papa.

But no worries! Mama's toe is already well and now, she can bathe me again in the evening. Yeah!