Friday, April 09, 2010

Gaby is ONE



This little guy has finally turned ONE today.
It has been a great journey for all of us - and thankful for the help we had in making sure he grows up healthy, happy and well-taken cared for during our absence (while at work/childcare).

Major achievements thus far:
* getting better at his pincer grip
* able to walk from one room to another; with and without shoes on
* waves goodbye, giving flying kisses (still no MUACKS sound yet)
* getting more vocal - will say "AH" continuously when he's excited about something. and have learnt to say "Ba" for everything that starts with B - eg. bus, bird, book, bear, ball. and of course, he knows his 'Mum Mum', 'Papa', 'Mama' and even 'chay chay' (jiejie).
* will up his hand cupping over his ears when we ask him to say "Hello"
* crawls only when he falls after walking quite a bit - until he finds a support to stand up and walk again.
* able to show his needs and wants - fighting with jiejie over lollipop/biscuits and getting mommy's attention ALL for himself.
* loves to turn wheels round and round and round
* likes to throw things from his high chair/table and when being carried and then look at that object - most probably getting a hang of what 'object permanence' is all about.
* likes to climb up the lower bed, the sofa and even the gate railings. and worst of all, he is totally gungho about jumping down/off from the sofa and even our master-bed!
* still puts anything and everything into his mouth... drools buckets too!
* last but not least... only has 6 teeth and still no signs of any new pearlies sprouting.

no vital stats yet as we have not brought him for his 12month assessment.
will update once the info is available. :)

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