Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

I often hear people say to me, “Aawww, your kids have grown so fast!”, to which I often smile and reply, “That’s because you don’t see them every single day.”

But really, though I’ve spent my every hour with my kids since the day they’re born, I DO feel time flies real fast.

And when I look at Vai, he’s really not that little anymore.

Anyway, before my memory goes all rusty, here’s me doing a little summary of his developments so far.

Standing
He’s able to stand alone, unsupported, quite well now. Like, for more than 20 seconds. He is not really into taking any step forward alone yet though. Nor does he ask for me to hold his hands so that he can practice his walking steps. He cruises well and likes to push our stool (or box or chair) all around our house.

Mealtimes
He eats quite well nowadays, to my surprise (especially when compared to how his mealtimes were some 2 months back!). He does blow some of his food at times though *hmmph*

Sometimes I still need to keep him occupied (read: distracted) with something interesting so that he’d face me and take his food without much wriggle and moving about.

At home, I’d usually be feeding him at the same time as when Anya has hers. She self-feeds at our dining table while Vai uses the high chair.

I do still strain stuff like vegies, carrots and pumpkins, while I mash potatoes, egg yolk and chicken liver.

He takes about 10-15 minutes on average to finish his meal.

[and yes, I still need to sweep and mop the floor for any crumbs and food drops afterwards]

Sleeping
He’s still a light sleeper. He naps about 3 times each day. In the afternoon and at night time, he goes to bed at the same time as Anya. He naps for about 45 mins – 1.5 hours in the afternoon (and for about 30 mins – 1 hour at any other time). At night, the kids are usually already in bed and asleep between 10 pm – 11pm. They wake up at about 9am – 9.30am on average.

I don’t rock him to sleep. I breastfeed him while lying down and just get up and leave when he’s asleep (their mattress is on the floor now). Sometimes he stops nursing, crawls here and there for a few minutes, then crashes onto my tummy, and just falls to sleep by himself.

Vai (still) wakes up once at night on average, between 2am – 4am, asking to be breastfed.

Teeth
Four at the top, two at the bottom.

Weight
He’s 11.2 kg now.