All About Bryan and Dylan

Weight: 7.5kg, when weighed 2 weeks ago.

Physical skills

• Able to get into sitting position by himself.
• Able to pull himself up to a standing position.
• If we put him in the play pen and then walk away, he would pull himself up, stare out the pen and start screaming for attention.
• Already started to practice cruising, but not very stable yet. Still have yet to master the coordination of his legs to be able to cruise.
• Loves to stand in his bath by holding on to the 2 sides of the bathtub.
• Able to clap his hands when asked…”pai pai shou” (clap clap hands)
• Able to wave bye-bye.
• Loves to rotate his wrists about in mid air. He seems fascinated by his ability to do this.

Verbal

• Like most babies at this age, he’s very talkative. Earlier this month, he started calling ma ma, mi mi for attention. Even my 9 year old niece noticed that he can say mami. Personally, I don think he meant “mummy” then.
• But now, I am noticing it more and more often that he will call out “Ah maaaaaaaa..maa ma maa” when he wants my attention
• But I must say that he has a different tone/ voice to express what he wants.
• We can tell if he is hungry, wants to play, calling for attention..etc.

Social skills

• Will ask someone to come to him, by waving his hands up & down and nodding his head. => Actually he does that more to the neighbour hood dog than us la. If we take him out and he sees the dog, he would be waving his hands excitedly and nods his head until the dog comes to him.
• Favourite person? Mummy of course. Will immediately call out to mummy and asks mummy to carry the moment I come home.
• Second favourite – Daddy of course! If mummy is already home, and daddy comes home, will ask daddy to carry for a while…Then it is back to mummy.
• Loves smiling at people, even strangers.
• He’s definitely a hit among the neighbours being so friendly and being the youngest kid on the block.
• Already started to fight for my attention with his brother. A few nights ago, I was reading a book to him. He was happy and contented to sit on my lap. Then Bryan saw us and wanted to join in the fun. So I asked Bryan to sit next to me. And guess what, Dylan started to throw a minor tantrum when Bryan sits next to me and starts asking me question regarding the book.
• Needless to say – he is already fighting for toys with Bryan. Whatever Bryan is playing with, he wants too!

Food

• Takes 4-5 ounces ebm, about every 2-3 hourly.
• I am such a lousy mommy this time. I am sooo slow at introducing new food to him. This month, I introduced
• Pear puree -> hates it at first taste
• Carrot puree -> loves it initially, now a bit bored
• Pumpkin puree -> loves it
• Baby rusks + ebm -> loves it
• Brown rice cereal -> seem to love it
• But but but…I bought a blender & mixer last week. It has a small container that is perfect for making baby food. So mummy promise to make u more goodies ok.

Other skills

• Can remember where things are being kept. He saw my parents hid the alarm clock under the pillow. The next time they placed him on the bed, he crawled straight for the pillow, reach under it and take out the alarm clock.
• Very sensitive to sounds. Turns his head to the direction of the slightest sound.
• Will stand at Bryan’s toy box and starts digging for toys to play. When bored…throw away! *Sigh* Another baby to pick up after.

Getting naughtier by the day…but also getting more adorable to us. *Muakkksss*