Dylan – 19 months

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When I looked at the photos that i have taken of him recently, he seemed so grown up to me. And growing up so beautifully too. His double eyelids are developing and are making his eyes look so much more bigger, and more beautiful.

Language
He is speaking in sentences now. And surprises us with new phrases & sentences almost daily.

• Yesterday, my sis came without her baby Matthew. Both Bryan and Dylan adores Matthew. When Dylan saw that Matthew did not come, he asked my sis, “Wei sen mo Matthew mei you lai?” (Why Matthew did not come?)
• If anyone hit him, he will complain “xx tah wo. Tong tong.” and points to the area that he was hit.
• He will also complain that “xx huai tan” (xx naughty)
• He can tell between Chinese, Indian or Malay. If he see a young Chinese lady, it will be chie-chie. If Indian or Malay, it will be “kakak.”
• He can also tell between auntie, chie-chie, keke, Ah po, uncle, mei mei, didi
• He can count 1 – 8
• Speaks mostly Mandarin with a few words & phrases in English

Motor skills

• We have started to take him for weekly Tumble Tots sessions and are amazed by how much he is able to do
• He can balance and walk across a 6″ wide wood plank without falling.
• Climb up and over ladders
• Climb up high and jump down onto the mattress
• He can and loves to tumble
• He can skip
• He is beginning to jump with both feet up. Not very high yet, but is getting there.
• He can stand and balance himself on husb’s palm. (yes, husb loves to balance him on his palm – single handed..gotta take a photo of this). He can stay in this way for minutes and enjoy every single moment of it.
• He enjoys playing with the Ikea bead toy. And would count 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8..as he moves the beads.

Social skills

• This boy loves people and is not shy.
• All my mom’s neighbors love him.
• My dad would take him for walks around outside the flat whenever he is free. And if he meet some neighbors that are returning home from grocery trips, they will dig out some treats for Dylan.
• Dad said that one neighbor would even reverse his car, wind down his window and chit chat/ offer treats to Dylan whenever he meet them.
• Yesterday, my parents took him to the supermarket. A stranger had just bought some jelly from a stall. Dylan happens to be nearby. She walks over and starts talking to Dylan and then offers him one of the cups of jelly that she has bought.
• This guy is really a “auntie-magnet”

Sexy sexy baby

Unfortunately, not everything is perfect for Dylan.

He would have been perfect if only he would EAT!

He is a very small eater. A nibble here and 2 nibbles there. He’ll ask for food, but will only take a little at a time. He doesn’t drink much formula milk. He prefers to direct nurse, but I have to be at work.

I am a little worried about his eating habit because he is not gaining much weight. But his PD said that he is healthy though on the small side.

Last week, i got so mad that he won’t eat that I threaten not to take him home. Both hubb and i agreed that he wasn’t eating much because he was waiting for me to come home and bf him.

So we lectured him and told him to eat, or he won’t get to come home.

He ate more, but still not a lot. My parents are pretty tired of him when it comes to feeding time. They have tried everything to get him to eat more..including sitting at the sink and play with tap water while they try to feed him.

How to improve his eating habit? Send him off to school.

Yes, that’s what I’ll be doing. I will be sending him off to playschool with Bryan starting next Monday.

Although Bryan did not really gave me a lot of eating problems when he was a toddler, his eating habits improved a lot once he started school.

Right now, Dylan tells me that he wants to go to school with Bryan. His principle thinks that Dylan will get along fine and won’t cry much, as he is already quite familiar with a few of the teachers there (thanks to the weekend TT sessions). Besides his ge-ge is there and Bryan promised me that he will take care of his didi.

Hopefully, he will settle down really soon.

Dear Dylan, I love you. I just want the best for you. I am sure you will enjoy playschool and will learn so much at school. So don’t cry too much and breaks mommy’s heart ok.