Her Progress..., My Love

Singing or Dancing

At 1.5 years old (about 18 months old), Renee could sing a couple of songs. Not the entire song though... just the chorus... so whenever she made those melody... we would know which song she was singing...

• First was Psy's Gangnam Style (Sorry that I spelled this wrongly all the other times)... "Ohhhhhh" (and shook her head. Now she could hold her arm like the horse riding!)

• Next, it was Row-Row-Row your boat.... "Ro-Ro-Ro..." (She could only repeat this portion, then started shaking the bolster in our bed)

• Followed by Old Macdonald had a Farm.... "E-ya-E-ya-O... quack quack quack...." (She could sing this pretty well and clear! Even before the song was played in the CD, she knew that it was coming up next and started humming)

• Another rhyme she could hum was the Fly Fly Fly the Butterfly... "5-5-5.." (Very similar to Row Row Row your boat when she just had to repeat a similar sound... Haa!)

• There were some rhymes that she knew them long ago. She couldn't sing along yet but would dance along... If you are Happy and you know... She could clap her hand, stamp her feet, nod her head and pull her ears! Haa!!

I had no idea what other songs that she's secretly trying to learn but I saw her watching Psy's new MV (gentlemen) recently... hmmz... Let's see...

Naming Body Parts or Communicating

Renee could identify the following areas:

• Head
• Teeth
• Ears
• Eyes
• Nose
• Tummy
• Bums
• Hands

She could relate to the following:

• Cold-cold
• Hot-Hot
• Bathing (via Pong-Pong or Swimming)
• Drink Water
• Wet-Wet
• Pacifier (or Joot-joot, both works but when she said, she used "ne-ne")
• Open (She could say "Gai", which sounded like open in mandarin - Kai)
• Close/ Keep
• Going out = wear socks and shoes, get keys to open the door
• When mommy is not in pyjamas = Going out
• Mixer = Beat beat beat eggs ("da-da-da-da-da")
• Her pink kitty bag = her snackbox
• Pan is for frying (when she toss the toy food in the toy pan)
• Ng-Ng = poop poop
• Sayang = Gentle touch
• Bye-bye
• Hi-5 (she loved to do this than doing her fav Goodbye shake)

She could say...

• Open ("Gai" as "Kai")
• Neh-Neh (when she wanted milk)
• Uhmm (when she wanted a munch)
• Wet-Wet ("Shi-Shi")
• No More (in mandrain "Mei you")
• Banana ("Na-na-na")
• McDonalds M logo ("Mac Mac Mac")
• Shoes ("Xie zi" in mandarin)
• Paternity Grandma ("Ye ye")
• Paternity Grandma ("Nai Nai")
• Maternity Grandpa ("Ah Gu" instead of Ah Gong)
• Maternity Grandma ("Ma Ma" or "Ah Ma" but she seldom say it)
• Carry ("Bao Bao")
• Dad ("Pa Pa")
• Me!!! ("Ma Ma... but she seldom call me either)
• Baby (She had a toy baby and I ever heard her shouting for "B-B" when she couldn't reach it in her toy box)
• Bye-bye (one of the first few words she learnt)
• 1-2-3-4-5 (not exactly clear but it sounded almost there... counting up to 5 in mandarin)

Next on the learning List

• Potty Train, so perhaps we could start to cut down on diapers usage?
• Drink from a cup on her own
• Feed herself, properly
• Say simple sentence (I read from web that this is one of the milestones when toddler is 2 yrs old)
• Ask for things nicely via pointing, instead of whining or snatching...

Many many more...  but we'll do it slowly... one at a time... Stay Happy, always, my kid!