I think it's about time I updated this blog. And after I logged in, I realised I'd actually wrote an entry previously but forgot to publish it :PKeston has turned 13 mths...how on earth did the past year fly by? Although the little one is entering toddlerhood, he's still very much a baby in our eyes.
Development-wise, I hate to admit it but K's developing very very slowly! He loves cruising, but whenever I try to hold his hands to guide him to walk, he sits down immediately. He's showing no signs of wanting to walk, no interest, na-dah! But since hearing the old wives' tales say that babies who start walking later will have a good life....I've been telling K "Don't start walking so soon!" =)
Keston still has only 6 teeth. 4 upper and 2 lower.
He has not clearly started calling anyone yet. He did start off with Mamamama long time ago, but he got bored with it and moved on to other syllabus. He was stuck with Dada for a long time, to HW's delight. But now he's stopped saying it already. His favourite word now is Babababa. There's no specific meaning to it, he looks at me and squels Bababa....he looks at his toy and says Babababa....He has managed to verbalise 'Pur' (bird) and 'Baw' (ball) on several occassions. He also sometimes barks when he hears/sees dogs.
K's hair is growing painfully slow. He's still pretty much botak, with very fine and sparse hair. We could have recitified the situation by accessorising him with caps and hats...but NO, our little friend refuses to have unnecessary additions put on him. He rips off caps and beanies with a vengeance, kicks in irritation when we put on an anklet, twists bibs off and tugs non-stop when wearing long sleeves. This boy is really a fusspot...really regret not getting him used to all these at a younger age.
K's lost all interests in flashcards. He used to love his dotcards. But I had to stop them when he was hospitalised and when I tried to get back to routine, he just wasn't keen anymore. He also used to like the words flashcards we do during BJG classes but lately, he simply refuses to look at the cards. In fact he has been paying zero attention in class for the past month and we're considering stopping the class after this term...which is such a shame as we've got a really good teacher and lovely classmates!
Since way before, we've been letting Keston try all types of formulas. He was ok with all brands of Stage 1 and Stage 2 formulas...so when I stopped expressing after he turned 1, we naturally thought he'd be able to go 100% on any formula. We were giving him Enfapro previously so of course we moved on to Enfagrow. But who knows, his milk intake dropped drastically! He'd take abt 150ml in the morning...60-90ml in the afternoon and reject the night feed. I thought he hated milk cos I thought Enfagrow actually tastes pretty nice! In the end we tried Gain IQ and he started drinking more. He takes about 450ml a day of Gain IQ. I refused to believe he'd become picky with milk brands and went on to buy Nan Pro 3. And *snap*, his intake dropped drastically again! Tried for like a week before HW buey tahan and went to buy another tin of Gain IQ....and voila! K's milk intake went up again! This boy damn picky!
Solids-wise, the boy is eating like a grown man! He takes 1.5-2 big bowls of thick porridge per meal..and if you offer him snacks after, he'd still open his mouth for more! Perhaps that is why I enjoy cooking for him! I love making stock for his porridge. I started off making pork stock, where I'll boil some pork bones along with leek. Lately I've been making vege stock..usually just throwing together whatever veges I find lurking in the fridge. It's fun, it's easy and it smells so damn good! I use the stock for making his porridge, mee sua, pasta. Breakfast is usually organic brown rice/barley cereal or rolled oats. Occasionally I'd make him pizza bread (bread with tomato paste and cheddar cheese, lightly toasted) and baby yoghurt.
Keston can now climb up and down our 2 steps (to our bed and to the living room) confidently. For awhile I was having problems putting him to sleep on our bed as he keeps trying to crawl down the bed and then pick up and throw everything in the room. It went on for 3-5 days where I have to keep pulling him back or let him have my phone so he'd stay put. Until 1 night, I told him to go and touch whatever he wanted to touch. The happy camper pulled my stack of bills/notes/books from beside my bed and scattered them all over the floor. It was such a mess and I told him sternly "You don't want to sleep right? You want to stay on the floor right? Ok, you sit in this corner and don't move!" To my amazement, he really stayed in the same spot and proceeded to wail like there's no tomorrow. HW charged in, thinking what happened cos K was crying until so cham and sitting by the door. After I cleared up the mess, then I went to pick K up and told him not to be so naughty. After that night, K stopped trying to climb off the bed everytime it's time to sleep! Trial of a naughty corner?
But Keston, being Keston, of course has to find some other ways to be cheeky. There's usually 2 bolsters, 1 pillow and a baby mickey mouse on the bed with him. He'd pick up Mickey and throw it on the floor, then look at me for a reaction. As long as I react, be it a 'Oi!' or a 'Aiyoh', he will laugh hysterically and repeat the act infinitely. So I've learned to ignore him and not pick up Mickey after he throws it. Then of course, Keston decides Mummy's not reacting because he's not throwing Mickey hard enough, and proceeds to fish up Mickey and flings it even harder. I've since learned to pretend not to see/hear a thing. Then Keston thinks 'Mummy's not bothered by Mickey...maybe she will care more about my pillow?' So he starts throwing his pillow....and this is followed by a bolster. He knows he needs 1 bolster to sleep so he will basically throw everything off the bed, leaving only 1 bolster.
At the end of the day, Keston is still a sweet baby, sometimes naughty, sometimes cheeky...but always loving and good-natured.
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