Xuan enjoys snuggling close to mummy and papa on the bed every night listening to their story telling. Mummy has made space on the bedside table for Xuan’s favourite collections for Xuan to pick and choose every night. Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Pooh Bear Adventure, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs… Xuan’s latest favourites include Mickey mouse adventure and Little Einstein’s collection!
Do you know that Xuan can even make sounds to complement as mummy reads such as when the wolf knocked on the door, when the wolf ate Little Red Riding Hood. Xuan alwalys mischievously tickles mummy and papa when she hears the word “tickle”(!!) and Xuan shouts “Yeay” and clap at the happy ending! Hehehe…
Alphabets, numbers, colours and shapes
A is for apple and B is for baby!
Xuan can now read from A-Z, number 1 to 14, different shades of colours and shapes, and lots of words! Xuan is speaking longer sentence now too. From a 2 words sentence to now a 5 words sentence recently! E.g. “Papa carrys Xuan Xuan cross the road!” hehehe…
Mummy and papa are elated with Xuan’s achievements! Thanks to mummy and papa’s coaching and the many interesting DVDs for Xuan to watch everyday. Currently, Xuan’s latest addiction is the “Baby Einstein collection.” Xuan learns the different modes of transportation and vehicles, musical instruments, neighbourhood animals, etc. Thanks to Da Jiu Jiu who took a lot of his time to record these DVDs for Xuan!
Xuan also knows all my body parts in English and Mandarin too! Head, shoulders, cheeks, eye…“眼睛”, “头发”, “鼻子”...
And oh ya, Xuan loves music and dance!
Conversing with mummy, papa, ah ma, ah gong…
Xuan is able to carry out simple conversations with mummy and papa now. Xuan is happy cos finally mummy and papa know what Xuan wants now most of times without having to guess a few times to get it right. Hehehe…
Motor skills
Xuan can do tasks like taking off own shoe, putting on and taking off skirt and pant, bringing the cup to the kitchen (at times), bringing dirty diaper to dustbin, keeping papa’s socks in the right cabinet, improvement in self-feed (though I still need a bib… hehehe), can hold a pen well and draw lines and circles (though not exactly straight and round.. hehehe..).
Sweet Xuan!
Noting Xuan’s recent encouraging developments and unlimited energy level, mummy and papa is trying to catch up on it by introducing more games and educational toys. Lately, mummy chanced upon some really nice puzzle toys and they are all now sitting at Xuan’s play room now! 6 different colours of Humpty Dumpty’s puzzles, Shopping List Game (to boost memory skill) and more. Xuan likes the Shopping Game where mummy and papa will tell Xuan their shopping list and Xuan is supposed to remember the items and put it in the shopping cart correctly! These will come handy in the next few months when mummy will be on maternity leave. Xuan and mummy will have fun playing and learning together!
Mummy and papa hope to bring Xuan out for more healthy outdoor activities like farm visit, swimming, beach play, walk in the garden etc. However, we will have to wait after didi is born as mummy gets tired easily nowadays as it gets nearer to didi’s arrival date. 3 more weeks actually.
Mummy and papa loves these shots.
Next challenge for Xuan (and mummy, papa and ah ma) – Potty training!
Hummm… Wee wee… put put…smelly smelly 臭臭.. hehehe.. :p
Mummy missing Ah Zuo a lot a lot..
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