On Vox: Alex's milestones- 11th mth
I had a total of 2 interviews last month. I thought the interviews went well and I was feeling quite confident, but I haven't hear from either companies since. :| See how things go lah.
Recently there's 2 things about the wee one that exasperates me. He refused to eat and before this food strike episode, my mil kept saying that he's shrinking. The two things are not related. I reckon he is teething or bored of his diet, so I changed his diet. He might be bored with the multigrains porridge. I changed the grains to jasmine rice and now sushi rice and he's eating again and even more. He can finish 8oz of porridge in a meal. Then I make sure he sleeps more. Bingo, can feel him getting heavier every other day.
Regarding my mil... 2 Fridays ago, we had to attend hubb's aunt's art exhibition, so I took him to my mil to help out while I can go home and prepare for the event. Since she was harping on his size, she gave him a huge chunk of fish on top of what I have cooked for him. When I picked up Alex, he threw up on me and I went to the event reeking of fish. Eversince I started my food/sleep strategy, she has stopped mentioning about his size coz I am sure she can feel the difference in weight too. Good lah. I like my son to be chubby, but I reckon there is nothing to worry about him so I am not worried at all. Comments about his size, I will take it as input, but I just don't like to be nagged at and even be undermined whether I am doing a good job as a mother.
Milestones
- Says "dada" and "mama" to the right parent (is specific)- Yes
- Plays patty-cake- No, hope he knows how to clap hands soon
- Stands alone for a couple of seconds- Yes, but only twice so far
- Imitates others' activities- Yes
- Puts objects into a container- Yes
- Understands simple instructions- Yes he does, except the word "No"... he purposely defy me!
- Drinks from a cup- Yes and he can hold the cup himself
- Says one word besides "mama" and "dada"- Yes, recently he said "Fiss..." for fish :)
- Stoops from standing position- No
He loves
- funny sound we made or using a whistle or party horn(?) stuff
- his toy drum set. we were amazed that he could play with it almost immediately
- briyani with dhal! I fed him some the other day and he ate all of it!
- bread. When he sees that I am eating bread, he will rush to my side to have his share
- looking at animals. The dogs, pigeons and he especially likes cat
He is
- more than 9kg. That's almost a sack of rice yo!
- teething again. He left teeth marks not only on me but on others. :\
- quite attentive.
- poo in the potty. He did it for the first time today (with the diaper on) and that made my day. Also sad for me lah, be excited over potty habits. heh
- recognise body parts like eyes and nose.
Alex at the underwater world
Originally posted on longestflight.vox.com