One Two Three..Down (13mos 26days)

Richie was trying to take the first steps and he could do it in three steps before fell down.
First, he's trying to stand from sitting down position unsupported then he slowly took the first step, second step, another step and lost balance hehe...
Anyway, well done boy!

Now, he likes to cruise a lot and sometimes he could cross from one furniture to another furniture by taking one or two steps before holding something....
Hopefully, he will be able to walk soon then....

Keep it up boy! way to go!

walking training

Mommy noticed that Richie actually can walk unsupported but he seems doesn't have enough confidence.
I guess it's his character, when he fells, he will be very cautious and doesn't want to try after some times.
That's why, every day mommy trains him using baby walker push from fisher price.
He will push the walker and mommy just hold him if he runs fast.
So far he managed to go from his room to living room with the walker.

But when mommy takes the walker back and asks him to walk within arm reach, he's not confident enough to take the steps and prefer crawling since it's safe and much easier from him hehe...

oh boy...hopefully you can walk by yourself soon...

Start learning mathematic in Dot methods

After going to enrichment class, mommy knew how glenn doman method works.
So mommy decided to DIY the flash card for mathematic and words. Buying the ready made is expensive.
One set of Mathematic kit is S$380 and one set of reading kit is S$650.

Mommy did some researches in the internet and finally mommy could make own mathematic and reading kit.
Mommy spent S$30 for 50 blank cards (11'' x 11'' )

And starting from today, mommy taught him 5 cards ( dot 1 - 5 ). He seems pretty interested when mommy start to hold the cards. Since mommy only flashes them twice which is almost less than 15 seconds.
He gets very curious and wants more. But according to the rule of thumb, the lesson must be stopped before it gets boring so mommy decides to stop it.

After 15 - 30 minutes, mommy repeats again and he's very interested and seem that he wants it more and more.....
Hopefully, it works to him. At least to simulate his right brain.

Survive without asking milk or asking less milk

On Saturday night, Richie slept with daddy instead of mommy, 'cos we wanted to know whether he's just looking for comfort by sucking into mommy 's breast or he's really hungry.
And as expected, he woke up 4x with closed eyes looking for mommy and since mommy's not around, daddy carried him for a while until he went sleep again.

But he survived until morning without having any milk, and he drank milk a lot in the morning during breakfast....
The next day, Richie slept again with mommy, cos daddy needed enough sleep to work the next day.
And gotcha, Richie just slept through the night and only asked the milk at about 5 or 6 am.
On Monday night, Richie again slept through even though he's not feeling well yesterday and had fever
He only asked the milk about 6 am


Good job ! meaning he could wean off from breast milk at night and mommy could sleep well too

Sleeping in his room

pictures

bed and toys

Starting from November, Richie will be sleeping to his room.
Mommy has re-arranged his room to make it cozy and baby proof.
Gladly, Richie liked it too, he liked playing and sleeping there than in mommy and daddy's room

Now, Richie still sleeps with mommy, but on December, mommy will train him to sleep with daddy so he can wean off from breastmilk at night and next year hopefully he can sleep alone in his room.
Here are some pictures of his room

Donut Rings Stacking and Shapes Sortir

Some new improvements of Richie motor skills.
He's able to stack four donut rings even though he hasn't been able to sortir which one is bigger and going first.
But it's a great improvement....
The other one is shapes sortir, he managed to sort three shapes to the respective holes, cylinder, cube and triangle

Great Job Son

Happy 13 months old