Aiden Turns 8 Months

15 February 2007, Thursday

*backdated post*

This is like 2 weeks backdated, and with reference to my post this afternoon (Precious Time), you'll understand why. Aiden turned 8 months on 01 Feb, exactly 2 weeks ago. So let's look at his development :

Weight : 9.5 kg
Height : dunno lar
Food : 7oz milk each feed; organic rice cereal w veggie for lunch; pureed fruits for tea

Sleep : 2 or 3 naps during the day; sleeps by 830pm and usually wakes up at 730am

Dexterous
He is very skilled at picking up small objects and loves to examine each object (especially new ones) in great details. He can also pull his body up using the rail on his cot.

Verbal Cues

Can say MaMa, MumMum and PaPa - but of course as and when he wants to. The only consistent word, in which we think he truly understands in MumMum (in Cantonese it means eating) because he will repeat that word over and over again each time we put him on the high chair, and feed him. In fact he will say MumMum in between each spoonful of cereal. It is really quite funny.

Vision

Of course he now has this "separation anxiety" syndrome; and each time we leave him on his cot/pen/mattress he will start to whimper if we were to walk away from him. He can also see very fine objects. One day, I caught him staring near my face whilst changing him, and then he reached out to grab what I thought was air, but in actual fact, it was a single strand of my long hair near my face !!

Personal Trait

Funny boy I have here, why I say this is because when he is sleepy, he will suck his right thumb and put his left arm across his eyes. He goes to sleep like this... so if you were to look at him, he really looks like a mini adult trying to catch 20 winks.

Physical

Sigh - another month has passed and my lil boy is still very lazy. We call him the Leaning Tower of Pisa cause he cannot sit up straight, and also cannot crawl; although he is trying very hard to. Does anyone have any ideas on helping my son crawl?

Pic is blur cause downloaded from my handphone. His fav "toy" which he will leave it there and play with other toys. It is actually the linkadoos from Fisher Price