13 Months

Ern turns 13 months-old today. Time really flies, huh!!

Vital Stats:
Height: 74.5cm
Weight: 9+kg
Teeth: Still 2
Hair: Grow pretty fast. So far, we brought her to hair saloon twice

Dietary:
Solid: 2 times per day (1 porridge & 1 rice cereal/wheat)
Milk: 3 times of 7oz per day
Fruit: We gave her what we eat and she eats everything, including cempedak & durian
Biscuit: She loves her baby biscuit as well as our biscuit too!
Yogurt: Start to fall in love now..no more showing us the 'sour' face
Cheese: She loves this.
Others: As long as we sit on the dining table, she will crawl to us and ask for food

Development:
- Started to walk unsupported but when she is 'kan chiong', she will sit down and crawl
- Able to signal to us when she wants to pee by pulling the nappy clip.
- Able to tell us when she is done with her poo by shaking her head
- She likes to flip book now..stop biting already...
- She is at the stage of 'opening' and 'closing' on our drawers and cabinets
- Able to squat from standing position but still need to hold on something from squatting to standing position.
- We are teaching her through her daily routine and object surrounding her, eg fan, sofa, fridge, etc.
- Enjoy listening to cartoon songs.

Understand on instructions:
- She knows where to throw the soiled diaper when you give her
- Raise her hand to say 'hi' and 'bye' when we asked her to do
- She does the friend kiss correctly now: place the palm on her month
- When we whistle 'shh, shh', she will wee (if any)
- When we say lye down by patting the pillow, she will repeat after us before she lye down
- Depending on her mood, she is able to put things back to the original place.
- understand and do when we say 'give', "open", 'close' & 'shake'.

Vocab:
- She says'thor thor' (our dog) very clearly. The rest of the time, she just babbles'

Recognize:
- Everyone in the family, part-time maid as well as our neighbours
- Animal: cat, dog, pig, bird, bear & koala bear
- Household: fan, air-con, comb, yo yo, jeans, tyre, light bulk
- Nature/food: flower, leaves, carrot, tomato, ice-cream, apple & orange
- Body parts: ear, mouth & nose

She Claps:
- when we praised her by saying 'good girl' or 'clever girl'.
- The TV shows clap as well
- When she listen to the cartoon music
- Remind us to praise her

Hand/body movements she does:
- Elephant: placing her left hand on the right elbow
- Pah Pah (afraid): Pat her chest
- Recognize herself: Also pat her chest
- 'Sek Sek Sek' Game: She will lift your thumb and move up and down
- "Yes Sir, No Sir" game: She will move both hands near her ear
- "Keh Kar Kar" (chicken bite bite in Hokkien): join her 2 index fingers together.
- Comb Hair
- "Oi Oi" (sleep): Place her hand near the ear & face. She has yet to tilt her head sideway
- "Oi Oi" on her toy: She will pat the butt of the toy
- "Oi Oi' when we carry her: She will lye down on our shoulder
- Pat her knee & move her hand up and down
- Dancing: still shaking one leg.
- "chou chou" (smelly in Mandarin): She will squeeze her face
- Lift and place the telephone handset next to the ear. Most of the time, the handset is upsite down.
- "Liu Liu" (Shame in Hokkien): She will place her index finger on her cheek. Supposely to move the finger up and down but she doesn't know how.

Scrap credit:
Everything by Anita Quilts