A few weeks back, I cleaned up AJ's cabinet and drawers where all his clothes are kept. I packed all his (new born to 9 months) onesies and all the wrap around shirts that we bought before I gave birth. His baby socks and mittens and baby caps were placed in zip lock bags for easy storage. Found out that he got a lot of "bigkis" that I was not able to use. I can't believe that he was so tiny then. I was laughing while holding out his tiny socks that I used as mittens while we were in the hospital because I just packed 1 pair of mittens in my hospital bag. I hope he won't glare at me when he sees his picture with a sock on his hands.
AJ started blabbing and cooing words at 7 months and his first word was "abu" (which I don't have a clue of what it means). I was disappointed when he was able to say "papa" when he was around 8 months. I've convinced myself that it was just a word and not really referring to my hubby. At 10 months he's blurts "akang"! and "bababa", "yak", and a lot more... And Today, at 11 months and 2 weeks, He uttered the most awaited word... "Mama" and that's not all.. he said it with both arms raised in front for me to pick him up. Ahhh, it was such a beautiful music to my ears.. I surely was not able to resist him and so I picked him up and showered him kisses.
AJ's pedia says that he'll be walking on his own around 1 year old. To build AJ's confidence to be independent, his doctor said that we should encourage him to walk on his own (with the help of a cloth around his chest and armpit) or he can push a cart or a chair..
I think he's getting there... last Sunday he was pushing the mono block chair back and forth in our living room 4 times with around 10 steps each and no stopping. By the time I was handed the camera, he's already too tired to continue. As an advance birthday present we went to Toy Kingdom to look for a developmental toy that he can use to practice his walking skills and we found this stride and ride walker from fisher price. When we got home and hubby assembled it, AJ was too tired to stride so he just rode his new toy and was so engross with the sound that it produces whenever it moves.I hope AJ does not end up a couch potato. Whenver his watching TV (his 100% attention goes to action when commercial is on and goes back playing when the real show starts) and we turned it off.. he starts crying his heart out and stops abruptly if we turn it on again...is this what they call tantrums? Oh Gosh!
Our baby is becoming a little man already... a little person that knows what he wants and gets it one way or the other
