Richie matching shapes on Anpanman ball
Richie is 16 months old now. He has become very active and interactive too. He has an Anpanman (Japanese cartoon) ball having various shapes cut out on it. It has dual purpose. He can play it like a ball by rolling it or match the shapes with different colors.He started to match the shapes one-by-one. Some seemed pretty easy like circle,ellipse, but some others were a little difficult at first. Though we taught him a few first, he managed matching the rest himself with ease.
First step to independence
For people who worry that their child is a slow walker, do not panic. Every child grows differently. Richie started sitting down on his own at 8.5 months old. He started cruising holding onto furniture when he was 10.5 months old somewhere in November 2009.
Now we were waiting for his next major milestone. When will he walk on his own? Most babies start walking by their first birthday (and some start walking as late as 18 months). Will he, or will he not start walking by his first birthday? We were anxiously waiting... Whatever anxiousness we had, was not going to effect Richie. He was happy crawling and cruising holding onto furniture. Came January, and Richie celebrated his first birthday. But he was happy finding his way out by crawling.
He joined nursery in February and took time to adjust to his new environment. He fell sick for a month or so with fever making frequent visits and a bout of rota-virus took a toll on him. He kind of lost his strength.
But he bounced back by eating ravenously as the medicines were making him hungry.He joined another nursery in April which had more children. Seeing the older children, he started imitating them and learning from them. He started showing signs of walking. He would want to hold our hands and show him around. He would stand and balance himself and try to take 1 step but fall down. But he would keep trying.
His practice bore fruits soon and today he took his first step. His first step towards independence. He did not stop there. He went ichi,ni,san,shi,go,roku,nana (in japanese which means one,two,three,four,five,six,seven). Yes, I was waiting for this day and it happened right in front of my eyes.
Now we were waiting for his next major milestone. When will he walk on his own? Most babies start walking by their first birthday (and some start walking as late as 18 months). Will he, or will he not start walking by his first birthday? We were anxiously waiting... Whatever anxiousness we had, was not going to effect Richie. He was happy crawling and cruising holding onto furniture. Came January, and Richie celebrated his first birthday. But he was happy finding his way out by crawling.
He joined nursery in February and took time to adjust to his new environment. He fell sick for a month or so with fever making frequent visits and a bout of rota-virus took a toll on him. He kind of lost his strength.
But he bounced back by eating ravenously as the medicines were making him hungry.He joined another nursery in April which had more children. Seeing the older children, he started imitating them and learning from them. He started showing signs of walking. He would want to hold our hands and show him around. He would stand and balance himself and try to take 1 step but fall down. But he would keep trying.
His practice bore fruits soon and today he took his first step. His first step towards independence. He did not stop there. He went ichi,ni,san,shi,go,roku,nana (in japanese which means one,two,three,four,five,six,seven). Yes, I was waiting for this day and it happened right in front of my eyes.
Pointing to body parts - 16 months
Sometimes kids experience a growth spurt and suddenly they will be doing so many new things all at one time. But it is not that they learnt it at one shot. When they see or are taught, they observe and learn and silently practice and once they are ready, they show it to the world.
Richie used to watch these videos in which kids point to different body parts. He would sit and admire them. After some days we noticed him doing it himself when the command was said, "Touch your head, show your tongue". We also starting playing with him pointing to his favourite pooh. He used to enjoy the play. When we say "where is dada's head?" He goes to dada and touches his head. Now he can point to almost all the body parts taught to him. He is 16 months old and loves to explore new things.
Richie used to watch these videos in which kids point to different body parts. He would sit and admire them. After some days we noticed him doing it himself when the command was said, "Touch your head, show your tongue". We also starting playing with him pointing to his favourite pooh. He used to enjoy the play. When we say "where is dada's head?" He goes to dada and touches his head. Now he can point to almost all the body parts taught to him. He is 16 months old and loves to explore new things.
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