Latest developments for our 12 month and 2 week old

We have been experiencing some pretty "interesting" behavior from our little guy of late. Interesting because it is in a way expected (as you would expect your growing child), although its also not exactly what we had expected to happen.

First on our list is refusal of solids. Ever since we started on Enfagrow (formula for 1 - 3 year olds) JW has been saying no to solids a little more than he used to. It is strange, but we suspect its because he is now not so hungry after the heavy milk feeds.

More so, JW is now a little bored of his mashed food, and ready for chunkier, non mashed varieties. He is no longer wanting scraped apple, but rather, wanting to bite at the apple himself. Same for the kiwis. JW now grabs the kiwi from Mrs Kong's hands to shove it into his own mouth. JW is not the only one learning at mealtimes these days.

Secondly, with increased awareness of all around him, he is able to identify sequences in the day, and knows what to expect from our behaviour.

For instance, at bedtime which Mr Kong usually deals with, JW will now know that Mrs Kong's leaving the room means that bedtime is looming close. If he is not ready for bed, he will protest and cry when this happens.

Yes, one might say that he has always been more aware of whats to come but now, its just harder to distract him.

We have also been seeing better sleep patterns from JW of late (touch wood!); with us seeing him sleeping for longer stretches of time. (I hope I don't jinx this by blogging about it!!) Unfortunately, he still prefers having us around, though we do understand this too... it is pretty lonely in his room without us and we miss him just as much ;)

Having said all the above, JW is now so much more of a little boy than just the little tyke we had under our roof 2 weeks ago. He is into copying our actions (holding the second Wii remote and pointing it to the TV while Mrs Kong tried to work the first one), pointing and identifying objects around the house like "fan", "doorbell, "(toy) zebra", "piano", and "joining" in on conversations with his baby babble (e.g. pointing at the lamp and going "ph ph ph").

It is just too cute most of the time, and we can't help but talk about him especially when he is tucked under those sheets at night in his bedroom.

We could go on and on with regards to what JW can do now, but suffice to say that what he is capable of takes us by surprise each day. Mrs Kong suspects that this will be the norm rather than the exception from now on.