This is you. At 15 months. Still quite a peanut but a very cute peanut at that with a personality that is on its way to earning you the nickname “chilli padi”.
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| I'm 15 months! |
Yes, you are a “chilli padi” – don’t go around deceiving everyone with that sweet innocent smile – when you’ve started to throw naughty tantrums at home and screaming on the top of your voice when you don’t get what you want (usually, it’s the ice cold glass of ribena sitting next to your boring bowl of chicken porridge). You do that whole screaming thing complete with feet stomping action – I don’t know where you learnt it from. It’s terrible. Papa and I think it’s time to give you your own naughty corner in the house and get down to disciplining you.
You enjoy having your independence and have learnt to self feed with a fork your meals of pasta cos that's dry and easier for you to manage. You'll get to feeding yourself porridge and macaroni soup soon enough. You are also completely pleased with yourself when you successfully undress yourself and throw your own diaper into the bin and your dirty clothes into the laundry basket. Yes - you have mastered the drill. I only wished you could be just as independent when it came to your sleeping patterns and learn to fall asleep by yourself and not pointing to Papa and Mama's bed at 3am wanting to come over to snuggle with us.
Everyone at home is thrilled that you can now take instructions almost perfectly - especially Yiyi Sam and Por Por - cos that now means they can send you out to do things for them; like pull them a piece of tissue or take the remote control from the table. You get lots of hugs and kisses in return for the little tasks you complete!
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| Some cousin-loving going on there |
You're picking things up at an incredible speed which makes us at home very mindful of the things we say or do because we don't want you picking up bad habits from us. Everyday, I come home to stories of what you've been up to with Por Por and I can't help but be filled with Mama pride every time Por Por tells me about your little achievements throughout the day no matter how small it may be. These days, we also spend about 5 minutes on the phone chit-chatting over lunch while Mama is at work. I love hearing your jabbers over the phone, it's like you're trying to speak like how grown-ups speak - in fast, long unbroken sentences. On that note, you are entering the parroting stage - imitating the words we say - and are incredibly chatty. You can go on on a monologue for minutes, peppered with lots of funny facial expressions and punctuated with high and low pitch - I have to say it's very entertaining to watch. Your comprehension amazes me really - it scares us sometimes the things you show you understand when we exchange conversations amongst ourselves. Here's a video of you and your many expressions.
In a months' time, we're sending you off to Montessori playschool for a couple of half-days a week. We hope you'll learn to make friends and be a friend, learn to develop your creativity and pick up new skills that we may not have the resources to teach you as well at home. Your Papa and I believe sending you out of the house will do you some good.
Here are some of your favourites at 15 months:
Pastime: dancing to Hi-5 songs
Food: macaroni soup and aglio olio pasta
Vegetable: cauliflower and corn
Book: bear feels sick by karma wilson
Snack: dried raisins
Time of the day: when we put on your sleep sack and plant you with lots of goodnight kisses
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| A sweet moment with Gong Gong |
We have quite an exciting February awaiting us with Chinese New Year just round the corner! Yes, that's when you get to put the "Gong Xi Gong Xi" action to some use!
Happy 15th month Jujubee! You'll always be Mama's little baby even though you're growing up so fast.
Lots of love,
Mama
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