My First Year Milestones!

Milestones reached at 1 year:

- Walks steadily unassisted
- Discovers the joy of climbing
- Bends over and picks up object easily
- Rolls a car back and forth
- Empties containers of contents - literally throwing things out! (but not keen to put the objects back!)
- Still not a master in princer grasp, but good enough to get finger food into mouth!

- Holds up arms (but not legs yet) to help to be dressed
- Brush own teeth (or rather, biting on the toothbrush)
- Points to object & people of interest (looks as if to shake hands)
- Will flip and "read" books on her own
- Has temper tantrums when frustrated

- Waves goodbye, clap hands, hi-5, gongxi-gongxi, twinkle twinkle little star, touch your head (actions prompted by these keywords)
- Clicks tongue to make "tuck tuck" sound when she sees objects swaying left-right, dances to music by moving bum bum
- Says pa-pa more precisely than ma-ma, refers ball as "bo", opens up arm to be carried and sometimes say "bao-bao", recognizes and able to say "bei bei" - which is 1 of the 5 Beijing Olympics mascots
- Imitates others actions, such as pouting lips (on second thots, it could mean "kiss kiss" too!)
- plays hide and seek, usually as the "seeker" role, & all-time favourite is to pick up a phone and babble away! You are expected to answer the phone when she turns around and look at you! (Some pretend play)

Lately, I am beginning to be more "princess-like" as I will snuggle up to granny, daddy or mummy by sitting on their laps (be it for a quick snack or a read). It sure beats having a tireless one running amok!


Of all milestones, teething is probably the one that is most delayed for me!

- I have only 2 visible teeth, the 1st one being the lower central incisor (right) & the 2nd one is the upper lateral incisor (right too!). I have been biting and chewing toys more often, but nothing beats my little finger! Those irking white pearlies! Once, I even bite on daddy and mummy!


And food that I have tasted to date:

Fruits
- durian (sampling only!)
- kiwi (w/o seeds)
- orange
- honeydew
- watermelon
- avocado
- prune
- grape
- papaya
- banana
- peach
- apple
- pear

Vegetables
- asparagus
- mushroom
- egg yolk
- tomato
- celery
- tofu
- spinach
- broccoli
- sweet pea
- sweet corn
- sweet potato
- pumpkin
- potato
- carrot

Meats
- chicken
- beef
- pork
- fish (threadfin, codfish, snapper, grouper, salmon)


This is how a typical day goes for me now:

8:00am : Milk (210ml)
8:05am : Playtime
9:00am : Breakfast (cereal with fruit, oat, bread, biscuits, muffin, pau..)
9:30am : Morning bath (hopefully after a poo)
10:00am : Morning nap
11:30am : Wakes up + Playtime
12:30pm : Lunch (porridge, pasta, baked fish/potato gratin..) + Fruit
2:15pm : Milk (210ml)
2:30pm : Afternoon nap
4:00pm : Wakes up + Playtime
6:30pm : Dinner (usually same as lunch!) + Fruit
8:00pm : Night bath
8:30pm : Milk (210ml)
9:00pm : Good night!