Sophie at 11 months

With just one more month to her big one, Sophie has mastered a few new skills

1. Learning how to point
She's recently learnt how to point when she wants something or when we ask her, "where is ..." As she turns into a toddler very soon she'll be pointing to us that she wants a new toy, her choice of food at MacDonalds...

2. She's learnt new words
Her babble no longer just sound like baby talk but more like proper words especially when she can repeat words back at you. She did that for words like "there", "duck", "mum mum (for food)". With more teeth on the way, she'll learnt to say her first word, and I mean saying it with understanding.

3. Standing unsupported
She does this quite easily for about 10 to 15 seconds already. Last Friday I even caught her holding on to a book and somehow getting up on her own. Hehe so daring to stand unsupported.

4. Taking her first steps

Alexis has witnessed her taking two tiny steps unsupported as she lunged towards her walker. And I only saw it yesterday, when she took a step and lunged towards me.

But so far she's been an ace walking supported mainly on her walker. And on days when she's active she'll keep walking around the house from one end of her play yard to the other. She knows how to squeeze herself in front of the walker when she's hit the end of the room and then push the walker in the opposite direction and then start walking again. I'm pretty sure my little baby's going to start walking before she turns one. Time to go shopping for shoes!

5. Knowing how to resist taking medicine
Fifi fell ill recently and we had to feed her 4 different type of medicine. 3 of which had to be administered by the syringe. Now she can even recognize the syringe after being fed medicine for a couple of times and will struggle to get out of our clutches. Today we had to trick her by alternating between feeding her medicine and water. Wonder what new tricks we need in future.

6. Learning how to say no with her hands

Like pushing her bottle when she's had enough. She used to just turn her head away from you if she's had enough. She'll also pushed my hands away when she didn't want me wiping the mucus off her nose.

Alexis was just commenting how amazing babies grow, from a little helpless babe who can only cry, drink milk, poo and sleep to now having emotions, learning new skills and showing signs of her own personality and a mind of her own. And before we know it, we're about to cross the one year mark as Sophie becomes a toddler in one month's time. And just when I thought that things will get easier, the dear baby whisperer just reassured me that it will not! *sigh* welcome to Toddlerhood!

At 10 months

Sophie can pull herself to stand and push herself around with her walker. She can even manage to stand unsupported for a maximum of 10 seconds!

She can drink from the straw with her pigeon mag mag. In fact she can drink from a normal straw too. Just takes a longer for the water to reach her mouth.

She can sleep almost independently. We transited to the next stage of sleep training last Sunday.

Day 1: Slept after 30 mins of leaving her in the room on her own

Day 2: Slept after 20 mins.

Day 3: Slept after 10 mins but with me besides her. She got so scared I'll leave that she kept opening her eyes after she closed her eye lids in 1 sec.

Day 4: Drank milk to sleep

Day 5: Slept after milk and two hugs from mummy

Day 6: Drank milk to sleep

It will get better and better *Fingers crossed*

I can feel her first tooth growing out! FINALLY at 10 and a half months.

She can scream really loud. The teacher at the infant care said she has daily vocal practice with her BFF Ashley. I think she'll grow up to be a squealing young girl! Headache.

She begins to appreciate books with texture, flaps, mirrors. But has also in the process riped off two flaps from her books. And one is borrowed from the National Library! Whoops.

She no longer lies down for diaper change. Another headache! Have to do it fast or keep her distracted. I've gotten over over the fact that there are somethings that shouldn't be in her mouth.