Lele's songs

Papa, mama and Lele went swimming again at Anchorvale. We had great fun! So much fun that Lele sang happily for us when we made requests, even tho he was quite sleepy already.

After his performance of the "Papa song", papa requested a "mama song", which Lele gladly sang. Halfway through, Lele decided to mix in words from the previous song kekeke... Even the tune was a remix (I believe) of the original "This old man" which he had been humming/singing quite accurately since his first songs.

Laugh out loud

In the vid above, Lele got curious when I whipped out my digi cam and hid my face behind it (to vid-tape him). He kept trying to peek at me. This got me laughing. When he saw me tickled, he LOL too!

Dunno where he learn this from but recently Lele loves to LOL. At first we thought he is laughing from the heart, but soon we realised it was his exaggerated way of imitating our laughs...

It'll begin with a funny action or word from Lele which triggered our laughter. We will laugh and he will grin cheekily. When we saw his grin we will laugh even heartier and he will laugh out pretty loud in imitation of us. Pretty cute la...

Endearing Lele

Lele likes to address his papa, yeye and mama in the most endearing and LOUD way. Took a video finally. But his volume in the video is only 1/3 what he can achieve. He can be super loud sometimes lor. Initially, Lele was quite cooperative, but towards the end of his mini-concert, he decided he wanted my digital cameral. He said, "Mama, wo yao" and reached out for my cam. I liked the way he glanced upwards after saying "wo", pause for a while before continuing with "yao". It was as if he was trying to recall what should come after "wo".

Makes sense because we had only just taught him the phrase "so-and-so, wo yao".

Lele loves dogs

Still early to tell, but Lele loves animals, I think. Maybe not ALL animals, but he definitely has a thing for birds, cats and especially dogs. Whenever he sees dogs, he will rush towards them and put his head to their faces to show affection. If the dogs return the favour by licking his hand or face, he will be so thrilled and squeal like the happiest boy on earth!

This morning during our routine walk, Lele came across 2 dogs brought down for walks by their caregivers. Lele had such fun playing with them that he couldn't stop squealing... I was silently glad when the caregivers commented on what a happy and clever (not sure how that came about, though) boy Lele is...

A new dish

Lele had stirfried minced pork for the first time today, and his first reaction was?

Self-entertainment

After lunch, Lele decided to self-entertain.

Progress on self-feeding and going diaperless

Self-feeding
Lele can now scoop food with his spoon and put the spoon into his mouth without spillage! YEH!!! He hasn't tried self-feeding an entire meal yet, but for most morning feeds of cereal, I will scoop abit of his cereal into a shallow bowl (so that it'll cool faster) and let him self-feed.
When he finishes and wants some more, I'll scoop abit more into his bowl again. When he tires, I will just feed him the remaining food. This way, the cereal will not turn too cold for him.
Even for his lunch and dinner, Lele will also self-feed gladly especially if he sees his fave foods like pumpkin/fish. But sometimes, he will shake his head to self-feeding because he wanna play while being fed:(

Going diaperless
According to plan, I allowed Lele to go diaperless with just his pants on for as much of the day as possible apart from naps. He goes diaperless even for his morning and afternoon walks, which can last up to an hour each time. I think his bladder capacity is getting bigger and his ability to hold the urge to pee stronger, because I've not have "accidents" during the morning walk for the entire week.

Even though Lele will still fuss when we have to stop his play and bring him to the bathroom to pee, he fusses much lesser and cooperates in peeing. A few times he even indicated he wanted to pee!