My Charming Boy

My little boy recently has his haircut done and he told himself he’s such a cutie..Indeed he is! His Chinese eyes and dimples add to his charming looks that a lot of people would ask whoever is with him if he has Korean or Chinese blood. Some friends also ask me to have him as a ring bearer to a wedding and that he would look even good for a boys tuxedo. I just love my son and I’m a mom who’s proud of having him.

Spit it Out!

Now that my little boy is already becoming more and more mobile, I make sure that the house is always clean and free of clutter. I also make sure that he won’t be able to pick up anything that might choke him or would put him in danger. I was alarmed because one time I saw him chewing something and when I told him to spit it out, I found a piece of pearl bead. Good thing that he obeys me whenever I saw him chewing something and tell him to “spit it out”, he understands me. But I won’t wait till he chew something like diet pills so I am more cautious now.

Baby Proofing with Baby Gates

During the last four days that our helper was MIA and I stayed at home to fulfill my duty as a doting mom, I have discovered a lot of things from my kids. My four year old girl’s chattiness and daily activities on weekdays, and my fast growing six month old baby boy’s development. Whew! I was really surprised to see milestones in a span of four days. Last Sunday I saw that the little boy can already clap his hands so we enjoyed singing together while clapping. His tiny little chubby hands were sooo cute as he clasped them together.

The following day I found him sitting all by himself then eventually crawled. He went as fast as he can towards my direction. That made me realized that the house is not safe anymore for him. We haven’t baby proofed our house yet since I thought that he might start crawling by the time he reached 7 or 8 months. I was wrong. Now I’m on a rush to baby-proofing the entire house. I dug into our storage room to collect all the rubber mats that the little girl used when she was a tot, gathered and assembled them on the floor. Then I purchased outlet covers and fan covers and started covering all the open outlets and electric fans. Now, I’m on a hunt for affordable baby gates. I’m looking for a local supplier but haven’t found any yet. I saw an extra wide baby gates at kidssafeinc.com at $99.99 but I wonder if they can deliver one to our house. I guess they do but I don’t know how much the cost of shipping would be. I hope a friend in the US will be going home soon so I can have her purchase this for me. :)

My..my..now I’m on a rush! Whew!

MJ is Four Months!

Yes...his growing up so fast is inevitable :)

According to ivillage, here are the milestones of babies at 4 months:

Body Movement

• Arm and leg movements are better controlled.
• Rolls over from tummy to back with ease.
• When lying on tummy, his legs straighten, and he will make swimming movements with both arms and legs.
• Holds head erect when sitting.
• Kicks legs a lot. Splashes hands and feet in bathtub.
  

Eye-Hand Coordination

• Head and eyes move in coordinated motion.
• Both hands grasp at approximate size of object to manipulate it, then baby puts object in her mouth.
• Easily tracks objects with her eyes.
• Watches moving people and gazes across a room.
• Explores own body with hands.
• Looks for complexity and novelty in surroundings.

Thinking Skills

• Mouths everything to explore objects.
• Prefers bright colors of red and yellow to black and white.
• Begins to realize he is distinct from objects "out there" and to realize his actions cause something to happen.
• Enjoys listening to speech and music. Babbles for his own pleasure with chuckles, giggles, shrieks and laughs.
• Listens to himself talk. Says "da, ba, ma, pa, ga" consonant sounds. Notices how his speech influences adult actions -- "m-m-m" brings Mom to feed him.
• Looks around to find source of a sound. Is quieted by music.
  

Emotional Development

• Responsive to play for one hour at a time.
• Shows signs of being tired -- will yawn, rub eyes, refuse to play, suck thumb or become restless and irritable.
• May drool and be fussy if teething.
• Is developing her unique personality within a predictable daily routine -- how active she is, how intensely she responds to things, what her patience and tolerance for frustration are.
• Senses if her behavior is unacceptable to parent during daily interactions. Reacts to your tone of voice and expression.
• Expresses joy, unhappiness, contentment, tiredness. Crying decreases as she expresses feelings with new sounds, gestures.
• Recognizes family members with whom she lives. Loves to laugh and play with people. Vocalizes more to real person than picture.
• Demands social attention by fussing. Cries if play is disrupted.
• Attempts to soothe self when crying. Yells, fusses if frustrated.
  

I'm so happy that I can already see these to my son. He's even a advance because he was able to roll-over at 3 and a half month. He enjoys playing with his newly discovered pair of hands, and squeals, babbles, laughs and drools a lot, hehe!