Ham for New Years
Lately, Taisei has been a real ham for the camera. He apparently hasn't inherited his father's serious disposition yet.
In other news, he still hasn't gained much weight. The good news is that he has started liking milk just as much as any beverage. This should help the weight. I've considered upgrading to heavy cream or something for added fat. His brain capacity is increasing, unlike his weight. He's finally outgrowing some of his 3-month and 6-month clothes too - more good news. There are even some 2T clothes that he can wear.
Taisei appears to have developed quickly in the physical coordination arena. I've done heavy training with toy basketballs, soccerballs, pull-ups, and other physical regimen. He has uncanny balance, enjoys somersaults, jumping from couches, and throwing his toys when he's not supposed to.
Only recently did I realize that his cousin was almost speaking full sentences at this age. We moved our focus to language abilities and coincidentally he's having an explosion of vocabulary. We've long since realized that he understands way more than baby talk. Now he will repeat back almost anything we try to teach him. The cutest is "ah-ba-joo," which came from his grandfather trying to teach him "I love you." I realized about 3 or 4 months ago that his Japanese had somehow surpassed mine already. It was around the same time that we realized he knew what we were saying to him. The language acquisition seems almost instantaneous. Yesterday, I briefly taught him spoon and fork. We then went and played around elsewhere. When dinnertime came 20 minutes later, he correctly names each utensil. Oh, what geniuses we could all be if our memories stayed like that all our lives.
When he's interested, he'll put his head down for prayer and say "Amen!" right on cue. But that's more of a novelty to him than a routine.
He still is a major Mama's boy, with Baba a close second. He will NOT go to nursery without us and he's only been calmly babysat one time. It's our fault and we need to just let him out of our sight with some strangers (that don't promptly bring him back to us) for a while.
Ok, that's enough Taisei trivia for now. I'll save some for the next post. Peace out, my homies.
posted by Jerin at
9:27 PM
6 comment(s):
Ha, I was just wondering if Taisei would freak out if you left him alone to be babysat. Isn't he okay with Dad and Mom (grandpa and grandma)?
He has been so much fun this Christmas vacation.
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Anonymous, at
1/04/2008 9:45 PM
I love the pictures!!! Sooo cute! He's got funny expressions!!!
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Anonymous, at
1/05/2008 5:57 PM
Those pictures are awesome! I wish ailing can enjoy being taken pictures more in the near future! :D
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Amber(怡文), at
1/07/2008 4:10 AM
Nursery... He is growing for sure. I remember when he was a baby. I guess time flies by so quick.
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Fuku_chan, at
1/22/2008 2:49 PM
josh's niece is "small" for her age, too. but her doctor's also said that the american baby scale is inaccurate because of all the obese american babies! my sis-in-law has clementine drink heavy whipping cream and she loves it! she actually takes "shots" of it out of a little medicine cup because it's more fun that way.
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Heckachan, at
2/23/2008 11:31 AM
I remember 19 months being a super-attachment period for Adele. I couldn't get her away from me for 2 solid months. Then she was okay for a month or two, then went back to it. And now she's nice and normal and can be separated in a comfortable situation. But she's still afraid of strangers, and covers her face up with her hands when someone she doesn't know well talks to her.
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Aaron and Emily, at
2/26/2008 9:05 PM
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