Height: 73 cm

Weight: 9kg

I notice that Isabelle is really petite as comparing to other kids about her age. But she is a big eater and she eats a lot! As long as she sees someone with food, she will ask for a few bites.

I took her to the clinic for her chicken pox jab this morning, and she was a tough cookie. She only cried when she was jabbed, and stopped shortly after. I remembered that Justin would cry a lot when he’s about this age. But all the while, Isabelle has been an easy baby.

She still not talking yet, besides that bababa mum mum stuffs. But she understands very well what we are talking to her about, and she follows most of the instruction correctly too. I love to see her helping us out by putting the books or toys away, throwing her diapers in the bin or putting her clothes in the laundry basket. She looks so cute!

Lately, she has begun to show a deeper interest in nursery rhymes. She likes Jack and Jill, and I sing this rhymes at least 10 times a day! She will bring the book to me and ask me to sing to her. If hubby’s around, she will do the same as well. Besides that, she recognizes a lot of zoo animals like elephant, lion, tiger, monkey, horse, tortoise, owl, crocodile, and many more, on top of the pet animals she knows previously. I guess she learns a lot from the books lately. She likes flashcards too, but since she can’t talk yet, I will ask her to choose the correct picture from a few cards. So far, I think she recognizes about 30 of the cards now.

She is very good at feeding herself with fork and spoon, but sometimes, we need to help her to scoop the food up so that it will be easier for her. But the thing is, Isabelle doesn’t like to be helped. She prefers to eat by herself. It’s a blessed to us when we are eating out because as long as she eats, we can eat too. However, the mess she makes everyday is really a headache to us! But it’s part of growing up. So far, the mess is getting lesser.

When she’s nursing, she likes to practice the different parts of the face with me. I used to hold her fingers and point it to my nose, then her nose, and continue to other parts of the face. Now, whenever she’s nursing, she will point to me and ask me to repeat the parts. If I ask her to point, she can recognize all of them, including some parts of the body.

She knows how to watch TV with Justin, especially Elmo and Barney. It’s a bliss to me when they are watching TV together for 30 minutes because I can do some knitting! Oh ya, before I forgot, here’s Isabelle with her first lollipop given by her paediatrician today. She got one for koh koh, so both of them enjoy the lollipop while watching Elmo on TV.

Yum yum lollipop!

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