I was starting to worry about how we will teach Niels to speak. Since we are in a
bilingual situation at home, I have convinced myself and has accepted the fact
that Niels might be behind with respect to speaking compared to other children
growing up using just 1 language at home.
So Nico and I started teaching Niels specific things that a kid of his age should know. Ball, cow, dog, cat, Bumba :-), auto (car)...
Last saturday night when I brought him upstairs to dress him up and put him to sleep, he has this Bumba book in his hands. He was looking through the pages while singing (with matching high and low tones!)...and at the end of his song he said..."Buba!" I was laughing on my own silently of course! I guess he was singing the Bumba song! Hahaha
Yesterday, sunday morning, there was Formula 1 on television, we were eating breakfast when suddenly he said..."Brrrrrrrrrmmmmm" everytime he hears the cars. When he played with Pipo, his favorite 4-wheeler-dog-ride, he was making the same sound the whole time "Brrrrrrrrrmmmmm".
In the afternoon at Oma and Opa's place we were playing with a wooden puzzle with animal farms. Papa then asked, "Hoe doet de koe?" or "What does the cow say?"..and he said "mooooooo" and picked up the cow from the puzzle mat. Oh! We were all so happy and gave him his hard earned "Good boy!" and claps.
Thus, teaching me the lesson of the week...dont underestimate what Niels can do! Give him time and he will suprise you!
He is also growing his 4 additional teeth, and once again...simultaneously! He has now 16 teeth in total..and some more are coming! But the last few teeth he grew has not really bothered him at all. Looks like he is getting used to it.
Speaking of weight and height...the last time Opa weighed him was when we got back from vacation and the scale showed 11 kilo and 400 grams (but with his shoes on). His height (with his last K&G visit in January was 76cm)...we dont know exactly now but he can get anything from the table easier than when we left! And most of his t-shirts, bodykes and pants are getting short! Time to bring out the next size of clothes I guess.
My little boy is getting big!
Happy-Mama Neri
So Nico and I started teaching Niels specific things that a kid of his age should know. Ball, cow, dog, cat, Bumba :-), auto (car)...
Last saturday night when I brought him upstairs to dress him up and put him to sleep, he has this Bumba book in his hands. He was looking through the pages while singing (with matching high and low tones!)...and at the end of his song he said..."Buba!" I was laughing on my own silently of course! I guess he was singing the Bumba song! Hahaha
Yesterday, sunday morning, there was Formula 1 on television, we were eating breakfast when suddenly he said..."Brrrrrrrrrmmmmm" everytime he hears the cars. When he played with Pipo, his favorite 4-wheeler-dog-ride, he was making the same sound the whole time "Brrrrrrrrrmmmmm".
In the afternoon at Oma and Opa's place we were playing with a wooden puzzle with animal farms. Papa then asked, "Hoe doet de koe?" or "What does the cow say?"..and he said "mooooooo" and picked up the cow from the puzzle mat. Oh! We were all so happy and gave him his hard earned "Good boy!" and claps.
Thus, teaching me the lesson of the week...dont underestimate what Niels can do! Give him time and he will suprise you!
He is also growing his 4 additional teeth, and once again...simultaneously! He has now 16 teeth in total..and some more are coming! But the last few teeth he grew has not really bothered him at all. Looks like he is getting used to it.
Speaking of weight and height...the last time Opa weighed him was when we got back from vacation and the scale showed 11 kilo and 400 grams (but with his shoes on). His height (with his last K&G visit in January was 76cm)...we dont know exactly now but he can get anything from the table easier than when we left! And most of his t-shirts, bodykes and pants are getting short! Time to bring out the next size of clothes I guess.
My little boy is getting big!
Happy-Mama Neri
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