Updates on Mavi

I feel so happy to share these.

Mavi knows how to gesture the following all in one day:

• bye bye
• clap clap clap
• point at lizards inside the house
• point at objects he's happy about on a book
  
• can follow the words I utter like: book, apple, align
• sings when I sing... and the best part
  
• the little guy can actually DANCE!

Up until now, it amazes me how kids nowadays can learn so fast. One factor that enhances Mavi and speed up his learning process is that there are 5 adults living in the house and I've instructed all of them not to baby talk Mavi and as much as possible, describe to him what they are doing, and allow him to follow it.

Take for example the clapping of hands. I would do it everytime I sing him ABC or Are You Sleeping Brother John. So over and over, he sees and heard it.. kaya ngayon, when I say clap your hands... he's really clapping his hands! Funny lang, kasi itong si Lolo nya, sabi nya "Mavi palakpak." I told Papa, "He won't do it, he doesn't understand palakpak. Be consistent, say clap your hands Mavi.. and be sure to mention his name". Hehehe. He was able to show his Dad of his new talent a while ago, and proud na proud naman sympre ang Amay. I captured a moment in video, I haven't uploaded it yet.

The singing part naman, well he got that from me. Till now kasi, I still rock Mavi to sleep. So I do it kasabay ng pagkanta. Trust me, I've been doing it for 8months na, so much for a voice lesson, I think I sing better now than before hahaha.

And of course, the dancing. It's all in the genes. His Ate Yan can dance, and so is his Greatgrand Lola, and of course Mommy is a good dancer too. So ano pa ba ang kalalabasan ng batang ito? Sympre good dancer rin di ba? Forget about Daddy. So when I grow old, alam ko na kung sino partner ko sa Ballroom Dancing.

Last but not the least, my boy is showing signs of independence. Haaay. Like when I feed him, he grabs the spoon away from me and put it in his mouth na. Ayaw nyang ako nagsusubo sa kanya, gusto nya sya. Then this afternoon, he doesn't want to be carried. Gusto nyang bumama and lumakad while reaching for a leaf on the ground.

Nagwawala if i took away his books. He really likes his books. As in talaga! Dami nyang toys, but he prefers those huge picture books that we borrowed from his Ate Yan. Might be because of pictures? Mavi has only 2 books, those hard bound books. I bought them at Booksale. Commercial lang, you can't find these baby books on National Bookstore, meron siguro, pero konti lang and they're super duper expensive. Like 400-800PHP per book. While at Booksale, I only got Mavi's books for 45PHP each: Teddy Bear Teady Bear and Who is Jesus. He loves them, and I would read it to him over and over again. Sasakit lang lalamunan sa kakabas kasi ayaw ka nyang patigilin.

My once little boy is growing up na. I can't help but falling in love with him every day. (Ay! I also notice na pareho kami magsmile sa camera. Will post about it soon!)