August 2010

Speak Aloud 3

For awhile there, I though my son is L-deficient. He can clearly let out the words light and towel but not ball, which he pronounces like boy.
I know I shouldn’t worry myself but I did. I’ve asked my mother, who’s really no expert but who’s once been a teacher, about this but she just casually […]

Speak Aloud 2

My son is building his vocabulary. Slowly and surely. And it’s something I’m more than happy about. Because I can easily understand his needs and wants. When before I’d depend more on instinct and little cues as guides, now I have dear Matt as the guide. He can now tell us what he really wants […]

Mimicking Mama

Trust a kid to make you drop your jaw all the way to the ground. In a heady rush of emotions such as gladness, surprise and a little annoyance. All at once. Am I making some sense here?
This morning, I was teaching Matt the concept and relationship of “dropping” and “picking-up” using his toys as […]

pulling no more

Gone are the days when I’d see newly-laundered clothes haphazardly thrown on the floor. Among the litter toys and books and what-not.
I still wake up to a very cluttered room, thanks to kiddo Matt. But now, the clutter mainly consists of toys, toys and more toys. Occasionally, I’d see a book or two joining the […]

Surviving Canines and Pre-Molars

The past few days had been difficult. Matt was having on-and-off low grade fever without any other symptom. Even the lab results were all not conclusive, said the pedia. We -my mother and I- suspected that this must be caused by the pre-molars and canines breaking out to the surface of his gums, although the […]

health check

Thursday got me rushing out of our office doors in an untimely exit. I just had a call from my mother saying Matt’s getting the F again. He’s been hitting a low-grade F reading on the thermometer since Monday night, but I thought he’s already ok.
So I made a mad dash to the doors. […]