he'll turn 3 years old soon =D

only one month to go and iñigo’s going to blow another birthday candle, though the blowing would happen three days later as we’ll have the celebration on the 11^{th of} july instead... cakes are expensive these days so he’ll just have one cake… i-explain ba? hehe.

since it’s been months already that i made an update of his developments i think i should make one now before he turns three for posterity’s sake.

 

mental aptitude and communication skills

 

• he’s ready for school but we opted to teach him at home first and so far, so good as i didn’t have a hard time teaching him as he’s a fast-learner (walang kokontra sa mommy! hehe). he knows to recite the alphabet and identify the letters, count from one to fifteen in english and uno to diez in spanish… thanks to dora for prompting me to teach him the latter; identify the numbers, and count things he see around and tell how many they are.

• he loves to know more about animals and can name most of them, even those that don’t exist in this country but sees them in books. he can also name some of the young animals such as the puppy, kitten, duckling, chick, piglet, calf, foal, tadpole, kid, cub, caterpillar, and joey.

• learning the basic shapes come so fast for him and there was even a time that he was addicted to round shapes as he’d call our attention whenever he saw one that is shaped as round. it’s the colors that he had a difficult time of learning except for black and white and up to this date, he’s still having a hard time with color “red”. but i know he’s just taking his time. i’m already past the stage where i was afraid that my son is color-blind. hehe.

• he’s now becoming adept with the english language and knows when to pluralize a noun like “many houses”, “two feet”; he also knows when to use the past tense of some verbs like “rode” and “drank”. it’s his tagalog that sounds funny, it’s barok-style, so i plan to read him books in tagalog like those adarna books recommended by some mommies so he’d also use this language fluently.

physical development

• i wonder about his actual weight right now but when we went to his doctor last january for his shot he was already weighing 15 kilos then, almost perfect for his age as said by his doctor. and mind you, he’s getting heavier and heavier every week and jude now is complaining of how his back is aching every time he carries iñigo.

• what am most happy about is iñigo’s health is continuously doing well and except for the runny nose brought by his allergy last cold december, he had been sick-free since he turned two. we had nothing to worry about when it comes to his health and i hope and pray that he remains healthy.

• but i think i have to pay more attention now to his eating habits as the little boy is starting to become picky… thank god he still eats veggies! his mealtime would also be cut short by playing unless he’s really hungry.

• he’s also becoming more athletic. i saw him one time climbing a wall inside a play area in glorietta and i was surprised to see that he could do that as the other kids who played in the same wall were about 5-7 years old. he’s also showing interests in some sports like soccer and tennis (gaya-gaya kay maisy, hehe) and he’s now not afraid of swimming. =D

toilet training

• iñigo has improved as he now aims for the toilet bowl when he pees, flushes it after peeing, and washes his hands in the lavatory. jude was so proud of his son when he saw him doing this… and can’t believe he has a son who has toilet manners. bwahaha!

• unfortunately, he still poops in his diaper. we tried many times to let him sit on the toilet bowl and let that thingy fall down with matching cajoles to iñigo but all of these attempts were not successful (umuurong ‘ata… hehe).

behavior

• is it because he knows there’s another baby coming soon or he just misses our nursing moments that every time he drinks his milk he’ll cry and insist that I carry him on my lap and hold him like a baby as he’d even recline his body and let my right arm catch his head and that i should utter this: “ang baby ko… ang baby ko…” haaaay, he’s pa-baby lately and i have few clues on where it’s coming from. =(

• but my heart leaps when I hear him saying “please” and “thank you” especially when it’s “thank you, mommy,” after i prepared his milk or fixed his toy. ang babaw…! hehe.

• male hormones is definitely kicking in his body as he’s crazy over heavy equipment like tractors, bulldozers, big automobiles, machines, etc. his eyes open wide when he sees one and he even dreams that his daddy will also have a big car like tito dylan’s land cruiser (ang taas mangarap!). i remember being troubled about iñigo’s liking over girly stuffs but now i know it was just a phase. =D

• i mentioned about assertiveness (read: kakulitan) and the little boy has a high point on this. he also becomes uber-naughty especially when we’re in the mall that’s why malling with him is no longer an enjoyable thing for me. i always find myself playing tug-of-war with him especially when he sees a toy or anything fancy. for disciplining, time-out works sometimes with him but i also now use spanking, just the threat that i will get the hanger already freezes him.

it seems that iñigo is not yet finished with being a “terrible two” and instead will just upgrade to terrible-R three… wait i think i already said this when he turned two. okay… then i hope it’s only terrible-ST three and he’ll mellow at the age of four. please, lord? =P

 

iñigo during the li'l hands club fun day in megamall last 31st of may.

the camera didn't catch him scratching his tummy while watching the mascots...

hay, bata-batuta na talaga... =D

hope to upload more of his recent pix soon... i mean later... hehe.