Ian Is 2.5 Years Old

More noticeable development for the past month was his vast improvement in speech.  When we first sought help from a speech therapist in June (~ 3 months ago), Ian could hardly pronounce words with 3 syllables.  Now, he is able to join a few words together such as "I don't want", "Thank you, (whoever)", and pronounce some words with 3 syllables.

We are pleased that he can finally say the letter "W" properly, though now he still has difficulty in pronouncing some lengthy words like "helicopter" and "octopus" (which becomes "oc-pus-to").  Ian is also making more effort to express himself, although sometimes we did not manage to catch what he wanted to convey. He has also displayed some interest in using preposition, such as "in the floor", "in the top".  We are still trying hard to correct his wrong usage though.

Socially, Ian is able to recognise some of his classmates.  I only realised this when I showed him the photos that his teacher had taken, and he started to point out his classmates with names.  He seems to be well-adapted to going to school now, because he does not become clingy when we drop him in the class.  Instead, he will wave bye-bye to us.

Another more notable development is his progress toilet-training.  Now, he is able to keep the pants dry at home and through his naps.  There had been a few accidents on and off, but I guess that is to be expected.  He has also managed to keep his pants dry when we go out for a short trip to my mom's place for dinner.  I wonder when we can start to put him in cloth for longer trips?  (We are two clueless parents who managed to toilet-train our boy up to this stage!)

Thanks to his toilet-training drills, I have let him put on his pants by himself.  Most of the time, he is able to put them on correctly (label at the back).  With loose tees, he can take them off on his own and sometimes, put them on without help.

Ian has also managed to draw a simple sketch of a face, but his favourite thing to draw is still a balloon! 

It had been a busy month for us, and Ian spent a lot of time with his 2 cousins during their one week holiday.  Now, they are officially his top favourite people (perhaps they top the list over us!).