Happy birthday, Selwyn! You’ve grown so much!
Likes:
- apple
- orange
- banana (sometimes)
- chocolate
- ice-cream
- chips
- pasta (usually plain)
- macaroni
- crunchy cereal
- nuts and seeds (especially pine nuts)
- potatoes
- carrots
- broccoli (sometimes)
- cucumber
- rice with some kind of sauce
- playing with anything round
- playing with anything with wheels
- playing with tunnels (using objects like tunnels, or human)
- riding on his Globber scooter
- reading books
- brushing his own teeth
- playing hide-and-seek (in obvious locations)
- cuddles
Dislikes:
- cheese
- anything too sour (lemon, raw tomatoes)
- having water poured on his head at bath time
Here are some of the words he can say already, in rough chronological order:
- ball
- 奶奶 (milk)
- wawa (water)
- daddy
- mummy
- baby (referring to other babies and himself)
- Selwyn*
- 公公 (maternal grandpa)
- 婆婆 (maternal grandma)
- 爺爺 (paternal grandpa)
- 嫲嫲 (paternal grandma)
- 舅父 (maternal uncle)
- 二叔 (paternal 2nd uncle)
- 三叔 (paternal 3rd uncle)
- 太公 (maternal great-grandpa)
- 太婆 (maternal great-grandma)
- Auntie Salie (our helper)
- Anna (grandparents’ helper)
- Tina (grandparents’ helper)
- bye-bye
- hello
- hello ‘body (everybody)
- yes/no
- please
- more please
- cuddle/kiss
- poo-poo
- bath time
- orrrrrrr (with finger gesture – when someone is naughty, including himself)
- eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, cheeks, hair, head, shoulders, elbows, hands, fingers, knees, feet, toes, eyebrows, belly, tummy, belly button, bum-bum (some of these in Cantonese too)
- ABC…Z (yes, he can identify them, though he gets l and I mixed up sometimes)
- number, 1-20,50,100 (in English, occasionally getting the teens mixed up)
- 1-10 (in Cantonese)
- red, blue, orange*, yellow, green, purple, pink, black, white, brown* (he can identify various shades of colours)
- 1/2/5/10-dollah (dollar)
- 10/20/50-cents
- book-book time (when it’s time to read books)
- wa-walk (walk/follow me)
- this way
- this one (usually referring to breast-feeding)
- sun, moon, stars, tree, flower, sunflower
- dog, cat, monkey, duck, cow, lion, elephant*, fish, turtle, giraffe, gorilla, crocodile, lizard, kangaroo, mouse, buffalo (referring to the football brand)
- teddy bear, robot, doll, dinosaur, toys
- apple, pear, grapes, orange, lemon, corn, carrot, potato, tomato, broccoli, vegetables
- burger, chips, juice, chocolate, nut-nut
- bus, car, train, truck*, van, helicopter, boat, airplaine, bicycle, motorbike, scooter
- cool/hot
- escalator*/lift*
- upstairs/downstairs
- upside-down
- swing/see-saw/slide
- tunnel/bridge
- escalator/upstairs/downstairs
- ceiling/floor/door/window
- star*/sun/moon
- rainbow
- circle/triangle*/rectangle*/square
- hat/shirt/pants/jacket/socks/shoes
- earring/no earring (referring to my ears)
- big/small
- pray-pray
- FAH-LORT (Father Lord)
- amen
- falami (family)
- Thomas (referring to Thomas the Tank Engine)
- Diesel, Edward, Gordon, Henry, Luke*, Millie, Paxton, Percy, Salty, Samson, Scarloey, Spencer, Stephen, Toby (these are Thomas the Tank Engine characters)
- hammer/piano/guitar/da-gu (play drums)
- good/very good/good job
- pick it up
- windy
- wake up
- uh-oh
- oh-no
- no-no
- okay?
- mmhmm (with nod)
- in the middle (while bringing his pillow, crawls over mummy to sleep in between)
- sorry (instead of “hurt” when he bumps into something)
- what to do? (with gesture – after an accident)
- ommygawwwsh (OMG)
- nobody okay? (when asked who taught him OMG)
*has a different way of pronouncing words (‘tar instead of star) and we won’t mention the truck one 😉
Here are some of the songs he can sing (mostly):
- Mr Sun
- ABC
- Twinkle, twinkle, little star
- 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive
- B.I.N.G.O.
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