SGS

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.