hippopotamus
October 7, 2014 • 9 comments • 2959 viewsSo my girlfriends came over today to gush over Daniel. Daniel was not amused with the 6 pairs of girly eyes staring at him. He’s still the same clingy child, hugging my leg and burying his face into my neck in crowded places. But once he warms up and just observes a little longer, he starts to say things and if you’re lucky he’ll even comb your hair. -___-“ Oh my manly son.
My friends were teaching Daniel eyes, nose, mouth, etc. And tickling his tummy and he loved it. Whenever I enunciate with him and try to get him to repeat after me, he usually has his moods. Some days he will oblige and say “Door” and “Fish” and “Mickey” and whatever I tell him to repeat. But there are days when he just looks at me and tilts his head sideways with a big smile… then he twirls. And I wonder why people think he’s a girl.
Anyway, they were telling about this baby that famous blogger XiaXue has who is soooo smart and can finish your sentences and everything. Blood rushed to my head. What do you mean he can finish your sentences, what genius baby is this?! Apparently she’s a super hands-on mom who reads to the baby and talks to the baby until he can pick up stuff really quickly. He even says Hippopotamus. Daniel can’t even say Dog.
“But guys look, Daniel can eat by himself,” I pointed out as my son smears cupcake icing all over his mouth. “See, so smart too!”
They nodded politely.
“But you know, all babies are different. So whatever, I’ll let Daniel grow in his own time….”
As soon as they left, I turned to Daniel and held him by the shoulders.
“Ok Daniel, let’s do this,” I say seriously. “HIP-PO-PO-TA-MUS. Go on, say it. It’s not that hard. Come on…. HIP-PO-PO-TA-MUS.”
What does he do?
He tilts his head and twirls.
Ok fine, so first day fail. Sokay guys, gimme a week or so. I’ll get Daniel to even spell the word. *rolls sleeves, cracks knuckles*
Boooo, but I just want to chase the pigeons in the park!
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gooo team vivy and daniel!! *fist in the air* xD
you’re definitely right, kids grow up uniquely in their own sweet time. one of the issues we hv with parents nowadays is parents have a super high expectations on their kids, they expect their kids to really excel in everything (apparently normal cuz everyone wants the best for their children!) 🙂 but besides good education and academic excellence, sometimes people forget of how good moral values should outshine the rest. at least it’s on the top spot, then academic. but having a really intelligent toddlers should be a bonus too! ^^
lol. i saw the video too and was bloody amazed! went totally mulut terbukak and all when I saw Dash going hippopotamus. heh. no worries. Daniel can do it too! Twirling is also cool D!
Kiasu parents is everywhere..
just lets our kid explore and learn in their own way..
with the guidance from us InsyaAllah..
yea. i have the same worries too. coz my own MIL went all oh-my-older-granddaughter-spoke-really-early-and-tak-pelat-langsung.
My baby just turned 1 that time. Its drive me super crazy that go buy flash cards what not and start forcing her to say crocodile, butterfly. But she cant even say Ibu or ayah for that matter.
Then I realize im being silly, I wasn’t super genius myself, but I turned alright.
haha.. what i do is stop comparing lol.. but yeah, we can’t help it can we? haha..
go daniel.. you can do it!!
My friend’s daughter who is around daniel’s age was watching TV.
She likes to ask her Mum “what’s this?”
So, her mum, thinking that her baby does not really know what’s on TV just said, “duck!”
and the baby replied, “Goose!”
My friend was speechless.
bahahaha
babies are smart these days!
My son spoke quite early too. I spoke to him in full sentences and coo with baby words once in a while since early on. Dash, Xiaxue’s son is a bit exceptional. Since from her ig, I can see she’s really devoted in teaching him vocabs. My friend’s nephew even remembers the map of Europe at age 3, at that age mine was still singing his abcs haphazardly lol! Relax, each child learns at their own pace! As long as they have fun, it’s okay kan.
setiap bayi tu berbeza, indeed :). Pemerhatian saya terhadap anak kakak saya, yang sulung umur 6 bulan dah boleh sebut 2 patah perkataan.. 10 bulan boleh bina ayat dan berbalas cakap. 12 bulan dah guna ayat orang dewasa.. cth “suka2 dia je”, “mak ngah sabar ya.. nanti kakak belikan ya!?”.. dah boleh hafal n nyanyi alif ba ta.. hasbi rabbi.. jalallah… mafi qolbi ghairullah.. sebab itu cd yang dia selalu dengar.. tapi yang sulung ni lambat mahir naik basikal… jenis takut2 nak cuba aktiviti yang mencabar fizikal.. tapi seriously kemahiran bahasanya jauh… ke depan berbanding kanak2 seusia… and this girl tinggal dgn opahnya sahaja.. duduk di ceruk Kuala Lipis… bergaul dengan kanak2 kg while parents both berkerja.. yang saya nampak, dia cepat dalam kemahiran bahasa sebab kecenderungan dia sendiri yang suka mendengar dan membuat pemerhatian.. cth kalau tgk tv, ada certain jenis iklan dia akan bagi tumpuan sehingga kalau kita panggil pun dia boleh tak perasan sebab terlalu concentrate… berbeza dgn adiknya yang umur 1 tahun 4 bulan baru pandai sebut 1-2 perkataan, umur 1 tahun 10 bulan hanya boleh bina ayat ringkas tapi masih kurang dari segi vocab.. tapi bab aktiviti fizikal.. naik basikal.. since umur 1 tahun dah tak payah orang pegang.. main papan gelongsor selamba sahaja.. etc… sebab yang kedua ni lebih suka buat hal sendiri.. jenis yang clingy dgn maknya.. so kurang bersosial dgn kids yang lain.. apa pun semua mereka ni ada kelebihan masing2.. that’s why…. kalau tgk zaman sekarang ni yang berjaya dan jadi millionaire adalah those yang pandai menggunakan kelebihan masing2… sepatutnya sekolah kena ambil perhatian benda2 macam ni.. bukan tumpu pada budak bijak sahaja tetapi tumpu juga pada bakat2 lain yang ada… zizan belajar takat SPM je tp mampu berdiri di hadapan ribuan penonton utk mengaca program which I bet pelajar PhD pun ada yang masih gigil bentang tesis depan 2-3 orang penilai :)… apa pun kemahiran komunikasi ni boleh dipupuk.. sooner or later semua budak pun boleh pandai bercakap… dan kalau well-trained bolehlah jadi debater sekolah 🙂
mind sharing where to find that video in which dash said hippopotamus? cannot find la hehe.. i found octopus though.. from GTL EP157..