The Road to Independence

Matthew is 19 months now, and he is certainly eager to grow up. He likes to copy us when we do things, like, drink from a cup, feeding himself. Nowadays, whenever he's having dinner, we need to prepare 2 spoons, 1 for me and 1 for him. And his way of feeding himself, is putting food in my spoon, then I in turn feed him. He does put food in his mouth occassionally. There are also times when we forbid him from self feeding, and then he will get really frustrated and keep saying 'feed feed'. He has been learning to drink from the cup now, and getting better at it.

Staying at home with him can be quite tiring but also fulfilling. He seems to be learning new things everyday, and when I did a count of words he knows...he actually can say more than 85 words! He's quite a vocal boy, or at least that is what we taught him to be. He used to be whining whenever he wants something, but we told him to tell us what he wants because we cannot understand his whines. He seems to understand, and has been picking up words pretty quickly ever since. I don't know if he's considered advanced, but I am not complaining.

Here's a picture of him taking cereal in the morning, and posing for the camera at the same time.