Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Our little guy is 4 months away from turning three. And we thank God for His grace and blessings showered unto him every day.

Here are some quick updates on Vai:

Hot stuff

In the past 2 weeks or so, Vai has been showing his ‘interest’ in ‘spicy’ stuff. Which I find is quite interesting since my husband and I are not really into spicy food.

He’d come to my desk and ask if he can have some of my ‘kripik pedes’ (I think it’s called ‘Spicy Tapioca Chips’ in English. Not too sure about this).

The very first time he asked for it, I let him take a tiny bite thinking that he’d find it too spicy. But no. He cringed a little and asked for MORE.

Now he’d take away quite a chunk, and eat it like he’s eating some potato chips. And, he doesn’t ask for water afterwards. Interesting little guy.

[Btw, though I let him try bits of spicy stuff when he asks for it, I don’t let him eat ‘too much’ since I just feel it may not be good for his digestion, especially since he’s not even three years old!]

Puzzles

These days he shows more interest in doing puzzles (those giant 28-piece floor puzzle pieces).

He took out the box himself one day, and when I saw him trying to put the pieces together, I sat next to him and explained why this piece needs to be placed next to that piece.

And gee, it was TOUGH.

He was clueless even after I’ve explained it again and again. And I almost gave up (kept my thoughts and words to myself though),  thinking that perhaps he’ll understand it better when he’s a little older.

By the fourth time he wanted to put the puzzles together, I was busy preparing dinner, and so I told him that he should try and do it by himself because I know he can. He kept asking for help, and I kept telling him to give it a go without me. And hey, to my surprise, he DID manage to put 28 pieces together, ALL by himself! (I felt so happy for him! And, a little guilty of underestimating my own son).

Terrible Two

Ah. The dreaded emotional rollercoaster most toddlers face has kicked in.

He refuses to obey simple requests. He pretends he doesn’t hear what we say to him. He’d whine and cry easily. And in the past week, he OFTEN screams and cries out for things that he can’t have. Even, for things that we DON’T have.

Like when he woke up from his nap asking for some Ribena. We don’t have any at the time and he insisted that we DO have some at home. He went on and on, crying and screaming unreasonably for a good 20 minutes. Nothing I did (from reasoning with him to disciplining him) could immediately stop this surge of emotions. And so I closed all doors and windows. And I think I nearly went half-deaf too.

Oh well.

Other than those mind-numbing and mentally draining moments, I must say he’s still his usual self.

And at the end of it all, I honestly feel there’s nothing he can do that can make us not love him. Our silly and funny little guy.