Imran’s 2.5 years old now,
Alhamdullilah. His personality is ever changing by the day and now I truly know
the meaning of “terrible twos”. OMG! The raucous that can come from such a tiny
human being. Times like these makes me miss those times when he was crying his
lungs out but cannot move or jump around yet as he was just sitting or lying
down in one spot. Well, not anymore. Everything about him has grown, including
the loudness of his voice and the depth of his emotional tantrums! LOL.
I remind myself to exercise tons
and tons of patience and that it’s just a phase. Most of the times the
#ilovemychild mantra and a little zikir works for me, but occasionally Zach
would just blow it! LOL. When you rethink about it, it’s kinda hilarious. But
when it’s actually happening, the stress and pressure can be overwhelming.
Imran can get pretty upset when
things don’t go his way. There’s the tantrums on the floor, the whiny sounds,
the screwed up face and of course, the screaming. Of all, it’s the screaming
& crying combo that makes me super tense. Luckily, these are far and
between but it does happen.
He can’t speak fully yet though
he certainly knows many words. As I mentioned before, his knowledge on the
animal kingdom is second to none. He knows them all complete with the sound
that they makes. He’s begun stringing words to his animal like “big e-phant”,
“big giraffe”, “I see cat. Meow”, “1 cat, 2 sheep” etc. He can also count
pretty well up to 20…though admittedly, after 14, it all sounds like “orteen”
to me and occasionally he’d skip some numbers and suddenly it’s 20. Haha….
For now, every red fruit is an
apple. But he does know his transport too….tractor, aeroplane, truck, car. So
whilst he cannot string too many sentences yet, I am proud and happy that he
does have quite a large vocab of words for different things. Every day as he
learns is also a learning experience for me. I love teaching him all sorts of
things and am actually trying hard to get him to learn alif, ba, ta though he
doesn’t seem to have much of an interest in that. If only, those nursery rhyme
animation people were able to make interesting nursery rhymes that features
alif, ba, ta to capture these kids’ attention.
He’s also started to watch
cartoons, which I allow, so that he learns that words can be phrased into
sentences. I think he develops a sense of role play from the cartoons that he
watches coz occasionally you can see him roleplaying with all his toys, which
is just awesome. We can’t yet understand the drama that’s unfolding, but it’s
certainly happening. Most of the time it’s of course having something to do
with farms.
One thing that irks my husband a
bit is his taste for Asian food. LOL! Zach wanted him to be all western and
have a love for pasta, but fortunately or unfortunately, he’s kinda like me,
loving rice. I tried to get him to eat spaghetti yesterday and he just would
not take it. So back to comforting rice for him. LOL!
He’s a wonder to be around and I’m
constantly amazed at how much this little one has to offer. I often wish I can
spend my every waking hour with him but unfortunately, the reality of a working
mum is that I have to let go. So all I can do is maximize my time with him when
I’m around him. *sob* *sob*
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