Bela's Milestone at 22 months

Oh, I just want to post this.

Bela was reading a book with her Tita Aliah (my 7 year old cousin). Nabuksan nila ngayon yung book sa page na may picture ng maraming flowers.

Mom: Bela, can you count the flowers
(Bela, pointing to the flowers one by one)
Bela: Wan
Mom: One
Bela: Tu
Mom: Two
Bela: Ti
Mom: Three
Bela: Or
Mom: Four
Bela: Ive
Mom: Five
Bela: Ix
Mom: Six
Bela: Babble something which I think she meant Seven…hehehe
Mom: Seven
Bela: Eyt
Mom: Eight
Bela: Babbles again something
Mom: Nine
Bela: En
Mom: Ten

Bela: starts clapping her hands while mom follows.

I was really shocked and amazed. My baby can count 1 to 10 (or at least most it) at 22 months. We often hear her pronounce eyt (for eight) and ti (for three) kapag nakikita nya to sa books, sa plate number ng car, sa elevator, etc. But I never realize that she can say all of the numbers in their correct order.

Madalas kse, tinuturuan na namin sya mag count from 1 to 10 bago kami matulog. Kasabay ng pag review namin ng letters, colors and shapes sa mga Pre School charts nya na naka dikit sa wall sa room namin. So na pick up na din nya siguro yung counting from 1-10 after several repetitions. Effective pala talaga ang Montessori method…hehehe…

Oh, I’m just so proud of my dear little Bela.

Some of her other milestones:

she knows the color red, black, white, green, pink and yellow. Every time we tell her “Bela, can you show me something that is black” She will go look out for something with the color that we ask her.

She already knows almost all the pictures in her English Alphabet Chart (ex. xylophone, zipper, yarn, car, bus, truck, key, eyeglasses, umbrella, violin, hat, map, fish, etc). She can also pronounce most of it, like hhhat (hat), tuck (truck), kar (car).

She now knows how to pack away her toys. After playing, she would wave bye-bye to her toys and will start packing it away. I think she got this habit from Gymboree and Little Gym

She will ask us to help her remove her shoes after entering our house. I will then tell her to put her shoes in our shoe rack and she will obediently follow

She always says ayyy (hi) and wave her hands every time she meets other kids or grow ups when we’re outside. I think nakatulong din ang Little Gym in helping her build her confidence and socialization skills

That’s it for now. Tulog na ako at tulog na din ang mag ama ko