Milestones - 13months old

Zo Ee at 13months 4weeks old. (10/6/2009)

Zo Ee is going to be 14 months old tomorrow and here is a summary of Zo Ee's milestones:

Walking

• Zo Ee is pretty stable in her toddling though her hands are still in the air, for extra balancing. She can walk to and fro across the room; she can turn about and walk to her ideal directions. She even loves walking while holding a little toy/remote control in her hand. She can stamp/kick her feet will holding onto a support. She also loves pushing chairs / stools around.

Language

• Actively communicating, naming and pointing at objects and colours. She is saying more than a word, usually two words at a time(nouns and adjectives). Currently, she is using about 100 one syllable words (nouns, action words, and adjectives), a few two syllables words (mummy, daddy, baby, lighting, apple, baby, purple, puppy, hair band).
• She can recognize more than 800 written words. (I didn’t really count, these are limited to those that I can count from her word cards) She already knows her colours, alphabets, 40 vehicles, 40 foods, 40 fruits and vegetables, 40 animals, 40 daily necessities , 40 body parts and many musical instruments, many sea creatures last month(12months old) and new addition to her vocabulary this month; at least 24 birds, 24 flowers, 25 insects, flags and countries , dinosaurs , opposites, tools and stationery, days, months, seasons and new action words/nouns.
• Zo Ee can read new words, even words that she has not seen before. Eg:" Citigem", and many big words on the newspaper.
• She is interested in reading short sentences from books.
• She can mimic most sounds, therefore picking up new words quickly this month.
• Zo Ee can understand many simple instructions and answer simple questions, eg: "What time is it now?" (will look at the clock), "What colour is it?" (she is able to answer me correctly, whether the object is blue, green, red, pink, brown, etc) "Hold and bring water(sippy cup) to the kitchen table / sofa." (she will hold onto it and place it on the table/sofa).
• Imitates us talking, as if she wanted to join us when daddy and mummy were busy talking to each other, Zo Ee will babble sounds loudly like she is talking a foreign language.
• Imitates mummy saying “wait wait wait wait”
• Acting out action words /nouns from books; “ hat hat” while patting her hands on her head, indicating putting hat on her head. Jump if sees the word jump. Stretch if she sees the word stretch.
• Names pictures/words in books by pointing at them and saying them aloud.
• Calls "jeh-jeh" to girls without being told at times.
• Says "inish" (finish) together with hand gesture indicating end of a show (VCD) or when finished her food.
• Will say "more" if she wants more food, else she will shake her head no.
  
  

Indicating want:

• Combines words and gestures to make her needs known,
  eg: "bed" (bread) while pointing at the bread, "more! more! peas.." while pointing at the bowl of peas. “pen haa…” while pointing at the drawing kits , indicating her drawing time.
• Has her owns preference, choosing biscuits from a variety of choices by pointing at her choice.
• She will hold onto her VCDs’ holder and telling me “emm…haaa..” indicating her wants to watch VCD.
• She will pass mummy the harmonica, and then telling me to blow the harmonica “bow bow”.

Numbers/maths

• Can perceive 0-100dots (10months old), and recognized numbers 0-100(learn from DVD - educational programmes)
• She is able to do 3-steps maths equations. (Combination of addition with subtraction or multiplication with division.)
• If mummy/daddy says 1,2 she will continue "3". If we say 1,2,3,4…8,9 she will say "10".
  

Love

• To browse books. Read aloud words that she can say.
• Interactive reading; making animals' sound or acting out action words as she reads along.
• Watches her favourite VCD programmes.
• Plays hide and seek.
• Loves to play the “STOP” game, will stop walking when she hears the word stop.
• Being tickle.
• Surprises
• Calling "mummy, mummy" all day long.

Fine motor skills

• She helps mummy by trying to pull down her own pants.
• Closed containers tightly.
• Fit simple puzzle correctly; circles into the number 8, oblong shape into the number 0, 1 into its correct slot or 7 into its correct slot.
• Scribbles with markers or crayons, making dots with pencils,
• Slots coloured pencils back into the holder
• Able to put and balance a little pillow on her head
• Climbing onto the sofa (reach for higher height)
• Bends over to pick up objects
• Scoops and pours water onto the floor with a sand scoop.
• Sprinkles waters with her fingers.
• Undo (pull down) a zip.

Emotion

• Shows affection to her new bear; cuddle and kiss
• Becomes more social, initiate friendship by walking up to little kids
• Smiles at others.
• Afraid (cry) seeing some fearful animals on tv, eg-iguana, some insects.
  
  

Senses

• Sings along – "meri…eee, meri….ee, meri….ee" (row row row your boat), "baby wow…wow..wow" or "mummy hush hush hush" (the wheels on the bus) or hums or babbles along a song.
• Love dancing along with music – jumping(feet not leaving the floor) while moving her arms/hands up and down, or swaying them left to right (rotating her body left-right).
• Locating telephone sound and telling me “daddy” (daddy calling) while pointing at the telephone.
• Loves soft pillows.
  
  

Memory

• Saying "bra bra" while pointing to her toothbrush, reminding mummy to brush her teeth.
• Looks for objects where she last saw them. (When mummy asked her where a particular toy is.)
• Does not forget immediately and persists in wanting something you have taken away. (eg: sweet)
• She will look for a particular toy in the toy box, removing the rest until she finds her choice.
• She will look up a particular page upon hearing mummy reciting a specific line.
• Completing songs /rhymes after mummy, filling in more missing words – ABC song, 1,2 rhymes, twinkle twinkle little star
• She knows where the fish corner is at the supermarket, and will direct us towards it.
• Can recognize and point out “yeh-yeh” (my father-in-law) from the photo after FIL came here for a week stayed. Of course she can recognize both mummy and daddy in the photo too.
  
  

Intellectual skill

• She protests when she does not get her own way. (Wanting to walk by herself, trying to climb out of her cot, trying to open doors, pushes away obstacles that are blocking her way)
• She is constantly trying and practicing on a new skill/toy.
• She acts to please and to annoy us.
• Imitates more, watching and copying actions; Imitates self-feeding with a spoon, dip dip the bowl before bringing the spoon towards her mouth
• Recognizes herself in the mirror, when asked “who is that?“ she will tap at her chest indicating herself. And can recognize herself in a photo too, happily smilling looking at it while taping at her chest, indicating herself.
• When mummy asked, “who is Zo Ee?” She will tap a few times at her chest ,indicating she is Zo Ee.
• Relates real objects/food with those found in books. Will look up for them in a particular page.
• Will rush to grab and hand mummy the DVD’s remote control when she sees mummy putting a disc into the player.
• She knows the exact spot where to sit to watch her tv programmes and will move over and sit there by herself (if she is in a good mood). Usually will sit only at the beginning of the show, longer if she is in a good mood.
• When in a good mood, she will put the remote controls back into the remote control’s holder without being told. (She removes them more than putting them back in place.)
  

Some of Zo Ee's 2 syllables words.