I can’t believe Hakeem is 22 months. Like, I literally do not believe he’s 22 months until recently! For the past few weeks, every time someone asks me how old Hakeem is I’d say, “Oh he’s about 18 months, coming to 20.”

But he’s 22 months – that’s two months shy from turning two! Gosh! But what a shame I haven’t been keeping a record of all his milestones and development stages. :’( I blame work. But nevermind, I shan’t dwell on the past. Here’s what he’s been doing these days:

  • He’s able to drink from a straw! And what a relief this is. I blame myself for him learning this skill so late in his life because I’m very antsy when he gets messy (hey that rhymes!) so I don’t give him enough chances really to learn to drink from a straw. But he’s got it down to a tee now and life instantly got much easier. :)
  • He is very active and is much braver now. When we say “Jungle Gym” his eyes light up. He loves it there because he gets to be as rowdy as he wants to be.
  • He watches movies like Spiderman and Rango.
  • He navigates through the iPad like a pro and is able to solve puzzles on his own.
  • He also hijacks all our gadgets, like our iPhones, Hafidz’s Nintendo DS and others.
  • His most favourite things in the world are animals. He has about a million animal toys. He knows African jungle animals like Springbok and Wildebeest – god knows what those are!
We realised we’ve been so slack in teaching him new things – like names of body parts and such. So the other night, I decided to crack open the flashcards we bought for him in UK and started teaching him from scratch what they are.
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