Kakak is going to be three next month. I remember when she was just a little baby (around 2 months or so) she was already a “loud” baby. Making a lot of noise and I just loved to hear her cooing! I know she’s definitely going to be a talker. Even more when once we went to this supermarket a Chinese woman told me by the look of Kakak’s lips she’ll definitely have many things to say =)

However, kakak is still not really talking well. It would sound some sort like this;

Kakak: Wan ne?
Ibu: Wan kat kampung.
Kakak: Kakak nak* gi apung / kapung.
Ibu: Ok, nanti kite balik kampung k.

Kakak: Ok...
*you can’t actually hear the consonant there and this is the most understandable conversation I can have with her.

Furthermore, she sometimes purposely talks like she’s not a big girl yet. Buat-buat manja. And then she’ll throw a tantrum when we cannot understand her *sigh*

And don’t get me started on Adik. He’s already 1 year 8 months old and all he can say is Ayah. In fact he calls each and every one of us Ayah. If I ask him, “Kakak mane?” he’ll go, “Ayah…” And once when I was away for two nights he went to my closet, held one of my baju kurung and called, “Ayah…” LOL

I can’t even remember Adik’s cooing.

Anyway, Kakak and Adik can understand instructions and use gestures well. I had read this one article in NST that said young children who can use gestures well will easily acquire a variety of vocabularies as opposed to those who don't. So there’s nothing to worry about I guess =)

PS: Wan is their maternal grandmother.