Zaria at 11th Month
What can this 11th month old do besides messing up the house?
♥Mobility & Dextirity♥
She moves around the house mainly by cruising, or crawling on her knee (I thought she would not be crawling on her knee like Zara, but I was wrong).
Can stand unsupported momentarily.
She’s starting to enjoy walking about with her hands being held.
Her pincer grip is getting better, able to pick up small rice puffs for eating.
She likes to pick things up and place them in bottles, boxes, containers.
She is able to climb down from the bed, buttocks and legs first! Even stairs, with some assistance.
♥Speech Development♥
She’s really doing well, and her vocabulary is expanding. She likes to talk and express herself, some words are still not comprehensible (to us), but we’re understanding her more. Here are some of the new words she can say.
Zara : Zah-Wa
Jiejie : Teh-Teh
Daddy : Pa-pa
Banana : Ah-Nana
Bear : Beh-Beh
Park : Pak-Pak
Bath : Ba-Ba
Duck : Duck-Duck
Back (put back, come back) : Back
Biscuit : Kuht
Bird : Ber-Bert
Pat : Peh-Pek
Rusty (our cat) : Tih
Book : Boo
Every morning, when she wakes up, she’ll turn to check for Zara, she will point to Zara and shouts, “Zah-Wah! Zah-Wah!” Sometimes she’ll crawl to Zara’s bed and pat Zara and shouts some more “Zah-Wah! Zah-Wah!” (she normally talks in a shout like voice).
When I ask her, “Where’s Daddy?” If she could hear Daddy in the shower, she’ll shout, “Pa Pa! Pa Pa!”
Me? When I ask her to call Mummy, she grins and keeps quiet. 🙁
Another example of her talking :
When it’s time to go to the park, she’ll shout excitedly, “Pak Pak!”. When we leave the house, she’ll look up and point to the sky, and say, “Ber Bert!”; flapping her hands at the same time. When we reach the park, she’ll point to the rocking duck and shout, “Duck-duck!”, asking for a ride.
♥Other means of communication♥
She sign pain, but in her own way by fanning her face with her fingers, and frowning (she can even do this on demand).
She expresses her happiness by clapping.
She compliments the chef (good food) by cluthching her fist with a little of her thumb sticking out.
She demands more of some thing, by tapping her pointer to her other palm.
She says YES by moving her head forward and backwards.
She’s also able to understand simple instructions like, “Give mummy the book, mummy read to you.” “Danger Zaria, come back.” “Cannot put in the mouth!
♥Food and Milk Intake♥
She loves eating. We give her 3 meals a day, and some light snack in between, such as rice puffs, fruits, Baby Bites.
She is still still fully on breastmilk, and I feed her on demand (she’ll come to me, and sign the milk sign, or sometimes, she’ll point to the study and sign the milk sign to whoever is handling her).
♥Sleeping♥
Unlike Zara who only stopped taking 2 naps when she’s close to 2yrs old, Zaria is occasinally taking only 1 nap a day. 🙁
She sleeps at 9:30pm (if she only took 1 nap) or 11pm together with Zara (if she took 2 naps on that day).
She wakes up at about 8am daily.
♥Emotions and character♥
She’s more clingy now, preferring me over most people. However, she only fusses a little before she allows another person to carry or handle her.
She shows her displeasure by crying, at times a bit dramatic by crouching on the floor and crying. However, unlike Zara who can cry for hours, she can be easily pacified.
She loves books, flipping them, pointing at the pictures, saying the names of familiar objects (“Ao” for cat, “Ah-nana” for banana etc). Sometimes even laughing when she sees a funny picture (e.g. a baby doing a funny face).
She enjoys Zara’s program occasionally, especially when there are lots of singing involved, and can sit at the sofa watching together with Zara; clapping her hands, and moving to the music.
She’s rather independant, we can normally leave her alone with some toys or books, and she can keep herself occupied.
she’s looking quite like you! what a gem!
she’s growing well 🙂 I love the 1st pic! 🙂
So fast, 11 months!!! Wow… hey, how come my time here goes so slowly? 🙂 Pak Pak, we go, we go! Pak Pak!!
She sounds like an easy child to care for. Lucky you. Btw, I can’t decide if she looks like Zara. The first picture yes, but the other pictures not too much. I guess only time will tell…
for an 11 month old, she communicates so well.
look a little like her sister and very very sweet. she got quite big eyes like Zara and you.
I’m amazed at the progress she is making, especially in communication! Soon she will be able to chit chat with her jie jie…
Amazing….. another clever gal!!
btw, i like how she call Zah-Wa!!
hehe long time didnt come, grow so big already~ 😀
She’s a smart little one. I love her facial expression. And the more I look at her, the more I think she looks like my little one.
The first pic looks like Zara! And she’s good at her speech.
Wah… Zaria is very good at her speech. Can say so many words.
love the frowning picture. Cute.
I think Zaria is really great with her speech at 11 months..!
wow.. time really flies..
still remember we bought the toys for zara last time.. like not long ago only.. and now her sis is almost 1 yrs old..
alamak zara is now able to climb down from bed? so clever larr… areya will flatten her body once she reached the edge of the bed wif one hand firmly on the bed sheet and another is like flailing to reach whatever she sees on d floor (this is like after 4times of falling off bed), so teruk of me huh?
ai dun call u ah ? save the best for last mah 😉
she can talk well … clever girl zaria!!
the staircase pic looks so scary. 🙂
my eldest called me after he could address the whole world and he finally did so at 2.5 yrs old. I am the first and only person, my second son can address at the moment and looks like it is daddy’s turn to wait. In a way, fair lah.
So did Zara address you first?
Wow, sounds like Zaria can express her needs very well huh both verbally and by sign language. So fast time flies…she will be 1 soon.
Zaria is just so adorable 🙂
wah she can speak so many words…aiyo my boy is definitely so slow man :S…
wow..looks like zaria is growing well..! i can’t remember when ashley started to say words….thank for our blogs..at least we can refer to our archived posts!
She’s going to be another heartbreaker like her jie-jie!!!! must ask you more about baby signing. i picked up some from baby einstein; is that your source?
hey..she does have big eyes! 😀
i am so amazed by her speech development…my 17mths can only say mama, mak, mo, and ngk ngk (for PU n pangsai!).
can share me ur tips ah? 🙂
First time here. My toddler messes up the place all the time. His toys are always all over the floor… plus whatever he can find from the kitchen cupboards! And yes, that’s a lot of words for an 11-months-old. I bet you must have a smart kid there.
Very good vocab for a 11 month old…
climbing the stairs?! oh my she’s such an active girl!! And she can call Zara’s name!
I like the third pic, very natural look.
Time really flies, almost 1..
How i wish my baby can as independent as Zaria, you know, my baby would cry if nobody stays beside him. 🙁
Eh? What exactly is the milk sign?
Such a big girl. Cannot wait to meet her and Zara too. Hopefully before she is a teenager. 😛
i love the first photo, she’s so cute and innocent lookin. those cd’s mommy punya ah? so many..
how time flies, she’ll be one soon. talkin walkin and all.