Eloquent Elliot turned 2!

Actually El turned 2 in August, so its about 2 months back but I had been so busy that I had no chance to blog this. My little one is growing up so fast. I describe El as Eloquent here cos I am amazed at how well he can speak (at least in my eyes) at a mere age of 2. I am not saying he is a genius but I call him a pretty diligent speaker cos he would attempt to copy what we say and he tries to speak in proper sentences. In fact, he recently spelled "FIRETRUCK" for me cos he picked that up from one of the Barney episodes and it really helps that he has a elder brother to learn from through play and communication. Looking back, I still remember El's first few months when he never wanted me to put him down and would cry the minute I did. Think most of my friends remembered how I was always with a sling with El tucked inside whenever they saw me. So many people had advised me that I would be spoiling him if I gave in and carried him all the time, so believe me I tried so often to put him down, of course most times ending up with a very upset El and mummy too! After a while, you could say El won the battle and El just had the time of his life sleeping and nursing in my sling all day. And the best thing is I think I enjoyed slinging him around cos it actually was a lot easier caring for him that way and I could do housework, go shopping and work at my laptop without having to worry about a fussing baby. I just decided that every baby is different and have their own needs and I can't adapt one style of care to all babies. I say this cos my elder son Zachariah is totally different from El. Zach was perfectly fine without me carrying him and could sit a whole day in his pram when we were out and was also happy playing in his playpen when I put him in there. Heehee, so much so that Zach earned himself the nickname "Pram Boy" when he was younger and think the pram was my best investment when Zach was born ;) So you can imagine my initial frustrations when I had El. Anyway, now that El is 2, he is happily running around exploring anything he could get his hands on. Glad to share that there really was no need to worry about spoiling him with all the carrying ;) Every child is different and El is one of those babies who love being held :) And for his 2nd birthday, he specifically asked for a "Cars" cake, so here's one of our very own creation ;)