Louis is a very active little guy who likes to run and jump around, exploring things that he sees, making a mess of stuff he is curious about.
Now 19 months and 12 days old, Louis still cannot talk with real words, but he does talk a lot. I was starting to worry, but the pediatrician and everyone tells me it’s just because he is a boy and boys tend to talk later than girls, and secondly because he is exposed to 3 languages at the same time: Indonesian, French and English.
So, naturally he will take more time to learn everything but it’ll come. His cousins all speak perfect English and French and one even understands Russian (his daddy is Letvian).
Milestones
– When we say “Satu, dua, tiiiiiiiii…” he replies “Gaaaaaaaa!” (One, two, three in Indonesian is Satu, dua, tiga)
– Gives high-fives to everyone he likes
– Says good-bye, waving hands and kiss-bye-ing to everyone before leaving
– Sleeps through the night but I still have to wake up to change his nappies
– Eats with spoon and hands
– He is apparently a lefty like his papa (takes everything with left hand)
– Eats mostly with left hand except at school, because everyone eats with right hand at school
– Doesn’t cry anymore before school
– Likes to play and share with his little friends at school
– Understands whatever we say and can say “Nggaaaaaaaaaa” when he doesn’t like something
– Loves Thomas and everything about Thomas
– Likes his carseat now
– Listens and obeys to mama and papa but not to Oma and Aunt/Mama Ida
– Lullabies change from Rock-a-bye Baby to Fais Dodo Colas Mon Petit Frère (that must be changed to Fais Dodo Louis Mon Petit Bébé and some more alternative lyrics) to Nina Bobo (changed to Louis Bobo) and since a few days, it’s Thomas & Friends Theme Song *sigh*
– Starting to have supermarket tantrums!
– Loves salty stuff more than sweets
– Loves breads – whenever we go to the supermarket or restaurants and he sees bread (loaf bread, baguette, Brötchen, whatever as long as it’s bread), he’ll ask to have a piece of the bread right here right now (and tantrums if we say no!)
– Loves watermelons – he literally cries asking for a piece of the fruit whenever he sees watermelons in the supermarket or in restaurants!
– Can eat very well now – early to mid February he still couldn’t chew food (he chews other things but food) and sometimes choked when given a piece of food to big, but now he munches like a pro!
– Loves his shoes – literally all his shoes and he has a favorite shoepair of the day: when he picks one pair then he’ll want to put them all the time even for baths and naps!
– Starts to dance (well, moving his body frantically) whenever he hears songs he likes, in the supermarket, in the malls, in the restaurants…as well as his favorite cartoons’ theme songs
– Smiles a big wide grin whenever he hears Gaspard and Lisa saying “Hello, bonjour!”
– Comes around to you and tilts his head to your neck whenever we say “Câlin, Louis, câlin!” (Hugs, Louis, Hugs)
– Kisses you with a loud “mmmwah” sound when you say “Bisous, Louis!” (Kiss, Louis)
– Shakes his head and taps you with his hands when he doesn’t want something
– Likes Kiri cheese
– And many more! He’s growing so fast before our eyes!
The Louis Dico
– Menyem menyem = minum (Indonesian for drink)
– Thethehh = Thomas, or Thomas theme song, or whatever that has something to do with Thomas
– Kloklooo = Trotro
– Mama = mama
– Apa = papa
– Mamamama (more than 2 syllables of ma) = can literally mean anything
– Bébéééé (other baby / babies or toddlers or himself)
– Kukuk = krupuk (Indonesian chips)
– Kah = ikan (Indonesian for fish)
– Kaka = caca
– Oma = oma
– And many more syllables and baby sounds…
Tell you what – the best thing in life is parenting! Exhausting one it is but the reward is beyond words!
Life in Knocked-Up Mode 
