Development at 16 months Old

At 16 months old, Darrell can:

Physical/Motor Skills

• walk by himself although not very steadily (Darrell started walking by himself towards the end of 15th month old)


• zip & unzip


• fasten & unfasten a velcro


• Scoop using a spoon and put it to his mouth


• Stir using a spoon


• stack a few blocks


• Self feed himself using pincer grip


• drinks from a straw


• wave byebye


• do friend kiss


• squat

Language Skills:

• Papa (his very 1st word)


• Mummy


• Darrell


• Mee Mee (aka Mummy)


• Mah Mah (Grandmother)


• Gong Gong (Grandfather)


• Gu Gu (aka 舅舅）


• Gou Gou (aka 姑姑）


• Ah Yee (aka 阿姨）


• Gor Gor (aka 哥哥）


• Jie Jie (aka 姐姐）


• Mei Mei (aka妹妹）


• Di Di (aka 弟弟）


• Uncle


• Auntie


• Ball (one of his favourite toy)


• Dog


• Cat


• Cow


• Mooooo


• Lizard


• Byebye


• See You


• Milk


• Bottle


• Tap


• Water


• Bubble


• 粥


• 恭喜


• 发财


• 菜


• guava (said it as ah vua)


• banana (said it as nanana)


• egg


• bike (for motorcycle)


• taxi


• train


• truck


• lorry


• bicycle (said it as bi'ker)


• clouds


• sky


• dark dark


• Tee Orh Orh (aka 天黑黑）


• thunder


• raining


• lighting


• light


• bright bright


• oven (said it as ah b'en)


• hood


• cooker


• steamer (said it as eem'er)


• walk walk


• gai gai (as in go out to play)


• shoe


• socks


• peacock (said it as pi ca!)


• box


• touch


• no no


• cream (said it as krem)


• clock


• book


• bear


• star


• flower


• 花


• snail


• bee


• moon


• go


• there


• where?!


• watch


• luggage (said it as ah gage)


• baby


• no more


• pen


• paper


• tree


• tractor


• horse


• pig


• blanket


• paint pot


• teapot


• cup


• mug


• lychee


• cake


• bread


• nice nice


• dirty


• brush teeth


• claypot (said it as eh pot)


• boat


• engine (he means fire engine)


• rice


• night night


• morning


• car


• button


• pain pain


• bus


• please


• 抱抱


• carry


• fish


• burger


• cut cut


• chop chop


• knife


• blinking


• 飞机


• some more


• one more


• hot hot


• cold cold


• wet wet


• pizza


• aircon


• turtle


• rabbit


• crab


• eyes


• nose


• mouth


• ear


• cheeks


• chin


• leg


• hand


• hanger


• door


• keys


• lock


• ok


• ready


• good


• eat


• pour


• upstairs


• boy boy


• girl girl


• tigger


• pooh


• eyeore


• orange


• apple


• pear


• peach


• lemon


• mouse


• Orh Orh (as in sleep)
• abit


• iron


• ginger


• bowl


• plate


• spoon


• fork


• chopstick (he said it as op stick)


• duck


• frog


• bag


• hat


• hair


• umbrella (said it as armbrla)


• clothes


• pumpkin


• mango (said it as ah go)


• brinjal


• corn


• 菇 (aka mushroom)


• clip


• read read


• van


• buggy


• rainbow


• biscuits


• 包


• sweets


• cheese


• A to Z


• snake


• goat


• tiger


• 1 to 11

Next milestone to needs to work on:

• practice more walking
• learn to walk backwards


• learn to climb steps


• learn to bend over and pick up things


• learn to run


• learn to jump on the spot


• learn to self feed from spoon


• learn to drink from a cup


• more finger activities