Imitation

Ace likes to imitate us as I have mentioned before...

But did you know tat imitation is also a great game to play?

The other day.. daddy was playing with him and teaching him how to tickle each other. In the end, when he went over to Nainai's house to stay with her, he went to tickle her when she was reading the papers and laughed out loud. Hahaha.. isnt he a cute baby with a sweet sense of humour!

And boy do babies imitate. You know.. when Ace sings songs or talks.. we would clap loudly and tell him that he did a great job.

The other day, nai nai tried to sing him to sleep. According to her, Daddy and Zek Zek both would sleep after she sang to them. So she worked very hard and sang and sang and sang.. when she tot she was finally done and stopped, not only did Ace not sleep, he sat up and CLAPPED and SMILED at Nainai! Hahaha.. Nainai says children these days are indeed different.. i say, Ace is merely imitating what we do to him!

Anyway, imitation is duplication.. and I guess that is how they learn things. But i think just imitation is not good enough.. our children should also understand our mindset behind things.

Eg, Ace is vegeterian because we are as well. Just to instill the right mindset inside him, we brought him to the market today and showed him all the dead fish and prawns.. I told him that the fishes he saw previously can swim because they were alive.. those that are not moving are all dead.. and it is very pitiful to be dead and so we should not eat them at all. Hehehe.... vegeterianism is a mindset mah.. should start from young as well ;)

Later, I will certainly make him sit beside me when I do my health consultations so that he understands all the concepts behind good health and treasure health...