Sunday, March 01, 2009

Rota virus and Lukie's 19 months

Two weeks ago Lukie was sick again. Since December he has been sick every month. First was an ear infection, than another, and lastly (I hope and pray) was Rotavirus.

Rotavirus is a very strong virus. I'm not sure where and when he got it. Lukie was so sick. He was throwing up the first night, and had diarrhea for a week. Of couse, I got infected, too, but not as bad because it hit me for only about three hours with very bad vomiting and diarrhea.

After one week of recovering, Lukie seems to be normal and his eating is better than before. It seems like his body is asking for all the nutrition that he lost while he was sick. I love it when Lukie asks me for something to eat every two hours.

Lukie is now 19 months and three days old. He is more talkative than ever. Now he loves to combine words. Sometimes he even tries to speak fast and combine words into a sentence. This is very cute and funny at the same time. Every day, he tries to speak a new word in English and Thai.

At this age, I can see Lukie is so curious and wants to learn all new things every day. He has fun using a fork and spoon. I let him, even though I know it will be messy every time. I can see his progress.

Lukie knows how to comfort Mommy and Daddy when he does something wrong or against the rules. He always gives us such a sweet smile and runs to me and gives me his big hug.

At 19 months he has changed so much. He understands more than I expected. Sometimes I just talk out loud but Lukie sometimes talks back to me and I'm amazed every time.

Lukie can speak little phrases such as "big yellow car." I'm trying to speak Thai to him sometimes but not all the time. It is very difficult for me. I speak mixed English and Thai sometimes and he understands.

Lukie can count 1 to 10 in Thai with me but not by himself yet. I can see he is very interested in talking like an adult. He tries to speak fast and mixes words together. It's very cute when he talks like that.

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