Seek and Explore | 2007

When Jakjak learned to crawl, he rummaged through everything he can put his paws into. Which is why we had boxes and boxes of mix matched toys and books and what have you in his room. This room also held the TV and DVD player, which of course meant rummaging through the 'stuff' to find Barney and Blue's Clues when we want him to calm down and drink milk.

It's a wonder to watch him crawl and climb and wedge himself to things in order for him to reach something or to stand. It's like he's running on instinct instead of logic. But this trial and error is the thing that helped him grow up and understand the dangers of his surrounding. I never recalled having been so engrossed in watching anyone do the simplest things and be amazed that he can actually do it. Of course, there are bits and pieces that we help him out on, but on the whole, at just over one year old, Jakjak had been learning how to be a survivor in his own little world.

The things we learned from this is that educational toys with lights and sound and an assortment of action-reaction does a good job of getting the child's attention. A little help from mum and dad always adds an element of fun and involvement for little Jakjak, and I believe it will do the same for others out there. In order for Jakjak to feel like a child, dad had to be like a child and do the silliest things with him. So if you can imagine a grown man bark like a dog and wag his pretend tail, then you too can be a child yourself. It's fun actually, to be a child again. And having to share this childishness with your son makes it all the more fun.