I was about to start writing my blog when Alex started to sing "Bob the Builder". I did not catch the song from the beginning but this is towards the end of the song.

We went to see Dr. Irani yesterday morning and I have not stop smiling since.

It was Alex's six monthly evaluation with his paediatrician and the first thing that Dr. Irani commented was, "Look how tall you are now".

We talked about Alex being dry day and night, feeding himself, drinking from a cup and a straw (yes, he just started doing that) and everything else. Dr. Irani looked at Alex and was so proud of him and he said "Well done Mummy!" [music to my ear ;-)]

Dr. Irani said that he is very much like any other four year old and he can't see why Alex cannot go to a mainstream school.

He then did a few test with Alex, he put a hairbrush, a doll, a spoon, a cup and a ball on the table.

He asked Alex to give the spoon to mummy and brush dollie's hair. Alex looked at dollie and gave the brush to me - he forgot about the spoon and was not sure about dollie and mummy.

Dr. Irani gave him another instruction to put the ball in the cup and feed Dollie with the spoon. He fed dollie with the cup.

He was also asked to build a bridge with three blocks. Alex don't normally do things using both hands, he tried to build a bridge with one hand and made a tower instead. When asked to draw a straight line from bottom to top, he drew squiggly lines and then asked to draw a circle and he made a big circle.

Dr. Irani concluded that he can only understand a two or three word instruction (mildly delayed for his age) and he needed more practice in using a pencil. I was advised to let him practice his drawing skills by getting him books that join the dotted lines and tracing. He will then gradually start to write and draw.

"Alex will have no problem leading a normal life" said Dr. Irani. He has good eye contact and social skill. He is aware of his surroundings and his attention span has improved. "I will see you again in 12 months time?", "I think Alex will be doing very well by then".

Alex said bye to Dr. Irani and then shook his hand. Dr. Irani said "He is a very likeable child" and smiled.