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Jane. Child of GOD. Slacker medic. Part-time 'housewife', full-time watcher of dramas and variety shows. Ex-handbeller, occasional cellist, casual pianist. Who knows what else?

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It's ALMOST summer and I'm on the last week of my paediatric posting!!! Woot woot! Paeds is great, but I'm not sure if I can cope with being the awful person who is trying to stick venflons/needles/tubes into them and give them horrid medicines to make the poor children get better. I do enjoy all the teaching sessions and interacting with children of different ages though.

The one thing I'm pretty proud about is how watching shows have helped me in remembering the developmental milestones better. Basically, as a child grows, he/she acquires different skills (and lose primitive reflexes) according to their age. Developmental milestones can be used to guesstimate a child's age and check that he/she is developing normally for his/her age. While I don't usually get many opportunities to play with young children (other than in church), following "The Return of Superman" on KBSworld has been quite beneficial for my learning! Surprise Surprise.

"The Return of Superman" follows 4 celebrity fathers as they take care of their children ALONE overnight....and how they cope without their wives. There's a pair of twin babies, 2 families with girls in nursery school and the last family has a pair of primary school age brothers.

The most useful family to watch would be the one with the youngest children, i.e. the twin boys SeoEun and SeoJun. Their dad (HwiJae) is an MC and the boys were born in March 2013 but they were premature. When they first appeared on the show's "pilot episodes", they were 4 months old so they had pretty good head control and can roll onto their front, but couldn't do much else other than eat and cry.

(watch from 2.08, 24.26, 54.02 for only the twins)

By the time the show aired the 1st 'proper' episode, the twins were 8 months old and were starting to crawl around, weaning, babbling....

(watch from 25.30, 45.19 and 1.04.37 for the twins)

At around 12months, their dad brought them for developmental testing (though they didn't show the whole test)....which is quite fascinating. Can see what "separation anxiety" and "stranger awareness" means. And I think that the older twin is slightly ahead of the younger twin developmentally?

Finally, here's the latest episode, when the twins are about 14-15months old. The progress made is pretty awesome...they are pulling to stand, cruising and even taking their 1st few independent steps. In terms of fine motor skills, I think they've at least got unrefined pincer grip since they can pick up bits of crackers from the floor to eat. They can understand their dad scolding them and say simple words like "omma" and "appa" (which means mom and dad in Korean respectively). Plus, they've graduated to using sippy cups! Awwwww....so cuteeeeeeeee^^

For exam purposes, it's also good to observe the children of pre-school age. The younger girl, Sarang, was born in Oct 2011 (making her around 2.5years old); while the older girl, Haru, was born in May 2010 (making her around 4years old). The difference in maturity and development is pretty obvious between the both of them.....like Haru actually thinks about the feelings of those around her while Sarang still mostly thinks only about herself. Haru is also much more sociable while Sarang doesn't really interact with many other kids. Some commentators on the youtube videos keep going on about how selfish Sarang is and how she is probably an introvert....but I wonder whether it's just because that's the stage she is at developmentally, so it's not her fault! It's more like the dad plans activities for her that are not appropriate for her age....like the group gymnastic lesson. She's 2.5years old.....I don't think she would take a long chain of instructions particularly well (even if she is very flexible at that age and can probably do most moves...)

Oh yes, as to who are my favourites....it's a tie between the twins, Haru and JunWoo (the oldest boy in the show at 10years old). They are just soooo sweettt!!!! Totally recommend this show to everyone, especially to all who love kids....or are finding an excuse to watch shows instead of mugging for paeds....

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