Toddler scores two records


Starting young: Kaarthikeya has 200 books in his collection and could speak 300 words at 18 months old.

PETALING JAYA: Kaarthikeya Desigan is not even two years old, but the toddler already has two Malaysia Book of Records titles under his belt.

At just 20 months old, he was awarded the “Youngest to Speak Expressive Vocabulary” and “Most Number (sic) of Expressive Vocabulary In Five Minutes By A Toddler” records on Sept 11.

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