Zee How is 6 Months Old!

I can sit unassisted - 8 Nov 2010

My first semi-solid organic cereal - 23 Nov 2010

Ended shortly as I began to put up a struggle, wanting to get out of my Bumbo seat!

And by this month, I have started to crawl! Now, I am beginning to wander off the playmat.... oh no!!
It's gonna be a lot of hard work for everyone making sure I don't get hurt!
I remain a Sunshine baby who simply loves to Smile!

Our sibling love continues to blossom... and inevitably with little fights here n there!

I am 3 years old!

It takes me some months to get accustomed to having another person or rather a sibling who takes away a lot of attention and time from my Mommy and Daddy. I am still learning to cope and when I fail to, I will resort to cry or act whinny just to attract attention. Otherwise, I am still the sweet and nice little girl that I have always been.

And I am beginning to exhibit more independence traits with the "I can do it by myself" notion which sometimes can drive us nuts... simply because it means waiting for her "patiently" to finish whatever task that she is determined to do, and yes, all by herself in the exact order and manner that she is expecting!

My Chinese proficiency has increased by leaps and bounds too - thanks to the dedicated Chinese teachers at the childcare centre that I am currently in. And perhaps all those Channel 8 TV programs help too?!

10 Oct 2010 - Posey Me with dearest didi



17 Oct 2010 - I Love didi



23 Oct 2010 - Storytime!

24 Oct 2010 - Overstimulated after Yan Jun's 1st year birthday party

I am 5 months old!

It's amazing how much babies are programmed to grow and learn in their first year of life. Within 5 months, I am already preparing myself to crawl. For a start, the signs are there with me being a more efficient "flipper" and I can inch backwards as well as turn around like a clock. And tummy time has taken on a new dimension now that I have picked up this new stunt - "flying like an aeroplane" as Mommy calls it.

I can see farther too and am getting more accurate as I reach out to grab hair, T-shirt and basically any object within my radar! Ouch... it can get really painful as my grip is firm so do watch out!

And best of all, things have finally fallen into a more predictable routine during daytime as previously my naptime are haywire. Now, a typical day will begin at approximately

7am       - Milk Feed #1 (170ml)
9am       - Morning Nap (1 hr)
10am     - Morning Bath
1045am - Milk Feed #2 (170ml)
12pm     - Afternoon Nap (1 hr+/-)
230pm   - Milk Feed #3 (170ml)
3pm       - Late Afternoon Nap (1 hr+/-)
630pm   - Milk Feed #4 (170ml)
730pm   - Evening Bath
830pm   - Bedtime
11pm     - Milk Feed #5 (200ml) - dream feed cos half of the time I am still sleeping!

That's quite a large amount of milk I consumed... but I don't finish my milk all the time =P and partly it explains why I belong to the high percentile group in terms of weight.

At 5 months, I already weigh 8.15kg and measure 67cm long.

16 Oct 2010 - I love this ball, what's more with the quirky sounds when you hit it!!



19 Oct 2010 - It's reading time or rather I am trying to squash the page!!



29 Oct 2010 - Follow up review on my Eczema condition... moisturize, moisturize and moisturize!!

29 Oct 2010 - Playgym time takes on another dimension now that I can flip and grab the objects!

30 Oct 2010 - My favourite activity... Fly, Fly, Fly!!

6 Nov 2010 - My first taste of water!

I am 4 months old!

The 4th month continues to be a month full of exploration of my fingers - beside tasting my fingers, I could actually use them to touch and hold too! Some texture are soft while some feel hard... and in particular, I love to grab people's shirt and hair! And I am no longer contented in lying down... so the bumbo seat finally gets to be in use again.

Teething?? Or simply exploration of my senses??

I love my playgym exercise even more now that I can hit and touch the objects accurately!!

What's more with a personal instructor teaching and telling me what to do and what not to!!

I can raise my head really high now with my legs kicking in the air too!!

Above all, I am stilla lovable and cute baby... monkey see, monkey do!!

New skill learnt : Gongxi Gongxi... and I love to see how they can twist and turn... hmmm

Zee How is 3 months old!

7 Sep 2010 (Tue)

I am entering the phase of the so-called honeymoon period for parents. For one, I am able to sleep through the night from 8:30pm through the next morning 7am with only 1 dream feed at midnight (and eyes closed!). Also, I have changed my bowel movement timing from erratic times to daytime - sometimes my diaper can last me from bath time through next day morning!

But the best part is, I love to smile. And I have mastered 2 "skills" this month, first one being "smile" and the second one "stick your tongue out"!

15 Aug 2010 (Sun)

2 Sep 2010 (Thur)

As I am pretty left alone to self entertain, so these are the 2 self-learnt "skills"... hee 

23 Aug 2010 (Mon) - I am a superman!

25 Aug 2010 (Wed) - I love my thumb! Yummy...

28 Aug 2010 (Sat) - Tummy exercise with an extremely strict coach ain't easy!! But I did well despite lack of practices... I prefer to be carried upright so I have a better view and can turn to my right or left. (that should help in strengthening my neck I suppose)

29 Aug 2010 (Sun) - Days when my sister is around, I will not be spared! It will take some more months before I can retaliate...

5 Sep 2010 (Sun) - Signs of teething as I am drooling excessively?? My rashes is getting worse... urghh!!

I am 2 months old!

I am 1 Month old today!

Zee How First 30 days - see how I grow!

Growing up...

Reality finally set in as Zee Yann realised the precious time has to be split with dearest baby brother. More screaming can be heard to seek our attention, or in retrospect, it could be our own yelling at her that she is simply mimicking... She also started to pull Mommy to do something/play with her which she has seldom or rarely done it before, cos Mommy always goes to her instead of her pulling me. More time-outs have been meted out and she seem to be in deep thoughts at time... at one point, Mommy suddenly feel that little Zee Yann has indeed grown up, but will always be our little sweetheart in our heart.

At other times, she is still very sweet to her baby brother : )



The other major milestone that Zee Yann has finally reached is that of toilet/potty training. Alas, all was over within a few days as she came home on 28 June without her diaper on from school! All the months of mini toilet training at home finally paid off. And on 30 June she even managed to poo in the potty after Mommy caught her "doing her big business" whilst still in her training pants! Quickly she was ushered to the potty and BINGO! That's IT - the next challenge will be to ensure naptime stays dry too while Mommy thinks that nighttime diaper free days are still quite some time away... when the time comes, it will come.

My 1st day in School!

I am in a cheery mood as I am told that I will be attending school - school used to be a 1-hr weekly session, in the accompany of Mommy... little do I know that school now means not seeing Mommy/Daddy or Grandma/Granddad for 4 hours x 5 days a week! (and it's gonna be double the hours once I go into full day!!)

As Mommy is just sitting nearby throughout my first day, I enjoy myself thoroughly, not forgetting to check that Mommy is just within sights at some point in time. Well, it gives Mommy the opportunity to know the teachers and my classmates too, and more importantly, a better overview of how the class is being conducted. (our last visit to the school was in Jan and already the previous supervisor had already left)

Not known to me, Mommy plans to exit right after settling me down for breakfast on Day 3, thus reducing the hours that she will be in school.


Just a sneak preview of my school - compact it may be, but everyone is so friendly! But I will be spending most of my time at the main assembly area - where my music sessions, Montessori activities and all my snack/lunch are held.

I am 2 years old!

Happy Birthday to Zee Yann!!


We are supposed to have a family lunch today but cousin Zee Zou decided to be born on the same day as me! Come next year, we can celebrate our birthdays together!

My jumping skills have been sharpened and I can easily jump off the ground now, and trying to aim higher and higher each time I try.

Try asking me how old I am, and I will stick out my 2 little fingers and sing the song "Look at me, me, me, I'm 2, 2, 2!" (Adapted from Baby Bop's song) And I enjoy songs with interesting movements, such as "Skidamarink" and I always pronounced it as "Chicken Wing"! Another favourite will be Hi-5's fairy tale as I attempt to sing and imitate those actions.

Some new words that I have picked up:
- oyster, tricycle, Hello Kitty, end of story, almond nut,
- Mickey Mouse, truck, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
- crystal, pickle, salami, sausage, cherry pie, chocolates,
- lollipop, queen, king cole, cupcake, welcome, excuse me,
- superhero, fairy, cowboy, tutu, princess, mermaid, worker,
- pirate, wizard, buckle up,
- firefighter (pronounced as fighter-fighter)
- I love Mommy
- What is this
- Who is this
- How do you do
- 破皮, 电话, 芒果, 香蕉, 鸡蛋
- bi sai (Hokkien)

I am 23 Months Old!

At least 3 or maybe 4 new teeth have been seen spotted this month. 1 left canine & 2 molars - all happening at the upper gum, and sometime later in the month, a pearlie white left lower incisor emerges too. Mommy has lost track the sequence - so long as I am on my track in getting the full set of milk teeth!

Pretending to cook continues to be one of my favourite daily activities, and I get to cook for all my friends ranging from panda bear to doggie to bunny and even my pet elephant! Oh and not forgetting Mommy, Daddy, Grandma & Grandad!

I can count 1 to 10 and will be lost/mixed up as Mommy prompts me up to 20! And we start to play some word games, such as "A" is for "apple", "P" is for "penguin". It's fun cos we get to learn the correct phonics pronouciation as we try to fit in the corresponding word to the letter.

And I can say my full name as I point to the name tag on my ABC book. And if you prompt me with "What's your name?" - She will reply you with a loud and crisp "Foo Zee Yann!"


My standard bedtime routine - reading (these are just some of the books that I "grow" up with)

What are some of the new words that I have picked up:
- hawk, falcon, chopping board, rainbow, swallow, Keira, potato, onion,
- one more time, fiddlers, share, x-ray, bat, frog, hare, colour, hi 5,
- piano, drum, tambourine, cymbals, trombone, cookies, tofu, careful,
- happy birthday, continue, semicircle, ruler, net, pencil, shells,
- higher, snail, whale, jaguar, iguana, unicorn, king cole, snowflakes,
- week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, mooncake, caterpillar, guitar,
- Who are you?, I'm a cat, You know who, Foo Zee Yann
- Pa Pa 骂希妍
- 葡萄, 草莓, 西瓜, 米粉, 回来

I am 22 Months Old!

I'm down with fever, just 1 day before I turn 22 months. I am contented to just lie on Daddy's chest while watching the TV... my highest-ever fever reading of 39.6 degrees, so freaking scary! Luckily the fever medicine works like wonder for me and within 1 dosage and a short nap, it has dropped by more than 2 degrees, else I may end up at one of the A&E tonite.

And that means I can't get to see baby Sarah until I am fully recovered!


I am beginning to be fearful of things (perhaps its not exactly fear even though I use the word 怕怕）which have never quite bother me, blinking lights in particular seem to be one common trigger of my so-called fear. It can be found on the wireless router, neighbour's lighting outside the windows as Hari Raya is approaching - but the worst fear ever exhibited happens during a night of thunderstorm and lightning. Mommy vividly remembers that on the wee morning of 23rd of Aug, I roll over to Mommy, screaming 怕怕, 怕怕 and simply wont let go of Mommy despite her repeated reassurance. Mommy has to hug this little frightened baby until she falls asleep again, and this happened the next 2 consecutive nights - and thankfully its only a short phase!

Gross/Fine Motor Skill
- Able to throw a ball overhand well
- Attempts to jump with 2 feet off the ground (1,2 cm at most!)
- Likes to unscrew nappy cream cap, and remembers not to squeeze it as instructed
- Enjoys creating animals with lego, issuing orders to mommy to sit next to her whilst she is playing
- Enjoys finger painting

Cognitive/Social Skills
- Continues to enjoy watching DVD and imitating the characters, such as playing the trumpet as seen in Barney's Making Music; asking for apple cos Argon the dragon loves apples in Wheels on the Bus (Moon Mouse); Mommy has no idea where does touching the nostril come from, perhaps from the book Come Rhyme with me?
- Continues to enjoy sing-a-long sessions with mommy and daddy
- Recognize basic colours like red, green, blue, yellow and orange although may get it mixed up at times (particularly light blue)
- Recognize numbers from 11 to 20, including 0
- Start to count from 1 to 5
- Able to repeat after Mommy 1 to 8 in Chinese and 1 to 10 in Japanese
- Start to make short simple sentences, using correct verbs like eats, drinks, sleeps, go, sits

New words:
- brother, peach, durian, pineapple, broccoli, heart, hungry,
- Sharlene, Hayley, Matthew, Auntie Grace, Claire, BJ, baby Bop,
- dragon, Argon, Coco, tuba, bell, brown, bedroom, chicken,
- cauliflower, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, corn, dinosaur, crab,
- clock, deer, cherries, medicine, shopping, hairclip, drive,
- playground, after, ham, tired, sick, rest, angry, time, painful,
- cook rice, go home, fall down, what else, star fruit,
- toilet, behind, buddha, god, fox, banana, watermelon, honeydew,
- triangle, cross, oval, circle, rectangle, yo yo, cotton wool,
- baby lotion, sweetie pie, thank you, no squeeze (cannot squeeze),
- I tell you, I want to go here/there
- Jonathan (pronounced as turn),
- carrots (pronounced as carts)
- cucumber (pronounced as cu-umber)
- in front (misses out the word "in"), e.g. Daddy sits front
- 兔, 船, 坐, 穿, 前面, 吃饭, 一起, 眉毛, 鼻子, 嘴巴,
- 睡觉, 回家, 饼干, 饱了, 包菜, 白菜, 菠菜, 起来,
- 不要怕, 背娃娃, 泥娃娃, 不要怕,
- 我不要吃 cheese
- jia mi (Hainanese)

Numbers
- Recognize 0, 11 to 20

My first canine (top right) has just erupted!

I am 20 months old!

Gross/Fine Motor Skill
- Able to alternate foot in quick succession
- Enjoys playing with play-doh, making different shapes like balls, animals, food (or rather pretend to be), and most recently alphabets!

Cognitive/Social Skills
- Enjoys playing sing-a-long game, turning mommy and daddy into a "music player" by naming part of the song she wants to hear!
- More assertive as she will make requests such as to "change" meaning mommy to change and bring her out, or "swim" or "play"
- Able to recognize all 26 alphabets and naming them.
- Continues to string words into sentences omitting grammer

New words:
- swish, pip, pop, put, nut, pillow, nose, eyes, dream, play,
- sharks, sea turtle, swing, slide, walk, sorry, aircon, magnet,
- blow, pool, push, pull, bite, woods, zoo, park, skunk, owl, mouse,
- come, catch, pass, take, pampers, same, room, sing, food, dinner,
- kick, dunk, yours, curtains, glub, elbow, grass, train, window,
- pan, red, blue, green, tick tock, raccoon, armpit, bottle, pitch,
- toss, hit, roll, bat, good, museum (sounds like ah seum),
- Eeyore, Tigger (sounds like ger), dino (short for dinosaur),
- stingray (sounds like ray),
- blanket (sounds like ket or ungo)
- station (sounds like tion),
- squeeze (sounds like queeze),
- diaper (sounds like dia),
- slippers (sounds like pers),
- school (sounds like kool)
- What's this?
- My first audible Hainanese word : hoi (sleep)
- 收, 给, 花, 骂,

New letters:
- I have learnt all my ABC! (but in capital letters!)
- Mispronounced words are L (somewhat muffle at times), M (sounds like N), Q (sounds like 2), W (sounds like ba-U), Z (sounds like C)
- Guess what are the first few acronyms that I learn? URA, HDB and OCBC!!

In addition to the 2 upper molars added last month, another molar was also sighted on the right of my lower gum! So now I've got 9 teeth in total!

My bedtime routine is not complete until I have read all the books that I want! Mommy is impressed at the speed of my "reading" and it's time to visit the library for more picture books! Let's hope this love for "reading" will continue to blossom...

I am 19 months old!

Happily running for a few seconds... then pause for a snapshot... and guess what's next?... Zee Yann says "抱抱"! More often than not, mommy and daddy will oblige and carry this little princess... but she is really getting heavier these days.

(Oh, and I really love my doggie and I often bring her out for a stroll or out on shopping trips, ain't she cute? Everyone says so!)


And I am another month older again, how time flies! I am 19 months old already!!

Gross/Fine Motor Skill
- Starts to undress herself, starting with her long sleeves
- Self-feeding skills improve with greater accuracy and efficiency (lesser spillage)
- Transits holding crayons from fist-holding to grip-holding
- Starts to "draw" objects and name them (though they look more like wavy lines to mommy)

Cognitive/Social Skills
- Able to recognize the numbers 1 and 2 on the bumper mat and able to say 1 and 2 when mommy and daddy sign with their fingers. Attempts to sign with her own finger 1 but struggling with 2.
- Will say 6 when mommy makes her milk, cos its 6 scoops of milk powder.
- Initiates peek-a-boo by hiding her face and shouts out boo (by revealing her face)
- When mommy says the word "surprise" - her eyebrows will be arched to mimic the word.
- Enjoys talking on the phone with the adults. (another merit of having a speakerphone!)
- Will say "poop poop" after a poo.
- Correctly points and names objects on her books/flip charts.
- Able to remember and anticipate the scenes of her DVD, actions or songs (Favourite song : If you are happy and you know it by Barney)
- Attempts to string words into sentences.

New words:
- take, watch, sleep, dance, play, open, jump, work, cheese, cake,
- fruit, peas, soup, door, crib, key, cloth, box, nice, straw, dry,
- off, out, duck, bird, cow, sharks, sexy, please, cooking, pour,
- potty, bicycle, blanket, mouth, eye, bounce, papaya, white, red, orange,
- one, two, three, four, six, haha, hoho, poop poop, pain pain,
- Oh dear, How are you, Hello, Hi
- hold (will hold our hands when she says this word),
- kiwi (pronounced as kwee), belly button (pronounced as belly),
- towel (pronounced as owl), hooray (pronounced as ray)
- aka (red in Japanese), ao (blue in Japanese)
- Pa Pa go where or Daddy go work,
- 不要 do what (most likely its don't do this)，
- 丢，好，乖，去，水，开，破，哭，要，快，慢，
- 怕怕，臭臭，刷牙, 洗手, 跌倒了，小心，

New letters:
- A, G, H, Y

And guess what? My right pre-molar is finally being sighted (my 7th tooth to date only), though mommy is still wondering if the same is true for my left pre-molar. Let's wait and see!

I have been waking up at 6am+ on some days, screaming for milk. So mommy decided to increase my last milk feed by another 1oz in the hope that I can sleep through 8am. So far it seems to work.

Wanna guess what is my daily milk intake now?

A total of 660ml!

I am 18 months old!

Gross/Fine Motor Skills
- Enjoys running and marching (raising each foot up and down)
- Able to walk up and down steps unassisted (provided steps not too steep)
- Able to flip on the bed, doing somersault
- Able to insert all 6 shapes into the shape sorter
- Able to complete 8-pc wood puzzle
- Able to operate DVD/VCD player and TV to switch on/off
- Able to take off sandals (with velcro)
- Self-feeding skills improve, able to finish a small tub of yoghurt all by herself

Cognitive/Social Skills
- When mummy says "teddy" or "pooh", I say "bear"
- Will raise index finger and say "shh" to associate with people sleeping (be quiet)
- Begins to signal when to pee, saying "shh shh" and tugging at the diaper
- Correctly points and names people correctly, baby, 哥哥, 姐姐, daddy, mommy, 叔叔， 婶婶，婆婆，公公
- Understanding concept of "more" and will say "more" if more food is desired.

New words:
- mummy, daddy, Pooh, chair, meow, milk, bus, morning, sure, hi,
- see you, cut, shoe, rain, pear, grapes, car, bubbles, keep, doggie,
- woof, oops, book, cook, press, close, wash, oval, star, cry 呀，
- purple, boat, teddy, back, go there, I want, it's here, beep beep,
- throw, Bunny, kiss, gai gai (go out), bow wow, little, pain,
- tissue (pronounced as sue), square (pronounced as quare),
- colour (pronouced as caya), Barney (pronounced as Bar),
- Up down touch the ground (somewhat muffled but with action)
- 公公，叔叔，婶婶，舅舅，姨姨，贝贝, 宝贝，坏了，放屁啊 (if someone farted)，
- 我要，你要，掉了

Favourite word of the month: 不要 (by far still the most frequently spouted word)

I am 17 months old!

Gross/Fine Motor Skills
- Able to run after a ball, bend and pick it up and continue to run/throw with the ball. Also master the art of kicking the ball.
- Able to walk up a step unassisted
- Able to slot in 2 shapes on the shape sorter
- Able to stack 4 play-doh containers upward
- Able to slot in 2 animals, usually giraffe and zebra, correctly onto the wood puzzle
- Able to drop the rings round the hoop
- Able to unzip mummy's bag to retrieve desired objects, such as handphone (enjoys seeing pictures/video clips) and wallet

Cognitive/Social Skills
- Will wait for mummy/daddy to lock the door/gate
- Understands instructions to switch on/off the fan and switch on/off the lights.
- Automatically pull out a piece of tissue and wipe the table/floor if accidentally spill the water
- Offers mummy a piece of tissue to wipe off her excess eye drops
- Help to clear own milk bottle and bowl after meal, by handing it over to mummy/daddy/helper and throwing away the tissue paper into the dustbin in the kitchen
- Enjoys more pretend/imaginative play such as feeding Bunny with food, throwing a "ball" made from play-doh, whipping up a storm using kitchen utensils (ice cream scoop, whisk), washing hair for others, massaging on mummy/daddy's neck/back
- Enjoys flipping the photo album and will shout out the names whilst pointing at the correct photos such as baby, 哥哥, papa, mama, uncle (gynae)..
- Requests to watch the same VCD/DVD - "The wheels on the bus" or "Barney" and able to operate the CD player by switching on and removing/putting back the CD.
- More affectionate; will hug mummy from the back and/or kiss when requested
- Likes to befriend kids of her age, particularly enjoys playing ball with the boys at the playground.

Character-building
- I prefer to bathe standing up, and its becoming a struggle to get me to shower recently.
- Greater sense of humour; laugh at scenes from the VCD/DVD or even at mummy when she clumsily drops a toy/food.
- More tantrums throwing (or rather increasing sense of independence and assertiveness) but still within manageable control. Ultimatum statement from Mummy: "Mummy is going to be very angry..."

Even though my vocabulary is still limited, but I am able to associate the names correctly most of the time. I will call out baby, 哥哥, 妹妹 and uncle if I spot them. Could it be that 姐姐 and auntie are just harder to pronounce?

New words:
- later, dirty, paper, yes, where,
- bye bye, uncle, auntie, cold, hot,
- fish, hmm, empty, minnie, bag,
- bear, go
- 妹妹，哥哥 or gor gor， 姐姐, 婆婆， 按摩, 没有, 喂

Favourite word of the month: 不要 (and most of the time I mean it!)

I am 16 months old!

To be exact, I am 16 months and 1 day old today!

And what am I up to recently?

- Started to walk backward
- Attempted to do a "somersault" with head down and bum up
- Self feed with spoon and fork (with some help to scoop the food onto the spoon)
- Can hold cup to drink with 1 hand
- Pull socks off easily
- Pick up flat objects such as coins and paperclips and drop into coinbanks/special-made boxes with slit
- Beginning to distinguish colours
- Enjoyed more table activity such as "reading" Littletouch book. Particularly amused by the sound the "purple fish" made.

New words :
- "Eat", "Sit" (sounds like "Shit"), "Wait", "Elmo", "Bao" (aka bread)
- "Bubble", "Wet", "No", "Moo Moo" (may mean cow or even milk), "Drop",
- "Up" (sounds like uppo)

My verbal language has expanded by a few more words, and I am beginning to display more assertiveness, hence more tantrums if my wishes are not met. I enjoy feeding myself with spoon and fork, and despite of the mess, I am being encouraged to do so. Another interesting observation is I start to sit on my potty willingly and make "ng-ng" noises.. so is it gonna be potty-training next for me?

No new tooth has been spotted, so its still 6 to date. And with 4 on top and 2 at the bottom, I enjoy holding spoons and objects using my teeth, a stunt that many should have outgrown by now.. (what to do, I only get my full 6 teeth recently!)

My weight and height has remained largely the same, well, I am still a "M" size pampers toddler!

I am 15 months old!

The past 1 week has seen an explosion of legible words coming out from me. Besides "Papa" and "Mama", I have blurted out so many more words these days.

- "Happy", "Well", "Okay", "Aiya", "Oh No",
- "Ouch", "Bye Bye", "Yummy", "No More", "Don't Want",
- "Open", "Good girl", "Baby", "Boat", "Apple",
- "Banana" (pronounced as nana), "Papaya" (pronounced as Papa),
- "Biscuit" (pronounced as Bi), "Please" (pronounced as Pss)
- "谢谢", "美美" (referring to her hairclip), "我不要", "怕怕"

I am beginning to communicate verbally! So please watch your tongues, folks!

I still walk proficently though I have learnt something new in replacement of marching, i.e. to walk tip-toeing! Mummy is still clueless where I learnt it from - could it be the high heels that mummy is wearing?? Or perhaps princess is simply mimicking mummy as she tries to reach for things placed higher up?

I will pretend to touch up my face as mummy is getting dressed. Daddy thinks I imitate really well, using the face sponge and pretending to apply powder onto my face. What a hilarious sight!

Bathing is a big challenge now - on how to get me out of the bath willingly! More often than not, mummy will get herself drenched too from all the splashing.

My six tooth has finally sprouted, which is the left central incisor, and in due time, I wont be having dracula teeth, yeah! It's amazing how fast this tooth grows though.. catching up with my other right central incisor.

1 more day and I turn 14 months!

I am turning 14 months in another day's time.



- attempt to run and march
- cimb stairs (up/down) with support
- can squat well
- can remove socks readily
- enjoys emptying objects from one container and put into another
- likes to open and close object; can open and close the ruyi oil bottle easily
- enjoys pressing buttons and switch on/off radio/vcd & dvd players/fan

- says pa-pa and ma-ma more readily (chinese intonation)
- says "oh.." whenever an object drops/falls onto the floor, and "up"
- makes a lot of "gibberish" - string of incomprehensible words especially if she is "talking on the phone"
- blow kisses
- understands the word "hug" and enjoys "hugging" stuff toys
- signs "no more"
- understands more of what adults say, replying with a "nod" to signal yes or "shake head" to represent no
- understand and signs sleep, and will walk into bedroom by herself come bedtime
- able to point correctly to "cheese" and "banana" when shown the pics
- picks up books to "read"
- start to self feed with spoon and fork (though mummy has to help out most of the time)
- "helps" around by cleaning the table with a cloth/hand at times
- more independent and has her own opinion - cannot force her into doing what she doesn't want

- 5 visible teeth (3 on top and 2 below)

On the whole, I am still as sociable if not - no wary for stranger at all! (minus the time I am sleepy and only want mummy/grandma..) And I have already dropped my morning nap, so my new nap time is around 1+pm to 3+pm.

A typical routine now is as follows:

8:00am : Morning milk feed of 210ml
8:30am : Breakfast
12:00pm : Lunch (or earlier)
1:30pm : Mid-afternoon milk feed of 210ml, followed by my afternoon nap
4:30pm : Snacks (depends what time I wake up)
6:30pm : Dinner
8:00pm : Night milk feed of 210ml
9:00pm : Dreamland

Lucky baby strikes again on Auntie Jo's wedding nite!

13 Dec 2008 (Sat)

Zee Yann has been much more clingy and assertive - though we suspect its not entirely due to her cough, but we still give her the benefit of doubt so it means a lot of cuddling from mummy. How tired mummy is lately! So we spent the afternoon at home cos mummy has a wedding dinner to attend to in the evening.

Out of boredom, mummy decides to capture me in video to see what new trick I may perform. In this video, I utter "1-2...1-2" in mandarin signifying "exercise". And coincidentally, it turns out that 2112 is our 4D first prize for the day! Too bad we only have 1 lucky winner, whom is grandma!



Hope the second video gives us some more clue to more 4D inspiration? Does "AO..AO" sounds like "80..80"?




Mummy has intially not planning to bring me to the wedding dinner - however, I am so clingy that its either nobody can go or both have to go together. Leaving mummy with no other option, I finally get to experience a wedding dinner. And I'm glad I tag along, cos it was so much fun and so much food to eat!