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Friday, April 24, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Nasty pimple on my nose... eeeks!!
Tucking into my pancake as breakfast, the tuna filling tastes just right even without the pepper!
Since I always carry mummy's bag, mummy thinks I should carry my own instead.
And even though we are reaching our destination, I insist to sit on my tricycle.. a batttle that mummy and daddy do not want to get into, so I get away with it again!
Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!
19 Apr 2009 (Sun)
As we make our way to Tampines 1 for lunch, mummy is also busy prepping me with the upcoming events. So I am expected to "behave" myself, and "sing" along during cake cutting time. I think I did really well, and on top of all that, I also give kisses to grandpa & grandma.. and in return, I get to eat a slice of the yummy chocolate cake!
As we make our way to Tampines 1 for lunch, mummy is also busy prepping me with the upcoming events. So I am expected to "behave" myself, and "sing" along during cake cutting time. I think I did really well, and on top of all that, I also give kisses to grandpa & grandma.. and in return, I get to eat a slice of the yummy chocolate cake!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Picnic Time @ Upper Peirce Reservoir
It's one of those days that I wake up early (barely 7:30am) and ready to go - and with the whole family wide awake, so why not a quick trip to the reservoir, followed by breakfast?
With all the dilly dallying, it's almost 9am when we reached the reservoir, slowing down a bit as we need to watch out for the monkeys - how daring these creatures have become! They just stand right in the middle of the road, disregard the oncoming cars, and worse, with no intent to move at all.
With all the dilly dallying, it's almost 9am when we reached the reservoir, slowing down a bit as we need to watch out for the monkeys - how daring these creatures have become! They just stand right in the middle of the road, disregard the oncoming cars, and worse, with no intent to move at all.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Nov '07 Mummies Lunch @ Ellenborough
It's been a few months since the mummies met up for tea, and with so many preggy mums (its 4 to 2!), we've had a great lunch while having all these mums' talks. Credits to be given to our 2 little toddlers (Matt & Hayley) - whom are considered to be well-behaved during the 2-hour lunch session.
Till our next meet up again.
And hope all the mummies-to-be to enjoy MS-free pregnancy and smooth delivery.
Till our next meet up again.
And hope all the mummies-to-be to enjoy MS-free pregnancy and smooth delivery.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Feeding struggle
What "terrible 2"? A lot has been said about all the terrible tantrums and things that a toddler approaching 2 will do. Even though I am not even at my 1.5 years of age, mummy is already feeling some symptoms of what a full-blown 2 year old will exhibit.
And the battle that mummy hates to have, is feeding stuggle and its finally beginning to emerge!
It all started recently after Zee Yann begins to demand self-feed for the past few weeks. While mummy appreciates my enthusiasm in self-feeding, but it really slows down the whole process of eating (in terms of efficiency: time taken!) which mummy is slowly accepting the fact. The other result is, I tend to eat lesser somewhat. Still, mummy has heard about how finicky some toddlers can be when it comes to food at this stage, so ok, will continue to take in her own stride. But the last straw comes when I start to spit my food out - and mummy has absolute no idea why I do it when there is still 1/3 of food left on the plate. Or could it be that this smart toddler is out to "see how mummy reacts" since mummy will sure show her disapproving look?? And mummy really loses her temper when it comes to food spitting. And she even whips up the same food that I spit to see if its really something about the food (bones maybe though hardly possible!! or maybe its that little vege that I suddenly dislike??) or its simply me out to have some fun. Sometimes, it works, I do swallow them, but sometimes, I continue to spit them out. And usually, after a few struggles and cleaning up, mummy will declare "surrender" and lunch/dinner will be over.
Giving me the benefit of doubt as always, mummy tries to present me with finger food, eg cauliflower, carrot cubes, bread cubes with cheese... and I am so happily picking up these food using my fingers (cos spoon and fork is so cumbersome), I finish them all fast! So I guess we have to change our presentation of food at times..
Another result of such erratic eating amounts/habits, means that I keep asking for milk even though I may have just drink an hour ago. While mummy usually rejects all these "additional feeds" but with my erratic eating habits, she start to relent and will offer if I persist long enough. So I get to have top-ups on top of my 210ml milk feed, and sometimes, I get to drink fresh milk right from the refrigerator.
So the battle continues for now...
Here's a pic of me with Mr Ronald MacDonald after a hearty Hotcake a few days back. I can finish close to a piece all by myself now.. yummy!
And the battle that mummy hates to have, is feeding stuggle and its finally beginning to emerge!
It all started recently after Zee Yann begins to demand self-feed for the past few weeks. While mummy appreciates my enthusiasm in self-feeding, but it really slows down the whole process of eating (in terms of efficiency: time taken!) which mummy is slowly accepting the fact. The other result is, I tend to eat lesser somewhat. Still, mummy has heard about how finicky some toddlers can be when it comes to food at this stage, so ok, will continue to take in her own stride. But the last straw comes when I start to spit my food out - and mummy has absolute no idea why I do it when there is still 1/3 of food left on the plate. Or could it be that this smart toddler is out to "see how mummy reacts" since mummy will sure show her disapproving look?? And mummy really loses her temper when it comes to food spitting. And she even whips up the same food that I spit to see if its really something about the food (bones maybe though hardly possible!! or maybe its that little vege that I suddenly dislike??) or its simply me out to have some fun. Sometimes, it works, I do swallow them, but sometimes, I continue to spit them out. And usually, after a few struggles and cleaning up, mummy will declare "surrender" and lunch/dinner will be over.
Giving me the benefit of doubt as always, mummy tries to present me with finger food, eg cauliflower, carrot cubes, bread cubes with cheese... and I am so happily picking up these food using my fingers (cos spoon and fork is so cumbersome), I finish them all fast! So I guess we have to change our presentation of food at times..
Another result of such erratic eating amounts/habits, means that I keep asking for milk even though I may have just drink an hour ago. While mummy usually rejects all these "additional feeds" but with my erratic eating habits, she start to relent and will offer if I persist long enough. So I get to have top-ups on top of my 210ml milk feed, and sometimes, I get to drink fresh milk right from the refrigerator.
So the battle continues for now...
Here's a pic of me with Mr Ronald MacDonald after a hearty Hotcake a few days back. I can finish close to a piece all by myself now.. yummy!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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!)
- 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!)
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