Last night, at bedtime.
ML: Baobao, time to sleep.
LS: I am not baobao, I am Shauna.
ML: You are baobao, mummy used to call you baobao.
LS: Are you xx and xx (friends that she plays with since young)? Only they call me baobao. Call my English name, I am Shauna.
ML: Ok, then your Chinese name is baobao.
LS: Nooooo... I am Zu-En.
ML: Ok, Shauna Lim Baobao.
LS: No!
ML: Ok, Baobao Lim Zu-En.
LS: No!
ML: Hahahahahaha. Ok, I am going to go to bed. Who wants to sleep with me.
LS: Me!
ML: But only my baobao can sleep with me leh.
LS: I am baobao.
Muahahahahaha.
Mummy Lim
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Toothbrush
Lil Isaac loves to have his teeth brush. Actually, I think it is bcos the apple and banana toothpaste tastes good. Jiejie used to love sucking on her toothbrush too.
Today, Lil Isaac was in a foul mood. Popo says that he had an early nap. As a result, he cried when I refused to give him a dirty toy spade. He cried again when his finger got caught in the drawer.
He was noisy and disturbed jiejie who was trying to draw and I brought him to the room. He then pointed to the toilet, asking me to get his toothbrush to brush his teeth.
I was barely done when he insisted to do his own brushing and refused to give me back the toothbrush despite my coaxing. I tried to distract him with toys but he started crying inconsolably the moment we took his toothbrush away. We only managed to take the toothbrush from him when it was time for bed. -.o"
Mummy Lim
Today, Lil Isaac was in a foul mood. Popo says that he had an early nap. As a result, he cried when I refused to give him a dirty toy spade. He cried again when his finger got caught in the drawer.
He was noisy and disturbed jiejie who was trying to draw and I brought him to the room. He then pointed to the toilet, asking me to get his toothbrush to brush his teeth.
I was barely done when he insisted to do his own brushing and refused to give me back the toothbrush despite my coaxing. I tried to distract him with toys but he started crying inconsolably the moment we took his toothbrush away. We only managed to take the toothbrush from him when it was time for bed. -.o"
Mummy Lim
Comparisons
I keep having this feeling that Lil Isaac is much slower in his development as compared to jiejie. I just thought that I pen them down for comparisons.
Walking
Lil Shauna started walking in her 11th month and was walking independently by the time she turned one. Lil Isaac was stuck in the crawler stage for a good 6-month. He however was a master crawler and could crawl really fast and all terrain. He was also cruising for the longest time and finally decided to walk on Christmas eve, when he was 14 months old. Now at 16th month, he is walking but still very unstable.
Talking
I can’t remember when Lil Shauna started talking but definitely much earlier than Lil Isaac. I remembered her singing the entire ABC song during our Melbourne trip in her 18th month. She must have started talking way earlier then. Lil Isaac at 16th month, barely utters few words. All he makes are sounds. Even the few words that he says are like sounds in different pitches. He doesn’t really speak but is starting to parrot what we say, like “papa”, “mama”, “boh” (ball), “hel-O” (hello), “orh” (hot). The only thing that he really says is “mum mum”, the all important word for survival, which is sometimes replaced by “armh” and “ah-tah” (peekaboo). At the rate that he is articulating his thoughts, I think terrible two will really be very terrible.
Eating
It was much easier to feed Lil Shauna. She’s a milk baby and used to ask for milk every 2 hourly even after she started solids. She’s generally Ok with most food. Maybe it was bcos she’s a preemie and starved too much while in my tummy? I remembered her self-feeding in Melbourne too. With Lil Isaac, it was a constant fight to feed him milk. He will be struggling and wriggling. He doesn’t like most food and spits them out. Self-feeding? I be glad that he even eats!
Sleeping Through
Despite being a preemie, Lil Shauna cut down to one night feed in her 4th month. She dropped her night feed in the 7th month. Lil Isaac is still waking up for his bottle every night!
Looking at the above, it does look as if Lil Isaac is slower but he is healthy.
I supposed the only thing that he excels in is his dental development. At 16th month, he has his full set of teeth. I saw the last 2 breaking through.
I actually have plans to send him to playgroup in September this year and to pre-nursery at jiejie’s school in January 2013. Jiejie started playgroup when she was about 22 months old. However, Lil Isaac still looks like a baby to me and I wonder how he is able to start school by then.
Mummy Lim
Walking
Lil Shauna started walking in her 11th month and was walking independently by the time she turned one. Lil Isaac was stuck in the crawler stage for a good 6-month. He however was a master crawler and could crawl really fast and all terrain. He was also cruising for the longest time and finally decided to walk on Christmas eve, when he was 14 months old. Now at 16th month, he is walking but still very unstable.
Talking
I can’t remember when Lil Shauna started talking but definitely much earlier than Lil Isaac. I remembered her singing the entire ABC song during our Melbourne trip in her 18th month. She must have started talking way earlier then. Lil Isaac at 16th month, barely utters few words. All he makes are sounds. Even the few words that he says are like sounds in different pitches. He doesn’t really speak but is starting to parrot what we say, like “papa”, “mama”, “boh” (ball), “hel-O” (hello), “orh” (hot). The only thing that he really says is “mum mum”, the all important word for survival, which is sometimes replaced by “armh” and “ah-tah” (peekaboo). At the rate that he is articulating his thoughts, I think terrible two will really be very terrible.
Eating
It was much easier to feed Lil Shauna. She’s a milk baby and used to ask for milk every 2 hourly even after she started solids. She’s generally Ok with most food. Maybe it was bcos she’s a preemie and starved too much while in my tummy? I remembered her self-feeding in Melbourne too. With Lil Isaac, it was a constant fight to feed him milk. He will be struggling and wriggling. He doesn’t like most food and spits them out. Self-feeding? I be glad that he even eats!
Sleeping Through
Despite being a preemie, Lil Shauna cut down to one night feed in her 4th month. She dropped her night feed in the 7th month. Lil Isaac is still waking up for his bottle every night!
Looking at the above, it does look as if Lil Isaac is slower but he is healthy.
I supposed the only thing that he excels in is his dental development. At 16th month, he has his full set of teeth. I saw the last 2 breaking through.
I actually have plans to send him to playgroup in September this year and to pre-nursery at jiejie’s school in January 2013. Jiejie started playgroup when she was about 22 months old. However, Lil Isaac still looks like a baby to me and I wonder how he is able to start school by then.
Mummy Lim
Starved
We will be heading to HKG in 2 weeks’ trip. I am excited and yet worried.
Lil Shauna was already 18-month old when we brought her for her first faraway trip to Melbourne. By then, she took most solids. Even if she doesn’t eat, she can always have her bottle. She was a milk baby.
Lil Isaac will be 16 months old when we are in HKG. He is a picky eater. His favourites are porridge (home-cook), macaroni, pasta and ban main or similar texture noodles. He used to like bread but now only eats them if he is in the mood. He still loves biscuits (selected) but we restrict him.
On top of his limited choice of food, he is allergic to nuts and unknowns. These make feeding worse. We are careful to read labels and usually do not try new food. I am always gripped by fear when I feed him outside food, especially when he started scratching shortly after the food. Afterall, the ingredients are not made known and we can only guess whether they are safe.
I don’t know if he will be starved in HKG. To being with, I am not a hands-on mummy with Lil Isaac. Feeding and bathing had been outsourced to Popo and Auntie and they are both not coming with us to HKG. I don’t know when I should feed him and also how much. At times, when we are taking care of Lil Isaac ourselves, the amount of solids and milk that he takes seems so miserable. But I always comfort myself that he will be nursed back to shape when I hand him back into Popo’s capable hands.
This time, it will be 4 days without Popo and I am worried. What if we cannot find the food that he likes? What if he refuses to eat even if we find what he likes? What if he developed an allergic reaction in HKG?
I have made a mental note to find out about the nearest clinic at the few places that we will be in HKG. I will of course be bringing Lil Isaac’s medicine in case he really eats something that he shouldn’t. Arrghhhh.. this is so stressful.
Mummy Lim
Lil Shauna was already 18-month old when we brought her for her first faraway trip to Melbourne. By then, she took most solids. Even if she doesn’t eat, she can always have her bottle. She was a milk baby.
Lil Isaac will be 16 months old when we are in HKG. He is a picky eater. His favourites are porridge (home-cook), macaroni, pasta and ban main or similar texture noodles. He used to like bread but now only eats them if he is in the mood. He still loves biscuits (selected) but we restrict him.
On top of his limited choice of food, he is allergic to nuts and unknowns. These make feeding worse. We are careful to read labels and usually do not try new food. I am always gripped by fear when I feed him outside food, especially when he started scratching shortly after the food. Afterall, the ingredients are not made known and we can only guess whether they are safe.
I don’t know if he will be starved in HKG. To being with, I am not a hands-on mummy with Lil Isaac. Feeding and bathing had been outsourced to Popo and Auntie and they are both not coming with us to HKG. I don’t know when I should feed him and also how much. At times, when we are taking care of Lil Isaac ourselves, the amount of solids and milk that he takes seems so miserable. But I always comfort myself that he will be nursed back to shape when I hand him back into Popo’s capable hands.
This time, it will be 4 days without Popo and I am worried. What if we cannot find the food that he likes? What if he refuses to eat even if we find what he likes? What if he developed an allergic reaction in HKG?
I have made a mental note to find out about the nearest clinic at the few places that we will be in HKG. I will of course be bringing Lil Isaac’s medicine in case he really eats something that he shouldn’t. Arrghhhh.. this is so stressful.
Mummy Lim
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
USS Round 3
We went to USS again last weekend. This time with ah yee and uncle ichi. This is Lil Shauna's 3rd trip and Lil Isaac's 2nd.
We had to work in the morning so Lil Shauna went with ah yee and uncle ichi first. Lil Shauna always enjoys their company and sticks very much to uncle ichi.
I brought Lil Isaac to join them after knocking off from work. I heard Lil Shauna had taken the magic potion (mini ferris wheel), the Madagasga ride, flying dino and the mini roller coaster by then. I took care of Lil Isaac while jiejie went for the Shek 3D show with ah yee and uncle ichi. While waiting, I went for the merry-go-round with Lil Isaac. He didnt seem to enjoy the ride very much but at least he didnt cry like he did in Genting.
I think Lil Isaac didnt enjoy the theme park very much bcos he seems to be sulking most of the time. Lol.
Mummy pretended not to see and happily went around taking pictures with the characters.
Lil Shauna was really brave in this. She hugged me really tightly.
Daddy Lim joined us later in the afternoon. Both of us lugi and didnt manage to catch many rides with a pre-schooler who was complaining of being tired and wanting to go back to the hotel room to rest and a not too happy toddler. We didnt even have time to take the new Transformer ride. Ah yee had to boast to me about how great it was. Boohoo. But at least we had this picture taken.
I am looking forward to Disneyland in HKG. I hope Lil Isaac will be able to enjoy the theme park more by then. Actually, it is only 2 weeks from now! Woohoo!
Mummy Lim
We had to work in the morning so Lil Shauna went with ah yee and uncle ichi first. Lil Shauna always enjoys their company and sticks very much to uncle ichi.
I brought Lil Isaac to join them after knocking off from work. I heard Lil Shauna had taken the magic potion (mini ferris wheel), the Madagasga ride, flying dino and the mini roller coaster by then. I took care of Lil Isaac while jiejie went for the Shek 3D show with ah yee and uncle ichi. While waiting, I went for the merry-go-round with Lil Isaac. He didnt seem to enjoy the ride very much but at least he didnt cry like he did in Genting.
I think Lil Isaac didnt enjoy the theme park very much bcos he seems to be sulking most of the time. Lol.
Mummy pretended not to see and happily went around taking pictures with the characters.
Lil Shauna was really brave in this. She hugged me really tightly.
Daddy Lim joined us later in the afternoon. Both of us lugi and didnt manage to catch many rides with a pre-schooler who was complaining of being tired and wanting to go back to the hotel room to rest and a not too happy toddler. We didnt even have time to take the new Transformer ride. Ah yee had to boast to me about how great it was. Boohoo. But at least we had this picture taken.
I am looking forward to Disneyland in HKG. I hope Lil Isaac will be able to enjoy the theme park more by then. Actually, it is only 2 weeks from now! Woohoo!
Mummy Lim
Pictures
Jiejie wanted to take a picture with Singa. Daddy Lim and Lil Isaac rushed to join her too. Hohoho.
Mummy Lim
Mummy Lim
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Supplement
The mummies were chatting about supplement for the kids recently. I am much thankful that the 2 kiddos are relatively healthy. I accrued that to the fact that they do not attend child care. Children at child care usually have working parents and they sometimes get send to the center despite being mildly sick.
Still, it doesn't hurt to give them supplement to make them stronger. Lil Shauna has her fair share of making me buy supplement and then refused to take them. There are also not many supplements for toddlers below 2 yo.
I recently found this, suitable from 1yo onwards and the kids really love it. They fight for it! I tried it myself. It tastes really yummy, sweet with a tint of sourness. Hehehe.
Mummy Lim
Still, it doesn't hurt to give them supplement to make them stronger. Lil Shauna has her fair share of making me buy supplement and then refused to take them. There are also not many supplements for toddlers below 2 yo.
I recently found this, suitable from 1yo onwards and the kids really love it. They fight for it! I tried it myself. It tastes really yummy, sweet with a tint of sourness. Hehehe.
Mummy Lim
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Homework
Lil Shauna enjoys drawing and colouring. Her "people" are starting to look like one. However she doesn't enjoy writing and it is super hard to get her to write.
Lil Shauna doesn't get much homework from school. Her school is not very academic driven and her principal seems to believe very much in maintaining the kids' interest, which basically means having fun. However, Lil Shauna gets homework from her weekly phonics class. It is mainly colouring of pictures with the same sound but parents are expected to go through pronunciation with their kids.
It was relatively easy when Lil Shauna was in her Foundations class. She can now hear most of the first sound in words provided that the first sound is obvious. She also enjoys tracing patterns. In the Launchpad class, she's starting to learn the last sound and it is tougher. I supposed once she gets it, she will be able to hear most of the last sound but we are definitely not there yet after 2 lessons. And it is equally hard trying to get her to write her alphabets. It doesn't help that she's already very tired by the time we are home and she couldn't concentrate on her homework. It takes lots of coaxing and we sometimes ended up having to break a simple 2 pages homework into several day. I had to beg, coax, plead, threaten to get the homework done.
Did I read about how much AN and C love to do their homework?
Mummy Lim
Lil Shauna doesn't get much homework from school. Her school is not very academic driven and her principal seems to believe very much in maintaining the kids' interest, which basically means having fun. However, Lil Shauna gets homework from her weekly phonics class. It is mainly colouring of pictures with the same sound but parents are expected to go through pronunciation with their kids.
It was relatively easy when Lil Shauna was in her Foundations class. She can now hear most of the first sound in words provided that the first sound is obvious. She also enjoys tracing patterns. In the Launchpad class, she's starting to learn the last sound and it is tougher. I supposed once she gets it, she will be able to hear most of the last sound but we are definitely not there yet after 2 lessons. And it is equally hard trying to get her to write her alphabets. It doesn't help that she's already very tired by the time we are home and she couldn't concentrate on her homework. It takes lots of coaxing and we sometimes ended up having to break a simple 2 pages homework into several day. I had to beg, coax, plead, threaten to get the homework done.
Did I read about how much AN and C love to do their homework?
Mummy Lim
Friday, February 3, 2012
Not Fat?
LS: Pappy, why your tummy so big?
DL: Bcos I am fat.
LS: I never say that you are fat. You said that we cannot call other people fat. I say why is your tummy so BIG?
DL: Ok, then I didn't exercise enuff.
LS: Ok (and she started stroking DL's tummy).
Yah, Daddy Lim is not fat, just with a bigger than normal tummy.
Hohoho.
Mummy Lim
DL: Bcos I am fat.
LS: I never say that you are fat. You said that we cannot call other people fat. I say why is your tummy so BIG?
DL: Ok, then I didn't exercise enuff.
LS: Ok (and she started stroking DL's tummy).
Yah, Daddy Lim is not fat, just with a bigger than normal tummy.
Hohoho.
Mummy Lim
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Music Class
I always thought that we spent very little time with Lil Isaac. In comparison, the witty and chatty jiejie is definitely more entertaining to be with. So yday, I encouraged Daddy Lim to go with jiejie for her music class while I spend time with didi and he did. That was after we checked with jiejie if she was ok with the Pappy going with her and she was. To be doubly sure, I asked her 2x and also asked her why she didn't want mummy to go with her. Our princess replied, "bcos you go with me so many times already." Ok lor.
I ended up struggling with the little tiger while taking mrt home bcos he so wanted to walk but he has no shoes. But I did spend time playing toys with him or more so throwing toys around until jiejie came crashing home.
Jiejie was in a good mood and said that she enjoyed herself in class. Interestingly, Daddy Lim said tgat he did not.
I bath her and while helping her to change into her pj, I asked her what did she learn. Then she secretively told me not to tell Pappy bcos she didn't like Pappy (to go to class with her). But she couldnt tell me a reason why. Muahahahahaha.
Daddy Lim guessed that it was probably bcos he wasn't too enthusiastic during the class. He found the class silly. He thinks that the teacher probably taught that syllabus for too long and didn't appear passionate. In fact, he said that he didn't like the class. Bleeehhhh....
So, it will be back to me the next week... and probably the many more weeks to come. Daddy Lim's ego was bruised by his little girl. When we asked jiejie who will go with her next week, she chose me and after pausing for a while, she told us that we should take turns. It is as if we are fighting to take her to class or that she's trying not to hurt either one of us by rejecting us. Lol. It was really funny to hear such things from her. Help, the kids are growing up too quickly for us.
Oh, did I mention before that I love the 'zi pai' function of my iPhone 4s? Great photos.. The mummy of course, kids always look darn good in pictures.
Mummy Lim
I ended up struggling with the little tiger while taking mrt home bcos he so wanted to walk but he has no shoes. But I did spend time playing toys with him or more so throwing toys around until jiejie came crashing home.
Jiejie was in a good mood and said that she enjoyed herself in class. Interestingly, Daddy Lim said tgat he did not.
I bath her and while helping her to change into her pj, I asked her what did she learn. Then she secretively told me not to tell Pappy bcos she didn't like Pappy (to go to class with her). But she couldnt tell me a reason why. Muahahahahaha.
Daddy Lim guessed that it was probably bcos he wasn't too enthusiastic during the class. He found the class silly. He thinks that the teacher probably taught that syllabus for too long and didn't appear passionate. In fact, he said that he didn't like the class. Bleeehhhh....
So, it will be back to me the next week... and probably the many more weeks to come. Daddy Lim's ego was bruised by his little girl. When we asked jiejie who will go with her next week, she chose me and after pausing for a while, she told us that we should take turns. It is as if we are fighting to take her to class or that she's trying not to hurt either one of us by rejecting us. Lol. It was really funny to hear such things from her. Help, the kids are growing up too quickly for us.
Oh, did I mention before that I love the 'zi pai' function of my iPhone 4s? Great photos.. The mummy of course, kids always look darn good in pictures.
Mummy Lim
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