I am already 3 years 9 months old. At the moment, my weight is 14 kg and my height is 98 cm. Still loves cooking, dancing, reading and talking non stop. At night, I just can’t sleep without bedtime stories like I always do. I mixed with more friends in my class now. And, I actually miss my school friends so much when I had my 10 days holiday because of coxsackie.
Still can’t get to bed earlier. And I always need to finish a bottle of milk before I can open my eyes, get up and brush my teeth every morning. I always wanted to drink milk and eating less proper meal every since I change my milk to Dugro 2 months ago. Mummy seems worried about it. LOL!
By the way, these 2 are my favourite food.
Chicken rice is simply too yummy! I guess I am taking it at least twice a week. I like to order apple juice too. But no more without ice. Hehe……
At home, I also like to take “tau kee” soup, watercress chicken soup, fried prawn and egg with rice. That’s it? No chicken or pork? No thanks. Hahahahaha……
My favourite pass time is drawing. I like numbers too. But, I hate writing Chinese words. Emotionally, I am very sensitive now. I show my poker face, hide in a corner or cried out loud at least 2 to 3 times a day. Thus, grandma said:” You are ridiculous!” :(
You still play blocks. But,not much on building castles anymore. You just did something like this.
Mummy:”What is this, baby?”
Liz:”It’s just a design, mummy.”
Mummy:”oh, Yeah! Mummy should have seen it. They are patterns. Nice pattern!”
Mummy realized you are so good at making those symmetrical patterns. I really don’t know weather it’s a sign or a talent that will makes you a future designer. Somehow, they are quite impressive to mummy. Keep it up, baby!
Little Elizabeth is getting really matured now. You might be a born sales expert, my dear. As you talk non stop. And, you make fantastic excuses and give good reasons. Your speech is always full of description too. Most importantly, you speak clearly now. Even though your sentence formation is not firm yet.
Your interest in reading is still firm. But, it’s the other way round for writing. May be you need more time to handle the pencil. Take your time then. We still have bed time stories. But now, you can also read on your own. And suddenly, you start to recognize a lot of words. That’s amazing!
However, when you have the story book on your hand, you tends to elaborate the story with your own words according to your understanding of the story. As there are still many words that you don’t know. That’s very cute!
Anyway, elaborating story by your own is definitely an amazing move. As if a large amount of universal life insurance quotes offer a no-lapse guarantee; Lots of reading, story telling and elaboration since young will at least secure you from getting lost while writing an essay in the future.
And, you are trying very hard to wear or take off your own clothes now. Mummy can see it. You are almost there, baby. Mummy is so proud of you.
But, Mummy really don’t expect you to start quarreling with mummy at this age. LOL!
There was only a brown wooden stool for me to sit in front of daddy’s laptop. Always! So how am I going to reach closer to the laptop which is quite far away from me?
At first, I always climb up the brown stool that I am sitting on. But, that’s a dangerous move. The stool is not firm. I always feel shaky. Don’t worry! I got an idea!
Look! I can just place my little blue plastic chair right in front of the brown stool. That’s it! Now, whenever I want to reach closer to the laptop, I can straight away stand up from where I am sitting instead of taking so much trouble to climb up the brown stool that might easily cause me to fall from it. Problem solve! Hahahahaha……
Good idea! Mummy realized that you got all sort of ideas to create convenience for yourself now. In the educational point of view, I think you learned to solve problems now. Obviously, my girl has grown up a little bit more mentally.
Look at my girl. You finally manage to complete this 40 small pieces of Barney puzzles all by yourself. Something unexpected. You really are full of surprises. Mummy definitely going to buy more of this type of Barney puzzle for you. May be something more complicated instead? Ha!
Keep it up, baby. This is definitely something to remember for 40 month old. And, mummy just want to say:” I am so proud of you, baby.”
Liz:”Mummy, I want to buy this, I want to be like Jen Jen. Jen Jen drink this milk in school.”
Mummy:”Jen Jen is another friend in school?”
Liz:”Ya. I want this milk like Jen Jen one.”
Mummy:”Ok. Ok. We buy this milk.”
That was Monday night when daddy brought us to 7 Eleven. Then, mummy took out the straw and Elizabeth poke it in the straw hole. Suddenly…
Liz:”Oh, No! I want to bring it to school. I don’t want to drink it now.”
Mummy:”Huh? Jen Jen bring it to school everyday or just sometimes?”
Liz:”Everyday. I don’t want the powder milk anymore. I want to bring this “cow” milk to school like Jen Jen.”
Mummy:”Ok. I get it. Mummy will buy some new ones for you tomorrow. Finish this first since you already open it, ok?”
Liz:”Ok.”
So she got this the next day. And, she was so happy to bring one box to school this morning.
But, when she came home…
Liz:”Mummy, today Jen Jen bring “daddy, mummy, family” milk to school, not “cow” milk anymore.”
Mummy:”So, you want the “daddy, mummy” milk now?
Liz:”Ya.”
Mummy:”Ok. Ok. Mummy will buy for you after you finish this cow milk, ok?” I think you mean Dutch Lady’s UHT milk packing this time.
Recently, you also insisted that you want to wear cap like daddy even if you are wearing a dress. And, your will follow our shoes choice too. You just won’t wear sneakers if mummy and daddy are both wearing sandals. Luckily daddy only wear tuxedo shoes while going to work. Not in any leisure time when he go out with us. LOL!
Not bad! Time flies and you were helping grandma to paint the protective layer for the floor yesterday. You did it well. Good job!
You are curious about everything we are doing. And, activity like this that is totally unfamiliar will mostly attracts your attention. And, you will never say something like:” I want to play, mummy. ”
Instead, you will offer to help and say:”Grandma, can I help you? I want to help you.” This must be part of your talent. Mummy realized that you are a great communicator. You are so good at twisting your words to your advantage even at the age of 3.
Frankly, mummy is kind of proud and enjoy it so much. Very cute. Just don’t tell lie, ok? Stop doing that. As that’s quite worrying.
You started to love drawing. You always draw faces.
That’s your face with hair, ears, mole, eyes, nose and mouth. Er… Cute aye? And, you yourself told mummy that this is an alien. Anyway, this one is good. Sometimes, your faces are more like soul to mummy. LOL! Hahahaha……
And, you just don’t mind picking up pencils, color pencils, crayons or magic pen. You will start coloring once you hold any of these in your hands. You were coloring almost everyday. And, you have absolutely no problem to complete coloring one or two big pictures in one shot now. You even enjoy tracing and writing.
Of course, you still cooking more than anything else in your daily routines.
Well, these are the crafts you made during the 4 daysPingu English holiday program. Where is one of the penguin’s leg? Will the house collapse? As the wall doesn’t seems attached to the roof. Hahahaha……
But, good try! They are all very nice work. Anyway, today is the last day of the program. Mummy is so glad that you are willing to stay with only teachers and friends during these extra classes. You even wave goodbye with mummy once you enter the class. Amazing! I guess you really had grown up a lot.
Besides, mummy is kind of proud that you can bravely communicate with the new teachers and friends. Very independent now. In fact, your new teacher said you actually talk like an adult. Wow! Would that be a bit too matured?
Nowadays, you even know how to use the word expensive. Besides, you are being exposed to the ATM machines too. And, you always like to ask how much whenever mummy wants to buy something. That sounds good, isn’t it? It’s time for mummy to take the initiative to teach you more on simple money management skills.
At least, you can start learning to recognized different amount of paper money and coins. Learn how to save and also to compare which is more expensive, is it RM 5 or RM 20? Sooner or later, you can even learn from daddy on how to calculate the life insurance rate. Hahahahaha…………
So, what’s new in 3 years old? You are getting very smart. You form better sentences. You talked like an adult with perfect logic. Also, you will always hear this from daddy and mummy:”Er… Can you stop talking for few minutes?” Hahahaha……
Yeah… That’s the greatest changes as you enter year 3. You are so talkative. In fact, too talkative now. And, you do almost everything on your own. Again, I think you are too independent. Typical perfectionist. But, I really can’t stand to see you sweaping your hands immediately after someone you don’t like touches you. That’s… ru..de, isn’t it?
Anyway, you still can’t live without music and songs. You can now sing a french songs from the Movie “Ratatouille” and some Hindi songs that mummy taught you. And, you dance with all styles including ballet, hip hop, disco, Hindi dance and some moves seems like exercise more than dancing. Hahahaha……
Also, you can recognize all the ways to school and your extra classes. Luckily you are not like mummy who has no sense of dicrection at all. Thus, I am hoping you can become my GPS in the future. Keep it up! I am sure you can be as good as the Garmin GPS. Hahahaha……
And look! You are so good at playing ball now. Thus, we play ball with you everyday without missed. You can hit back with your hands or kick back with your legs. Of course, you legs are still stronger. Thus, you made wonderful kicks.
Well, mummy almost forgot to record your monthly progress again. You has entered your 36th month 2 days ago. So, you are supposed to celebrate your 3rd birthday in the beginning of December. But, since mummy and daddy had decided to let you have the celebration in school, it has to be right before school holiday starts which is the 18th of this month.
So, what should mummy say about you? You don’t like coloring, be it color pencils or crayons. But, you quite enjoy painting with water colors. And, you seems can recognize a few words in your story books now. Bravia!
Somehow, you hate waking up so early in the morning. Thus, you still cry very often as we reached your school in the morning. Luckily, you never cry for long. I guess you just never like any places without mummy or daddy. Thus, all this while you are still kind of like being forced to attend school. LOL!
And, you will sing the chorus of some Hindi songs now. Yeah… you love Hindi songs, and especially like to dance with it. In fact, you have learned how to shake your bottom now. Thanks to the Hindi songs MTV.
Finally, you seems quite cooperative in terms of the time spent on TV. Only when mummy say yes! So good! Mummy get to spent more time on the plasma tvs now instead. Hahahaha……
She did this last week. After finished reading so many books and playing with all the other toys, little Elizabeth just don’t feel like going to bed yet. So she got this idea of pretending to be a barber once she finished fixing the puzzle sets on occupations.
I think you did it so well, baby! You can really be a hair stylist if you want to. See… your customer is smiling. Very happy with the cut. Thanks to Kak Sue.
By the way, this is a fake scissors from her toy doctor set. Next time we use a real scissors, ok? So, who’s next? Hahahaha……
Well, you can still be a doctor or nutritionist pretending giving Kak Sue a thorough health check or introducing the best diet pill to her. In fact, you are encourage to try many other jobs besides being a hair stylist. Playing pretend is always a good way to learn.
Little Elizabeth is back to school again. And, surprise! Surprise! She was quite happy with it.
This little sweetie actually sleep early the night before. Then, wake up willingly in the morning. Happily changed. Have a bottle of milk. Choose to tie her hair. Then, straight away wear shoes and hop into the car. And, was singing in the car. Then, get down the car and even said bye bye to mummy. Just a little bit reluctant while brushing her teeth.
12.30pm — As we reached home, she just walk to the dinning area with mummy. Had her lunch, then go to bathe. No hard push at all! Wow! I guess my girl has grown up. So touched!
The story continues…..
As she wake up from her afternoon nap, she wants to play swing. Why not? You are such a lovely girl today. Anything will do.
Liz:”Mah Mah(Granny in Hokkien), I want to swing fast fast, ok?” That’s normal!
After swinging so high…
Liz:”Mah Mah, I am Jie Jie now.”
Mummy:”Er… Alright!” *Puzzled*
After playing with the swing, yet she wants to swim. So, swimming we go. While we were in the pool, little Elizabeth actually not holding mummy as tight as before anymore. And, she was no longer shivering or being frightened when she accidentally drink some water and choke her nose. Wow! Bravo!
Liz:”Mummy, you see… I am so brave. I am Auntie now, ok?” Hahahaha………….
Alright! Now I got you! The “Jie Jie” and “Auntie” thing simply means you’ve grown up. You surely did, honey! Especially in this special 33 months, you really really did grown up a lot.
When she first woke up and getting ready to school……
Liz:” Er… We go shopping, k?”
Mummy:” You mean after school?”
Liz nod nod.
Mummy:” Alright. What you want to buy?”
Silent.
After we went into the car…
Liz:” Go shopping later, k?”
Mummy:” Sure. But what you want to buy?”
She took a few minutes thinking and said:” Book.”
Surprise! Surprise! Since when this little cheeky become a real bookworm? May be. But, more of a little shopping queen. Hahahaha……
Anyway, she also starts scathing now. Draw then color. Sometimes, can see the shape of the things she intended to draw. Mummy and daddy is so proud to see that. However, still lack of patient in completing the coloring. Never mind. Take your time. Mummy has the patient to wait. I know soon you will show me you can do it like you always did.
Also, she got a chance to work in the kitchen now. Thanks to the new “kakak” who definitely can cook better than mummy. Ha!
Mm! Need some strength.
Wow! So serious!
Yike, Sticky! But, fun!
Mm! I think it’s ready. I want to shape it nicely piece by piece like “kakak” now.
Hooray! I can make curry puff now! Alright! Just learn how to cook, k? Don’t eat too much. You might look cute as you become chubby at this age. Unfortunately, if you carry such big appetite until your adulthood, you will certainly need weight loss pills. LOL!
Good job! That’s lovely! And, a very good mother’s day gift too. Thanks you! In fact, you are the greatest gift mummy ever had. Thus, everyday is a mother’s day as mummy really enjoy your wittiness.
Today, she is already 29 months and 1 week old. She has grown up a lot to be more witty and very imaginative. An absolute drama queen and quite a fantastic singer too! :PAlso, God bless! As she eats well, sleeps well and enjoys physical activities so much. Thus, very healthy. But, one problem. She just keep talking, singing and grumbling all day long. Luckily mummy has big ears. Hahahaha……
This is my birthday cake. I like it so much! mummy said It’s my 28th months birthday. Huh? (Whatever! As long as there is birthday cake and birthday song.)
Well… Thanks to “kakak”. I blow the candle on this cake and sing the birthday song almost everyday. Everyday is my birthday, Hooray!
And, singing is my life now. I sing every minute. I even change and made my own lyrics for the rhythms that I have learned. It’s so fun to sing. As I sing, I like to move my body with the beat too. Cool! Let’s dance!
I hate school. But, mum keep sending me to trial class. Hey! Can it be beach or pet shop? Let’s “kai kai”. No school. No! But, I want to go “kai kai”. Anyone please? Hehe……
I sing… I dance… and now I speak in sentences. Thus, I can even tell stories. But, only very short one. Something within 10 words? Hehe……Well, mummy said I really can act. Yeah… I can show you how baby cries, how people blows their nose, what did the announcer says, some hip hop dances, how teacher scold the students, and fantastic decious look. And, I have 100s of different posts stand by for mummy to take pictures.
By the way, good news! Mummy let me eat prawns now. Fried prawn is yummy. But, I prefer vege and rice. It’s so good! *Slurp*
Er… also milk, potato chips, chocolates and some fruits. Apple, pink guava and banana is my favorite. I like grapes and oranges too. But, mummy said they can make me cough. Ok. So, no ice cream, no grapes and no orange juice?
Of course not. I decided to take these food once in a while.
Yes! I will make decision. No one can force me to do anything. Anything that I don’t like, I say “No!”, when I was force to do or stop doing something, I cry! Cool! Hahahaha……
So… I decide when and where to”pooh” and “wee wee” too.
“Not in the potty?” That’s right!
“In your pants?” That’s a fantastic idea!
“Oh My God!”
Cool! That’s what I always says. Sometimes, I will replaced it with “Oh, Shit!” It is always better as it is simplier. Hahahahahaha……
Do you know that you are entering 28th months today, my dear? May be you will ask “How’s growing up like?” At this stage, it’s less TV, more playing times with your own imagination. At times, we make cookies with play dough, then we cook with real spices and vegetables. And, we toast the drink all the time. Let’s Cheers!
What more? Singing! Yeah…… you can sing along with the songs in Mama Mia. Of course “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “The Alphabet Song” sounds so much clearer. Most amazingly, I heard the right tune now.
But these days, you are such a “no no” child.
“Wear shirt?” No!
“Wear pants?” No!
“Bathe?” No!
“Music Class” No!
“School?” No!
And, you don’t even inform mummy when you need to go to toilet.
Alright! Alright! Mummy already talked to your teacher Lin this morning. So, you are not going to school anymore. Happy? So, what are we going to do next? I guess we got to start our home schooling plan all over again. Hope you won’t say no anymore. Hehe……
A few more question……
“Read books with mummy?” Yes!
“Drawing Class?” Yes!
“Chocolate?” Yes! ( Only 1 small piece each day)
“Playground?” Yes! Yes! Yes!
“Apple?” Yes! ( “Only apples, k? No more grapes!)
“Birthday Song?” Yes! Yes!
“Go ‘Kai Kai’?” Yes!
“Wear cap?” Yes!
“Wear Sunglasses?” Yes!
“Swimming?” Yes!
Besides, you are pickong up with you vocabulary. And, It’s Mummy now! No more “Mimi”. But, can you please let daddy go to work alone. That’s not the moment you can follow.
Also, you look great! Trust mummy, please! Stop dieting. Take more rice, soup, chicken, noodles, bread, biscuits and anything else that you like. GAin some weight back. That’s better!
Look at my girl! Isn’t she look smart? This photo was took in the afternoon right before we step out of our gate for lunch. She was the one who requested for her cap and her new sunglasses. I know… So vain! If you are curious about what happened to her old sunglasses, mummy has another picture to show you then.
How about that? Hahaha…… Frankly, the old one looks nicer. But, we really can’t find that missing piece. So sorry,baby! However, “I think you are quite happy with the new one, don’t you, baby?”
By the way, mummy is so glad that little Elizabeth has started posting while mummy is taking photo for her. Time to post again, baby! Say “Cheez……”
Mummy was so packed. Mummy needs so much rest and lots of own free time to catch up with my drama series and my books after I came back from India. So sorry for neglecting your blog, baby. 1000x of sorry!
Somehow, these are not the only reasons. Little Elizabeth is getting really demanding these days. That’s not something easy to handle. As the situation is quite bad. Daddy and mummy can’t even sit down and talk to each other when she is around.
So? What are we supposed to do, little naughty?
Only! Talk! To! Me!
God! Is this so called “The Single Child Syndrome”? She already get a lot of attention. But, it seems this little one wants all the attention now. She will try to do piano performance, dance performance, ask mummy to sing, show us her books and keep pointing to this and that, then keep asking “What’s this?” or “What’s that?”.
If we still never stop, then she will make it more direct — keep calling mummy… mummy… mummy… mummy… or daddy… daddy… daddy. Of course, this conventional method always works best! LOL!
Gosh! As a beauty conscious modern lady, we may think we need diet pills. In fact, as a young, new mother, at times we just need Panadol more than anything else. Don’t you think so?
Little Elizabeth is in her school now. However, she will cry each time mummy is going to leave her in the school. Mummy feels so bad to see her crying. She will say: “Car. Mummy! Car.”. And, she will pull me towards my car.
“I know, baby. Mummy knows you want to go back with me. But, please stay. Every kid need to go to school.” So, mummy got to go in with her. Attracts her with toys, persuade a bit, play with her a while. Luckily, she will stop crying after 5 to 10 minutes most the time. Thank God. It’s time for mummy to slip away then.
Teacher Lin said she is ok later on. So talkative. Ha! Strange, aye? She will stood up quickly and started to get prepared when she was told “It’s time to school” while she was still sleeping at home. She will even grab her bag and tumbler, then hop into the car in no time.
Then, why is she crying once I leave her? Is it because mummy and daddy went to India and leaving her at home with granny and “kakak” for a week. Thus, she was afraid that mummy will leave her alone in the school for so long again? Is that so, baby? Oh! So sorry, baby!
Anyway, it is rather obvious that she became more clingy, always “mummy, mummy” after I came back from India. I think more effort has to be done to really calm her down from this fear.
You’ve grown up a lot since we entered 2009. You choose your own present. You also choose your own friends. You seems so happy to meet your only familiar peers friend — Ying Ying (Uncle Bill’s friend’s younger sister) on the 1st.
We met her at her parent’s restaurant coincidentally. Both of you enjoy the kiddie ride together. Also, Ying Ying shared her favorite pink jelly with you. She fed you spoon by spoon. And, you appreciate every fed. So lovely! Thanks for such a great memory.Thank you for your kindness, Ying Ying.
So! You got your own appreciations. Your own choice of books. Your own choice of food. Your own choice of toys. You own choice of friends. Your own choice of music and movies. How about kitchenware? Price Pfister or Hansgrohe? Hahahaha…….
Anyway, well done! It’s time to show your own personality including making your own choice.
Thank you, Elizabeth. Thanks for helping daddy to wash the car. Oh! Thank you too, daddy. For giving me a chance to play with bubbles and water. Hahaha……
It happened most of the weekend. She loves it! Daddy loves it! Mummy likes it too! Because it is a great way to loose some pounds? Nope! Our maid often wash the car for us too. It seems she still need diet pills! LOL!
It’s a working together and being together moment for mummy. Wonderful! I guess daddy and baby should be feeling the same way too.
Look at my baby… She can help on car wash now! She even likes to help in sweeping or moping the floor. Sometimes, she try to wash her own clothes while she was bathing in the bathroom. How about that? LOL!
Yeah… Just wait patiently for another 2 months for your birthday party, k? Now, just keep eating fish and pears. Mummy is glad you love them so much now. They are good for your health.
And, you have grown to be so so so Chicky! And, extremely playful. You learned to bully daddy. Slap him! Kick him! Beat him! Scratch him! Pinch him! I know you don’t do that to mummy. But, you stop calling “Mi” 2 days ago. Why you keep teasing mummy by addressing me as “Mmm…”? Say sorry, Elizabeth!
I know, I know! You learn lots of words. You can even talk in some simply sentences . And, you even start singing. Singing with no words can be heard yet. Hahaha…… It’s ok. Mummy appreciates your effort. Ya! Ya! One more thing. Stickers, right? Regarding this matter… Please stick your stickers on your sticker book, not your shirts, pants, hands, and face.
Worst still, don’t stick them all together! That will ruin all the stickers! *Shouting*
LOL! Mi…. Why you shot so near? That will make my already big head looks even bigger. Oh No!
Ops! So sorry, Baby! I will keep some distance now. I promise!
So you think that’s fun? Anyway, it’s funny for mummy! Hahahaha…… Enjoy yourself, baby! Just not for mummy. The gum of these stickers might cause sensitivity to my skin. I don’t want to spend so much on acne treatment or allergy again! Hehe…
Elizabet’s condition has been stable down. Mummy is quite sure that I will have a good night sleep later. But, it seems mummy had made a mistake. There are actually 3 shots of antibiotics in total, which means little Elizabeth still have to bear another injection by tomorrow. So sorry, darling!
Don’t worry about tomorrow. Let’s go to pasar malam, ok? So, we went to pasar malam together just now. I am shock when she actually asked for money and wanted to pay the stall owner in exchange for a cooking set that she has aimed for it.
At first, she cried and pointing at the toys displayed on the floor. It’s a cooking set. I am afraid she might put those things in her mouth and the led is not safe. So, we just passed the stall.
Then, she started to point at the money in mummy’s hand. Alright! One ringgit. The next thing, she turned and point to that stall. As “kakak” bring her back there, she is trying to pay. Ha! Clever, aye? One Ringgit for the whole cooking set. That’s even brilliant! Hahahaha……
It’s a total surprise! Obviously, she has learned how to use the money. So, never underestimate a kid intelligence!
But, can you stop calling “Mi”! Look… she is calling me again. She just keep calling “mummy” to accompany her with all her daily activities now. Oh! I need a break, baby! How I wish I am spending my day only with daddy in one of the romantic St. Barts villa rentals now.
Today is Liz’s 21th month old. Time flies. Just another 3 months, there comes her 2nd birthday.
She is growing tall and plum now. So, may be the Hop Ball which I saw in one of the online medical supplies could be a prefect birthday gift for her. As she loves ball. And, more exercise on the Hop Ball will makes her healthier and slimmer.
Anyway, this little big tummy is always full of laughter and smile. Lovely! However, there are times when she loose control. Obviously, she has started to show her temper. LOL! But, she is very clingy now. She will surely look for my maid whenever she goes to bed or just wake up from her sleep.
Somehow, she is still very close to mummy and daddy. Receiving her kiss early in the morning is the sweetest thing for mummy and daddy now. Everyday is a great new day for us. As her kiss really brighten up our day.
By now, she speaks quite clear and start picking up the single word quite fast. Besides, she actually watches lots of TV. And, still very active. Just as daddy always said: “She needs more activities.”.
Somehow, mum and dad got not enough time. Don’t worry, girl! We still try our best. At least, you are still out every weekends. Enjoying the beautiful views and facilities in nice environment, visiting your grandparents, shopping and playing at the playground.
Elizabeth is always interested in computers. That’s good as we are all living in the computer era now. As long as she is interested in it, it’s quite certain that she will be good at it. That’s an advantage.
She likes to read her blogs too. As she will always smile when she saw her own pictures on the screen. Sometimes, she even laughing joyfully. That’s cute! She likes all the other pictures in the newspapers too. Hopefully, she will keep her interest and manage to develop the good habit of reading newspaper everyday when she grow up.
Mummy is not surprise if she even like to download latest musics, check out the world news, local politics issues, online boutiques, diet pill reviews or other health info all through the net later when she knows how to fully utilized the computer.
And, mummy is quite certain that she also loves computer games. But, that’s a bad news! LOL!
It a perfect scene which daddy caught it while she was eating her Bojari Rice at Mdm Kuan Restaurant. It’s a great memory for the previous KL trip. Daddy said he had to record this down. He is proud of his girl. Mummy is proud of you too, baby. You have finished about 3/4 of this bowl of rice all by your own. Good girl!
Practice makes perfect. It’s fine to let Elizabeth feed herself now. She can handle the spoon quite well. She also stop throwing her bottle away after she finished her milk or Ribena. However, it’s best to keep the bowl height lower. Just like what happen in the second video. If we hold the bowl under her chin, then there will be no spill over.
Baby chair is good. But, she will never like it. So, we can either hold the bowl for her. Or stack 2 to 3 chairs together and let her sit on it. At home, mummy should use slipcovers. It’s easier to take out and put it back whenever mummy need to wash the cushion cover. She always mess up the sofa. It’s either her milk, her Ribena, her food or her “wee wee”. LOL!
Mummy always forget to blog about Elizabeth’s development whenever she entered a new month. Today, she has turned to 19 months old. Mummy is going to make a remark on her growth development and I hope I won’t forget to do this in the future anymore.
The most severe improvement is she can actually eat rice on her own now. Somehow, it’s still a bit messy. Obviously, she needs more hands on training. Her auntie suggested that mummy should get some beans and let her pour from one cup to another. I will try it soon.
She also communicates in words at a regular basis now. She can learn up things very fast now. Thus, when mummy asked her where is the flower, she will find and point to it. She knows a lot of things. But, she can only speak out one or two such as ball, dog and duck. Anyway, it’s great to see her answering yes and no or asking where.
But, one bad news. She actually started to show her tantrum, especially since she came back from KL about a week ago. Very bad temper. She will roll on the floor and keep shouting. If we try to carry her, she might bites if she is terribly mad at that time. Mummy has to do something about it.
Anyway, she is about 10.6kg when we last weighed her in the hospital about 2 weeks ago. However, I think her weight loss is rather obvious after we came back from KL. But, her height is certainly shooting. She is around 75cm now.
Elizabeth really has grown up a lot. At this age, her imitation skills is fantastic! She can play pretend by moving her mouth signaling she is drinking water from an empty cup. She will also pretends to pick up food with fork and spoon from an empty plate and chew it in the mouth. Cute!
Sometimes, she will pick up the vacuum brush and pretends she is cleaning the room like what the maid always did.
She can even “read” the menu.
Oh! What order should I take? hehe…
She can even feed her daddy now!
Oh, dear! Daddy must be very happy. Soon, she might even learn how to spend. Good luck, daddy. Anyway, do you want to find out more about the 0 balance transfer in advance? Better get prepared! hahaha…
I just feed Elizabeth pizza again around 9 pm. I thought I just mentioned that little Elizabeth started to like pizza now. However, She never says Mmm just now. She even spitted it out after the first 2 bites. How could this happened? Both the pizzas don’t really taste that different!
Mummy is curious. Could it be the difference of environment? Will baby changes their preference of food as environment changes? I mean may be Elizabeth loves that “PizzaRUs”. As she enjoyed the environment, she has better appetite and showed better appreciation on the food there.
Mummy assumed it’s possible as my baby showed different attitudes towards different places. Her mood changes as the environment changes. For example, she was so happy whenever she visited Rasa Sayang Resort. In opposition, she will show her grumpy face immediately after she entered the wet market. hahaha……
By the way, she really had an enjoyable time at “PizzaRUs”. I think that’s the real reason why she praised the pizza!
What does your baby eat for breakfast? Usually, babies love cereals. Elizabeth stop taking powder form baby cereals long ago. She is taking coco crunch now. My little princess loves chocolate taste!
I bought her the tiny Milo chocolate cereal balls. And, my maid will add in some milk and feed this little baby half bowl of it in the morning as breakfast. Not every morning though. Sometimes, it’s biscuits or breads.
In fact, Elizabeth has started to feed herself. Sometimes, these tiny cereal balls just slipped off form the spoon. She missed them! But, she will keep scooping. Quite a persistent girl!
Roar… I got you all in my mouth now! hahaha……
No coco cereals this time? Never mind. I will take the milk first!
Slowly, as these are the last 2 left.
Looks like little Elizabeth also need a baby chair and baby table, daddy. So that she can have breakfast properly on the table.
Elizabeth actually try to do a lot of things on her own now. I guess this is the common development for an 18 months old. My little princess is going to turn 18 months in another 11 days time.
She is trying to find her own bottle of water when she was thirsty last night. Eventually, she climbed up the cabinet. She can even pull the clothes out of her hands. But, she just don’t know how to wear her own shoes. But, she put on mummy’s sandal instead!
Elizabeth is 10.6kg now. She has gained 400g weight within a month. I think it’s quite a lot. Somehow, mummy is still happy with it. Gain a little weight is always better than loosing weight.
However, mummy is worried of her speech development. She is a bit slow. She only start speaking single words now. She is 17 months now, but she can only speak less than 10 words.
She says: dog, ball, “kakak” (means sister) , throw and star. In fact, I only heard the “star” and “ball” once. Where as “kakak, dog and throw are the 3 frequent words. When mummy asked her, she can point to a lot of things accordingly. Somehow, she just can’t voice it out! LOL!
Elizabeth, keep trying! It’s time to speak in proper words like mummy and daddy. Don’t just hide behind the curtains, and expect mummy to say “Peekaboo”. Next time say it with your own voice to surprise mummy, ok?
According to her paed, this is the consequences of spending too much time in front of the TV!
Mummy’s 17 months old is getting very playful nowadays. I think slowly she shows her own characters too. I realized she really can act. In fact, this little baby even likes to be on stage.
She actually enjoy standing on the bench or stairs and dance on it. I think she will be singing too, once she can speak. Cute, right? Will she wish to become a movie star or singer later when she grow up? Come what may!
Mummy have no problem with her standing on the bench or stairs. But, she is even more excited when she get to stand on the tins or cardboard boxes. That is such a small space. And, they are not stable at all. Any time she can fall. That’s terrifying!
Recently, this is her stage.
Looks like Elizabeth is also the adventurous type too! LOL!
I realized my girl had grown up a lot. Her long pants getting shorter. And, I still remember it’s quite hard to cut her nails before she turned 1. However, it’s so much easier now. I guess she started to understand that she might get hurt if she is moving while mummy was cutting her nails.
Her nails grow so fast. Mummy got to cut her nails every 2 to 3 days. And, the scissors type nail cuter is exceptional useful. Easy to use and safe too. This type of nail cuter is specially designed to avoid us from cutting the little ones finger.
I better be hard working. If I don’t cut her nails, the long nails will cut her skin as she scratches her backs or legs. She scratches almost her whole body. Damn good at scratching!
Anyway, granny is still the one who always remember to cut her nails. Careless mummy!
Mummy absolutely believe that toddlers can be very understanding and tough. Mummy realized that as Elizabeth grow older, she becomes more understanding. And, she is definitely a tough girl since baby.
She always fall, but never cry for long. She did not cry and still playing happily even she is sick today. She even greets mummy with smile. Such a good girl! Somehow, she is very active.
She is busy playing with toys, hoping, dancing, climbing and running again after she took her medicine. That’s why mummy become so slim. But, it seems that my maid still need weight loss pills. LOL!
Obviously, she is over active but not hyperactive. At least, she don’t look sick anymore. That’s consoling! Overall, Elizabeth is a wonderful baby girl! Such a precious God’s gift for the family.
Elizabeth has grown up a lot. She is getting heavier and taller. She is now 10.2kg. Mummy cannot held her for long now. It’s tough. She is too heavy for mummy. Looks like mummy has to go to gym.
Sometimes, Elizabeth likes to go under the table or chair. As she grow taller, she will always knock herself when she goes under the these things. Poor girl! May be mummy should start setting up the safety features at the corners of the tables, chair and cupboards.
However, mummy is more concern about her bed. She is still sleeping in the play pan. The standard size play pan is like a box. And, it’s getting smaller now. Soon, Elizabeth will out grown this small bed.
It’s time for mummy to change this small bed to a bigger one. Elizabeth will feel more comfortable if she can sleep in a bigger bed. After all, mummy just need to buy a bigger mattress. It’s best for her to sleep on the floor. That’s very safe. As she can never fall from the bed.
I think memory foam mattress is the best. It’s soft and manage to support our body according to our body curve. I am sure it can protects my baby’s spine and gives her a good night sleep. Besides, it’s hypo-allergic. That’s best for babies or toddlers. May be mummy should consider the memory foam pillow too.
Today, Elizabeth has enter her 16th months. Wow… She is big girl now. However, when mummy carry her out, most people will guess she is much younger than her actual age. Few days ago, there is a Punjabi auntie thought that little Elizabeth is only about 8 months old. *Drop the head and slap on the forehead*
She is laughing, walking, running, shouting, bullying, teasing, dancing and grumbling nowadays. Yeah… still grumbling as she don’t know how to speak yet. I think she is pretty slow is terms of her language development.
Anyway, little Elizabeth can understand Hokkien and English perfectly. She don’t know Mandarin as mummy and daddy don’t speak mandarin with her. May be we should start now, so that she is familiar with Mandarin too.
She likes anything in the restaurant. But, don’t really eat a lot of home cook meal. Somehow, mummy just keep feeding her as home cook is always healthier. Until today, Mummy never feed Elizabeth with meat. She eats a lot of fish, fruits and vegetables.
Elizabeth particularly like fruits especially grapes, apples and bananas. Fish ball is her favorite food now. She can eat 4 to 5 fish balls in a time. And, she still drink 3 to 4 times milk per day. And, she loves TV!
Mummy can see that she is a very playful type. As she likes tricks so much. She even try to tease us. Cute! Very cute! And, she will always show us funny faces. Basically, she enjoy people praising her too. Such as proud girl!
Lastly, she dance really well. As she can follow the rhythm of the music to dance slowly or quickly with many different styles. Amazing! Anyway, she is very temperamental now. She will shout, sit on the floor and cry, straight away cry out loud, scratch people, pull people’s hair or bite people when her request is unfulfilled. *blush*
Elizabeth is getting utmost clingy and naughty since this week onwards. She will bite or scratch anyone of us when she is moody. And, it hurts. Everyone in the family is complaining, accept daddy. She likes to bully mummy, but seldom attack her dad.
Besides, Elizabeth will watch mummy closely in the house. I think this is to make sure mummy did not went out without her. And, she always want mummy to carry her. Something like all day long.
However, mummy is so busy. Mummy have to keep writing, work online, go marketing, go massage, go shopping, go hair wash, and so on. Things get worst when the Internet connection is so weak. And, it’s always weak.
There are so many phone calls too. Mummy has to pick up the calls. They might be important business phone calls as our house is our office too. But, who is going to bath and feed Elizabeth? *Slap forehead*
Oh! Mummy really wish I have the VoIP Phone Systems ,which has very complete features for business use and it’s highly user friendly too. May be that’s the solution to save more time for baby Elizabeth.
Yesterday, Elizabeth asked mummy to bring her to the garden. But, mummy is quite reluctant as that was around 4pm. The sun is still shining. So hot! But, Elizabeth insisted.
So, mummy quickly think of an idea. Mummy thought I can trick her by asking her to wear shoes first, as my little girl still don’t know how to wear shoes with her own 2 hands. However, she understand what I mean perfectly. Once she saw I am not helping her, she starts trying on her own.
Oh, Poor baby! Mummy feels so sorry. Finally, mummy surrendered. But, the maid is the one who accompanied her under the hot sun! hahaha…….
Obviously, soon Elizabeth will know how to wear shoes. That’s a good news. If she ultimately learn how to wear thigh high boots, that’s even a bigger news, isn’t it? hahaha……
A few months back in January, Elizabeth received an interesting toy. It’s the “Winnie the Pooh” light twister. But, she don’t really enjoy playing with it as she can’t make it twist at all.
Mummy, it’s moving… Is that means I finally learn how to handle it?
Yes! Little Lizzy made it! Now, she is strong. She managed to press the button harder. Thus, the lighting were twisting. It’s really satisfying to see our baby growing up and getting more capable! *Sob* *Sob*
Mummy is so proud of you, Elizabeth! You are doing so well.
Elizabeth was so excited and was jumping for joy, dancing and shouting happily when she get the chance to join the party at the end of the annual dinner. At first, she had to stay in the hotel room with the maid while mummy and daddy were attending this grand company dinner which kids are not allowed.
Then, daddy finally decided to bring her into the grand ballroom for an experience at the end of the dinner, which only left party session. Once my little princess was there, no one was allowed to carry her. She preferred to run around, playing with the balloons on the floor, dancing and laughing.
There are so many balloons on the floor, mummy. Can you help me to pick up all of them?
Elizabeth really likes Balloon. Mummy promises to includes fanciful balloon decorations for her 2nd birthday and even her future wedding too. I guess when mummy’s girl is getting married, then there will not only balloon decorations. Mummy prefers personalized wedding favors. I want most of the things to be personalized as I want my little princess to have an unforgettable wedding party since it is an once in a lifetime affair.
Anyway, mummy is so happy to see my girl knows how to enjoy partying now. The loud music can only cheers her up but can never scares her. That’s amazing! Bravo! Mummy and daddy is kind of proud and surprise!
Today, Elizabeth get a chance to play with her cousins. “Poh Poh” and “Gong Gong” bring both Justin and Isabelle to Elizabeth house today. They will kind of like strangers in the beginning. But, they manage to play together later on. Somehow, they are not really close.
Anyway, “Poh Poh” bring along Ribena Pastilles for Justin. Then, 3 of them share the sweets. Of course Elizabeth loves it as it’s just the same old familiar taste. I think I’ve told you before that Elizabeth is drinking Ribena everyday instead of plain water. It’s still the same until now.
Anyway, mummy is so glad that Elizabeth can perfectly recognized who is her “Gong Gong” and “Poh Poh” right now. She has pointed to the correct one among many of us as I asked her who is “Gong Gong” and who is “Poh Poh”. Clever!
“Gong Gong” and “Poh Poh” must be very happy to be well recognized too!
Nowadays it’s getting difficult for mummy to blog as little Elizabeth always create interruption. I guess it’s all because at this stage, all baby learn through imitation. Thus, Elizabeth feel so proud and happy every time she got the chance to be in front of the computer just like mummy.
Yeah… this is the time to snap a photo. I am so good at computer too. Brilliant, isn’t it?
What is this? Why must mummy keep pressing these keys? How come there is no pictures on the screen? Anyway, it’s fun!
May be I should move the mouse like mummy!
Still, there is nothing appear on the screen. Impossible! :blush:
So, can Sophos help to stop this “little spam” too? LOL! Mummy will be very grateful!
See… I can on and off the TV by my own now. I am doing good with the air conditioning remote control too. Clever, aye? Kakakakaka…
Little Elizabeth enjoy pressing on buttons nowadays.
I press and press and press… LOL! So fun!
And, she really surprise mummy as she can even handle the touch screen buttons well. I guess it’s all because this kid has quite good memory. She can remember how the buttons appear once mummy and daddy touch on that control panel.
But this is good enough, my girl. Please stop running to the back of the TV and playing with the wires. That’s scary!
And please understand that if you keep playing with the on and off buttons for most of the electrical appliances, they might stop functioning. Bare in mind that you just can’t sleep without air conditioning, remember?
Little Elizabeth is getting very vain now. Girls are girls. She started asking for mummy’s face cream to apply on her face about 2 weeks ago. LOL! So what mummy is going to do? The various cream is certainly not for baby. Mummy just can’t apply them on Elizabeth face!
So, mummy pretended getting some cream from the container and showing her quite some distance away. Obviously, Elizabeth can’t see clearly. Thus, she assumed there was cream on mummy’s hand. Finally, all mummy got to do is just tap her fingers on Elizabeth’s face and keep telling her :”Oh, mummy apply the cream for you!”
That’s how mummy’s girl got trick! In fact, she really stand still and raise up her head to let me do the job. That’s very cute and amusing, isn’t it? Anyway, since she is so vain, mummy suddenly got an idea that may be Elizabeth can become a beautician and doing great with spa jobs too just like her granny.
At that time, mummy should be the happiest. As mummy will be pampered by getting free professional facials or spa services all the time.
Since when little Lizzy learn to hold her bottle so well?
Yeah… now I can hold the bottle steadily even when I am so sleepy!
Frankly, mummy was a bit disappointed at first as she don’t even know how to hold her bottle properly when she turn one. However, She finally did it!
Guess how she did it? She just too lazy hold the bottle on her own not until she meet another little boy who is almost the same age with her, sitting right beside her holding his bottle steadily on his own while drinking water.
Immediately at night, little Lizzy actually pushed my hand away and hold her bottle well on her own while drinking milk. So even a little baby like Elizabeth has her own pride, didn’t she? She just don’t want to loose out. So, she choose to prove that she can. Cute, aye?
These days, Baby Elizabeth is progressing rapidly through imitation. This certainly is a good news. And, she has learn that we brush our teeth. So, she will ask for any of the toothbrush that we hang in the toilet whenever she saw it.
Also, she will place the toothbrush in front of her mouth whenever she gets it. So, do you think I should let her start brushing her teeth every day and night just like us? Of course at the moment I can only let her mess up her shirt and the floor while brushing her teeth as she certainly can’t reach the sink yet.
So, how about changing the old sink in my bathroom to a new beautiful sink and Danze faucets and adding another new set specially fix according to Elizabeth’s height?
We all know that fruits contain all types of vitamins and other minerals as well. Thus, I still make sure my girl will take enough fruits everyday. However, I seldom blend fruits for her. Oh! Lazy mummy!*slap forehead*
I always buy ready made can type fruits paste for her. And, I have to admit that my little princess loves fruits so much. But, previously it was this. Then, now I try this too.
Still she likes it. I think partly she is attracted by the packing too. But, it’s good to see her learn how to suck from the pack.
Anyway, they are all organic. Yes! I am still buying organic stuffs for her including her formula milk. But, I think the best is still making the fruits paste from fresh fruits.
Thus, I plan to start making fruits paste for her but certainly not from organic fruits. They are overprice.
(Whatever! As long as there is birthday cake and birthday song.)
