Happy 16 Months young!

Hi my babygirl! Today u r 16.5months young.. How have u been doing? You have been walking swiftly, sometimes running.. Luckily u r not the runner type; or is it too early to tell? You basically understands what we say now.. You r starting to talk.. Yes, 16 months already n still can't really talk.. This is because your ah ma n ah kong speaks mandarin with you and mommy speaks English with u.. You have to learn two different languages all the time that's y u r slower.. But I'm quite sure u understands us when we speak to u cause u look at us directly n as if like u r reading our lips when u r really interested in knowing what we r trying to talk to u about.. Of course as usual, kids your age has like a very limited attention span.. It's like when I want to teach your ABC's, u only give me 5 mins tops to teach u before u divert your attention to something else.. You are beginning to recognize things very well.. It's like when I try to teach u about shapes n tell u that is a star, circle, square; I only had to repeat 3 times n u can remember n point the correct shapes when I ask u which is which.. :) I guess u r a fast learner like mommy when u want to learn.. But of course if I don't remind u the next day about the shapes again, u will forget.. So u r exactly like mommy when it comes to learning.. N that is bad.. 😣

Since u r starting to learn how to talk, u can't really control your voice.. U will talk really REALLY loudly when u r really talking.. It's like if u see something that u know how to say like a bird, or a duck.. U will point n say it out ALOUD! But when u baby talk n start babbling nonsense, u still talk at a normal tone.. It's just the words that u really know, u will start raising your voice like an annoying goose that keeps making loud noises..

You are also starting to throw tantrums.. When u r not allowed a certain thing, you will just squat there n make a fuss.. Sigh.. Like example when I ask u to follow me or come here when we r walking at the malls, if u don't feel like it, u will say MAI loudly n stand still... N if I come hold your hands n try to make you move, u will keep saying Mai Mai Mai then squat there n make a fuss..

You are definitely at the stage where the 'Terrible Two' is coming.. You can't be discipline n be taught about discipline yet because u don't understand the consequences n the cause n effect of doing things.. U r still at the stage where u will just do watever u want n u won't understand n know if u r doing something wrong.. I finally knew that cause there was once u were doing something naughty like keep messing up all my folded clothes when I already repeatedly told u not to; I gently smack your hand but u didn't understand n didn't care.. U continued on.. Then later on, u pick up that smacking from me n start smacking people around.. 😩 That is my mistake... Sigh.. So since then, I knew its still too early to teach u about discipline.. I guess I will wait another year to see if u r ready.. It's so hard though.. U keep doing things on purpose when u already know u r not suppose to.. The only thing I could do is whenever u do something wrong, I will tell u again n again or distract u to something else or put you at your playpen as a time off.. U hate to be put inside the playpen so whenever I put u inside u will scream n yell n cry like u r tortured.. So I guess that's the best way to teach u a little bit about consequences of doing something wrong.. Now u r already throwing tantrums n all, so when your terrible two comes, I really don't know how to cope with u when in public.. I hope it won't be soooo bad as I'm expecting it to be..

I feel that u r a very curious little girl n loves to explore EVERYTHING around u.. Whenever u have done exploring that certain area, it is definitely to look like a tornado has swept through it.. Mommy is going to start u on learning how to write or draw or color.. As in something artsy.. Something for u to have an output for your creativity.. I haven't really decide on what to let u do yet.. But it's something related to art for sure so that u will stay put at a certain place for a longer period..

You have changed so much for the first time I met u.. N yet I still loves u so much n love u way even more.. Sigh, my baby has grown.. Now all walking, doing things on your own.. Getting alittle bit more independent now.. But I still love how u love me.. Even though u bully mommy alot, at night when we sleep, u need me to be beside u, u able to smell n touch me then only u could sleep.. I love the way how u hug me to sleep, nurse to sleep.. U always light up your eye n gives me a big big smile whenever I tell u is 'milk milk' time.. U will quickly walk n crawl to me n lie on the bed n be in the nursing position n wait impatiently for me to come offer u your milk.. I simply love that! Ahhh, the benefits of breastfeeding.. I seriously don't know how to wean you off a year from now.. I'm planning to start trying to wean you off breastmilk after your second birthday so that I can prepare my body n give my boobs a little bit of rest before trying for a sibling for u.. But whenever I see how much u love nursing time, I seriously don't have the heart to wean u off n I don't know how to do so.. Sigh..

That is all for now about your milestone I suppose.. Oh, as I've mentioned before, u already have 4 tooth on top middle n 4 tooth below middle.. Now you are sprouting 2 more tooth below.. You are sprouting your first molars now.. The picture below will show exactly which teeth u r sprouting now..



N this is how u look like yesterday.. 😍


N this is what u looked like this month..





Mommy loves u so much ok!😘

That's all for now.. Will update soon I hope! 😁

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Happy Birthday my dearest Princess Jessica!

I know that it has been around 6 months since I blog about u n this is almost 2 months after your birthday.. Having u in my life definitely is different.. Everyday, it's a different thing from u.. Everyday u change n u learned different things!

To date today, u r already walking around steadily! Of course the way u walk sometimes still wobbly n like a drunk baby but you r now mainly walking than crawling.. not really crawling anymore..

U started to walk unsupported exactly 13 months old as in like walk without holding anything for a long time! Before that, u r already walking by supporting yourself by holding things/furniture.. But u just prefer to crawl n when u turn 13 months old, it's like u suddenly decided to walk n u r already walking so swiftly.. So I suspect u already know how to walk before that; u just refuse to do so.. As Usual!

To date, u can call mommy, daddy, ah kong, kuku, happy n sometimes ah ma. U frequently call Happy.. N your most expensive word that come out from your mouth is Ah Ma.. U tend to say Ah Poh for Ah Ma instead of really calling ah ma though.. U only call mommy when u really need me or when u r crying.. If normally I ask u to call mommy, u won't entertain me.. =_="

The words u know how to say to date is Mommy, daddy, happy, ah kong, ah ma, apple, bear bear, ball ball, duck, abc, oh?, kuku, mum mum, n lots of baby talk which I can't really tell wat u r trying to say.. But for sure u r really talkative! :D n also u are imitating words quite well.. Like if we ask u to say please, u can say pish.. U call dog as woo woo or happy..

Obviously by now, there is not much milestone to report about as u already know how to do every basic things like crawling, walking n etc..

Your sleep pattern is still sometimes unpredictable.. Your normal sleep time when it's NORMAL n Predictable time is usually u start to sleep at 12 plus to 1am kind then in between u will cry awake n I nurse u back to sleep for at least two times at night then u wake at 1 pm plus.. When its a bad night, u will sleep 12 plus am then wake at 2am then refuse to go back to sleep until 5plus am or sometimes until 6 plus or 7am then only sleep back then u will finally wake at about 2 plus pm.. N every afternoon for sure nap at about 5 plus or 6 plus pm until 7 plus pm then sleep at 12 something at night again.. This is your sleep pattern..

Now I'm going to write about your First Birthday celebration..! Mommy always believe that a baby's first birthday celebration is very important. So I try to make it as picture/photo memorable as possible.. Mommy is not good as artsy craft n baby birthday party kind of person.. N mommy don't know how to bake a nice cake for u.. So I try to buy all those to make it a perfect birthday for u.. Hope when u grow up, u will like the pictures u see..

We celebrated your birthday on the 27th April 2013.. We chose an earlier date because it is a Saturday and Saturday is more convenient for guest to attend a birthday party all the way in Batu Ferringhi.. We live very far u know.. Mommy ordered a catering service from Little Cottage.. The food was good.. N i think most people liked it.. Its more like western food than Chinese food... Since your full moon time we already had Chinese food catering, so mommy wanted something different this time n go for western food style.. :)

During the day time, Ah Ma made chicken and red eggs as a tradition for a One Year old Baby to do... Its meant for next time u will have lots of prosperity and u will never go hungry.. (i think)

Look at how adorable u look when u eat.. First time eating chicken on your own! My adorable little baby girl...

Your One Year Old Birthday cake and cupcakes... Actually the color theme should be something like your cupcakes color but the cake maker did it quite different in color wise.. but of course the decoration is very pretty! Both the cupcakes and cake are from two different baker...

This is mommy prepping u and change you into a red sequin princess dress.. I was trying to button your dress while your yee-yee Jennifer was trying to take picture and u squinted because of the flash.. I thought u looked super cute here hence this pic is here..! :D

Your Ah ma trying to adjust your cute little hat whole your Ah Chor giving u Ang Pow (red packets) as her blessing.. I guess by the time u r able to read this n understand all these blog entries, both your Ah Chors will be long gone.. :( Just remember that both of them loved u so very much! They were there for all your big day! They came to the Hospital to see u when u were born, came to see u during our confinement time, your full moon, basically all your important days! They always looked forward to seeing u during our every weekend dinner with them.. Whenever u did not go for dinner, they will keep asking for u and ask how r u... They seriously love u like as if you are like their own... Your grandma Ah Chor always buy those cute cute hair pins for u whenever she goes to the market.. even buys u cute dresses.. At this point of your life, your grandma Ah Chor is severely ill internally as she has liver cancer (but she does not know)... She can still walk n all.. But we dont know how long more she has left on this earth.. Hopefully long enough to be able to see your second sibling comes out...

 Mommy super love this family picture of us... Notice i try to make an effort n buy decorative items on the background for your birthday... =) Mommy is not an artsy person.. So mommy went to toys r us and bought these decorative stuff n daddy pin it on the curtain to make it like our perfect background for photo taking.. :)

 The aunties that loves u when u were a baby... This is Aunty Melissa... Mommy's high school best friend

This is your Yee-yee Jennifer with her best friends who loves u like no other mommy's friends would..

This is all the adorable pictures of you first time eating sweet stuff and u loved it.. Obviously!

Im sure u will not remember this day when u grow up.. So im trying to take as many pictures possible for u to see in the future...

N u lucky baby, will be following mommy to Shanghai on a company trip on early July.. I hope and know u will behave n be a good girl as only mommy is there n only mommy will be taking care of u n carrying u all the way in to Shanghai n back!

I guess thats all for now.. Till then, im not sure when it the next time i will report about u...


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8 Months old Milestones

It has been more than 3 months since I last blogged about you.. U have definitely been keeping mommy busy n gives me so little sleep during the night..

What can you do so far?

1) You could sit up unsupported for a few seconds when u were 4.5 months old.. Then by a month later u could sit all on your own already..



You could also crawl when u were around this age.. But u were drag crawling.. Not the on the knees type of crawling yet.. But when u were 6 months old u were already semi knee crawling n when u were 7 plus months old u r already knee crawling swiftly.. I can't really tell exactly when u know how to crawl is because u were not allowed to crawl on the floor.. U only crawled on the bed n seriously not allowed on the floor at all..

2) Your bottom teeth came out when u were exactly 6 months old.. It's the bottom middle came out first.. Then second one came right after also.. Prolly a week a part..


Right before your bottom tooth sprout out, u were giving mommy a hellish time.. U used to be able to sleep through the night ever since u were almost 2 months old until 5 months old.. But then after that, u keep waking up in the middle of the night by scream crying n I had to keep pacify your with my boobies.. I seriously had lack of sleep.. Your sleeping cycle also turned messed up n very unpredictable.. When your tooth come out, then only I knew why.. But until now, u still no longer sleeping through the night.. U wake up for mid night feeds.. U wake at least 3 times at night if I'm lucky.. If I'm unlucky, u wake every 2 hours.. N there was once, u woke every hourly! Omg.. I was like a zombie the next day..

3) You also started solid when you were exactly 6 months old.. Your first solid was brown rice cereal with mommy's breastmilk.. Second solid introduced to you is avocado in breastmilk..


4) At 7 months old, u had your first vacation to Hong Kong for your Aunt's wedding (Your dad's sister).. U were a good girl on the plane.. Take off n landing also no problem.. Throughout the trip u were also an angel.. U didn't fuss as much as I expected u to be since u r in a foreign country.. Your attitude is like how u r when u go out Kai Kai here..

But when u came back, your sleep pattern turned worse; hence the 2 hourly wake n that one time every hour wake! @_@
N u refuse to take pacifier already.. So to date, u already did not take pacifier for close to a month..

5) At around 6 months plus close to 7 months old, u start to learn to stand.. You're like u can't wait to grow up.. When u just started to learn how to stand, u try to release your hand from support so u could stand on your own.. To date at 8 months old, u can crawl to me n using me as a pillar n support to stand.. But of course u still need support when standing..


This is taken when u first learn how to stand.


N this is how u stand these days..

6) At 7 months old, u started to talk real words like ma ma ma, pa pa pa pa or mum mum mum.. Not sure if u r really calling mama or papa.. But I'm sure mum mum is for when u ask for food.. U also begin to understand high five, bye bye and No! So to date at 8 months old, u know how to wave bye bye when asked to n stop when I said no.. N take your hand out to reach me when I said high five.. U understood High Five first.. Then No, the bye bye.. Now I'm teaching you to clap hands which u already understand but u refuse to do it cause u r just plain lazy like that.. Even when I asked u to wave bye bye, u refuse to do it unless I take your hands up then only u wave..

7) At 7.5 month old, was your first time swimming in real swimming pool.. U dont have much expression actually.. But kinda enjoy it towards the end when u found out that when u hit water, it has the splashing sound.. N don't be deceived by your happy face pictures.. It is because I asked u to smile then only u smile.. Oh, which I forgot to add, u understood me when u were around 5 months old, when I take out my phone, points at u then I said SMILE! Then u will give me a big smile.. Like this..







8) At 8 months old, u spent your first Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at home cause daddy were busy working night shift.. So on Christmas eve, mommy put on a Santa hat on u n take some pictures..





N then u spent New Year's Eve with your grandpa n watching fireworks with him at our attic floor..

N then now today... U r a cheeky intelligent baby that only wants to do wat adult does.. N u hate eating porridge.. Your face will turn into like I force you to eat your own shit.. U like to eat sweet stuff like fruits.. So those organic fruit pouches (Elle's Kitchen, happy baby) I bought for u from a US base website, u like them.. N u extra love bread.. U never reject eating bread.. U like your biscuits too! But u r definitely a picky eater like your dad n has sweet tooth like daddy too!

You are also very clingy like mommy.. U will be a very happy baby if I'm within your reach all the time.. As long as I'm around, nothing else matters.. Example, if u wake up n don't see me, u will give a loud scream kind of cry..

I guess that's all for now..I believe that it won't be long before u know how to walk.. Your grandparents predict that u will be able to walk when u reach 10 months old.. I kinda believe that too..

I just wanna say this though.. Even u drive mommy crazy by stealing mommy's sleep time n all.. I cannot imagine my life without u anymore.. You've been a huge part of my life for the past 8 months.. I have fallen deeply in love with you ever since I first saw u n it has gotten deeper n deeper.. U really complete me.. U have made mommy a better person.. A more responsible person, understanding n made me has more life n love in me.. I really really really love u with all my heart..

Oh well, four more months to your first birthday.. N mommy can't wait! I'm already starting to think what should i do for u on your birthday.. Till then.. I love you baby!

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