My Parentology Lab

Recently the terrible 2 whines a lot, especially after I stop breastfeeding him. Now he is pestering me to let him play the jigsaw puzzles(I kept in a box right on top the bookshelf), with his puppy face and 2 rows of tears and mucus running from his nostrils... am I giving in?!! Of course NOT! I know he will stop this hell noisy bugging after I ignore him for a while... right now(realising his trick or perhaps sandiwara(drama) didn't work on me, he is now messing upconcentrating on the flags I gave him).

These few days he shows some improvement at night, in which he no longer wet the hammock or mattress. Most important when I woke him up for pee wee, he no longer make a fuss like before! Hurray!

His speech is developing well(indeed very well), still gibberish but the family members are now able to catch up with what he said. At the age of 2, he is able to talk in complete sentence with proper grammar(most of the time). He sang too, quite a number of songs... sluggishly but the tune and melody are there! Kudos my child!

His attention span for books has improved too, now he is able to listen to a whole story book of 32 pages without distracted... so far. He is quite good at filling up the blank for his favourite story book too, for instance, Chugga Chugga Choo Choo, Upsy Down Town and other Monster story.

My boy X(20 months old) has finally potty trained... alright exempt at night whereby I still insist to put him on diaper, he was rather reluctant though but I can't take the risk he might wet the bed! Ok... frankly, in the other hand I didn't want to waste those expensive diapers(4 packs of Mami Poko and 3 packs of Huggies Dry Comfort) I bought during sales(head knock on the wall)!!!

How did I potty trained him? Neah... unlike J the 1st child, I didn't put much efforts on potty train. During J's time I scheduled myself to force put her on potty every 1/2 to 1 hour, I reckon that was tiring especially for lazy mom like me! As for X, it was a bliss for me since he was those Monkey see monkey do type of child. The credit goes to his Jie Jie, who constantly showed good example of wee and poo routine.

These days whenever he has the urge to wee or poo, he will either hold his crotch or just inform me or other family member that he need to go to toilet(how sweet)! Quite a surprise to me, as he will show the sign or tell us his urge regardless of venue or the person to inform(anyone available will be fine to him). Unlike his Jie Jie or paternal side cousin, in which at the initial stage of potty training, they refused to cooperate when they were out of their comfort zone and they even have their selected personnel to assist them in toileting(rolled eyes)! My girl preferred me or MIL to help her with the holy job, if we were not around, she would rather wee in her pants(slapped forehead)!

Yesterday night, I was so proud of my boy! Although he was on diaper, he still woke up in the middle of the night and bugged me to help him to wee, how smart! I remember vividly, (not trying to compared) my girl at 2 years plus still needed me to wake her up every night and remind her to pee, if I failed to do so(sometimes I can't help it since my eyes refused to open, chuckled) she will certainly wet the mattress... (sigh)!

So, jotting down my boy's potty training milestone and again, I'm proud of you my boy!

Monday, 9th of May, right after I fetched J and just about to leave her Montessori, Teacher Pathma rushed from the other building(There were 2 Montessori building opposites to each other) and stopped me. I got startled then she explained, J refused to do some letters writing which seems to be part of the practice for next week assessment. According to Teacher Pathma, J claimed that I already revise with her at home and she was positive that she doesn't need to revise anymore (slapped forehead)!

I was puzzled and stared at my girl, I felt sorry for her as her happiness(she never fail to hug a lovely smiling face whenever I fetch her) vanished the second her teacher complained about her, she was down... then I looked up at the teacher, " What can I do then?" Teacher Pathma gave me a smile and she didn't reply!

I'm not sure what have gone wrong ... but it seems my method(revising at home with her school syllabus) just didn't work with my girl, I'm really worry now, especially for next week assessment! I'm not afraid she doesn't do well, but there is a big chance that she might pass up a blank paper then get negative response from her teacher, which stands a potential to alleviate her self-esteem!

This is something I received from my girl( 3 years 8 months old) for this Mother's day(8ve of May), it's a paper plate letter box. With a little help and touch from her teacher(apparently the colouring part and the stapler), she pasted the hearts and word on the craft!


Once she reached home on Friday(she handed me this 2 days earlier), she eagerly explained and showed her masterpiece to me. On top of that she sang me the "Mommy and Daddy I love You" song, how sweet~! Love you too, my sweetie pie!

The uneventful story happened few days back(On Monday's evening). When I finished baking some almond flakes for my 3rd batches of Pavlova. While I rested it by the side of the oven, my girl who was too keen to get a closer look at the flakes or perhaps wanted to smell the fragrance kissed by the oven tray(right above her upper lips, as shown in the picture)!

I know it was painful but she didn't cry nor complain a single word, just snuggled and buried her mouth into my thigh. Thought she was sobbing but she was then gave me a smile, I should have gave her the most courageous award for her bravely and high threshold for pain!

The story didn't end there! On Tuesday afternoon, when I picked her from her Montessori, her form teacher told me when she asked about the wound above her lips, my girl told her that the oven kissed her... (slapped forehead)! Never mind, yesterday her teacher complained to me that she also told other teachers some different stories(scratch head), she told Teacher Sue Lin she actually fell down and hit her lips and to Teacher Joanne she said she has banged on the cabinet!!!

Shall I crown her a supeer imaginative child or a 'Bullshit Queen'(Stuck tongue out)?!!!

Just now when I was blogging X's potty train milestone, he fretted and kept pointing the packet of chocolate I placed on the shelf. Since his lips were red (sign of heatiness), I didn't allow him to have any of it but I did console him by giving him Cocoon jelly instead.

After he finished 1, he requested for another, I complied since the portion wasn't that much(approximately 10g per jelly cup). He finished it too in a split second and wanted for more, I stared at him and said sternly, " You already have 2!"

To my surprise he replied, " *Ai three!"
*Ai= Want in Hainanese

Yesterday marked the 1st time X(19 months old) went napkin-less! Yes, I only put him on diaper at night or during family outing, other time he will be wearing napkins.

Yesterday morning after a nice warm bath, he requested to put him on a bear printed pants. I warned him, if I put that for him he will have to inform me anytime when he feel like peeing. True enough, yesterday was the 1st time he didn't urinate in his pants(he did wet his pants during some uncontrolled water play in the bath room). From time to time he will tell me his urge for peeing and he even successfully pooped in the potty, though some might be faked alarm!

Today, he still insisted to wear pants. He did peed in his pants this morning, but that was in the playground when he got too engrossed into exploring the field. When the time he told me, he already incompetently peed in his pants.

Anyway, I must admit he did a great job in initiating potty training, proud of him!