Every night, about 11:30pm, after she finishes her 5-6Oz of milk, I’d ask her “Zhi Ying, can you help mommy to switch off the tv? It’s bedtime. We should go upstairs already.” She would press the red button to off the tv & I’d switch off the lights & fan. When we reach the bed, I’d help her to climb up to the bed. Before she sleeps, I’d give daddy a kiss & then her turn to be kissed. Then I’d tell her “ Ok, it’s Zhi Ying’s turn to kiss daddy”. She’d go over to daddy and give him a kiss.
Every time, in order to make sure she finishes her milk and holds the bottle herself, I’d have to put the bottle aside, a place visible to her, while I go away & pretend to do some other stuff i.e. not giving her all the attention. She doesn’t like it at all. She would come crying for me. Only after all these, will she be willing to hold the bottle & lie down to finish her milk with me by her side. If I give her the milk straight away after I prepare it, she would refuse and turn here & there trying to avoid. Hmm…rolling my eyes.
Every morning, the moment she opens her eyes, she’d act surprise “Huh! Where’s daddy?” Then go down the bed & run to the toilet very fast to check if daddy’s in the toilet. So drama. Sometimes if daddy’s gone to work, she’d lay on the bed and do few somersault and bum her backside on me (my head/stomach) and when I said ouch she’ll laugh and do it again. Hahaha!! Half my eyes opened still feeling tired and can’t help myself from laughing. Later, she’d ask me to take her out of the room. Sometimes, I couldn’t get up & cover myself with the blanket. This would make her cry. Hahaha!! Then I’d surrender.
She loves swimming. Since last month, we started to put on the floats on her arms. She could go round & round. The other day, we had forgotten to bring the float. She usually will jump in the baby pool & will not get drown as she has her floats on. So that day, she thought she had her floats on and she jumped. I was looking the other way at that time. The moment I looked back at her, she was under the water not moving!! I quickly took her up and hold her tight. She didn’t choke but she looked abit stunt. I guessed she hold her breath, that’s why she didn’t choke. Hmm, I should have been more careful. After that, she continued to jump around in the pool happily.
The other day, she laid her 6 soft toys on the bed in one row. Then she tickled them one by one. So funny!
Then yesterday, she locked the maid outside the house. So left her & Jen Shin in the house. Kakak was asking her to unlock the sliding door. She ran to the sofa, sat there & told kakak bye-bye while waving her hand. Luckily we have Jen Shin to unlock the sliding door for kakak.
Her favorite cartoon is Dora & Doraemon. In Dora, they have a fox name swiper. Zhi Ying sometimes will say “Swiper catch Zhi Ying, zhen ban?” (If Swiper caught Zhi Ying, What can we do?). Hahahah!
Sometimes I create songs like:
Elephant elephant, where are you
Elephant elephant, it’s time to sleep,
Elephant elephant, close your eyes,
Come here come here, I love you
Or Doggie or Kitty Cat…
So, sometimes she’ll create her own songs too. Grandpa Yeh yeh bought her a soft toy doggie from Ikea. She loves it. She sang a song for that doggie while hugging the doggie tight:
Doggie Doggie, where are you,
Doggie doggie,…(then baby talk)
…bla bla baby talk.
She knows how to jump now. She knows green, blue, red, yellow, orange, circle, square, triangle, star, and most of the animal on the card I bought for her.
Sometimes when her diaper is full, she’d shake her but to shake the diaper. Hahaha!!!
She loves mini connetto & cake too. For lunch & dinner, she has porridge (1/4 of the bowl) & blended vege & meat (chicken & fish- ¾ of the bowl).
Everyday, she has Jen Shin to play with her. She loves to share food with her. There was 1 time where she brought back a cat from Granpa yeh yeh’s house. It’s a battery-operated cat & it can move & meow. Jen Shin is very afraid of animals. So, zhi ying told granny “ Bu Yao kai, jie jie pa pa” i.e. don’t switch on, jen shin is afraid. So sweet.
