Baby's development at 20mth++..3 days before 21mth

She listens & obeys sometimes. She opened ah yee’s drawer with scissors in it the other day. She picked it up. I told her “No, put it back. You can’t play with that”. She put it back straight away. I complimented her “good girl”. She picked up other things like pencil & calculator. She asked me “what is this?” in mandarin “she mo lai de”. I told her it’s a calculator. She tried to pronounce it but it sounded like “calator”. She’s so funny. She disturbs me nowadays. Calling me kakak(the indon maid) or granny. Sometimes she calls me mommy-kakak or mommy-granny while looking at my face, waiting to see what my expression would be. I’d tickle her for sure & tell her “ha? You tease mommy?” and she’ll laugh and laugh. Sometimes, she climbs up the stairs, sits there and calls us “hel…lo…mommy/ granny…hel…lo”. Yes, she drags her hello. Then when we run to her, she’d laugh and ran further up. She loves standing near the place we put the organ and would ask me to catch her. She’d say “mommy catch zhi ying”. Sometimes when she wants me to stop tickle/catch her, she’d say “bu yao mommy”. That hurts. Actually she’s trying to ask me to stop catching/tickling her.

 

Sometimes, she’ll sing happy birthday song. It goes like this..happy birthday to zhi ying..happy birthday to granny, happy birthday to kakak..whoever she wants to mention. She can also sing abit of Barney song, ABC song, Round & round the garden & Twinkle twinkle little star.

 

Whenever I sing Barney song “I love you, you love me”, she’d come over and hug me.

Whenever I say the word small, she’ll ask me to hug her. She’ll give me that pitiful look on her face. Hahaha!!!

 

She loves to play catch catch. I always play with her around the sofa or running from one room to another on the 1^st floor. We can go crazy.

 

Everytime after shower, she’ll try to roll all over on the bed and run away from me so that I can’t put her clothes on for her. If I go to the right side of the bed, she’ll run to the left side. Hahaha! So cheeky!

 

There was one day, we gave her an ice-cream cone, she enjoyed it very much. Then she accidentally dropped it and cried so badly as if she lost something so precious to her. Hahaha!! So pitiful.

 

Sometimes, she talks in her dreams. There was one time, she say “Barney”. Another time she said “Baby Bright”. There was also a night she was scolding people “Huay dan” i.e. naughty in mandarin.

 

Now, I buy Kraft cheese for her, those with 60% less sodium. I didn’t know they have that until daddy pointed it to me. She loves cheese. For every meal, she’ll have about a quarter of a slice of cheese. We’d give her a pinch of cheese, then a spoon of porridge. She loves it.She's say "mommy, i want cheese". She usually eats infront of the TV, sitting on her high chair.

 

Now she has 4 molars  – 2 top & 2 bottom, besides 4 top front teeth and 4 bottom front teeth. So, in total she has 12 teeth now.

 

She can put both her legs up on the sofa and both her arms on the floor. What a stunt right? She still does yoga at times. Hahaha!! Now she has a new toy in our room – daddy’s sit up chair.

 

Every morning, I’ll take her to our room while I prepare myself to go to work. I’ll switch on Barney for her to watch. She loves it.

 

I thought of buying an indoor-slide for her. But it cost about RM700. I am worry that she will only play with it for 1 day and then get bored with it. So, at last, I decided to use our single mattress and put one end at the side of our bed and the other end on the floor. She loves it and will play with it each time for about 10 minutes.

Strawberry swim suit

Mommy realised the strawberry swimsuit was missing when daddy put on the 2 piece swimsuit for you. I guess we must have left it at the condo poolside when we left the place. Mommy is so heart-broken now and has been searching everywhere on the net hoping to find the same one for you. You look so cute in this. Min Chee Ah Yi bought this for u from UK cos u love swimming since u're few months old. Mommy can't find anything to mend mommy's broken heart. :'(

 

Mommy has bad memory

Mommy wants to write down everything you do at every stage. When mommy's old, mommy will make into a book to give it to you when you are older, mommy will make a copy for you. Even now, mommy has to read back what mommy's has written to recall what you did when you were as young as 15 months old. mommy realised that you suddenly know how to say 5 words in a sentence starting from 16 to 18 months onwards.

 

Mommy's memory is so bad that mommy feel scared and glad that mommy wrote down your development since you're born. I love you my precious...

Baby at 19 mths

Below are the words she can pronouce: (i can't remember all but that's all i can recall now). Will get daddy's help to recall when he sees this list.

Animal 1)      Octopus 2)      Fish 3)      Rabbit 4)      Monkey 5)      Elephant 6)      Tortoise 7)      Bird 8)      Hippo 9)      Crocodile 10)   Horse 11)   Semut/mayi = ant in malay and mandarin 12)   Giraffe 13)   Duck 14)   Crab 15)   Cat 16)   Dog 17)   Bird 18)   Bee 19)   Snake 20)   Lion 21)   Porcupine 22) Deer 23) Penguin 24) Seal 25) Dolphin 26) whale	Cartoon character 1)      Mickey mouse 2)      Minnie 3)      Donald 4)      Peter & Jane 5)      Pooh Bear 6)      Robot 7)      Pat pat i.e. little Einstein 8)      Choo choo train Things: 1)      Swing 2)      Airplane 3)      Umbrella in mandarin, English & malay 4)      Car 5)      Bicycle 6)      Tricycle 7)      Motorcycle 8)      Boat 9)      Kite 10)   Shoes in mandarin, English & malay 11)   Ball 12)   Water 13)   Tree 14)   Chair 15)   Table 16)   Tooth brush 17)   TV 18)   Telephone 19)   Piano 20)   Mattress in malay
Food 1)      Cheese 2)      Carrot 3)      Koko crunch Fruits 1)      Apple 2)      Orange 3)      Banana 4)      Grapes	Shapes 1)      Circle 2)      Triangle 3)      Star 4)      Moon Number 1)      1 to 10 in mandarin, English & malay
People 1)      Daddy/pin 2)      Mommy 3)      Granny 4)      Ah Yi 5)      Yeh Yeh 6)      Nai Nai 7)      Gu gu 8)      Gu jang 9)      Sue Yin 10)   Chen Shin 11)   Adam 12)   Allan 13)   Poh Poh 14)   Aunty 15)   Uncle 16)   Ge ge 17)   Jie Jie 18)   Baby 19)   Yani/kakak = our indon maid   Greetings 1)      Good morning in mandarin, English 2)      Hello & bye 3)      How are you, fine thank you 4)      ni hao ma, hao 5)      Fine thank you 6)      Good night 7) Hi	Action 1)      Swimming in mandarin, English 2)      Kick in mandarin, English 3)      Throw 4)      Shower in mandarin, English 5)      Splash 6)      Close your eyes in mandarin, English 7)      Sleeping in mandarin, English 8)      Shhh… 9)      Clap in mandarin, English 10)   Stomp your feet 11)   Chop 12)   Close in mandarin, English 13)   Open in mandarin, English 14)   Crying in mandarin, English 15)   Laughing in mandarin, English 16)   Angry in mandarin, English 17)   Smiling 18)   Crawling 19)   Catch in mandarin, English 20)   Shake hand in mandarin, English 21)   Yoga 22)   Point 23)   Row row your boat 24)   Scream 25)   Brushing teeth 26)   Climb in mandarin 27)   Kiss 28)   Hug in mandarin, English 29) Buckle  30) Pinch your nose 31)squat in mandarin & english
Orders 1)      Yes in mandarin, English 2)      No in mandarin, English 3)      Please 4)      Thank you in mandarin, English 5)      Sorry 6)      Come in mandarin, English 7)      Go out in mandarin, English 8)      Help me 9)      Give in mandarin, English 10)   I love you in mandarin, English & malay i.e. saying 11)   Fast in mandarin..when she runs 12)   Slowly 13)   Be careful in mandarin 14)   Why in mandarin i.e. zuo mo..always ask granny 15)   Lets go 16) Look in mandarin and english	Body 1)      Head in mandarin, English 2)      Shoulder 3)      Knees 4)      Toes 5)      Finger 6)      Belly in mandarin, English 7)      Eyes in mandarin, English 8)      Nose in mandarin, English 9)      Ear in mandarin, English 10)   Mouth in mandarin, English 11)   Teeth in mandarin, English 12)   Buttock in mandarin 13) belly button in mandarin, English

 

She has 8 front teeth-4 top & 4 bottom. 1 molar on the right top, 1 on the left popping out a bit. That’s all she has now.

 

She can say up to 5 words in a sentence. She watches Baby Can Read DVD, Baby Bright, Gracie Lou, Barney, Pooh & Friends. She'd say Aleka when she wants Baby Can Read DVD.

 

She's very posessive. Granny, Kakak, daddy & me belongs to her. If we touch or hug other baby, she'll come and grab us away or she'd make alot of noise while staring at you. there was one day she pulled me to go upstairs, away from Magdelene cos that's the only way she could stop me from hugging Magdelene.Haha!!

 

Every morning she still wakes up around 6 to 7am. She calls mommy and hold my finger then try to pull me out of the bed and say GO OUT. Most of the time, I’d let her sit on her potty and make her drink plenty of water while she watch her favorite show on tv – baby bright/Aleka/Astro Channel 613/612. She’d tell me which one she wants to watch. If she doesn’t want Aleka, she’d say no no and shake her head. If I ask again to confirm, she’d say no again if she really doesn’t want to watch it. Then I’d change another program for her. If she doesn’t want to poo, she’d stand up and hand me her potty. Hahaha!! Luckily most of the time, she didn’t even wee in the potty. Otherwise, the whole floor would be a mess and I’ve to clean the mess. Then I’d let her rest about half an hour before making her a light breakfast. – oat and prune from nestle + plain rice cereal + honey wheat and sometimes plus 1 spoon of milk powder. She’d eat her breakfast with cheese most of the time. She’d sit obediently in her high chair if I give her cheese.

 

Sometimes, when daddy ask her “who am I?” She’d tease daddy and say “granny..” and give him a cheeky smile…as if waiting to be tickled by daddy for teasing daddy. But she’d never do that to me. Whenever I ask her who am I, she’d tell me “mommy”. But sometimes she’d call me wrongly as granny and immediately she’d correct herself and call my mommy. She tells me that she’s a baby. She says “baby..” and points to her chest.

 

Every evening when I reach home, she’ll pull me over and give me a cheeky smile. I know what she wants. Nen nen. Always, her face shows her desperation for breastmilk by giggling. Hehehe!! She’d pull me to the bed and get herself ready for nen nen.

 

She can make faces. I’d say “ Zhi Ying, show mommy angry”. Then she’d show me an angry face with pouty lips. She can do angry, crying, smiling, laughing –these 4 expressions. So funny. She can do Yoga too. She can bend down and hands touching the floor while one leg held high up in the air. Or leaning her body against the sofa while she hold on leg up in the air.

 

When she can’t get something too heavy or too high for her, she’d say “help /help me”. Hehehe!!

 

We still take her to swim almost every weekend. She knows where we keep her swim suit and she’d go to the cupboard and take it and put in the bag we usually carry along when we go out. When we ask her to get the car keys, she’d know which is the car key or house key.  She loves to go on the pools slide. She'd only agree to get out of the pool when she starts shivering. Hehe!

 

There was one day i was in the bathroom doing my stuff for awhile and when i stepped out, i was her already taken off her t shirt by herself and told me she wants to shower. hahaha!!! By the way, the t shirt is quite easy to be taken off. I love her little tummy.

 

She likes to go for the carousel horse ride in IOI mall. Most of the time daddy would go with her cos I will feel very fizzy after the ride. Then we'd wipe her hands and she'd be fine if we say it's enough and we have to leave.

 

She likes to run about instead of walk. She fell once and bleed on bit her lower lips and bleed. But she recovered within 2 days.

It's not fake measles!!

It’s been a while since I last update my blog on Zhi Ying’s development.

Just want to add some points to the previous blog here. Dr. Ting prescribed very heavy dose of medication to the children. After checking with Zhi Ying’s usual doc, she said that Rosephine is actually a very strong medicine and is the last option if all other medicine fails. Worst part is, Zhi Ying had 2 japs within that month. Actually, Rosephine could be the cause of the rashes on Zhi Yings body and the antibiotic Zinnat could be the cause of her diarrhea. After diarrhea, she had constipation.

 

After 2 weeks, she was down with another virus-mouth ulcers. She got them from Sue Yin and SY got it from her dad. They shared ice cream. Then Sue Ying exchange her water bottle with Zhi Ying. L Poor baby was in pain for a week and that’s the time she had the 2^nd jap of Rosephine cos she had high fever and I couldn’t get Dr. Cheok (Columbia Asia). At last we manage to get an appointment to see Dr. Cheok and she prescribed Oral aid to sooth the ulcer so that zhi ying could eat & drink easily. I was extremely heartsick to see her terrified face when we feed her medicines. There was once she didn’t want to swallow until her face turn black as if she’s going to choke to death. It breaks my heart to see her going thru all this pain & suffering. After taking Dr. Cheok’s medicine, she recovered the next 3 days. Thank God.

16.5 mths old - Fake measles!!

She had fake measles on 16th March. Before the red dots popped out, she had very high fever, sore throat & diarrhea. Fever went up to 41.2 degree on Saturday night. I was terrified and took her straight to shower. Then the fever came down to about 38.4 degree. It was midnight about 3-4am. Quickly, we put her clothes back and gave her medicine. While waiting for the medicine to take effect, we sponged her. She was very hot like charcoal. I felt extremely heart-sick and hope she'd be ok. Although very sick, she was still very good. She didn't even cry when i showered her to bring down her body temperature. She said "yao" when i asked her if she wanted to shower. I gave her suppository few times but i think that makes her temperature fluctuates even more. We went to the Columbia Asia on Saturday morning and Puchong Jaya Paedic Dr. Ting on Sunday. Dr Ting gave her a booster jab called Rosaphine (i m not sure how is it spelled) but it's to prevent her temperature from going higher than 39degrees. Then Dr Ting also gave her a suppository on the spot. She cried when she got the jab. It was a big syringe and alot of fluid inside. Looked very scary to me. I told Pin that this better be good cos she had to cry so much for that jab. I felt really heartsick what she had to go thru but i was really worried what if her fever shoots up skyhigh again. The jab turn out to be good cos her body temperature didn't shoot up to more than 39 degrees. I didn't have to give her any suppository anymore. i hated the suppository cos it makes her temperature shoot up real high after 3 hours and it only takes effect after half an hour (so long right?)!! However, i can't deny that suppository is crucial at times. I would personally suggest to shower the baby if her body temperature is more than 39 degrees, then wipe her dry and put her clothes back and continue to sponge her.

 

Her fever was pretty scary this round as it doesn't really go away. The lowest before the jab was 37.2. That's still consider a mild fever. Last time, after taking paracetamol, her temperature would be 37 & below. She even have diarrhea few times aday and didn't have appetite to eat/ drink.

 

On Tuesday evening, i saw spots on her lower cheek when i rushed home from work at 5pm. Mom told me she was crying terribly probably missing me too much. I got back within 15 minutes and held her the moment i reached home. She was sobbing intensely and stopped the moment i held her. Poor baby. She must be feeling horribly due to what i don't know. So i brought her to Dr. Ting again at 6pm. Dr confirmed that it's fake measles. At least i know it's only fake measles that she's having and not other scary virus.

 

 

Baby's development at 15.5 mths

Sometimes, when she woke up at 6:30 am, she'd sit up and start scaring both of us with her latest "scaring ppl" trick whereby she puts both her hands up and show her 6 teeth and hold her breath for few seconds until her face is red. Nobody teach her that. But she never fail to make me laugh everytime she does that. She knows "da gu" always laughs at her when she does it. So, everytime she sees "da gu", she'll do that. Nowadays, we have maid. She always scared the maid. Last time, she'd do the monster roar.

 

Last 2 days, she woke up around 6:30 as well. It was still dark. She sat on the bed and waved her index finger & said "zai si" (hokkien). I think she meant she has done something wrong cos she pee in her Huggies. Mom said she only told her once or twice last time. But sometimes, she'll suddenly remember things that she leant before and say it out. Made KP & I laughed at 6:30 in the morning with our eyes half open.

 

She only climbs the grill when the auto-gate controller & the keys are on the key hole. Hehe. So, we always make sure we keep the keys after we lock the door or open the door.

 

She will put both her hands under her both cheeks to show that somethign is cute...for eg, the bear, baby, or any cute pictures/ toys she thinks is cute. Then she'll kiss the picture or the soft toy many many times with the "muax muax" sound.

 

She can call her own name "zhing". Hahaha!! When she sees her photo in the laptop, she'll point using her index finger her chest and says "zhing".

 

There was one time, i was at work. Ah Yi Hwa showed her my video carrying other baby. She was so upset she called ma ma..and ask me (in the laptop) to hug her (bao bao). I saw her act in the video taken by Hwa at that time. Poor baby.She was so sad cos she miss mommy so much.

 

Everytime she did as told, she'd clap her hands to say that she's very clever. Hahaha!!!

 

She loves to laze on granny's bed. Then she'd hold both her legs to clap clap & say "pai pai". Then she'd laugh.

 

Lately, she could say some words. Eg: Shi (yes), No, yai yai (come come),  zho zho (walk walk), kakak, yau yau, while nodding (want), throw (she'll throw everything and make a mess on the floor). I'd ask her to put them back & do it with her.

 

When she sees toothbrush, she'll put her finger in her mouth to pretend brushing her teeth.

 

Whenever we're out in the restaurant, if she sees the vegetable, she'd point at it and demand we give it to her. Then she'd eat quietly there, enjoying herself.

 

Nowadays, her buttock is getting abit more chubbier. So sitting on the potty to poo is abit difficult. So, sometimes i let her squat on the toilet bowl cos her buttock is too small to sit on the toilet seat.