Things that happen on our way to the playground

Zhi Ying: What ee tis? (what is this)

Me: that's a stone

ZHi Ying: Zhi Ying kick the tone

Me: OK, lets go, leave the stone alone

 

then we continue to walk until zhi ying stopped me again..

 

ZHi Ying: What ee tis? (what is this)

Me: That's a dry leaf

ZHi Ying: (Quiet)

 

Me: what is in the sky?

ZY: (look up) Got bird

Me: Oh yes, there's a bird

 

Testing her...

 

Me: Can you see the stone?

ZY: (looking around..can't see any stone)

 

At the park:

 

ZY: Can you see butterfly?

Me: No, i can't see the butterfly

ZY: ten ten ten ten...(bend her body forward & slightly to the side while pointing to the part of the play ground that looks like a butterfly)

Me: Oh...

 

ZY: Can you see effphant? (elephant)

Me: No, I can't see the elephant

ZY: There u are...

 

ZY: Can you see the slide?

Me: Yes...

 

Then ZY saw an older boy passby. She said: Hi Keke!! Ni yao Qu Na li!! (where are u going). Then wanted to follow him. Hahaha!!

 

 

 

 

ZY, Peter & Jane, number 3 at 2yrs 2 mth old

Before i forgotten to jot this down.. (next time Zhi Ying might ask me how old she starts to recognise some words)

 

When i asked her which is the word Peter & which is the word Jane, she managed to point to me the correct word.

 

When we're at Pavillion waiting for the lift yesterday, she pointed out a number 3 on the wall. We're at the 3rd floor that time. I was happy that she recognize number 3.

I didn't know that she already know that's number 3 or maybe it's just a coincident that she say it correctly cos sometimes, when she sees some alphabets, she'd say A,B, C, D, E, F, G straight.

 

I've recently started to teach her 1a of the lady bird series & 1,2,3 from her mini book.  Just trying to see how true is it about baby can read at early age if we spend time to teach them 5 minutes a day.

 

We do counting as well. She still can't count. She'll go on and on 1,2,3,4,5...not stopping...altho there're only 3 objects in the picture. Haha!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zhi Ying's 3rd week at school & other development

Today is Thurday. Zhi Ying is in her 3^rd week at school. She’s no more crying and getting used to going to school. On Monday, after the long weekend getaway to Penang with granny, Hwa ah yi, Sin Yee & family, along with my inlaws, surprisingly she didn’t cry when she reached school. But Mag misses Sin Yee a lot & cried since they reach our place.

Mom & Yani send them to school everyday at 8:30am after their breakfast & after they have done their business (poo poo). Ever since she goes to school, she has changed slightly. She’s more open to people. When we’re in Penang, she wasn’t afraid to talk to anybody. She’d say Hello & wave her hand. Sometimes she’s shy & she would say it very softly. There was 1 time Zhi Ying & I happened to be the last 2 to enter the lift that was already quite full of people. I was carrying her & so, she was facing everybody in the lift. The way she stared at people, I knew she wanted to say Hello but she’s shy. So, I told her “say hello”. Immediately, she said it & waved her hand at the lady standing next to me. She even showed the lady that her sleeve has teddy bear prints. Then she said hello & waved to the guy standing next to me too. Everyone in the lift was laughing at her.

She is also able to follow instructions better, but not all the time. Teacher said she could understand all the instructions very well but choose to not listen sometimes. Teacher said she’s very cheeky and she’s like a leader. People will follow her & play together with her. Mag follows Zhi Ying about in the school most of the time. I’m glad they have each other in school.

One problem I don’t like about sending her to school is that she always get big mosquito bite whenever she play outside at the school garden. Then it’ll take more than a week to heal. Sometimes, it’s so itchy that she couldn’t help it and scratch until she bleeds & leaves a scar & the scar will take a long time to go off.

Starting from this week, since Monday, mom let the 2 children play for a while first before taking them to shower once they reach home. Then lunch, play  & sleep. Nowadays, they only have 1 time nap in the afternoon. So, they start to get very sleepy around 8-9pm everyday. But Zhi Ying will try her best to stay up until 10-11pm.

Teacher also said that she could really stay awake no matter how sleepy she is. There was one day last week, she was so sleepy at school but she tried her very best to stay awake. Teacher said her eyes were almost closed but she quickly turned around and keep herself awake. Teacher pitied her because she was very cranky. Then there was another day; I gave her some flu medicine before she went to school because she had flu. Then she fell asleep around 9:30am at school for half an hour.

Last 2 weeks, whenever I talk about school, she’d tell me “hai you kakak”. Mean she only wants their maid. But this week, she mentioned the word “teacher”. This means she’s slowly accepting teacher too. Then this morning, she requested me to sing about “gege jie jie” song. This means she thinks about her older friends in school too. That’s an improvement & I’m so proud of her. I’m so happy that she’s accepting her new friends, teacher & environment. At least, my heart doesn’t ache so badly now.

 

Nowadays, she started to sing my songs, the songs I created myself for her.

My version:

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear where are you/ close your eyes/ don’t you cry

TB TB I want you

TB TB I love you

Close your eyes & say good night

 

Her version: TB TB co the eyes/don’t you cry/ want nen nen… (hahahah!!! WHAT?? WANT NEN NEN?)

 

Then sometimes she will change Teddy Bear to others like mommy mommy want nen nen… Hahaha!!

 

Another song:

My version (using the elephant got wrinkles music/ tumble tot class, just change the lyrics myself):

Zhi Ying Zhi Ying sit down sit down sit down

Zhi Ying Zhi Ying sit down sit down in the car/ together

 

She’ll ask me to change to yeh yeh/nai nai. But most of the time, she likes me to use Yeh Yeh to sing this song.

 

Here are something that she always says wrongly & never fail to make me laugh i.e. she always says “at the pooh” when she sees Pooh and “ shi shi pu” when she wants to wash her buttock.

 

Lately, she likes to look at people from the corner of her eyes. So cheeky!

 

There was one day, she held my head with both her hands on my cheek & told me, Mommy, I love you. I was so touched & I can feel how much she loves me. I didn’t tell her to do that. It was only that one time.

Zhi Ying's 2nd day at school

2nd day of school, she accidentally pee once in her pants according to Kakak Siti. In the morning when granny dropped both of them at the school (8:30am), Zhi Ying refused to let teacher Amy carry her. She only wants Kakak Siti to carry her, whereas Mag was comfortable with Teacher Amy. I went to peep around 8:50 but they're all in their class already & the gate was locked. So i didn't go inside. From outside, I could only see Mag with teacher Sheryn sitting near the glass front door. Then i left & teacher Amy called me on the phone to thank us for coorperating with them in leaving the children behind & not staying there.

On the 2nd day, the children had bread with butter & sugar according to teacher Amy when i talked to her this morning (the 3rd day of school-the gate was open so i went in). She said Zhi Ying had difficulty to swallow when eating the bread & asked if she dislike bread. I told her that Zhi Ying doesn't like to chew. Teacher said she seems to eat cake better. Teacher said that Zhi Ying didn't finish her bread. Teacher said today (3rd day), they'll have koko crunch with milk & asked if she likes koko crunch. I just told her, just becareful cos she doesnt' like to chew & she might choke.

Teacher Amy also said that Zhi Ying is an out-spoken girl & a little stubborn. She can understand well teachers instructions but sometimes will not want to follow. Mag is more passive & she'll take quite some time to adapt to new things. Teacher Amy describe how Zhi Ying open her eyes wide-as if she see something very interesting. She also said that for the meantime, if the children wants to stick with kakak, she'll allow them. Until when they are ready & comfortable with the new environment, the children will leave kakak behind to explore the place themselves & will participate in games, activities & learn new things. I'm glad they do not force the children to accept new things/environment/treatment but let the children grow/accept naturally. Usually, it'll take about a week to adapt to the new environment teacher said. Teacher also said that normally every monday, children will be a bit cranky missing their parents as they usually spends time with parents over the weekend.

Teacher Amy said the breakfast will start from 9:30 & ends at 10am. After that, the children will line up & go upstairs. They'll have TV sessions too. There, they will play until 11:30am.

This morning when i was peeping from the front glass door, i could see zhi ying with kakak at the back of the group of children who were sitting down singing with teacher the head, shoulders, knees & toes song. Teacher was standing in front of everybody showing them actions while singing.  Then i heard zhi ying said " Yo, na ge jie jie de bottle" loudly. Teacher Amy & I could hear from outside. Teacher Amy laughed. Teacher Amy also pointed out to me that whenever kakak leave zhi ying behind, zhi ying will want to cry. I saw that. Zhi Ying didn't cry loudly but just "ngek ngek" a little. But if kakak never come back to her, I believe she might cry for real.

I also saw teacher with glasses (not the principal), tap tap Zhi Yings head while sitting nearby to supervise her & other children. I see that tap tap on her head as "she likes zhi ying". So, I'm not so worry about zhi ying & mag not having enough care & attention anymore. I felt better & believe they are in good hands. I feel that teacher Amy has good observation eyes & the questions she asked me shows how detail she is & how she handles the children.

Zhi ying's first day at school - 2 yrs old & 1 month old

Pin & I sent her there. Mag was already there with teacher at the big hall. All other children were playing outside the garden. Sin Yee was still sitting in her car, parked just outside the school compound. Adam left Mag with the teacher at 8:15am. We reached there about 8:45am. Sin yee told me to leave zhi ying with Pin to handle. Then later Pin left zhi ying with the teacher. She cried. That time we left was 9:05.

Then sin Yee called me & told me that she saw teacher carrying zhi ying to the garden for awhile. Zhi Ying look ok, didn't struggle. 10:30am, mom called and said she didn't hear the children crying or anything.

 

I called the teacher at 12pm.

 

Teacher said Zhi Ying asked her to carry her up & down the stairs so many times. At the end, teacher told her, i refuse to listen to you. Now you listen to me. Now, we go there and read a book. She was cranky and all. Later they had cake & soya bean at 9:30am. teacher realised she likes cake & not soya bean. She even put up her legs while eating and teacher instructed her to put them down. Teacher said she can understand very well but just doesn't want to follow instruction sometimes. Then she accidentally pee in her pants twice. After cleaning her up, she was all fine & the children went up to their room & play. She started to be herself after that, climbing on to chairs & tables until teacher had to ask kakak Siti to watch after her and take her to the toilets several times to pee as she will forget to tell when she's playing. She didn't join to play with teacher. she played by herself & She tried to cheer Magdelene but Mag ignored her. Teacher said her character is the easy-going type i.e. when she cries, it'll be very loud, then if she doesn't cry, she'll just be happy & play by herself. she's seem to be a little stubborn too.  As for Mag, teacher said she's abit long winded cos she cried on & off. Teacher said to let zhi ying have sufficient sleep, otherwise, she'd be slightly cranky.

 

Sin yee said when mom, kaka yani & her went to pick them up, Zhi ying was very happy & as if showing off & talking away (don't know what she's talking about). i think she's trying to tell them about school. SIn Yee said she's very funny.

 

later when at home, when asked if they want to go to school again, they kept quiet. Then granny said " then we don't go to school tomorrow". Zhi Ying's then quickly said she wants to go to school but Mag said she doesn't want to go. Oh dear. But i think she'll be fine soon.

 

Today, mom said zhi ying was behaving very well at home after coming back from school. She didn't turn away when mom fed her the first spoon of her porrige (usually she'd turn away here & there to avoid the first spoon). Then later, she requested for milk. mom massaged her n she fell asleep.

 

Overall, I think Zhi Ying felt better after they offered her the cake for breakfast. She left her shoes & barney bottle there.

 

 

I hope she'll be better tomorrow with Mag.

 

Pin couldn't concentrate on his work as he was the one to leave zhi ying behind crying with teacher.

 

Going to the nursery

The thought of sending zhi ying to school made me cry in the middle of the night at 2am. I couldn't sleep. I don't feel good about it as she's so active & the nursery might not be able to handle her. Before she had a fall on her nose yesterday, i was pretty happy about sending her to school. But after seeing her nose bleed and another time she nearly "dive" down the staircase, i started to feel uneasy about sending her to the nursery. But what choice have i got? I quit my job? i think i need the job. She doesn't let the maid to take care of her when mom's around. Sometimes, mom is very tired cos she's very hyperactive & too adventurous. I'm not sure if i can be a full-time mother either. Mom said zhi ying has become more active recently and love to do all kinds of dangerous stunts like jumping on the sofa, jump down to the floor with head down first as if diving into the pool. Mom has to put a mattress on the floor just incase she did it when mom look away for a second. Mom said she climbs up the staircase everyday whenever she wants few times a day to look around, laze on the bed, then go down stairs, up again, laze..few times aday. I think basically, she's feeling bored, although she has Magdelene. If i quit my job, she'll be fine. I will try to come up with different kind of games. :'( :'(..i'll still think about if i should just quit my job. 

 

Baby's development at 24mths & 2 weeks

Last night, she asked me to make milk for her to drink. I made 6 Oz. I brought the whole tin and put on the floor for her to see how i make milk for her. Then she helped me to close the lid. She then went to the 3-seater sofa to drink her milk. After awhile, she asked me to get the the mattress to put on the floor and that's where she fell asleep after finishing her milk with a mini book on her hand. Hahaha!!!