Some updates

At 17 months…..

Weight: 9.5kgs (this was found out when I had to see the doctor last weekend as I was having quite high fever and found out I was having throat and ear infection)

Height: No idea (mummy didn’t want me to cry my lungs out as I hate taking this measurement at the doctor’s)

Physical: I’m very active like any other toddlers and I love climbing although I do have my falls now and then. I love my freedom and don’t seem to care to follow my parents closely when we’re out of the house but there was one time I could not find mummy and I started to cry. Did I learn my lesson after that? Nope! I still will walk and run without checking whether I’m being followed by mummy or papa. However, when at home, I’m very clingy especially to mummy. I always want her to carry me but she always says “No!” and I have no choice but to resort to my Kakak or my papa. But I’ll still get mummy’s attention eventually with my ever so pathetic cries and also at times, hanging on to mummy’s legs while she is at the computer.

Speech: I know more words than before but I only use the most 2 words at one go other than my usual gibberish baby talk. I love imitating words from my family and will usually say the last word or sound from that word, for example: Grandma = “ma”, Grandpa = “pa” but I can call my Ah Por = “por-por” and my Ah Kong = “tom-tom” – I pronounce the k’s as t’s

I can call out names and when you ask me my name, I’ll answer “hey yi” (haye li) and I know my cher-cher’s name is “rai yi” (rye li)

Open to me is “pahpen” even though I can say “oh” and love saying “uh oh” when I make a mistake.

Also my favourite word lately is “min”. This started from Vitamin but then lead to for whatever food, I will refer them as to “min”. And lately, I will use this for whatever things I want as well. No matter how many times mummy corrects me, I will say “min” for whatever I want.

Character: I will go into tantrums if I do not get my way. And most of the time I will be ignored if I have my tantrums. There was one time, mummy totally ignored me and walked away to her room while I was lying down on the floor, screaming and crying. I got up and went to her room to look for her. She thought I wanted her to carry me and opened her arms to me but I pushed them away, got down on my knees and started screaming and crying again. She ignored me again and walked to the kitchen. I also got up and followed her there and got down on the floor to continue my screaming and crying. She got fed up, carried me to the naughty corner and left me there to cry. I wanted to get up but she threatened me with the cane (by the way, I’m terrified of the cane although mummy has yet to touch me with the cane) so I remained there till I realized it was a waste of time crying so I calmed down and only then, I got my way after that with mummy. Mummy thinks it’s a sign I’m heading into my Terrible Twos stage.

I also do not let anyone bully me. I will push my sister away or pinch her if she is in my way while telling her firmly “No!”. At times, I will scream to her “NO!” And as always, mummy and papa will scold me but I still do them anyway as I do not like to be bullied. I also do this at Aunty Ng’s and yes, I also get punished there. As much as I do not like to be punished, whenever I feel that I’m being at a disadvantage, I will stand my grounds!

Food intake: I do not like porridge anymore and hence, I’m eating whatever my family is eating and I so love this especially during our recent Hong Kong holiday. Mummy still tries and feed me porridge but it’s not her cooking anymore but those from outside which is much tastier and I will eat them when I feel like it. If not, it’s rice dishes with soup. I don’t seem to like pasta (tomato base) or cheesy stuff very much like my sister but will have a go at tasting them anyway. I’m more adventurous at tasting all sorts of food and when I don’t like them, you cannot force me to eat them further.

As for milk, I usually drink between 5-6.5 oz and most times I do not finish them. I still have a bad habit of taking my own sweet time finishing my milk.

Mummy's entry - Weaning Haye Li......

….has been easy-peasy.

I actually thought it would be hell as she did use me as human pacifier for a period of time. As my helper is leaving us for good in June this year, I will not have the luxury of having to nurse Haye Li in the mornings where she could latched on for a long time. This is why I decided to wean her off after our Hong Kong holidays last week.

Besides, my supply is really pathetic and this was confirmed when I had to go to Singapore for work 3 weeks back and I had to use the pump (after over 5 months of not using one) just to ensure that my supply keeps going. In the 2 nights, 3 days trip I was there, the accumulated expressed milk I got was a pathetic 7oz and yes, I did threw them away as I felt it’s not worth the hassle to bring it back (and also I don’t think the girl would have drank it since she has not drank any expressed milk for 4 months now).

During our HK trip, I had to use my boobs to pacify the girl when she woke several times during the nights at our hotel which worked to put her back to sleep. I only used my boobs once in the plane and that was when we were flying there and I had to since we arrived at night during her bedtime at 9-30pm. On our returning flight, I didn’t have to since it was daytime.

So when we returned to KL last Wednesday night, I didn’t give her my boobs at all when it was her bedtime but gave her formula instead. She didn’t make any fuss at all. When morning came, it was more than 24 hours since I last nursed her and my boobs was kind of engorged and in desperate need to ease the discomfort, I willingly gave her my boobs in the morning. And that was the last time I nursed her and interestingly, my boobs never faced any further engorgements.

It has been more than a week now since I last nursed her and she didn’t ask for it either. She still wakes up through the nights in which I would ignore her cries and she would eventually go back to sleep. It is only when it is after 5-30am, I would get up to make milk for her.

I suspect earlier she was crying for my boobs except that she didn’t say “nen-nen” but said “mummy” instead. I just ignored her till she went back to sleep.

Just now when she was getting ready for bed, I purposely asked her if she wants nen-nen and she went “no”. So I showed her one side of my boob and she laughed and went “nen-nen”. She came forward and as if she was going to latch on but she didn’t and just laughed as if she found the whole thing hilarious. I tried again just a little later and she still didn’t want it.

Seriously, I didn’t expect her to forget about my boobs so suddenly and I thought the weaning process would take longer which is why I wanted to wean her months earlier before June. I’m glad that it was easier than I expected but at the same time, I really do miss the closeness and bonding. As much as I dislike being her human pacifier and that I went through numerous hell of a time breastfeeding the girl (two times mastitis and numerous times cracked and sore nipples), I will definitely miss breastfeeding her.

But I am trying to look at the other positive side about it which is that I managed to breastfed her for 1 year and 5 months which is nearly 5 months more than Rye Li. This is also thanks to my determination and also a lot of sacrifices I had to make (including my time at work where I had to sacrifice my lunch time, etc). Now it is time to be selfish again and that I can wear any bras I like and also, I can start wearing dresses over the weekends now. Yippie!

No!

My new found word is "No"...actually I knew this word before but I didn't know how to use it to proper context till now.

One night when I was having my nen-nen, my cher-cher started asking for her milk and before mummy could answer her, I immediately let go of mummy's nen-nen and went "No!" and then continued to suckle. My cher-cher, didn't seem to understand me and asked mummy again and I let go of mummy's nen-nen again and went "No!". This time mummy scolded me for being rude but then didn't stop me from the third time after that when I answered "No!" to my cher-cher when she again asked for her milk.

So now I'm mummy's assistant as every questions my sister asks her, I will help answer for mummy and go "No!"

I will also tell others "No" when I don't want to cooperate with them. Other than my cher-cher, the next person to get the most of my "No's" is my Kakak. This is because I will get away with it with her but not with my mummy though.

Mummy found me playing with one of the clothes peg at home and she asked me to give it to her. I immediately replied "No!" and she started threatening me to give it to her. I just looked at her, said "No!" and put the clothes peg behind my back with one hand. She gave me her killer look and took the clothes peg from my hand. I didn't dare to cry then and just looked away, hoping she disappears but she didn't. Something I tend to do nowadays when I'm being reprimanded and when I know I'm in the wrong. At least she didn't yell on after that.

Happy Chinese New Year

There was a tiger loose in the house and so I was trying to catch it....


And then I got hold of it and carried it....

And then I was trying to ride it...
And finally, my cher-cher and I managed to tame it....

Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone! Have a blast of the tiger year ahead!

Picture updates *backdated*

This was meant to be shown some time last year, all taken when i was somewhere in between 9-11 months. I know they're cute but i'm much cuter now! ;)

Bloggers party

We had a blogger’s party last weekend. Well, it felt more like a party to me anyway as there were so many kids and also I had some presents from some lovely mummies.

with Cassie

with Ashley and my mummy

Ashley and Belle (Cassie's sister) both wanted to carry me

I met these kids for the first time and I found myself a new boyfriend, Justin. He was attracted to me and no matter how mummy and Aunty Barbara asked him to kiss them, he just wanted me only! And his mummy of course.

see, even with me drooling, he found me so kissable! ;)

If you want to see more pics from the party, you can go to my sister's blog.

Mummy's entry - Finally!

Finally, my little one is sleeping through the night for the last one month ever since we moved Rye Li and her into their room. Well, nearly (and I’m not complaining as this is so much better that the 3-4 times she used to wake up through the nights!). She now sleeps from 9 plus pm till 5-6am and that is when she will start asking for her nen-nen. If I chose to ignore her, she will kick and cry and if I do not give in to her, she will eventually stop and go back to sleep.

This was how I have trained her and since Rye Li could sleep through her cries, I chose to ignore her. I guess those several months of suffering is finally paying off.

I will give in to her at 6am as this past one-month, I have to wake up at 6am to give her, her nen-nen and prays she’ll latch off by 6-45am. If she doesn’t, I will tell her that nen-nen has finished and she will either go back to sleep or will cry for a while before she falls back to sleep. I need to wake Rye Li up at 7am to prepare her for school and I myself will be rushing to get myself ready for work before leaving the house by 7-45am. And all this will change next month as Rye Li starts school at 8am then and I will need to leave the house by 7-30am.

I plan to wean Haye Li totally off my boobs in May as June onwards, I will not have a maid and I will have to do the little laundry work in the mornings too and also the preparation for school and day-care at nights.

And for the record, both hubby and I have also moved into their room with the girls. Hubby sleeps with Rye Li on the upper bed, while Haye Li and I sleep on the lower bed (the drawer type). LOL! I will wait till Haye Li is fully off my boobs and that she can sleep through till 7am or so before claiming back my room. But I think it will be tough as hubby travels a lot and I’m not used to sleeping on my own already ever since I became a mother. So lucky for Haye Li, she will have me by her side for a while. ;)