Darling is 28-months old today!

Happy 28-months old, my Darling!

My then little baby is now a beautiful young girl. You've grown so much beyond my expectation. 

One of the most obvious area is speech development. We can no longer talk secretly with a foreign language in front of you. Oh wait, we can still use Malay as of now. Even that, I suspect you can actually understand too! 

Bedtime routine, we're still struggling. For the pass month. You've done pretty well in self-soothing to sleep a few times. I let you tire yourself to bed so it's late by the time you dozed off. About 11pm to 12am. But most of the time, you cried and insisted for nen nen till I couldn't bare the heartache and nurse you, even though there's nothing left in my boobs. But we're figured that when you have some milk before bed, you will doze off much easier and sleep through the night. 

Tantrum. You've developed something really awful of late. Each time you cry, you will scream. That shocked me the first time I saw it. Couldn't help but wonder how or when did you pick this bad habit up? Undoubtedly, it's for attention. But it's too much to ignore it when you use the tactic. I can just constantly reminding you on how horrible and misbehave it is to scream. Or, should I try any other punishment method like wall-facing or guarantine? Till then, nothing works yet. 

Emotion. I never knew my Darling can be such a sentimental little gal as such a tender age. It all started from your music class few weeks ago. It was a bonding session, light dimmed, soft music was playing. And I hugged you in my arm, we cuddled. Then you started sobbing, I wasn't sure why was it but to soothe you at the very moment as all your classmates were enjoying bonding time with their parents, it wouldn't be nice to interrupt them with your cry. So I was telling you, "It's ok, Darling. There's no need to cry, Mommy's here. Mommy sayang." Then you're crying even louder. But when we quickly went into the next story session with the light on, you're fine again :)

So now, each time you're about to cry in front of me, you will look at me in my eyes, pout your little lips with teary eyes. You know how to make use of it now! 

Mommy's so proud of you, despite all the handfulness, it's just means that you're smart and what's more to ask for, right? 

Luv ya,

Muah 

Norra @ 23months!

Cutting watermelon :)

Her first 'masak-masak' set :)

Sorry Mommy's been so busy (and lazy too) that I haven't been jotting down your milestones.
It's too fast that I missed catching up!

Loving
Stickers! Started having stickers from music teacher and we noticed how much you loved them. Mommy specifically ordered a set of sticker story books for you. That's something you really enjoy playing with us :)

Potty
You're officially on nappy-free completely. Grandma practices with you in the day for a while and now we're confident enough to let you go to bed without one! Not even need it when we're out! Definitely proud of you!

Speaking
Lots of sentences. You can express freely in terms of wanting or "no wan". Calling people morning when we go downstairs after waking up, without me asking you to :)
Part of the bedtime routine, "Mommy, I want, Miggie and, Donner Duck!" demanding for your favourite video clip.
In the middle of the night, sometimes from my deep sleep, I can hear,"Mommy, peez, guhm! Oi Oi Chuuee, dwink nen nen!"

Watching
Love watching Winnie the Pooh. Not even a few times watching and you can already tell me the stories :) after a while you started singing the songs in the videos. Love you!

Listening and Singing
You're definitely loving music so much. Especially the songs we played from your music class. That's a must-have for nap time routine :)

Enjoying going to your music class, of course. Spending time with your peers and oh well, you can actually pay attention to teacher too. Mommy's so proud :)

Learning
You've been playing with crayon for a while, water colours and even pencil colours. Though not much interest in drawing but we're learning colours at least. We're working on numbers too. Almost counting to ten. You often go from "one, two, theee, voh, seven!" Mommy will usually correct you by saying six, seven, then you'll be able to go,"egg, nai, ten!" Gave me a high-five and laughing away.

Eating
Favourite snack at the moment - seaweed! Though raisin still hold its top 3 places but seaweed can calm you instantly without failed.

Loving you more each day.
Proud Mommy
Xoxoxo

16 Months Old!

Daddy, when are you coming home?

Can't believe my Darling has turned 16months old!

She's totally grown so much. Each day she shows me surprises of what she learned when I come home.
That's the little surprises that keeps me going, especially when the day is tough!

The list is gonna be so long so I'd just try my best:

Enjoying her flashcards!

Speech:
She can say pretty much every part of her face and body. Each time I ask her where's her nose, she'll point at hers then she'll point at mine, and Popo's too.
One of her favourite bedtime story book, A Kiss Goodnight, that I read to her every night, about Mommy kissing Baby from toe to head before bed. Each time we open first page, she'll raise her toe to me saying "doe"; turning 2nd page, she'll show her knee saying "niiiiiii". But 3rd page onwards usually she'll lose her interest and roll away!
I love it when she sings too! Her favourite song: Old McDonald Had A Farm, Elmo Song. She also creates her own tunes and happily hums away. Such a happy baby :)

Potty Training:
I'm proud to say that Darling is officially diaper-free in the day! She'll tell,"Ng Nnnng" each time she wanna poop or pee. She even knows how to use it as a trick to get us to carry her away from the high chair or avoid sleeping! Next we will be training for bedtime too.

Motor Skills:
Claps, dance, sing (that's the cutest singing I've ever heard!).
She can also stack toys with her IKEA MULA Stacking Rings, sorting the right shapes through the hole with IKEA MULA Shape Sorter. Picks up rubbish, walks to the dustbin to dump it in. Keeps her toys into the box. Plays her little piano well. Turning the winnie pooh toy's twist dial with her little finger to make it move.

Social Skills
She learned to hi-5, fist bump, wave to bye, "Muah" with flying kiss, sayang and hugs. She'll be so excited whenever she sees babies and run to them, sayang and bao-bao (hug). It's so cute!


Mmmmmmuah!
Sweet Pea Mom
xoxoxo