Eunice can count from 1-10 since she's 2 yrs old. She can identify the numbers whenever she sees it anywhere too. I also taught her to count it from backward. She can do 10 - 1 pretty well. Recently, she can count from 1 to 20, but she can't really recognize the numbers 11 to 20, just merely counting them.
This morning, while playing with my iPhone, I taught her one-and-one (11) is eleven. She picked that up.
Then, I tried teaching her counting backward also, by looking at the number on my phone.
So I told her twenty, nineteen, eighteen, and she repeated after me, and she started to pick up the trend and it became:
Eunice: Seventeen!
Me: Correct!
Eunice: Sixteen!
Me: Correct!
Eunice: Five-teen!
Me: Fifteen..
Eunice: Four-teen!
Me: Correct!
Eunice: Three-teen!
Me: Thirteen..
Eunice: Two-teen!
Me: Twelve..
Then she looked at 11, I just taught her that's 11 and she remembered! And she looked at me with her dazed look, asking me, "Ehh.. mami...." And I said, ya this is ELEVEN! I think she's going to say one-teen if I din teach her 11 is Eleven. :)
I am also trying to teach her to count in chinese, just one to five. She takes longer to pick up and ah, her slang, are just so ang-moh! :P
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Disciplining
So far, Eunice is quite an obedient girl. I really thank God for that. Since she's young, EG and I have been discussing on ways to discipline her, not to just show our "power" but mainly we want her to be a girl with a good behavior, also to let her know when she needs to listen to us as parents. We don't want to discipline her just for the sake of disciplining, no point doing that. Truthfully speaking, she really didn't do much thing that allows us to really punish her, until last Friday.
11-May-2012, 7.30pm @ Home.
Eunice asked for milk even it's not milk time yet. I told her I'll put the fresh milk in the cup for her. She started screaming and said no no no. As usual, we ignored her and just put the milk in the cup. EG brought the cup to her table and told her to drink. She got angry and she PUSHED the cup and the milk spilled.
EG got really angry and shouted at her. She started crying, but EG still took out her palm and hit her on her palm. Well, I know it sounded loud but it wasn't painful. He told me later he put her hand on top of his palm before beating her (2 times some more :P), so that it's sort of like protected. :P
Eunice was wailing. This is the first time she was punished seriously by her beloved father. She always bullies her father, but this time I agreed with EG and I didn't help her. She stood there and cried and wailed. Deep inside me, I felt very sad and very heartache to see her crying like that. I really felt like going over and give her a hug but I know I shouldn't because she really shouldn't push the cup and spill the milk, no matter how much she didn't want the milk in the cup. I went to her, and I put her at the corner and told her to stand at the corner to cry. She stood there and cried for a good 5 minutes. I was actually quite surprise that she would actually stand there. :P....
Later on, she starting moving. She went to the sofa and wanted to take her favorite blanket & soft toys (her comfort objects), but EG, I think he was really angry, told her NO, CANNOT TAKE. I was really shocked that he's THAT angry! But I know I shouldn't say anything. And again, to my surprise, my girl didn't dare to take the blanket at all, and just cried and cried. But after a while, EG passed her the blanket and hugged her, told her repeatedly that "It's OK, you shouldn't push the cup.." etc etc... Eunice wailed and shouted and screamed. After a while, she finally cooled down and was all ok again.
We then left house to go CG. In the car, I asked her, "Just now, daddy beat you is it?"
She nodded her head, said, "Mmm.."
I asked, "Pain or not?"
She said, "Mmm..."
I asked again, "Why daddy beat you?"
She said, "Gerger pushed the milk..."
Then I told her, "Next time don't want to push the milk ok? Drink from cup ok?"
She nodded and said, "Mmm..."
When we reached Lavinia apartment, EG told me to bring everything down and leave Eunice with him. he'll go park the car and will bring Eunice in together with him as he wanted to talk to her again on why she's being punished. :)...
After that, Eunice is a happy girl again, bullies her daddy as usual. Everytime she sees her standing-at-the-corner pic that I took, she'll laugh and tell me, "Gerger stand at corn-der"... If I asked the same questions above, she'll give me the same answers. And now, when she asked for milk, and if she knows it's not milk time, she'll say, "Gerger want milk in cup, okay?"... :)
Looks like she understands why she's being punished. :).. But I don't wish this to happen again because my heart really really aches when I see her crying so helplessly. No wonder EG always said I have a soft spot for her, and I'm giving in a lot for her. Sometimes I surprised myself that I had so much patience for her, but I guess I have to agree with him. :)
11-May-2012, 7.30pm @ Home.
Eunice asked for milk even it's not milk time yet. I told her I'll put the fresh milk in the cup for her. She started screaming and said no no no. As usual, we ignored her and just put the milk in the cup. EG brought the cup to her table and told her to drink. She got angry and she PUSHED the cup and the milk spilled.
EG got really angry and shouted at her. She started crying, but EG still took out her palm and hit her on her palm. Well, I know it sounded loud but it wasn't painful. He told me later he put her hand on top of his palm before beating her (2 times some more :P), so that it's sort of like protected. :P
Eunice was wailing. This is the first time she was punished seriously by her beloved father. She always bullies her father, but this time I agreed with EG and I didn't help her. She stood there and cried and wailed. Deep inside me, I felt very sad and very heartache to see her crying like that. I really felt like going over and give her a hug but I know I shouldn't because she really shouldn't push the cup and spill the milk, no matter how much she didn't want the milk in the cup. I went to her, and I put her at the corner and told her to stand at the corner to cry. She stood there and cried for a good 5 minutes. I was actually quite surprise that she would actually stand there. :P....
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| 11-May: Standing at corner |
Later on, she starting moving. She went to the sofa and wanted to take her favorite blanket & soft toys (her comfort objects), but EG, I think he was really angry, told her NO, CANNOT TAKE. I was really shocked that he's THAT angry! But I know I shouldn't say anything. And again, to my surprise, my girl didn't dare to take the blanket at all, and just cried and cried. But after a while, EG passed her the blanket and hugged her, told her repeatedly that "It's OK, you shouldn't push the cup.." etc etc... Eunice wailed and shouted and screamed. After a while, she finally cooled down and was all ok again.
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| Manja time, Daddy explaining why she's punished |
We then left house to go CG. In the car, I asked her, "Just now, daddy beat you is it?"
She nodded her head, said, "Mmm.."
I asked, "Pain or not?"
She said, "Mmm..."
I asked again, "Why daddy beat you?"
She said, "Gerger pushed the milk..."
Then I told her, "Next time don't want to push the milk ok? Drink from cup ok?"
She nodded and said, "Mmm..."
When we reached Lavinia apartment, EG told me to bring everything down and leave Eunice with him. he'll go park the car and will bring Eunice in together with him as he wanted to talk to her again on why she's being punished. :)...
After that, Eunice is a happy girl again, bullies her daddy as usual. Everytime she sees her standing-at-the-corner pic that I took, she'll laugh and tell me, "Gerger stand at corn-der"... If I asked the same questions above, she'll give me the same answers. And now, when she asked for milk, and if she knows it's not milk time, she'll say, "Gerger want milk in cup, okay?"... :)
Looks like she understands why she's being punished. :).. But I don't wish this to happen again because my heart really really aches when I see her crying so helplessly. No wonder EG always said I have a soft spot for her, and I'm giving in a lot for her. Sometimes I surprised myself that I had so much patience for her, but I guess I have to agree with him. :)
Friday, May 11, 2012
Youth Park Outing
We brought Eunice to youth park on labor day holiday, together with her other friends... Just to let the kids have a break. :)... I have moved to Penang for 6 years now and I still never been to youth park before. Hehe... EG been there before but he forgotten the entry to the car park of the park, and hence, we took about 20 minutes to find out how to go to the car park! :P
It was a good outing. And it was also the first time Eunice went on a swing. I can see that she was very scared when she first went into it, but probably her friends were enjoying so much so she didn't ask to come down. After a while, she could do free style by leaning backward and look at the sky while she's on the swing. :).. And tell me, "Mummy, got water on the tree..." :)
Thank God that the weather was good. It was raining while we're on the way there, but it stopped half way. The slides were wet though, so when Eunice said she wanted to play the slide, EG told her it's wet and dirty, and she just obediently said, OK. :)
I never really post our pics in this blog because this blog is for my children. Anyway, I think the pic taken below was really nice. :)... Our friend, Daniel, asked us to look at him to take a family photo, and Eunice posed for him. So cute. :).. And yea, that's me @ my 25th week.
It was a nice outing. After that we went to Chilis for lunch with friends and their child. Had a good talk over lunch when Eunice dozed off. And had a short window shopping too. It was a good break for the holiday. :)
Btw, all pictures are taken by Daniel Yap. :)
It was a good outing. And it was also the first time Eunice went on a swing. I can see that she was very scared when she first went into it, but probably her friends were enjoying so much so she didn't ask to come down. After a while, she could do free style by leaning backward and look at the sky while she's on the swing. :).. And tell me, "Mummy, got water on the tree..." :)
Thank God that the weather was good. It was raining while we're on the way there, but it stopped half way. The slides were wet though, so when Eunice said she wanted to play the slide, EG told her it's wet and dirty, and she just obediently said, OK. :)
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| My little girl's first experience on the swing |
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| Swinging with Chloe :) |
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| See Saw time with Cheryl |
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| Daddy asked her to open her eyes big big :) |
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| See Saw time with little Audrey |
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| Family photo @ Youth Park @ 1st May 2012 |
Btw, all pictures are taken by Daniel Yap. :)
Friday, May 4, 2012
2YO Eunice's Speech Development
Eunice is growing up very fast. So fast that sometimes I cannot believe that she's a big girl already. There are so many things that I want to write about her but I cannot catch up with her development. :).. It's going too fast. :)
Her speech development has been improving tremendously, and her vocabulary expansion amazes me. She picks up from our normal speech very fast. :). I remember when she's approaching 2 years old, around her 22 mths, I was just telling EG that her vocabulary has improved from 2 letters to 3 letters, for eg: from eat rice to want eat rice. She can start to put words together better.
Now, she can even form sentences. We noticed that since she is 2 years old 2 months ago. Once EG asked her, "Where is the sticker?", and she answered, pointing at the rubbish bin, "Gerger throw away already.." We were kinda amazed. That's her first sentence that we remember. After this, she started to say more and more and her sentences get longer and longer.
Recently EG told me, once when she woke up in the morning (I was downstair preparing for the day start), she told EG, "Daddy, I want the milk on the table...". EG was again amazed. :)
We bought puzzles for her to play (will update that separately - hopefully :P). Once she was playing it with EG and one piece was missing. EG asked her, "Where is the other piece?".. She looked at EG, then started to look for it and found it and completed the puzzle. Next, everytime when she plays her puzzle and she couldn't find certain piece, she'll say, "Where is the other piece?"... Again, amazed! :)
Next she uses preposition. I read in books that using preposition is a milestone. Her first sentence with preposition was "Elmo sleeps with mummy". She puts her Elmo to sleep beside me everynight. Few weeks ago, while on the way to babysitter, she suddenly said, "Mickey mouse behind the trees".. It took us a while to understand what she's saying, then we realized, the mickey mouse on the billboard was blocked by the trees and hence she said it's behind the trees. EG was again amazed, asked me, who taught her the word behind, we didn't. :)... And I was playing puzzles with her again the other day and she was trying to be cheeky and hide one piece under her leg. I asked her, "So, where's the other piece?".. She told me, "Under gerger's leg". *Grin*... but her pronunciation probably wasn't so clear but I am still amazed. :). We encouraged her to say proper sentence by asking her a lot of questions, like when we turn on the TV, we asked her, "Where is the remote?" She'll tell us "On the sofa".. I'm quite proud of her learning ability. :)
Now, everyday I'll talk to her when she comes back from babysitter place. I want her to learn to tell me what's going on in her day so she knows how to express herself especially when she starts going to school. My worst nightmare is my timid daughter being bullied in the school and she doesn't know how to tell me. So far she's progressing well. She can tell me what did she eat (rice/porridge/carrot/soup), who fed her (kakak/feed herself), what did she do (play slide/dancing) and with who. By the rate that she's going, I believe she'll be ready to go school next year, or I'll be ready to send her to school next year. :)
She's also very good in scolding her father. :).. Well, the father taught her to scold himself actually. She'll tell him, "Don't disturb!" if she knows you're trying to disturb her. Or she'll also point her little finger at EG and tell him softly but sternly, "stop!"... It makes us laugh everytime. I think she learns from the babysitter. But she doesn't do it to me, only to EG. I used the same "warning" to her when she's not behaving well and normally she'll cry badly. So I guess she knows that means something serious.
But overall, everyday, she just never stop amazes us on her speech development. But with this, it also makes our lives so much easier because she could express herself very well now and we can satisfy her demand since we can understand her. And the fact that she knows what we're telling her also helps a lot esp. after we discipline/scold her.
Recently we went to youth park with a few friends and their children just to let the kids to have something to play. And a friend took Eunice's pic. EG asked her to open her eyes big big and this is what she did. :)... Will blog about the outing separately as well.
Her speech development has been improving tremendously, and her vocabulary expansion amazes me. She picks up from our normal speech very fast. :). I remember when she's approaching 2 years old, around her 22 mths, I was just telling EG that her vocabulary has improved from 2 letters to 3 letters, for eg: from eat rice to want eat rice. She can start to put words together better.
Now, she can even form sentences. We noticed that since she is 2 years old 2 months ago. Once EG asked her, "Where is the sticker?", and she answered, pointing at the rubbish bin, "Gerger throw away already.." We were kinda amazed. That's her first sentence that we remember. After this, she started to say more and more and her sentences get longer and longer.
Recently EG told me, once when she woke up in the morning (I was downstair preparing for the day start), she told EG, "Daddy, I want the milk on the table...". EG was again amazed. :)
We bought puzzles for her to play (will update that separately - hopefully :P). Once she was playing it with EG and one piece was missing. EG asked her, "Where is the other piece?".. She looked at EG, then started to look for it and found it and completed the puzzle. Next, everytime when she plays her puzzle and she couldn't find certain piece, she'll say, "Where is the other piece?"... Again, amazed! :)
Next she uses preposition. I read in books that using preposition is a milestone. Her first sentence with preposition was "Elmo sleeps with mummy". She puts her Elmo to sleep beside me everynight. Few weeks ago, while on the way to babysitter, she suddenly said, "Mickey mouse behind the trees".. It took us a while to understand what she's saying, then we realized, the mickey mouse on the billboard was blocked by the trees and hence she said it's behind the trees. EG was again amazed, asked me, who taught her the word behind, we didn't. :)... And I was playing puzzles with her again the other day and she was trying to be cheeky and hide one piece under her leg. I asked her, "So, where's the other piece?".. She told me, "Under gerger's leg". *Grin*... but her pronunciation probably wasn't so clear but I am still amazed. :). We encouraged her to say proper sentence by asking her a lot of questions, like when we turn on the TV, we asked her, "Where is the remote?" She'll tell us "On the sofa".. I'm quite proud of her learning ability. :)
Now, everyday I'll talk to her when she comes back from babysitter place. I want her to learn to tell me what's going on in her day so she knows how to express herself especially when she starts going to school. My worst nightmare is my timid daughter being bullied in the school and she doesn't know how to tell me. So far she's progressing well. She can tell me what did she eat (rice/porridge/carrot/soup), who fed her (kakak/feed herself), what did she do (play slide/dancing) and with who. By the rate that she's going, I believe she'll be ready to go school next year, or I'll be ready to send her to school next year. :)
She's also very good in scolding her father. :).. Well, the father taught her to scold himself actually. She'll tell him, "Don't disturb!" if she knows you're trying to disturb her. Or she'll also point her little finger at EG and tell him softly but sternly, "stop!"... It makes us laugh everytime. I think she learns from the babysitter. But she doesn't do it to me, only to EG. I used the same "warning" to her when she's not behaving well and normally she'll cry badly. So I guess she knows that means something serious.
But overall, everyday, she just never stop amazes us on her speech development. But with this, it also makes our lives so much easier because she could express herself very well now and we can satisfy her demand since we can understand her. And the fact that she knows what we're telling her also helps a lot esp. after we discipline/scold her.
Recently we went to youth park with a few friends and their children just to let the kids to have something to play. And a friend took Eunice's pic. EG asked her to open her eyes big big and this is what she did. :)... Will blog about the outing separately as well.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Toilet Training
Need to jot down this date as it was an achievement for Eunice. At least that's what I thought. :)
16 Apr 2012 - First time Eunice pooed in toilet bowl. :)
I have been trying to toilet train Eunice since she's 20 mths, but failed miserably. I asked babysitter for help but she said she had an experience that a boy refused to let go his poo during the toilet training process and actually didn't poo for 2 weeks, and got constipated. And they had to let him wear on his diaper again and slowly coaxed him to poo again. So she told me to take it easy.
Everytime I saw Eunice poo poo-ing, I asked her, U poo poo is it? She'll surely say, NO, and then run to a corner to finish her work. Later she'll come and tell me poo poo already. Pee, neh... worse still, won't say a word.
I tried letting her running around with no diaper before, but ended up I was busy wiping the floor! :P.... We bought a small cushion toilet seat for her, but all her poo & pee will disappear when we put her there. Tried the small potty, not working either. So, I stopped for a while.
Until last night. After dinner, I was supposed to bathe her so I took off all her clothes. Then she started to pass gas, and looked at me and told me, "mummy, poo poo..." I said u want to poo poo is it? Then I quickly put her on the toilet seat, but she wanted to come down after a while. No poo no pee. So I bathed her, and changed her, and I decided to not to wear diaper for her but only the training pants, and I told her many many times, if u want to poo, tell mummy, OK?
Then I went to bathe. I came out and she was still occupied with her hair clips. Suddenly, her face changed and told me, "mummy... poo poo..." so again, I put her on the toilet seat. She wanted to come down again but I think this time she couldn't hold it anymore. I saw her shivered, but she looked scared. Ahh, my timid girl. I had to hold her hand and told her, yea, slowly. And yea she POOed in the toilet bowl!
I was so happy. :D... Then she told me, "OK, no more poo poo already..." I told her she's clever, and I told her to flush the toilet herself. :)
I am not sure if I'm just lucky last night. But I surely hope it'll continue. :D
Motherhood is just so funny. Such a small achievement makes me feel happy for the whole night. :)
16 Apr 2012 - First time Eunice pooed in toilet bowl. :)
I have been trying to toilet train Eunice since she's 20 mths, but failed miserably. I asked babysitter for help but she said she had an experience that a boy refused to let go his poo during the toilet training process and actually didn't poo for 2 weeks, and got constipated. And they had to let him wear on his diaper again and slowly coaxed him to poo again. So she told me to take it easy.
Everytime I saw Eunice poo poo-ing, I asked her, U poo poo is it? She'll surely say, NO, and then run to a corner to finish her work. Later she'll come and tell me poo poo already. Pee, neh... worse still, won't say a word.
I tried letting her running around with no diaper before, but ended up I was busy wiping the floor! :P.... We bought a small cushion toilet seat for her, but all her poo & pee will disappear when we put her there. Tried the small potty, not working either. So, I stopped for a while.
Until last night. After dinner, I was supposed to bathe her so I took off all her clothes. Then she started to pass gas, and looked at me and told me, "mummy, poo poo..." I said u want to poo poo is it? Then I quickly put her on the toilet seat, but she wanted to come down after a while. No poo no pee. So I bathed her, and changed her, and I decided to not to wear diaper for her but only the training pants, and I told her many many times, if u want to poo, tell mummy, OK?
Then I went to bathe. I came out and she was still occupied with her hair clips. Suddenly, her face changed and told me, "mummy... poo poo..." so again, I put her on the toilet seat. She wanted to come down again but I think this time she couldn't hold it anymore. I saw her shivered, but she looked scared. Ahh, my timid girl. I had to hold her hand and told her, yea, slowly. And yea she POOed in the toilet bowl!
I was so happy. :D... Then she told me, "OK, no more poo poo already..." I told her she's clever, and I told her to flush the toilet herself. :)
I am not sure if I'm just lucky last night. But I surely hope it'll continue. :D
Motherhood is just so funny. Such a small achievement makes me feel happy for the whole night. :)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Doctor visits
We have recently changed our pediatrician from Island Hospital to Adventist Hospital. Reason: Adventist has night clinic which is much more convenient for working parents like us.
When Eunice was probably at her 1.5 yrs old, I noticed she cried when 1) nurse asked her to go into the small box in Island hospital to take her height 2) when we entered doctor's clinic. She will start crying with no reason. But once we're out from the clinic, she's all fine.
Last year December, she got mild HFM. We brought her to Adventist hospital - it's opened during Christmas weekend, surprisingly. Again, when we were called into the room to take her height and weight, she started screaming and crying. When we came out to the play area with children slide, she's all fine, until we're called into doctor's clinic again and my little girl started screaming again. Worst, when she slept at night, she'll have nightmare and screaming "No... dun want...." Poor girl....!
*Sigh*....!
During CNY, she started coughing. We brought her to normal GP for some medication but it didn't improve so we decided to go back to Adventist. Few days before we went, I kept telling her, see doctor no pain pain one, so no cry cry ok? She just looked at me - I wonder if she really knows what I was telling her during then.
To my surprise, when we brought her there, she didn't cry. I was very happy. And when doctor asked her to open her mouth to check, she quietly obliged. *Grin*... And I kept praising her telling her that she's such a good girl. The doctor gave her an Angry Bird sticker and she was so happy. She waved good bye to the doctor while we left the clinic.
We had to go back quite often as her cough prolonged to almost two months. Everytime before we were going, I told her the same thing "see doctor no pain pain one, so no cry cry"... she will lift up her shirt and put her hand on her stomach, and tell me "doctor check check check.... (checking using stethoscope) then open mouth... ahhhh.... then no more..." *Grin again*. Once when we went back, we even let her sit on the chair herself to let the doctor check. She could do it by herself and oblige to whatever the doctor told her to do - open mouth, turn to let the doctor check her back, etc etc. No crying. :)
She also had to do one nebulizer treatment - no crying at all! I kept praising her.
Few weeks ago, she had mild fever at 38 degrees. It's always at 38 degrees, for 4 days continuously, and there're some rashes on her legs. We brought her to Adventist again and doctor confirmed it's not HFM, but need to do a blood test to confirm it's not dengue.
Blood test!! *Dangggggg*.... My heart sunk... EG asked, how are u doing to draw her blood? Doc said, we have to wrap her up. My tears were almost coming out. It reminded me of her Roseola episode in her 8th month. Well, you can swaddle an 8th month old baby, but a 2-year-old? *Sigh*... My innocent girl was still looking at doctor and us wondering what's going on.
The nurses took us to the procedure room, and we told Eunice everything is going to be ok, we're going to be near her. When the nurses wrapped her up, she made some unhappy noise and EG held her hand and told her it's OK. The nurses gave her a sticker to distract her, and I showed her the video of her singing ABC that I just took few days ago. While doctor poke her to get the blood, she was still looking at the video. The nurses also talked to her to distract her. No, no crying. In <3 mins, all done. And we picked her up.
I was so proud of her. I kept telling her that she's such a brave girl and a good girl. The nurse gave her a bunny sticker to stick on her hand, and she was still all happy about it.
*Phew*.... EG said our daughter is more brave than her mother, me. :P
Anyway, I think my little girl has really grown up. I am really so proud of her. :)
Btw, the blood test shows no dengue and just some normal viral fever - my little angel was all ok after 1-2 days. :)
When Eunice was probably at her 1.5 yrs old, I noticed she cried when 1) nurse asked her to go into the small box in Island hospital to take her height 2) when we entered doctor's clinic. She will start crying with no reason. But once we're out from the clinic, she's all fine.
Last year December, she got mild HFM. We brought her to Adventist hospital - it's opened during Christmas weekend, surprisingly. Again, when we were called into the room to take her height and weight, she started screaming and crying. When we came out to the play area with children slide, she's all fine, until we're called into doctor's clinic again and my little girl started screaming again. Worst, when she slept at night, she'll have nightmare and screaming "No... dun want...." Poor girl....!
*Sigh*....!
During CNY, she started coughing. We brought her to normal GP for some medication but it didn't improve so we decided to go back to Adventist. Few days before we went, I kept telling her, see doctor no pain pain one, so no cry cry ok? She just looked at me - I wonder if she really knows what I was telling her during then.
To my surprise, when we brought her there, she didn't cry. I was very happy. And when doctor asked her to open her mouth to check, she quietly obliged. *Grin*... And I kept praising her telling her that she's such a good girl. The doctor gave her an Angry Bird sticker and she was so happy. She waved good bye to the doctor while we left the clinic.
We had to go back quite often as her cough prolonged to almost two months. Everytime before we were going, I told her the same thing "see doctor no pain pain one, so no cry cry"... she will lift up her shirt and put her hand on her stomach, and tell me "doctor check check check.... (checking using stethoscope) then open mouth... ahhhh.... then no more..." *Grin again*. Once when we went back, we even let her sit on the chair herself to let the doctor check. She could do it by herself and oblige to whatever the doctor told her to do - open mouth, turn to let the doctor check her back, etc etc. No crying. :)
She also had to do one nebulizer treatment - no crying at all! I kept praising her.
Few weeks ago, she had mild fever at 38 degrees. It's always at 38 degrees, for 4 days continuously, and there're some rashes on her legs. We brought her to Adventist again and doctor confirmed it's not HFM, but need to do a blood test to confirm it's not dengue.
Blood test!! *Dangggggg*.... My heart sunk... EG asked, how are u doing to draw her blood? Doc said, we have to wrap her up. My tears were almost coming out. It reminded me of her Roseola episode in her 8th month. Well, you can swaddle an 8th month old baby, but a 2-year-old? *Sigh*... My innocent girl was still looking at doctor and us wondering what's going on.
The nurses took us to the procedure room, and we told Eunice everything is going to be ok, we're going to be near her. When the nurses wrapped her up, she made some unhappy noise and EG held her hand and told her it's OK. The nurses gave her a sticker to distract her, and I showed her the video of her singing ABC that I just took few days ago. While doctor poke her to get the blood, she was still looking at the video. The nurses also talked to her to distract her. No, no crying. In <3 mins, all done. And we picked her up.
I was so proud of her. I kept telling her that she's such a brave girl and a good girl. The nurse gave her a bunny sticker to stick on her hand, and she was still all happy about it.
*Phew*.... EG said our daughter is more brave than her mother, me. :P
Anyway, I think my little girl has really grown up. I am really so proud of her. :)
Btw, the blood test shows no dengue and just some normal viral fever - my little angel was all ok after 1-2 days. :)
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Eunice is TWO :)
I'm back. :).
A friend asked if the end of my breastfeeding journey also means the end of my blog. Hehe... Lots of things are going on so it's a challenge for me to find time to blog. Moreover, Eunice will want us to show her the youtubes whenever she sees us in front of the computer. So, both me and EG restricted ourselves to be in front of the PC when she's with us at home.
Anyway, my girl has turned 2 last month. I just couldn't believe that time flies so fast and she's now 2 years old. Very often EG and I looking at her sleeping in her bed, and telling each other, "She has grown so much... she used to be just a small baby that took up just 1/4 of her bed but now there's hardly 1/4 space for her in her bed now."... :)
I couldn't believe that I have been a mum for 2 years. Her arrival has turned my whole life up side down. Ya, now you can call me auntie. I admit it. My topics with friends are always about kids - cooking for kids, schools, training, disciplining, etc etc. But the joy of motherhood is just indescribable. I am just the happiest mum in the world everytime when Eunice eats her meals that I cook for her and tell me it's nice, or when she listens to my instructions, or when we witness the milestone that she's hitting at every stage. She's definitely a joy in our life.
Beginning of her 18 mths, I have noticed she can hum some rhythms at the right tune... slowly, she put words into it, and now at her 2 years old, she can sing many many songs. She sings ABC, If you're happy and you know it, Twinkle twinkle little star, Itsy Bitsy spider, Me and my teddy bear, and many many other nursery rhymes. The biggest advantage of us sending her to a Christian babysitter is that she's also listening to Christian songs, she sings Jesus loves me this I know (I got shocked when I heard it the first time!), Deep & Wide, Kumbaya my Lord, and etc. She can even do it with action and she never fails to make us feel so proud of her!
For her speech development, she is now talking A LOT. At her 18 mths onwards, she's saying more on words, and slowly, now she's already speaking in sentences. She can tell you "Ger ger throw away already" when we asked where's her sticker.. or "Elmo sleep WITH mummy..." So nowadays, it's much easier for us to communicate with her because we can now understand each other better. :).
To our amazement, a month before she became 2 yrs old, not only she can count 1 to 10, and read A to Z, but she can also recognize some of the letters. We noticed that when she suddenly pointed at one of the letters on the wall when we were out and told us that's an "M".. I tested it at home and found out she could recognize a few of the letters. :).. For numbers, she can almost recognize all of them.
For her motor development, she now can jump, run, throw ball over her head (EG said he read that it's also a milestone :P), and now she's trying to cycle on the tricycle that we got for her 2nd birthday.
As she grows, we also noticed a few things about her, she's very hygienic. If we want her to bath, we just need to tell her that she's dirty or smelly, and she'll go bathe. She doesn't like to be dirty, She will request us (erm, more like shout at us) to clean it for her. She is a good helper. :)... EG has let her go to car porch while he's doing the washing, and also let her tried wiping her own table after her meals, she happily does it and never mess up anything. Obviously EG is very happy. And she's quite tidy too. The TV & astro remote controls must be put at a certain position, the wardrobe or tv cabinet must be closed at all time, her soft toys arrangement on the bed must follow certain pattern. She's gentle too, so far she closes all the doors, drawers or cabinets slowly & gently, she doesn't spoil our stuff, and she keeps her toys.
Both EG and I are really proud of our little girl. Though she's always shy with strangers or outsiders, which make her look a bit rude sometimes - because she refuses to let others to carry, and she avoids eye contacts with others, but I think this is just her personality that we should try to accept. I try to improve this by bringing her out more often but it doesn't really help. However, she's good with children. She can play with them nicely even if she has not met them before. :)
Babysitter told me at her place (with many other children), Eunice doesn't beat or bully others. Now she thinks she's tai ka che because she'll tell other younger babies or toddlers "No no!", "Sit here!", "Open mouth" or even tease at others when they cry - very often when I pick her up, she'll run out and tell me "Mami, jayden cry WA~~~~~".. Even babysitter laughs at her and now we call her the monitor (class monitor) because she now gives instructions to everyone. :)
All in all, I am really glad that my girl has grown up well. I thank God for His continuous blessing upon this family and even for first time parents like EG and I who don't have any help in this island (since our parents are all not here), we could still pull through and our girl has grown up well.
A friend asked if the end of my breastfeeding journey also means the end of my blog. Hehe... Lots of things are going on so it's a challenge for me to find time to blog. Moreover, Eunice will want us to show her the youtubes whenever she sees us in front of the computer. So, both me and EG restricted ourselves to be in front of the PC when she's with us at home.
Anyway, my girl has turned 2 last month. I just couldn't believe that time flies so fast and she's now 2 years old. Very often EG and I looking at her sleeping in her bed, and telling each other, "She has grown so much... she used to be just a small baby that took up just 1/4 of her bed but now there's hardly 1/4 space for her in her bed now."... :)
I couldn't believe that I have been a mum for 2 years. Her arrival has turned my whole life up side down. Ya, now you can call me auntie. I admit it. My topics with friends are always about kids - cooking for kids, schools, training, disciplining, etc etc. But the joy of motherhood is just indescribable. I am just the happiest mum in the world everytime when Eunice eats her meals that I cook for her and tell me it's nice, or when she listens to my instructions, or when we witness the milestone that she's hitting at every stage. She's definitely a joy in our life.
Beginning of her 18 mths, I have noticed she can hum some rhythms at the right tune... slowly, she put words into it, and now at her 2 years old, she can sing many many songs. She sings ABC, If you're happy and you know it, Twinkle twinkle little star, Itsy Bitsy spider, Me and my teddy bear, and many many other nursery rhymes. The biggest advantage of us sending her to a Christian babysitter is that she's also listening to Christian songs, she sings Jesus loves me this I know (I got shocked when I heard it the first time!), Deep & Wide, Kumbaya my Lord, and etc. She can even do it with action and she never fails to make us feel so proud of her!
For her speech development, she is now talking A LOT. At her 18 mths onwards, she's saying more on words, and slowly, now she's already speaking in sentences. She can tell you "Ger ger throw away already" when we asked where's her sticker.. or "Elmo sleep WITH mummy..." So nowadays, it's much easier for us to communicate with her because we can now understand each other better. :).
To our amazement, a month before she became 2 yrs old, not only she can count 1 to 10, and read A to Z, but she can also recognize some of the letters. We noticed that when she suddenly pointed at one of the letters on the wall when we were out and told us that's an "M".. I tested it at home and found out she could recognize a few of the letters. :).. For numbers, she can almost recognize all of them.
For her motor development, she now can jump, run, throw ball over her head (EG said he read that it's also a milestone :P), and now she's trying to cycle on the tricycle that we got for her 2nd birthday.
As she grows, we also noticed a few things about her, she's very hygienic. If we want her to bath, we just need to tell her that she's dirty or smelly, and she'll go bathe. She doesn't like to be dirty, She will request us (erm, more like shout at us) to clean it for her. She is a good helper. :)... EG has let her go to car porch while he's doing the washing, and also let her tried wiping her own table after her meals, she happily does it and never mess up anything. Obviously EG is very happy. And she's quite tidy too. The TV & astro remote controls must be put at a certain position, the wardrobe or tv cabinet must be closed at all time, her soft toys arrangement on the bed must follow certain pattern. She's gentle too, so far she closes all the doors, drawers or cabinets slowly & gently, she doesn't spoil our stuff, and she keeps her toys.
Both EG and I are really proud of our little girl. Though she's always shy with strangers or outsiders, which make her look a bit rude sometimes - because she refuses to let others to carry, and she avoids eye contacts with others, but I think this is just her personality that we should try to accept. I try to improve this by bringing her out more often but it doesn't really help. However, she's good with children. She can play with them nicely even if she has not met them before. :)
Babysitter told me at her place (with many other children), Eunice doesn't beat or bully others. Now she thinks she's tai ka che because she'll tell other younger babies or toddlers "No no!", "Sit here!", "Open mouth" or even tease at others when they cry - very often when I pick her up, she'll run out and tell me "Mami, jayden cry WA~~~~~".. Even babysitter laughs at her and now we call her the monitor (class monitor) because she now gives instructions to everyone. :)
All in all, I am really glad that my girl has grown up well. I thank God for His continuous blessing upon this family and even for first time parents like EG and I who don't have any help in this island (since our parents are all not here), we could still pull through and our girl has grown up well.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
The end of my breastfeeding journey
Yes. Finally.
Since my first mastitis episode in Eunice's 14th month, I had it again on her 15th month, 17th month and 18th month. It's definitely not fun. I am not sure why it kept coming back but the only possible reasons that I can ruled out are: 1) stress 2) previous infection wasn't cleared well. So this time, I went back to my gynae (I went to Panel clinic the last 2 times :P) and make sure I followed the instruction correctly this round to clear off all infections.
And I took the opportunity to wean off Eunice at the same time.
I had stopped pumping in office for 3 weeks, and only let Eunice direct latch in the morning, and before she went to bed. And on one fine day, I have decided to stop letting Eunice latch on. I got EG to help me.
First night, she cried, hugged my legs, and asked for neh neh... My heart melted. I seriously thought of giving in but thank God EG was around to help me. I told EG to please carry her away with my really weak voice. When Eunice saw EG coming, she ran into my kitchen (with all lights off) and hid at the corner. My heart broken. EG then carried her with her milk bottle to the room. She looked at me, cried, extended her arms to me asked me to carry her, but all that I did was just telling her byebye, and good night. :(
After a while, I heard her laughing happily upstair and she drank her milk, and fell asleep.
Next morning when she woke up, first thing she asked for neh neh again... I showed her her bottle. Of course she cried again, shook her head and her hands. She must be thinking what she has done wrong and why isn't she getting anymore directly from me. :(.. EG asked me to go bathe and few minutes after I went into the bathroom, she drank her milk. When I'm out, she's all happy again.
But I think she can feel that she's not going to have the intimacy with her mummy anymore. When I went to prepare her milk, she asked me to carry her and I did, and she held me close and tight with her two arms. This is the first time she did this to me. I just felt SO.SAD.
The crying continued for the next 3-4 days. Sometimes in the morning, I had to go to the guest room to sleep in order for her to drink her milk in the bottle. When she climbed onto me to ask for milk, i lifted up my shirt and showed her my bras, and asked her, where is neh neh? no more neh neh dy....
On the 5th day, she didn't cry anymore when I gave her bottle for her morning feed. She drank it happily. I took back the duty to sleep her at night and she is drinking her bottle happily.
She FORGOT about my breasts already. In just 5 days!
In a way, I'm happy that the weaning process wasn't as tough as I would have imagined. But I felt a very strong loss inside me. The tinge of sadness never seems to go away even till now - 2 weeks since I didn't let her latch on. Sometimes, I actually forgot about it and still thought of feeding her. I feel like I "broke up" with someone that I really love.
No, I didn't cry. But everytime I think about this, I teared. But I keep telling myself that I have done my best to feed her up till 19.5 months, and I have hit my target of 18 months. And she has grown up and now it's a whole new chapter for both me and her.
Since my first mastitis episode in Eunice's 14th month, I had it again on her 15th month, 17th month and 18th month. It's definitely not fun. I am not sure why it kept coming back but the only possible reasons that I can ruled out are: 1) stress 2) previous infection wasn't cleared well. So this time, I went back to my gynae (I went to Panel clinic the last 2 times :P) and make sure I followed the instruction correctly this round to clear off all infections.
And I took the opportunity to wean off Eunice at the same time.
I had stopped pumping in office for 3 weeks, and only let Eunice direct latch in the morning, and before she went to bed. And on one fine day, I have decided to stop letting Eunice latch on. I got EG to help me.
First night, she cried, hugged my legs, and asked for neh neh... My heart melted. I seriously thought of giving in but thank God EG was around to help me. I told EG to please carry her away with my really weak voice. When Eunice saw EG coming, she ran into my kitchen (with all lights off) and hid at the corner. My heart broken. EG then carried her with her milk bottle to the room. She looked at me, cried, extended her arms to me asked me to carry her, but all that I did was just telling her byebye, and good night. :(
After a while, I heard her laughing happily upstair and she drank her milk, and fell asleep.
Next morning when she woke up, first thing she asked for neh neh again... I showed her her bottle. Of course she cried again, shook her head and her hands. She must be thinking what she has done wrong and why isn't she getting anymore directly from me. :(.. EG asked me to go bathe and few minutes after I went into the bathroom, she drank her milk. When I'm out, she's all happy again.
But I think she can feel that she's not going to have the intimacy with her mummy anymore. When I went to prepare her milk, she asked me to carry her and I did, and she held me close and tight with her two arms. This is the first time she did this to me. I just felt SO.SAD.
The crying continued for the next 3-4 days. Sometimes in the morning, I had to go to the guest room to sleep in order for her to drink her milk in the bottle. When she climbed onto me to ask for milk, i lifted up my shirt and showed her my bras, and asked her, where is neh neh? no more neh neh dy....
On the 5th day, she didn't cry anymore when I gave her bottle for her morning feed. She drank it happily. I took back the duty to sleep her at night and she is drinking her bottle happily.
She FORGOT about my breasts already. In just 5 days!
In a way, I'm happy that the weaning process wasn't as tough as I would have imagined. But I felt a very strong loss inside me. The tinge of sadness never seems to go away even till now - 2 weeks since I didn't let her latch on. Sometimes, I actually forgot about it and still thought of feeding her. I feel like I "broke up" with someone that I really love.
No, I didn't cry. But everytime I think about this, I teared. But I keep telling myself that I have done my best to feed her up till 19.5 months, and I have hit my target of 18 months. And she has grown up and now it's a whole new chapter for both me and her.
So, I have graduated! And hooray to my breasts, they have finally gotten their freedom. :)..
But I'll miss this experience dearly. I'll miss my little girl asking for neh neh, and came to me, and auto lie down in my arm, pointing at my breast and tell me "this is neh neh" before she latched on to drink. I'll miss this dearly.
All the breastfeeding moments will be remembered forever, only by the mothers though.
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